Chapter 22

It has been raining for several days, and the fog was lingering in the morning. It gradually dispersed with the arrival of dawn. Today is a rare good weather.

Yuqiu and Yuchun stood guard at the door of the dormitory, feeling a little anxious. Just now they could still hear intermittent arguments coming from inside, but now they couldn't hear anything. They didn't know what was going on inside. They just hoped that their master would not be hurt.

girl.

In the inner room, Xu Miaoyin was helpless and powerless. She suddenly didn't want to talk to him anymore.

She didn't understand why he was so insistent on keeping her. Maybe she was still useful to him as a pawn?

If he wants this skin, then she will give it to him. She just hopes that he can let her family go.

"You want to keep me here just for this skin. Well, I'll give it to you. I just hope you can let my family go."

As she spoke, Xu Miaoyin knelt down on the bed, untied her clothes, and slowly took off her pajamas.

Before Xiao Qi could realize what she meant, he saw her taking off her clothes. He was startled, then pulled up half of her clothes and helped her put them on one by one.

"Do you think this is why I want you to stay with me? Am I, Xiao Qi, so unbearable in your eyes?" Xiao Qi closed his eyes and slowly let go of her.

He didn't dare to stay any longer, he was afraid that he would hear every word she said and hurt her.

He raised his eyes and looked at Xu Miaoyin again, without saying anything else, turned around and slowly walked out of the inner room.

Xu Miaoyin looked at his somewhat depressed figure slowly leaving the inner room, then covered her face and cried.

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Since the unhappy breakup that day, Xu Miaoyin has not seen Xiao Qi again. In the past few days, she can only stay in her Lanyin Courtyard and cannot go anywhere.

Xiao Qi asked people to guard the courtyard gate, so she couldn't go anywhere.

Xu Miaoyin was sitting on the porch, with the sunlight shining on her body, making her look a little thinner.

Yuqiu came over with the medicine and saw that Xu Miaoyin had lost a lot of weight in just a few days and her chin was much sharper. Pity flashed in her eyes and she persuaded softly: "Girl, it's time to drink the medicine."

Xu Miaoyin looked at the medicine in Yuqiu's hand expressionlessly, stretched out her hand to pick up the bowl, and drank it in one breath. After passing the medicine bowl to Yuqiu, she calmed down again and sat like a puppet on strings.

There was no movement in the corridor.

Seeing her like this, Yuqiu couldn't bear it. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something to persuade her, but she didn't say anything. She shook her head and walked away.

Yuqiu was about to return to the back room when he met Yuchun who was returning with a food box.

Yuchun looked at the empty medicine bowl on her phone and asked, "How is the girl? Are you still unwilling to speak?"

Yuqiu shook her head and sighed: "The girl used to be so afraid of drinking medicine, but now she drinks it in one go without even frowning."

Yuchun looked at Xu Miaoyin's thin back and sighed, "Who can say otherwise? Today's girl is as ruthless and clueless as a delicate porcelain doll. I don't know how long the master will continue to be angry with the girl?"

Yuqiu shook her head and said, "It's not as simple as anger this time." She looked at the food box in Yuchun's hand and asked, "What did you get?"

Yuchun replied: "Girls like to eat lotus root powder and osmanthus cake. I made some, but I don't know if it will make the girl happy."

After Yuchun finished speaking, she came to Xu Miaoyin with a food box, cheered up, and said with a smile: "Girl, I made your favorite lotus root powder and osmanthus cake, you can eat some!"

As she spoke, Yuchun opened the food box and handed it to Xu Miaoyin like a treasure.

Xu Miaoyin's dull eyes were a little stunned. She looked at the golden osmanthus nectar on the frosty white cake, and she was slightly lost in thought. After a while, she picked up the bamboo chopsticks handed over by Yuchun, picked up a piece, and took a small taste.

She chewed it unconsciously, smiled slightly, and said to Yuchun: "It's delicious, just like what Mother Wu makes."

How could it be the same? She had never learned from Mother Wu. She was as smart as Yuqiu and couldn't make the same sweet-scented osmanthus cake, let alone her.

The girl was just trying to comfort her.

Yuchun watched her slowly finish a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and was slightly surprised. He was afraid that she would be tired of it, so he put the plate away and went into the room to pour her a cup of tea.

After she finished drinking, Yuchun put away the tea cup and felt a little uneasy when she saw Xu Miaoyin sitting there quietly again.

She found Yuqiu and said, "Don't you think the girl is a little strange now?"

Yuqiu said: "I discovered early on that the girl is now as lifeless as a puppet. She will accept whatever is given to her. This look is even more worrying than the state of confusion during those three years."

Yuchun said sadly: "What is the master's idea? Do you really want to lock up the girl for the rest of her life?"

Yuqiu shook his head, neither of them knew who was torturing whom.

The master came to see the girl every day after she fell asleep. She could only stay in Lanyin Courtyard every day, staring at the sky in all directions.

Both of them were a little sad, so they could only hold the embroidery basket and sit in the corridor with Xu Miaoyin.

At night, Xu Miaoyin finished washing and went to bed early. The medicine she drank every day had the effect of calming the nerves and promoting sleep, so after a while, she fell asleep.

Xiao Qi could only wait until this time to come in and see her. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, he took off his outer clothes and slept on the outside of the bed. He stretched out his hand and carefully pulled Xu Miaoyin into his arms.

For these days, he could only hold her in his arms in this way.

He gently sniffed her warm fragrance, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep.

When the person next to her heard gentle breathing, Xu Miaoyin opened her eyes, raised her eyes to look at Xiao Qi beside her, took his hand away from her waist, turned around, and turned her back to him.

She knew that every day after he waited for her to fall asleep, he would come over and hug her to sleep, and then leave before she woke up.

But so what? Until she figured out his purpose, she could only pretend not to know.

The next day, Xu Miaoyin was still sitting on the porch in a daze.

When the sun was setting, Xiao Qi walked into Lanyin Courtyard. He walked up to her, smiled and held her hand.

Xu Miaoyin struggled subconsciously, but failed.

Xiao Qi grabbed her hand tightly, pulled her out of the hospital, and coaxed: "Miaomiao, I'll take you to see your father."

Xu Miaoyin was pulled by him, his steps were very slow, as if he was waiting to be by her side, but she was unwilling now, and followed him step by step to Minghui Hall.

In the Minghui Hall, Xu Rennian, dressed as Chen Fengling, was sitting on an armchair in the hall drinking tea, and Xu Jiaoyue was beside him boredly.

Seeing the two of them coming together, Xu Rennian smiled and said, "Our family hasn't had dinner together for a long time. How about Miaomiao and Jiaojiao dining with daddy?"

Xu Miaoyin looked at Xiao Qi and then at Xu Renian, wondering what he meant?

What’s the point of such an illusion?

He just made sure that she wouldn't expose him in front of his father.

Xu Miaoyin shook off the hand he was holding without leaving a trace, walked to Xu Jiaoyue's side, smiled and said to Xu Rennian: "Okay, as long as daddy is happy, I will eat with you every day!"

Xu Rennian looked at Xu Miaoyin and Xu Jiaoyue lovingly.

However, Xu Jiaoyue felt a chill and secretly rolled her eyes in her heart. Fortunately, Chen Fengling could continue to act, but she could not continue to act.

Xu Jiaoyue held Xu Miaoyin's hand and said, "Let's go, sister, I'm going to starve to death."

After saying that, he took Xu Miaoyin to the dining room.

Seeing that she was walking normally, Xu Miaoyin asked doubtfully: "When will Jiaojiao's legs heal?"

Xu Jiaoyue replied casually: "It was fine in the first two days." She looked back at Xiao Qi behind her, and then asked: "Sister, did you and your brother-in-law have a fight? Your face is pale, and his face is OK

It’s so cold it’s freezing to death.”

Xu Miaoyin didn't know how to answer. She didn't want Xu Jiaoyue to know about these dirty things, so she smiled lightly and said: "Yes, your brother-in-law said that I was not in good health and wouldn't let me go out, so I was angry with him."

Xu Jiaoyue curled her lips and didn't believe her words at all. She treated her like a child and she didn't ask any more questions.

No matter how close people are, they still need a sense of distance. As if recalling something, Xu Jiaoyue lowered her eyes and said no more.

Xu Miaoyin noticed something strange about her, squeezed her hand and asked, "Why does Jiaojiao look a little lonely?"

Xu Jiaoyue didn't know that Xu Miaoyin was so sensitive and could actually see through her mind. She was slightly startled, shook her head subconsciously, but then laughed at herself and said coquettishly to Xu Miaoyin: "Sister, can you come and talk to me tonight?

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Xu Miaoyin rubbed her head lovingly and said hello, but Xu Jiaoyue ducked away, making Xu Miaoyin gradually look good.

Xiao Qi, who was following them, looked at this scene and lowered his eyes, but Chen Fengling on the side smiled and said softly: "It's better to use my method. Her heart is tied to her family. As long as her family is safe,

She is willing to do anything, understand?"

Xiao Qi glanced at him coldly, and Chen Fengling stopped talking.

A trace of sadness flashed across Xiao Qi's eyes. He didn't know the position of his family in her heart, but he was unwilling to accept that it was not him who could make her look good.

He glanced at Xu Jiaoyue and lowered his eyes.

Xu Jiaoyue suddenly felt a chill on her back. When she turned around and saw Xiao Qi and both of them with their eyes downcast, they were a little confused. Could it be their own imagination?

The dishes on the table were all served, and the four of them sat down one after another. Xu Rennian gave Xu Miaoyin a crab meat ball, and said with a smile: "Miaomiao, eat more. She looks much thinner than a sick person like me."

Xu Miaoyin smiled and thanked her, and added vegetables to Xu Rennian's bowl, saying, "Dad, you should also take care of your health. Only if you are healthy and safe can your daughter feel at ease."

Hearing this, Xu Rennian glanced at Xiao Qi and agreed with a smile.

Xu Miaoyin gave Xu Jiaoyue a piece of pork ribs, "Jiaojiao also needs to take a good supplement."

Xu Jiaoyue smiled at Xu Miaoyin in a flattering way.

Xiao Qi looked at Xu Miaoyin thoughtfully.

Xu Miaoyin could feel Xiao Qi looking at her, but she chose to turn a blind eye.

"Miaomiao, I want to eat the ribs in front of you." Xiao Qi suddenly said.
To be continued...