Lin Ting felt relieved and headed towards Huo Tingyu with the wine glass in hand.
Ji Li didn't hold him back, so he simply let him go.
What if Huo Tingyu can really be solved?
Besides, today is New Year's Eve, maybe Huo Tingyu is in a good mood and is willing to listen?
Thinking this, he looked at Lin Ting's back with a little expectation in his eyes.
Huo Tingyu had been looking outside in a daze. He didn't realize it until Lin Ting came closer. He quickly came back to his senses and looked at Lin Ting.
"Commander, let's talk?" Lin Ting gestured toward the outside while holding the wine glass.
Huo Tingyu picked up his wine glass with his right hand and the wine pot with his left hand, and followed Lin Ting to the terrace outside.
"What are you talking about?" Huo Tingyu asked Lin Ting, looking down at the soldiers surrounding the bonfire.
Lin Ting cleared his throat: "The commander-in-chief knows that I stayed in the West for several years."
As he spoke, he paid attention to Huo Tingyu's reaction and thought about what to say so as not to make the commander angry.
"I know." Huo Tingyu didn't look at him, but continued to look elsewhere, not knowing what he was thinking.
Lin Ting pursed his lips: "Are you interested in Chen Dong's family?"
As soon as he said these words, Huo Tingyu's eyes immediately fell on him like a bird of prey.
"It's impossible. Chen Dong's family is Pingyan's widow. I can't do such a thing."
Huo Tingyu just glanced at Lin Ting and immediately looked away.
Although he himself knew that he had such dirty thoughts, it was impossible for him to admit his villainous behavior in front of others.
But Lin Ting didn't believe what Huo Tingyu said. He saw with his own eyes that day in the Huo Mansion's backyard that his own commander-in-chief guided Chen Dong's family to the backyard, and the sparring session with Ji Li went down a notch.
In addition, Ji Li told him so confidently just now, Lin Ting firmly believed that Huo Tingyu was interested in Chen Jinjun.
He frowned and continued: "Dong Chen's family doesn't have Mr. Heping Yan's sugar, it's like getting married in the West without having a wedding ceremony. There's no way to count."
Huo Tingyu glanced at him coldly again: "The marriage between Chen Dongjia and Ping Yan is a gift from the emperor. Regardless of whether there is a visit to the court or not, it will be counted."
Lin Ting looked at him in disbelief: "Will the commander care so much about the imperial edict?"
Huo Tingyu looked away, avoiding Lin Ting's condemning gaze.
"You have to know that if it hadn't been for that imperial edict, she wouldn't have been able to enter the Huo Mansion."
Lin Ting gritted his teeth: "Commander, let me say something offensive. I have always felt that you are not the kind of person who cares about rumors and worldly opinions. But if you go against your own heart just to deny your feelings, then that is
A complete coward."
Huo Tingyu smiled and said nothing.
How could he not know that he was telling the truth?
It's just that the feelings that shouldn't exist must be extinguished as soon as possible, so as to avoid causing catastrophe in the future.
Lin Ting looked at Huo Tingyu's indifferent look and became very angry: "Commander, you should think twice."
"Think twice? What should you think twice about?"
Huo Tingyu looked at the soldiers celebrating the New Year lively below, and said lightly: "The day I welcomed her into the Huo Mansion, she was wearing an official uniform. I thought I would never have to touch that dress again, but it was Chen Jinjun who took it out
The imperial edict forced me to welcome her, and I agreed to her request for military pay. How could I have feelings for someone like Huo Tingyu who humiliated me? "
He shook his head mockingly and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Lin Ting looked at Huo Tingyu's appearance and became more sure of Huo Tingyu's thoughts on Chen Jinjun, but now was obviously not the time to expose Huo Tingyu.
"Since the commander-in-chief has said so, it's hard for me to say anything more."
Lin Ting nodded and smiled helplessly: "I just hope that the commander-in-chief will not sit down and make himself regret for the rest of his life."
Huo Tingyu was shocked and turned to look at Lin Ting.
Lin Ting had a helpless smile on his face, and his eyes were full of nostalgia. Under the reflection of the bonfire downstairs, he was like the scorching sun frozen in ice, the untouchable warmth behind the coldness.
Yes, Huo Tingyu knew that when Lin Ting was in the West, he once fell in love with the daughter of an earl.
But Lin Ting was unwilling to stay there. He always believed that he should return to his own country, even though it was already a mess.
Huo Tingyu poured himself a glass of wine and poured another glass for Lin Ting.
"Don't worry, I know what I should do."
Lin Ting looked at the wine in the cup and shook his head with a wry smile: "Dong Chen's family is in a good time now, and his career is also at its peak. And with Young Master Heping Yan's marriage gift, he will indeed not consider getting married in the short term.
problem."
For some reason, Huo Tingyu breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously after hearing what Lin Ting said.
"However, it is destined that she will not stay in Yongzhou for the rest of her life."
Huo Tingyu looked at the falling snowflakes in the distance: "Whether to stay or go is her own decision. What does it have to do with me?"
Lin Ting smiled and said nothing.
Huo Tingyu made up his mind from the bottom of his heart. At worst, it would be better to drift away slowly in the future than to act unilaterally.
He always remembered what he should do, just like the gunshot on the city tower after taking off his official uniform. Everything was still moving forward slowly according to his plan.
Huo Tingyu kept pouring and drinking, and Lin Ting returned to the house without knowing when.
Ji Li hurriedly waved to Lin Ting: "What did the commander say?"
"The commander-in-chief still doesn't want to admit it." Lin Ting shook his head.
"Ah?" Ji Li sighed regretfully, "The commander is already twenty-five years old. If this continues, won't he still be unable to find a wife by the time he reaches thirty?"
"If he wants to, he will not be short of women until he is sixty years old."
Lin Ting glanced at Ji Li and said angrily.
"No, I mean, the head mother of the Huo family, the Second Madam has been urging me to persuade the Marshal these years. But Marshal, you also know that no one can persuade me. It's not easy for me to persuade Chen.
The boss has a suitable family background, and the commander-in-chief is also interested in her, but who knows at this time, Huo Tingyu is still not in a hurry. As the old saying goes, the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is."
Lin Ting raised his eyebrows and looked Ji Li up and down: "Eunuch?"
"Fuck you." Ji Li scolded with a smile and gave him an elbow.
Lin Ting smiled and picked up the wine glass in his hand and clinked a drink with him: "The commander is not in a hurry, and we don't need to be in a hurry. Only when he is in a hurry will we have fun watching."
"You have a lot of bad intentions." Ji Li also smiled mischievously and glanced at Huo Tingyu's lonely back leaning on the guardrail, and took a sip of wine.
Lin Ting smiled helplessly: "At worst, if I try to persuade him later, I can't see him be like me back then."
Ji Li calmed down. He knew that when Lin Ting just returned to China, he looked dejected every day, which made people sad.
I hope the commander won’t be like this.
The snow is still falling, and Chen Jinjun’s first New Year in Yongzhou has just passed.