Mu Zichen seemed to be waiting for someone at the city gate, and Hua Ling was beside him.
"Zi Chen, who are you waiting for?"
"Waiting for Shumin," Mu Zichen explained, "She and I grew up together. Shumin is a very good girl. You two should be able to chat."
Hua Ling pouted and looked at Mu Zichen with big eyes. For some reason, four words came to mind: childhood sweetheart.
"...Are you husband and wife?"
Mu Zichen was surprised and explained: "Of course not."
Hua Ling was relieved and clung to him happily again. In other words, although Mu Zichen did not dislike being physically close to Hua Ling.
Mu Zichen endured it, and finally reminded him: "Hua Ling, you may be intimate with other men when you are outside, which will have an impact on your reputation."
Hua Ling looked up at him in confusion: "Why does it affect it?"
Hearing this, Mu Zichen joked: "Be careful not to get married."
Hua Ling opened her eyes slightly: "How could it be? You won't marry me?"
"Cough cough cough..."
Sima Kongkong, who had just arrived, listened to this conversation attentively. Looking at Mu Zichen who was coughing dryly, he felt really happy. He must have been punished for his improper behavior all day long!
In an instant, General Sima's affection for the unfamiliar foodie girl increased by more than a little.
"It's not here yet."
Mu Zichen rolled his eyes at Sima Kongkong, who had a smile on his face and a hint of teasing.
"Are you blind? You can't see?"
Sima glanced at him empty-handedly and said, "A heartless man is not only irresponsible but also unable to speak human words."
Mu Zichen gritted his teeth and snarled at him: "The general really can't say anything!"
Sima Kongkong smiled, but before he could say anything, the flower spirit on the side immediately kindly added for Mu Zichen: "It's because a dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth!"
Sima Kongkong: "..."
Mu Zichen smiled and touched Hua Ling's head: "Well, that's great."
Today, Sima Kongkong finally realized what it means to be extremely happy and sad.
Just as he was talking, a familiar figure appeared not far away.
Sima Kongkong's eyes lit up: "It's Shumin!"
Yuan Shumin walked closer and dismounted. She looked the same as before, except that she looked more calm.
"Zi Chen, Kong Kong."
If Yuan Shumin's appearance can be described in four words, it is really slim.
Clean and neat, standard beauty appearance.
Sima Kongkong: "Our great beauty is finally back! Alas? Why are you the only one here?"
Yuan Shumin looked at him with a smile: "I left alone, so naturally I came back alone."
Sima Kongkong said: "Tsk tsk, you can't do this. You can't even bring back a man. It's really embarrassing."
Yuan Shumin immediately said: "Hmm, our general is lucky enough to kidnap a girl and bring her back as his wife."
Mu Zichen echoed: "A general who is afraid of his wife."
Sima Kongkong retorted: "Can you do it? This is respect! Do you understand respect?"
"You are so awesome!"
A few quarrels between you and me, without any sense of estrangement. They are still the same as before. Some feelings will not change even if they are ten, twenty, or even a lifetime apart. As long as they meet each other, they will remain the same.
There are endless things to say and endless things to talk about.
It took Yuan Shumin a while to notice that there was another person beside Mu Zichen.
"Who is this girl?"
Sima Kongkong: "Hi, Mu Zichen's soon-to-be wife!"
Hua Ling nodded immediately when she heard the words. For some reason, the moment she saw Yuan Shumin, she had a feeling of déjà vu, as if she had seen her somewhere, and it seemed familiar, but she just couldn't remember.
But that's not important. The most important thing is that she is Mu Zichen's future wife!
Yuan Shumin paused for a moment and looked at Mu Zichen: "Zichen, are you engaged?"
Mu Zichen looked at Hua Ling who was looking at him eagerly, and suddenly smiled helplessly. For a moment, he really didn't know how to explain it.
"Okay, don't keep talking here, my adoptive father is still waiting for you."
Yuan Shumin: "Yes, I haven't seen my adoptive father for a long time. I really miss him."
Yuan Shumin didn't pursue that question, she just glanced at Hua Ling a few more times.
"By the way, where is that boy from Suigu? Why didn't you say you were coming to pick me up?"
Sima Kongkong: "Ha, he? He is preparing a feast for you at home! He is a very busy man now..."
Mu Zichen did not send Hua Ling back specially, but went directly to the city lord's mansion. He was following anyway, and it was not shameful, so he just followed.
In fact, when Yuan Shumin was young, Mu Yanming took a lot of care of her. However, Mu Yanming did not come today. But for people like them, this is simply normal.
There are always endless things to do in Mu Yanming Medical Clinic. Suicheng would sometimes joke that he, a little doctor, had more to deal with than he, the city lord, had to do. Therefore, if he came, Mu Zichen and the others would
Only then will it feel abnormal.
"Father!"
"Oops! Come on, come on, let your adoptive father see it. Oops, the adoptive father's daughter is back! Hahaha, um, good, she's getting more and more beautiful!"
Suiyi smiled at the side and said, "That's not true. My sister will always be a beauty."
Suicheng: "Hey? Who is this girl?"
Mu Zichen coughed dryly and said, "This is Hua Ling."
Suicheng immediately set his sights on Hua Ling again and looked at him carefully.
Hua Ling didn't think anything of it and smiled and said hello.
Suicheng muttered: "This, this, it's Hua Ling, oh, it's Miss Hua Ling, Hua Ling is such a good name, this person is also good-looking, no wonder Zichen..."
Mu Zichen: "Father!"
"Oh, I know, I know, take a good look at this, isn't it?"
Yuan Shumin lowered her eyes slightly and pursed her lips.
"Hey, ahem, that's good, come on, come on, take a seat!"
…
Yuan Shumin was very happy to come back today, especially Sui Cheng. He accidentally drank too much and talked loudly, so he was sent back to rest.
Yuan Shumin stood up, went out and sat down, looking at the darkened sky, full of stars.
Sui Yu: "They are all drunk. Several years have passed, but you are still the best drinker here."
Sui Yu said and sat down next to her.
Yuan Shumin chuckled: "I can't help it, I'm a born drinker."
"After all these years outside, I thought you would never come back."
Yuan Shumin: "I don't know what will happen if I come back, or what if I don't come back."
Sui Yu turned his eyes and looked at her: "Then have you thought about not coming back?"
Yuan Shumin thought for a while and smiled: "Well, it really doesn't happen. Where can I go? After all, Xun'an City is the root."
Suiyu chewed on what she said, clapped her hands and said, "Well, yes, well said! In fact, I think that comparing the outside with the city, they are almost the same. Since they are almost the same, why not come back? This is home after all."
Yuan Shumin smiled lightly. Over the years, she had never thought about floating outside forever, but what she thought seemed different from what she thought.
"Zi Chen has just grown up, so why are you engaged?"
Suiyu looked at the drunk people inside and said strangely: "I don't know, I guess I fell in love after meeting each other's eyes. Who can say for sure, but that girl is quite interesting and good-looking.
good."
Yuan Shumin: "Well, it's really good."
Yuan Shumin silently drank the jar of wine in her hand and looked up at the stars.
She is four years older than Mu Zichen. She still remembers that when she was young, Suicheng and Mu Yanming drank together once and got a little drunk. When they saw her, they started chatting enthusiastically.
"Hey, let me tell you, I like you very much, my little adopted daughter!"
"What, you want to take a concubine? Haha, then don't act like a child bride, hahaha..."
"Go away, the child bride is no longer good, but the wife here is quite good!"
Hearing this, Suicheng laughed and said with a big tongue: "Don't be ridiculous, they two? The eldest Zichen, a sensitive girl, is over four years old!"
Mu Yanming waved his hand, and he was much cuter when he was drunk than when he was sober: "So what? As long as we have the same mind, what's wrong?"
"Baby kiss?"
Everyone has forgotten these words, not even the person who spoke them in the Sixth Company. Only one person, Yuan Shumin, actually remembered them carefully in his heart. Once he remembered it, he has remembered it till now.
Hua Ling's head was still buzzing the next day, but she still got up with Mu Zichen.
"My lord, don't you have a headache?"
"Come on, drink it, it won't hurt anymore."
Hua Ling took a look: "Medicine?"
Mu Zichen handed the bowl to Hua Ling's mouth: "It doesn't count, it's not bitter, it's true."
Hua Ling drank from his hand.
"How about it? I didn't lie to you. It's not bitter."
"Then I want a candy man too!"
Mu Zichen coaxed her with a smile: "Okay."
"What are we going to do today?"
Mu Zichen: "Go to the suburbs."
Hua Ling knew immediately that Mu Zichen was going to take her to do good deeds! Hua Ling liked Mu Zichen like this very much. No matter it was the prince in the previous life or Mu Zichen in this life, they were all the same person.
of.
Mu Zichen was saying something, but Hua Ling didn't listen. Suddenly, a hand fell on his shoulder. Mu Zichen looked at her doubtfully, only to hear Hua Ling speak earnestly and seriously: "You must work hard to accumulate virtue.
Do good deeds and you will have a good birth in your next life."
Mu Zichen: "???"
Is this morning so scary? How about something auspicious?
Hua Ling just finished what she said and didn't explain anything.
"I'm going to clean up before I come out. Just wait for me here for a while!" He said and ran away.
Mu Zichen was alone and messy.
Finally, Hua Ling realized that it was not just the two of them who were going, but Yuan Shumin was also there.
"Shumin? Why are you here?"
Yuan Shumin chuckled: "I went to see Uncle Mu and thought that on this day, you would go to the countryside to give porridge, so I came here."
Mu Zichen raised his eyebrows: "You are so attentive. Those two even close their eyes and pretend to be dead even if they know it, but they never reach out."
"Who told you that your behavior is so bad on weekdays?"
Mu Zichen: "Wow, you said that to me too, I'm so sad."