Qiongzhou is an ancient city close to the border between Tianshuo and Huixia.
That afternoon, after entering the city, Baili Mingzan ordered everyone to rest and continue their journey the next day.
Inside the upper room of Wanlong Inn.
Lian Xiao held out a picture scroll with both hands and had been sitting in front of the desk for a long time. He looked at the woman in the picture dreamily, his eyes full of deep emotion and sadness...
The painting shows a very beautiful woman, dressed in white without makeup, smiling softly, with distant and indifferent eyes. She is Zhuo Ye.
Lian Xiao and Lian Qin already knew the news that Feng Linrui had granted marriage to Feng Lince and Zhuo Ye two days ago.
Is Xiao Ye... about to get married? I didn't expect that it would be so soon, she would... become someone else's bride...
Lian Xiao's thin lips raised slightly, eliciting a faint wry smile...
"The painting looks very similar!" A little head suddenly came over, looked at the scroll, and commented sincerely.
Lian Xiao closed the scroll with a snap, frowned and said to Dong Tiantian: "When did you come in? You didn't even knock on the door? Don't you think it's too rude, Princess?!"
"I knocked on the door! You didn't respond, so I came in directly." Dong Tiantian had a very innocent expression on her cute little face. She pouted her rosy mouth and said, "You are obviously too focused.
, why blame me?”
"..." Lian Xiao looked slightly embarrassed. Yes, with his cultivation level, he didn't even notice that someone entered his room or walked up to him. He was obviously lost in thought for too long...
"Ahem!" Lian Xiao coughed slightly as if to cover up his embarrassment, and then asked Dong Tiantian: "Is the princess looking for something from me?" Lian Xiao said while carefully rolling up the scroll.
"It's no big deal." Dong Tiantian handed a paper bag in front of Lian Xiao and said, "Here, I'll treat you to roasted chestnuts with sugar."
"..." Lian Xiao stretched out his hand to take the paper bag and said, "Thank you." Well, it was still warm when I got it. It seems that I bought it not long ago.
Since the "roasted sweet potato" incident, Lian Xiao and Dong Tiantian have become "eating friends". Lian Xiao found that anything Dong Tiantian thinks is delicious tastes very good, especially when eating with her, she will
It feels extra sweet...
Maybe it's because she's so involved in eating and enjoying it that people are unconsciously stimulated by her appetite.
"That..." Dong Tiantian stared at the paper bag in Lian Xiao's hand reluctantly, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Just grab some and eat it, leave the rest for me..." By the way, she just bought these chestnuts on the street.
, I haven’t eaten a few yet...
"Then, let's eat together." Lian Xiao put the paper bag on the table, reached out and grabbed a chestnut and peeled it.
"Okay." Dong Tiantian responded happily, sat down opposite Lian Xiao, stretched out her little paws to grab a chestnut and peeled it.
Dong Tiantian was impatient and her nails were so tender that she peeled them off for a long time without getting any food into her mouth. She frowned and thought for a while, then she put the chestnut in her mouth and bit it. The chestnut cracked. Dong Tiantian looked happy.
He sucked hard the chestnut flesh from half of the chestnut.
So fragrant! So sweet! So delicious! Dong Tiantian looked satisfied, her eyes were starry and blurred...
Lian Xiao has seen this expression on Dong Tiantian's face countless times, but every time she sees it, the corners of her mouth still can't help but twitch.
What a foodie! It seems that in her eyes, there is nothing more enjoyable than eating.
Lian Xiao threw the peeled chestnuts into his mouth and chewed them. Well, they were indeed delicious. Being led by this girl, he almost became a foodie...
"Hey, that painting just now was painted by you?" Dong Tiantian ate chestnuts and said inarticulately.
"Yeah." Lian Xiao's eyes dimmed.
"You're pretty good at painting," Dong Tiantian praised.
"It's okay." Lian Xiao suddenly couldn't feel the taste of chestnuts in his mouth...
"Then, draw me a picture too." Dong Tiantian requested.
Lian Xiao raised her eyes, her peach blossom eyes glowing with a cold light, looking at Dong Tiantian in silence.
"What's wrong? Yes, is there a problem?" Dong Tiantian asked doubtfully.
"No problem." Lian Xiao withdrew his gaze, picked up another chestnut, peeled it slowly, and asked calmly: "When do you want to paint?"
"Now, um, aren't you free?" "Bang," Dong Tiantian said, biting open another chestnut.
Lian Xiao was silent for a moment, sighed softly and almost inaudibly, and said: "Okay."
How long has it been since he used a paintbrush? It seems like it was after he finished painting Xiao Ye’s portrait...
He stood up and opened the door, and ordered his subordinates to get pens, inks, paints and other supplies. Lian Xiao ordered Dong Tiantian to stand farther away, picked up the pen, and a look of sadness flashed across his face...
"Wait a minute." Before Lian Xiao could finish writing, Dong Tiantian suddenly called out.
"Huh?" Lian Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Dong Tiantian in confusion.
Dong Tiantian jumped to the desk, glanced at the drawing paper with her neck crooked, and muttered: "The man is on the left, the woman is on the right." Then she stretched out a green jade finger and touched the right side of the drawing paper.
Said: "Draw me here, leaving the left side empty first."
"Why do you want to leave the left side empty? This will affect the overall beauty of the picture. Do you need to draw anything else to fill it on the left side?" Lian Xiao asked.
"Just leave it blank for now. Finish painting my portrait first, and then I'll tell you."
"Okay." Lian Xiao didn't ask further.
He doesn't have that much curiosity. At this moment, he just wants to divert his attention...
A quarter of an hour later.
Lian Xiao frowned and said to Dong Tiantian who was holding on to the chestnut pocket: "Put the chestnuts aside first and eat them later!"
"..." Dong Tiantian had a look of reluctance. It wouldn't taste good after a while...
Half an hour later.
Lian Xiao's eyes twitched and he said in a deep voice: "Don't move your mouth! Don't eat yet!"
"..." Dong Tiantian looked depressed, at least let her swallow the mouthful of chestnuts first...
An hour later.
Lian Xiao, with a dark handsome face, shouted: "Be careful with your hands! Don't steal chestnuts!"
"..." I hate it! It's not okay to eat some chestnuts that are already cold. Is it easy for her? Dong Tiantian secretly glared at Lian Xiao.
Two hours later.
Lian Xiao was about to go crazy, gritted his teeth and said: "If you are dishonest, I won't paint anymore!"
"Then...how long do you have to finish the painting?" Dong Tiantian asked. She regretted why she had to draw a portrait! If she wanted to paint, she had to eat the chestnuts first before painting!
"Alas..." Lian Xiao sighed: "It's almost over."
He used to draw pictures of beauties, and he didn't require them to sit still and wait for him to finish. He always liked to capture the most natural charm of beauties...
But today, he found that he couldn't concentrate on the painting brush. In front of him was Zhuo Ye's smile and frown, and Dong Tiantian's pink and pretty face, eating together with the pictures.
Very small mouth.
The nose is also filled with the tantalizing aroma of candied roasted chestnuts...