Cangzhou belongs to the region south of the Yangtze River, and it has gradually become hot when it is about to enter May.

There was also a slight dampness in the air, and the scorching sunlight scattered in through the paper window, illuminating the slowly floating wood chips in the air.

A white cat curled up by the wooden window, its tail flicked occasionally, and basked in the sun and slept soundly.

In the middle of the room hung a string of puppets. They had different poses, but they were similar in appearance. One of them looked straight at the bed.

There is a huge bed, and because the two of them are glued together too tightly, they only occupy a small area beside the bed, so it is not a problem to sleep two people in the vacated space.

Li Ruoshui shrank beside the bed, fell asleep straight, his wrist was pressed against his head, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and he did not sleep peacefully.

On the other side, Lu Zhiyao tightly grasped her wrist and rested his head on her shoulder, revealing a peaceful expression on his exposed half of his face.

Suddenly, Lu Zhiyao's whole body trembled, and he couldn't help but use some strength in his hands to wake up.

His eyelashes moved slightly, he touched the thing in his hand, and he relaxed a little.

He sat up helplessly, his satin-like black hair slid in front of him, dyed some brilliant gold by the sun.

"I actually fell asleep."

I slept so long, so deeply.

She had already admitted that she was his property last night, doesn't that mean he has a reason to kill Zheng Yanqing?

I originally planned to pretend to be on the bed and kill Li Ruoshui when he fell asleep, but he didn't expect to fall asleep inexplicably.

It must have been too tiring for the past two days.

But does he also feel tired?

Lu Zhiyao couldn't figure it out, so he simply lay back, his fingertips subconsciously rubbed her wrist bone, and suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.

I don't want to move, just want to lie down like this all the time.

Does he actually still want to make Li Ruoshui a puppet? But after being made into a doll, she is no longer her.

Lu Zhiyao thought about this question seriously, and even thought of a kind of Gu worm that can control people's hearts.

But this kind of thing is hard to find and practice, and Li Ruoshui is very good at deceiving people, and maybe she will coax her into eating it by herself.

How did it develop to this point?

He still remembered Li Ruoshui's frightened and calm voice when he first met him, and he had to think twice about lying to him.

Now she is much less cautious. She was not afraid of being tied up last night, as if she was determined to let her go.

This feeling of being pinched is really strange, but he doesn't seem to hate it.

"Isn't that puppet not very similar?"

Li Ruoshui didn't look surprised at all, and even felt obvious disgust, probably not like her.

So what does she look like?

Lu Zhiyao moved his fingertips slightly, his hand touched the end of her hair, and followed the end of her hair to the center of her forehead. Just as he slowly slid into Li Ruoshui's eyes, there were suddenly eager footsteps outside the door.

"Brother Lu, are you there? We heard from Xiao Er that you didn't go out today, so we wanted to discuss something with you."

The door was knocked, and Jiang Nian's voice appeared outside the door.

Lu Zhiyao ignored them, he half-supported his body, his fingertips had slid across her eyes and came to her lips.

This is the place.

He pressed it gently, soft, warm, without a hint of sharpness, and he was able to say so many words to deceive him.

"Brother Lu, are you up yet?"

Jiang Nian knocked on the door much less loudly, and there was a hint of uncertainty in his words.

Someone was making a noise outside the door, someone was moving his lips, Li Ruoshui, who had not slept well, frowned and slowly opened his eyes.

She moved her grasped wrist and glanced at Lu Zhi, who was sitting beside her, with a dazed expression.

"You are so annoying when you sleep."

As soon as these words came out, not only Lu Zhiyao stopped, but even Jiang Nian outside the door restrained his voice.

"...We'll come back to you later."

The rustling noise outside the door gradually left, and Li Ruoshui realized what just happened, but she didn't care anymore.

Li Ruoshui withdrew his wrist and took a careful look at Lu Jiao.

Maybe it was because he slept well last night, the blue and black under his eyes became lighter, the color of his lips was not as pale as before, and he returned to the look that was gentle enough to deceive others.

"It looks so much better."

The way she looked a few days ago really made her look very uncomfortable. It was obviously good-looking and powerful. How could it give people the illusion that it would be broken at any time.

When Li Ruoshui was about to get out of bed, he grabbed his wrist again.

Lu Zhiyao's voice was still gentle, his expression didn't change, and he even seemed to laugh happier.

"I look better? What does this mean, am I not good looking now?"

He was often asked this question before, and Li Ruoshui always thought he was a person who cared about his appearance.

With the idea of ​​wanting him to pay attention to rest in the future, she leaned over and tapped his eyes.

"If people stay up all night for a long time, the place will become dark and it will not look good."

Lu Zhizhi stood up straight, the smile on his lips flattened, the placket of his casual clothes was scattered, and a few strands of black hair tangled around his neck and poked into the placket.

Li Ruoshui silently took back the unsightly words in his heart.

Good-looking people, even if they are haggard, have a fragile high-level beauty.

"So pay attention to rest in the future, I went to wash."

In fact, Li Ruoshui, who was so beautiful, looked away, got out of bed in a hurry, and didn't see anything wrong with Lu Zhi.

She knew what Jiang Nian and the two came here to find a way to go, so she talked to him while washing.

Naturally, she wanted to go. The poisonous scholar had already been arrested, but there was still no systematic prompt or reward. Naturally, it was the letters that Lu Feiyue found in the original book.

But it still depends on Lu Zhi's thoughts, she doesn't think she can control him.

"I'm going to Zheng Mansion today to pick up and leave books, and pack up by the way... Are you going?"

With the previous lessons, Li Ruoshui felt that it would be better for him to take into account his mood.

Lu Zhiyao put down his hand touching his eyelids, smiled gently, and began to organize his clothes.

"Why did you and Zheng Yanqing reconcile with me?"

Li Ruoshui: ? ? ?

Does she think their relationship has improved?

"...then I'll go by myself."

Li Ruoshui opened the door and walked out, with a confused look on his face again.

She really wants a golden finger like mind reading!

This system sucks.

After Li Ruoshui left, Lu Zhizhi caressed his eyes, pursed a smile at the corner of his mouth, and then unconsciously pressed it into his eye socket.

"It didn't look good."

"Although this cat is a bit more expensive, it is really not afraid of people."

Li Ruoshui smiled and put the cat back where it was, and rubbed its head again.

Although it was a little troublesome last night, it was not a waste of money to make Lu Zhiyao feel the joy of playing cats.

"Girl, have you coaxed people?"

The proprietress of the tofu shop touched the cat's head and looked at her with a smile.

"Probably fine."

He tied her up for so long last night, and said it was punishment, but it should be relieved to untie her later.

Li Ruoshui thought for a while, then leaned over and asked the proprietress, "How can I make a person who has been denying himself understand that he is jealous?"

"It's just that he refuses to tell the truth." The proprietress understood what she meant and couldn't help laughing: "Would it be better to use some methods to force the question out? For example, tell the truth after drinking."

...

Daigo empowerment ah.

Li Ruoshui's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had some bold ideas in his heart.

She always liked to prepare in advance, so she walked directly to the largest restaurant in Cangzhou, because she was a little distracted, and accidentally bumped into the person who left the store.

"Feel sorry……"

She raised her eyes to look at the girl who was hit, only to feel a little familiar: "You..."

"Come and make some plum wine, young lady, take a look."

The person hurriedly replied to these words and ran away with the hem of his skirt. Li Ruoshui looked at her back and suddenly remembered something.

She seems to be Zheng Mei's maid.

Looking flustered, there must be a problem, Li Ruoshui thought for a moment and followed.

She just followed from a distance, not too close, Zheng Mei's maid glanced left and right and walked into an alley.

Li Ruoshui looked in at the entrance of the alley, and saw that she handed the wine to a woman in red and left. The woman looked like someone dressed in Yanliu Lane.

She looked at the wine in her hand with some embarrassment, and finally left with it.

Li Ruoshui and Zheng Mei are not familiar with her, and the only impression of her is that she invited Lu Zhizhi to swim in the lake, and finally came back unscathed. She is a very courageous woman.

She was probably taking the house fighting route. It seemed that she had to remind Zheng Yanqing before leaving.

When Li Ruoshui returned to Zheng Mansion again, she deeply felt her current status.

When the servants in the mansion looked at her, they were no longer as enthusiastic as they used to be. When she met Mrs. Zheng and her party in the garden, they just gave her a faint look.

What Li Ruoshui said yesterday probably made Madam Zheng quite angry, and the rest of the people also changed their attitudes.

But Li Ruoshui didn't care, she was leaving Zheng Mansion today.

When she returned to Dongyuan, Zheng Yanqing was packing things inside. When he looked up and saw her, he pursed his lips and smiled, took out a neat and tidy letter from the book and put it on the table.

"This is the contract we wrote on the day we got married, and I think it's time to fulfill the contract."

When he heard what Li Ruoshui said yesterday, he vaguely sensed something, and it was not until he didn't see her figure at night that he was sure.

Their short-lived and phony engagement was roughly at an end.

"Have you finished what you have to do?" Zheng Yanqing poured her a cup of tea with a smile and chatted with her like a friend.

"It's done." Li Ruoshui nodded, took the contract and read it.

"Today I saw your sister's maid doing some strange things outside. I don't know what she's doing. You should pay more attention in the future."

Zheng Yanqing was stunned for a moment, then raised his lips: "It has nothing to do with me, I will leave Cangzhou in a few days."

Li Ruoshui handed him the contract and was a little surprised: "Where are you going?"

Zheng Yanqing took back the contract signed with the names of the two, and cherished it into his manuscript.

"Isn't it what you said?" He looked at Li Ruoshui and blinked a few times: "I went to the imperial city to take the exam, but unfortunately I fell into the Sun Mountain. On the way back, I was disheartened, so I started writing travel notes."

Li Ruoshui also understood what he meant, and smiled and untied his purse to him.

"It will definitely be difficult after that. There is not much money in it. These are my farewell gifts for you."

Zheng Yanqing did not refuse, but took the purse and held it in his hand.

"Then I'll take it."

Everything started with this contract, and it should end with this contract.

Li Ruoshui turned around to pack his things, and Zheng Yanqing was also preparing to leave.

When the two elders of the Zheng family were discussing to find another school inspector wife for Zheng Yanqing, the two were ready to leave the Zheng residence.

"Master, are you ready, the girl downstairs has been waiting for you for a long time."

Xiao Er knocked on the door, waiting for a response from inside.

The door suddenly opened from the inside, Lu Zhi stood at the door and pointed to his eyes.

"Can you take a look, is it dark here?"

Xiao Er took a step back, took a closer look, and nodded hesitantly.

"There are some, but it's normal for the young master to go out early and come back late recently. It's normal to have some haggards... If you don't take a closer look at the current blue and black, you won't be there."

"Haggard?"

Although Lu Zhiyao didn't know what haggard looked like, he knew it was not a good word.

"Look at my mouth." Xiao Er knew that he had said something wrong, and quickly went back to make up for it: "Young master, you are still handsome even if you are haggard."

Lu Zhiyao habitually curled the corners of his lips, holding a cane, and followed Xiao Er downstairs.

It was not Li Ruoshui who was waiting for him downstairs, but the little maid next to Zheng Mei.

She looked a little nervous and her movements were a little stiff, and she unconsciously took a half step back when she saw Lu Zhiyuan.

"Mr. Lu, we have prepared the black iron you want. It's in the Zheng Mansion. Miss asked me to take you to pick it up."

Lu Zhiyao nodded, did not ask more, and followed her out the door.

The little girl looked at Lu Zhiyao's smile, and her heart was beating.

Although this man smiled very gently, the young lady told her not to be deceived by his appearance.

He just went out to play that day, and the young lady was pushed into the water by him. He had a cold for several days. If this incident was discovered by him, he didn't know what would happen.

"Can I ask you a question?"

Lu Zhiyao suddenly made a sound, which startled the little girl. She clenched her hands and nodded.

"Please sir."

She probably wanted to ask why she asked him to go so suddenly, it doesn't matter, she had already practiced before she came...

"Does Zheng Yanqing have a blue-black shadow like me right now?"

"what?"

The little girl was stunned for a moment, recalling Zheng Yanqing's appearance: "No."

Lu Zhiyao nodded and didn't speak again, not knowing what was on his mind.