Chapter 23

Su Jingyang had already tried his best to get along with him peacefully, but his good intentions were treated like a donkey's liver and lungs. Su Jingyang snorted, put the teapot on the table heavily, and left in anger.

After there were fewer customers in the restaurant, Ling Li was free to prepare the birthday banquet, and Su Jingyang helped in the kitchen. When he was almost ready to serve, Su Jingyang suddenly grabbed Lingli and gave him a jade pendant the size of a baby's palm with tassels, "When you give A Yi a gift later, help me together. Give it to him."

Thankfully, he felt that it was very pitiful for that guy to be treated like that by his own mother, so he went to buy a jade pendant to wear on his waist to ward off evil spirits and prevent disasters. Although it was not a high-quality one, it cost a lot of money.

Ling Li was stunned for a moment before looking down at the jade pendant in his hand, then smiled, without asking him the reason for doing so, he said hello and put the jade pendant on his body.

Su Jingyang walked out of the kitchen with Ling Li carrying a tray, and couldn't help but ask him what he wanted to give A Yi. When picking gifts, Lingli was mysterious and didn't buy them from a shop with him. Su Jingyang was really curious.

Ling Li turned his head away slightly, but did not speak. He wore a hood to cover his face. Su Jingyang couldn't see his expression, but he knew that he might be a little embarrassed.

Su Jingyang sighed clearly and smiled, "I understand, I don't need to ask."

In heart, thought, it really is to subdue one thing to another, A Yi's stinky temper has to be subdued by Lingli's gentle and watery temperament. Su Jingyang abandoned his prejudice against A Yi, and really felt that the two were a good match.

Lingli was very fond of A Yi, and he prepared a table full of dishes, most of which were A Yi's usual favorites, and the seductive aroma was overflowing in the box.

Four stools were placed beside the round table, Su Jingyang picked up Ah Xuan and sat down beside Rong Hua, but Rong Hua glanced at Ah Xuan in his arms, got up hastily, and changed positions with Rong Ci on the right. When Rong Ci just changed over, Su Jingyang stood up with Axuan in his arms, and pulled Lingli, who had just come in with a pot of wine, to sit down, while he moved to the left.

Then... it became Ling Li and Rong Ci sitting next to each other, Su Jingyang sitting between Ling Li and Rong Hua.

Ah Xuan was hungry, so he reached out to grab something to eat from the plate, but Su Jingyang slapped him on the small hand and taught him a few words. At the moment when Su Jingyang was thugs, Rong Hua shrank and ducked to the side, his scalp numb.

Ah Xuan was beaten, he flattened his mouth aggrieved, hugged Su Jingyang's neck softly and called uncle. Su Jingyang pinched his face and let him go, then patiently taught him to use chopsticks to pick up vegetables.

During the banquet, Su Jingyang only talked to Ling Li and Rong Hua. Ling Li occasionally served Rong Ci with food and poured wine for him, but Rong Ci had dark eyes and never said a word.

Su Jingyang didn't want to disturb the secret interaction between the two of them, so in the end he just spoke to Rong Hua.

Su Jingyang knew that Rong Hua was from Rongcheng, and suddenly he thought of something and asked her, "Murong, have you met your Lord of the City?"

As soon as Su Jingyang's question came out, Rong Ci raised his eyes and looked straight at him. Rong Hua noticed his movements and smiled brightly at Su Jingyang, "I have seen it, of course I have seen it, what's wrong?"

"Just... ask, I want to know how others are doing." Su Jingyang couldn't contain his curiosity about this city lord, and secondly, he wanted to find out what the city lord was like, and wanted to see when he agreed with the wizard Zhi Axuan. How likely is it.

"Our city lord... I've seen it before, and it's quite familiar." Rong Hua shook the wine glass, glanced at Rong Ci calmly, and replied calmly with a smile. "He is very nice, young and handsome, wise, wise, and rich. The most important thing is..." Rong Hua stared at Su Jingyang and emphasized his tone, "He is very good in martial arts, and his physique and strength are also gray. Very good! I don't know how many people in Rongcheng want to marry!"

Su Jingyang took a bite of the dish and listened intently with his eyes wide open, with a look of emotion on his face. Let's just say, from what heard, thought that this person should be very good, but A Yi also said a lot of bad things about others last time.

Look at it, this is the jealousy of Chi Guoguo among men!!!

Rong Hua sighed again and said, "There's just one thing, he often doesn't speak his mind."

Rong Ci gave her a hard look, Rong Hua seemed to have no idea, he tapped the bowl twice with his chopsticks, and said to Su Jingyang in a hateful tone, "If you like it or not, why bother?! Ah ?"

Su Jingyang laughed and said, "Aojiao, it's not a problem, it's just that the road to love may be bumpy."

Rong Hua patted the table: "That's right! If it were me, and I met someone I liked, I would tie it up and go home! I don't care about his mother! The most important thing is to get it!"

Su Jingyang was shocked by her rudeness, and silently covered Ah Xuan's ears with both hands, fearing that he would learn badly, although he probably didn't understand.

Su Jingyang said again: "Actually...Eh heh heh, actually, I think Aojiao is quite cute, just don't overdo it."

"Yeah." Rong Hua echoed loudly, as if he was deliberately telling someone to listen, "Don't overdo it, or you'll run away with other wild men, and it's too late to regret it."

Rong Ci didn't eat anymore, and his expression remained unclear, staring at Su Jingyang silently.

"However, other than that, he's just perfect." Rong Hua winked playfully and said to Su Jingyang, "If you had the chance to get along with him, you might not help falling in love with him. Besides, we The mayor seems to like your type."

Su Jingyang smiled straightly: "I fell in love with him a little when I didn't see him. I feel he must be a great and excellent person."

Of course, Su Jingyang was just joking with Rong Hua. After all, he couldn't stay in this world, and City Lord Rong Cheng wouldn't like a mediocre person like him. Of course, the reason why he followed Rong Hua's joke was because he had always had an inexplicable affection for the city lord.

After Su Jingyang finished speaking, he was about to continue eating, and when he turned his head, he found that Rong Ci and Ling Li were watching him quietly at the same time, especially Rong Ci, whose eyes were so deep and unfathomable that it made one's back shiver.

Su Jingyang was stunned for a while, inexplicably, not knowing what happened to the two of them.

Su Jingyang touched his face, but no rice was on it.

Rong Ci snorted suddenly, raised his chin slightly, and said the first sentence at the dinner tonight, "I don't think City Lord Rong wants you to fall in love with him."

"You're not him, how do you know?" Come and come again, do you just like to taunt him so much? Su Jingyang said angrily: "Maybe people really like me?"

Rong Ci answered quickly: "Unless he is blind."

Su Jingyang said: "I love him as much as I love him!! I love him to death! It's none of your business!"

Rong Ci slightly lowered his head and raised his hand to touch his lips, covering the edge of his lips, he couldn't restrain the upward curve, and then his face turned serious and said indifferently, "Oh, then you love it."

Rong Hua, who was watching the battle at this point, couldn't help but cover her face and burst out laughing. She laughed so much that her whole body was shaking, causing Ah Xuan, who was sitting in Su Jingyang's arms with a dazed face, to turn her head to look. This, look at that, and then followed with his big eyes and grinning.

Ling Li raised his glass, as if he was not affected, his voice was soft, "Ayi's birthday, let's have a drink and bless him together."

After drinking and celebrating, Su Jingyang was about to take the opportunity to leave the table. He just heard Liang Lu calling him from below. Su Jingyang thought it was Liang Lu who helped recruit him, and said in surprise, "No way, so fast. "

Su Jingyang left a message that you should eat slowly, so he ran downstairs with Ah Xuan in his arms. When he went down, he found that Liang Lu had brought him two baskets of relatively rare fruits, many of which were not available to Su Jingyang in the previous world. I've seen it, but can't name it.

Liang Lu said that it was given by some merchant and brought some for him to eat. Liang Lu seemed to have other things to do, so he left after delivery.

Su Jingyang took Ah Xuan to the kitchen, took out some of everything, washed and cut them, put them into a fruit bowl, and brought them to the box.

Lingli grabbed Su Jingyang's arm and asked where it came from. Su Jingyang said it was sent by Liang Lu.

Rong Ci's cold eyes glanced at him, but Rong Hua said, "Young Master Liang is very good to you, Jing Yang."

Su Jingyang chewed the fruit in his mouth and smiled, then gave a vague hum, grabbed Ah Xuan who was running around in the house, got close to Ling Li and whispered, "A Li, when our wine is ready, give it to you. Young Master Liang, please give me a few altars at home."

Every time Liang Lu came to eat, Su Jingyang insisted on giving it without charging him, and told him not to bring food over. He also said that there was too much food at home and it was wasted if he couldn't finish it. Their family has money and everything, but Liang Lu has a younger sister who likes the fruit wine brewed by Lingli, so Su Jingyang thought of sending some, which is a good idea.

Lingli nodded softly and said yes, Su Jingyang looked at him and smiled: "There won't be anyone coming to the restaurant for the time being, you can rest here for a while, I'll just watch from below."

Ling Li nodded again.

Rong Hua rolled his eyes, suddenly stood up, picked up a piece of fruit with clean chopsticks and fed it to Rong Ci, with a deliberate tone, "Wow, it looks good, eat one."

Rong Ci saw that Su Jingyang hugged Ah Xuan and went out again, and pushed her hand away, suppressing the gloomy anger in his eyes, "Take it away, don't eat."

Su Jingyang was playing with Ah Xuan downstairs, but after a while, she saw Rong Hua wandering out. Su Jingyang thought that she had also noticed that she had escaped to create a chance for the two of them to be alone, but she walked halfway up the stairs, Ci and Lingli, who was wearing a hat, came out from the inside.

Su Jingyang's heart was very strange when he saw it, but he quickly retracted his gaze and continued to feed Ah Xuan with water, without asking much.

After several days, Su Jingyang never saw Rong Cihang's Pixiu jade pendant, and he was not so disappointed. Anyway, he just sent it out, and how to deal with it was his business.

On the contrary, Rong Hua came to him speciously to ask him if he had given A Yi a birthday present that day. Su Jingyang thought she was very strange.

Su Jingyang was about to speak when Ling Li suddenly called for help in the kitchen. Su Jingyang answered with a hoarse voice, then turned to Rong Hua and said, "I delivered it."

Rong Hua's eyes flickered, and he raised his voice slightly: "...Send it?"

She was waiting to ask, when Su Jingyang left her and ran into the kitchen. In addition to letting him try the food, Lingli usually doesn't ask him to help. After Su Jingyang went in, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to listen to the command, but found Lingli standing stiffly in front of the stove, his face slightly pale.

Su Jingyang thought he was not feeling well, so he hurried over to ask him what was wrong, Ling Li turned his head and saw that Rong Hua had left outside, he carried Ah Xuan, who was playing at the door, in, then closed the kitchen door, and then grabbed him suddenly Su Jingyang's hand was full of deep guilt, and his voice was very low, "I'm sorry, Jingyang."

Su Jingyang was frightened by his sudden apology, "What's the matter, what happened?"

"I... I threw away the gift I gave to Ayi that day, and I found out when I gave it away that it was too late to buy it again. Then I had no choice but to take yours out and give it away, saying that it was from me. Jingyang, I Really, I'm sorry..." Lingli looked at Su Jingyang with tears in his pale eyes, choked as if he didn't know what to say, and finally lowered his head and said sorry.

Su Jingyang, who was listening with bated breath, heaved a sigh of relief, patted his shoulder, and hurriedly comforted him: "What should I do! It scared me to death. I..."

Su Jingyang's voice was a little louder unconsciously, Ling Li raised his hand to cover his lips, there was a gloomy look between his brows, tears welling up in his eyelashes, and he signaled softly, "Ayi will hear it, please be quiet."

Su Jingyang blinked in amazement, Ah Yi knew martial arts, and his hearing seemed to be better than ordinary people.

Su Jingyang hurriedly pursed his lips, and when Lingli moved his hand away, his voice was so low that it was almost just a breath of air, "It's okay, Ah Li, it doesn't matter if I send him or not."

Su Jingyang reassured him that he would not expose himself to A Yi, but Ling Li was still worried, "I heard you tell Rong Hua just now..."

"It's okay, don't worry, I can handle it." Su Jingyang assured in a low voice.

Ling Li clasped Su Jingyang's hand tightly after listening, and stared at Su Jingyang with light brown eyes for a moment before asking, "Jingyang, am I... bad?"

Su Jingyang smiled brightly, raised his hand and rubbed his hair, "There's no such thing. Why do you think so seriously about a trivial matter. As long as you're okay, it's fine."

Ling Li looked extremely sad, and finally said to him with a trembling voice, "I'm sorry..."

Su Jingyang couldn't help thinking afterward, since A Yi thought the jade pendant was given by A Li, why didn't he wear it? Could it be that he was reluctant to wear it because he was afraid that it would be damaged, so he put it away?

That night, Rong Ci and Rong Hua went to the Linji Restaurant for dinner. When Su Jingyang served the food, Rong Ci took a sip from the teacup, and when he turned around, he raised his eyelids and asked casually, "You gave me a gift. Why didn't I receive it, is it because you have a bad memory or I forgot."

Su Jingyang turned around and blinked, "I gave it away, it's the... fruit that day. They are all rare fruits and very expensive."

Rong Ci was stunned when he heard the words, and a flash of anger flashed in his black eyes, and he said in a calm tone: "—The gift you said is that thing? You think I'm deaf, did you buy it? "

Su Jingyang also felt that he was going too far, but he could only bite the bullet and defend himself: "That fruit is very rare and can't be bought with money, so I just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha." Su Jingyang muttered, "If you are not satisfied, I will I'll give you another one, okay?"

Rong Ci's chest heaved up and down, stared at him, and after a while, he withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes, and said indifferently, "No need."

When Su Jingyang came back to serve the last dish, he found that there was only a steaming and untouched dish on the table, and the two people at the table had already left.

Su Jingyang felt that A Yi didn't like him very much, and he wouldn't care too much about whether he gave gifts or not. But after that day, Su Jingyang felt that he had completely offended him, so he didn't come over for breakfast, and occasionally went out to meet without talking or even looking at him.

And Ling Li was also very strange. Ayi didn't come here. He didn't seem to be in a hurry and didn't ask. Probably because there were two more reliable helpers in the store, Ling Li was not so tired, and the smile on his face gradually increased.

Except for the fact that no one helped to share Lingli's experimental dishes every night, Su Jingyang could only eat until his stomach exploded, and his life was business as usual.

When Rong Ci appeared at Lingli's house again, Su Jingyang was picking up eggs in the chicken coop with his butt out. Rong Ci went straight over without saying hello to him. As soon as Su Jingyang turned around, he only saw his back.

Then that night, he took Ah Xuan back to Rongcheng. It is said that the wizard has left the customs, and he wants to let Ah Xuan stay in Rongcheng for half a month.

Lingli wanted to go together, but was not allowed. It is said that the sorcerer has a strange temper and dislikes foreigners.

Apart from being robbed for a period of time when Axuan was just born, he has never left Lingli's side since then. Now that the child is suddenly taken away, Lingli has been tossing and turning for several days. Dishes often go wrong, either salty or bland, causing the frequent customers to complain, saying whether the chef has changed.

Su Jingyang understood his mood, so he simply hugged his pillow and went to sleep with him in his room. Before going to bed, he would talk to him and distract him. Lingli could still sleep for an hour or two with him by his side, but in the end he always slept with him. It will be awakened by a dream, and the whole person is in a very poor state.

Su Jingyang wanted Lin Ji Xiaoguan to close for two days, and let Ling Li take it easy, but Ling Li shook his head and rejected it, and assured Su Jingyang that he would try his best not to make mistakes again. Su Jingyang sighed, he didn't blame Lingli for making mistakes, he was just worried about his body.

On the tenth day of Ah Xuan's departure, Rong Hua specially came to Lin Ji Xiaoguan to report Ah Xuan's condition to them, saying that Ah Xuan was staying in Rongcheng quite well and the situation was quite optimistic. It's just that it can't be done overnight, and every other month, have to go to the wizard's place for seven days until it improves.

Rong Hua also smiled meaningfully: "Axuan is usually taken care of by our city lord. He plays with him every day and feeds the children himself, so don't worry about it."

Su Jingyang was amazed when he heard this, raised the corners of his mouth and his eyes were bright, this City Lord Rong is really nice.

Ling Li also showed gratitude, the whole person was relieved, and hurriedly got up to make tea for Rong Hua.

Rong Hua said to Su Jingyang again, "Ayi also often accompanies Axuan and teaches him to practice swordsmanship."

Su Jingyang immediately changed his face, and coaxed twice from his nose like a piglet. If you don't listen, I don't listen, who wants to know his news.

Rong Hua thought it was funny how he changed his face instantly, so he couldn't help laughing twice, stretched out his gloved hand and squeezed his cheek, and leaned in to look at him with a crooked corner of his mouth, his smile was a bit innocent and evil: "You can What a cute little idiot, I really want to eat you in one bite."

"..." Oh no, big girl, are you serious about your flirting tone?!!