Outside the window, it was still raining. In the study, Ji Hyotani was holding the paper that Ji Xingxuan brought back. Next to his hand was a yellowish notebook. He compared the handwriting on the paper and dipped a bit of Matsutake tea into the corner of the paper to check the age of the paper. After a long while, a happy expression appeared on his face.
"It's true. The handwriting on this paper is exactly the same as the notebook left by Yunhua Yi Zi in the Celestial Commissioner's treasury. Also, this paper is indeed twenty years old. That's why it turned green after being stained with Matsutake mushroom. Xingxuan, you've done a good job."
When Ji Xingxuan heard this good news, she was not as happy as Ji Hyotani. She turned her head to look outside the window and smiled bitterly, "But I've lost the rock and the person has not been caught."
Ji Hyotani had heard about the exchange between Ji Xingxuan and the anonymous person at Eternal Spring Square from her maid. He thought that she must be upset after losing her most beloved item. He comforted her, "Don't worry. Grandfather has already sent people around Eternal Spring Square to investigate the person's appearance. Once we find the whereabouts of the thief, we will definitely get the item back for you."
Ji Xingxuan turned around to look at Ji Hyotani and said, "To catch that person, I'm afraid it won't be easy. On my way back, I've thought about it. Today's incident is too much of a coincidence. How could there be a heavy rain at noon? I've also questioned the few beggars. They all said that no one ordered them to do so, so how could they coincidentally start a disturbance at that time? When the guards caught the little beggar who tried to steal the money, they didn't let him out of their sight on the way back. However, they didn't see the rock. This is abnormal. I've thought about it, the anonymous person must have planned all of this beforehand. In such a short period of time, he was able to take advantage of the right time, the right place and the right people. This kind of person is not only astute, he must also be very skilled in disguise.
Ji Hyotani frowned. "The person who gave you the umbrella must be this anonymous writer. Are you sure you didn't see his face clearly?"
Ji Xingxuan's eyes flickered. Sighing softly, she hung her head and said, "It was raining heavily at that time and I fell down. I only saw a silhouette but did not see what kind of clothes the person was wearing. Whether it was a man or a woman, I do not know."
Not knowing that she was hiding something, Ji Hyotani nodded, knowing that the chances of finding the Calamity Blocking Stone was next to zero. Seeing that she was struggling over this, his expression turned serious, saying, "Whether you can find it or not, don't think too much about it for now. Later, go get your protective jade and put it back on. There are still three days until the Big Yan Examination. You should focus on preparing for it. Now that you have Yunhua Yi Zi's paper in your hands, you should think about how to solve the questions. You can't just copy his answers. What do you think of the phrase 'a son will be born in this year'? Great fortune will bring disaster. What do you think? Let me hear it. "
Hearing this, Ji Xingxuan suppressed the irritation in her heart and held her empty wrist.
"I think that, combined with the sign of the three stars, this sentence is a metaphor. After this sign appears, there will be a person who will be born with great wealth during the next Spring Festival. But his life will bring disaster to the heavens."
She had an indescribable premonition that sooner or later, she would meet the person who gave her the umbrella in the rain again.
Braving the heavy rain and returning home, Yu Shu was shivering from the cold. She scooped up half a basin of warm water from the stove and brought it back to her bedroom. She quickly washed her hands and face, took off her wet clothes and threw them to the side. Naked, she crawled into bed.
Jing Chen was also quite wet. But now that his martial arts had recovered, he was not afraid of the cold. After changing out of his wet clothes, he went to the kitchen and added firewood to boil water with one hand.
It took a long time for Yu Shu to warm herself up. She pricked up her ears and listened to the movements outside the house. She wrapped herself in the quilt and shouted, "Jing Chen, be careful not to get your hands wet!"
Jing Chen, who was preparing to make tea in the kitchen, stopped what he was doing. He raised his right hand to look at the traces of wetness on the gauze. He turned to see that the fire on the stove was still burning. He bent down and put his hand on it. When the moisture on it evaporated, he continued to pour tea.
He carried the brewed hot tea into the big house and knocked on Yu Shu's door. "Xiaoyu."
"Oh, wait." Yu Shu reached for the chest top and panties at the head of the bed. She put them on under the quilt, and then put on a pair of pants. She was reluctant to leave the quilt that she had just warmed up, so she wrapped herself in the quilt. Only her head was exposed, and she stepped out of the bed in her shoes to open the door.
Jing Chen walked in with a cup of tea in one hand. Seeing that she was wrapped in the quilt and stomping her feet, he said to her, "Go sit on the bed."
Yu Shu embarrassedly laughed twice, then jogged back to the bed, kicked off her shoes, and put her feet back under the quilt. She watched as Jing Chen put the tea on the desk, poured a cup, and handed it to her.
Yu Shu stretched out her hands from under the thick quilt and carefully took the cup. The slightly hot cup made her sigh in comfort. She lowered her head and blew on it, then she couldn't help but take small sips.
Jing Chen patiently stood by the bed, waiting for her to slowly finish drinking the water, then he took the empty cup and put it back on the table. He turned around, pinched the cold bead from his sleeve, and handed it to her.
Yu Shu took it with a smile and carefully looked at it in the light of the window. She held it in her palm and rubbed it for a while. Her palm quickly heated up, but the bead was still cold.
"It's true. This is the Yellowfrost Stone you gave me." The joy of regaining something she had lost made her smile from ear to ear, even if this treasure didn't belong to her.
Yu Shu pinched the Yellowfrost Stone and handed it back to Jing Chen. She was thinking about how to ask him to let her wear the Death-Blocking Stone for a while to get rid of bad luck. When she studied the cycle of his Ketu Star, she would return it to him.
However, before she said anything, Jing Chen said first, "You keep it."
"Ah?" Yu Shu was stunned and didn't know what to say. She hesitated for a while, then slowly said, "This is the treasure of your sect. I lost it because I was careless. It was not easy to find it, and you are giving it to me again … Didn't you dream that your master said this Death-Blocking Stone can't be given to others easily?"
Jing Chen looked at the yellow stone in Yu Shu's hand, and there was no reluctance on his face. He moved his gaze to Yu Shu's face that was slightly red from the hot tea, and said, "You said that you can't give it to someone with bad intentions. However, I am your best friend and close like a brother, so naturally I can give it to you. Why can't I?"
When Yu Shu heard the words' best friend ', she was still able to grin happily. But when she jumped to the words' as close as brothers', she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She secretly muttered to herself, wondering when this idiot would find out that she was a real woman. She snorted twice and retracted her hand into the blanket, saying, "Then I'll keep it for you for now. When you want it later, I'll return it to you.
Jing Chen didn't say much and nodded in agreement. His gaze turned and saw her small neck exposed from the quilt. His gaze landed on a mud spot on her slender collarbone. He paused for a moment, then stretched out his hand, pressed his thumb on it, and gently rubbed it.
Yu Shu didn't pay attention and was scratched by him on her neck. The itch made her shrink her shoulders. When she realized how frivolous his action was, she stretched out her hand from the quilt, grabbed his wrist with one hand, and covered her neck with the other. She raised her head and stared at him, "What are you doing!"
She didn't expect that when she moved, the quilt on her body directly fell from her shoulders. She only wore a small shirt that wrapped around her chest, and most of her shoulders were exposed to the air. Her smooth shoulders were different from a man's rough shoulders. Under the small green shirt, the curve of her chest was not very obvious, but it was indeed flatter than a man's.
Jing Chen stood at the side of the bed, looking down from above, everything was clear at a glance.
No one expected this scene, and both of them were stunned at the same time. It wasn't until Yu Shu sneezed from the cold that she let go of his wrist with a stiff expression. She pulled the quilt up to her waist and covered herself tightly. She didn't even look at Jing Chen's expression at the moment. She pressed her forehead with one hand and said in a muffled voice, "Go out and close the door."
This sound broke the silence. In Jing Chen's mind, the scene he just saw appeared clearly, and some details of his daily life flashed through his mind. His eyes blinked slightly, and he suddenly realized something. He suddenly turned around and walked out of Yu Shu's room with one hand.
As soon as the door was closed, Yu Shu couldn't keep her face. She tilted her body to the head of the bed and held the small stone in her hand. She hit the pillow and squeezed out a frustrated moan from her throat.
Outside the door, Jing Chen stood there for a while. He slowly raised his hand, clenched it into a fist, and pressed it between his eyebrows. Behind his wet temples, there was a red tip of his ears.
Yu Shu and Jing Chen stayed in their respective rooms until dusk. The rain stopped and Yu Xiaoxiu came back from school.
"Open the door, I'm back!"
Yu Xiaoxiu knocked on the door several times before he saw Jing Chen opening it. He didn't notice his unnatural expression, so he smiled at him and closed the door. Then he ran into the room with his schoolbag and said excitedly, "Brother, brother, let me tell you, today Brother Xue … Hey?"
He pushed the door of the bedroom with his hand and wanted to go in, but found that the door was locked from the inside.
Yu Shu had already dressed up and was sitting at the desk to recite a book. She didn't read much in the afternoon. When she heard Yu Xiaoxiu knocking on the door, she didn't move. She didn't want to open the door for him. She turned a page of the book and answered lazily, "Brother Xue, what's wrong?"
Yu Xiaoxiu thought that she was changing clothes inside and it was not convenient for him to go in, so he stood at the door with his schoolbag in his arms and said, "Brother Xue went to the study garden to find me today. He asked me when I don't have to go to school. He said he would take me to ride horses outside the city, but he asked me to come back and ask you. You have to agree."
Because Yu Xiaoxiu had mentioned this to Yu Shu before, she just said "oh" and said absent-mindedly, "If you want to go, then go."
Hearing her promise, Yu Xiaoxiu scratched his head and continued, "Brother Xue also asked me to tell you that he is busy with the yamen these days, so it's not convenient for him to come to the south of the city to find you. He said that when you go to take the exam in the first day of the New Year, he will send a carriage to pick you up in the morning. He wants you to prepare for the exam."
Hearing this, Yu Shu's face became expressionless again. She put the book upside down on the table and held her chin helplessly. Although she was grateful for Xue Rui's "willingness to help others", she couldn't help feeling bitter. "It seems that I have to find a chance to make it clear to him. It's not good to keep doing this."
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