Chapter 214: Insufficient Concentration

Shen Yu felt her chest beating wildly under her palm, so close and powerful, as if it was close to her palm.

It turns out that he can be nervous too, Shen Yu thought in her heart.

The beating seemed to be contagious, and as it spread to her arms, she began to become nervous.

Because she sensed the solemnity and seriousness hidden under his unruliness, he was so nervous that his heart almost jumped out of his seemingly casual words.

Shen Yu felt sad, and she smiled, "If you are here to propose marriage, then you are late. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Xie Tingzhou's mind wandered at the end of her voice, and his heart was filled with those words.

She could always understand his anxiety and calm him down bit by bit.

"It's my fault that you came late." Xie Tingzhou said, "But I can't change it, because this is the only time in my life that I will propose a kiss."

"What if I don't marry?"

Xie Tingzhou was speechless, "Then I'll tie you back, escort you to the altar, and escort you to the bridal chamber."

Shen Yu felt soft in her heart, staring at his face in the dim light, with the noisy street on one side and the cold stream on the other.

It was really a long time late, two lifetimes apart, four full years, and more than a thousand days and nights.

Xie Tingzhou leaned against the tree trunk, hugging her with his back to the light, and told her about the journey.

"I traveled quickly and caught up with Qingyun Wei at the border of Hezhou."

"Qingyun Guards are here too? Is there any problem in mobilizing troops without permission?" Shen Yu raised her head and asked.

Xie Tingzhou pressed her temples against hers, "Shengjing has no time to care. Nowadays, the world is unfair and bandits are rampant. If the betrothal gift is robbed, how can I marry you? My father didn't think carefully enough. The betrothal gift alone is not enough. I want to marry you." Mrs. Lu’s precious granddaughter, I should come to visit her in person to be sincere.”

"My grandmother is kind and easy to talk to. You don't need to be nervous." Shen Yu said.

"My father has already told me. They communicated through letters many years ago. I remember that in the 15th year of Tongxu, there was a famine in the north. I still borrowed money and food from your grandmother."

Shen Yu was surprised, "There is such a connection."

"Yes." Xie Tingzhou hugged her and said, "My father said that he had wanted to persuade Mrs. Lu to marry a granddaughter and go to Beilin. It's a pity that Mrs. Lu doesn't have a granddaughter."

Xie Guangzong's original words were as follows: "I have always thought about kidnapping the Lu family's granddaughter to be your wife, so that you don't have to worry about money and food. Unfortunately, Mrs. Lu's sons are adopted and she doesn't have a granddaughter. , can only forget it.”

At that time, Xie Tingzhou asked: "Then why didn't you expect to have a granddaughter?"

Xie Guangzong rubbed his hands, "I've thought about it. At that time, I was thinking about the girl who hangs out in the military camp all day long. Although she is tall and thick, she is not good enough for you, but when I think about it the other way around, I don't think she is good-looking in your eyes. It’s all the same, so I might as well let you sacrifice.”

Xie Tingzhou was expressionless, "What's the result?"

"The result is nothing." Xie Guangzong put an end to his idle talk and said: "At that time, Shen Zhongan had a lot of troops. If he married Beilin, it would be a strong alliance. How could those people in Shengjing be able to sit still? I just need to propose They all said that Beilin was ambitious, so they had to give up the idea. "

Destiny seems to have come full circle and returned to its starting point.

Xie Guangzong sighed: "I didn't expect that your marriage would be delayed for so long, and no one would look down on it. I was thinking that you wanted to find a fairy? I was worried about it. Fortunately, Uncle Zhong wrote about it in a letter. "

"What did Uncle Zhong say in the letter?" Xie Tingzhou was curious.

Xie Guangzong said: "Let's just say it's a woman. After thinking about it, I decided to settle for the next best thing. It's okay to be a woman, it's better than a man."

Of course Xie Tingzhou would not tell Shen Yu what his unreasonable father said.

He held her hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you back."

The crowd gradually dispersed, and the two of them walked back along the sparse streets.

The wall of the Lu Mansion was very long. The two of them stopped in a dark corner and saw from a distance that the porch of the gate was lit with lanterns.

Xie Tingzhou came to the house for the first time. There was no reason to move into the house before visiting the host's house.

"I'll send you here. I'll watch you come in." Xie Tingzhou said.

Neither of them let go of their hands.

"Then where do you live?"

"Inn." Xie Tingzhou joked, "How about staying at your house?"

Shen Yu asked: "Which inn?"

"Crane Tower."

Shen Yu smiled, "That's really my family."

It was too dark here for Xie Tingzhou to see her clearly, but he knew she smiled and he liked to see her smile, so he lowered his head and got closer.

"I know that wealth should not go to outsiders. I brought thirty people into the city and rented them downstairs."

"The prince is very wealthy." Shen Yu teased.

Xie Tingzhou's eyebrows were soft, "I can't let your grandmother think that Beilin is very poor and reluctant to marry you."

The sound of banging came faintly from a distance, urging the two of them that it was getting late.

"Go ahead." Xie Tingzhou relaxed his hand, "I'll go to propose marriage tomorrow morning."

Shen Yu nodded and slowly let go of her hand, but in the end she pinched the tip of one of his fingers and held on.

The moon finally emerged from the clouds, and he could see her features clearly under the moonlight.

Those eyes were sparkling, filled with reluctance and affection.

The hand finally let go, and Shen Yu walked backwards while waving to him, "Go back quickly."

Xie Tingzhou nodded, watching her take a few steps and then look back, then a few steps and then look back...

Xie Tingzhou looked deeply, his heart melting into water.

"Ah Yu." He suddenly said.

Shen Yu turned around, "Huh? Is there anything else?"

"Well, I forgot to tell you something."

"Go ahead." Shen Yu watched from a distance.

Seeing that he didn't speak, he probably was whispering something, so he walked towards him again.

Xie Tingzhou curled up the corners of his lips and watched her approach step by step. When he was an arm's length away from her, he grabbed her arm and dragged her into a darker place.

"ah--"

She subconsciously exclaimed, and the next moment she pressed her lips against his.

The scent of pine is stronger and my breathing is heavier.

She was enveloped in it, and they exchanged a long kiss in the darkness.

Shen Yu: "You——"

"I couldn't hold it back, I'm sorry." Xie Tingzhou was panting, the tip of his nose touching her, "I didn't want to be so arrogant in Hezhou, but you shouldn't recruit me like that."

Shen Yu was so confused by his kiss, "Why did I recruit you?"

Xie Tingzhou did not answer directly, only said: "I can't help it when you look at me like that."

"Do you blame me?"

"Blame me." Xie Tingzhou said, "Blame me for not having enough concentration."

His eyes fell from his cheeks to her clothes, and he asked a question that he had been curious about for a long time.

"Why didn't you change back into women's clothes when you returned to Hezhou?"

Shen Yu raised her eyes to look at him and said seriously: "I want to wait until you come to wear it for you."

With this look, Xie Tingzhou sighed in his heart, if he stayed there any longer, he wouldn't be able to leave.

"Then you can wear it for me tomorrow." Xie Tingzhou said softly

The missing piece seemed to be filled by that kiss. Shen Yu even walked more briskly and almost jumped up the steps.

She is still a seventeen-year-old girl, Xie Tingzhou thought to herself.

He saw her standing at the door and turning her head, waving the back of her hand outward, urging him to go back quickly.

Xie Tingzhou watched her enter, then turned and left.