After being abandoned, Tofu Xishi broke off the relationship

"Don't be afraid. You were sick last night. Nothing happened between us. I was just teasing you."

Mu Bai stood where he was, not daring to look at Su Ruanruan.

Nothing happened last night, but he almost got into big trouble this morning.

Su Ruanruan teased Bairuan who was rolling on the ground on her belly, and looked at Mu Bai from time to time.

Mu Bai lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. After standing there for a long while, he ran back to the room.

When he came out again, he had a bronze key in his hand.

He stuffed the copper key into Su Ruanruan's hand and said, "Ruanruan, you said you wanted to settle down in the county town. The bed in the tofu shop is cold and hard. You should move here."

"From now on, you will live here."

Su Ruanruan always felt that there was something else behind Mu Bai's words.

"how about you?"

"I... am about to take the imperial examination. The teacher hopes that I will return to the academy to live permanently, so that he can give me some advice. I can't come back to see you often, so you should take care of yourself."

What he said was three-tenths true and seven-tenths false.

Su Ruanruan knew that he was avoiding her.

I'm afraid something like what happened this morning will happen again.

She took the bronze key, looked up and smiled at Mu Bai.

"it is good."

Su Ruanruan didn't want to expose him, after all, academic studies were really important. It was also Mu Bai's blessing that someone gave him special treatment.

Besides, she had offended the old scholar in the town. She was not sure how much he believed what she said and whether he would really come to the county town to take revenge on her.

Staying in the academy would do him more good than harm.

Mu Bai recovered after three days. During these days, Su Ruanruan had been shuttling between the tofu shop and Mu Bai's house.

However, the two of them no longer slept on the same bed in the past few days. Mu Bai cleaned up the room where his mother used to live and now stored miscellaneous items.

During this period, Fang Ru also came to see him several times.

She said she didn't want to care about him anymore, but how could she really trust him?

Su Ruanruan is unreliable, and he doesn't trust her to take care of Mu Bai.

After a few visits, I learned the news.

"You let her live here?"

Fang Ru was somewhat shocked. Regardless of Su Ruanruan's character, she was an unmarried woman after all, and it was obviously inappropriate for her to be in the same room with Mu Bai.

What's more, Mu Bai became a juren after passing the autumn examination, so such behavior was a stain on his morality.

Mu Bai calmly met his gaze, "Don't hold your own prejudices, don't be arbitrary and stubborn. Ruanruan is really a good girl. I am an adult now, and I can distinguish the muddy black and white in the world. I know what Brother Fang wants to say, but those are just noise to me."

"After I recover, I will live in the academy, so that I can keep you company. I still have many questions that I would like to ask you."

Mu Bai took out a purse from his pocket and handed it to him.

"I wonder if Brother Fang would be able to buy some things with me..."

Fang Ru looked at the list and shook his head, but he didn't know how to persuade him.

He worked hard to make money, but for Su Ruanruan, he spent all his saved money like water.

After he recovered, he would have to copy so many books and write so many petitions to raise enough money for the trip to Beijing.

But facing Mu Bai's eyes as pure as obsidian, he couldn't say "no" that was on the tip of his tongue.

When Su Ruanruan came back from selling tofu, she saw a brand new house.

A brand new step-out bed, a red-painted wardrobe, a green gauze curtain, and all the bedding on the bed were new, even the quilt was her favorite sweet pink color.

A smaller desk was placed on one side of the bed, on which were neatly placed papers, ink, pens and inkstones, as well as a book that Mu Bai was currently teaching her.

The window paper was also replaced with new one, and the light in the room became much brighter.

Even the small table was filled with some candied fruits to satisfy your appetite.

Su Ruanruan's eyes felt a little moist.

"This is……"

Mu Bai's eyes were gentle, and he held her hand, "Do you like it?"

Su nodded reluctantly.

But then Mu Bai continued, "Ruanruan, from now on, this is your home."

Family?

I am like a rootless duckweed, drifting wherever I go and never daring to hope that I will have a home.

Home is more than just a house to shelter you from the wind and rain.

Home is when you have family and loved ones by your side, when there are people who care about you and are waiting for you.

In her previous life, she never dared to ask for it.

Can she really have a home in this life?

Mu Bai saw the redness in her eyes and raised his hand to gently wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

He held her in his arms, "Ruanruan, you still have me."

Fang Ru specifically learned about Su Runruan's past from Su Ran, a fellow villager of Su Runruan and the only one in the village studying in the academy.

Although Su Ran is pedantic, he is still a fairly upright person, and he is impartial when talking about what kind of person Su Ruanruan is.

There is neither dilution nor splashing of ink.

Although Mu Bai warned him repeatedly, Fang Ru still told him everything Su Ran told him.

Fang Ru felt that Su Ruanruan was not worthy of Mu Bai, but he didn't know that Mu Bai's heart was bleeding.

After hearing about Su Ruanruan's past as a child, he only knew how helpless she was without the protection of her parents.

He felt sorry for her.

At this moment, Mu Bai and Su Ruanruan's fingers were tightly intertwined, and he could feel the warmth of her palms.

I could also feel the thick calluses on the palms of her hands.

She suffered.

Su lay softly on Mu Bai's chest. There were no strong pectoral muscles there, but it was unusually warm.

My heart, as cold as ice, seemed to have encountered the warm sunshine that could not be driven away, and was melting it bit by bit.

"But, all the things here are your mother's relics, and now..."

"It doesn't matter. Every detail of this place is imprinted in my mind and I can't forget it."

"Besides, if my mother knew, she would agree with this. She also wants me to move forward."

If his mother knew that he had met the love of his life, she would definitely be happy for him!

That night, after dinner, Mu Bai was fed some medicine.

Su Ruanruan returned to this room early.

The two of them slept in separate rooms, and Bairuan was the one who suffered.

It would walk around Mu Bai's room for a while, and then use its little paws to scratch open the slightly closed door.

She walked into the house swaying her snow-white body.

He raised his round black eyes and looked curiously at Su Ruanruan, who was curled up on the bed with a silly smile on her face.

What should it do if they separate?

Su Ruanruan stretched out her long arms and held it in her arms.

Gently stroking its soft fur, I looked at Mu Bai's brightly lit room through the window.

Without thinking, you can tell that Mu Bai is copying books and earning some money.

"Don't worry, you will live with me from now on. Brother Mu Bai will return to the academy when he recovers. Let's not disturb him, okay?"

Bai Ruan seemed to understand, but not quite. After whimpering twice, she left Su Ruanruan's arms.

He pushed his head up under the quilt and crawled in, then found a comfortable place to curl up and sleep.

On the other side, Mu Bai put down the pen in his hand, stood up and stood in front of the window.

The tender gaze looked towards the other room.

There lived his beloved girl, who was also the love of his life.

He must show his talent in the autumn and spring imperial examinations, and one day, marry her in style.