An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

Sang Ling immediately rolled his eyes and finally understood what a straight man was.

"I really told you to go study, but you went to feed pigs."

"When did it happen?" Nie Ce certainly didn't understand what was said. He frowned and finally turned over. "Aren't I talking about you?"

In the past, when she was browsing jokes on the Internet, she always saw people saying that those straight men didn’t understand romance. At that time, she didn’t understand the feelings behind it. Now that it happened to her, she felt the same way. She was just angry and amused. She couldn’t help but pinch his arm, "I don’t know how to say how good you are."

"what happened?"

It seems like this guy really can't react.

She had no choice but to explain seriously, "No sunshine is a metaphor, which means that my life was very unhappy at that time."

After hearing this, Nie Ce suddenly realized. The young man's deep eyebrows and eyes were particularly clear under the moonlight. He stared at her for a long time, and his tone was no longer serious, "You are talking about that Ma family."

Even though he didn't know the details of the past, but when he saw the quarrel between mother and daughter when he returned home, Nie Cerao was not a fool, so Sang Ling nodded. Although it revealed the scars deep in his heart, he had let it go now.

"So I hope you won't be angry with me."

Her tone was gentle, taking away the chill of the winter night.

In fact, even if these were not mentioned, Nie Ce had a rough idea in his mind. It was natural for Sang Ling to repay the Gao family. It was human nature. She had a clear distinction between love and hate - but... when he heard that she still wanted to help Gao Heng, he couldn't control the boredom. Those dark thoughts were like long vines that grew infinitely, instantly binding him completely.

Even though he said "rest", the vines were binding him tighter and tighter. He could only think: she still cared about Gao Heng, and he always had a place in her heart, so would she come back to him one day?

Later, when he lay down in the tent, he knew that the Sang family girl was watching him, so he chose to pretend to sleep. Unexpectedly, she suddenly opened her mouth and told him about this matter.

Since she chose to confess actively, it should mean that she at least cares about herself more.

The young general couldn't help but raise his lips again. "Okay, I know." He reached out and hugged the man in his arms.

There was a little fire burning on the stove in the back room, and a gentle laugh came from inside the tent. Sang Ling went over to greet it and just murmured with satisfaction.

*

Because of the epidemic, the relatives from Jiuyuan, who were originally going to leave for home at the end of winter, were forced to delay their journey until the end of the year to return to their hometown in Liaodong.

As Nie Ce had some rare time off that day, he stayed home to see off his cousin and childhood friend Tan Ziying. Sang Ling also went to greet them early in the morning and delivered several large boxes of medicinal materials on behalf of Madam Zhaoyu - after all, they were relatives of the Nie family, so they were naturally treated differently from others.

Nie Ce personally sent Tan Ziying to the city gate. It was precisely because of this epidemic that Chang'an was under the strictest control and it was not easy for ordinary people to enter and leave the city. Nie Ce had to show up to make it easier for his relatives to leave the city.

The group from my hometown arrived at Zhuniao Lane in the north of the city at Maochen, and left the city along the mountain road of Jianyuntai Royal Forest Farm. With the escort of Marquis Nie Ce along the way, the journey was smooth.

"I stayed at your house for a long time this time, but I didn't see you many times." Qin Ziying fastened the belt around his waist and joked with Nie Ce who was riding a horse beside him.

"I am so busy with my official duties. Please forgive me, Ziying." The frost on the road had not yet melted, so the horses slowed down. Nie Ce said with a smile, "When I have some free time in the future, I will go to Liaodong to have a drink with you."

"When will you be free again?"

“There’s always time.”

It was just a greeting. Even if Nie Ce really wanted to do so, Qin Ziying would not take it seriously. The young man in front of him was now a popular military general in the dynasty and the right-hand man trained by the emperor himself. How could he be allowed to have time to spare?

Tan Ziying raised his head and looked at the mountain ridge in the distance, laughing twice, "Can you bring your wife with you when the time comes?"

"I'll take your wife with me after you get married." Nie Ce looked out with him and returned quickly.

"How?" Tan Ziying asked.

"Otherwise, she has no woman of the same age to talk to. Liaodong is a remote area with high mountains and deep waters. What's the point of her staying there?" Nie Ce couldn't help but think of the last time at Xiankelai, when the girl from the Sang family had a quarrel with him about this matter.

But I dare not do it again.

It was rare to see Young Marquis Nie like this, caring so much about a woman's thoughts. Tan Ziying looked at him unconsciously, and recalled what he had seen in the flower garden behind Jingsi Residence before. He hesitated again and again, "How is the relationship between Madam and her brothers and sisters-in-law in the mansion?"

It was a rare thing. Tan Ziying asked him about the inner house affairs. Nie Ce also looked at him with leniency, "You do have something to say, but there are many people in the family, so there will always be conflicts."

"How is the relationship between my sister-in-law and her?"

Su was the first one of this generation to marry into the Nie family. When Qin Ziying visited with his family members, he also met Su.

Nie Ce said truthfully, "They can all be talked about, but you should also know the temper of my sister-in-law."

Su was the most unknown person in the Marquis' Mansion. Unless there was a task specifically assigned to her, there was usually nothing for her to do.

"So what's the relationship between my elder brother and your wife?" Tan Jialang hesitated for a moment, but the words were almost about to jump out of his lips.

Nie Ce thought seriously for a while after hearing this, and said while holding the reins, "Big brother doesn't have much contact with her, but something happened at home at the beginning of the year. I heard that it was Third Aunt who started the fight, and big brother helped to mediate."

"Are they fighting again? What's the matter?" Hearing this, curiosity crawled through his heart like an ant, and Tan Ziying leaned closer. Nie Ce squinted at him, "Why are you like a woman, asking about these things?"

"Well." He smiled again, "Since you have said it all, why don't you tell me in detail?"

"Why should I tell you all this in detail?"

Family disgrace should not be made public. Even if two people have a good relationship, there is no need to gossip about these trivial matters.

"Tsk tsk." Tan Ziying had no choice but to sit back up.

The two horses walked together for a distance, passed the forest road, and arrived at the suburbs north of the city.

The elders said goodbye to Nie Ce from the carriage, and Qin Ziying led a few younger ones to bow to him, the marquis, and said goodbye formally. Nie Ce then dismounted and returned the greetings one by one.

When Qin Ziying was about to mount his horse, he thought for a while, but in the end he couldn't help but turned back.

He strode over and took a long breath when he came to Nie Ce. "Xuanwen, last month I was bored and wandered around behind Jingsi Residence. I was in a hurry to relieve myself. I didn't have time to go back to Jiuyuan, so I went to the rockery in the flower garden to relieve myself. It's embarrassing to talk about this. I was at your house. After I undressed, I wanted to come out, but I saw two people standing outside the flower garden. Who do you think they were?"

The story had to be kept secret. Nie Ce leaned against the jade lion with boredom and asked, "Who?"

"Your wife and elder brother."

He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then slowly stood up and said, "It's normal to bump into someone like that."

Only then did I recall the strange questions that Qin Ziying had asked me along the way.

"Maybe it's normal. I don't really know. It's just that we talked for a long time, and there was no one around, and both of us were smiling--" The man in front of him stopped talking halfway and looked at him carefully, "Xuanwen, I know you have a good relationship with the lady, and I'm just reminding you as a brother. If there is nothing wrong, that's the best. If there is something wrong, you should always be clear about it."