Be in low spirits

This kiss was soft, sweet, with a hint of alcohol and a slightly astringent love, like the taste of lychee. He wanted more, but was afraid of scaring her, so he hesitated to move his hands, and the wine glass fell on the table with a clang.

"Do you still mind?" After letting go, she hugged his waist, buried her head in his chest, and asked softly.

He also took her into his arms, sighed and said: "Luoluo, it's very difficult for me if you do this." His voice was hoarse, unable to hide the lust in his heart.

"Ye Xingzhi, are you going to break your promise?"

"I dare not." He did not dare to move, but he was unwilling to let go of the person in his arms. After a moment of tenderness, he still struggled to push the person away and said, "You should go back to your room and rest."

When they got up in the morning, Gu Jinluo and Yao'er went to listen to a story. The story was about the former general of Shengze who was kind-hearted, but the deputy general in the army was greedy. The old man lied to the commander of Jingxi many times before he could save these people. However, anyone with a position in the army was greedy, so they killed the old general. General Li was young and ignorant, and because of his father's hatred, he was unwilling to intervene, so the Li family army became what it is today.

"Most of the military expenses are managed by the Yang family in Jinghua and reported to the Presidential Palace. Why do these scums want to deal in inferior weapons, run brothels and open casinos?"

"Human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. The army has so little food and pay. The money earned from doing these things is much more than that." Yao'er can see these things clearly.

"Isn't that just disregarding the law?" After all, Gu Jinluo's family was wealthy and he had never understood the lives of poor people. He just thought that every family has its own rules and every country has its own regulations, and everyone should abide by them.

"When it comes to the way of survival, there is no law or discipline."

According to Yao'er, this should be a common phenomenon. No wonder General Li is the calmest in Beijing and does not fight or compete with others.

"Let's go to the garrison to find them." She took Yao'er's hand and was about to go, but two guards stopped them and said, "Miss, most of the people in the garrison are men, and now is the time to rectify military discipline, so it may be inconvenient."

Why did Ye Fan still restrict where they could go? Since they couldn't go, she sat down again and started eating melon seeds out of boredom.

When gunshots were heard, the guards quickly pulled the two people downstairs and into the car. In the chaos, Gu Jinluo saw one of the guards fall down in front of her, just like the servant who was beaten to death by her father because she ran around when she was a child.

She wanted to go forward to rescue the person, but Yaoer and another guard dragged her back to the car and returned to the general's mansion. She lay in the room without saying a word.

Ye Fan rushed back to see her after receiving the call. Her tears burst out and she said, "Is it because of me? I shouldn't run around, right?"

Ye Fan looked very distressed, took the person into his arms, and comforted him softly: "It has nothing to do with you, don't blame yourself."

"How can it be unrelated? This happened because I ran around. I'm not going anywhere. Can you please save the person?" She thought of her childhood. Since then, she became well-behaved, stopped running around, studied hard, and never dared to disobey her father. But why did such a thing happen today?

"Don't worry, he's in the hospital, he'll be fine. Lie down and rest, I'm here." Ye Fan wiped away her tears, let her lie down, covered her with a blanket, and kissed her on the forehead.

She pulled his sleeve, sniffed and said, "Don't leave."

"I won't leave. I'll stay here and watch you." He patted her back and coaxed her to sleep.

Because of this assassination attempt, Ye Fan detained all the deputy generals in the army and took them to the garrison. Their residences and families were also placed under house arrest.

In order to protect their families' lives, the generals in the army surrendered one after another, and the recovery of Shengze's military power was successfully completed.

The trip to Shengze has been over a month, and the four of them will set off to return to Beijing in the next two days. Gu Jinluo sat on the swing in the yard, thinking that the dean would rehearse for them again when he returned.

Her father called several times to inquire about the progress between her and Yang Lin, and it seemed that the engagement date was getting closer.

Ye Fan brought the red wine and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about what to do after I go back. My father called me many times to ask about my relationship with Yang Lin, and also mentioned our engagement. When you return to Beijing this time, the opera house probably has some repertoire to arrange." She stood up and walked to the pavilion and sat down.

"Engagement? You and Yang Lin?" Every time he mentioned these things, he couldn't control his emotions, as if something that had belonged to him since childhood was suddenly taken away by someone, and he was not qualified to get it back.

"General Ye, this is bound to happen sooner or later. You have to learn to accept it. Besides, it's just an engagement, not a marriage, so don't be in a hurry." Every time she saw him like this, she would comfort him with kind words.

"But when it really comes, I still can't accept it." He drank the wine in the glass.

She yawned and said, "I'm a little sleepy, how about you accompany me back to the room to rest?"

"Luoluo, is there really nothing we can do about this?" He pulled people aside, wanting to solve the problem.

"Of course, let's talk about it when we get back to Jinghua. You squat down first." She patted his shoulder and asked him to squat down.

He did as he was told, and she lay on his back, saying, "Let's go! Go back to your room and sleep!"

Ye Fan carried her on his back and said, "You still say you're not a child?"

She lay on the bed, and Ye Fan sat beside her to coax her to sleep.

"Come up and sleep with me." She made room for him.

"Why are you becoming more and more like a child?" He went to bed and held her in his arms.

"Xingzhi, have I caused you any trouble?" She originally thought of Shengze, who could give them some ideas, but now it seems that she has caused him a lot of trouble.

"No, I only feel at ease when I see you. I can never say such things again." He rested his chin on her hair, held her waist, listened to her breathing, and felt that this was how it should be.

"What's the matter? Don't carry it on your own." She placed her hands on his chest and looked up at him.

"All as you say, go to sleep." He kissed her lips and coaxed the person in his arms to sleep.

Along the way, Yaoer kept asking about their progress. "There is no progress at all, just holding hands, hugging, and kissing."

"But the servants said that General Ye slept in your room last night." There were only the two of them in the train compartment.

"It's just sleeping, what are you thinking about."

"General Ye is really very strong-willed. He can endure this."

Gu Jinluo smiled and thought to herself that if she really became pregnant with his child, she could reject the marriage proposal with the Yang family. But if she did that, her father would most likely take her back to Anjiang to raise her and never let her set foot in Beijing again.

When I returned to Jinghua, Aunt Liu was already waiting for me at the train station.

"Is Grandpa doing okay lately?" She hadn't seen Aunt Liu for a long time and felt that she looked thinner than before.

"Very well, I was just thinking about Miss Su. Miss, Master Lang is here." Aunt Liu opened the car door for her.

"My brother? Did you tell me why you came?" She paused, a little doubtful. Could it be that the engagement date was really going to be put on the agenda?

"He didn't say anything, but he seems worried, so I'm afraid something big has happened." Aunt Liu didn't know what to say. Young Master Lang had been here for a few days and bought the house in Guxiang Apartment, but he didn't allow her to tell the young lady.

"Are you living in Lin'an Mansion?" She got in the car and told the driver to send Yao'er back first.

"Miss, Master Lang has been living in the apartment these days, and he bought the apartment, but he won't let me tell you."

"Apartment? Where is there a room for him?" Doesn't this brother know the difference between men and women? How can he just go in and out of a girl's room?

"Master Lang lives upstairs. From what he said, it seems he will be staying there for a long time."

"Live here for a long time? You're not going to take care of the business in Anjiang?" This brother just keeps thinking.

When I returned to the apartment, Gu Lang was sitting in the living room flipping through a newspaper with a cup of coffee on the table.

"Brother, why are you here?" She took off her shoes, and Aunt Liu helped her take off her coat and hat and hung them on the hanger.

"Secretary Ye called me and said that you have been too close to Ye Xingzhi in the past few months. I discussed with my uncle whether we should move forward your marriage to Yang Lin." He put down the newspaper and frowned. To be honest, he didn't want either of these two things to be true.

This Ye Liangyun has been monitoring them all the time.

"Luo'er, if you don't like Yang Lin, you can just tell me that I will go to your uncle to cancel this marriage." He folded the newspaper in half, threw it on the table, stood up and spoke to her.

"What's the harm in returning it? If there's one Yang Lin, there will be a second one. She won't be the one I like anyway, so what's the difference?" She sat on the coffee table and poured herself a glass of water.