Little villain [Comprehensive martial arts]

Jiang Yi has a straightforward personality, never bothers to turn corners when thinking about problems, let alone lie.

So he said that Yuan Suiyun can drink very well, and his credibility is quite high.

The most important thing is that although the three of them grew up together, when it comes to getting along, Jiang Rong and Yuan Suiyun are not as good as Jiang Yi and others.

At first they practiced sword together, and Jiang Rong went to Wan Chunliu's residence alone to study medicine; later she started practicing martial arts formally, and because Wei Qingqing didn't like too much contact with others, he often called her to the Valley of the Evil Individual tutoring above the rock face near the entrance.

If he hadn't given her a cat, they might just meet each other at dinner every day.

Therefore, Jiang Rong still doesn't know much about Yuan Suiyun's living habits and preferences.

At least not as well as Jiang Yi understands.

But Jiang Rong still wanted to confirm it carefully.

She put down the chopsticks in her hand and asked Jiang Yi, "You know so well, it seems that you often drink with him?"

Jiang Yi scratched his head, and said it was okay, but in the past two years, every time they met, they would just have a drink.

"I can't drink him at all." When he said this, his tone was bitter, "Every time I can't get him drunk, I can't hold it."

Jiang Rong: "..."

Unwilling to give up, she asked again, "What about last night?"

Jiang Yi was confused: "Last night? What happened last night?"

"You all drank last night, only Acheng and I didn't touch alcohol." She said.

"Uncle Yu probably drank the most last night." Jiang Yi said, "My father is next, Suiyun and I..."

"you?"

"Anyway, I didn't drink as much when we met before." Jiang Yi compared, "After all, in front of the elders, don't get too carried away."

As soon as the second half of the sentence came out, Jiang Rong completely understood.

With a big mind like Jiang Yi, he knew that it is not easy to get carried away in front of his elders, so he didn't drink too much. Would Yuan Suiyun, who has always been cautious and polite, just get drunk?

……of course not.

He wasn't drunk, which meant that last night, when they met at the door of Ye Gucheng's room, he was sober.

Thinking of this, Jiang Rong couldn't help feeling complicated.

Seeing that she was in a trance, Li Shishi seemed to understand something, but she didn't express any opinion immediately, but silently gave Jiang Rong a piece of fish.

"Didn't you come out to eat? Why are you so busy talking?" Li Shishi said.

Jiang Rong was embarrassed to ignore her, so he had to stop thinking about life.

It's a pity that even so, she couldn't taste the meal.

She remembered many things, the most recent one was the conversation between her and Ye Gucheng in the garden on the second day her parents brought Ye Gucheng to the capital.

To be honest, she had a faint feeling at that time, but Yuan Suiyun didn't say a word, so she ignored it deliberately as if there was no overtones.

But thinking about it now, it's actually more subtle because he didn't explain a word.

Jiang Rong felt a headache.

When she is not sure, she can deliberately ignore it and pretend nothing happened, but now——

To be honest, her acting skills are not good at all, and Yuan Suiyun is as careful as a hair.

At the end of the meal, Jiang Yi went to check out first, and said that he would help them move the gifts down and put them in the car so that they could bring them back.

Seeing this, Li Shishi pondered for a moment, and said: "Then there is Mr. Lao Yi first, let's talk to Rong Rong for a while?"

Jiang Yi: "No problem, no problem, you guys talk, I'll call you when I'm done."

After Jiang Yi went out, she turned to Jiang Rong and said, "You have been absent-minded all night, what are you worrying about?"

Lin Shiyin also noticed this: "Yeah, Mei Rong seems to have something on her mind."

Jiang Rong didn't expect to be able to hide the truth from Li Shishi, but it happened that Jiang Yi was not there at the moment, so she briefly related the recent events.

She really had a headache: "I didn't expect Yuan Suiyun to..."

Li Shishi was not surprised at all: "When I lived in Furongxie because of the assassin, I realized that the original young master treated you very unusually."

Jiang Rong: "?!" You already knew that?

Lin Shiyin also nodded: "Indeed, the original Shaozhuang owner treated Rongmei more caringly and caringly than Mr. Yi, his elder brother."

Jiang Rong: "..." You already knew that?

She scratched her hair and said why didn't you tell me.

Hearing this, Li Shishi showed a dumbfounding expression, and said: "You two are childhood sweethearts, and it is only natural that you have a good relationship. When will I get the beak?"

"And I thought you knew it in your heart."

Jiang Rong was speechless.

If she knew at that time, she would definitely... Forget it, she doesn't seem to be able to do anything.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have to feel a headache now.

After taking a deep breath, she asked Li Shishi, who knew the most about feelings among the three of them, and said, "Shishi, if you were me, what would you do if you knew this?"

Li Shishi: "If you like it, everyone will be happy. If you don't feel it, then you can explain it. All in all, there is no delay."

Lin Shiyin nodded repeatedly when she heard it: "That's the truth."

Jiang Rong: "But he hasn't made it clear, how can I explain it to him?"

Li Shishi thought about it, and said that according to Yuan Suiyun's sensitivity, there is actually no need to fully clarify it.

"Yes, just let him know your attitude." Lin Shiyin agreed, "You have been in love for many years, it's not good for this, and you won't even be friends in the future."

"It's really possible that we don't have to do it." When Li Shishi said this, his expression suddenly became serious, "I have only dealt with the original Shaozhuang owner a few times, but from my point of view, he is really a very proud person."

Jiang Rong nodded: "Yes, he is a very proud person."

Li Shishi said: "So don't speak too bluntly, if you really can't do it, just keep pretending you don't know."

Jiang Rong: "...I just think it's hard to pretend."

She used to think that she kept the attitude of "staying at arm's length, drawing a clear line and not owed each other" when facing Yuan Suiyun very well and secretly, but he knew everything.

What's more, even if you put aside this point, knowing other people's thoughts, pretending to be ignorant, and at the same time enjoying how well others treat him, Jiang Rong also feels that it is very inappropriate.

Even if the person didn't grow up with her, she still wants to continue to be friends.

Master Li: "..."

She found that her experience might not be of much use to Jiang Rong.

Jiang Rong's personality is too simple and pure, if not for this, she would not be able to worry about such a thing.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, there is such an outstanding young man who loves himself, no matter how you look at it, it is something worth showing off.

"I was thinking about it." Li Shishi said, "You are not good at these things. If you do what we just said, it may be counterproductive."

Both Jiang Rong and Lin Shiyin were waiting for her to continue.

And she pondered for a while before saying: "Go and ask him directly."

Jiang Rong: "Ah?!"

Li Shishi: "Just ask him if he was not drunk last night, and then ask him if he has anything else to say."

Jiang Rong: "..."

Li Shishi continued: "He likes you, so as long as you ask seriously, and he won't be vague on purpose, you can take this opportunity to have an open and honest talk with him."

Rather than cryptically expressing refusal, or anything else, what a proud person like Yuan Suiyun may need is a sincere answer.

Only in this way, Jiang Rong will not feel awkward and uncomfortable in the subsequent relationship.

Jiang Rong pondered for a while, and felt that this method was relatively reliable, or it was easier for her.

She nodded: "Okay, I'll ask when I go back."

Li Shishi stretched out his hand and pinched her fingertips, and said: "You don't have to worry too much, someone likes you, after all, it's not a bad thing, besides, I can tell that the original Shaozhuang owner is sincere."

Jiang Rong thought to himself that it was difficult because of sincerity.

If Yuan Suiyun just had a whim or had other plans because of her identity, it would be easy to solve. She never gave any good looks to Bai Baiyu and Fang Yingkan.

Just when she fell into this short thought, Jiang Yi, who went downstairs to pack the gifts, was also busy.

The small gathering before New Year's Eve ended here, Jiang Rong took a deep breath and followed him down the second floor.

Outside Lingxian Building, Lin Shiyin and Li Shishi's chariots and horses were ready to go.

Jiang Rong explained a few words to their coachman respectively, and said goodbye to them both.

The three of them made an appointment that after the new year, they would get together again.

Jiang Yi heard this sentence, and kept nagging on the way back: "When will you get together after the next year, remember to tell me, I'll invite you."

Jiang Rong: "...let's talk about it later."

She showed her lack of interest so obviously, but Jiang Yi didn't notice it, and dragged her to chat all the way.

Jiang Rong listened absent-mindedly at first, but later he found that Lin Shiyin's three sentences were all the same, and the more he talked, the more his eyebrows became brighter, so he couldn't help but pay attention.

It's a pity that when she thought about it, they had already arrived home.

It wasn't very late at night, but the house was very quiet, and most of the people had obviously rested.

In this way, Jiang Rong calmed down for the time being and was ready to go back to his yard to rest.Whether it's asking or talking, put it to tomorrow, she thought.

Jiang Yi was in high spirits, and when he got out of the car, he took away the wine he bought at Lingxianlou, saying that he wanted to find Yuan Suiyun for a drink before going to sleep.

Jiang Rong: "..."

"Acheng is sleeping in his yard. If you want to drink and chat, you might as well go to my place." She changed her mind, "Although I don't drink, I can also chat with you."

"Okay!" Jiang Yi was very excited, "I'll call Suiyun in a while, and I'll get you some dim sum."

Jiang Rong couldn't stop him, so he just let him go.

She went back to her own yard, cleaned up the stone table in the yard, and picked up the dead branches beside the table.

When Jiang Yi and Yuan Suiyun came over, she had already sat down with a teacup in her arms.

"Rong Rong still doesn't drink?" After sitting down, Yuan Suiyun asked casually.

"I don't like drinking." Jiang Rong said truthfully, "I can't drink anything good or bad. I don't think any wine tastes good."

"Then candied fruit goes with tea." Jiang Yi took out two saucers from behind as if conjuring, and said, "I remember you praised this candied fruit last night."

Jiang Rong glanced at them, picked up a grain and threw it into his mouth in the eyes of the two of them.

As New Year's Eve approached, not only was the night wind cold, but even the moon in the sky seemed to be chilling.

She was sitting at the table under the tree, listening to her brother talking endlessly about the pain of giving gifts recently, she couldn't help but said: "But I see that you are very happy to buy gifts for sister Shiyin and the others."

Jiang Yi immediately straightened his back and said it was different.

"Miss Shiyin and Miss Shishi are helping me for free, not to mention they are your friends." Jiang Yi said, "Even if you give a little more, it's not too much. My business partners... are all old foxes. Every time we cooperate, I want to cheat more money out of my pocket!"

Jiang Rong originally wanted to say that it was really embarrassing because you haven't been cheated of money so far, but after thinking about it, it might be Yuan Suiyun's credit.

Since coming to the capital, Yuan Suiyun would accompany Jiang Yi to discuss whenever there was important business.

Although Jiang Rong had never witnessed those scenes, she could more or less imagine that no matter what hole the person opposite had dug, Yuan Suiyun would immediately notice it and avoid it.

Otherwise, with Jiang Yi's personality, it would be almost impossible for the business to reach its present level and always be smooth sailing.

It didn't take long for Jiang Yi to bring back Wenxian wine, which was half empty.

The aftertaste of this wine is strong, but it is not obvious when drinking, but it is refreshing and refreshing, so that Jiang Yiming knew that if he drank it again, he would definitely be drunk tonight, so he dragged Yuan Suiyun to finish drinking it.

In fact, Jiang Yi did lie on the table and passed out not long after drinking.

Jiang Rong drank most of the pot of tea, and tentatively called his brother a few times, but only got the sound of his breathing that became more and more steady.

"Ah Yi is drunk." Yuan Suiyun said, "I'll help him go back to rest later."

"What about you?" Jiang Rong raised his eyes to look at him.

Strange to say, she obviously didn't say anything, just asked two simple words, but at the moment when their eyes met, the first thought that flashed in Jiang Rong's heart was that he seemed to have guessed what happened after her. what to ask.

Sure enough, the next moment, he stopped his movements and was not in a hurry to reach out to help Jiang Yi.

Silence spread in the yard without a sound.

Jiang Rong raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "I just chatted with my brother by chance today, so I realized that you are a good drinker."

Yuan Suiyun sat across from her, stared at her for a moment, and then smiled.

After laughing, he generously admitted: "Yes, I was not drunk last night."

Jiang Rong: "..." How could she recognize it faster than she thought?

Before she could react and speak, he continued: "I was just a little confused at the time, and there was nothing wrong with it, but you reached out to help me, so I don't want to tell you that I'm fine."

Jiang Rong didn't ask why, she knew that when she said this, even if she didn't ask any more questions, he would keep talking.

So in the next quarter of an hour, accompanied by Jiang Yi's breathing, he spoke word by word.

Most of those words are short, but they are also serious.

"How should I put it, I want Rong Rong to care about me."

"In the past in Kunlun, you were closer to the villain who was always sick than you were to me."

"Now that I'm away from the Valley of the Wicked, it's no longer the case, but it's still not as good as many people."

"I..." He paused, and when he spoke again, he was surprisingly honest, "I'm still not willing."

"But it's not the same as before."

"When I was young, I hoped that you would accept me like Ah Yi."

"As for now, I probably hope that in your eyes, I am a little different from others."

Jiang Rong: "...Actually, everyone is different in my eyes."

Yuan Suiyun laughed again, saying that you knew exactly what I meant.

"What I said is different, I hope—"

"..."

"Hope you like me too."

Jiang Rong wanted to say sorry, but Yuan Suiyun didn't give her this chance.

After he finished saying that, he let out a long sigh of relief and said, "But you still don't like me."

He said all the words, and Jiang Rong became more and more embarrassed.

It's not easy for her to nod and say yes, I don't have any feelings for you, let alone shake her head in denial, saying that you are wrong, in fact, I quite like you too.

The former is hurtful, the latter is deceptive, both are quite wrong.

She thought for a long time, and finally she could only say: "I didn't expect much."

Yuan Suiyun: "So you still have to reject me."

Jiang Rong: "Uh... I can't lie to you, and I don't want to lie to you. I have always regarded you as a friend."

Yuan Suiyun was not too surprised by this sentence, but he still lowered his eyes.

In Jiang Rong's eyes, this appearance seemed to be somewhat hurt, which made her feel a little more guilty.

Yuan Suiyun glimpsed the expression on her face, touched the jade cup in his hand and sighed, "I understand what you mean."

"You don't want to think about it just now, do you?"

Jiang Rong nodded immediately: "Yes."

"But the future is unknown." He said lightly, "You can't leave me a chance."

"Let's be fair, I don't force you to accept, and you don't force me to give up, okay?"

If Li Shishi was present, he would definitely react immediately. What is the difference between this condition and before the open and honest discussion?

But Jiang Rong was in the middle of the game, and he felt guilty that he was really involved in this way.

"...Okay," she heard herself say.

Yuan Suiyun breathed a sigh of relief, put down his cup, and thanked her in a serious manner.

Jiang Rong: "?" Why did you say thank you again?

As if he knew what she was thinking, the next moment, he narrowed his eyes and said: "You allow me to continue to like you, of course I want to thank you."

……

Jiang Rong originally thought that it would be good to talk to Yuan Suiyun.

However, the reality is that after that night's talk, this person expressed his liking, but he completely lost his scruples.

It was not only her who noticed this, but also a group of parents in the same house.

Su Ying even asked her directly: "Is Xiao Yuan planning to formally pursue you?"

Jiang Rong: "... Maybe so."

"Then what do you think?"

"I made it clear to him, I treat him as a friend." Jiang Rong said helplessly, "But I can't even control what he thinks."

Su Ying: "..." This is Xiao Yuan's brilliance.

She wanted to remind her, but thinking that her daughter's greatest interest at this age is to practice martial arts and seek medical advice, she felt that it might be useless to mention it, so she just sighed a few times and said, "Forget it, then you don't have to worry about it." Take it to heart."

"No matter what, your father and I hope you will be happy."

Jiang Rong also wanted to live a relaxed and happy life, but it was a pity that the young master next door who loved to make troubles did not give her this chance.

A few days ago, she found an opportunity to inform the Shenhou Mansion of what Li Shishi told her, but Zhuge Shenhou said that they had noticed it a long time ago and checked it out a long time ago.

"Just looking at the business, I can't find fault with them at all, and I can't figure out what relationship this ship has with North Korean and Chinese officials."

Although the sale of gold caves at sea did not affect Cai Xiang in the end, it also taught them a lesson.

Now this group of people is acting rampant on the surface, but in fact they are extremely cautious, making it impossible for people to grasp the key points.

Jiang Rong: "Then what should I do?"

Zhuge Shenhou: "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. No matter what, I must look down."

Jiang Rong was at a loss for what to do about this situation where the iron plate could not be kicked. After thinking about it for a while, he went home and asked Xiajiang Xiaoyu to hear his opinion.

Jiang Xiaoyu: "Actually, there is a way."

She immediately asked: "What?"

As a result, Jiang Xiaoyu struggled for a moment, then swallowed his words, and said, "Forget it, this method is not suitable, let me think about other things."

This thought lasted for three days, which made Jiang Rong even more curious about the method he thought of in his first reaction.

She knew her father well, and she knew quite well that with his ghostly character, if he thought of an idea at the first time, it would probably be very useful, but he just didn't say it, so how could she not scratch her heart?

"Father, don't be a fool, just tell me." Jiang Rong had no choice but to use his coquettish trump card, "You haven't said it all the time, I've been thinking about it when I sleep at night."

"..."

"Do you have the heart to see your daughter become bald at a young age because of too little sleep?"

Jiang Xiaoyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

She held up her hair solemnly, and said, "I'm losing more and more hair these days, I won't lie to you."

After begging for a long time, Jiang Xiaoyu finally let go.

Jiang Xiaoyu said: "This method will wrong you, so I don't want to talk about it."

Jiang Rong was surprised: "Wronged me?"

He nodded: "You said that Cai Xiang's school is monolithic, but I don't think so."

"His most capable subordinates now are probably the Marquis of Shentong and Liufenbantang?" Jiang Xiaoyu said, "But Marquis of Shentong has only been in Beijing for a long time. Does Cai Xiang really trust him so much that he will not betray him?"

"You mean to drive them apart?" Jiang Rong was even more surprised, "But what does this have to do with wronging me?"

"When the Marquis of Shentong moved to your neighborhood, all the larger forces in Beijing knew about it, and Prime Minister Cai must have known about it too." Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes flickered, and the plan had already taken shape, "If you change your previous attitude and suddenly have a relationship with him It’s getting better, what do you think Xiang Cai thinks?”

"Of course, for an old fox like Cai Xiang, this alone is not enough to make him have substantial doubts about the Marquis of Divine Ability, so at the same time, the Shenhou Mansion has to do something, such as investigating the huge ship with great fanfare. , making people mistakenly think that they already have evidence that can cure several crimes."

Jiang Rong: "..." Damn it.