linked to the collar

Zhang Ting heard Xiao Ran's confession to Bai Ye after being freed by Xiao Ran, felt suffocated in his heart, stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Ran back into his arms again, bowed his head and wanted to kiss Xiao Ran's lips.But after all, he was just a scholar, although he could barely suppress Xiao Ran, but it would not be so easy to confine Xiao Ran who tried his best to resist again.

At this moment, footsteps came from the door, and a servant knocked twice on the study door. "My lord, the servant of Mr. Xiao's family said that Mr. Xiao has been taking the decoction for nourishing the stomach these days. It will be time to take the medicine. I would like to invite Mr. Xiao..."

Before the words were finished, the door was slammed open from the inside, and Xiao Ran walked out quickly with his head bowed. "No need, the nagging time is long enough, Xiao Ran will continue to work without disturbing Hanwen. Hanwen stays for a while, so there is no need to see him off."

Without looking back, without looking at the expression of Zhang Ting who came out, Xiao Ran went straight to the gate of the courtyard, pulled Shi Er who was waiting there, and left the Zhang family, rushed into the sedan chair and shouted to go back quickly.

Seeing Xiao Ran's abnormal appearance on the sedan chair without even saying goodbye to Master Zhang, he knew that something had happened in the study just now, and recalled his slightly disheveled hair when he saw Xiao Ran. Alright, did that jerk surnamed Zhang lose his bestiality just once in such a short period of time?but……

Shi Er walked quickly along with the sedan chair while being torn in his heart, even if he really wanted to know what happened in the study just now, but how could he ask?He asked directly, "Third Master, did that bastard surnamed Zhang rape you?"Or ask, "Third Master, where did that person surnamed Zhang touch you just now?"

Even if he wanted to know and then found his brother in the middle of the night and chopped off the one surnamed Zhang and waited for the second master to come back to ask for credit... But how could he ask such an embarrassing question?

After thinking for a long time, he finally hesitated and approached some sedan chairs. "Third Lord... Shi Er saw that you seemed a little unhappy when you came out of Zhang's house?"

It took a long time before Xiao Ran gave a tired answer from inside the sedan chair. "No, I'm just a little tired."

"Hey, third master, you have been socializing every day these few days. You are weak, so you are really tired. When I go back, I will make a cup of ginseng tea to refresh you?" Shi Er heard that Xiao Ran didn't want to talk about this matter, so he said I hid the curiosity in my heart.

Xiao Ran was silent for a while again, so quiet that Shi Er almost thought that he was so tired that he fell asleep in the sedan chair, and it took a long time to hear Xiao Ran's order again: "Shi Er, if the Zhang family comes to invite again recently... just say I'm not feeling well, please go back for me."

"Hey, I got it!" Shi Eryi could barely hide the smile in his eyes when he heard that, he hated that Mr. Zhang had nothing to do to get close to the third master, and he couldn't directly show his face to the Zhang family because of the third master, but now It's good to have Xiao Ran's words, there is nothing to be afraid of anymore.

"...Do you know? In the past, when did your second master usually come back?"

Shi Er was taken aback, rolled his eyes twice before answering: "Actually, Er Ye used to run around all the time, never heard that he would stay there for a long time, let alone set up a mansion as a permanent residence." Wuzhou City is a place where he comes and goes a lot, but in previous years, it usually takes ten days and a half months, and at least it goes overnight...Third Master, in fact, we really don’t know the habits and laws of Second Master. Do you have any questions? Is there something urgent?"

"No, nothing, I just asked casually."

Shi Er covered his mouth and smiled boldly: "...Third Master, do you miss Second Master? You can write a letter, and I will ask the hall master to help you pass the letter to the main gate."

"No! You don't need to be so serious, I'm just talking casually." Xiao Ran blushed in the sedan chair and hurriedly vetoed, and Shi Er couldn't help covering his mouth and sniggering with his eagerness to cover up.

After entering the city and returning to Baifu, it was also when the sun was setting.Xiao Ran got off the sedan chair with a tired face, and went back to his room after almost useless dinner, saying he wanted to rest.Seeing Xiao Ran's ugly face, Shi Er and Butler Liu looked at each other. After watching Xiao Ran enter the house, Shi Er took Manager Liu and told Manager Liu everything about the time at Zhang's house and the conversation on the way back. Manager Liu said coldly. Hmph, I ordered it immediately.

"In the future, when people from the Zhang family come, they will all say that the third master is not here. I will also reply to all the posts they sent. The third master will not see the Zhang family!"

Inside the room, Xiao Ran was lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, his hands were clenched into balls and his face was buried in the quilt.

"Bai Ye...Bai Ye..."

He really misses Bai Ye, misses Bai Ye's arms, misses his warmth, misses his smile, his kisses, his hugs... Now Zhang Ting makes him feel strange and makes him feel scared. When he is helpless, he finds that he misses him very much. Bai Ye.

It seems that silently reciting that person's name can also bring some comfort and support to myself.

At about the same time, a soft sedan stopped at the back door of Deyi Building, followed by a servant boy and two servants with swords.A brocade robed man got off the sedan chair slowly, while motioning for the attendants to come forward and knock on the door, he stood with his hands behind his back.

"Who is it?" The door was opened a little, and someone was looking from the inside out, and the door was about to be closed when they saw this pedestrian. "This is the back door. If you want to enter the Deyi Building, sir, please go around the front. No visitors are allowed here."

The servant who knocked on the door didn't speak, just stretched out his hands to hold the door open, and handed a piece of jade pendant up. "Go and hand it over to your landlord Leng."

The man looked at these people hesitantly, took the jade pendant and walked in, stumbled and ran back to open the back door after not much time. "this way please……"

Followed the servant around and got a small independent courtyard. After passing the backyard, he saw a small building in front of him. Only a few lamps were lighted in the quiet surroundings. "There is no one here?"

"Oh, the host doesn't like people in front of others, so except for tidying up and cleaning, he usually doesn't want us to come over."

The man nodded, and at this time he had already reached the door of the small building.The servant stepped forward and knocked twice, and the door was immediately opened by the cold wind with loose long hair and a long purple robe, as quickly as if he had actually been standing by the door.

Opening the door, Leng Fengyin glanced coldly at the brocade-robed man, and then at the three servants he brought along behind him... He turned his head and said to the servant of Deyilou: "Go down, today There is no need to come here again."

When the servant walked away, Leng Fengyin folded his hands on his chest and raised his eyebrows and sneered. "Hey, my lord, what a fast speed. Dabai has only been back for a few days and you have rushed over. How many years have passed on the way? Didn't the emperor invite you to the palace? Is he willing?"

The man in the brocade robe spoke, his voice was also cold and indifferent. "Where are you, do you need someone to tell me? Go in, it's cold outside, and you're not afraid of catching cold yourself."

"I waited at the door in a hurry just to welcome you." Leng Feng smiled ironically, reached out and hooked the man's neck, and slid his sharp fingertips along his Adam's apple. "It's really cold, carry me in."

The man hugged Leng Fengyin by the waist and walked into the house. Behind him, the servant quickly closed the door, and stood quietly at the door with the two men with swords.

It seemed that no one heard the soft groans gradually coming from the room.

The fifth day of the lunar new year, also known as "Bao Wu", is full of waste and is suitable for opening.

Shopkeeper Liu prepared firecrackers, and after a while of crackling, it was so festive that it was reopened. It happened that the goods ordered a few years ago were delivered today. All the spectators bought some paper, ink, inkstone or calligraphy and painting anthology.

Although Xiao Ran didn't value profits, he was still very happy when he saw the people who came into the store in an endless stream.Qingfengzhai is the place he is now working hard to manage. Good business means that his efforts are recognized by others. For a person like Xiao Ran, it is more real than actually holding real money in front of him.

Seeing Xiao Ran's smile on Shi Er's face, he also let out a long breath.His current duty is to follow Xiao Ran, to see him fed and clothed, and to see him happy every day. If the second master comes back and finds that the third master is thin and haggard, why don't he skin him!

At noon, there were a little fewer people, and a few regular customers sat at the table reading books, drinking tea and chatting.Shi Er was about to ask Xiao Ran if he wanted to have lunch now so that he could go and warm up the food later, when he saw a servant from the Bai Mansion rushing in with an ugly expression.

"What's the matter? In such a hurry..." Shi Er hurriedly stopped him at the door, glanced inside, and signaled him not to rush in like this and scare the guests. "What's the matter, take a breath and talk about it."

"How can you not be in a hurry, where is the third master?" The man raised his head to look for Xiao Ran just after taking a breath, and saw him walking over with a hand stove in his hands. "Third Master, a woman came and said that she is the wife of the Second Master... I remember that the Second Master once said that you and him are brother-in-law. Manager Liu dare not make a decision. Please go back and admit it!"

Xiao Ran was startled, the bosom stove in his hand almost fell to the ground, and his face immediately turned pale.Seeing Shi Er, he hurriedly pushed the servant away and said, "Third Master, are you alright?"

Maybe not every servant in the White Mansion clearly understands the matter between Bai Ye and Xiao Ran, or maybe they just have a deep relationship in the eyes of others, but how could Shi Er, who has served Xiao Ran nearby for a long time, not know the real relationship between the two?Now hearing the second master's wife suddenly appear, let alone Xiao Ran, even he was extremely surprised.

"...I'm fine," Xiao Ran coughed, hugged the stove tightly again, raised his head and said to the two: "If it's really Bai Ye's daughter-in-law, she must have come here suddenly because of something urgent, let's go back and have a look. "

The three of them hurried back to the White Mansion, just as Xiao Ran got out of the sedan chair, Manager Liu who was waiting at the door greeted him. "Third Master, you are back."

"What about people?"

"I asked her to sit in the living room first. Regardless of whether it's cold or not, we can't let a woman stick at the door like that... Besides, if it's really a wife...and..." Mr. Liu sweated , he glanced around and couldn't meet Xiao Ran, he hesitated and made people feel suspicious.

However, although Xiao Ran felt strange, firstly he was not such a sharp and sensitive person, and secondly, he cared more about that visitor at the moment, so he only glanced at Manager Liu suspiciously and walked into the mansion quickly.

Walking to the entrance of the hall, besides the servants of the White Mansion, there were two unfamiliar servants on both sides.Seeing Xiao Ran, the White Mansion quickly lifted the thick curtain for Xiao Ran. "Third Master, you are back."

Xiao Ran nodded his thanks to the man, and just stepped over the threshold when he heard a familiar female voice coming from the room. "Third Lord? When I was a husband-in-law, when did I have a younger brother, so it was you, brother-in-law."

Xiao Ran raised his head slowly, and when his eyes touched the woman sitting on the chair, his eyes went dark.

That is He Ruhui.

Qionghua's younger sister, Bai Ye's daughter-in-law, He Ruhui.

He Ruhui, who had a protruding abdomen and was pregnant with Bai Ye's child...

Bai Ye's wife!