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The carpenter Ji Huai hired was very quick at work.

Zhan Hua sat at the stone table under the grape trellis and studied the chessboard that Ji Huai had placed before. Ji Huai and the carpenter squatted together to choose wood, talking and gesticulating.

"...That's a bigger one, the one that sleeps enough for two people." Ji Huai said, "If you don't need a bedpost, it will fit right in?"

Originally, he wanted to make another bed for Zhanhua, but the bedroom was too small, and there was no room for people to leave after putting two beds in, so he had to dismantle the original bed and make another one.

"Yes, it's enough to sleep with bedposts, but it doesn't look good." The carpenter drew a line on the wood with a charcoal pencil, "Then there is still wood left to build a cabinet. I think the cabinet in your room is also narrow. The two are just right next to each other."

"Success, just hit like this." Ji Huai helped him carry the wood in.

Seeing this, Zhan Hua wanted to help, but Ji Huai raised his hand to stop him, "Don't, your body is empty, don't move around."

In fact, Zhan Hua is not too hypocritical: "..."

Zhan Hua stood outside the window and watched Ji Huai busy with the carpenter. Unexpectedly, Ji Huai was very qualified as a layman, and he was able to do things by himself in some places.

Ji Huai had nothing to do and roughly carved a chubby tit and handed it to him, "For you to play."

Zhan Hua held the wooden bird and didn't know what he was thinking.

Ji Huai and the carpenter worked hard all day, and finally finished the work before dark. While cleaning the room, they looked up and saw a small wooden bird on the windowsill.

The original rough wood has been polished smooth and engraved with feather patterns. The small black eyes look very clever, and they should be dotted with the ink left by the carpenter.

He took the little wooden bird and looked into the yard, and saw Zhanhua standing under the grape trellis with his head up, wondering what he was looking at.

So Ji Huai leaned out to look, just in time to meet Shang Zhanhua's suspicious gaze after turning his head.

"What are you looking at?" Ji Huai asked.

"Grapes." Zhan Hua said.

"Grapes are not yet fruiting at this time." Ji Huai propped his hands on the window sill, "We have to wait until autumn."

"There are still several months." Zhan Hua sighed.

Ji Huai's heart was raised in an instant, and his face was unconsciously dignified, "You want to go?"

Zhan Hua shook his head, "I just want to eat grapes."

Ji Huai felt relieved immediately, and said with a smile: "It's easy to handle, and I can eat it tomorrow."

"Really?" Zhan Hua stared at him suspiciously.

"Really, I won't lie to you." Ji Huai assured.

After all, Ji Huai had the title of King Duankang, so it was not difficult to eat bunches of grapes, and the next day there was a plate of fresh grapes on the stone table in the yard.

This is the person who gave the grapes, he looked a little familiar, when the other person turned his head, Ji Huai was shocked, "Your Majesty—"

"Compared to what?" Zhao Qi and his brothers put their arms around his shoulders and said with a smile: "Little uncle, long time no see."

I don't know if the title "Little Uncle" is too weird or Huang Wei is too powerful, goosebumps on Ji Huai's arms fell all over the ground.

He lowered his voice and said, "Why are you here? Did you quarrel with Lin Yuan again?"

Zhao Qi rolled his eyes silently, "What's the matter with him?"

Ji Huai obviously didn't believe it.

"Alas." Zhao Qi said with some worry: "Didn't you adopt a child from the clan ten years ago? There was a lot of noise, Lin Yuan was angry and put him in confinement, the two of them quarreled every day, the house was flying around, I came out to breathe."

Ji Huai: "..."

He had met the prince several times at the New Year's Eve banquet, and he was a taciturn child in his impression, who dared to make such a big incident.

"Is there something wrong with the bloodlines of our old Zhao family? Why are both of them so masculine?" Zhao Qi mumbled sadly.

"Be careful." Ji Huai looked around.

"It's okay, there are hidden guards around." Zhao Qi waved his hand, and then looked into the room curiously, "Hey, where are the people you are hiding?"

"He—" Ji Huai choked, "When did I hide?"

"Tsk, Lin Yuan's spies and my hidden guards were all blocked by your people." Zhao Qi smiled and said, "I haven't even seen a single hair so far."

"I was afraid of scaring him." Ji Huai said, "He has lost his memory, and he doesn't even recognize me."

Zhao Qi was a little surprised, "Have you lost your memory?"

While they were talking, Zhan Hua came out of the room with messy hair on his head, and looked at Zhao Qi first before falling on Ji Huai's face.

"This is one of my distant nephews, he is here as a guest today." Ji Huai picked up the grapes on the table, "Qi Zhao, this is Zhan Hua."

Zhao Qi greeted Zhan Hua politely.

Zhan Hua looked indifferent, and said to Ji Huai: "I can't tie my hair up."

Ji Huai said helplessly, "I'll help you when you enter the house."

Zhao Qi leisurely fiddled with the chess pieces under the grape trellis, and Ji Huai followed Zhan Hua into the room to help him tie his hair.

Zhan Hua said in a deep voice, "There are dozens of people outside."

Ji Huai's hand that helped him tie his hair paused slightly, and then continued nonchalantly, "Too much?"

"Originally there were more than a dozen people hiding in the dark outside this courtyard, and their voices were very weak. There were about 30 more people this morning, and their skills are not inferior to yours." Zhan Hua said.

Ji Huai picked up the hair tie next to him, "I thought you couldn't find it."

"I have lost my memory, but my martial arts are still there." Zhan Hua frowned, "Is that man really your nephew?"

"Really." Ji Huai whispered in his ear: "Then how do they compare to you?"

Zhan Hua raised his hand and rubbed his itchy ears, "It's not a problem for me to escape by myself, it's okay to take you with me."

Ji Huai smiled happily, "That's good."

"Don't worry, he's a good guy."

Although Ji Huai said so, he was actually not sure what Zhao Qi meant.

The prince is an orphan adopted by Lin Yuan and Zhao Qi from the clan. He has been brought up by himself since he was four or five years old. He is no different from his own son.

Of course, he asked for grapes for Zhanhua, not only because he really wanted grapes to eat.

It doesn't matter if you can't find Zhan Hua, after all, most of them agree that he and Qiankuntu are buried under the Yizhuang in Shiyuan City, except that he is crazy to find someone because of love, and everything is fine.

In other words, it was precisely because of his madness that Zhao Qi was really relieved.

It is undeniable that Zhao Qi is a good man, and even more a man of benevolence and righteousness, but in the final analysis he is an emperor, he will let Ji Huai go because of his life-saving grace in the past, but he may not let Zhan Hua go because of Ji Huai.

Now that Zhan Hua is back, sooner or later several forces will follow him, wanting to know the whereabouts of the album.

Instead of being passive at that time, it is better to take the initiative to choose a backer by yourself - choosing Zhao Qi is the most dangerous but also the safest way.

Although Ji Huai has been muddled for more than ten years, this Duan Kang Wang is not so easy to do after all, even if he is as stupid as him, in the end he has grown a whole body of mind.

He doesn't care about the throne or the imperial decree. Now that things have happened, he just wants to keep Zhan Hua.

If they are lucky, they still have a few decades, if they are not lucky, they may only have a few years, but no matter what it is, it is very precious to Ji Huai.

Zhao Qi looked as if he really just wanted to see Zhan Hua, and left after a short stay. Before leaving, he said, "Little uncle, I plan to come tonight and play for a few more days, together?"

Ji Huai had no reason to refuse, so he could only agree.

"If you're really worried, I'll kill him." Zhan Hua said while eating grapes.

Ji Huai quickly covered his mouth with his hand, "Don't talk nonsense."

Zhan Hua crushed the grape seeds between his teeth, "Well."

The warm and moist touch made Ji Huai withdraw his hand abruptly, he cleared his throat and said, "Leave this matter alone, leave it to me."

"But," Zhan Hua blinked slowly, "you don't know martial arts, your guard is low, and your brain is not very smart."

"..." Ji Huai was slightly annoyed, and stuffed two grapes into his mouth, "Eat yours."

Zhan Hua smiled and said, "I'm lying to you, you are very smart sometimes."

Also carved wood birds.

Ji Huai didn't really want to talk to him, so he tried his best to peel the grapes for him, "Spit out the seeds, and it won't be too bitter to bite them."

"The meat is sweet, and it doesn't feel bitter when mixed together." Although Zhan Hua said so, he still obediently spit out the grape seeds.

"I have to go shopping with my nephew tomorrow, are you at home or come with me?" Ji Huai asked.

"Together." Zhan Hua bit off the peeled grapes in his hand, and soon felt that something was wrong, so he ate it by himself.

"Okay." Ji Huai stuffed the grapes into his mouth, and jokingly said, "I've peeled them for you all night, and you feel embarrassed?"

Zhan Hua's ears were slightly red, and he turned his head away and remained silent.

Ji Huai folded his sleeves and leaned over to look at him, "Did you remember something?"

Zhan Hua's ears turned even redder when he faced him.

Ji Huai felt that his reaction was a bit subtle. It didn't seem like he remembered everything, but he must have remembered something important, so he chased after him: "What did you remember? Tell me."

Zhan Hua reached out to push his head away, "It's nothing."

Ji Huaicai didn't believe it, so he guessed: "Remember us traveling in the mountains? I'll heal your wounds? Or share the same bed—hmm."

Zhan Hua glared at him sullenly.

Ji Huai smiled like a god, and tilted his head to look at him.

Zhan Hua's handsome face looked very dignified, but the thin red on his ears had spread to the base of his neck, and he whispered after a while: "I remember... I was kissing you."

"Ah." Ji Huai folded his sleeves and said with emotion: "That was too many times, tell me about it in detail, I really remember it."

Zhan Hua stared at him angrily, refused to eat the grapes, went into the bedroom by himself, and closed the door tightly.

Ji Huai followed closely behind him, originally wanted to enter the door with him, but was almost hit on the nose by the door.

He touched his nose embarrassingly, and whispered: "You were not so shy when you kissed, but you tried hard..."

There was the sound of something being accidentally knocked into the room.

Ji Huai folded his sleeves and leaned against the door frame, laughing uncontrollably. On the one hand, he felt that he was rotten, but on the other hand, he couldn't stop. Zhan Hua, who always felt that he couldn't stand being teased, was very satisfied with everything.

"Zhan Hua, open the door for me." He smiled happily, "Maybe I'll talk to you in detail, maybe I can think of more—"

The closed door suddenly opened.

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There are about ten chapters left to finish.

After such a long time interval, I can finally put an end to this dream [Hug Head and Cry]