Poor Lady Chapter 14: Meet

It's golden autumn, the temple is full of incense, the chrysanthemums are in full bloom in the courtyard, the green trees are in harmony, and the scenery is pleasant.

Qi Surong placed the snacks bought on the road one by one on the stone table, then took out a handkerchief to help Su Bao wipe his hands, and said, "Eat less, you won't be able to eat later when you go back."

"Yeah." Su Bao nodded heavily, put a piece of pastry into his mouth, and asked inarticulately, "And the roast duck?"

"Do you want to eat roast duck in the temple?" Qi Surong flicked his forehead lightly, and teased, "When did you become so greedy?"

Su Bao pouted and lowered his head in embarrassment. During this period of time, the family has been eating light tea and light meals, so Su Bao, who is used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, is naturally very uncomfortable. But he didn't make trouble unreasonably, and he always behaved well-behaved and sensible, which made people feel distressed.

Qi Surong looked at Subao with a smile for a moment, then said to Ping'er: "You stay here and take care of the young master, I will go back when I go."

"What are you going to do, miss?"

Qi Surong made a convenient gesture cryptically, Ping'er understood immediately, and didn't ask any more questions.

"Su Bao, eat here first, don't run around." Su Rong touched his forehead, gave him some advice, and left.

Looking at Qi Surong's back, Su Bao felt a crisp feeling in his heart, like the warmth of the autumn sun shining on his body. His older sister had never been so gentle to him before. In his eyes, his older sister was noble and elegant, but not easy to get close to. When talking to him, he was always serious and polite. He never wiped his hands, never touched his head, and it was even more impossible to take him outside to eat at will.

Su Bao thinks that he likes his current sister even more.

"Children, the dim sum looks good, can you give me a taste?" At this moment, a man in his thirties came slowly and looked at Su Bao with a smile.

Su Bao followed the prestige, and found that the visitor was plainly dressed and ordinary-looking, but his eyes were deep and full of energy, instantly adding a bit of unique charm to him.

Su Bao rolled his eyes and asked, "This is mine, why should I let you taste it?"

"It's better to be alone than to be happy together." The man stood with his hands behind his back and said with a smile, "Wouldn't it be nice to share delicious food with others?"

"As the saying goes, drinking with a confidant is less than a thousand cups, and talking is more than a few words." Su Bao replied like a grown-up, "Sharing with others depends on whether you are a confidant or a good friend. Your honor is mine A confidant, or a good friend?"

"Hahaha..." The man laughed loudly and said, "Okay, then kid, would you like me, Xu Chen, to be your bosom friend?"

"Xu Chen?" Su Bao glanced at him in surprise, and asked, "Could it be that your honor is the number one scholar in the gold department who won three yuan alone eight years ago?"

"Oh? You recognize me?" This time it was the man's turn to be surprised.

"Well, I heard my sister talk about you." Su Bao gestured "please sit down".

"What does Sister Ling say about me?" Xu Chen sat down with his clothes lifted, and asked with great interest.

"She said that you are extremely smart, with a strong memory, free and easy temperament, and eclectic behavior. You may not be a courtier, but you can be a good teacher."

"Good teacher?" Xu Chen raised his eyebrows, "How did you know that?" He didn't expect that after a few years, there would be someone in the capital who knew him so well.

Su Bao thought for a while and said: "My sister thinks that a person with such a temperament will not stick to stereotypes, doesn't care about his family background, knows how to teach students according to their aptitude, and is flexible."

"Hahaha..." Xu Chen laughed again, feeling extremely happy.

"Son, which family are you from? Who is your sister?" he asked.

Subao replied concisely: "My surname is Qi, and my name is Subao."

After finishing speaking, he looked straight at the man in front of him and observed his reaction.

"Qi Subao?" Xu Chen wondered, "Could it be General Qi's son?"

"My father is no longer a general."

"No." Xu Chen shook his head and said seriously, "The name of a general is obtained from years of battles and killings, and will not be obliterated because of the banning of official positions. Even if there is no imperial conferment, Naifu still deserves it General."

Su Bao smiled, and his affection for this person doubled.

"Su Bao, if I were a teacher, would you be willing to be my student?" He had no other plans when he returned to Beijing this time, but now that he met this child and heard such remarks, he couldn't help but be moved. Qi Surong probably would never have imagined that in this life, the reason why Xu Chen accepted apprentices was actually inspired by her and Subao.

On the other side, Qi Surong was walking back. She didn't notice that in the gazebo not far away, there were two people staring at her covetously.

"It's her?" Luo Yanyi said sternly, "What a coincidence, I was thinking about how to fix her, and she automatically sent me to my door!"

As he spoke, he stood up abruptly and was about to block people.

"Wait a minute." Liu Qian'er stopped, "Buddhism is quiet, you want to make trouble here? If it spreads out, it will be bad for your reputation."

"Then what should we do? Could it be that we just watched her leave?" Luo Yanyi said indignantly, "These days, she has been huddled at home, and we have no chance to teach her a lesson. It's so easy to meet her now, but we can't take it so easily. Let it go."

"You just want to embarrass her." Liu Qian'er took a sip of her tea and said calmly, "It's not suitable for us to come out in public, but it's okay to tease her a little bit."

"How to tease?" Luo Yanyi hurriedly asked.

Liu Qian'er chuckled lightly, summoned a servant, and gave such and such orders.

The servant took the order and hurried towards Qi Surong's direction.

At this time, Xu Chen was asking Su Bao if he would like to be his student, Su Bao said: "I want to ask my sister first."

"It should be so." Xu Chen smiled.

"She's back." Su Bao raised his head, and saw Qi Surong's figure from a distance, she was coming slowly along the lake.

Subao stood up and said excitedly, "Come on, let's go to meet her and swim in the lake by the way."

Xu Chen naturally agreed, and he really wanted to meet this "confidant" who knew him very well immediately.

"Sister." Su Bao ran a few steps quickly and greeted her.

When Qi Surong saw him, she stopped, waiting for him to approach, but she didn't want a figure to suddenly appear beside her, quickly brushed past her shoulder, and bumped into Subao.

As a child, Su Bao couldn't stand being hit by an adult. When his body tilted, he fell towards the lake.

"Subao!" Qi Surong reached out to grab it, but only caught a corner of the sleeve, with a hiss, the sleeve was torn, and Subao fell into the water with a plop, causing waves of spray.

Qi Surong's expression changed drastically, he squatted down and stretched his arms, trying to pull Subao up.

Su Bao struggled in the water, but couldn't reach her arm.

At this time, Xu Chen also rushed over.

Everything happened too fast just now, the gangster who hit people disappeared in the blink of an eye, and he only had time to see the badge hanging on his waist flash by.

"What happened, Miss Qi?" A somewhat surprised voice came from behind.

Qi Surong looked back, and suddenly saw that it was Liu Qian'er's elder brother Liu Muhan.

"Master Liu, can you save my younger brother?" She begged anxiously.

"This... I can't swim." Then he quickly added, "I'll call someone right away."

"No need, I'll go by myself." Qi Surong didn't care too much, resolutely untied the silk belt around her waist, tied one end to the tree, held the other end, and was about to jump down.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she made a diving move, she was wrapped around her waist by an arm, and then pulled away from the lake, and then she saw someone throw a noose, which accurately caught Su Bao's body An arm pulled him up forcefully.

"Cough cough." Su Bao collapsed on the ground, coughing violently, tears streaming down his face, obviously frightened.

"Subao." Qi Surong hugged him, patted his back and could not comfort him, "It's okay, it's okay."

"Woo... woo... sister..." Su Bao's whole body was trembling.

Su Rong hugged him even tighter, and when she heard him cry, she couldn't help the tears rolling in her eyes.

"Look for a doctor." A cold and deep voice suddenly came from the side.

Qi Surong followed the prestige and saw a tall and straight man standing beside her, holding a coil of rope in his hand.

Gu Jinyun! Qi Surong was stunned for a moment, then quickly came back to his senses, and ordered Ping'er who came in a hurry: "Ask the groom to prepare, and we will go to the clinic immediately."

Gu Jinyun put away the rope, and hugged Su Bao without saying a word: "Let's go."

Qi Surong opened his mouth, but he didn't say much.

At this time, she noticed Xu Chen beside her, and the latter took the initiative to report his name when she asked her: "Xu Chen, I met Miss Qi."

Xu Chen? I didn't expect to actually meet it, but unfortunately the timing was wrong.

Qi Surong said politely: "Mr. made me laugh. The incident happened so suddenly, I really don't have time to talk to him. I will only ask for advice next time. Please don't blame me, sir."

"Miss, you don't need to be like this, your brother's safety is the most important thing."

Qi Surong bowed her body, without even looking at Liu Muhan, she followed Gu Jinyun towards the outside of the temple.

Liu Muhan looked at her back in silence, then took off the ribbon she left on the tree with a thoughtful expression. For the sake of his younger brother, Qi Surong, who has always paid attention to etiquette and reputation, would untie it in public? Is she really that arrogant and arrogant young lady of the Qi family? Or, was everything I knew about her wrong?

On the other side, Xu Chen rubbed his chin and murmured: "Sure enough, the rumors are unbelievable. How can this young lady of the Qi family be arrogant? The villain just now seemed to be planning to throw Miss Qi into the lake." Yes, the token on his waist..."

Gu Jinyun walked out of the temple with Subao in his arms, and when he passed the pavilion, he glanced coldly at the people in the pavilion and wrote them down. But Qi Surong didn't pay attention, all his thoughts were on Subao, he didn't even take care of the soaked front.

A few people got into the carriage, and Gu Jinyun sat with the driver.

Rushing to the medical hall, the doctor checked carefully and confirmed that there was nothing serious, but he just choked on a few saliva and was a little frightened. Go back and drink a few medicines to prevent infection with wind and cold.

Qi Surong was relieved, and now he had the time to thank Gu Jinyun.

"Thank you, my lord, for your help." Qi Surong had to force himself to be calm and pretended not to know the person next to him.

"No need." Gu Jinyun got a cloak from somewhere, handed it to her and said, "Put it on."

Qi Surong found out that she was in a mess, and quickly wrapped herself up tightly.

"Don't be brave in the future. There are so many people around, there will always be someone who can swim. You are in a hurry." Gu Jinyun said.

Qi Surong was silent for a long time before uttering a sentence: "If you care about it, you will be chaotic."

"Well, let's go." Gu Jinyun picked up Subao again and walked out slowly.

"Go? Where are you going?"

"Go home."