Duke Jing's younger sister

Chapter 247 Linyang City

The faint candlelight shines through the gray bed curtains, illuminating a corner of the couch.

She turned her head and saw the young man lying beside her with a high nose bridge and a profile as delicate as a sculpture.

There was only a thin quilt on the bed, which was completely covered on her.

She wanted to cover him with some quilts, but as soon as her hand moved, he opened his eyes alertly and looked at her sideways.

"Where do you feel uncomfortable? Do you want some water?"

As he said this, he was about to stand up to pour some water, but she grabbed his hand and gently pulled him back.

"I'm not thirsty, go to sleep."

Shen Beiqi did not lie down. He raised his hand to tuck the hair on her cheek behind her ear. His voice was a little hoarse because he had just woken up.

"You haven't eaten anything today. I'll ask the waiter to make you a bowl of porridge. Can you eat a little less?"

In fact, she had no appetite at all, and was not even hungry.

But she also wanted to eat something, eat more, maybe she could delay a little longer.

"Okay." She smiled obediently.

He patted her face, stood up, opened the door and left.

She put on her coat, stood up from the couch, and prepared to sit at the table and wait for him to come back.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, he felt as if the bones and muscles in his legs were pulled out. He trembled continuously, and finally fell limply to the ground.

She felt an itchy feeling in her throat and coughed twice. A fishy and sweet taste surged in her mouth, almost bursting out.

He left quickly and came back quickly.

Hearing his footsteps approaching, she hurriedly held her breath and tried her best to suppress the discomfort.

Seeing her fall to the ground, a trace of panic flashed across Shen Beiqi's eyes, and then he returned to normal.

He picked her up and put her back on the couch. He hooked his fingers and gently scratched the tip of her nose with the back of his fingers. "You haven't eaten for a whole day. Are you exhausted?"

She moved closer and rested her head on his shoulder, "You should have woken me up and let me eat."

The voice was muffled, with a hint of self-mockery and powerlessness.

Even his heart seemed to be grasped tightly by someone, suffocating him.

"It's better to sleep a little longer, so I can hold you a little longer."

Shen Beiqi put his arms around her back, a bitter smile on his lips.

Recently, every time she wakes up, she likes to stick to him.

It's a bit like when she was a child, sticking to him all day long.

This was clearly the scene he had been looking forward to the most, but he just couldn't be happy.

If there was a mirror here, Jiang Li would definitely realize how haggard and sickly she looked now.

His face, which was originally as round as an oval, had now become very thin, his jawbone was clearly visible, and his pale complexion had an unhealthy burnt yellow color.

"How many days will it take us to reach Luozhu?"

Jiang Li said, "I want to see what the sea that Miao Yu mentioned looks like."

During this period, Shen Beiqi and Miao Yu seemed to have agreed to avoid talking about her physical condition.

But her body is her own. No matter what kind of person she is in now, how can she be deceived?

She also didn't know if she could hold on until she reached Luozhu and took a look at the blue sea.

"almost."

Shen Beiqi gently stroked her soft black hair that was draped over her back and said softly, "We will arrive in three days at most."

"I sleep so half asleep every day, it turns out we've already been walking for a month?"

He nodded, "Yeah, one month and three days."

There was a knock on the door, it should be the waiter.

Shen Beiqi got up and opened the door, took the porridge from the waiter, took out a few coins from his waist and gave them to the waiter as a reward, then closed the door.

He sat back on the couch with the porridge in his hand. His slender fingers holding the spoon looked particularly beautiful.

Seeing her smiling face, he stopped blowing the porridge and asked curiously, "What's so happy about?"

"How can I not be happy when the most handsome man in Jiangdu City personally feeds me porridge?"

Jiang Li raised her eyebrows and answered with a smile.

Shen Beiqi curled the corners of his lips and handed the rice porridge of just the right temperature to her lips, "You have learned bad things."

Jiang Li lowered her head and took a bite, swallowing it while resisting the nausea in her stomach. She then said jokingly, "A red bird becomes redder if it is close to him, and a black bird becomes blacker if it is close to him. I learned this from you."

Shen Beiqi nodded without comment, "It's not enough. I have to learn more in the future."

Jiang Li: "Instead of being ashamed, you are proud of it?"

"If I were to feel ashamed of this in front of you, I'm afraid it would be truly shameful."

"Crooked."

After taking a few bites, Jiang Li couldn't swallow it anymore.

Shen Beiqi noticed her discomfort but didn't point it out. "Is this porridge not tasty?"

Jiang Li nodded.

"It has no taste at all. I don't want to eat it."

Shen Beiqi stood up and put the porcelain bowl on the wooden table. "We will arrive in Linyang tomorrow. It's more lively there than here. You can eat whatever you want then."

Jiang Li's eyes lit up instantly, "Really?"

"When have I ever lied to you?"

Shen Beiqi helped her lie down, and then lay beside her with his clothes on.

The room fell silent again.

In addition to each other's steady breathing, one could occasionally hear the calls of unknown birds outside the window.

She turned her head and looked at the young man's thick and slightly curled eyelashes after he closed his eyes.

After thinking for a moment, she called softly, "Shen Hengzhi."

"Ok?"

"if..."

She turned over to face him. "I mean, if I..."

"No ifs."

Shen Beiqi interrupted her, turned around and looked into her eyes. After a moment's silence, he gently kissed her on the forehead.

"Go to sleep. We have to travel tomorrow morning."

He held her tightly in his arms.

......

The further south you go, the higher the temperature.

As night fell, Shen Beiqi and his three companions finally arrived at Linyang City.

Tonight, they plan to stay in the city for the night and continue their journey tomorrow.

Linyang is a water city. It does not cover a very large area but is very prosperous.

There is also Jiangyang Lake in the capital, but it is outside the city.

The entire town of Linyang is located on the water.

Along both sides of the river, pavilions are scattered in an orderly manner.

The vendors carried lanterns and bamboo baskets and hawked their wares along the streets.

On another adjacent street, countless lanterns were hung on ropes, like a bright band of light stretching for miles.

It is now November, but Linyang City is only slightly cooler than a spring night, completely unlike the cold winter in Jiangdu City.

Jiang Li stood on the high bridge, watching the small boats and pleasure craft shuttling in an orderly manner under the bridge.

From the theaters along the street, the sound of singing drifted in the wind.

This song was similar to the one sung by the woman under the bridge when she and Luo Cheng were in Xing'anfang.

However, the singing style of Linyang is more gentle and graceful.

“Are those all lanterns?”

Jiang Li pointed to the brightly lit street and was very surprised. "It's still early for the Lantern Festival, but the city has already hung up lanterns?"

Linyang is not too far from Luozhu, and Miao Yu had been there once before.

She explained, "Linyang City is very lively at night. It's not like other places where lanterns are only displayed during the Lantern Festival. There are lanterns all year round."

Jiang Li nodded, "So that's how it is."

Living habits and folk customs vary from place to place.

However, the night market here is much more lively than that in Jiangdu City.

"There's an inn there."

Miao Yu pointed to the other end of the bridge, turned his gaze to Jiang Li, and suggested, "How about we put our bags away first, and then go out for a walk?"

Jiang Li was a little moved and looked at Shen Beiqi, "Then let's go to the lanterns and take a look?"