Poor Lady Chapter 34: Wine

“Brother Zhuo, please stop.” Qi Surong was about to leave with Ji Yun and others, but was stopped by a familiar voice.

Turning back, she saw Feng Zhan and Liu Muhan coming together.

“I don’t know what’s going on with the two callers?” Qi Surong asked.

Liu Muhan approached and frowned slightly when he heard “his” voice.

Feng Zhan said: “A few days ago, I had a relationship with my little brother, and today I finally met again, can I have a glass of water and wine?”

Qi Surong refused: “I’m sorry, I have other important matters, I’m afraid I’m going to take away your kindness.”

“It’s such a pity, let’s meet again next time.” Feng Zhan smiled brightly, since he already knew the name, he was not afraid of not being able to find someone.

Qi Surong bid farewell to the two, got into the same carriage with Ji Yun and others and left.

Yuanxi didn’t know where he went, Qi Surong didn’t care, he just asked when he got back.

In the car, Sun Junxuan talked about today’s competition with great interest, and praised Qi Surong vigorously.

Ji Yundao: “This time Yingshu Pavilion is very popular, I’m afraid it will be remembered by the four major academies in the future.”

“So what?” Sun Junxuan said indifferently, “Wen Dou competes in talent and learning, their skills are not as good as others, who can blame them?”

Ji Yun said no more.

Huang Zheng kept smiling innocently.

Qi Surong observed several people secretly, Ji Yun was relatively stable, Sun Junxuan was outgoing, Huang Zheng always greeted people with a smile, quite open-minded.

Who would have thought that these three young boys with childish looks would all be influential figures in the court in the future.

Thinking about the future, Qi Surong’s expression unconsciously became serious, his eyes were deep and deep, and there was a mysterious aura that didn’t match his age.

Ji Yun was the first to notice the strangeness, as if he had been seen through by the young man in front of him.

He looked at Qi Surong sharply.

Qi Surong calmed down and returned to normal.

Walking to Yingshu Pavilion, Qi Surong parted ways with several people.

Ji Yun watched the carriage go away, Sun Junxuan patted him on the shoulder, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“‘He’ doesn’t look like a twelve or thirteen-year-old child at all.” Ji Yun said.

“How do you say that?” Sun Junxuan asked strangely.

“I don’t know, it’s just a feeling.” Ji Yun’s face darkened.

Huang Zheng said with a smile: “‘Looking at the character of the man, he looks like a long pine, with many strange festivals. Young and beautiful hair, a little bit of Lingtai, natural and unique'”

After saying this meaningful sentence, he turned and walked into Yingshu Pavilion, humming a tune with his hands behind his back.

Ji Yun and Sun Junxuan looked at each other, and then followed closely.

Qi Surong changed her clothes and returned home.

After dinner, she went back to her room. Just as he was about to wash up, he suddenly heard a knocking sound outside the window.

Her heart moved, and she said to Ping’er: “Ping’er, go and sort out the materials needed for tomorrow’s work, and prepare a few more copies. I want to compare the drawings.”

Ping’er bowed, turned and left the room.

Qi Surong opened the window, and sure enough, she saw a familiar figure leaning against the window.

She tilted her head to look at him and asked, “Master Gu, what’s the point of visiting a little girl’s boudoir late at night?”

“Just to find flowers.” Gu Jinyun replied succinctly.

Qi Surong pursed his lips and said, “What if the flowers don’t allow you to explore?”

“Then take it off.” Gu Jinyun stretched out his hand and took off the hairpin from Qi Surong’s bun. His long hair was loose and brushed across his face.

Qi Surong glared at him reproachfully. Since that night, this man’s behavior has become more and more rampant.

Gu Jinyun jumped into the room, took out the glass bottle in his hand, shook it in front of her eyes, and said, “The first batch of wine has been brewed.”

Qi Surong originally wanted to criticize a few words, but when he heard this, his eyes lit up. He took the glass bottle, opened the bottle cap, and immediately smelled a smoky aroma of wine.

“Have a taste?” Gu Jinyun took out two more glass cups.

“Okay.” Qi Surong filled the two cups. Under the candlelight, the dark red liquid exuded a jewel-like luster, which complemented the delicate glass cups.

“It’s so beautiful.” Qi Surong raised his glass and praised.

Gu Jinyun’s eyes lingered on her white jade fingers, which were more charming than glass cups and wine.

“I’ll taste it first.” Qi Surong raised his glass and took a sip, a soft feeling lingered on the tip of his tongue, with a bit of greenness in the sweetness.

“How?” Gu Jinyun asked.

“Not satisfactory.” Qi Surong commented, “The taste is a little bit lacking.”

Compared with the wine she tasted in her previous life, it lacked a bit of charm and precipitation.

“Well, I think so too.” Gu Jinyun said, “Maybe the newly planted grapes are not sweet enough, and the brewing process is a little loose. The second batch should be able to improve the quality.”

(The grapes here are set as winter and summer. The winter grapes are sweeter, and the summer grapes are more juicy.)

“Then I’ll wait and see.” Qi Surong raised his glass to him with a smile, and took another sip.

Gu Jinyun stared at her for a while, and said, “Today, I will go to Xingshiyuan Wendou.”

“Oh?” Qi Surong glanced at him unexpectedly.

“You are too conspicuous.” Gu Jinyun said.

Qi Surong peeped at his expression and found that he was not unhappy, so she secretly relieved her heart.

Strange, why should she worry about his displeasure?

“Be careful.” He urged. The woman in front of her didn’t know that someone was secretly following her on her way back. Maybe there is no malice, but it is easy to cause complications.

“Well, I know.” She was so bold because she was surrounded by him. She knew better than anyone how shocking her behavior was, and only this man in front of her would tolerate her.

“Participating in the Wendou, I have no objection.” Gu Jinyun said again, “But don’t get too close to those men.”

“Huh? Who are the ‘those men’ you mentioned?” Qi Surong asked with a smile.

“Liu Muhan, Feng Zhan, Ji Yun, Sun Junxuan, Huang Zheng, and Yuan Xi.” Gu Jinyun named them one by one.

Qi Surong lowered her head and bit her wine glass, secretly smiling.

“Did you hear that?” Gu Jinyun suddenly leaned over to her ear, spraying warm breath on the side of her face.

Qi Surong leaned back, and her waist was immediately embraced by a big hand.

Gu Jinyun pulled her into his arms and stared at her with burning eyes.

Qi Surong moved uncomfortably, and whispered: “Let me go.”

“Hold on.”

“My maid will be back soon, how can I see us like this?”

“I’ll know when someone comes.”

“Then when are you going to hug?”

Gu Jinyun thought carefully for a moment, and replied, “Hold me until you finish drinking the wine in the glass.”

Qi Surong looked at the wine glass in his hand and said helplessly, “I don’t drink well.”

“I’ll help you.” Gu Jinyun freed up a hand, took a sip from the wine glass and raised his head.

Qi Surong was about to praise her, but someone suddenly lowered his head and kissed her lips, pouring all the wine into her mouth.

The lubricious liquid flowed on the tip of their tongues, and an intoxicating incense lingered at the tip of their noses.

Gu Jinyun reluctantly moved his lips away, looked at the flushed cheeks of the woman in his arms, and said in a low voice, “I’ll help you drink half a glass, and you drink the rest.”

It’s a shame!

Qi Surong said angrily: “How did you drink just now? I drank it all.”

“No, I drank too, more than you.” He handed over the wine glass and said, “There is still half a glass.”

Qi Surong snatched the wine glass angrily and drank it down.

Not waiting for her to swallow, Gu Jinyun kissed her again and sucked the wine from her mouth.

Toss and turn to suck/suck, taste wantonly.

Qi Surong’s head was a little dizzy, and she leaned against his arms weakly, wanting to resist, but couldn’t help but yearn for more.

In the last life, she owed this man too much, but in this life… she was startled, and suddenly pushed him away, took a few steps back, turned her face away and said: “You, you have overstepped the distance.”

When you are with him, you will always be intimate unconsciously, completely forgetting to fortify yourself.

She didn’t know how to respond to him, and if she became his wife again, she might bring him trouble.

But, is she willing to give up his tenderness?

“What are you afraid of?” Gu Jinyun asked seeing the flinch and hesitation in her eyes.

Qi Surong remained silent.

Gu Jinyun walked up to her, raised her chin, and said seriously: “Don’t be afraid, I will accompany you.”

“Stay with me? Even if I will bring you great harm, will you stay with me?”

“If you have made a choice, you will not regret it.” Gu Jinyun replied, “No matter what happens, it is my own choice.”

Qi Surong lowered his eyes: Jinyun, no matter what, I will never make the same mistakes again. I am willing to give you everything I have, but I cannot give you my promise. As long as the crisis of the Qi family is not resolved, she will never marry in this life. Even if the two-year period has come, she will find reasons to shirk.

But for the time being, please let her own the relationship selfishly.

At this moment, there were slight footsteps outside the house, Gu Jinyun shook Qi Surong’s hand, and said in a low voice, “I’ll see you some other day.”

As he spoke, he jumped out of the window lightly.

The door was pushed open immediately, and Ping’er came in with a pile of materials.

“Miss, I brought everything.”

“Well, let’s put it on the table.” Qi Surong adjusted her appearance and ordered casually.

Ping’er let go of the thing, sniffed around, and asked curiously: “What is this smell? It smells like wine.”

“Oh, it’s nothing.” Qi Surong turned around and quickly hid the wine bottle and glass, feeling a little guilty.

Ping’er smiled strangely: “Miss, don’t drink secretly, be careful, I will tell the old lady.”

“Go ahead and talk about it.” Qi Surong said calmly, “Anyway, I’ll pay your wages, and I’ll just watch the deduction.”

“Oh, miss, Ping’er is the most loyal, why would you sue? You must have misunderstood.”

Qi Surong looked at her with a smile, and greeted: “Okay, go fetch water for Miss, I have something to do after washing up.”

“Yes, Ping’er will go now.”

Qi Surong shook her head amusedly, picked up a piece of fabric and stroked it, and then seriously thought about embroidering for foreign envoys.

Although her father does not agree with her participation, she is always unwilling to do so.

This is an opportunity. Once the embroidery is praised by foreign queens, the emperor will not dispose of the Qi family at will. As long as Weiguo’s friendly relations with foreign countries are not broken, her embroidery can become a barrier to protect Qi’s family.

Anyway, she wants to try it too!

The author has something to say: I have seen many readers say that the heroine Mary Sue, but I think this kind of “Su” is within the normal range.

Let’s talk about embroidery first. If you read carefully, you should have noticed what was mentioned in the article. After losing her family, the heroine spent ten years living on embroidery. Embroidery is not only her talent, but also a life skill that she relies on for a living, which has become a kind of capital.

The heroine has learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child. However, before her rebirth, her level was a little higher than that of her peers. What really made her sublimate was when she met her master in the last two years before her rebirth. At that time, all her fingers were broken, and it was her master who picked her up. After recovering from the injury, in order to restore the flexibility of her fingers, her master asked her to practice various musical instruments, and took her to participate in the folk orchestra, and met various folk masters, which can be said to be the best of all. These will be written out in extra form later.

I just want to say that the heroine’s skill did not fall from the sky, but she practiced it little by little.

Of course, the extra episodes haven’t been written yet, so it’s impossible for everyone to know about them, but even without these extra episodes, it’s only natural for the heroine to win. Everyone only paid attention to the heroine’s limelight, but did not contact the specific situation at that time.

Four arts competition test scores are low, not popular, the number of participants is only twenty or thirty people, and all of them are young people under the age of twenty, including some poor families.

I really can’t think of any reason why the talented heroine, who has been immersed in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood, can’t win this four-art competition without competitors?