"Sure enough, as soon as I said this, you knew that I was really stupid at the time. Did you peek at me when I was climbing up the rope? It was really funny..."

"Uh-huh."

She shook her head, as if speaking for him.

He suddenly smiled and patted her shoulder: "Hey, mute girl, you are so kind."

The slender girl blindfolded by a sky-blue ribbon was stunned for a moment, turned around, and faced him sideways, her ears stained with red.

But she didn't know that the young man in scholar's shirt in front of her was trying to suppress the corners of his lips. At the same time, seeing that she didn't leave for a while, his face was slightly relieved.

Ouyang Rong glanced at his mother's hairpin which made a "Longling" sound.

He still kept nagging in his mouth, nagging as a patient of Beitian Sanatorium.

Chill in a relaxed tone:

"By the way, why did you come to Chengtian Temple? Especially since we can meet each other. What a coincidence. It seems that we are really destined."

"ah."

Zhao Qingxiu lowered her head weakly, with nowhere to put her hands.

Ouyang Rong twisted an ice-white jade hairpin between his two fingers, raised it slightly above his head, and shook it left and right.

"Long Ling——"

He found that the blindfolded mute woman in front of him, who had lowered his head, subconsciously raised his head in an instant, facing the direction of the ice-white jade hairpin that was making noise in the air.

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows with a strange expression. He turned his hand and put away the ice-white jade hairpin without trying again. His tone remained enthusiastic:

"By the way, so you were sent to the Beitian Almshouse here?"

"Uh-huh."

Zhao Qingxiu's face was stunned for a moment, as if she had been activated accidentally, she nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

She was on tenterhooks when she noticed that Tanlang in front of her seemed to be quiet for a while, as if he was looking at her face intently.

Just when Zhao Qingxiu was gradually panicking and trembling, Ouyang Rong suddenly moved forward. Taking advantage of her unpreparedness, he crossed the three-step distance he had just reserved, got close to her body, grabbed her arm and forearm without any explanation, and strode forward.

He smiled heartily and said:

"My name is Ouyang Rong. To tell you the truth, I have a small official position in the city, Jiangzhou Sima. I don't know if you have heard of it. Anyway, I am just a fisherman, but I have quite a lot of money. Forget it if I missed it last time.

This time I encounter you, I can’t ignore you.

"Mute girl, you and I are indeed destined. You see, I never meet that Taoist Master Sun, but I met you several times... A patient meets a patient, so come with me today, haha."

"ah……"

Before Zhao Qingxiu could speak, Ouyang Rong interrupted and continued teasingly:

"Well, he is not lucky enough to meet me, but you are very lucky. Come, I will find a place for you to live first. Don't live here. I am afraid that you will be bullied. You have thin arms and legs. Why are you so weak?

…”

Zhao Qingxiu froze and was about to wave her hand to refuse.

"Long Ling——"

"Here, help me get it, thank you."

Ouyang Rong suddenly turned around, took out an ice-white jade hairpin from his sleeve and handed it over.

Zhao Qingxiu took the ice-white jade hairpin in a daze, subconsciously clenched it tightly, and at the same time she became quiet.

She lowered her head and touched the hairpin, as if all her mind was attracted by it. Ouyang Rong grabbed her arm and walked forward, losing her mind.

But halfway through, he whispered.

"By the way, why are you blindfolded? Are you playing a game with your friends..."

Before Zhao Qingxiu could answer, the enthusiastic young man who lacked a sense of distance and sense of propriety suddenly turned around. This time he went even further, reaching out and directly taking off the azure ribbon that covered her eyes.

The ribbon was fluttering in the wind, revealing the girl's eyes. The pair of big eyes that once impressed Ouyang Rong were still there, but they were just two dotted eyes... As dim and dull as the pre-dawn sky above her head at this moment, the pupils

It seems to have lost focus.

Ouyang Rong was silent. He turned his head and took a deep breath while trying to reduce the noise.

A look of panic appeared on Zhao Qingxiu's face, but before she could reach out to grab it, the enthusiastic young man in front of her had already taken the initiative to put the azure ribbon on her again.

He was surprisingly considerate and careful, walked around behind her, and tied the ribbon surprisingly neatly. When he was tying the ribbon, the man's hot breath made her little ears red, and she could only hear his calm and low voice:

"Xiu Niang? Is that your name? Xiu Niang."

Zhao Qingxiu: "Ah..."

Ouyang Rong felt her arm tremble.

He couldn't help but tighten his grip, looking at the unfocused eyes in front of him, but he didn't immediately ask her why she was blind, putting pressure on her.

Ouyang Rong's face bloomed with a bright smile:

"I checked the roster at Donglin Temple last time. It's a very nice name, Xiu Niang, Juan Xiu Wen Jing... It doesn't matter if you can't see her. Now don't worry about whether men and women are close to each other. Come on, I'll help you go."

Ouyang Rong smiled and stretched out his palm.

Zhao Qingxiu lowered her head nervously.

The silence between the two of them was unknown for how long, and only the sound of heartbeats was left.

"ah."

She weakly stretched out a small hand, and when she reached halfway, she was firmly grasped by a warm hand.

As the morning light fell on the alley, the blindfolded mute girl who seemed to have lost her way was led away by a young man in a scholar's shirt in a daze.
Chapter completed!