Chapter 16: 回程
[Return journey]
“Second brother, you were woken up?” Supporting his head with one hand, Ji Ling looked at him, neither salty nor light he asked.
Ji Tao stared straight at him, not knowing why there was a chill around his body, he could only force himself to look at him calmly and smiled, “Eldest brother, I heard that there was a burglar in the house, I was worried about your safety, so I followed you here to take a look, fortunately you’re fine.”
Ji Ling did not comment on his words, nor did he open his mouth, he pondered for a little while before saying faintly, “The night is cold, second brother should go back and rest properly, lest he gets sick.”
Hearing his own big brother say this, Ji Tao slightly stunned for a moment, nodded, then turned his head to look at the little thief who did not know whether there is still life in, in contact with the face that has been stained red by blood, he can not see clearly, seemingly inadvertently as he asked: “I do not know what this thief is trying to steal. They actually, even the big brother’s mansion, they dared to break in.”
At that moment, a gust of wind arose, provoking Ji Ling to cough. When the air was smooth, Feng Ling beside him, only answered: “Second Young Master, this thief is to steal things, just interrogated until now, they didn’t say what exactly they wanted to steal, is a stubborn one *tough issue.”
Hearing this, Ji Tao was slightly relieved.
While the two were talking, the subordinate in charge of the execution came over with fear and trepidation, and said with great trepidation, “Young master, this man is already out of breath.”
Ji Ling glanced at the corpse on the ground and waved his hand indifferently, saying unconcernedly, “Find a place to bury him.”
“Yes.” The subordinate bowed his back and went down, already very familiar with this kind of thing.
After instructing the underlings, Ji Ling turned his head to look at his second brother and said to Feng Ling beside him, “It’s too late, send my second brother back!”
“Yes, Young Master.”
Seeing that the person who was originally worried about giving up his life was already dead, Ji Tao’s original heart instantly relaxed, and instead of refusing Ji Ling’s repeated offer to send himself back, he happily followed Feng Ling back.
After Ji Tao left, Ji Ling stood up and walked towards the outside, his voice was very calm, “The thieves we caught today have been sent to the government.”
The moment Ji Ling stepped out of the door, he heard the echoing voice from behind him.
When Ji Ling went back, he saw that the lights in the room were already on, and Tang Xiaobao was sitting on the bed with the quilt on, looking at him.
Ji Ling walked up and looked at Tang Xiaobao from above, “Why aren’t you asleep?”
Seeing Ji Ling’s action, Tang Xiaobao shrunk downwards, about to bury his head in, and said in a small voice, “I see that you haven’t come back, I can’t sleep.”
Ji Ling looked at him, reached out to hold his shoulders, and lowered him onto the bed, his tone still very indifferent, “I’m back, you can sleep now.”
After collapsing on the bed, Tang Xiaobao wrapped himself into a silkworm baby, looking at the person who appeared to have broad shoulders and thin waist after removing the outer garment, softly asked, “You caught the thief, how did you handle it?”
Ji Ling’s action very naturally lifted the quilt on the bed, looking at Tang Xiaobao curious eyes and faintly said, “It was sent to the government.”
“Oh.” Waiting for an answer, Tang Xiaobao stopped asking, perhaps because Ji Ling returned to his side, and fell asleep in a short while.
Ji Ling turned his head to look at the sleeping person, seemed to be thinking about something, looked for a while and also closed his eyes to sleep.
The next morning, Tang Xiaobao is still a little curious about how to catch the thief, he has never had this experience before, so also extra curious. After eating breakfast, Tang Xiaobao spread on the soft cushion while thinking about eating this kind of fresh and beautiful soup dumplings tomorrow, while asking Cai Yue who was standing beside him, “Cai Yue, do you know how they caught the thief yesterday?”
Cai Yue’s hand that was pouring tea paused, and said in a very soft tone, “When the slave girl woke up yesterday, the guards had already caught the person, so I didn’t see it.”
Hearing Cai Yue’s reply, Tang Xiao Bao was a bit unhappy, sitting there with his head in his hands, murmuring, “Ji Ling said that he sent the person to the government last night, but I didn’t even see him.” Thinking about whether to wait for Ji Ling to come back to give himself to talk about the process of catching thieves, but on second thought, he was so busy, so he forgot it. Fortunately, Tang Xiaobao’s interest came and went quickly, and he was attracted to other things in no time.
Seeing Tang Xiaobao no longer mentioning that matter, Cai Yue quietly breathed a sigh of relief, then took the food handed over by the servant girl and put it in front of him, “Young madam, the clothes you went to buy with young master a few days ago have been delivered, do you need to go and take a look at them?”
Tang Xiao Bao thought about it, but still shook his hand, “Just take the decision, I don’t want to see.”
“Yes.” Seeing that Tang Xiaobao really didn’t care about where those clothes belonged, Cai Yue’s eyes flashed with a ray of light in her originally lowered head.
On the other hand, at this time, Ji Ling was sitting in his study, drawing a landscape painting, looking very grand and vigorous, after a quarter of an hour there was an underling who came to pass on the message.
“Young Master, Second Young Master is here.”
Hearing this, Ji Ling stopped the pen in his hand for a moment, and then continued to paint, “Please invite him in.”
When Ji Tao came in, Ji Ling was holding the pen in his hand and handed the finished painting to the servant boy beside him. Looking at the handsome man in front of him, even with his thin figure, he was no longer easy to look down upon. Thinking of Ji Ling’s appearance in the past, as well as this big brother today, Ji Tao held back before revealing a smile, his tone was very polite, “Big brother, I’ve been bothering you for a long time, my mother at home misses you very much, so I’ve come here to say goodbye.”
Ji Ling didn’t look at him, instead he went to the side and washed his hands, and cleaned them under the wait of the servant boy. Only then did he turn his gaze to him and said in a light tone, “If you like it, you can stay here for a few more days.”
“No, big brother, I’ve been away from home for many days, I should go back.”
Seeing that Ji Tao was very insistent, Ji Ling didn’t say anything more, but just followed his words and did as he wished.
When Ji Ling told Tang Xiao Bao that Ji Tao wanted to go back, Tang Xiao Bao was still surprised, he originally thought that Ji Tao came here to eat and drink for a long time, because every time he came for the meal time, he came back on time, even more timely than Ji Ling. But thinking about the time, it was probably time to go back. Thinking that he was going back recently, Tang Xiaobao was going to get him some food and put it in the carriage for him to eat.
To Tang Xiaobao’s suggestion, Ji Ling did not say anything, neither support nor oppose.
So on the day Ji Tao left, he received a gift from Tang Xiaobao. A box of pastries and two tandems of kimchi. Looking at these things, Ji Tao originally did not want to accept, but then he saw the bright eyes of Tang Xiaobao, he opened his mouth, and told his subordinates to accept the things, take good care of it.
Looking at the fleet of cars stampede away, Ji Ling only took Tang Xiaobao ready to go back to the house, before entering the door, Tang Xiaobao heard not far away from the sound of people discussing, “That thief is really miserable, I heard that the whole body is bloody when pulled to bury, poor ah.”
Seeing Tang Xiaobao stopped, Ji Ling turned his head to look at him, his eyes seemed to be a bit puzzled, “What’s wrong?”
Tang Xiaobao shook his head, the momentary mental connection just now disappeared again. Then he looked at Ji Ling and said, “Let’s eat stew today, it’s more nutritious and absorbable, it’s suitable for you.”
Ji Ling nodded, then took his hand and led him back home, seemingly not seeing the moment he took his hand, Tang Xiaobao’s face reddened.
Sitting on the carriage, Ji Tao opened the box that Tang Xiaobao had given him, only to see three plates of exquisite pastries inside, each with a very unique shape, which was very pleasing to look at.
“Second Young Master, these pastries look so cute.” The maid sitting next to him couldn’t help but say.
Ji Tao looked at these childish pastries and nodded, but what flashed in front of his eyes was the Ji Ling that he saw a few nights ago, as well as Tang Xiao Bao, who stayed by Ji Ling’s side without knowing anything, and then closed his eyes and leaned against the carriage, not knowing what he was thinking.
Seeing that Ji Tao did not speak, the maid also closed her mouth, and only the sound of the surrounding traffic could be heard in the carriage.
A few days later, at the entrance of Jin Cheng Ji’s house, there was a middle-aged man in expensive clothes, looking at the road anxiously waiting for something, but also from time to time towards his subordinates asked: “Wasn’t it said that it would arrive today? How come, up to now, I still do not see people.”
They wanted to send people to probe when they saw his own second young master’s car fleet. He hurriedly greeted them, and didn’t forget to ask his subordinate to inform his madam, “Go tell the second young madam that the second young master is back.”
“Yes.” The subordinate’s order was given, and he ran as fast as he could.
