馨悦知道小夭的性子有些怪，颛顼又一再叮咛她不要束缚住了小夭，所以馨悦给小夭安排了一座独立的小院，除了小夭带来的两个婢女珊瑚和苗莆，只有两个洒扫丫头，还不住在院内。

Xinyue knows Xiaoyao is a little eccentric and Cang Xuan has repeatedly reminded her not to constrain Xiaoyao, so Xinyue has arranged a separate courtyard for Xiaoyao. Other than the two handmaids Shanhu and Miaopu, there are two cleaning girls who don’t live-in with them.

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等馨悦离开，小夭躺在榻上，才意识到，馨悦竟然是她的第一个闺中女友。扮了几百年的男子，没机会和女子这么亲近，恢复了女儿身后，身份特殊，一般人不敢接近，阿念虽然是她妹妹，可两人在一起不要打架就不错了，哪里可能像今晚一样，边聊边笑？

    这种少女间交谈的感觉和小夭与其他人说话的感觉完全不一样，小夭觉得挺喜欢。

Xiaoyao laid on the bed after Xinyue left, realizing that, Xinyue is actually her first girlfriend. After being a man for a few hundred years, there was no opportunity to get close to any females, after she became a woman again, due to her special status, not many dared to approach her. Nian maybe her sister, but its good if they don’t fight when they meet, how can it be possible to laugh and chat like tonight?

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小夭看着手中的药草，突然想不起来，自己刚才想干什么。

    傍晚，馨悦来叫小夭：“璟哥哥住的那个院子叫木樨园，在一片木樨林中，每年秋天，香气馥郁，林下坐久了，连衣衫上都带着木樨香。今晚我们就在木樨园用饭，既是朋友相聚，也是赏木樨花。”

Xiaoyao looked at the herbs in her hands, she suddenly can’t remember, what she was going to do just now.

In the evening, Xinyue came over to call Xiaoyao ” The courtyard that Jing stayed in is called Muxi Garden. Its in an Osmanthus grove, every autumn, the fragrant aroma, will stay on the clothes after sitting for a while. Tonight we will have a meal there, since its a get-together between friends, we will also be viewing the flowers.

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馨悦压着声音说：“其实，璟哥哥很可怜，意映并不喜欢璟哥哥。”

    小夭愣住：“你怎么知道？意映告诉你的？”

    “意映怎么可能和我说这种话？璟哥哥的娘是曋氏，我外祖母也是曋氏，我外祖母是他娘的亲姑姑，璟哥哥的外祖母是赤水氏，是我外祖父的大堂姐，我们和璟哥哥可是正儿八经的亲戚。意映算什么？”馨悦眼含不屑，“如果意映不是璟哥哥的未婚妻，我怎么可能和她走得那么近？”

Xinyue lowered her voice ” Actually, Jing is very pitiful, Yiying doesn’t like him.”
Xiaoyao is stunned ” How do you know? Did Yiying tell you that?”

“How can Yiying tell me such things? Jing’s mother’s surname is Shen, my maternal grandmother is also Shen, my maternal grandmother is his mother’s aunt. Jing’s maternal grandmother’s surname is Chishui, is my maternal grandfather’s cousin, we are actual relatives with Jing. Yiying is nothing? Xinyue has a look of disdain ” If Yiying is not Jing’s fiancee, how can I be close with her?”

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“那你怎么知道……”

    “女子喜欢一个人时可以藏得很深，甚至故意做出讨厌的样子。可真讨厌一个人时，再掩饰也会从小动作中流露出来。有一次璟哥哥远远地走来，一瘸一拐，意映异常冷漠地看着璟哥哥，那个眼神……充满了鄙夷厌恶，我都打了个寒战。意映发现我在看她后，立即向着璟哥哥走去，亲热地嘘寒问暖，可自那之后，我就暗自留了心，越是仔细观察，越是验证了我的猜测。”

小夭以为只有自己看到过意映对璟的鄙夷憎恶，没想到馨悦也看到过，意映不是不小心的人，只能说明，她真的很讨厌璟。

“Then how do you know….”
“When a woman likes someone she can hide it very deeply and even look like she hates him. But when she really hates someone, no matter how she hides it, it will be revealed in small ways. One time Jing was walking over from afar, limping, Yiying looked at him extraordinarily coldly, that look…. was full of loathing, I actually shuddered. Yiying realized I was looking at her, and she immediately walked over to him, greeting him with affection, but after that, I secretly paid attention to observe her, and confirmed my guess.”

Xiaoyao had thought that only she had seen this side of Yiying, but she did not expect Xinyue to also have seen it. Yiying is not a careless person, which means, she really hates Jing.

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小夭鼓掌喝彩，又去拿酒杯，璟挡住了她，低声问：“你是高兴想喝，还是难过想喝？”

    小夭说：“我又难过又高兴。”难过意映竟然那样对璟，高兴意映竟然这样对璟。

    璟不解地看着小夭。

    小夭悄悄握住了璟的手，她的眼睛亮如星子，盈出笑意，比她身后的流光更璀璨。

Xiaoyao clapped and reached for her wine glass. Jing blocked her, asked in a low voice ” Are you drinking because you are happy, or because you are sad?”

Xiaoyao said ” I am both sad and happy.” Sad that Yiying treats Jing like that, happy that Yiying actually treats Jing like that.

Jing looked confused at Xiaoyao’s words.
Xiaoyao secretly held Jing’s hand, her eyes shining like stars, brimming with laughter, more dazzling than the lights behind her.

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小夭又甜蜜喜悦，又心慌意乱，飞快地转身，一边偷眼去看馨悦有没有看到，一边装作什么都没发生地去舀酒。

    可没料到，她拽得用力，松得突然，璟又一瞬间脑中一片空白，砰一声，璟竟然跌倒在坐榻上，带着酒杯翻倒，叮叮咚咚地响成一片。

Xiaoyao is both delighted and also flustered, she turned quickly to see if Xinyue saw, and pretended nothing happened by taking some wine.

But she did not expect, that she had pulled Jing too hard and released too suddenly, Jing’s mind had gone blank, and so he fell backwards, bringing down the wine bottle with him, and a crash sounded.

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天高云淡，月朗星暗，木樨林内，花影扶疏，香气四溢。小夭踏着月光香花，轻歌曼舞，身如软柳，眸如春水，她歌月徘徊，她舞影零乱，最后一句长相守、不分离，声如游丝飘絮，一唱三叹，情思缱绻，缠绵入骨。

    一时间，席间三人竟都怔怔无语。

    小夭走回坐席，只觉脸热心跳，脚步踉跄，软坐在榻上。

The moon is bright and stars are dim in the clear sky, within the osmanthus grove, flowers bloomed and fragrance is everywhere. Xiaoyao danced under the moonlight and flowers, singing softly, her body swaying like willow, eyes like spring water… She danced without restraint, as she sang the last line “Stay together forever, never to part”, her voice was full of lingering feelings, that went deep into the soul.

For a while, the three who are seated had no words.

Xiaoyao walked back to her seat, her face feeling very hot and heart pounding, and sat back down.

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 小夭的酒量很好，往日喝酒，即使身醉了，心神也还清明，可今夜，竟喝得心也糊涂了。馨悦在月下踏歌，笑叫着小夭，她想去，却刚站起，脚一软，人就向后栽去，倒在了璟的臂弯里。

    小夭对着璟笑，璟也眉眼间都是笑意，小夭想伸手摸摸他的眉眼，却慢慢合上了双眼，睡了过去。

Xiaoyao can hold her liquor very well, usually when she drinks even if she was drunk, she remains still clear-headed, but tonight, she drank so much that she was completely drunk. Xinyue was dancing under the moonlight, and called laughingly to Xiaoyao. She wanted to join in, but when she stood up, she fell back into Jing’s arms.

Xiaoyao smiled at Jing and his eyes were also full of smiles. She wanted to reach out to touch his brows, but she fell asleep as her eyes closed.

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“我听你的琴艺已是相当好，为何你昨日还说不该当着璟乱弹琴？”

    馨悦叹了口气：“不是我妄自菲薄，你是没听过璟哥哥抚琴，当年青丘公子的一曲琴音不知道倾倒了多少人！娘为我请过两个好师傅，可其实，我全靠璟哥哥的点拨，才真正领悟到琴艺。只是他经历了一次劫难后，听哥哥说他手指受过重伤，不如以前灵敏了，所以他再不抚琴。”

“Your zither skills are really very good, why did you say you should not have played before Jing yesterday?”

Xinyue sighed ” I am not being falsely modest, you have not heard Jing play. In the past Master Qingqiu’s zither playing have captivated countless people! Mother had engaged two good teachers for me, but I was only able to truly grasp the true meaning of the art after Jing gave me some pointers. But after his traumatic ordeal, I heard my brother say Jing’s fingers have been seriously injured and no longer as nimble as before, so he no longer plays.

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小夭问珊瑚和苗莆：“馨悦他们都用过饭了吗？”

    珊瑚笑道：“早用过了，丰隆公子和璟公子清早就出门办事了。馨悦小姐也只是比平时晚起了半个时辰，这么大个府邸，里里外外的事情都要馨悦小姐管，偷不了懒。”

    小夭不好意思地笑：“看来只有我一个闲人。”

    小夭用过饭，练了一个多时辰的箭，就开始翻看医书，看一会儿医书，在院子里走一会儿，时而站在花前发会儿呆，时而倚在廊下思索。

    傍晚，馨悦派人来请小夭一块儿用饭，小夭看丰隆和璟都不在，装作不经意地问：“丰隆和璟都在外面用饭了？”

    馨悦笑道：“我哥哥以前几乎完全不着家，这段日子你在，他还能六七日里回来吃一次。璟哥哥倒不是，他下午就回来了，但我和哥哥从来不把他当客，让他怎么自在怎么来，如果哥哥在，他们会一起用饭，如果哥哥不在，璟哥哥都是在园子里单独用饭。”

Xiaoyao asked Shanhu and Miaopu ” Has Xinyue and the others had their meal yet?”
Shanhu smiled ” They had it a while ago. Masters Fenglong and Jing have left to attend to their business in the morning. Miss Xinyue only got up later by an hour. Such a big mansion, everything is run by her, she can’t take a break.”
Xiaoyao smiled apologetically ” Looks like only I am an idler.”
Xiaoyao finished her meal, practiced her archery for 2 hours, afterwhich she started to read her medical books. After a while, she took a walk in the courtyard, spaced out before the flowers for a while, and sat under the corridors thinking.

In the evening, Xinyue sent someone to invite Xiaoyao to dine together, Xiaoyao saw that both Fenglong and Jing are not around, so she asked carelessly “Fenglong and Jing have dined outside?”

Xinyue smiled ” My brother is almost never at home, you are here so he comes back to eat once every week. Jing is already back in the afternoon, but my brother and I never treat him as a guest, he is free to do as he pleases. If my brother is here, they will dine together, but if he isn’t, Jing will always eat alone in his courtyard.”

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屋子里只剩了他们，小夭立即冷了脸，质问璟：“你怎么都不来看我？难道我不来找你，你就不会想办法来见我吗？”

    璟说：“我去见过你。”昨夜他隐在林间，一直看她睡下了才离开。

    “你偷看我？”

    “不算是，我没靠近，只能看到你的身影……”璟越解释，声音越小。

    小夭笑起来，问道：“你想见我吗？”

When it was just the two of them, Xiaoyao’s expression turned cold, and she asked Jing “Why didn’t you come to see me? Can’t you find a way to see me if I didn’t come to find you?”

Jing said ” I did go see you.” Last night he was hidden in the trees, and only left after she had gone to bed.
“You came to peep at me?”
” Not really, I didn’t go near, only saw your shadow….” Jing explained with a trailing voice…
Xiaoyao smiled ” Did you want to see me?”

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小夭看着他因为笑意而舒展的眉眼，不禁有些心酸。当众人都去狩猎，他独坐在屋内时，会是什么表情呢？当他走向意映，意映却鄙夷地看着他时，他又是什么表情呢？

    小夭抱住了他，脸贴在他肩头。

    小夭的动作太柔情款款，纵使一字未说，可已经将一切都表达，璟揽住了小夭，头埋在她发间，只觉岁月静好，别无所求。

    两人静静相拥了很久，久得两人都忘记了时间。

    直到屋外传来一声轻响，小夭才好似惊醒一般，抬起了头。璟爱怜地抚抚她的头：“没事，这次带来服侍的两人是静夜和胡哑，他们看到了也无所谓。”

Xiaoyao saw his face brighten with smiles, and she couldn’t help feeling a little sad. When everyone went hunting and he sat alone by himself, what kind of expression was he wearing? When he walked towards Yiying and saw her look at him with disdain, how does he look then?
Xiaoyao hugged him, and placed her face on his shoulder.
Xiaoyao’s actions are too tender, even without words, but she already said everything that needed to be said. Jing embraced Xiaoyao closely, and felt that everything was perfect and he could want for nothing more.

The two of them hugged for a very long time, so long that they lost track of time.

Until a quiet noise came from outside the room, Xiaoyao raised her head in alarm. Jing lovingly stroked her head ” Its alright, I brought Jingye and Huya with me this time. It doesn’t matter if they see anything.”

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小夭摇摇头，弯身在璟的小腿受伤处亲了一下，璟的身子剧颤，小夭也被自己的举动吓着了，十分不好意思，放开了璟，低头静坐着。

Xiaoyao shook her head, she leaned down and kissed Jing’s knee. Jing trembled and Xiaoyao was also shocked by her own action. She was very embarrassed and sat with her head lowered.

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 “可是……可是我介意别人介意，也不是我真介意，我不想任何人看低了你……我希望你开心，我想你……”

    璟的食指放在小夭的唇上，阻止她继续说：“我明白，你是担心我会因为别人介意的目光而难受，可我不会。小夭……”璟的手从她的额头抚下，“只要你肯看我一眼，不管任何人用任何目光看我，都不可能伤到我。”

“But….but I am concerned that others mind, its not that I mind it, I don’t want anyone to look down on you…. I hope you will be happy, I hope you….”

Jing placed his fore-finger on Xiaoyao’s lips to stop her from continuing ” I understand, you are worried I will feel upset when others shun me, but I won’t. Xiaoyao..” Jing’s hand touched her forehead, ” If you are willing to look at me, nobody can hurt me no matter how they look at me.”

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小夭咬了咬唇，刚想说话，突然觉得璟呼吸好似急促了一些，他的身子向她倾过来，小夭一下忘记想说什么了。

    璟轻轻地吻了下她的唇角，小夭闭上了眼睛，一动不敢动。璟又吻了一下她另一边的唇角，小夭依旧没有躲避，他终于轻轻地含住了小夭。

Xiaoyao bit her lip, she was about to speak, when she felt Jing’s breathing suddenly seemed faster, when he leaned his body over to her, Xiaoyao suddenly forgot what she was about to say.

Jing gently kissed the corner of her lips, Xiaoyao closed her eyes, not daring to move at all. Jing kissed the other corner of her lips, Xiaoyao did not hide from him and he finally gently took her lips in his.

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 璟的唇柔软清润，让小夭想起了夏日清晨的凤凰花，她小时候常常把还带着露珠的凤凰花含在唇间，轻轻一吮，将花蜜吮吸出，一缕淡淡的甜从唇间涔入喉间，又从喉间滑入心中。只不过这一次，她是凤凰花，被璟含着。

    璟轻轻地吮吸，用舌尖描摹着小夭的唇，一遍又一遍后，他才恋恋不舍地把舌尖探入了小夭的口中。

    小夭身子发软，头无力地向后仰着，她不明白，明明是璟在吮吸她，可为什么她依旧觉得甜，比凤凰花的蜜还甜，从唇齿间甜到喉间，从喉间甜到心里，又从心里散到了四肢百骸，让她一点力气都没有。

Jing’s lips were soft and supple, Xiaoyao thought of the Poinciana flowers in the early summer dawn. When she was young, she would often place Poinciana flowers fresh with dew between her lips and gently suck the nectar out. A faint hint of sweetness would pass from her lips into her throat, from her throat into her heart. But this time, she is the Poinciana flower that Jing placed between his lips.

Jing gently moved his lips, as he used the tip of his tongue to trace Xiaoyao’s lips. He did this again and again, until he lingeringly reached into her mouth.

Xiaoyao felt herself leaning backwards, her head lowering. She couldn’t understand, Jing is clearly sucking her, but why does she still taste its sweet, even sweeter than the nectar from the Poinciana flowers. This sweetness went from her teeth to her throat, from her throat to her heart, from her heart to her limbs and entire body, leaving her feeling weak.

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小夭一点点地软倒在榻上，璟抬起头看小夭，小夭的发髻乱了，娇唇微启，双颊酡红，眼睫毛如同受惊的蝴蝶般急速地颤动着。

璟忍不住去吻小夭的睫毛，轻轻地用唇含着，不再让它们受惊颤动，可又喜欢看它们为他而颤动，遂又放开。他亲小夭的脸颊，喜悦于它们为他而染上了晚霞的色彩；他吻小夭的发丝，喜欢它们在他指间缠绕。

    小夭羞怯地睁开了眼睛，却又不敢全睁开，依旧半垂着眼帘，唇角盛满了笑意。

    璟忍不住去吮吸她的唇角，想把那笑意吮吸到心间，永远珍藏起来。

Xiaoyao slowly laid back on the bed, Jing raised his head to look at Xiaoyao, her hairdo is messed up, her lips are slightly parted, her cheeks flushed red, and her eyelashes were trembling like startled butterflies.

Jing couldn’t resist kissing her lashes, holding them in his lips gently so they won’t tremble with fright, but he also liked to see them tremble because of him, so he released them. He kissed Xiaoyao’s cheeks, joyful that they have taken on the shade of the sunset for him; he kissed Xiaoyao’s hair, and liked how they entangled in his fingers.

Xiaoyao shyly opened her eyes, but she didn’t dare to open them fully, so she kept them lowered, the corners of her lips all full of smiles.

Jing couldn’t help kissing her lips, to take in that smile into his heart, and treasure it forever.

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璟明白了，他喜悦地去亲她：“因为你是甜的，我只是沾染了一点你的甜味。”

    小夭嘤咛一声，越发往他怀里缩，想躲开他的唇：“痒！”

    璟身体的渴望已经太强烈，不敢再碰小夭，只是松松地搂着她。

    小夭抬起头，眼睛亮晶晶的：“为什么？”

Jing understood now, he kissed her joyfully : ” Because you are sweet, I only received a little of your sweetness.”
Xiaoyao whimpered, and shrunk into his arms, to hide from his lips ” It tickles!”

Jing’s desire is now too great, he no longer dared to touch Xiaoyao, so he just cuddled her loosely.

Xiaoyao raised her head, and asked with shining eyes “Why?”

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 “为什么是现在？上次在海滩边，我请你……你都不肯。”

“Why now? Last time at the beach, I asked you…. but you were not willing.”

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小夭敲了璟的胸膛一下，璟居然抓住她的拳头，送到唇边，用力亲了一下。

小夭的心急跳着，觉得在男女之事上，男人和女人真是太不一样了。她看着主动大胆，可一旦过了某个界，她就会忍不住害羞、紧张、慌乱，虽有隐隐的期待，却也本能地害怕。璟看着羞涩清冷，可一旦过了某个界，他就主动热烈，只本能地渴望着占有，没有害怕。

Xiaoyao knocked Jing’s chest once, he actually caught her fist and brought it to his lips, and kissed it hard.

Xiaoyao’s heart beat very fast, she thought that when it came to these matters, men and women are really too different. She seemed bold and takes the initiative, but once past a certain boundary, she can’t help but feel shy, nervous and flustered. Even if she had faint expectations, she is still instinctively afraid. Jing looks shy and aloof, but once past a certain boundary, he will become passionate, yearning to possess, without any fear.

长相思第7章 岁月静好与君同(2)

 小夭赶紧坐起来，璟却依旧慵懒地躺着，小夭推了他一下，璟才坐起来：“什么事？”

    小夭整理发髻，璟把歪了的钗缓缓抽出，替她重新插好。

Xiaoyao sat up in a hurry, but Jing still laid lazily on the bed. He only sat up after Xiaoyao gave him a push, and said “What is it?”

Xiaoyao fixed her hairdo, Jing slowly pulled out her hairpin that was crooked and put it back in place.

长相思第7章 岁月静好与君同(2)

两人并不是第一次一起逛街，却是璟和小夭第一次单独逛街，能光明磊落地走在大街上，两人的心情都有些异样。

    小夭总是忍不住想笑，因为她快乐，璟也觉得快乐，眼中一直含着笑意。

It’s not the first time the two of them have shopped together, but it is the first time Jing and Xiaoyao have gone shopping by themselves. To be able to walk in the streets openly, both of them feel a little strange.

Xiaoyao can’t help smiling, because she is happy. Jing is also happy and his eyes are smiling.

长相思第7章 岁月静好与君同(2)

他看琴，小夭看他。璟禁不住唇角上翘，抬眸去看小夭，视线从小夭的眉眼抚过，缓缓落在小夭的唇上，小夭脸颊发红，匆匆移开了视线，低下头装模作样地拨弄琴弦。

    璟忍不住握住了小夭的手，小夭忽闪着眼睛，紧张地看着他。

    璟把她的手合拢在掌间：“我只是想告诉你，我觉得我是天下最幸运的男人。”

He looked at the zithers, Xiaoyao looked at him. Jing can’t help smiling, he lifted his eyes to look at Xiaoyao, his eyes swept past her eyes, and slowly landed on her lips. Xiaoyao’s cheeks blushed furiously and she looked away quickly, looking down to pretend to pluck the strings.
Jing couldn’t resist to hold her hand, Xiaoyao blinked and looked anxiously at him.
Jing clasped her hand in his ” I just want to tell you, I think I am the luckiest man in the world.”

长相思第7章 岁月静好与君同(2)

璟弯下身、低下头，捧着她的手掌，在她掌心亲了下，却没有抬头，而是保持着这个好似在向小夭弯身行礼祈求的虔诚姿势：“因为你看我的眼神，你对我说话的语气，你为我做的每一件事。”

    小夭不好意思了，用力抽出手，凶巴巴地说：“我看你和看别人一样，我对你说话一点不温柔，经常对你生气发火，我是帮你做了不少事，可你也帮我做了不少事。”

    璟笑起来，爱怜地捏了捏小夭的脸颊，去看另一张琴。因为感受到小夭已经把他放在了心里，他变得从容了许多，不再那么患得患失，紧张担忧。

Jing bent down, lowered his head, holding up her hand, kissed her open palm, but did not lift his head, holding this pious posture which seemed like bowing and praying to Xiaoyao :” Because of how you look at me, how you talk to me, everything that you do for me.”

Xiaoyao is embarrassed, she yanked her hand back and said fiercely ” I look at you like I look at others, I don’t talk to you gently at all and often flare up at you, I did help you do many things, but you also helped me do many things.”
Jing smiled, and pinched Xiaoyao’s cheeks lovingly, and looked at another zither. Since he felt that Xiaoyao had placed him into her heart, he has become more calm, no longer always uncertain, worried and anxious.

长相思第8章 岁月静好与君同(3)

小夭低声问：“这是你们家的铺子吗？”

    “不是。”

    “哈！你竟然不照顾自己家的生意！”

    璟笑了笑，说道：“我觉得这样才算真正给你买东西。”

    小夭抿着唇角笑起来。

璟把包好的琴交给胡哑，对小夭说：“我们走路回去吧！”

    小夭点头：“好。”

    璟带着小夭慢慢地走着，也不是想买什么，只是想青天白日下陪着小夭多走一程。

    碰到卖小吃的摊子，璟要了一些鸭脖子、鸡爪子，让小贩用荷叶包好。

    他拎在手里，对恨不得立即咬几口的小夭说：“回去再吃。”

    小夭说：“我更想吃你做的。”老木卤肉的一手绝活，小夭和桑甜儿都没学到手，十七却全学会了。

Xiaoyao asked in a low voice ” Is this your family’s business?”
“No.”
” ha! You actually don’t take care of your own business!”
Jing smiled and said “I feel that I am actually buying you something if I do it like this.”
Xiaoyao smiled widely.

Jing passed the wrapped zither to Huya, and said to Xiaoyao ” Lets walk back!”
Xiaoyao nodded “Alright.”
Jing strolled slowly with Xiaoyao, not really intending to buy anything, but just to be able to walk a little longer with her under the blue sky.
When they saw a street food stall, Jing bought some duck necks, chicken claws, and asked the vendor to wrap them up with lotus leaves.
He took the packet in his hand, told an impatient Xiaoyao who can’t wait to eat them immediately ” Eat them later.”
Xiaoyao said ” I prefer to eat the ones you make.” Old Mu’s unique braising skills were not learnt by Xiaoyao or Sang Tian’er, but Shiqi has mastered everything.

长相思第8章 岁月静好与君同(3)

 两人一路走回了小祝融府，璟把小夭送到她住的院子门口，小夭看他要走，一脸毫不掩饰的依依不舍，简直像是一只要被遗弃的小狸猫，璟心内又是难受，又是欢喜：“你好好休息，明天我给你做好吃的。”

小夭点点头，一步三回头地进了屋子。

The two of them walked back to Chenrong mansion, Jing saw her to the door to her courtyard, Xiaoyao saw that he was leaving, her face full of undisguised reluctance, looking like a cat who was going to be abandoned. Jing felt bad and also happy ” Have a good rest, I will make you something delicious to eat tomorrow.”

Xiaoyao nodded her head, finally going in after looking back repeatedly.

长相思第8章 岁月静好与君同(3)

 璟已经将近二十年没有弹过琴。有一次，他看到以前用过的琴，自然而然地坐在琴前，信手抚琴，可是很快，他就发现自己的手指和以前截然不同，每个流淌出的音符都有偏差，提醒着他，这具身体上曾发生过什么，大哥对他的身体施虐时羞辱他的话一一回响在耳边。他打翻了琴，不想再听到那些话，更不想再回忆起那些痛苦，他觉得自己这辈子再不会碰这些东西。

    可是，小夭现在说她要听他弹琴。

    璟没有办法拒绝小夭，他凝神静气，尽力把一切都屏蔽，手放在琴上，却不知道该弹什么，在反复的折磨羞辱中，他已经失去了一颗享受音乐的心。

    小夭羞涩地笑了笑：“就弹那天晚上我唱给你听的那首歌吧，你还记得吗？”

    怎么可能忘记？

Jing have not played the zither for almost 20 years. Once he saw a zither he used to play, he sat before it naturally and started to play. But very soon, he realized his fingers are no longer as they were before. Every deviation in the notes that he played, kept reminding him, what had happened to this body, every insult and ridicule that his brother had said by his ears when he tortured him resounded in his ears. He knocked over the zither, no longer wishing to hear those words again, no longer wanting to recall that pain, he thought that he will never touch these things in his lifetime.

But now, Xiaoyao said she wanted to hear him play.
Jing could not refuse Xiaoyao, he gathered his thoughts, trying his best to screen everything out. He placed his hand on the zither, but didn’t know what to play. After the repeated torture and humiliation, he had lost a heart that could enjoy music.

Xiaoyao smiled shyly ” Do you still remember the song I sang for you the other night?”

How could he forget?

长相思第8章 岁月静好与君同(3)

小夭听懂了他的倾诉，钻进了他怀里，紧紧搂住他的腰，他的琴音停住，小夭呢喃：“我喜欢听。”

    璟继续弹给她听，心里没有痛苦，耳畔没有羞辱声，他的心再次因为美妙的乐音而宁静快乐，甚至比以前更快乐，因为现在还有个人因为他奏出的曲子而快乐。

Xiaoyao understood the outpouring of his feelings, she ducked into his arms, and tightly hugged his waist. His playing stopped, Xiaoyao murmured ” I like to listen.”

Jing continued to play for her, his heart no longer suffering, his ears no longer hearing insults, his heart once again felt the peace and joy from music. In fact, he feels even more joyful than before, because now there is someone who feels happy from his playing.

长相思第8章 岁月静好与君同(3)

 璟在小祝融府住了小半年，从秋住到了冬。

    小夭每天都能见到他，璟是真心教小夭弹琴，可小夭是真心没有兴趣学，每日练一会儿指法就不耐烦，对璟说：“反正以后我想听曲子时，你就会奏给我听，我干吗要学呢？”

    两人的教与学最后都会变成璟弹琴，小夭要么在啃他做的鸭脖子，要么在喝他酿的青梅酒，要么就是裹着条毯子趴在榻上，一边翻看医书，一边和璟讲些乱七八糟的事情。

Jing stayed in the Chenrong mansion for half a year, from autumn to winter.

Xiaoyao could see him every day, Jing is sincere in teaching Xiaoyao how to play the zither, but Xiaoyao is not really interested in learning it. Every day she will feel impatient from learning the fingering, she would say to Jing ” Anyway in future you will play for me when I want to listen to music, why do I have to learn it?”

And so their lesson will turn into Jing playing the zither, Xiaoyao is either eating the snacks he prepared, or drinking the green plum wine he made, or lying on the bed, reading medical books, or just chatting about all kinds of things with Jing.

长相思第8章 岁月静好与君同(3)

 璟一拖再拖，直到不得不走时，才动身。

    从轵邑到青丘，如果乘坐云辇的话，一个时辰就能到，驾驭坐骑飞行就更快了，小半个时辰而已。可璟离开那天，恰下着大雪，不能乘坐云辇，只能坐雪兽拉的车回去，至少要四五个时辰才能到。

Jing kept pushing back the days to leave, until he could no longer delay setting off.

From Zhiyi to Qingqiu, if they took the sky carriage would only be a 2 hour trip, if they took mounts it will be even faster, just under an hour. But on the day Jing departed, there was heavy snow, so they could only take the carriage back, which will take at least 8 to 10 hours.

长相思第8章 岁月静好与君同(3)

颛顼的脸色好看了一些，却仍有些恨恨地说：“这个涂山璟真是无孔不入！他都已经订下了防风家的人，有什么资格和丰隆争？”

    小夭敛了笑意，走到颛顼面前坐下：“哥哥！”

    颛顼看着她，小夭认真地说：“我说他有资格他就有资格，而且根本没有争，他也不用和丰隆争，我从没考虑过丰隆。”

    颛顼沉默着，面无表情，半晌后，才说道：“据我所知，涂山氏的太夫人很喜欢防风意映，这些年一直把她带在身边亲自教导，俨然已经把她当作未来的族长夫人。对涂山太夫人来说，璟喜欢不喜欢意映并不重要，重要的是意映符合不符合她的要求，她不会同意璟取消婚约，防风氏也不可能放弃和涂山氏的婚约。”

 “我知道。”小夭的眉眼中有难掩的惆怅。

Cang Xuan looked less displeased but he still said a bit harshly ” This Tushan Jing is really everywhere! He is already engaged, how is he even eligible to vie with Fenglong?”

Xiaoyao stopped smiling, and sat down before Cang Xuan ” Brother!”

Cang Xuan looked at her, as she said seriously ” I say he is eligible so he is eligible, and there is no fight, he does not have to vie with Fenglong, I have never considered Fenglong.”

Cang Xuan remained silent and expressionless, after a while, he said ” As far as I know, the Tushan Old Madam really likes Fangfeng Yiying. She has been teaching her the ropes directly over these years, and already treat her as the future Tushan Chief’s wife. To the Old Madam, it does not matter if Jing does not like Yiying, the important thing is if Yiying meets her requirements. She will not agree with Jing to cancel the engagement, Fangfeng family will never give up this engagement either.

“I know.” Xiaoyao’s eyes filled with melancholy that she can’t hide.

长相思第9章 生相依，死相随(1)

颛顼回神农山时，馨悦比小夭还要难过不舍，颛顼的云辇早消失在天空中，她还呆呆地站着，直到小夭笑出了声，她才收回目光，叹了口气，怅然道：“你别笑我，迟早有你的一日。”

    小夭叹息，已经有了，只不过她更克制，也更会掩饰。其实，小夭不知道的是，并不是她的掩饰有多么天衣无缝，而是馨悦压根儿不相信小夭会看上璟，小夭又有些男儿气，玩得兴起时，和丰隆也照样哥儿俩好的亲密，所以馨悦压根儿没往那方面想。

When Cang Xuan returned the Chenrong Mountains, Xinyue was even more upset and reluctant than Xiaoyao. As the Sky carriage he is on disappeared into the sky, she still stood in a daze, until Xiaoyao laughed out loud, she sighed and said sadly ” Don’t laugh at me, one day you will be the same.”

Xiaoyao sighed, she is already the same, but she can suppress it better, and hide it better. Actually Xiaoyao didn’t know, its not that she was able to hide seamlessly, but Xinyue just did not even think that Xiaoyao would fancy Jing. Xiaoyao has a manly spirit and when she is having fun, she is like brothers with Fenglong, so Xinyue never even considered the possibility.

长相思第9章 生相依，死相随(1)