Chapter 1379: A small inn on the border
From a young wife to a young girl, all she needed was Shi Li's true confession.
Shi Li hid in the quilt in the middle of the night, repeating over and over again, "Why flirt if I don't marry her... Why flirt if I don't marry her..."
She fell in love with Xuanyuan Lin, but Xuanyuan Lin actually told her that he was just talking nonsense.
It’s really off the mark!
Shi Li spent half the night being angry, and another half the night thinking about what to do next.
Perhaps in Xuanyuan Lin's eyes, she was just a poor and innocent passerby. If it were anyone else, he would try his best to save her?
wrong!
Shi Li suddenly realized that they were in a small border town near the Fuso tribe, and there were countless people as pitiful as her, but Xuanyuan Lin didn't seem to care much about her.
He really treated her differently.
Shi Li wanted to pack up and leave. After all, her confession was rejected, so how could she stay? But after thinking about it for half a night, she decided to give it one more try.
If what Xuanyuan Lin said was true, then it would not be too late for her to leave.
Then starting from the next day, Shi Li faced Xuanyuan Lin calmly, as if what happened the day before had never happened.
Xuanyuan Lin changed his words and called her "Miss Shi", and she happily responded, so calmly that Xuanyuan Lin felt that her previous confession was just an illusion.
But there are still some differences.
Before, Shi Lizhai stayed in her small courtyard and was reluctant to go out, but now she often likes to go out for a walk and is no longer confined to her home.
Even Yuan Shang, who was recuperating in bed, noticed this change. He frowned and asked her curiously why she didn't see him every day.
Shi Li saw Xuanyuan Lin standing next to her, but she didn't look at him intentionally. She pretended to answer casually, "Go out and meet some new friends. I can't stay here forever."
Hearing her say this, before Yuan Shang could react what was happening, Xuanyuan Lin suddenly looked over, met Shi Li's innocent eyes, and then awkwardly turned his head to the other side.
The next day, Shi Li went out happily as usual. She dressed up carefully before going out. She wore a string of clear jingling bracelets on her slender white wrists, which jingled when she walked.
Xuanyuan Lin kept watching her back as she walked out of the door, and even Yuan Shang could see that he was distracted.
"Brother, what did Shi Li mean by that? Does she not want to stay here anymore?" Yuan Shang said something that added fuel to the fire, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
The last string called restraint finally broke.
"You should take good care of yourself at home." Xuanyuan Lin said casually to Yuan Shang and hurried out.
It is a small border town with simple and open folk customs.
Shi Li made an appointment with the little sister she met a few days ago to go for a walk by the river today.
Also traveling with them were several of the little sisters' childhood sweethearts. The group of boys and girls were talking and laughing, and everyone looked at them with envy as they walked on the road.
One of the sisters' childhood friends saw Shi Li for the first time today and seemed to fall in love with her at first sight. He couldn't help but secretly look at her sideways, feeling nervous but bold.
When they reached the river, this childhood sweetheart even broke off a crown with a willow branch and walked towards Shi Li hesitantly.
Shi Li saw him getting closer and closer and was about to speak when a voice interrupted her.
"She doesn't wear that."
Xuanyuan Lin took a few big steps forward and stood directly between Shi Li and Zhu Ma.
He was no longer his usual gentle and romantic demeanor, and his cold and stern temperament made his sisters and childhood sweethearts subconsciously step back.
Shi Li poked her head out from behind and looked at them apologetically.
"I'm sorry for scaring you. This is my...brother." She was outside and seemed unable to explain the relationship between herself and Xuanyuan Lin, so there was nothing wrong with saying this.
But when Xuanyuan Lin heard it, he immediately frowned and turned back to stare at Shi Li, "Brother?"
"Hmm? Am I wrong?"
Shi Li blinked at him and asked innocently, "But why are you here?"
Xuanyuan Lin was stunned by her question. His eyes wandered for a moment, and he answered unsmoothly: "I'm worried about you running around outside."
"Don't worry, the friends I know all have clean family backgrounds, so there will be absolutely no problem. I will be back later, you go first." Shi Li said lightly.
Xuanyuan Lin never thought that Shi Li would let him go back like this. He thought Shi Li would definitely leave with him.
Watching Shi Li walk from his side towards her so-called good friends, Xuanyuan Lin unconsciously clenched his fingers.