Chapter 125

Can they only be best friends?

Shangguan Qi was stunned by these words. She lowered her head to ask what he meant but accidentally bumped into his eyeballs. This was the first time she had such direct eye contact with Mei. She could see through that

The obsidian-like eyes could clearly see his eyebrows, his long hair, and his expression. Those slightly sad eyes were filled with himself, tightly surrounded by his fiery gaze. I didn't know why in my heart.

A hint of fear arose, and she wanted to retreat. But Mei seemed to have noticed her movements earlier, and held her tightly behind her back.

"Mei, you hurt me, why are you holding on so tightly?" Dai's eyebrows knit together unnaturally, not sure why Mei became so abnormal.

"If I don't hold on to you, you will disappear." Nanyin Yuluo lowered his eyes lonely, and then tightened his hand a little harder, and then a little harder.[

"Disappear? What are you talking about? How could I disappear?" He raised the corners of his lips in a funny way, but when he looked at his lowered head, the smile at the corners of his mouth was suppressed, and the worry in his eyes resurfaced, "Charming, what on earth did you do?

Yes? Why do you keep talking nonsense today?"

"It's nothing wrong with me, I just suppressed it for too long." He raised his head, looked into the eyes as clear as mountain springs, and asked again, "Xiao Qi, can I only be your best friend?"

Perhaps it was because of his indulgence last night, but when he asked her like this today, he didn't even feel a trace of panic in his heart, as calm as a pool of stagnant water. If he had just thought about it in the past, he would have

Feeling uneasy.

This depression was finally released on last night's starry night, in that red night scene with peach blossoms flying everywhere. His anxious heart, anxious heart, and panic-stricken heart in the past few days, met her eyes.

At that moment, he was able to be so calm as water. Even his tone of voice was so normal.

It turns out that a step that he thought was difficult to cross domains turned out to be so simple.

"Huh? Mei, what exactly do you want to express?" She tilted her head and looked at him with some confusion. Her hand was already numb in his hand, but she had no intention of pulling it back because she suddenly felt

, Mei needs her very much at this time.

"Xiao Qi..." His throat moved, and the words rolled in his throat a few times but still didn't come out. "It's nothing..."

"You're talking nonsense." She grabbed his hand that was about to let go and looked at him with a sullen look in her eyes. "We grew up together. Can't I tell if something is wrong with you? Mei, tell me what's wrong with you.

?You can only be my best friend. It’s hard to say you don’t want me anymore?”

"How could I not want you!" He replied to her without thinking, "Don't forget, you gave me this life! If you don't want me, you don't want me either!"

She was stunned by his sudden excitement, with a look of astonishment on her face. Nanyin Yuluo seemed to have noticed something was wrong with him, and stood up and took her into his arms.

"Xiao Qi." His voice was low but gentle, reaching Shangguan Qi's ears with the warmth of an older brother. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine, why are you saying I'm sorry?" She also put her arms around him, with a confused look on her face. "Mei, are you really okay? Are you angry because I haven't come to see you in the past few days? I just...

······I just don’t know how to see you. That time you took one look at me and walked away. I thought you were angry with me, so I didn’t dare to come to you these days... And, then

For a few days, I was worried because I was afraid that we would quarrel again when we met."

"I know, I know." He held her tightly and whispered softly in her ear. Although there was a hint of sweetness in his eyes, there was bitterness in his heart.

Is it because they grew up together, so everything he does to her seems to her like nothing more than family affection? She regards his love as a childhood habit, Xiaoqi, should I say you are careless or should I say you are cruel?

Outside the house, the peach blossoms are still all red in the sky, and the petals are flying, but who is the red sand dripping from the corner of the eye...

From then on, things returned to normal between them. Shangguan Qi still went to the Taoyuan to stay for half a day every day. She played chess with Mei, while Yurou went out to play with the silver fox in her arms. Shangguan Yu's condition also

After two days, she gradually improved. Except for her face, which was a little pale, everything else seemed to be the same as before. Everything seemed to be back to its original state, but Shangguan Qi could clearly feel that Mei's attitude towards her was a little warmer than before.

"It's not a traitor or a thief to be courteous for nothing. Tell me, why do you want to invite me to dinner?" Under the peach blossom tree, Shangguan Qi was playing chess with Nanyin Yuluo, whose mood was gradually returning to normal. But Feng Jueyue was smiling.

Shangguan Qi came running to invite her to dinner. Shangguan Qi smiled lightly and half-hooked her long hair on her chest to play with it, while placing the chess pieces in her hands on the chessboard with one hand. Her brows were full of distrust and distrust of the person in front of her.

Confuse".

"Qi'er, what you said hurts my heart too much! Can't I treat you to dinner if I'm so good?" After saying that, he glanced at her in the direction of Nanyin Yuluo, and then looked at her with pleading eyes.

she.

"Okay, okay. I'll go! It's a free lunch, it's free, right?" Knowing that he didn't want to lose face in front of his future brother-in-law, he looked at the other side apologetically.

"Mei, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish this game with you until the afternoon." [

"It's okay, I just have time to catch it." Nanyin Yuluo put away the chess pieces and put them in the chess box. When he saw a peach blossom petal falling on Shangguan Qi's head, he naturally stood up and helped her get it.

Come down. "Go, I'll wait for you here."

"Yeah." He nodded, and then looked at Feng Jueyue, who looked a little strange, "Let's go, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing. Let's go." Glancing at Nanyin Yuluo, Feng Jueyue pulled Shangguan Qi out of the Taoyuan with a smile on her face, but looked back the moment she stepped out of the Taoyuan gate.

In the courtyard where peach blossoms are in full bloom, a man in red stands there like a peach blossom fairy, watching the woman beside him leave with tender eyes. The wind blows and the peach blossoms are flying. The most touching scene in the world is this.

"What are you looking at? Lead the way!" As he walked, the man beside him fell down. Shangguan Qi turned around and urged impatiently.

"Come here!" He looked away and ran to her side in a few steps. Seeing that there was no abnormal expression on her face, he asked slightly uneasily, "Qi'er, what is your relationship with that Prince Nanyin!"

Why do you look more affectionate than when you are with the boss?" In fact, he had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but he never found the opportunity.

"Good friends, the best best friend relationship. We grew up together, grew up together, and experienced ups and downs in that world together. Mei is both my best friend and my best subordinate. This kind of relationship is

The existence beyond love." Turning her head to look at him, she raised the corners of her lips and said, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it just looks weird sometimes." He touched the back of his head and said honestly.

"It's normal, just get used to it." In the past, in school, classmates thought they were a couple, but they were really not. And in Shangguan Qi's mind, how could he think that this kind of relationship could be represented by the word couple?

I remember someone said that there is such a boy in every girl's heart. When you buy new clothes, you will wear them for him, when you have delicious food, you will share it with him, and when you feel uncomfortable, you will cry to him.

He is not your prince, and you are not her princess. When one day he finds his princess, you will still think of him subconsciously. This kind of feeling is not family affection or friendship, but something that goes beyond love.

exist.

"Ah?" What did he hear?

"Ah what? Tell the truth, why did you treat me to dinner today? I don't believe you would be so kind for no reason." She pinched her waist with both hands and looked at him fiercely. As for his motive for inviting her to dinner, she

Still expressing deep doubts.

"Oh, my aunt! You won't know if you go there! Let's go quickly, everyone is waiting for you alone!" Feng Jueyue screamed with a headache, and then urged Shangguan Qi to leave quickly.

Behind them, Nanyin Yuluo, who followed quietly, fell into deep thought because of what Shangguan Qi just said.

Is there any existence beyond love?

"Who can explain to me what is going on?" He sat crookedly on the chair, playing with the chopsticks with one hand and resting the other hand casually on the armrest. His purple eyes were shining, looking at the people in front of him one by one.

It swept over and finally landed on the man in white sitting next to her.

The man in white looked at the pair of smiling eyes, smiled awkwardly, then stood up and bowed: "I am Hua Fengliu, I would like to use this banquet today to apologize to the Queen, and I hope that the Queen will not remember the villain.

But, don’t blame me anymore.”

"Haha." He threw the chopsticks in his hand, and the crackling sound made all the men on the table tremble. Looking at Shangguan Qi with a slight smile and the corners of his lips raised, tilting his head like a ruffian, he felt cold.

The air surged up from his back.

"I knew that inviting people to dinner would never be easy." He glanced at Hua Fengliu with a faint look, and then fell on Hua Fengliu: She was dressed in white clothes, with sharp eyebrows that were neither thick nor light, and her narrow eyes were like gurgling spring water.

, as warm and moist as a spring breeze, a nose like hanging bile, as straight as a blue-green distant mountain, thin lips so light in color, and slightly raised corners of the mouth, which makes the man even more romantic and carefree. Looking at it this way,

It's quite a bit like a man in the world.

"Young Master, what you said is wrong. When have I ever blamed you? If you want to blame me, it should be Ye Di next to me. So you invited the wrong person for this meal. The person you invited should be

Him, not me." He stood up and prepared to leave.

"Hey, hey, I invited you right, you invited me right. It's you! It's you!" Seeing Shangguan Qi was about to leave, Hua Fengliu immediately ran over in a panic and stopped her. Seeing her looking away in anger, she immediately smiled.

He said, "I couldn't speak just now. I came here to ask for forgiveness for this meal. I offended the Queen and also charmed your maid. This is all my fault. It's my fault. So today I specially

I’m here to make amends.”

That's not bad. His face softened slightly, and the anger in his eyes was a little less. According to what he just said, it seemed like she was holding on to him tightly.

"The Empress, sit down, the Empress, sit down." Seeing her sitting back on her seat, Hua Fengliu breathed a long sigh of relief. As they said, this woman is not easy to mess with.[

"Come, serve!" Seeing that everyone was here, Hua Fengliu gave the order, and the maids walked in with delicacies from all over the world. In a short while, the table in front of them was filled with ten people. There were things flying in the sky and things running on the ground.

Everything that swims in the water, as long as it is edible, seems to be placed on the table in front of him. Shangguan Qi gently held his chin with one hand and watched everything in front of him quietly, until Hua Fengliu directed the palace maid to go down and took a piece of it herself.

After the boiled fish fillets were put into her bowl, she lazily raised her eyes.

"Queen, please try it. This boiled fish fillet is the most delicious made in the imperial kitchen. The numb and spicy feeling will definitely make you full of praise and leave a lingering fragrance in your mouth!"

“And this bamboo shoot meat slice is made from freshly picked bamboo shoots. The tenderest part of the bamboo shoots is obtained. After several processes, the most delicious part of the bamboo shoots is obtained. Coupled with this fresh venison, it is definitely one of the best.

Some are delicious." Hua Fengliu stood up, walked directly around Xuanyuan Yehan, and diligently served Shangguan Qi with food.

"There is also this braised eggplant. Don't underestimate this plate of eggplant. This eggplant can be poured with diced chicken soup three or four times beforehand..."

Hua Fengliu was like a waiter in a restaurant, describing every dish on the table in detail. The whole table could only hear his beaming voice. Shangguan Qi raised the corners of his lips as he listened to him.

All this, until finally I put down my chopsticks and looked directly at him.

"Let me tell you, in fact, the thing that makes me miss the most is this assortment... Love, why didn't you see that I was talking happily?" I was immediately dissatisfied when someone suddenly interrupted the happy flower romance.

He turned around and scolded him angrily, then turned around and prepared to continue speaking, but just as he was about to speak, Xuanyuan Yehan beside him interrupted him.

"That's enough, do you still want us to eat?" As he said this, he glared at him viciously.

"I...uh...I won't say it anymore. Queen, let's try it and see." Hua Fengliu was stunned for a second, and then seemed to suddenly understand something. She wiped it away.
To be continued...