When Liang Lu got the news it was the middle of the night, he quickly put on his clothes and hurried over. Liang Lu was relieved to see that Su Jingyang was indeed safe and sound. He also listened to Su Jingyang describe the situation of when the abnormality was discovered at that time. He said that the fire was burning from the outside, someone must've deliberately set the fire and wanted to kill them.

After listening, Liang Lu's face turned solemn and a gloomy air between his brows appeared. He patted him on the shoulder and said that he would check it out, urging him to go home and sleep first.

But Su Jingyang was still full of anger and wanted to stay and cooperate with the investigation. Liang Lu looked at his face and sighed, "If you believe me, just leave it to me. I probably know who did it. It's not good if a confrontation would happen now, besides LingLi and his child should've been frightened. They should go back to clean up and rest for a while before coming back."

Of course, Su Jingyang knew who it was. It was most likely the owner of the Yunxiang restaurant doing evil! Otherwise, it was rare for them to stay overnight at Lin Ji pavilion, how could there be such a coincidence? Someone must've been staring at them!

Previously it was just someone small movements from loss of revenue, but now they want to kill people! It was so vicious Su Jingyang could hardly believe it!

Su Jingyang looked back and saw Ling Li sitting on the corner of the street holding Ah-Xuan who had already fallen asleep. His eyes flickered slightly, suppressing the anger that was brewing there, and said to Liang Lu: "Then I'll have to trouble you, I'll take Ah-Li to rest before coming here again."

Mu Jin was suffocated by the smoke, fortunately, the doctor who rushed over took a look and said that he'd be fine once he woke up and should rest for a few days. There was no major problem. Mu Jin was taken to the hospital for treatment, and Xu Mei cried and followed.

Rong Ci arrived later. He had not stayed as long as Mu Jin, except for his hair being burned a bit and a little bruising, there wasn't any major problem.

While Su Jingyang and Liang Lu talked, Rong Ci stood silently beside him holding his hands. His eyes were locked on Su Jingyang's body motionlessly.

On normal days, Su Jingyang would rarely catch Rong Ci's care. After all, he knew how much courage it took to rush into a fire to save people.

Su Jingyang also knew that Rong Ci had been staring at him, but deliberately didn't look at him, his whole body was full of deliberate avoidance.

He wasn't really mentally retarded. Rong Ci had revealed his true feelings just like that, how could he still not know what it meant ? ! !

——What I don't want to let go, I can't let go. To sum it up in one sentence, he would be uncomfortable if he was comfortable. Last time he so firmly denied that he liked him but in the end, still couldn't resist the unique charm he exuded: He liked him ! ! !

He really wanted to go die!

If this guy continued to hate and scold him, Su Jingyang would be able to accept it more readily. But if he suddenly turned into someone who sincerely liked him, he'd always feel a little uncomfortable in his heart. Plus he definitely wouldn't be able to respond to it, after all... after all, he was about to leave, he didn't want to have any emotional debt!

Su Jingyang didn't want to go all the way home, but it was already the middle of the night and the inns were all basically closed. Su Jingyang was still worried, so Rong Ci spoke to Ling Li and said, "Go to the inn where I live, it's not very far away from here." Ling Li stood upholding the child and agreed without saying anything.

Ling Li had agreed, Su Jingyang didn't say much, but he didn't understand why Rong Ci would run to stay in an inn that night instead of going home.

Su Jingyang followed Ling Li in front, and Rong Ci walked behind him unhurriedly with his long legs.

Su Jingyang thought: if you don't want to get entangled with feelings, then you have to be indifferent, and you must be resolute and decisive; you can't give him hope. He had told him he wouldn't like him last time, he had to emphasize it again this time. He'll definitely give up considering his arrogance.

When he arrived at the entrance of the inn, Su Jingyang sent Ling Li up first. He came downstairs and found Rong Ci really waiting for him outside.

Su Jingyang stared at his tall and slender figure under the moonlight and walked over after a moment.

Hearing his footsteps approaching, Rong Ci looked back at him. There seemed to be a shimmering light in his dark eyes. His complexion seemed to be no different from usual, but Su Jingyang didn't know why he suddenly felt a little nervous looking at him like this, his feet paused unconsciously. He abruptly continued and stood beside Rong Ci.

Rong Ci retracted his gaze and looked towards the direction of the opposite shop, he spoke before him, "Apart from saying that you'll leave in the future and will not be responsible for me, what else do you have to say?"

Asking this, it was obvious that Su Jingyang's guess has been confirmed.

Su Jingyang choked, he turned his face slightly and looked at him seriously: "Also, I won't ever be with you, so you should give up."

Rong Ci asked calmly, "What else?"

Su Jingyang stretched his body and said, "Anyway, you wouldn't want to like me anyway in any case."

Rong Ci said, "You refused because you said that you'll leave in the future."

"That's right."

Rong Ci turned his head and confronted his line of sight, asking: "... Not because you don't like me?"

Su Jingyang suddenly tensed, grandma, he doesn't want to leave me a way to live! He seems to have always said that he'll have to leave, he's never considered this issue! Does he like this guy? Of course... Of course, he doesn't like him! Who likes being insulted practically every day?

Su Jingyang lifted his chin, his face was indifferent, saying in an emphatic tone, "Of course I don't like you! Even if you stop scorning me later, I'll still not like you!"

"Scorn... I'll still have to scorn you later, it isn't related to whether I like you or not." Rong resigned.

Su Jingyang's round eyes were wide and full of disbelief. He was so angry that he couldn't speak, he even wanted to hit someone!

Su Jingyang's eyes flushed, "Your like is so worthless!!! I don't want it! Fuck off you! Roll, roll, roll away!"

Su Jingyang turned around angrily, but Rong Ci hugged him from behind. Su Jingyang hair stood on end, he jumped and kicked wildly, but still couldn't let the person holding him release the arms that were locked on his waist.

Su Jingyang wanted to repeat the same trick, using his head to hit Rong Ci's chin. Rong Ci lightly avoided, mocking him: "You seriously thought it'll work twice?"

Su Jingyang was even angrier, "You still say?! The first time we met, you were so excessive and beat me to the ground, who gave you dog the courage to like me?! I'll make you pay! Come here and pay for me!"

Rong Ci also thought about the situation at the time and sighed shortly after hearing his words, and his tone was slightly lighter, "Who made you look like you'll annoy me for the rest of your life, and my heart was irritable and indignant, so I acted against you. If I really wanted to be cruel against you, you would've met a fate similar to that thief."

Su Jingyang gritted his teeth and said: "Oh, then I sincerely thank this young hero for sparing my dog's life! Now let me go and take your paws away!"

Rong Ci buried his face on his shoulders and arched his back, his voice was low and dull, "I won't take it away, let me hold... You don't know, when I heard the movements outside in the inn and rushed over, my heart felt like it was bleeding. I really thought I would never see you again..."

Su Jingyang thought of his appearance when he rushed out of the fire. The fire in his heart was a little extinguished, but he still felt that he couldn't indulge him, lest he uses this as an excuse to entangle him.

"You've been holding me for a while." Su Jingyang was indeed very grateful that he saved his life. He tried to ease his tone of voice a little "Let go, it's impossible for me and you."

Rong Ci raised his head and leaned into his ear, he said: "Su Jingyang, I don't want you to be responsible for my feelings. You can leave when you want to, I won't stop you, alright?"

"No! I want to leave now!" Su Jingyang turned his head back sharply in his arms, glaring at the handsome face resting on his shoulders. He couldn't help but become a bit irritable, "You really think I'm a fool! What you said last time varies so largely, act according to the situation, don't be too aggressive. Obviously, you're targeting me! You know that I won't agree to be with you, so you say that I don't need to be responsible for any relationship. In fact, it's to fool me and paralyze me. If I stupidly agree to you, you'll boil the frog in warm water¹ and cook me thoroughly. No matter how delicious I am I'll still end up in your stomach, you'll eat me till there's no bones left, right?!"

Rong Ci's black eyes stared at him without blinking. After repeatedly opening and closing his mouth and a long time of silence, he let out a disappointed cry and said: "Strange, you're not stupid when you should be stupid."

Su Jingyang snorted coldly, "Of course, one must be full of wit when one's life is in danger."

Rong Ci's soft voice came from above, "Su Jingyang, then, are we fine, I..."

Su Jingyang covered his ears and shook his head vigorously, he wasn't listening, not listening! It's all a trick to eat him without leaving out the bones!

Just then an officer came down the street, Rong Ci's arm loosened and Su Jingyang took the opportunity to push him away, running upstairs without looking back.

Su Jingyang returned to their room. Ah-Xuan and Ling Li were both lying on the bed fast asleep. Su Jingyang leaned over and took a look, covering Ling Li who was sleeping with his clothes on with a quilt.

Su Jingyang sat at the table and was about to drink some water when Rong Ci walked in slowly. This was the room where he resided. Of course, Su Jingyang couldn't drive him away. He caught a glimpse of the jade pendant that he always wore around his waist.

Rong Ci didn't look like he had been rejected, his expression was as usual.

But after he sat beside Su Jingyang, he asked Su Jingyang to cut his hair.

Su Jingyang saw that the ends of his hair had indeed been burned to the point of being curling. After all, it was because of him that he got into trouble. He got up to find scissors and really found one. Rong Ci had readied, Su Jingyang stood behind him and patiently trimmed it.

After finishing the cut, his hair became much shorter, almost inseparable from the time Su Jingyang first saw him. Rong Ci picked up his headband and tied his hair back twice.

Su Jingyang wrapped the cut scorched hair in a cloth and handed it to Rong Ci. Rong Ci raised his eyes and asked, "What?"

"Aren't these parts of the body your parents gifted you²? You're not sad? Wouldn't you like to keep it as a souvenir?" Su Jingyang remembered that the ancients seemed to value these things very much.

Rong Ci said: "It's not worthy of my sadness. Throw it away."

"...Oh, what an indifferent man!"

Rong Ci squinted his eyes and looked at him, he said, "You're just itching to pick out my faults, right?"

Su Jingyang snorted coldly, "Do you still need to ask what's wrong?"

Rong Ci nodded, unsmiling, "Very good, very good. I've learned to judge the situation and feel confident."

Ling Li on the bed turned over gently, Su Jingyang's originally opened mouth immediately shut, and he hurriedly made a hissing gesture to stop Rong Ci. The two sat for a while and Su Jingyang got up and prepared to go to Lin Ji pavilion to see the situation again. Rong Ci reluctantly followed behind him, impossible to be driven away.

The arsonists were quickly caught, but they steeled themselves and didn't admit that there was someone behind the scenes. But after only one night, for some reason, they all confessed and said that it was indeed from Yunxiang Restaurant that instigated them. The boss was Liu Yun.

Liu Yun was a small gangster who relied on his family background and on the talents in the government office that could be bribed. But this time he really fell, because he himself was on trial for the wicked deeds he had done before to three lives, even the secretly buried locations were all told out! Almost everyone's eyes were filled with shock! ! !

Although he cried and wanted to retract his confession after he was detained, the bones he told of have already been dug up, and the evidence was solid, there was no way to deny it.

Lin Ji pavilion and the shop next door were compensated for all the losses. Liu Yun also deservingly went to prison and was about to be punished by the law. However, Su Jingyang was still depressed; he, Ah-Li, Ah-Xuan and Xu Mei was almost burned to death, not to mention, all their hard work being wasted and turned into a pile of ashes! He wanted to rush into the cell and beat up that bad thing! ! !

Su Jingyang tried to discuss with Ling Li about the reconstruction of the Lin Ji pavilion. Ling Li shook his head gently and lowered his eyelashes, saying in a low voice, "You... aren't you planning to leave the town? If so, I want to discuss it with you. Let's go together."

Sure enough, he was still conscious of that. Su Jingyang sighed helplessly. In fact, he probably expected Ling Li to react like this. It's just that there was the problem of Ah-Xuan continuing his treatment. Ling Li obviously thought of this as well, his slightly moist light brown eyes were full of melancholy. He grabbed Su Jingyang's voice and pleaded: "Jingyang, wait for us. When Ah-Xuan is better, we'll all leave together, alright? I really don't want to be separated from you, please..."

"Right, well, I'll wait for you, don't worry." Su Jingyang promised him uneasily.

Su Jingyang went to the inn to see Mu Jin and Xu Mei. Mu Jin was recovering well, Xu Mei has been taking care of him personally. There was no need for talk between them, and there was a sweet warmth permeating from Mu Jin. As long as Mu Jin was awake, those dark bright eyes followed Xu Mei the whole time, the curvature on the corners of his mouth basically never fell.

Xu Mei told Su Jingyang in private that he had promised to marry Mu Jin. But after agreeing to it, he learned that Mu Jin has been waiting for him to nod all these years. Several sets of wedding clothes had been prepared every year, even the invitations were prepared. As soon as Xu Mei agreed, Mu Jin was ecstatic and couldn't wait for the flying pigeon to pass the good news home and ready the preparations

Mu Jin and Xu Mei's wedding date was set for a month from now, Su Jingyang was truly happy for them. At the same time, he also decided to wait until the two suspected protagonists, Xu Mei and Mu Jin, got married and make plans after seeing the progress bar.

Before Mu Jin and Xu Mei left the town, they came to Ling Li's house hand in hand. Mu Jin was next door when they saw Rong Ci, and exchanged few words in the passing, expressing gratitude for saving him that day. In the end, they shared a lively meal.

Of course, Su Jingyang always ignored Rong Ci's burning eyes and treated him as air. Su Jingyang admits that he wasn't smart enough, so he must try his best to stay away from him and disregard him.

At the dinner table, Su Jingyang said to Xu Mei: "If Mu Rong is here, it would be more lively today." Xu Mei curiously asked who Murong was. Su Jingyang said that she was a beautiful girl, Xu Mei smiled while saying: "Mu Rong, a nice name. When I have a grandchild, I want to call him Murong, the surname also happens to be Mu³!"

Su Jingyang subconsciously asked, "Ah? Why not give it to your son and daughter, why your grandson... "Su Jingyang thought of something and hurriedly closed his mouth and stopped.

Xu Mei smiled to himself and looked at Mu Jin.

After dinner, Xu Mei took Su Jingyang to the yard to chat. Xu Mei first sincerely thanked Su Jingyang for what he said before, "Although I know that it's impossible for everyone to think like you, it's enough for me, at least it gives me the courage to face everything."

Su Jingyang smiled brightly: "You can face it the most important thing is that you also love him."

Xu Mei was infected by his smile and laughed. After a while, the curvature of his lips slowly retracted, and his expression became a little serious, "Jingyang, that... I'm sorry, I actually lied to you before."

Su Jingyang let out a puzzled ah, a little confused.

Xu Mei looked down at his feet and then raised his eyes to look at Su Jingyang again. The corners of his mouth moved slightly, "I used to be unable to get pregnant. I did go to see the doctor. However, the doctor said I was in good health. I was also very healthy , without any problems."

Su Jingyang was dumbfounded: damn, what was this plot twist? ? !

"I was afraid... it'll hurt that man's self-esteem. After thinking about it, I decided to lie and say that I was barren. He also drank two years of medicine to regulate his body, but I still didn't get pregnant. In fact, these are all nothing. If he stands by me, even if I'm 'infertile', I'll never want for children and conceal this secret for the rest of my life, but..." Xu Mei's eyes were sharpened and he sneered, "He humiliated me and kicked me out. For my three years, all I got was a sad expression and a sorry."

Su Jingyang couldn't help cursing in a low voice.

Seeing him so angry, Xu Mei laughed again, staring at him with eyes full of delight: "It's alright, I've already left their house, otherwise I would've wasted my beautiful life there! He married and married again, but there are still no children. With that terrible self-esteem, he probably still hasn't thought that it may be his problem until now. Anyway, I like children very much, Mu Jin and I plan to have six children together in the future; three daughters and three sons. We even thought of all their names two days ago! Aren't they great?"

Su Jingyang was suddenly surprised, no wonder he just said he wanted to keep Mu Rong's name for his grandchildren.

Xu Mei hugged Su Jingyang's shoulders again and smiled slyly, saying in a low voice: "Well... then let us wish that my man's children and grandchildren can fill around his knees, a full house!"

Su Jingyang reacted quickly and followed up with a smirk, giving him a thumbs up with shining eyes, "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful haha! Let his children and grandchildren fill the house! Give him the green light!"

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