On the flowing riverbed, this kiss in the autumn air was soft and quiet, a simple touch of lips. Ning Yi was slightly taken aback. The woman in front of him trembled her eyelashes, and after a moment, she stepped back, clutching the blanket. Her face was flushed, and she lowered her head, but then she raised her eyes again.

"Yunzhu... Yunzhu has nothing else she can do, she can only play a few songs, sing some songs, other than that... other than that, she can only do this..."

She smiled earnestly, then lowered her head again.

"These past few days, hearing about Liheng's affairs, I was so worried I didn't know what to do. But you haven't come over either. I'm really glad to see you're okay today... But I also know that when you encounter such things, even if you are broad-minded, you must be somewhat unhappy. If... uh..."

"You're taking a risk..."

Ning Yi sighed softly, then reached out and touched her left cheek. Nie Yunzhu's neck instinctively shrank back, her eyes wandering slightly in confusion. After a moment, she tilted her head slightly, leaning her cheek into his hand, feeling the gentle caress. Ning Yi also tilted his head slightly, and after a moment, smiled somewhat complexly.

"Heh, these past few days, I've been quite annoyed at home..."

"A bunch of people chattering noisily, the Su family on the verge of a shootout, the resentment almost reaching the sky..."

"Yeah, heh, it seems I'm quite pathetic..."

"Messed up the business..."

"Made a big fool of myself..."

"Got tricked and was looked at as an idiot by everyone..."

"Hehe, this is..." After a long time, Ning Yi seemed to find it amusing and shook his head. "Heh..."

Nie Yunzhu stood there holding the blanket, her cheek against his palm, feeling the warmth. She hadn't dared to look up before, but at this moment, she felt a little strange, and raised her eyes slightly. In her field of vision, his figure moved closer, and in the blink of an eye, her lips were blocked again.

"Mmm..." Her body took a slight step back, her back pressed directly against the wooden wall. In the sunlight, Ning Yi's figure leaned over, almost pressed against her through the thin blanket. But she didn't dislike it. His arm wrapped around her waist along her back. She saw rustling leaves in her eyes, and sunlight glinting golden through the leaves. For a moment, she felt dizzy.

When she regained her composure slightly, her body was almost lying on the terrace, leaning against the wall, so she hadn't completely fallen down. Ning Yi squatted beside her, holding her, and slightly parted their touching lips. He looked at her, still smiling, the smile a little strange, and a little relieved. But Nie Yunzhu was naturally unable to think about these things at this time. Their bodies were almost pressed together, chests rising and falling, squeezed together. It seemed that with each heartbeat, the feeling became clearer. Ning Yi's left hand was around the side of her chest, almost touching the skin between her chest and ribs. Her lips moved, trying to calm herself down, but she naturally failed.

When she impulsively kissed him earlier, she had tried to consider the consequences of doing so, but she had never thought that some things would happen so quickly. She had never experienced these things before, but since he liked it, then...

"Yunzhu's body has never been touched by other men before, but... if Liheng wants it, I would like it..."

Her face was flushed, her words as light as a mosquito flying, but Ning Yi naturally heard them clearly at close range. He just looked at Nie Yunzhu's expression, the smile on his face unchanged. At this moment, a soft sound rang out from the side of the terrace. Ning Yi and Nie Yunzhu turned their heads.

Appearing at the door of the terrace was Yuan Jin'er in a green dress. She had probably just returned home and heard the sound from the terrace, so she ran over excitedly to find Nie Yunzhu. At this time, she had only taken two steps over the threshold and was stunned there. Her right index finger was lightly bitten in her mouth. This was probably the expression she had when she came in, still with a smile, but now she was stunned there. The three of them looked at each other. Yuan Jin'er kept biting her finger, her eyes rolling, her face turning red and white. Then, she suddenly turned around and wanted to run.

She ran in the wrong direction, turned her head again, and then tripped over the threshold, falling to the ground near the door with a thud. As a girl, judging from the sound, the fall was really terrible. Even the corners of Ning Yi's eyes twitched—especially since she had been biting her finger when she fell. Her two feet were still stretched out on the threshold, one of her embroidered shoes had fallen off, but she ignored it and continued to run, crawling and rolling.

On this side, Ning Yi and Nie Yunzhu no longer had the same atmosphere as before. Nie Yunzhu's eyes turned around, looking at him. Seeing Ning Yi looking over, she immediately lowered her head and turned to the bottom, then turned to the empty space on the left. When Ning Yi released her, she was still holding the blanket, leaning against the wall, her legs curled up.

"I, I... I'll go see Jin'er..."

She said softly, glanced at Ning Yi, and then clambered up and chased after her.

"Heh..."

Ning Yi was still smiling. He sat down with his back against the wall in the previous position, raised his head, and looked at the sunlight filtering through the rustling leaves, and at the guqin not far away. The smile on his face became even deeper. It was a happy smile, feeling something...

Of course, he could understand the reason for Nie Yunzhu's emotional changes today, and he was happy about it. In this world, there are always some people who are genuinely considering things for you, whether you need it or not, and that is always a happy thing. He didn't need to hide anything from Nie Yunzhu, but he hadn't talked about it before, so there was no need to explain the things that had happened these days first. He didn't expect her to go to this extent.

Now, it's simple... and troublesome.

Over in the hall, Nie Yunzhu seemed to have caught up with Yuan Jin'er. There was faint quarreling. Yuan Jin'er seemed very sad, crying and sobbing. Of course, whether it was really to that extent could only be known by seeing it, but the sound sounded somewhat like it.

"Sister Yunzhu, how could you do this..."

"In broad daylight, you two are on the terrace, wanting to, wanting to..."

"To put it another way, you're on the terrace, outside, I won't say anything. No one on the river can see... But even if you want to do this, you shouldn't... you shouldn't take the blanket I sleep with..."

"Ning Liheng is a pervert!"

Yuan Jin'er shouted, and kicked the wall hard on the other side. The wooden wall. She had lived here for a long time and accurately grasped Ning Yi's location. The vibration from this kick was transmitted over, and Ning Yi seemed to have been hit hard in the back. He leaned away from the wooden wall slightly and couldn't help but laugh, the laughter getting louder and louder. Then, he clenched his fist and couldn't help but knock heavily on the terrace several times.

Yuan Jin'er was full of anger, Ning Yi was shameless. In between, perhaps only Nie Yunzhu was the most difficult person and the most shy. After a moment, she walked to the terrace. Her white dress figure was timid and shrinking, the fingers of both hands almost twisted white in front of her. Suddenly, she transformed from a fairy-like figure who plays the qin and sings into a little daughter-in-law who can't cook after descending to earth and is scolded by her mother-in-law. Ning Yi smiled at her, then patted the place beside him. Nie Yunzhu walked over, sat down with her legs bent a little shyly, and pulled her skirt to cover her ankles and socks.

"Uh, the thing I said earlier, does it still count?"

Ning Yi held her hand and asked with a smile. With Yuan Jin'er stirring up the situation, there was probably no atmosphere for anything. However, some things that should be confessed still had to be confessed at this time, and some relationships that should be clarified could not be avoided any longer. Of course, starting with such words, Nie Yunzhu blushed slightly again for a moment: "Jin'er, Jin'er is at home..."

Ning Yi laughed again. In the golden light, the two figures on the terrace were talking. Nie Yunzhu was sometimes shy, sometimes serious, sometimes surprised, but in the end, the two hands held together did not let go...

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It was already afternoon when he came out of the small building and embarked on the return journey. Ning Yi thought about what had happened before, confession or this and that, and sighed slightly: "The evil old society..." If it had been more than a year ago, and he had such a situation with Nie Yunzhu, perhaps he would have chosen to find another place to live with her. But now in the Su residence, there was not only Su Tan'er, but also Xiao Chan. And on Nie Yunzhu's side, not wanting to make things difficult for him was perhaps what made things a little difficult for him.

Of course, thinking about it this way, it was like a man taking advantage and acting innocent...

When passing by Qin Lao's residence, he prepared to go in and sit for a while. He saw Lu Agui standing outside the door and learned that Kang Xian was also here today.

After entering the house, a pair of siblings from the Zhou family also followed over here. Seeing Ning Yi, Xiao Junwu ran over to question him: "Teacher, my sister and I went to find you this morning, where did you go?"

"Uh, I had something to do this morning..." Ning Yi patted his head. Over there, Kang Xian had just finished a game of chess with Qin Lao. At this time, he exchanged a few words with Ning Yi and invited him to play a game. Zhou Junwu moved a small stool over to sit down, while Zhou Pei followed silently beside him, occasionally looking at Ning Yi's expression. Ning Yi was chatting with Qin Lao and Kang Xian in a desultory manner. He had something on his mind, and frowned as he placed his pieces. After playing for a while, Kang Xian said, "The city gates will be opened in the next few days, and the two children's apprenticeship ceremony should also be held in the next few days, how about it?"

Ning Yi looked at Zhou Junwu, then at Zhou Pei, and smiled: "Are you still letting me teach like this? Wouldn't you be very disappointed in me?"

"Victory or defeat is commonplace for soldiers, Grandpa Consort said. This is not what the teacher is best at, so even if we lose, it's because they are too despicable. I still really like the telescope and those things..."

Zhou Pei was silent for a moment: "I'm learning the art of calculation from you, not studying business..."

"How is it?" Kang Xian laughed. Qin Lao on the side pulled Xiao Junwu's hand: "Two good children."

"Since that's the case, of course I'll teach. But let's not hold the apprenticeship ceremony for the time being, it's a bit ostentatious."

Kang Xian thought for a while, dropped a chess piece, and everyone chatted for a few more words before asking, "Have you been worried about something recently?"

"Yeah." Ning Yi picked up a chess piece and nodded.

"Actually, I've been waiting for you to come over for help these past few days, but you haven't come..."

Ning Yi glanced at him: "Heh, Elder Kang is righteous..." He hadn't thought about this and laughed. Kang Xian became a little serious.

"Those who achieve great things may not be proficient in everything. I know your temperament, and I don't want to owe people favors easily, so I didn't intervene before. But reaching this point, it's just a matter of lifting a hand to solve it. What's so difficult about opening your mouth? Our friendship, do you think it's not even worth owing me this little favor?"

After he said this, Ning Yi looked around and became slightly serious. After a moment, he nodded: "Okay..."

In the huge Jiangning City, this might just be a small corner for idlers to gather. A stone thrown into the pond stirred up small ripples, and then subsided in that storm. Not long after, the city gates opened. Li Pin left Jiangning to go to Tokyo to seek an official position. Before leaving, he comforted Ning Yi about the Wu family's affairs. Yushan Academy resumed classes. Some children gave up attending Ning Yi's classes. Su Zhongkan also seemed to want to make some small moves in the school, causing some teachers to discuss and reject him, but under Ning Yi's consistently self-amusing style, this matter had not had any effect for the time being.

Everything was developing in the direction everyone expected. The Wu family had obtained the imperial merchant status and was preparing for it. Su Tan'er tried to stabilize the Su family's situation, but it seemed to be declining helplessly. She invested a large amount of funds in the market that was originally targeted at the Wu family. In everyone's opinion, it was roughly a woman hysterically preparing to disrupt the market by rushing goods at low prices. Of course, it had not yet been implemented, so not many people wanted to bring her down yet.

Externally, thanks to Su Tan'er's efforts, there was only a slight decline. The rest were probably waiting for Su Tan'er to truly step down or for everything to be settled before considering whether to abandon the Su family—even if the Su family still had a medium-sized scale afterward, there would always be some people who would abandon the Su family. As for within the Su family, the pressure that Su Tan'er faced was increasing. Su Boyong had not yet passed away, so he could hold on for the time being, but how long he could hold on looked difficult to say. Some of the cousins and cousins who were originally close to the eldest branch were now beginning to lean towards the second and third branches.

In the outside world, people talked with relish about the Wu family's ruthless methods this time, talked with relish about the poem "Drinking Wine with Pei Di", Ning Liheng's embarrassment and his current quietness, his disheveled appearance. Of course, they talked more about the future pattern of the cloth industry, the Wu family's expansion. Because another month had passed without any movement, the situation in the Jiangning cloth industry seemed to be changing rapidly and brewing. People were almost forgetting about Ning Liheng. When no one understood or felt it necessary to understand his recent movements, some things finally began to appear like a nightmare.

That was at the end of September, just a month after the annual cloth industry gathering after the Mid-Autumn Festival. In that month, everything was originally so clear, but one day, without any warning to the outside world, it began to become strange.

If it were placed a thousand years later, it would be as if a stock had steadily and predictably reached its peak. When everyone thought it would continue, it suddenly dropped and crashed without any warning, and no one even understood what the reason was. And when people finally gradually understood, they were finally able to see clearly the darkness hidden in those things, and the figure that had shrouded everyone from the beginning...

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