Not The Sideburns I Know Chapter 44

A young boy like Ervin sometimes holds grudges. If someone treats him coldly, he will remember it silently for several years. Sometimes he forgets very quickly. For example, he was still sulking about Ryan's visit to a brothel two years ago yesterday. After a good sleep, he forgot everything the next day. After practicing all morning, he ate eight-treasure porridge slowly. Because Ryan still didn't come to pay his respects when the time came, he said to Xiaolai unhappily: "Second Master lied again. He said he would come to pay his respects at noon every day, but he didn't come today! This is the eighth time this year!" Xiaolai added a spoonful of white sugar to his porridge bowl and sneered: "You believe what he said! You are the only one who believes him! Didn't he say that if he missed the time again, he would slap him in the face? This person..." Ervin seemed to take it for granted that he complained about Ryan. He didn't like others criticizing Ryan, even if that person was Xiaolai. He kept silent, gulped down his porridge, ran back to the house, put on new clothes, and then went to the Liyuan Guild Hall to talk about the new play with Yu Qing, Du Qi and others.

Ryan slept in the dancer's bed for over an hour, and rushed to Shang's house to find it empty. He sat with Xiaolai in silence. Xiaolai was sewing and mending, ignoring Ryan. Ryan, with a lingering sensual tiredness, half-drooped his eyelids and gently asked Xiaolai: "Girl, Mr. Shang is not here? Where did he go? Why didn't you go with him?"

Xiaolai glanced at him in anger, lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before saying, "I don't know where he went. He didn't ask me to follow him."

Ryan knew that Ervin would say hello to Xiaolai before he went out. Even if he didn't say hello, Xiaolai would chase him and ask him - she was deliberately not willing to tell him! If he didn't want to tell, then don't tell. Ervin's whereabouts were actually easy to guess. If he went to Shuiyun Tower, Xiaolai would definitely accompany him. So he probably went to the Liyuan Guild Hall. There were a group of actors singing and making noises in the Liyuan Guild Hall, and they might even have a drink, so they wouldn't be back on time. Ryan and Xiaolai sat stiffly for a moment, yawning one after another, and finally couldn't help laughing and said, "Miss Xiaolai, I want to borrow Mr. Shang's bed to take a nap!" At the same time, he stretched his waist and lifted the door curtain to go into the bedroom. Xiaolai glared at him, angrily threw the needle and thread scissors into the basket and took them away. Why did she annoy him so much?

Ryan sat on Ervin's bed, kicked off his leather shoes and coat, and fell on his back, just in time to see two large painted masks hanging on the bed curtains. Ryan casually took one off and covered his face with it, with one hand behind his head. The quilt had the scent of lead powder used by actors to put on makeup, and a sweet smell like cakes and pastries, as if a child had hidden candy under the pillow. This was very much like what Ervin would do. Ryan reached under the pillow and scooped a handful, but there was nothing. He smiled and soon fell asleep.