After dinner, the two of them went into the living room. It was still very cold outside. Ye Shikai originally wanted to take a walk around the village but worried that He Linghan might suffer from frostbite, he abandoned the idea and instead made a fire in the living room to warm up.
In ancient times, people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, with much less entertainment and leisure than nowadays, so they slept early. Master He tidied up the kitchen and went straight to the bedroom, leaving the two of them in the living room.
"Congratulations, Mr. Ye, on earning military achievements and being promoted to Military Marquis. I… I haven't properly congratulated you until now," He Linghan suddenly said after a long silence.
"Ling'er, given the relationship between us, it feels a bit distant to say that," Ye Shikai replied.
