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花朝節結束後,街市又成了原本的模樣,黎家的商鋪也不例外。35Please respect copyright.PENANAYC6fWa1L7z
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言曇岫忙著和掌櫃商量鋪貨的方式。35Please respect copyright.PENANA0PwgKYaW0j
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店門外的樹上有落花吹進舖子裡,儘管偶爾還是能從巷弄間的閒言碎語中聽見言府被提了幾嘴,也沒人會將言曇岫和幾年前忽然病歿的言府庶長子聯想到一塊兒。35Please respect copyright.PENANAW2iSrQoPjs
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時而也會有因他氣度儀表而想結交的客人,言曇岫如今的應對得宜,容易令人心生好感,因此又一次被問起家中是否有未婚配的姊妹時,他已習慣露出歉笑,讓對方知難而退。35Please respect copyright.PENANAYVJ1FnpxAf
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由於黎絳洵處理的比較是管理類和決策類的事情,其下瑣碎的雜務漸漸轉移到了言曇岫身上,是以來這裡工作時間不長的伙計都不太認得黎絳洵,若非有生意往來的其他商家老闆認出黎絳洵,和他攀談起來,更多人會誤以為他是來採買日用品的書生。35Please respect copyright.PENANATLA2rKzA9R
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往日這些人情往來也早有了固定模式,通常都是言曇岫負責出面,如是需要進一步去到酒樓、勾欄等地的應酬,則可能被婉拒,不過由於前陣子言曇岫一反常態,不太繼續推拒有佳人相伴的聚會,因此也有人存了試探黎絳洵的意思。35Please respect copyright.PENANAtbO7y6XJHE
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幾位老闆被稀里糊塗地打了回票,還猶不死心,多嘴提了言曇岫此前也應邀去過的事,本意是要勸服黎絳洵,結果還沒得到准信,黎絳洵已經被喊走了,也只能暫時作罷。35Please respect copyright.PENANAflrtWvw3zw
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在掌櫃回去忙後,黎絳洵才走到言曇岫身邊。35Please respect copyright.PENANAlsXKxNPqiv
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言曇岫計算著最後一項對不上數量的商品,對其他人而言,這是言曇岫的常態,然而於黎絳洵而言卻不是。35Please respect copyright.PENANA6L3ZjErlAl
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以前言曇岫只要黎絳洵來,必然會立刻放下手上的工作,和黎絳洵攀談起來。35Please respect copyright.PENANAwtm3388BBw
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言曇岫放下筆時,黎絳洵問:「你要找我嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANApsQlTHKIP3
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「我只是覺得你好像很困擾。」言曇岫闔上手裡的帳本,「抱歉,我前陣子的行事方式給你造成麻煩了。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAePgJxNeQrM
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黎絳洵遲疑地說:「你生氣了嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAznwG6HnQtX
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「沒有。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAFIfuizk4Sx
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「我不會去。然後……」黎絳洵罕見地支吾其詞。35Please respect copyright.PENANA3bl4un6jqP
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言曇岫神色如常地望向黎絳洵,黎絳洵彷彿忽然被凍住一樣,僵著不動。35Please respect copyright.PENANA0EXMQFlUU3
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言曇岫沒等到黎絳洵說話,他先將其他的零碎資料收整好,再問黎絳洵:「你要回家裡用午膳嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAK6TrvLRvy2
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「……要一起去別的店裡吃嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAqc3jStp8Du
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「好。」言曇岫先走出了店門,春日正午的光已有些熱,街邊的攤販也盡量躲在遮簷下,路上行人寥寥。35Please respect copyright.PENANAzkvHyjKB2b
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黎絳洵出來得比較遲,言曇岫什麼也沒問,讓黎絳洵選擇要去哪裡,兩人一起走了好一段路,到了另一個市集邊緣,此時攤商來得還不多,只有零星幾個已經開始準備開張。35Please respect copyright.PENANALTT2ImIuFM
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言曇岫幾乎沒來過這一帶,經過的幾次也只是行色匆匆,不曾認真留意過。黎絳洵帶他進了一間客棧的食堂,落座後向店小二問了幾樣菜,小二先去廚房報菜,言曇岫看完菜單,正在兩三道菜之間選,黎絳洵留意到之後,指向其中一道:「這個應該比較合你胃口。」35Please respect copyright.PENANASwhMAvzI7R
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言曇岫今日總算第一次正視黎絳洵,黎絳洵緩緩收回手,依稀有種做錯事的感覺。35Please respect copyright.PENANA68fJuCCWwX
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「嗯。」言曇岫收回目光,招來小二,加點了黎絳洵選的那道菜。35Please respect copyright.PENANAnCleDZddpG
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儘管黎絳洵不習慣這樣的沉默維持太長,卻也想不起來,在言曇岫挑明心意以前,他們是如何相處的,他只記得,言曇岫會是主動開口的那個,更久以前,言曇岫初來乍到,只會跟在自己身後,像剛從街上撿回家的流浪貓一樣。35Please respect copyright.PENANAF8JBDGTRDW
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在黎絳洵專注的目光裡,言曇岫細嚼慢嚥了幾口飯後,放下筷子問:「你在想什麼?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAcEYKlTTnvY
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「你以前,這麼高而已,」黎絳洵抬手比了個位置,「現在是不是比我高了?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAJGXyu5UKYa
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「是嗎。」言曇岫的反應出乎意料外地平靜,隨口回應的成分大於其他。35Please respect copyright.PENANAHGnlZcg1tW
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黎絳洵要再裝作沒察覺也不可行,只能慢吞吞地收回手,悶頭靜靜吃菜。35Please respect copyright.PENANAMYTpcmb1Rg
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突來的綿綿春雨隨風飄,起了薄博一層白霧,本就陌生的街景,看上去甚至彷若異域。35Please respect copyright.PENANAAytlK3kBKh
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細雨如潮,在陣陣風裡,時不時送一點水氣進客棧,用完餐的言曇岫就這樣望著門外的雨霧。35Please respect copyright.PENANArIlaQ88aPp
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黎絳洵則在猶豫許久後才問:「你的膝蓋或手肘,會疼嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAcm4MR479tV
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「不會。」35Please respect copyright.PENANApHLdLw9pmA
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或許是因為客人不多,掌櫃遣了小二過來問他們菜色是否合胃口,黎絳洵只說:「都好。」到了言曇岫這邊,言曇岫手指貼在茶杯杯緣問:「這裡的口味,和我娘親故鄉的口味很像。不曉得這裡掌杓的大廚,是否是同鄉?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAdeNYapXNC2
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小二一聽這回答,高興地比劃著讓他們先等等,立刻跑進後廚。35Please respect copyright.PENANAMwPOyYh4kE
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言曇岫錯愕地望著後廚的方向,轉頭問神色如常的黎絳洵:「你知道現在是什麼狀況嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANA8AAWZVpuwJ
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「嗯,你且等等。」35Please respect copyright.PENANA9hCgYGbgwY
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後來身形剽悍的大廚走出來,紅著眼眶問了言曇岫許多問題後,激動地緊抱住茫然的言曇岫。原來是這位廚師曾經待過言府,當時言曇岫的生母指點他幾個菜式的調味後,廚師才認出她是自己同鄉的青梅竹馬,之後直到被言府辭退,他都沒找到救出她的法子,畢竟通房出事可能還可以糊弄過去,可庶長子不同,廚師再怎麼也沒神通廣大到能一次救出兩人,可即便運氣好,救出一人,剩下的那個,在吃人的言府也很難活下去。35Please respect copyright.PENANAYtoOlrWTGA
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「你娘她就是捨不得你,也怪我沒本事。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAuBtmL0xVLJ
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言曇岫第一次遇上認識娘親的人,和對方說了好一會兒話後,才依依不捨地分別。35Please respect copyright.PENANAQqm6sIrM2Q
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離開客棧時,雨已經停了,懶洋洋的陽光曬著泥濘的街,黎絳洵放慢腳步,配合正因為哭過而看不太清楚的言曇岫。35Please respect copyright.PENANAZzLsyxCpsA
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行至一半,言曇岫才緩下來問他:「你怎麼知道這些?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAIZq286w1zH
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「童師傅在離開言府後,仍舊想方設法,希望能救出你們,最後再間接尋到可行方法時,便再次偽裝成其他身分回言府工作,只是當時,令堂已歿,言府那邊老夫人看你看得更嚴,童師傅沒辦法,只能一邊刺探,一邊暗地裡教你說話、偷給你吃食,後來童師傅還是被夫人發現並趕出去,還騙你說他死了。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAXahXHiZoad
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「這些經歷是……」35Please respect copyright.PENANAaA0xuOa06W
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「前世聽綉綉說的。我想應該是因為我這次在童師傅回言府之前,就已經帶你離開了,所以後來的事情都沒有發生。童師傅找你很久,他一直很牽掛你和令堂。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAlvMbwJOtP2
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言曇岫靜靜走著,沒有再說話,直到靠近黎家商鋪,黎絳洵說:「時間也晚了,直接回家吧。」言曇岫卻佇足,黎絳洵回過頭來。35Please respect copyright.PENANAlauePKAmBY
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「你……」35Please respect copyright.PENANACmoZUUJDiI
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「我知道你現在很混亂,不用急著跟我說什麼,娘說今天要拿石斛和百合燉湯,你可能會喜歡那個味道,早些回家吧。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAo2YDlyuuDh
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言曇岫好不容易才開口:「今天……」黎絳洵卻彷彿早已知道言曇岫說不出口一樣,牽起他的手,朝黎家走去。35Please respect copyright.PENANAFQcKI3dWYP
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晚些時候,黎絳洵的母親端出了一盅湯,唸叨著:「好久沒燉湯,都快忘記火侯了,別說曇岫沒喝過,怕是洵兒都不記得娘親燉湯的味道了。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAMqKXYj5hjU
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言曇岫一開始還陪著笑,舀了湯的湯匙還沒到唇畔,忽然察覺餐桌邊其他三人都在看他,只差在黎絳洵偷瞄得比較不明顯而已,言曇岫強裝沒發現,喝完了湯。35Please respect copyright.PENANAgWtLx4EMX8
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得到言曇岫讚美的湯,成了黎絳洵母親即便在餐後也不斷重複的話題,父親好沒容易才把人勸回去休息。35Please respect copyright.PENANAqcRhQqWd5D
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黎絳洵跨出飯廳門檻,走進後院後,神出鬼沒的貓按例聚集在他身邊討食,勉強把食物分出去的黎絳洵,還要時不時撥開意圖搶其他貓食的貪吃貓,只有兩手確實比較分身乏術,貓群好不容易才原地解散,各自去舔毛、打滾、睡覺等。黎絳洵還沒站起身,言曇岫從他沒注意到的地方走過來。35Please respect copyright.PENANANaSmjkpnoQ
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黎絳洵仰頭望,言曇岫背後是簷廊燈火,再往上、越過屋頂,夜空裡有一輪明月。35Please respect copyright.PENANAxQLMpqRjQB
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「謝謝。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAJEsGGlIFoE
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「心情好點了嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANA3UMq8AudwZ
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言曇岫緊握著手,好不容易才說:「小時候的事情,除了我娘親以外,我大概都不記得。我沒想過還能找回來。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAxco9BsyeGN
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「畢竟我找的時間比較長,不過剛尋到童師傅時,我沒把握一定能讓你們相認,所以我也沒有跟他說你的事情,今天才決定帶你去看看。要是早知道,就能讓他少掛心些時間了。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAxsGEl2nmr3
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言曇岫將手鬆開、卻再度緊握,「絳洵,對不起。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAsoHLKAljvt
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「為什麼?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAjvk8bSAgGi
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「我本來以為你在試探我,我明明沒吃過的東西,你卻總是能選中我偏愛的那邊,每每應證你說的,我就會難過一點,我不想活成另一個人的模樣,即便你可能比較喜歡……但童叔叔的事情,其實也是一樣的,你並非在試探我,你只是在對我好。所以,我很抱歉。」35Please respect copyright.PENANARTV2Y13wRj
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「早知道你會這樣想,我就換個方式讓你們相認了。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAei7lISymns
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「你不生氣嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAW3ms91iE0f
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「嗯……倒不如說,我沒想得到你道歉,只是你一直不太跟我說話,我以為你依然無法接受我說的話,我……我比較希望你能過得比以往更好、更輕鬆。你總是壓抑著很多事情沒告訴我,我能做的很少。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAvjhB4txvfX
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黎絳洵說完後,正要站起身,還不穩的時候,言曇岫已經摟他入懷,言曇岫那帶著幾分哽咽的聲音說:「絳洵,我能吻你嗎?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAgiifP1qGrO
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「以後這種事,不需要問我。有點難為情。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAzhoFPDVcRd
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言曇岫調整著彼此間的距離,並訥訥說:「你也會難為情啊。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAXHGNyt9GYR
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「我在你心裡的形象究竟是……」35Please respect copyright.PENANA5Lc5ndl5rC
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黎絳洵還沒能說完,言曇岫已經吻過來,一開始只是輕碰,隨著將黎絳洵擁得更緊,吻的時間再長了一些。35Please respect copyright.PENANABWiKdYnON3
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