"What do you want to say?" Lu Xingyue asked.
Shen Lansui paused slightly and glanced at him. Lu Xingyue also stopped and looked forward, not looking at her.
"If you want to say something, I'm all ears. If you don't want to, I'll wait until you want to say something before asking."
The corners of Lu Xingyue's lips were slightly curved, showing no sign of the indifference and sharpness of their first acquaintance.
These changes are because of her.
Shen Lansui realized this, and his anxious heart gradually calmed down.
She turned back and continued walking forward, "There are some things that I can't say yet. It's not that I can't say it. It's just that I haven't thought about how to say it. I will tell you when the time is right. But no matter what, as long as you don't harm me, I will It will definitely not harm you, just remember this."
There were branches blocking the road ahead. Lu Xingyue raised his hand to brush them away for Shen Lansui. He was silent for a moment and said seriously: "Me too."
Shen Lansui looked back and smiled at him.
She always seems to be smiling, as if she doesn't know the feeling of sorrow, and is as warm as the spring sun in March.
That's fine too.
Lu Xingyue smiled back.
*
It's been getting colder every day since the beginning of autumn, and it's especially freezing today.
The night was chilly, and Mulang stood guard outside. He couldn't help but exhale and rub his hands.
Shang Xia came over and handed him a cup of hot tea and said, "Just take a sip to warm yourself up."
Mulang took it and whispered: "Thank you."
When he opened his mouth, white mist blurred his face.
"The new winter clothes will be here tomorrow. Please put them on as soon as possible. If there is anything inappropriate, just--"
"Is the master in the house?"
Shang Xia turned around and saw the person coming and said in surprise: "Zhou Quan? Why are you back?"
"I have something to tell my master." Zhou Quan quickly walked up the steps, his face darkening.
Seeing him like this, Shang Xia realized something was wrong and quickly said: "I'll go call someone."
"I heard."
As soon as she turned around, Lu Xingyue came out.
Zhou Quan cupped his hands and said, "The things that the master asked his subordinates to check before have been found out clearly. The matter was urgent, so the subordinates came back without authorization. Please forgive me, master."
Lu Xingyue narrowed his eyes. The last time he asked Zhou Quan to investigate was his eldest brother.
Look at Zhou Quan's face...
He calmly said to Shang Xia, "Go in and tell your wife, I'm going to the study and I'll be back later."
"Yes." The appreciative Xia Xia didn't ask any further questions and walked quickly inside.
Lu Xingyue said: "Let's go."
Zhou Quan followed immediately.
*
"Master, this is the ins and outs of the matter. Because it was kept secret for a long time, the people below tried to clear up the relationship many times, and it took a lot of effort to find out."
Zhou Quan took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Xingyue. When Lu Xingyue took it, he did not let go immediately. Instead, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, be sure to calm down after reading it and don't get angry."
Lu Xingyue's eyebrows, as smooth and sharp as a sword, wrinkled.
Zhou Quan uneasily let go of his hand and looked down at his feet.
After Lu Xingyue took it, he took out the letter and read it at a glance. His face became darker and darker as he read it. In the end, it was like a storm was about to come.
Even without raising his head, Zhou Quan could feel the low pressure constantly emanating from Lu Xingyue's body, like a dull knife hanging on his neck, which made people shudder.
He couldn't help but lower his head lower and scolded the eighteenth generation of the culprit's ancestors in his heart. But then he thought about it, isn't the eighteenth generation of the eldest son's ancestors the eighteenth generation of his master's ancestors?
He quickly took back what he had just said and focused on scolding Lu Mingchao and the eldest lady.
Lu Xingyue still didn't speak. He read the letter over and over again. Sometimes he even doubted whether he could read or not.
After a long time, he slowly sat down and slapped the page on the table with his hand.
Lu Mingchao's various reactions before made him suspect that the two had known each other for a long time, and that was all. He really didn't expect that there were so many hidden things behind it.
Lu Mingchao once met the Shen sisters who were traveling together in a restaurant. At a glance, Lu Mingchao could not forget Shen Lansui. Later, he heard which banquet she went to, so he also went there. But after all, he had read a lot of poems. Shu, knowing etiquette, justice and integrity, did not come forward to entangle him, he just watched from afar.
But looking at it alone could not relieve the pain of lovesickness. One time, when he returned home drunk, he drew with the help of alcohol and painted Shen Lansui. After he sobered up, he was so ashamed that he wanted to destroy the painting to avoid being seen. If there is any gossip, there will be trouble again.
However, looking at the lifelike figure in the painting, his selfishness finally prevailed. Instead of destroying the painting, he hid it in his bedroom and occasionally took it out to look at it and talk about the pain of lovesickness.
The good times did not last long, and the maid accidentally discovered this painting while cleaning. When she unfolded it, she found that there was a beautiful woman painted on it. She did not dare to hide it and quickly told the eldest lady.
The eldest lady was already looking for a noble girl for Lu Mingchao. After hearing this, she immediately called Lu Mingchao over.
Lu Mingchao fell in love with Shen Lansui. When the eldest lady found out, he simply proposed to marry her and asked the eldest lady to go to Kang Lebo's house to recruit her. Originally, the eldest lady was a little curious about Shen Lansui, but she immediately changed her mind when she heard that she was the concubine of the uncle's house. Her face said that she was from a low family, her father was incompetent, and her brother was immoral, so she refused to agree to her life or death.
It was also the first time that Lu Mingchao liked someone so much, argued with each other, and broke up with the eldest lady on bad terms.
That day, the eldest lady followed him to his yard, tore up the painting and burned it clean in front of him.
Lu Mingchao was stimulated and became more and more unwilling to bow his head. He even wanted to make a fuss and leave home.
This is the first time he has been so disobedient to the eldest lady.
The eldest lady was angry and resentful. She was angry that Lu Mingchao was not living up to expectations, and she hated Shen Lansui for ruining the relationship between her mother and son.
When the stalemate reached a stalemate, Lu Xingyue was seriously injured and sent back into a coma. The eldest lady came up with another plan to make Shen Lansui marry Lu Xingyue. Her sweetheart would become a younger brother and sister-in-law, which would definitely make Lu Mingchao lose his heart.
But Lu Xingyue was in danger, and she was afraid that Lu Mingchao would be seduced by beauty and cause another scandal of seizing his younger siblings under the same roof, so she decided not to stop doing anything else and bribed Sun Zong to completely ruin Shen Lansui's reputation and implement Lu Xingyue's control over his wife. rumor.
Unexpectedly, Shen Lan survived and killed Sun Zong instead.
Unexpectedly, the dying Lu Xingyue suddenly woke up, and the matter was hastily covered up.
Now that the truth was revealed, Lu Xingyue sat in an armchair and slowly closed his eyes.
Cold sweat broke out all over Zhou Zhou's body. Seeing that Lu Xingyue didn't move for a long time, he quietly raised his head and took a look. He saw Lu Xingyue leaning on the back of the chair, covering his eyes with one hand, his lip lines straightened, and the veins in his neck bulging, as if he was trying his best to suppress it. What are you wearing?
Zhou Quan was shocked, "Master?!"
Why was this reaction completely different from what he expected?
Lu Xingyue took a deep breath and held it for a long time before slowly exhaling it.
He put down his trembling hands and said solemnly: "Don't make this matter public."
He stood up and opened the door expressionlessly.
Zhou Quan's heart skipped a beat, "Master, where are you going?!"
"Go back to your room."
After throwing away these two words, Lu Xingyue stepped into the vast night alone without looking back. (End of chapter)
