Lin Yuxi was a little cold due to the wind.
Zhou Yanjing closed the door to block out the cold air, took off his coat and walked to the water bar.
Taking out a transparent and smooth glass, the bottom of the cup was placed on the natural cloisonné table, making a crisp sound.
He took a bottle of whiskey from the wine cabinet. Lin Yuxi was about to go upstairs when she heard his voice coming from behind, as if she had rolled in the snow and was covered in a layer of frost:
"You don't think you have a chance just because he canceled the engagement."
Lin Yuxi's footsteps stopped at these words and turned back.
"what are you saying?"
There were ice cubes in the cup, and the amber wine liquid was poured in and soaked in the ice cubes. The color of the ice cubes did not penetrate the surface, but it did not soak into the ice inside.
"You have always wanted to marry my eldest brother. Are you happy to hear that he has canceled the engagement?" Zhou Yanjing took a sip of wine. "It's a pity. Even if you divorce me, you won't be able to."
The sarcasm in his expression was very hurtful. Lin Yuxi wanted to refute, but felt that what he said was right.
She would indeed rather marry her eldest brother than Zhou Yanjing, who is good at hurting others.
At that time, Lin Yuxi also asked Ling Yaqiong why she was not the eldest brother.
The eldest brother was neither married nor engaged at the time, and Zhou Yanjing already had Jiang Nan by his side.
No matter in terms of age or emotional status, logically you should choose the eldest brother.
Ling Yaqiong thought she was fanciful: "Sheng'an is the eldest son. If he wants to inherit the family business in the future, the marriage partner must be a well-matched one, not just any woman."
Lin Yuxi had no choice whether to marry or not, or who to marry.
If she had a choice, she would not marry into the Zhou family.
If she had a choice, she would choose to marry her eldest brother instead of Zhou Yanjing.
"If I had married my eldest brother, it would have been much better than marrying you." Lin Yuxi said.
Zhou Yanjing squeezed the glass with his finger bones and mocked: "Lin Yuxi, what are you dreaming about?"
"Just because you can marry me doesn't mean you are qualified to marry the eldest brother. His marriage is a business project. It needs to be used as a bargaining chip on the negotiation table. Interests are stacked, resources are integrated, and connections are shared. It is necessary to create enough for the Zhou family. the value of."
His voice was as cold as ice, direct and cold: "Do you have that value?"
What he said was a fact, a very real fact.
Lin Yuxi did not have a family background strong enough to be of help to the Zhou family, and could not bring them any benefit at all. She was even bullied, and she did not even have anyone to protect her or support her.
Her only value to the Zhou family is that, as the master said, she can break the karma of the Zhou family and allow the old lady to live for a few more years.
"No, so what?"
"I'm not qualified, can I still dream?" Lin Yuxi said, "At least the eldest brother is a gentleman, and he won't be like you who can't control his lower body and cheat in marriage with great fanfare."
Zhou Yanjing's forehead was twitching, and he was about to crush the cup: "What's wrong with me? You put a shit basin on my head every day. Fortunately, you studied medicine and not law. Otherwise, if you were to be a judge, how many fingers would you have to hold in your hands?" Wrong soul."
Lin Yuxi didn't understand what he had to deny: "If you dare to do it, don't take it seriously. I didn't realize that you are still a coward before."
Zhou Yanjing sneered: "Have I become a coward again? In your eyes, my image is really colorful."
"I'm too lazy to argue with you." Lin Yuxi turned around and went upstairs.
Zhou Yanjing was so irritated that he wanted to throw the cup. He had already picked up the cup, but he was afraid of disturbing the old lady, so he could only raise it to his mouth and take a gloomy sip.
Lin Yuxi came out of the shower just as Zhou Yanjing came back, and there was a sound of turning the doorknob.
Of course she didn't unscrew it because she locked it.
Zhou Yanjing, who was locked out, was so angry that he almost laughed: "Lin Yuxi, this is my room, why do you lock the door?"
This bedroom belongs to Zhou Yanjing. The room where Lin Yuxi lived since she was a child is downstairs, next to Aunt Zhao, a very small room.
After getting married, all her things were moved here. She and Zhou Yanjing came back to live together only a few times, and they could count the number of times they slept in this room on one hand.
But now she no longer has her own room, the original small room has been used for other purposes.
"You can sleep in the guest room."
"I won't sleep in my own room. I'll sleep in a guest room somewhere." Zhou Yanjing lowered his voice, not wanting to wake up others to watch the fun at this time. "Open the door."
Lin Yuxi refused: "You can sleep wherever you want. You don't like hanging out on the double bed the most."
"Okay. You're really good." Zhou Yanjing sounded very angry, "Lin Yuxi, what kind of evil did I commit in my previous life that I sent you to punish me in this life."
After that, there was no movement outside the door. Lin Yuxi had dried her hair and was lying down. She heard another knock on the door. She thought it was Zhou Yanjing.
"Are you done yet?"
The voice outside the door was Aunt Zhao: "Yuxi, let me give you something."
Lin Yuxi then went to open the door. Aunt Zhao brought a lot of things, including a few sets of clothes, some skin care products and cosmetics she commonly used, and small things such as mobile phone chargers.
"The second young master asked me to give it to you."
Did Zhou Yanjing go shopping just now?
Lin Yuxi paused and took it: "Thank you, Aunt Zhao."
"Why are you being polite to me?" Aunt Zhao said, "Go to bed quickly. You have to go to work tomorrow morning."
Lin Yuxi hummed, and after she left, she locked the door again.
Putting her things away, she lay down on the bed and closed her eyes in the soft light of the floor lamp.
After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, got out of bed, bent down and squatted on the ground, and searched along the circle of floor lamps as if he were looking for a treasure.
The floor lamps here are the same as those in Songyunwan. I don’t see the wires, so they are also hidden wires buried in advance? When was it buried?
She has had this problem since she was a child. She is afraid of the dark and often has nightmares, so she must turn on the light when sleeping. In the past, in the small room downstairs, I could only turn on a desk lamp. The high brightness would be too dazzling, and the low brightness would create blind spots for lighting.
In contrast, this kind of line-shaped foot lamp can go around the entire room and illuminate all areas, but it is soft and will not be dazzling.
However, Zhou Yanjing probably didn't have the habit of sleeping with lights on. Lin Yuxi had never noticed it before, and she didn't know when these floor lamps were installed. Anyway, they were there when she slept here for the first time after getting married.
She really didn't understand things like circuits, and she couldn't figure it out even after studying for a long time.
First floor.
The living room was quiet, everyone had taken a rest. After delivering the things, Aunt Zhao took a bowl from the kitchen and opened a door gently.
On the bed, the old lady who was sleeping peacefully with her eyes closed suddenly opened her eyes and asked, "Are you all asleep?"
"They're all asleep." Aunt Zhao lowered her voice, set up a small dining table on the bed, and brought the fish soup over, "I left a bowl for you, which has been simmering on the fire."
The old lady, who was still very weak during dinner, sat up energetically and drank the fragrant fish soup.
"My wife over there, I know what she's going to fart as soon as she opens her mouth. Fortunately, I react quickly!"
"You scared everyone." Aunt Zhao said, "The second young master and Yu Xi seemed to have had another quarrel just now."
"What's the noise about?"
"I didn't dare to go over and listen. I don't know why."
"Do you know why they got divorced?"
"I don't know. I just heard rumors from outside that the second young master couldn't remember his old love for Miss Jiang and went to the United States to find her..."
The old lady looked in disbelief: "What kind of old relationship could he have with that Jiang Nan? It wasn't because of Yaqiong's trouble, and I didn't see him being interested when we talked about it. That daughter of the Jiang family is also very good at it, how can we compare to it?" Hello Xiaoxi."
"Maybe it's a rumor. We can't figure out what happened to them as a young couple."
"It's really nothing to worry about. If I come back a few days later, will the family still be separated?"
The old lady sighed: "I burned incense and chanted Buddha's name on the mountain, hoping for their well-being every day. Why do these two children live like this?"
Aunt Zhao suggested: "Why don't you ask Master Song or Master Shi? They have a good relationship with the second young master, so they might know."
The old lady nodded: "That boy from the Shi family can do it. He is stupid. If you trick him, he will follow Yan Jing's ass like a little tail every day. He must know something."
