Shen Xinglou turned around and walked in front.
The sleeves moved in the wind, revealing a familiar jade color. Shu Qingyao's eyes fell on it, and she was startled, then continued to move forward.
The mood is very complicated.
That's her jade butterfly.
When she first discovered that the jade butterfly was missing, she took the risk and went back to the wine room to search carefully, but found nothing, so she suspected that Shen Xinglou had taken it away on purpose. I thought he would use it as a threat later, but I didn't expect that he never mentioned it from beginning to end.
If not by chance, she would not have noticed that the jade butterfly was tied to his waist when he turned around in front of her.
After hesitating for a moment, Shu Qingyao couldn't help but say: "Little prince, the jade ornaments on your waist are really special."
Shen Xinglou paused.
Then he picked up the jade butterfly and caressed it carelessly: "Oh, it's yours."
Shu Qingyao:......
...not blushing at all.
He took a deep breath and said, "Since it's mine, please give it back to me, young prince."
"I won't return it." He refused simply.
"Why?"
Shen Xinglou: "Xiao Wang likes it and doesn't want to return it."
Shu Qingyao:......
After a pause, he suddenly asked: "If you want it so much, is it a love token given to you by some man?"
The heartbeat suddenly missed half a beat, Shu Qingyao pursed her lips tightly, and her eyes darkened unconsciously.
After a moment of silence, she said softly: "Forget it if I don't give it to you. I'll buy something better in the future."
Even so, she knew that this jade butterfly was the only one in the world.
Shen Xinglou looked sideways slightly, a moment of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
*
The courtyard of Ningguang Hall is already crowded with people.
Surrounded by the crowd was the second young master of the Wei family, Wei Xingzhi, who was disabled and could not see guests.
He was wearing loose clothes and sitting on the snow that had not yet melted. He clenched his hands into fists, beat his legs constantly, and yelled:
"Why is my life so miserable——"
Rao was howling miserably, but his face was red and there were no tears.
Seeing that there were more and more people, and the voices persuading him came and went, he became louder and louder: "I thought I could live a stable life by marrying the daughter of an honest family, but I didn't know that a woman would become restless. I don't care whether she is honest or not!"
Shu Qingyao was confused.
She came to Wei Mansion not long ago, and Wu Ling was also an outsider. She only knew that Wei Xingzhi's wife was Wei Lin, and she had nothing to do for several years. I had an encounter with Wei Lin in the past two days. From her words and deeds, I could feel that she was thoughtful, spoke little but was gentle.
I can't really think of the same thing as "restless".
But if you know people and faces but don’t know their hearts, how can you tell accurately?
"Miss! You are here!" A pair of hands suddenly came from behind and grabbed her wrist.
Shu Qingyao was frightened for a moment, and turned around to see Wu Ling, who was panting, with red eyes and a trembling voice, as if she was about to cry in the next moment.
She moved her lips, but before she could speak, Wu Ling kept sputtering like beans:
"The young lady asked the servant to prepare cakes and tea, and the servant went away. Unexpectedly, when he came back, he saw that the house was in a mess, so he could only search everywhere. I also heard that the young lady from the Bai family just had an incident with you, and went to the old lady. There. But when the slave girl rushed over, the house slaves there were extremely fierce and blocked the slave girl from entering..."
At this point, she sniffed aggrievedly.
"Young Master Wei Jinmo said that he had a way to let the slave in, but he had to do something for him. Finally, the slave finished the task. It was already dark, and you left. The slave asked people everywhere, but no one paid attention to the slave. , if there hadn’t been too much noise here, and this slave came here to try his luck, I wouldn’t know where to find you!”
Shu Qingyao felt like there was a ball of cotton stuck in her heart, and she was a little out of breath.
He held Wu Ling's wrist with his backhand, trying to comfort him.
Unexpectedly, Wu Ling reacted greatly and almost jumped up.
Her face darkened, and Shu Qingyao pushed up her sleeves.
On the slender arms, there were obvious red marks from scratches.
