While rushing to the other courtyard to the west, Meng Yile thought about how happy Mu Mian would be when she saw the few things she put on her dressing table, and couldn't help but also feel happy in her heart, as if someone suddenly fed a big mouthful of honey.

He kicked a small stone on the road, chased it while walking, and turned a corner from time to time to look at other alleys to see if there were any familiar faces. The happiness is fully shared.

The sun in the west was no longer as warm as at noon. Meng Yile squinted his eyes, looking at the entire other courtyard shrouded in a halo of yellow light, thinking how lucky he would be to live like this for a lifetime.

How could he be so favored by the heavens and meet the kind and gentle kapok? Could it be that the legendary prodigal son turns his head back without changing money, so the moment he turned his head, the gods arranged such a good person by his side.

Meng Yile remembered what Kapok said to him after he picked up the scattered flowers and willow branches into the wooden box: "This flower is really beautiful."

Yes, the flowers are very beautiful, and he carefully selected them one by one.But that day he saw the most beautiful and most beautiful flower in the world, a treasure that no one in the world has ever seen. Only he himself was lucky enough to appreciate that kind of beauty, and he fell deeper and deeper into it, enjoying it.

Meng Yile was making a draft in his heart, he was thinking about how to tell Mu Mian about his past, about his past absurdities.

"Mumian, I'm the only male in Gu's mansion. I should be expected to be a role, but my father and mother hope that I can live happily, and don't care whether I want to be a man with a big responsibility. I... I think I live a fairly clear life, although I have become notorious among others now, but you must believe that I am not the same as the Gu Minglang in the rumors outside."

"When I was 6 years old, I praised the maids in the courtyard for their beauty, but I never slipped under their skirts. When I was 12 years old, I was indeed dragged by my friends to the Goulan courtyard, but I only stayed for half an hour before fleeing. I didn’t even dare to enter the boudoir of the fairy. I visited several brothels when I was 16 years old, and their oirans and top cards are all familiar faces, but I only talk to them about the past and the present every night, and tell the stories. Something out of the ordinary happened."

"Maybe you don't believe me when I say this. My father and second father only married one wife in their life. My mother and second mother always have smiles on their faces. I have been influenced by them since I was a child, and what I want in my heart It's such a life. Although I'm a Menglang, I don't care about the world's perspective in doing things. I have done absurd things since I was a child. But you are different from me. You are a good girl. I don't want you to have misunderstandings and barriers against me in your heart. I I want you to know the truest and best version of me. I'm afraid...I'm afraid that one day you will suddenly hear some bad words...leave me."

"I'm not a libertine, so it's hard to stop everyone. I used to not care, I thought it would be fine as long as I knew I hadn't done these things, but now I don't want to bear this crime anymore. It...it has already caused me to lose once. , I don’t want to lose anyone anymore because of these inexplicable things. Especially, I can’t lose you.”

He thought about it all the way, and as he thought about it, he felt warm in his heart and warm in his eyes—he was finally about to usher in the happiest life in the world, just like his father and second father treated his mother and second mother, let him marry The kind girl who went back always had a smile on her face every day, pampered her on the tip of her heart, gave her the sweetest and most beautiful days, made her happy, made every wrinkle on her face be produced by a smile, let her stay until With gray hair, he can still behave like a child.

Meng Yile raised his hand to cover his left chest, he had failed once before, let's not think about the complicated reasons, as long as Mu Mian agrees to him this time, he will definitely treat this marriage with more care and cherish.

He squeezed his fingers hanging by his legs, and continued to beat his belly: "Kapian, are you willing to marry me? I think that every copper coin I earn in the future will be handed over to you, and I want every Zhuchai I buy in the future." It can be inserted into your bun, I want to elevate you a little bit, and I don’t have to suffer any grievances, I want to live happily for the rest of my life, so, are you willing to marry me?”

Meng Yile recited it silently several times in his heart, and stood at the corner of the alley outside the other courtyard for a while, then suppressed his beating heart and nervousness, and walked towards the west courtyard step by step.

Under the rays of the setting sun, a young man in coarse clothes stood in front of the gate of the other courtyard with his mouth curled up. He took a deep breath, then raised his hand and pushed open the gate. He called out: "My lady, I'm back."

The people in the room responded softly, Meng Yile heard that soft and charming voice, and felt that his heartbeat that had just calmed down immediately became restless again. He secretly scolded himself for not being up to date, thinking about what kind of beauty he has been for so many years I haven't seen it, and I haven't walked through that fairy's boudoir, so what's the fuss about dancing around?

He pressed his chest to warn the little things there to be safe, then walked to a wing room, stood still, raised his arm and knocked on the door: "Ma'am, what are you doing? Can I come in?"

"Wait." The person inside responded, and added after a while: "I'm changing clothes." Xu Shi shyly said this kind of thing, and there was a pause between the two sentences, and his voice was still a little vague and awkward. awkward.

Thinking of Kapok's watery eyes shyly, and connecting it with what he said just now...

Meng Yile felt that his face was hot instantly, and there was a tendency to burn it immediately. He stumbled and said "oh", cleared his throat unnaturally, torn between leaving and staying where he was, and finally He stayed with a thick skin.

Meng Yile told himself: Don't shrink back, you have to go all out!In fact, it's good to say those words through the door. At least it won't be too nervous, and it will be smoother.

He didn't know how to start, so he had to say something irrelevant: "Da Song came to deliver something at noon today, it was a drunken duck, wrapped in oil paper several times, it smelled delicious, I put it in the kitchen, Are you hungry, I will steam it later?"

Meng Yile walked away reluctantly, glanced at the carved wooden door, and looked away embarrassedly, "Mumian, I passed the silversmith's shop when I came back, so I stopped by to buy a small thing and put it on your dressing table Yes, you... see?"

"I also made the garland next to it. It's ugly but it's a bit ugly. Those wild flowers in our backyard are not rare species, but don't hold them back. When I get back to Gu's mansion, I will go to the back garden to pick the most beautiful and beautiful ones for you. Make another one. It must look good on you. No, no, no, you look much better than those flowers. It should be said that they must be very handsome if you are lucky enough to wear them on your head."

There was no sound from inside. Meng Yile waited and called her uncertainly: "Mumian, why don't you talk? Do you not like it...or you like it so much that you can't speak?"

Meng Yile scratched his head, and he was embarrassed by what he said first: "I'm just thick-skinned. But I know you will like it, I just knew it."

For such a kind and gentle person who never wants anything in return, as long as she treats her a little better, she will be moved for a long time.Meng Yile just redeemed her body, and she has been by Meng Yile's side all the time, never thinking of leaving.

"It's a great deal for me to meet you." Meng Yile continued: "The kind of deal that makes me wake up with a smile every morning, I don't want to mess around like this anymore, I want to be serious People with eight classics. You are down-to-earth, so you dare to rely on it with confidence."

"I...Kapok, how do you feel about me...I think you are very good, and I am happy every day with you...If you feel the same as me, then...or marry—"

"Zhi yo" the wooden door was suddenly opened behind him.

Meng Yile was stunned, the words in his mouth stopped, his heart kept beating wildly, he stabilized his mind, and turned his head with a bright smile, his amorous peach blossom eyes were as bright as peaches and plums, "My lady...how is it?" you?!"

Meng Yile looked at the dignified woman in brocade clothes in front of him. The familiar attire reminded him of the days in Yangzhou City. He had a ridiculous dream that night in the bridal chamber, and this was the first thing he saw when he woke up. Personally, this is what I wear.

Looking at the cold eyes of the person in front of him and the smile on the lips of the plum petals, he frowned, puzzled: "Why did Mr. Xie come here?"

The smile on Xie Lin's lips widened a bit, and his eyes were rippling. It seemed that someone had thrown a stone into the calm lake, and it was rippling around. Haven't seen you for a long time, don't you even recognize my voice?"

It was only then that Meng Yile realized where the thought of that something wrong just now came from, he blinked his eyes, "Young Master Xie hasn't answered my question yet, why did you come here?"

"Xiao Xianggong really can't guess?"

"Young Master Xie should be called back, Gu... can't stand it." He paused, but suddenly remembered what Xie Lin had said in the prison, and suddenly realized: "So it's because of this."

Xie Lin's eyelashes trembled, and he looked deeply into his eyes, observed carefully, and seemed a little uneasy, "Which one?"

Meng Yile laughed at himself: "Mr. Xie, I'm sorry I can't help you anymore. Gu has just met a girl he likes. I'm afraid she will be unhappy if she lends you the reputation of a 'slutty' again. Gu So... don't want to see her unhappy."

Seeing his expression, Xie Lin felt his heart twitch suddenly. He pursed his thin lips, "You...remember this..." He paused, lowered his eyes to hide his emotions, "I said that day A lot of hurtful things have been said, and those are not..."

"No problem." Meng Yile gently interrupted him, he smiled politely, and said calmly: "It's already passed, and I don't remember... This time, Gu really helped me." No, sorry, Mr. Xie should find someone else."

He paused, then smiled embarrassedly: "It's just a waste of Mr. Xie's meal money. Now that Gu has been kicked out, he can't make up for it. After a few days, I will send someone to send the money back in full. past."

"You don't have to pay it back." Hearing that he had misunderstood, Xie Lin wanted to explain: "Today's meal was just to catch up with you. It has no other purpose, and there is nothing to pay back."

Meng Yile smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Xie Lin choked suddenly, feeling panicked in his heart.Obviously the other party didn't argue with him too much, nor did he mock him for anything, and even said "yes" according to his wishes, but he felt that Gu Minglang didn't believe his explanation at all.

He didn't know how to make Gu Minglang believe in him, he just felt like there was a piece of cotton in his throat, stuck there, he couldn't get up and down, it was very uncomfortable, the woman with cold eyes changed the subject in a panic: "You just said There is a girl with a heart..."

"Hmm." Meng Yile rubbed his nose, always feeling unnatural to talk about this in front of Xie Lin, but continued: "Her name is Kapok, it's an ordinary name, her status and appearance are also ordinary, It's not stunning, but she has a good temper and is very kind... Oh, she's gone out, she should be back in a while, maybe you can run into her."

"It's her?" Xie Lin pondered.

"You know Kapok?" Meng Yile was surprised, but suddenly understood: "Oh yes, she stayed in Yihong Courtyard for a while before, so it's not surprising that you have met her... I've been with her for a long time, and it's almost I forgot that she was still in Yihong Courtyard, I just feel that she is the person who has been by my side since I was born..."

At the end of his speech, he scratched his head in embarrassment, the bright light in his eyes was clearly seen by the woman opposite, the smile on her lips gradually dissipated, and she returned to her aloof and aloof appearance.

Xie Lin sneered, he couldn't stand the affection and happiness on his face, and he couldn't bear the position that should belong to him to be snatched away by a person who came out suddenly, and sneered: "A maid who serves others, even if I have seen it Might not remember."

Know her, but because of you.From the moment you stood up to rescue her, from the moment you took out a stack of bank notes to redeem her body, from the moment you walked out of the Yihong Building side by side with her...from the first time you let your subordinates keep an eye on your and her whereabouts.

Hearing what he said, the smile on Meng Yile's face faded, his face became more alienated, and he said with a half-cold expression: "Mr. Xie is used to seeing high-ranking officials and dignitaries, so how could he remember us as young people. "

Xie Lin's hanging hands were hidden in the wide sleeves, silently clenched - this was the first time Gu Minglang spoke to him in such a cold voice, and it was because of an outsider.

Xie Lin turned around, moved his lotus steps lightly, and walked into the wing with his hands behind his back.Meng Yile didn't know what he wanted to do, and this room was kapok's room, so he followed in uneasy, and asked, "If Mr. Xie still wants to reminisce about the past, can you follow me to the main hall?"

Xie Lin ignored him, walked slowly to the dressing table, stretched out his white and slender hands to pick up the wreath on it, and asked sideways, "You made this?"

Meng Yile was taken aback by her sudden smile, and when he wanted to say something to stop him, he found that the other party had already placed the wreath on a hair of black hair. Yile came over.

The cold expression at the end of the eyes seemed to be dyed with demon red rouge, and the eyes were lightly lifted by the woman. The eyes were full of water and affection, full of tact and presumptuousness unique to Yangzhou City, and full of three points of indescribable Unidentified seduction: "Little Master, do I look good wearing this?"

Meng Yile opened his mouth, but he combined the scene in front of him with those times in the mansion in Yangzhou City, or echoed it with the scenes in countless dreams.

He suddenly remembered that when he and Xie Lin were sitting opposite each other on the round table, he mentioned in a lost voice that he wanted to make a wreath with Xie Lin, but he accidentally knocked over the bamboo basket and stained the petals with dirt. ...

"I went to the back garden to pick some flowers this morning, and I want to make a beautiful wreath for my wife." Speaking of this, the smile on his lips couldn't help but frown slightly, "But those flowers are not suitable for my wife." With such a beautiful face, I finally picked a few flowers, and I accidentally knocked them over..."

Hearing his sullen tone, Xie Lin raised his eyelids to observe him carefully, raised his hand and patted the back of the other's hand lightly, "Don't feel disappointed, my husband, those foreign things don't mean much to me. "

Suddenly the scene changed, and he was in a trance again in the lively Goulan courtyard. The wine and dishes in the boudoir were chatting and laughing with a man and a woman, but Meng Yile was standing outside the door and inside, awkwardly not knowing what to do ...

"Sorry to bother you."

He stood up and was about to close the door for them, but suddenly someone called his name: "Young Master Gu."

Meng Yile lowered his head and opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't make a sound, and couldn't respond to the other party's sticky call at all.

The woman in red gathered the red gauze around her body to cover her half-exposed shoulders and breasts. She stood up, walked lightly with lotus steps, and walked to the door step by step, then took the wooden box from Meng Yile's hand, and put the It had suffered a lot of damage inside, and the scattered and scattered garlands were taken out to have a look.

The corners of Xie Lin's red lips were slightly raised, her face was full of coquettishness, and the end of her cold eyes seemed to be full of spring, she slowly raised her hand to turn the wreath around, then turned her head and asked with a chuckle The man with a big belly inside the house: "Master, do you see this pile of rotten leaves looking good?"

The man in the room laughed out loud, Xie Lin also covered his lips and smiled coquettishly, then turned his head and turned cold for a moment, looking at the pale-faced Meng Yile: "I advise Mr. Gu not to do such childish behavior again, Xie has already passed the age of liking this kind of stuff."

But the person in front of him called him softly again, pulling Meng Yile back from his memories: "Little Master, can you wear this with me?" arrogant.

Meng Yile stared at the simple wooden box in her palm, and was stunned again. The simple wing room in front of him suddenly turned into a high-class hotel room.

And the woman in plain colorful clothes in front of her also suddenly changed into a red gauze dress...

The woman in the red gauze beckoned lightly, and said to Meng Yile: "Come here."

Meng Yile was stunned, and hurriedly walked over with the front of his hand in hand, "Miss calling me?"

"You don't need to call me Miss. My surname is Xie, and my single name is Lin. Will you put this on for me?" She held up the delicate and small wooden box in her hand. There is a warm and lustrous pearl on the lock body.

Meng Yile looked at the knuckle that was as thick as light white, took the wooden box and opened it, and saw a slightly familiar red hairpin. Only then did he remember that this fork was bought by himself.

The bottom of his heart moved slightly, and an indescribable feeling spread from the fingertips that were in contact with the wooden box to his whole body. Meng Yile's eyes trembled, and he looked at the woman in front of him with a serious face: "Miss Xie will entrust you with all my heart." Promise me, and I will repay you with sincerity."

If he was still hesitating about the matter of hiring and marrying a second ago, he was really disturbed by Xie Lin's actions this second, and he felt a strong sense of pity and warmth pouring out of his chest .

He carefully took out the glowing Zhu Chai and put it on with Xie Lin, for fear of hurting a strand of her hair.

……

The woman in front of the dressing table was still holding the wooden box, waiting for him to move.

Meng Yile suddenly felt that his eyes were burning slightly, he said hoarsely: "Miss Xie has entrusted me with a heart, and I will repay it with sincerity." I'm lamenting that the world is tricking people.

Meng Yile paced over, took the wooden box in her hand, opened it, and saw a simple red hairpin, which was completely different from the one he gave to Qing Guan that day.

He lowered his eyebrows and looked at the simple red hairpin in his hand tenderly, stroked the body of the wooden box with his hands, closed the wooden box tightly under Xie Lin's expectant eyes, and put it into the Qiankun sleeve.

Turning his head to the woman in the plain dress, he said seriously: "Young Master Xie, stop making fun of Gu Mou with this matter. Gu Mou already understands that he can't afford to climb high, and he has long given up thinking that he shouldn't have. Master Xie Don't worry, from now on, Gu will never pester you again."

"If Mr. Xie likes this wreath, you can wear it. It's just an ordinary thing that Gu gave you. But this Zhuchai already has an owner. I'm sorry, it's really hard for me to wear it. It’s in Mr. Xie’s bun. I hope Mr. Xie won’t make such jokes with Gu again.”

He raised his eyelids, looked straight into Xie Lin's eyes, with a serious face: "Perhaps that marriage was just a joke to Mr. Xie, but to Gu, he paid sincerely from the beginning to the end. This kind of joke For me, it's not funny at all. If Mr. Xie has nothing else to do, please go back."

Xie Lin looked at his displeased expression, and the hope in his eyes was extinguished little by little, and asked: "You once moved your heart to me because of this before, why can't you move your heart a second time today?"

"Thank you son, please go back."

Xie Lin ignored it and continued to ask: "Why?"

Meng Yile closed his eyes, unwilling to speak, because some things would inevitably hurt others, whether it hurt others or himself, in the end it would be a bad fate.

No matter what the other party said, they had been married to him before, and he didn't want to hurt others, let alone make the two of them look like enemies after they separated.

"What exactly does Mr. Xie want to ask? Why are you here today?"

Xie Lin was stunned by his question. He was proud by nature. He had never said anything to ask for help since he was a child. All he thought and thought in his heart were the people in front of him, but he couldn't say anything.After a while, he rolled his throat and said, "I want you to come back to me again, I want you to love me again, and I want to be in love with you every day until I grow old."

He is proud, but he can compromise for what he wants.

Meng Yile shook his head helplessly, he twirled his thumb lightly, "Young Master Xie is indeed a good official who cares about the common people, in order to investigate the case, he was willing to pretend to be a courtier and commit himself to Gu, and later he did not hesitate to go to Yizhou to investigate the case. The Red Court showed up in public. Now, in order to investigate and deal with the case, he came to greet the already hated Gu with a smile again and again..."

He smiled: "Actually, Mr. Xie doesn't have to be like this, you said, I will do my best to help you if I can, just...don't use this method to treat me again, I'm afraid Gu won't be able to hold on Used again."

Xie Lin got up and walked in front of him: "I'm... different this time. I sincerely repent, and I want to ask you to forgive me." There was affection and guilt in his eyes, accompanied by a few hopes and pleadings.The cold eyes were shattered by the red eye circles, he raised his hand to grab Meng Yile's hand, but he dodged it.

Meng Yile thought to himself: It looks so real.

"Young Master Xie, do you still remember that I told you once that I have really changed, and you didn't believe it at the time. Now, I don't believe it either."

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