There is a story that has a grudge against me

Nie Huai'en was startled when he heard that the young master next to him could call out his childhood nickname, and hurriedly looked up at him.

However, he saw that Mr. Biyuan was still looking lightly, gently scooping up a small spoonful of green tea jelly with a small silver spoon, and holding it to Nie Huai'en's mouth with his hands.

"You... are you?"

Seeing that his expression was unchanged, Nie Huai'en didn't dare to be too direct, so he obediently lowered his head and took a sip from the silver spoon, then raised his head and murmured at him, hoping that he could give him an explanation.

Unexpectedly, Bai Zhexi still looked calm, and pulled out a candied haws from the middle of the food box, and handed it to Nie Huai'en with a smile.

"I remember this was your favorite food when you were a child." Bai Zhexi smiled lightly, the bright red fruit reflected on his face, which made his fairy-like appearance even more beautiful.

He pursed his lips and smiled, raised his eyebrows and looked at Nie Huai'en: "You must be thinking, who am I?"

Nie Huai'en's heart trembled, but he smiled brightly after seeing him, and lightly avoided Nie Huai'en's hand that was stretched out to pick up the candied haws. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Let me feed you, and I'll tell you when you finish eating..."

Nie Huai'en was in a clamorous mood, but he didn't know why, but there was nothing he could do.I had no choice but to lower my eyebrows and do as he wanted, holding Bai Zhexi's hand, biting the red fruits on the stick one by one.

Bai Zhexi held a stick in his right hand, and held the sugar residue that Nie Huai'en ate with his left hand.His ten fingers were as slender as if they had no bones, and they were now half-curved under Nie Huai'en's cheeks. From a distance, they seemed to be hooking Nie Huai'en's approaching chin.

There was a moment of silence in the room, as if a needle could be heard.Bai Zhexi's gentle breathing was right next to his ear, which made Nie Huai'en's blood surge up for a while, and for some reason, his face was flushed with embarrassment, and he didn't dare to lift his eyes from embarrassment.He just buried his head and gnawed on the bunch of candied haws, hoping to sit quietly and keep away from the Baizhe River.

Nie Huai'en finished eating in two or three mouthfuls with a beating heart, and immediately sat on the side with his back straight, his head buried low, his eyes fixed on his knees without blinking, and whispered softly: "I... I'm done... can you tell me now?"

"Look at you..." Bai Zhexi smiled lightly and turned Nie Huai'en's deliberately lowered head, wiped off the sticky sugar residue at the corner of his mouth with his fingers, took advantage of the opportunity to hold his flushed face, and looked at him with a smile on his face: "Little fool, do you still remember that when you were young, your second uncle took you to meet a little brother who taught you how to read?"

Nie Huai'en's back was tense, and it was like enlightenment when he heard this reminder.

He opened his eyes wide, and regardless of the cheeks that were being teased by Bai Zhexi, he couldn't help but lean forward with his whole body, and asked blankly: "Are you... are you Brother Qingxi?!"

Bai Zhexi didn't answer, but just blinked at Nie Huai'en lightly, noncommittal.

Ten years ago, the Nie family could be regarded as a real master.Nie Huai'en's second uncle Zeng Guan worshiped the Minister of the Ministry of War, and his father's elder sister was honored as the imperial concubine and was being favored.

At that time, the Nie family was considered to be in the limelight, and there were too many high-ranking dignitaries in the capital who wanted to make friends with it.

Nie Huai'en had also been fascinated by it since he was a child. At that time, he met many young princes and princes who were also in the Gaomen mansion, and the one whom Nie Huai'en called Brother Qingxi was also one of them.

Brother Qingxi's name is Gu Qingxi, he is the second son of Prime Minister Gu's family. Young master Gu has read poetry and books since he was a child, and he can compose poems at the age of three and compose poems at the age of five.

At that time, Nie Huai'en's second uncle had intended to make friends with Prime Minister Gu's family, so he also took Nie Huai'en to Gu's house as a guest several times.

Although it didn't take long after that, due to the political disagreement between Gu Nie and his family in the court, they gradually turned against each other, and eventually they stopped communicating with each other.

But at that time, Nie Huai'en was still young, and he didn't know the reason behind the adults' game. He only knew that Brother Qingxi, who was always willing to accompany him to read and break characters, was very kind and friendly, and he couldn't help but want to get close to him.

Even though the two families broke off contact later, they still didn't extinguish the love in Nie Huai'en's heart for the little brother of the Gu family. He only hoped that he would have a chance to meet him when he grew up...

But Nie Huai'en never thought that the reunion between the two ten years later would be in such a situation, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

I don't know how he has been doing well for many years, why did he change his real surname to Bai?

But after thinking about it, who can tell what happened in the past ten years? In just ten years, didn't the Nie family fall from a powerful and powerful family to this in an instant?And all of this, I'm afraid it has something to do with the Gu family.

Looking at Bai Zhexi's smiling face, his chest seemed about to burst, and thousands of words flooded into his heart.But he didn't expect that when he met Bai Zhexi's burning eyes, Nie Huai'en suddenly couldn't speak a word.

However, Bai Zhexi seemed to have seen his intentions, before he asked, he smiled and began to speak eloquently.

"My mother was originally the daughter-in-law of the Bai family in southern Beijing. The patriarch decided to change my mother's surname when I was crowned. The Bai family is also considered a prominent family in southern Beijing, but my grandfather, as the only son of the Bai family, unfortunately He died young and did not leave a male for the Bai family. The patriarch found my mother and discussed with her to adopt her second son, that is, me, to the Bai family to raise..."

Bai Zhexi looked indifferent, but when he talked about the family story, he seemed to have nothing to do with him, and there was no trace of resentment in his tone.

When Nie Huaien heard about his situation, he felt aggrieved for him.Not to mention that although they are both nobles in the capital, there is a big gap between the Gu family and the Bai family, but just saying that being the son of the Gu family but not being able to call themselves the Gu family, Nie Huai'en can't help but feel sorry for the person in front of him. Can't help but feel helpless.

"Brother Qingxi..." Nie Huaien took the initiative to approach him, but he didn't know how to react, so he could only pat him on the back to express his belated comfort.

But he didn't expect Bai Zhexi to turn around and smile indifferently, and put his backhand on Nie Huai'en's shoulder: "Don't talk about me, let's talk about you. I have heard some things about coming to Nie's house during this period... "

Nie Huai'en was already depressed, but when he heard this sentence, he immediately shrank up, curled up in the arms of Bai Zhexi, and was stunned for a while, before he murmured: "My father... my father..."

Nie Huai'en seemed to be remembering the sad things, and he couldn't stop shaking without saying a few words, almost crying: "Concubine Duan... the incident in the harem of Concubine Duan has caused my second uncle to be implicated...Second uncle He was imprisoned, but fortunately, he desperately took all the blame and saved the Nie family from being implicated. But he didn't want to hurt his muscles and bones. The Nie family no longer had the support of their second uncle and concubine Duan, and finally fell into a slump It was ruined...and my father became addicted to gambling after that. In just a few years, he wiped out the foundation that the Nie family had accumulated for decades. Before my mother died, I took her last bit She saved up and went south to find her natal family, hoping that they would give us some relief for the sake of my daughter... but I didn't expect to encounter bandits on the way..."

Nie Huai'en huddled in Bai Zhexi's gentle embrace, and felt his arms tighten a little, so he no longer held back, leaned generously on the person behind him, and sincerely thanked: "...It's okay...It's okay for you Passing through saved me, so that I would not end up in the wilderness..."

Bai Zhexi gently rubbed the soft person in his arms, lowered his head and kissed his hair lightly, comforting him softly: "Don't be afraid, I will take good care of you in the future..."

Nie Huai'en has always admired talented and learned people. After learning that the person who saved him was the world-famous Mr. Biyuan, he was already moved, but he never thought that this famous Mr. Biyuan was actually an old acquaintance of his when he was a child. Excited.

Although he was being held in Bai Zhexi's arms awkwardly at the moment, he felt that the posture was a little more than intimate, but the people in the world were so bold, and Nie Huai'en himself was unwilling to speculate on Bai Zhexi's intentions in a mean way.

"Brother Qingxi, you saved my life, Wynn is very grateful, and I will repay you with fists afterwards..."

Nie Huai'en wanted to thank him sincerely, but he really didn't intend to bother her too much.Not to mention that there are still many family members in the Nie family who still need to be supported by him, but Nie Huai'en and Bai Zhexi are not related, so how can he not leave when he is alone?

Immediately, he sat upright and bowed his fists in return: "But my family is still waiting for me to go back. We have made plans before leaving. If necessary, the whole family will move to the south... I came this time because I was thinking..."

While speaking, Nie Huai'en raised his eyes and took a peek at Bai Zhexi. Seeing him smiling and looking at him without saying a word, he suddenly felt guilty: "In short... In short, I won't bother you for too long. I... I have to leave anyway."

"If you still call me brother, I will do my best when I see you in trouble...Let's not say that the Nie family has fallen behind, and there are not many family members left. Even the Nie family in its heyday, I am in vain Zhexi can still afford it."

It's not that Bai Zhexi is boasting, Nie Huaien also knows that this is indeed the truth.

Although the Bai family's power is not deep, it is a well-known large merchant family in the south of Beijing.Not to mention bank accounts all over the streets and alleys of the capital, there are also drug accounts and cloth shops.Although there are many women in the Bai family, they are all unconventional. They are all strong ladies, and they are unstoppable in doing business vigorously and resolutely.

Now that Bai Zhexi has taken the initiative to mention it, he does not treat Nie Huai'en as an outsider, and is willing to help the Nie family and take on the responsibility of being the head of the family for the eldest son Nie Huai'en.

But Nie Huai'en's worry was not about this, but he hesitated and couldn't say it.

Thinking of what happened to the Nie family in the past ten years, even though he was young, he could see it all.

Naturally, he would not be ignorant that the culprit who caused all this was the Gu family.Not to mention the cunning rabbit and lackeys, Gu Cheng's various behaviors towards Nie's family are enough to make people feel chilling.

Bai Zhexi is a smart person, but he will not fail to understand Nie Huaien's real worries.

He sighed lightly, then tightly grasped Nie Huai'en's right hand that was leaning on the bench, and with only a slight tug, he completely wrapped his unconsciously tense body into his arms.

"Since I have changed my surname to Bai, I should have nothing to do with the Gu family, and you don't have to worry about it."

Seeing Nie Huaien's embarrassment, he let him struggle to break free from his arms, and just put his hands together and said quietly.

"What's more, I have heard about Lingtang's natal family after traveling in the rivers and lakes in the past few years. It is rumored that the Zhao family, a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, lost everything in the southern flood three years ago, and had no choice but to move. Let's go, so far there has been no news..."

Hearing this, Nie Huai'en was shocked, and then turned to look at him.

The Nie family was deeply wounded in the battle of the palace, and had no time to care about other things, but they never thought that their uncle's family would also suffer from such a catastrophe.

Bai Zhexi turned around and held him gently in his arms, patting him on the back lightly, while carefully comforting him: "Little Douzi, you don't have to be too guarded against me. I'm going south this time. I just wanted to find you. When I was in the capital, I mentioned a letter of invitation to help the Nie family, but I didn't expect to be declined by the head of the Nie family... I was really worried about your situation, so I had to make such a bad plan and rush to the Nie family to search. When I learned that you were leaving Beijing to go south, I took my family and rushed up, hoping to see you... but I didn't expect that you were injured by the gangster and passed out by the roadside. Although I didn't know that you were The little Douzi I was looking for, but I rescued you by accident...you...you will blame me for making my own decisions?"

Bai Zhexi's gentle and tender voice is in my ears, but the earnest care in it also comes from my heart.

Nie Huai'en had never thought about this before. After hearing Bai Zhexi's words, he realized that he had already done this for himself. Suddenly, his eyes became hot and he was about to shed tears.

He shook his head slightly: "brother Qingxi, I don't blame you...you treat me so well, Wynn doesn't know how to repay you..."

He lowered his eyes and bowed his head, and the feeling in his heart suddenly seemed to melt into Bai Zhexi's gentle comfort, so he leaned against his brother Qingxi's arms and remained motionless.

After a long time, Bai Zhexi's clear and warm voice came from Nie Huai'en's ear again: "Do you know why I treat you like this?"

Nie Huaien turned his head to look at him, but he really didn't know why he suddenly asked this question, so he hurriedly shook his head.

I saw Bai Zhexi's eyes rolling, which seemed to be full of affection.His lips parted slightly, and he paused for a second before leaning over with a smile and leaning close to his ear.

"You are two years younger than me, and you will be eighteen on the seventh day of this month, right?"

Bai Zhexi suddenly approached, causing Nie Huai'en to subconsciously tense up.

Bai Zhexi let go of the hands holding Nie Huai'en's shoulders, seeing him move away in shock, she only helped the table and turned her head to look at him with a smile: "I'm not the moral person you imagined, but after doing so many things And it's all out of my own selfishness..."

He climbed over the edge of the table and sat down: "Xiaodouzi, I am not forcing you. If you don't want to, I will definitely not abandon the Nie family, and I will help the Nie family and never break my promise. I can't help but ask you... can those childhood promises still count?"

Bai Zhexi's eyes were shining brightly: "... now you, do you still wish to marry me?"