like drinking ice

In fact, I have always been a little afraid of Guan Ying. I have been afraid of Guan Ying since she was young. I am not afraid of shrewd people. My grandma was a shrewd old lady back then.But Guan Ying is not shrewd, she has something that scares me.She could even plot against her own son, Zheng Yehu. Now that Zheng Yehu is gone, the sharpness in her eyes is even stronger.

I didn't retreat, but went forward.

"Grandma Zheng is good."

She looked me over, then held out her hand.Her hands were cold, extremely thin, and very pale, like dry branches in winter. Through the clothes, I still felt a chill.

"The weather is fine today, let's walk in the garden with me." She seemed to be telling me, but her eyes were on the housekeeper.

The butler didn't notice the current situation at all, and was very happy: "Then trouble Mr. Xu."

It is a blessing to be able to live such a simple life.

I nodded.Guan Ying still looked at the housekeeper.

The housekeeper dully realized that this meant asking him to stay alone, and repeatedly agreed: "Okay, I'll go to the kitchen and have a look, if Mr. Xu needs anything, just call me."

Guan Ying looked coldly at the back of the butler leaving.

The sun is so bright outside, but she makes me feel cold from the bottom of my heart.She's an Avenger, I know, and bringing her in would ruin everything, like a game of chess where you can listen to the onlookers properly without calling in a madman and smashing the board to pieces.

She is that madman.

But I have no other way, my life is so difficult that even Wang Xian, who is a bystander, is willing to marry me just to save me from here.

It was Zheng Ao who broke the rules first, not me.

We sat and talked in a side room near the backyard. The carved door let in the sunlight. It was the spring sun in March outside, but the room was as cold as if it was still winter.

Guan Ying sat across from me. She had a good posture, even at this age, she still looked proud and upright.Her eyes give too much pressure.

"Wang Xian said you have something to tell me?" She looked directly at me.

I'm not sure how Wang Xian passed the message to her. After all, the metaphor of "Queen Lu" is too obvious. A gentle girl like Wang Xian is probably too embarrassed to say that to her elders.But no matter what, she has come—at this juncture, everyone knows what kind of "relationship" I have with Zheng Ao, and Zheng Ao is about to get engaged, and anyone with a little brain knows why I am looking for her.

But I still can't take the initiative to say it.In any case, it is always a bit difficult to talk to a well-behaved elder about how to plot against her grandson.

"I've been in Zheng's house for so long," I said carefully, "You must know my situation..."

"If you expect me to support you, don't worry about it." She interrupted me arrogantly: "I don't have time to care about Zheng Ao's bed."

It is one thing to know that others see you this way, but it is another thing for others to bring it up in person.

But I was just bringing it on to my own disgrace.

A transaction is a transaction, so what is the etiquette?

"Then I'll tell you straight," I raised my head and looked directly at her: "I hope you can help me escape from Zheng's house."

She raised an eyebrow and looked at me questioningly.

In my life, I am most afraid of taking a clear look at you like an X-ray, as if it wants to see through your skin, through your bones, measure how much you weigh, and then sneer.

But I can't talk, a deal is a deal, and no matter how disadvantageous it is, it's a deal. It's the same thing whether she sees it or not. If I rush to show all the chips in my hand, it will become a sell-off.

What's more, I know that she is not unrestrained, she doesn't have much real power, and has nowhere to go, just like me.And she is the same as me, she can't procrastinate any longer, as soon as Ye Susu enters the door, the marriage is a certainty, and the whole Zheng family is obedient, she won't want to make any waves anymore.

She finally spoke when my hairs stood on end when she saw me.

"What are you going to give me in exchange?"

I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.

"After I run away, the relationship between Zheng's family and Li's family will become more tense. Zheng Ao will definitely find me, and you will have a chance." I told her: "The most important thing, I know you can replace me with someone else." Zheng Ao."

"Who?" She looked at me with great interest, her pale fingers stroking the sable on her cuff, I couldn't tell if she was really confident or just playing tricks.

"Zheng Ao's son." I said, "I know where he is."

She laughed disapprovingly: "What's the use, a milk doll, our orphans and widows, isn't it the meat on the chopping board?"

I was shocked.

She really knew the existence of that child.

She knew it, but she didn't intervene, and silently put the child in a corner of the city. Even if she was abused, she would not do anything, because it was just a pawn, and if it didn't grow up, it wouldn't be her great-grandson.

Moreover, according to what she said - orphans and widows, they are murderous towards Zheng Ao.

I think, in her life, she has probably only really given motherly love and affection to Zheng Yehu.

It's a pity that Zheng Yehu broke her heart.

"You can wait until Zheng Ao has stabilized the situation before using that child," I forced myself to talk about the child I had never met before like a chess piece: "You can even wait for him to grow up before taking him back .”

"It doesn't matter whether I can live to that time or not," Guan Ying was still touching his cuffs in an unhurried manner, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "When Zheng Ao stabilizes the situation, is there still room for me?"

The mouths of Zheng's father and son are very similar to hers, and it always makes people feel cold when they smile.

"So you have to cooperate with me," I said to her, "You can threaten Zheng Ao with me, and I will give you some things. After I escape, you can threaten Zheng Ao with these things."

"Do you think he will be threatened by me for you?" Guan Ying's eyes were full of contempt.

"Your grandson imprisoned me for more than two months and refused to let me go." I replied without showing any weakness: "Threatening my life is at least more useful than threatening your own."

Guan Ying is really a hero among women. When I said something like this, her reaction was not to slap me twice, but to bargain with me: "After you escape, you must stay with my people until the matter is over."

Now it's my turn to laugh.

"Impossible." I told her bluntly, "I want to be free, not to escape from one cell to another. You can't decide where I go."

She wasn't angry when I said that too much just now, but she stood up directly after saying this.

"Then don't talk about it," she said firmly, with a contemptuous tone: "You can stay here for the rest of your life, the day after tomorrow is Zheng Ao's engagement banquet, you can eat more cake."

"I don't care if Zheng Ao is engaged or not!" I stood behind her and said, "I'm only 21 years old, and I have many opportunities to escape. But you, after losing this opportunity, you can only retire in peace of mind in the future! I give you After two days of consideration, after Zheng Ao gets engaged, I won't cooperate with you, because you don't have the ability anymore!"

She snorted coldly, opened the door and went out.Although a little trembling, his attitude was still as proud as a dying swan.

I was sitting alone in the Taishi chair. Although I was plausible when I bargained just now, my hands were shaking all the time.

Maybe because I stayed in the house for too long, I gradually felt cold.Outside, the butler was loudly instructing the servants to arrange the bonsai, and the shed for the banquet had already been set up.

Fortunately, I still know what I do.

It doesn't matter whether you seek skin from a tiger, drive away a tiger and devour a wolf, or set yourself on fire.I just want to escape.

It can't be worse than it is now.

I sat in that room for a while and fell asleep.

When I woke up, I was lying on the bed in the bedroom, Zheng Ao was sitting by the bed, his coat was pressed on my quilt, he was only wearing a dark gray shirt, and he was looking at things with glasses.This is the first time I've seen him wearing glasses. They are very thin, with silver edges, and you can hardly spot them unless you look carefully. Even if he wears glasses, his facial features are not so feminine, and his temperament is a bit more stern.

I leaned on the pillow and watched him for a while, and it took him a long time to notice.

"Are you awake?" He took off his glasses and put them aside: "Why are you sleeping in such a cold place?"

I feel a little sore in my throat.

"I was a little sleepy, so I fell asleep."

He reached out to touch my forehead, probably because he just woke up and was unresponsive, but I didn't avoid it. His fingers were long and his palm was very warm.

"It's a bit cold." He didn't take back his hand, but pinned the hair on my forehead for me: "After dinner, I'll ask the doctor to come and have a look."

"No, I feel fine."

He didn't refute, just touched my forehead and took his hand back.

Perhaps such a peaceful and relative moment is so rare that we are not used to it.

The light in the room was very dim, I don't know how he could see the book, I saw that the reddish wound next to his eye seemed to heal a bit.

"Does it hurt?"

"What?" He followed my gaze, touched his face, touched the wound: "It's okay, just get used to it."

He has never been beaten by others, how can he get used to it?

I lowered my eyes and looked at the elongated shadow on the ground.

The butler had probably been listening to the wall, and after a few minutes, he came over lightly and told Zheng Ao that dinner was ready in the kitchen.

I actually know why he is short-sighted, because I have been very lethargic recently, and I often wake up to find him sitting by my bed, looking at things with a dim light.

He himself cannot have light when he sleeps, so he thinks that I cannot have light when I sleep.

In fact, I can sleep anyway.

I'm actually very easy and easy to please.As long as a little accommodation, a little care, I will never be able to harden my heart.

But we have come this far.

The dinner was much richer than usual, probably because the engagement banquet was going to be held, there were a lot of ingredients in the kitchen, halfway through the meal, another bowl of soup was served, the bowl of cloisonné, Zheng Ao frowned when he saw it, the housekeeper didn't know , happily reported to Zheng Ao: "The old lady just sent a message to the kitchen to make it, saying that it was for Mr. Xu to make up his body."

The butler probably thought that the cold war between Guan Ying and Zheng Ao had finally had a chance to ease in the past six months.

Just as Zheng Ao was about to speak, I beckoned to the butler: "Bring it here."

As soon as the lid of the luxuriant and colorful cup was lifted, there was steaming hot medicinal food inside. I picked up a spoon and scooped out a piece of black-bone chicken, and then scooped out a sprig of angelica.

Angelica Astragalus and Black-bone Chicken Soup, for women.

The day after tomorrow is Ye Susu's engagement banquet, she invited me to eat angelica, angelica angelica, of course it means not to stay here with a shy face.

It seems that she is not at all angry at my offensive words.

Zheng Ao's face immediately sank, probably because he was concerned about my presence, he didn't immediately lift the table, and his voice was already filled with ice: "Take it back and let her drink it herself!"

"No need." I pressed the butler's hand.The housekeeper was frightened, looked at us, and then took his hand back.

Right in front of Zheng Ao's eyes, I finished the bowl of soup spoon by spoon.

Whether it's a concubine or stealing, it's him who really abused me.I can bear such an insult from him, why can't I afford someone else's bowl of soup?

What's more, Angelica Angelica, Guan Ying agreed to help me escape, everything is going according to plan, why am I not satisfied?