The carriage went straight along the road, and there were two carriages on the road, the front one was sitting on Qiao Heng and Cinderella, and the back one was crowded together by several attendants. Light pink heather blooms on both sides of the road, as if it is facing the passing traffic.

Cinderella couldn't help but peek at the young man who had been looking out the window, and quickly withdrew her gaze before he could see it, and then breathed a small sigh of relief.

She felt that today's events were like dreams, beautiful and illusory. If it was really just a false dream, it would be nice if I could never wake up.

She couldn't imagine the expressions on her stepmother and two older sisters now, they must have hated themselves even more now. When her father returns, will he be angry and worried when he sees that he is not at home?

Although Cinderella has always had expectations in her heart for these four relatives who should be closest to her but have a distant attitude, she also vaguely understands that the gap between her stepmother, sister and her will probably never be able to make up for reconciliation, and her father ...... If no one in the manor had told him what had happened before, he probably wouldn't have noticed that the manor was missing his own savings.

Cinderella suddenly felt a little sad.

However, she believes that everything will become better, and I don't know if it's an illusion, she feels that the sky is a little brighter today than before. The sorrow soon vanished, and the corners of her lips rose unconsciously, and it was not bad to be able to leave the manor with this kind gentleman of the Earl.

The carriage was not moving fast, and the driver looked extremely leisurely.

When Cinderella discovered this phenomenon, she thought that perhaps the Count was accommodating herself, fearing that she would not be accustomed to traveling in her own carriage, so she slowed down.

A little gratitude rose in her heart, but she said, "You don't have to give in to me, just let the carriage go at full speed, so that you can go back to see Madame sooner." ”

I don't know how anxious the Count must be now.

The young man, who had been looking at the scenery outside the window, finally turned around at this time.

There was not the slightest concern on the young man's face for his wife, who was seriously ill, and then he said something that made Cinderella's eyes widen slightly, "She died a month ago. ”

"Didn't she ...... "Wasn't she seriously ill just now?" Cinderella subconsciously wanted to ask, but when she was about to say something, she quickly swallowed back the second half of the unspoken sentence.

After all, no one would joke with their wife's life.

However, two servants had come from home to tell him that the Countess was seriously ill.

According to the maid who was present at the manor, the Earl's eyes were tinged with melancholy almost immediately when he heard the news, and he immediately said goodbye, and could not wait to go back. When the maid described the scene at that time, the maid secretly wiped her tears with some sympathy, and was a little envious of the steadfast love between the two.

Qiao Heng said again: "That's all to deceive Catherine, it's not true." ”

Isn't "Catherine" her stepmother's name?

Yes, even he could see that she was bent on marrying her two daughters to this earl, how could he not see it, Mr. Earl. The Count and his lady had such a good relationship, how could they bear to marry another woman when his wife had just died. And he didn't want to refute his sister's intentions and make her sad, so he had to do this.

...... Monsieur Earl was indeed a man of a kind nature.

Cinderella remembered that the first two times she saw him, she thought he was a cold person, and she had misunderstood him so thoroughly. She suddenly felt a little ashamed.

As for the real situation, there is always a big gap with what Cinderella thinks.

After the young man had finished explaining that sentence, he did not speak to Cinderella again, but turned his gaze back to the window.

He seemed to be looking at the round sun hanging in the sky, and it was as if he was simply looking at the place where heaven and earth meet.

Cinderella couldn't guess from his expression what he was thinking at this point, maybe he was thinking about his deceased young wife?

She didn't know it was a complete guess.

Whether it is the original owner of the body or Qiao Heng himself, he will not miss her in the slightest. For Qiao Heng, she is just a person who has just left the ranks of strangers, although whether she lives or dies, he will not hesitate to give her the corresponding respect, but the kind of warm memory that is worthy of his nostalgia for her, he does not feel that it is stored in his mind.

As for the original owner of the body, he had bad intentions when he married her in the first place, and the only thing he would do was to be excited about her death. In his eyes, she was just a madman with countless possessions for him to enjoy, yes, a madman, a rich and sick madman, literally.

She would suddenly lose the names of the people around her, occasionally treat her husband as a stranger, and when the mood came, she would want to pull her hair down. Whenever the original owner of the body thinks of his wife, he probably only has such a thought full of boredom and malice: why didn't she toss herself to death earlier!

If she wasn't such a madman, how could she marry him so lightly in this era when the concept of class was so strict?

This girl has been being tricked by God since she was born.

But Qiao Heng was reluctant to use the word "pitiful" to describe her, otherwise it would make him can't help but compare her misfortune with himself, and then when he found that she was not unfortunate enough, he had an urge to completely push her into the abyss and make her even more unlucky.

Perhaps, we can call this kind of affection jealousy.

Jealous that she was living so miserably, she could face this qiē ignorantly, without letting her clear consciousness sink into the swamp of pain and unable to extricate herself.

......

When passing through a town, Qiao Heng ordered the attendants who drove the car to stop in the center of the town, where everyone took a short rest and set off tomorrow morning.

In the carriage, Cinderella had been careful to sit at a distance from the young man in case her stained grey dress touched his neat clothes, and she always remembered what her stepmother had said that he didn't like unclean people.

So when the carriage stopped, she got out of the carriage almost in a hurry.

When she had stood up, she looked up and saw that the young man was looking at her with some strange feeling, as if he did not understand why she was in such a hurry.

Qiao Heng looked Sinderella up and down, and as he stepped out of the carriage, he said without refusal: "Let's go to the ready-to-wear store first." ”

Cinderella didn't pay any attention to what he was saying, she just used the habit she had developed in Manifik Manor, nodded reflexively, and obediently followed the young man.

The street they are on now is one of the most famous shopping streets in the city.

From time to time, one or two neatly dressed gentlemen and ladies could be seen walking out of the door with a strong smell of perfume and a haughty look, or a servant opening the door and then entering the shop unhurriedly.

Cinderella walked behind Qiao Heng, and it wasn't until the young man stood outside a women's ready-to-wear store that she realized that she was going to buy her clothes.

She took a step back a little flattered, but after seeing the other party's faintly impatient eyes, she had no choice but to walk into the storefront.

The interior of the store is more lavish than it looks from the outside, with a few sofas and small round tables in the corners, where many richly dressed ladies sit and rest.

She watched as the young man quickly chose a long light green dress, the most popular style of the moment, with cascading ruffles replacing the once intricate lace and ribbons.

When Cinderella left the store with her newly purchased clothes, she felt as if her feet were on the clouds.

Wherever the youth goes, she goes.

She followed the young man to a shoe store, and before that they had passed by three or four shoe shops, but the young man had not even looked at them, and it was clear that this shoe store was the only one that was his final destination.

Obviously, the young man didn't look like a person who liked to go shopping at all, but he seemed to have been here several times before, and he knew every shop on this commercial street well.

By the time she walked out of the shop, she had already changed into a pair of crisp white shoes.

Finally, as if they were on a stroll, they came to a jewellery shop, which was wider and brighter than the place they had been before, and the young man walked in with ease.

Cinderella watched as the young man picked up a necklace, walked behind her, and gently ruffled her hair to put it on her.

"You've given me a necklace, I can't ask for it anymore, you don't have to break the bank on me. Cinderella refused. Although that necklace was snatched away by the two sisters.

Qiao Heng looked at Cinderella's current image with satisfaction, and said, "I didn't break the bank, this was originally mine." ”

Cinderella didn't understand what he meant.

"Didn't Catherine tell you? I'm actually a jeweler. ”

Cinderella didn't know what to say, she was actually laughing, although the smile was very shallow, the smile came directly into her eyes, clear as the blue sky, pure and clear.

It was probably the most enjoyable afternoon she'd ever had in years, so dreamy, so unreal, so beautiful that she couldn't believe it.

She said, "Sir, you are so good to me. She blinked, feeling as if her vision was a little blurry.

This is actually just a gesture of Qiao Heng, amused when the interest comes.

It's like raising a canary, you have to take care of its feathers according to the owner's wishes, groom it beautifully, and then put it in a cage for people to enjoy.

Cinderella blinked twice, the wet blur in her eyes finally retreating. She lifted the corner of her skirt and walked over to him, stood on tiptoe, closed her eyes and imprinted a kiss on the young man's cheek.