Everyone entered the living room, and only Wen Jingshu was sitting alone on the leather sofa, looking at the pictorial in her hand as if no one was around. Wen Jianning stopped, and the others didn't dare to make a sound.

Mei Shan quietly twisted Wen Jianning a few times, seeing that she still didn't move, she could only push her angrily, and turned her head to give Jianwan a look: "It's not early, let's go upstairs to rest first, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

Only then did the girls react, and hurriedly pushed Wen Jianning's shoulders through behind the sofa in the living room.

When they came to the upstairs room, the two sisters continued to talk about Wen Jianning's run away in a bad mood. Seeing the embroidery on the left to persuade, seeing Wan sneering on the right. After a while, Mei Shan also came upstairs and persuaded them together.

Wen Jianning sat on the edge of the bed and never said a word.

Seeing Yu listening to the meeting, I felt that it was boring.

With the character of the third sister, it would be strange if she could easily bow her head.

She was really bored and wanted to make up an excuse to go out to breathe, but when she got up, the others didn't ask, and they were still talking useless words around the third sister. However, in this so-called family, she has always been the most neglected by everyone, and Jianyu is used to it.

The hallway was empty, except for the faint sound of speech coming from the room behind him. The window at the end was not closed, and the evening breeze blew open the white curtains, revealing the dark and dreary night outside. Jianyu walked over and closed the window, and casually glanced down, and found that Yan Tingchen's car was still parked on the side of the road under the steps. Her heart moved, and when she went downstairs, she found that the light in the living room was still on, but there was no trace of Wen Jingshu.

Jianyu thought for a moment, turned his head and went out through the back door, and went around to the marble corridor outside the villa. Just around the corner, she saw Wen Jingshu and Yan Tingchen from a distance with their backs to her, standing under a column not far away and talking. She subconsciously stopped, hiding behind a column and eavesdropping.

The evening breeze sent the sound of the conversation between the two, and I didn't know what Yan Tingchen said before, Wen Jingshu sneered: "We see that the embroidery is gentle and considerate, and empathetic, why did you fall in love with this three girls." ”

Yan Tingchen smiled slightly: "Seeing Ning has her own benefits. ”

"I don't know what good it is for her, so that one or two of you will look at her differently," Wen Jingshu sneered, "You always have to take out your share of money from your Lao Tzu's hand, instead of marrying an ancestor at home, how can it be better to marry an obedient person, and you know how to be cold and hot at home." ”

"If I really value these, I might as well bother you to help find a young lady, so that not only can I have money, but I can also hire ten or eight old mothers at home, which one can't know whether it's hot or cold. ”

Although Yan Tingchen said with a smile, he obviously didn't take Wen Jingshu's words to heart.

Wen Jingshu sneered: "You don't have to pretend to be confused for me here, I might as well say something ugly, you are no longer than a few years ago, a young lady with money and status, who is willing to cheapen you." We see that the embroidery is obedient and sensible, it's best to handle it, it's still a good time now, if it weren't for the sake of you and I watched grow up, I would tell you this. If you provoke that three girls, I'm afraid that when you turn against you in the future, her temperament will definitely bite off a piece of your flesh. ”

Yan Tingchen just said lightly: "My father is not stupid, just find someone to take care of and go back, he will know my plan at a glance, and he will definitely refuse to give me the money." What's more, seeing Ning's temperament, as long as I treat her well, she will definitely not be so ruthless. ”

Wen Jingshu was not so easy to fool, and when she heard what he meant, she couldn't help but look strange and said, "Don't you really plan to spend a peaceful birthday with this third girl." ”

Yan Tingchen smiled. His words were subtle: "Jianning is a good girl. ”

Wen Jingshu was surprised: "You have to think clearly, this girl is a high-spirited girl, even if you are willing to put down your body, people may not nod their heads." ”

"It's man-made, there will always be a chance," Yan Tingchen straightened up, and his peach blossom eyes, which had always been gentle and amorous, were a little cold: "If you don't want to nod your head, didn't you also say it, and her sister." ”

Jianyu only hid next to him and listened for a while, because he was afraid of being discovered, he quickly turned around and went back upstairs.

When she went out for a while, no one cared, and the people in the house were still talking. Maybe it was because they were too good at chattering, Wen Jianning finally nodded and promised to apologize to Wen Jingshu later. Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief and collect their troops and go back to their rooms.

Jianxiu was the last to walk out of the door.

She closed the door and saw that Jianyu was standing on the stairs looking down, and urged her with a smile: "It's not early, go back to your room and sleep, you have to go to school tomorrow." ”

Seeing Yu, he turned his head and smiled embarrassedly: "I just want to see if Brother Tingchen is still there, just now I went downstairs and saw him talking to his aunt, and I don't know if he will be gone." ”

Seeing that Xiu was stunned, he remembered that he hadn't left yet.

After seeing Yu, she went back to her room, she hesitated for a moment, and finally went downstairs. Yan Tingchen really hadn't left yet, and was talking to Wen Jingshu in the living room.

Seeing her come down from upstairs, Wen Jingshu got up and said with a smile: "You young people talk, I'll go back upstairs to sleep first." ”

Perhaps her teasing was too obvious, which made Jianxiu's face unconsciously warm up, so she walked over generously, straightened her skirt, and sat down on the sofa opposite Yan Tingchen.

The two chatted for a long time, and Yan Tingchen saw that it was not early, so he took the initiative to get up and leave.

Jianxiu kept sending him to the door, and then couldn't help asking, "Jianning had an argument with you again today?" As soon as I saw your appearance, I felt that something was wrong. ”

Yan Tingchen glanced at her in slight surprise and just smiled.

His silent refusal made Jianxiu feel a little embarrassed, but she still mustered up the courage to ask, "Do you like Jianning?"

Yan Tingchen seemed to be a little surprised that she would actually pick this problem in person, but then he still chuckled and shook his head, and bowed slightly: "Jianning is different from everyone else. ”

In fact, he himself didn't know the answer to this question.

At first he just liked to tease this overly serious little girl, but over time, he gradually realized that he was indeed a little unusual about this little girl. However, it is difficult for him to distinguish what kind of affection he has for Wen San, he likes this word, for Yan Tingchen, who has been used to the social scene since he was a child, it is really like chewing wax. If you like it, you probably have. That's why when he was a little tired of today's days, he thought of her for the first time.

However, he naturally wouldn't say the second half of the sentence to Wen Jianxiu.

Seeing Xiu, she was a little distracted, and muttered in a low voice: "Jianning, she is indeed different from ordinary people. So it's no wonder he's tempted.

He loves to see Ning, and he loves embroidery, although it is not the same kind, but maybe this is their fate in this life.

Seeing that Xiu's heart was slightly stunned, he still lowered his head and chuckled.

Then, she heard her own voice: "If you can treat her sincerely in the future, maybe I will help you." ”

…

This exodus finally ended with Wen Jianning's admission of mistakes.

Under the persuasion of everyone, she bowed her head and apologized to Wen Jingshu. Although Wen Jingshu just sneered, she didn't say anything more. This matter has been revealed on the surface, but everyone knows that this is probably just the beginning.

Because she ran away from home suddenly, Jianxiu called Zhong Hui to inquire about her whereabouts out of worry.

When he went to school on Monday, Zhong Hui also asked about it.

Wen Jianning really didn't know how to tell his friends about these disagreements with the Wen family, so he could only make up an excuse to prevaricate in the past. Fortunately, Zhong Hui is not such a meticulous person, he only persuaded her a few words, and he didn't take this matter to heart. Wen Jianning forced himself to forget about these unpleasant things and put his attention back to studying.

When they entered secondary school, their homework became heavier and heavier.

Even Wen Jianning, who has always had excellent grades, has to spend more effort to keep his homework at the top. Coupled with the distraction of writing, she often feels exhausted after a busy day.

Fortunately, "Flowers on the Sea" has been revised and delivered, so she can breathe a sigh of relief. However, after the letter was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no reply from Mr. Qi's side, which made Wen Jianning's heart a little worried.

"See Ning, see Ning. Zhong Hui shouted a few times next to him, and Wen Jianning reacted.

"You're in a daze again. Okay, you don't always sit alone, they're talking, and we're going to talk. Zhong Hui couldn't help but take her arm, went to sit down next to the female classmates who were discussing next to her, and joined in.

They were discussing the current popularity of serialization in the press. Wen Jianning has always been withdrawn, and he only listens to them quietly, and does not speak himself.

She was listening absentmindedly when she suddenly heard one of the female classmates laugh and say: "I returned to Shanghai with my family last week, and I heard that there is a new literary star rising there recently, whose pen name seems to be Bai Mao, and her "Flowers on the Sea" is quite interesting. ”

At first glance, hearing his pen name, Wen Jianning almost couldn't control the expression on his face.

Fortunately, no one noticed her eccentricity, and someone next to her answered: "Bai Mao, you mean Bai Mao in the tabloids?"

For Hong Kong's local tabloid readers, this Mandarin Butterfly writer named Bai Mao is no stranger. His works have been repeatedly seen in tabloids in recent years, and because of his delicate and beautiful brushstrokes, he is quite popular with female readers, and almost all the female students present have read Bai Mao's works to some extent.

However, this Bai Mao has been famous for two or three years, so naturally he can't be called a rookie in the literary world.

Zhong Hui next to him was also very interested in this person, and interjected: "Maybe it's a pen name, it's not for nothing." After all, one of these two people is in Shanghai and the other is in Hong Kong. The female classmate smiled: "Although it was published in a newspaper in Shanghai, it was written about the scenery of Hong Kong, and I guess it should be the same person." But if people don't admit it, there's nothing we can do. ”

Zhong Hui said quickly: "Okay, don't talk so much, it doesn't matter which Bai Mao he is." Bring his work to us and see what kind of interesting method it is, and we will know if it is from the same person. ”

Only then did everyone get together and look at the magazine that the female classmate had brought back.

Although Wen Jianning was squeezed outside and couldn't see anything, she was the author after all, so she naturally knew what was written inside.

The plot of the story is actually very simple, the protagonist is the young daughter of a captain, Myeong-so, who was taken by her father when she was a child and spent her days adrift at sea. Once, she accidentally ran to the bilge and found the trafficked women being held there. Among the women in this group were young women in their twenties, teenage girls, and even girls her age. Most of them are the same age as flowers, but they are kept in the bilge of the light of day like the goods, and they are about to be resold to Southeast Asia and even the West Coast of the United States.

Mingxiu, who strayed into the bilge, was quickly found back by the adults and ordered not to go to the bilge again, but she couldn't suppress her curiosity when she was young, and occasionally took advantage of the adults' inattention to sneak away to talk to the girls who were being imprisoned. But as the girls were sold off the shore, the short-lived friendship soon withered.

As she grows older, Myeong-su gradually understands the role her father plays as a captain, but she is powerless to change anything, so she can only hide this matter in her heart. Later, Myeong-so's father took her ashore, and the family lived a prosperous life with the huge wealth they had accumulated before.

Seeing that Mingxiu was about to get engaged, her father was suddenly killed in an accident, and the family changed one after another. Myeong-su was powerless to resist these blows, and was eventually sold to the ship by his tiger-wolf-like relatives. Fate has become a ridiculous reincarnation here, and the daughter of the former trafficker has finally become the object of trafficking.

Mingxiu, who was locked in the bottom cabin, knew his fate next, and tried to escape with the help of the passengers on the ship several times, but was caught because the passengers stood by. She found her last chance to escape from the bilge, and with her familiarity with the ship since childhood, she dropped her lifeboat and fled in the vast sea alone, only to find that a storm was coming.

The story ends abruptly here, the length is not long, the plot is not too twisty, and it all relies on the water grinding of words to create a gloomy and depressing atmosphere little by little. The content of the several magazines that the classmate took has not been serialized to the later parts, and the end is broken in the part where Mingxiu suddenly has a family accident, Rao is like this, I don't know how long it took for the girls to gradually relax and slowly exhale a breath of turbidity.

Zhong Hui couldn't help but ask the following: "Is that all?"

The girl who was asked spread her hands and said: "The magazine is only serialized here, and I think it will be transmitted to Hong Kong in a while." At this moment, the teacher who came to class had already walked into the classroom with his textbooks, and the girls could no longer gather together, so they returned to their seats to prepare for class.

After class, Zhong Hui went to ask the female classmate for the magazine to take home and read it carefully, turned his head and asked, "Jianning, why didn't I listen to you before." What do you think of this Bai Mao's article?"

Wen Jianning was really difficult to answer this question, so he could only say vaguely: "It's okay." ”

Although she doesn't plan to tell Zhong Hui that she is Bai Mao for the time being, sooner or later, she will still share this secret with her friends. If this will make her can't help but boast about herself, in case Zhong Hui laughs in the future, she will also be embarrassed.

Zhong Hui didn't notice her abnormality, and expressed his opinion to himself: "I don't know if these two Bai Mao are the same person, I used to read his articles in the newspaper, and I thought that although the writing was somewhat interesting, it seemed that it was okay to pass the time, but this time I think his "Flowers on the Sea" is really well written, better than all the articles he has written before." ”

Wen Jianning looked at her, and finally couldn't help but smile slightly: "I think so too." ”

(End of chapter)