After Mei Shan left, Mr. Qi also came.

Mr. Qi felt very guilty about Wen Jianning, and it was rare to babble a lot.

Although Wen Jianning couldn't hear clearly because of the fever, this long-lost hazy whisper made her feel inexplicably relieved and warm. The eyes were hot and swollen at some point, and although the person was unconscious, tears were like beads with broken threads constantly crossing his cheeks, and a small trace was wet on the pillow towel under him.

Mr. Qi took a handkerchief to wipe away the tears for her one by one, and whispered to Wen Jianning who was sleeping: "There are countless 'Hello' and 'Goodbye' in a person's life, after meeting there is parting, and after parting there is reunion, this is life." You're a smart kid, sir, and I'm sure you'll figure it out. ”

Wen Jianning heard the last sentence clearly.

After waiting for Mr. Qi to leave the room, Wen Jianning's hand holding the quilt on the inside finally gradually loosened. But she knows that her obsession has not completely disappeared, but has been integrated into her blood and bones, and she will never be separated again in this life.

After figuring it out, Wen Jianning only felt that the feeling of suffocation in his chest slowly dissipated, but his head was still groggy, and he still couldn't break free from his sleepy state, and he still didn't wake up.

During this period, as the titular sisters, Wen Jianwan and the others also came to see her together.

Seeing that Wan disliked the smell of medicine in the house, she came once and left;

Seeing Yu lying on the side of the bed and watching for a while, she felt bored, and quickly ran out to find the maids to hug her;

Only Jianxiu was alone, and she often came to sit down by her bed in the next few days, chattering with her about trivial things, if there was no one around, she would sobble quietly, crying so much that Wen Jianning was a little unbearable, as if Jianxiu was made to cry by her, which made her want to get better sooner and more.

Perhaps, as Mr. Qi said, her illness was all caused by her inability to think about it.

Wen saw that Ning Ren thought about it, and the fever gradually subsided.

Finally, in the evening of the third day, she opened her eyes.

At this time, the two adults were not at home, and no one cared about her when she woke up.

Under the feeding of the maid, Wen Jianning drank a small half bowl of porridge and took Western medicine, and then continued to lie on the bed.

After a while, the maid came in with a saucer with water, and when she saw her lying on the bed with her eyes closed, she thought she was asleep, so she had to put the saucer on the table and yawn by herself.

After all, looking at a comatose patient is really boring.

After a while, just when the maid was drowsy and about to collapse on the edge of the bed, the shift changer finally came.

Originally, the maid rubbed her eyes when she heard the movement, and complained, "Why did you come so late, I have been guarding her for a while." ”

The one who just came smiled and said, "Just now Suss read us the latest issue of "Spring Oriole" below, didn't I just come over after listening to this." ”

As she spoke, she glanced at Wen Jianning on the bed: "Didn't you say that you woke up just now, why did you fall asleep again?"

Another pouted, "Aren't all sick people like that?" ”

The newcomer asked, "I've finally woken up, do you want to call the doctor?"

The other said angrily: "Our wife and fourth wife haven't come back yet, so I want you to make your own decisions." By the way, tell me what Suss said, and did Ying'er see her cousin this time?"

Wen Jianning didn't move, and kept closing his eyes and listening to them.

Although she has been asleep these days, she occasionally listens to a few gossip from the maids as she does now.

The topics of this group of maids are mixed, one will mention the Russians who have come to the villa to repair the piano, and the other will talk about the recent discount activities of Yongan Department Store, which are mixed with hidden words that only they know, Wen Jianning can hear it in a fog, and most of them can't understand it. But what they said just now happened to be something she could understand.

Suss is the first of these young girls, relying on Wen Jingshu's preference, her temperament is a little coquettish, and she sometimes doesn't even pay attention to Wen Jianning and the others. On the first day they came, because they didn't know the etiquette of Western food, they made a lot of jokes at the table, and she was the one who was stunned by the people who laughed on the side.

"Spring Yingying" is a cliché love story of talented and beautiful women recently serialized in the tabloids, the author is called the master of the Shadow Pavilion, and the Ying'er and her cousin mentioned by the maids are the heroes and heroines in it.

What touched Wen Jianning a little was that this Ying'er had a similar background to her. She was also raised in her uncle's house since she was a child, and she and her cousin were childhood sweethearts, and they fell in love. Later, when her cousin went abroad to study, Ying'er was forcibly picked up by her father's family, and there has been no news since then, and a pair of lovers have been separated since then. Later, my cousin returned to China and inquired about Ying'er's whereabouts with his family, and finally heard the news of her. At this time, Ying'er has become a dancer because of her family's decline.

Ying'er was intrigued by her identity and refused to see her cousin again, so she tried her best to dodge, so the two missed it repeatedly, and there were some ridiculous stories in the middle.

Of course, Wen Jianning didn't have any thoughts about Husheng. But she was also eager to hear Ying'er and her cousin's family meet again, as if that would give her a little comfort from it.

The maid who had just come over said, "Go, go, you can't go and see it yourself, I'm very busy." ”

The original begged: "It's not that you don't know that I can't read, Susie has a big temper, and she is impatient to tell people again, so I don't want to be bored, just tell me about it, otherwise I can't let go of it in my heart." ”

Among the group of girls raised by Wen Jingshu, only Suss is the most literate.

Every time the tabloid is read, it is occupied by Suss alone. The rest of the people who wanted to know what the tabloid was talking about had to pester her and ask. Susie would reluctantly agree, and she was only willing to speak once, and if she missed it, she could only ask others.

Wen Jianning thought for a while, opened his eyes and sat up.

The two maids were startled by her sudden upright, but heard Wen Jianning ask, "Can you tell me about it, I also want to hear what happened to Ying'er and her cousin's family." ”

The two looked at each other.

Last time, the owner of the Shadow Pavilion went to his cousin to meet Ying'er in the dance hall, and Ying'er happened to ask the manager for leave, and the two stopped at a critical moment in the manager's office. As a result, this time the two still passed by, but at the end, the cousin had already found the address of Ying'er's rented house, and was about to find the door, and the story came to an abrupt end here.

Wen Jianning only felt that this ending made people uncomfortable.

But we had to wait another week to find out what happened next, because the maids said that the tabloid was only published once a week.

After telling the story, the maid was sent out by Wen Jianning to pour hot water. After a few moments, the door was suddenly gently pushed open.

Wen Jianning looked back and saw that Xiu had crept in through the crack in the door and closed the door casually.

The two stared at each other for a while, and only then did they remember the purpose of her coming.

Her expression was as shy as ever, and she comforted Wen Jianning in a soft tone: "I heard that you woke up, so I came to see you." I have memorized two of Mr. Qi's lectures in the past few days, and when you are well, I will give you secretly. ”

Wen Jianning nodded and said seriously, "Thank you." ”

For a long time, among the three sisters of the Wen family, Jianxiu was the only one who took the initiative to release kindness to her. Although she didn't dare to face Wen Jianning in person because of Jianwan's existence, she knew that it was rare to see embroidery like this.

She couldn't help but accept this love.

Jianxiu waved her hand embarrassedly: "No thanks, I'm your sister, I should take care of you, but don't tell Jianwan." They're still waiting for me down there, so I'll go first. ”

After saying that, she left in a panic.

Looking at her departing back, after a while, Wen Jianning withdrew her gaze and closed her eyes.

......

As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread, and Wen Jianning's illness has been nearly a month. They arrived at the end of November, but by the time she was completely cured, the first Christmas had quietly arrived in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is a British colony, which is most deeply influenced by British culture, and imported foreign festivals have become one of the inevitable festivals for the Chinese upper class. Although Wen Jianwan and the others had little reverence for the foreign gods, this did not prevent them from happily going to the living room to watch the servants decorate the Christmas tree, or to the kitchen to watch the roast turkey.

And they just learned the news that Wen Baiqing is also coming from Guangzhou to celebrate the holiday with them.

On the evening of the day before Christmas, Wen Baiqing finally arrived at the port, and Wen Jingshu went to greet him personally.

It's just that for some reason, only a few of them stayed at home and waited.

Although Wen Jianning was also sitting bored in the living room like them, his mind was not on the upcoming Wen Baiqing, but instead focused on a tabloid on the lacquered coffee table not far away.

The newly printed newspaper still smells faintly of ink.

When the newspaper was just delivered a few hours ago, Wen Jingshu and the others were in a hurry to pick up Wen Baiqing at the dock, but they didn't have time to look through it, and the maids didn't dare to take it by themselves, so they just put it on the box on the coffee table and lay quietly.

If he saw that Wan and the others were not there, Wen Jianning would have the courage to go forward and take a look by himself.

But Wen Jianwan was right in front of her, and she might have to find fault again, so Wen Jianning had no choice but to resist the urge to go up and read the newspaper, and sat there peacefully waiting for Wen Jingshu and them to come back.

Just as they were all waiting impatiently, there was finally the sound of footsteps outside the door.

But I haven't seen him for a month, Wen Baiqing's height has grown a lot taller, and he has become a little stronger, but his eyebrows are much more stretched than before, and he wants to live in Guangzhou not badly.

Mei Shan and Wen Jingshu were much more affectionate to Wen Baiqing than to the girls, not only did they pick him up in person, but in order to take care of him that night, they also ate Chinese food, and they didn't give him less meat at the dinner table.

Soon, the bowl in front of Wen Baiqing was piled up as high as a hill.

Seeing that several of them looked at each other, they obviously also saw that the adults attached great importance to this brother.

And Wen Baiqing just lowered his head and ate in silence, saying nothing.

After dinner, the family sat in the living room and chatted.

The red fire in the fireplace danced brightly, and the stars hanging on the Christmas tree were shining.

Seeing Wan plucking up her courage, she took the fairy tale book and said coquettishly: "Brother Bai Qing, you can read us a story." ”

Wen Baiqing glanced up at them, took the fairy tale book, and chose the little match girl to talk about.

It's Christmas, after all.

As for telling her sisters the tragic story of a poor little girl who died of starvation on the street on Christmas Day, whether it would leave them with any psychological shadows, Wen Baiqing didn't think about it so much.

He wanted to tell a story, and Mei Shan and Wen Jingshu, who were originally joking, also stopped to listen to him.

The living room was silent for a while, only Wen Baiqing's voice echoed.

Although Wen Jianning also made a gesture of listening, he was absent-minded throughout the whole process, and his eyes glanced at the tabloid on the coffee table intentionally or unintentionally. - She was still wondering if Ying'er and her cousin would meet in the end.

It's just that so many people are here, and she is embarrassed to take it. And she knew ignorantly that if Mei Shan and the others knew that they wanted to watch the story of such a talented and beautiful woman, they would definitely come to make fun of her again.

When the story was finished, Wen Baiqing closed the book and suddenly asked, "Wen Jianning, what did I just say?" ”