The devastation in the south was finally alleviated by a few rains, and the drought was about to end. Lou Lanzhen, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, has been busy with the draft in the palace recently, and with a bunch of state affairs, he can be said to be extremely busy. At this point, Gu Mo had never met him recently, and only picked a few jars of good wine that could not be drunk in the palace and sent it to the palace.

The results of the preliminary review of the Gu's Jewelry Design Competition have finally come out. For more than ten or twenty days, Gu Yan continued to walk through the door and door in the study, and finally carefully browsed each entry. Then he personally selected the works of the 80 contestants who stood out and fit his heart to enter the semi-finals, and then posted announcements on the streets and alleys to show everyone the list of re-exams and the time and place of the re-exams.

Gu Zhang deliberately kept an eye on Gu Yan to look at the list of candidates for re-examination, and sure enough, he saw the words "Yang Chuhe".

Originally, Gu Yan didn't force Gu Zhang to go to the retest site with him like last time, but Gu Chang volunteered to accompany Gu Yan to take a look this time.

Gu Yan still borrowed a school hall as a competition venue, eighty people were not many, and the front yard of the school was just enough to set up eighty single wooden tables.

Although there was a crisp gong sound, the re-examination began.

This time, the question did not stipulate death, Gu Yan briefly described the requirements for taking the test, which is four words: free play.

Gu Yan and Gu Zhang stood behind the re-examiners, and the two muttered something quietly.

After a while, Gu Zhang began to squint his eyes and look for the delicate figure among the eighty people.

Gu Yan pouted and turned his head to look at him: "Fourth brother, what are you looking for?"

Gu Zhang casually folded his arms and said casually, "It seems that there are not many women." ”

Gu Yan glanced at him angrily: "Yes, here with me, you can take away your romantic temperament." ”

Gu Zhang smiled lightly, and then his gaze stopped on a woman in a goose-yellow dress and a shawl with long hair—it was her. He pretended to circle around the contestants a few times, then paused as he passed by Yang and poked his head slightly to see what she was tracing.

She is still like that, her brows are slightly frowned, her expression is solemn, she will bite her lip slightly when she touches the rice paper, and the Qianqianyu hand she holds the pen seems to reveal a force.

The corners of Gu Zhang's mouth unconsciously evoked a playful smile - he admired this girl, from her talent and temperament to her person.

From the time Gu Zhang stood in front of her desk, it seemed that Yang Zhuhe was all immersed in his own creation, and he didn't notice Gu Zhang's stay. Instead, Gu Zhang looked at her face again, pouted a little unhappily, and walked away. After all, you can't disturb other girls' plays.

Gu Zhanghuan returned to Gu Yan's side and stood still. But seeing Gu Yan holding his arm with one hand and holding his chin with the other, looking at these eighty talents with a smile, it seems that he can already foresee what a new stream of fresh blood will pour into the design team of Gu's Jewelry.

I don't know how long it took, and when the hour was about to arrive, a woman's exclamation suddenly appeared in the silent examination room.

"Ahh

Everyone was in an uproar and raised their heads to look at the source of the sound.

I saw Yang Izuhe staring at his almost finished work with an anxious and embarrassed face, and his mouth was pursed. Nearby, another contestant who came back from going to the toilet kept saying sorry.

It turned out that this person returned to the examination room after going to the toilet, and when he passed by Yang Chuhe's seat, he accidentally bumped into the ink bottle she placed on the upper right side of the table. A good work carefully sketched by Yang Zhuhe was dyed with black ink at the moment, leaving only a large piece of black paint smeared.

As soon as Gu Chang saw that it was Yang Chuhe, he raised his steps and walked over without saying a word, Gu Yan looked at Gu Zhang's help so actively, he simply stood in place and did not move.

Gu Zhangding was beside Yang Zhuhe, and asked with his hands behind his back, "What's wrong?"

The person who knocked over the ink bottle was a man, slightly fat, his face was flushed, and his face was full of guilt to explain to Gu Zhang that he had knocked over Yang Zhuhe's ink bottle.

Gu Zhang looked at this person, presumably he was also unintentional, so he waved his sleeves and said, "You go first and then make a drawing." ”

The fat man hunched over and said sorry to Yang Izuhe, and ran back to his seat with a cigarette.

"Don't even look here. Concentrate on the game. Gu Zhang looked at everyone, and in the blink of an eye, the heads of the contestants were buried one by one.

Gu Zhang looked down at Yang Izuhe, her little face was pale, and her face was full of unwillingness and disappointment, but except for Fang Cai's exclamation, she didn't say a word more.

When he was about to speak, Yang Chuhe actually began to pack his things, as if he was ready to accept his fate and give up the game.

Gu Zhangyi raised his eyebrows and asked, "You just gave up?"

Yang Chuhe looked at Gu Zhang, and her expression showed how bad she was: "Otherwise, don't the rules of the competition clearly say that there is no overtime to make up the match under any circumstances?"

Gu Zhang smiled in his heart, thinking that this girl was straightforward, and said with a smile: "You are a special situation, I don't blame you, you can redraw it in overtime." ”

Yang Chuhe heard this, her gloomy face gradually looked better, she didn't ask "really", but sat down again, and picked up the pen again: "Can you please help me wipe the table clean?"

Gu Zhang's heart felt that this Yang Chuhe was really interesting, and he smiled and said, "Okay." But to be fair, I'll only give you half an hour more time to redraw. ”

Yang Izuhe thought for a while and said, "Enough." ”

When the other contestants heard that Yang Chuhe could redraw, even though they felt unfair in their hearts, they didn't dare to say much.

So Gu Zhang arranged for someone to wipe the ink on the table for Yang Zhuhe, and gave her a new piece of rice paper and new ink pigments.

Gu Zhang slowly walked back to Yan, Gu Yan frowned, and seemed to be dissatisfied with his approach: "Do you think this is good?"

Gu Zhang pursed his lips: "What's wrong." ”

Gu Yan shook his head: "But the rules of the game are set by me, and any situation that is clearly said to be good shall not be replayed in overtime." ”

Gu Zhang looked at him and said indifferently: "Rules are dead, people are alive." I promise this girl won't let you down. ”

When the original competition time came, the other seventy-nine people left the arena one after another, leaving only Yang Zhuhe alone still immersed in drawing.

Maybe it had been conceived before, and it didn't take much time for Yang to redraw his own design.

Before leaving, she bowed to Gu Yan and Gu Zhang, and said, "Thank you, two sons." ”

Gu Zhang smiled and watched her leave.

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Five days later, the results of the retest were available. Gu Yan screened and screened, selected ten talented contestants, and decided to hire them as the jewelry designers of Gu's Jewelry.

This final list includes Yang Chuhe.

On the pretext of celebrating the new talent of Gu's jewelry, the lord and his wife asked Gu Ran to bring Liu Fengxian to Gu's mansion for a meal together.

By the way, since the old man was unwell, all the medicinal materials were sent by Yun Jitang, and in the middle, Xu Dong also specially instructed Doctor Zhu to come to Gu Mansion to diagnose the old man's pulse twice, and the old man only now feels that his body has gradually recovered. So, the old man sent someone to invite Xu Dong together, which was regarded as a thank you. Madame has an opinion on this, but the words were said by the master, and she does not say much.

That night, Liu Fengxian brought a greeting gift to the old lady very politely, and stepped into the gate of the Gu Mansion step by step with delicate steps.

Gu Wanyan was busy at the table in the front hall, directing his subordinates to arrange the tableware and chairs, and when she turned her head, she saw Liu Fengxian and Gu Ran coming side by side-

Her heart was numb.

But at a glance, she pretended not to see anything and went on to get busy.

Until Liu Fengxian and Gu Ran walked up to her, Gu Ran greeted Gu Wanyan: "Wanyan, this is your future sister-in-law." ”

Hearing the words "future sister-in-law", Gu Wanyan suddenly felt a chill, and she smiled awkwardly - Gu Wanyan didn't know how she should smile in the face of Liu Fengxian's hypocritical face.

"When I first saw my sister-in-law, I was Wanyan. Gu Wanyan nodded at her.

Liu Fengxian smiled charmingly, and Danfeng's eyes were enchanting: "This is Sister Wanyan, I have heard Gu Ran mention you many times, and when I saw you today, I realized that you are so beautiful and solemn." ”

Gu Wanyan's smile froze: "It's over." ”

Then she used the excuse that she was still busy, and didn't talk to Gu Ran and Liu Fengxian anymore. After a while, Xu Dong was also invited. He is still dressed in white, and he always has just the right amount of gentle smile.

Xu Dong greeted Gu Ran and Liu Fengxian in the front hall politely, then moved to Gu Wanyan and said with a smile: "Second wife, good wife and mother." ”

Gu Wanyan was in a better mood when she saw him coming, and she glanced at him angrily: "Speak well." ”

Xu Dong still laughed.

After a while, Gu Yan, Gu Zhang, Gu Huan and Gu Mo also came to the front hall.

After everyone greeted each other, the lord and the lady also came from the East Garden.

After the old man deliberately smiled at Xu Dong, he waved his hand magnificently: "Sit all down, don't stand, feel free." ”

The old lady was sitting side by side in the middle, and the lady beckoned Liu Fengxian to sit beside her, and next to Liu Fengxian was Gu Ran. Next to Gu Ran were Gu Zhang, Gu Yan, Gu Huan, and then Gu Mo, Gu Wanyan, and Xu Dong.

The old man insisted that Xu Dong sit next to him, Xu Dong smiled and excused himself twice, but still sat down.

This dinner is such a pattern-

Liu Fengxian immediately presented the gift she brought, and called like honey in her mouth: "Master, madam, this is the meeting gift that Fengxian brought to the two elders." ”

Madame smiled and praised Liu Fengxian for being sensible, asked her subordinates to accept the gift, and then looked at the master.

The old man smiled, raised his glass, and everyone immediately raised their glasses, and the dinner began.

The old man has always taken a fancy to Xu Dong's personality and ability, and thinks that he is a young talent who is one in a hundred. It was rare to sit at the same table with Xu Dong, and at the beginning of the meal, the master talked a lot with Xu Dong - whether it was politics, economy, or even calligraphy and painting, Xu Dong could chat with the master very openly. Xu Dong responded to the master's topic, and his speech and demeanor showed that he was very elegant and mature. During the conversation, he would turn his head sideways from time to time and glance at Gu Wanyan with a smile.

Gu Wanyan's smile was of course filled with admiration for her friend. One of the amazing things about Xu Dong, and one of his charms, is that he knows almost everything - astronomy and geography, ancient and modern. Talented people are attractive.

Gu Mo was sitting next to Gu Wanyan, of course he saw all this.

I don't know why, Gu Mo is secretly unhappy about this in his heart.

He kept a cold face and ate silently. He usually looks like this, so no one can see the small ups and downs in his heart.

In the past, he also knew that Gu Wanyan and Xu Dong had an excellent relationship, which was something that the entire Gu Mansion and the entire Yunji Hall knew. But at this moment, Gu Mo didn't know why there were bursts of negative emotions floating in his heart.

Could it be a matter of face? His nominal wife smiled at the dinner table with another man, and the whole family saw it, how much should this not give Gu Mo face!

But Gu Mo has never been a person who cares about face, such a meaningless thing.

Besides, the people at the table knew the relationship between Gu Wanyan and Xu Dong for many years, so they didn't care. Except that Madame will glance here a few times from time to time.

His face was still as indifferent as ever, but in his heart he was puzzled and annoyed. On the one hand, he himself was a little confused about what had happened to him recently, and on the other hand, he secretly tried his best to restrain the unhappiness in his heart.

Then, Mrs. pulled Liu Fengxian to pull some homely things, and asked her background or something.

Liu Fengxian smiled lovely: "Mrs. Hui, the mother of the little girl's family is still alive, and she has been running a gallery in Qingzhou, and I also grew up in Qingzhou." ”

The old man nodded: "Your mother is very capable. It is excellent for women to be contaminated with some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood. ”

The topic turned to Liu Fengxian, Gu Wanyan didn't have time to joke with Xu Dong, and she raised her vigilance. After listening to Liu Fengxian's words, she unconsciously looked sideways at Gu Mo.

Gu Mo noticed Gu Wanyan's biased gaze, and couldn't help but look at her slightly, but for a moment, his eyes froze and then moved away.

Gu Wanyan was puzzled, why did she think Gu Mo was a little wrong?

The delicate atmosphere between Gu Wanyan and Gu Mo, the shrewd and observant Xu Dong was in full view, and his expression gradually faded.

Gu Mo put away his emotions and pretended to look at Liu Fengxian casually. This woman tried her best to put on a flattering and coquettish posture, but her delicate pretentiousness could not escape Gu Mo's eyes. In addition, Gu Mo knew that Liu Fengxian was a dusty woman, so he decided that she was not a good character.

Liu Fengxian is indeed very good at pleasing people. At the dinner table, she not only coaxed the old lady with nice words, but also chatted with Gu Yan, Gu Zhang, and Gu Huan, but when she talked to Gu Mo, Gu Mo didn't pay much attention to her.

Xu Dong knew that he was an outsider, so he kept smiling and never said anything superfluous.

After a meal, the old man did not forget to say to Xu Dong: "I have really troubled you all these years, and everything at home has troubled you." And these days, you have helped me a lot for my body, it is really troublesome Xu Dong Hall Master. ”

Xu Dong showed a suitable smile: "Don't worry, just come to me if you have something in the future, the master is too polite." ”

After saying a few more words, Gu Wanyan sent someone to clean up the table, Xu Dong looked at Gu Wanyan as a bit of a master, and whispered to her: "This second wife is indeed presentable, not bad." ”

Gu Wanyan complained that Xu Dong was talking nonsense, but it happened that Gu Mo heard this again, he looked at Xu Dong without fear, his eyes were flat but a little unhappy, Xu Dong was not to be outdone, and smiled politely.

Gu Wanyan looked at these two people, inexplicable, and couldn't help touching the back of her head.

Then the two elders left the venue first, and the remaining juniors sat and chatted in the front hall.

After Gu Ran sent Liu Fengxian away, Gu Yan, Gu Zhang, and Gu Huan also returned to their rooms, only Gu Wanyan, Xu Dong and Gu Mo were left sitting in the front hall.

Xu Dong looked at the sky and said with a smile: "I should also go, you two should rest early." Saying that, he nodded politely at Gu Mo.

When Gu Wanyan just wanted to open his mouth and say to Xu Dong that he was going to send him away, Gu Mo rushed in front and coldly spit out four words: "Thank you, don't send it." ”

Gu Wanyan was stunned for a moment, completely confused about Gu Mo's situation tonight.

Xu Dong smiled as if he understood something, and then brushed his sleeves away.

Gu Wanyan watched Xu Dong's back disappear into the night, turned to look at Gu Mo, and asked cautiously with trepidation: "You...... What's wrong with you?"

Gu Mo glanced at her lightly, and only said, "I'm tired." ”