"Daddy?"

Su Qingwan softly called out to the person lying on the bed.

The person in the bed didn't react at all, as if he was asleep.

Su Qingwan pursed her lips, picked up his right hand that he placed outside the brocade quilt and gently rubbed it.

I rubbed it for a while.

In a trance, I heard the sound of the thick curtain hanging at the door hitting the edge of the door, and I didn't know who came in.

Su Qingwan craned her neck and leaned into the outhouse, just as she bumped into Chunsheng's warm smile.

"Fourth Miss, Aunt Qi is here. ”

Su Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly got up to greet him.

In the outroom stood a kind-faced woman, estimated to be in her thirties, holding a thing wrapped in red cloth in her hand.

"Aunt Qi, I'm sorry for you to make this trip. ”

Su Qingwan's eyes were a little more close, and she went over to take the woman's hand and sit down.

Aunt Qi leaned over and hugged Su Qingwan's thin body.

"My good young lady, don't say that, the third lady will be busy with the affairs of the eldest young master and can't leave, so ask me to come and have a look. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and touched Su Qingwan's face, and shouted in distress.

"It's only been a few days, why did you lose weight like this!"

Su Qingwan smiled silently, but Chunsheng seemed to have found a good opportunity to complain.

"Aunt Qi, tell me about Fourth Miss, she hasn't been eating well these days. ”

Aunt Qi really straightened her face.

"Miss Qingwan, how can you do it without eating!"

Su Qingwan smiled helplessly.

"How can it be as exaggerated as Chunsheng said, when I meet someone who loves food, I don't eat less than her. ”

Aunt Qi laughed.

"Then make more of your favorite food, I remember that you loved to eat osmanthus skin fried and glutinous rice cakes in Qinghetang outside Di'anmen when you were a child. ”

"You can't eat it every day, you're tired of it. ”

Su Qingwan brushed a little ash on his sleeve at some point, and replied indifferently.

Chunsheng couldn't help but look at his young lady's compromise.

"It's not that the second wife is not allowed"

"Chunsheng!"

It was too late for Su Qingwan to stop her, but when she saw Chunsheng, her eyes turned red instantly, and she looked at her timidly.

Su Qingwan always couldn't bear it, so she didn't look at her and only smiled at Aunt Qi opposite.

"The second aunt treats us very well, you don't have to worry. There is no need to tell the third aunt about this trivial matter. ”

Aunt Qi sighed several times, as if she couldn't help but be annoyed by Chunsheng's red eyes.

"My good young lady, pity you are still so young"

Su Qingwan smiled lightly and bitterly.

The third aunt has helped her a lot in the past two years, and she can't be affected by this little thing.

Aunt Qi wiped her eyes, stuffed the red cloth in her hand into Su Qingwan's hand, and instructed herally.

"This is what your third aunt gave you, you can keep it, I can't stay long, I have to go back." ”

Su Qingwan clenched the heavy red cloth in his hand and spoke softly.

"Chunsheng, send Aunt Qi. ”

Aunt Qi was overjoyed, knowing that she had accepted it, and promised to go out.

Chunsheng secretly glanced at Su Qingwan, and when he saw that she had nothing to say, he raised his feet and followed Aunt Qi closely.

When there was no sound in the courtyard, Su Qingwan spread out his clenched left hand, and slowly lifted the red cloth with his right hand.

Inside lay no more, no less than five oceans.

She picked up one and put it in her close-fitting coat pocket, put the rest away with the red cloth, and put it in the third drawer of the mahogany cabinet in the right corner, and locked it again.

After doing this, Chunsheng still hasn't come back.

Su Qingwan walked into the back room with light steps.

The person in the bed was still asleep, but he didn't seem to be at ease, sweating profusely on his forehead, and muttering to himself with a frown.

Su Qingwan leaned down and called anxiously.

"Daddy. ”

But I heard him call out clearly, "Qing'er." ”

There was a complex meaning in the voice that even she couldn't understand.

"Daddy. ”

Su Qingwan took the handkerchief next to the pillow to wipe his sweat while calling him.

In fact, she wanted to say that her mother was already gone, and she was still worried about what she had done.

But she didn't say that she always knew her father's feelings for her mother over the years.

"Wanwan"

A faint voice came from below her right hand.

Su Qingwan was stunned for a moment, and then she was happy, she withdrew her hand holding the handkerchief, and saw that the person on the bed really opened her eyes.

Su Qingwan leaned down, propped up the bed with his hand and asked softly with a smile.

"Dad, are you thirsty?"

Su Jinghui shook his chaotic head with great effort, seeing that everything in front of him seemed to be separated by a veil, and he knew in his heart that his time was running out.

"Wanwan, I have something to tell you. ”

Su Qingwan leaned over gently, and her ear rested on his mouth.

"Dad, you can say it. ”

"Wanwan, don't blame your mother. ”

Su Qingwan took out a free hand to tuck the corner of the quilt for him and replied softly.

"Dad, I know. ”

Su Jinghui blinked hard to see her clearly, but his eyes were still blurry.

He struggled for a long time and finally gave up, turning his head with some sad self-deprecation.

"Your mother is also a last resort, it's good that she leaves me, a woman like her deserves a better life"

But the sound became more and more inaudible, and he fell asleep again.

Su Qingwan straightened up and stared at Su Jinghui for a while, and waited for him to fall asleep before getting up and leaving.

It is rare to have some sunshine today, Su Qingwan raised his feet to find the sunlight from the east courtyard and slowly paced outside.

I didn't meet Chunsheng along the way, so I thought she was probably looking for Xia Xiang Qiuyue to gossip a few times.

When Su Qingwan returned to the north courtyard, it was almost dusk, and she went into the house to put the scattered sundries in place, and her chest always felt a little stuffy. I got up and opened the window, but I saw the ginkgo tree outside the house, which was standing upright and depressed, and now only the bare trunk remained, and the snow from the previous sunset hung on the branches and still has not melted to this day.

This ginkgo tree was planted by her father and mother on her third birthday, but the scene at that time now looks like a dream. In fact, she still loves its appearance in spring and autumn, with lush foliage and orange eyes.

Just looking at the mood can get better.

"Miss, it's so cold, you'll catch a cold if you stand for a long time!"

Chunsheng strode over and closed the window, and gave her a stove to warm her hands.

Su Qingwan followed her, didn't plan to look at it again, turned around and walked to the desk.

"Chunsheng, bring pen and ink, I want to write. ”

Chunsheng took the pen and ink and looked at Su Qingwan with a frown.

"Fourth Miss, they said that the main family is going to move to Shanghai, so what should we do?"

"Moving your family to Shanghai?"

Su Qingwan was stunned for a moment, put the pen down and asked.

"Chunsheng, where did you hear this news?"

Chunsheng was afraid that she would not believe it.

"Really! Xia Xiang told me just now, saying that a few days ago, the eldest young master was still making a fuss about going to Shanghai with him, and was severely reprimanded by the third wife. ”

Su Qingwan didn't have the heart to listen anymore, so she only lowered her head and pondered, but Chunsheng was still talking.

"How could the main family take him over, the eldest young master is too, relying on getting close to the third young master of the main family, he wants to take advantage of any benefit, in terms of genealogy, our family is separated from the three side branches of the main family, not to mention that the master is still passive"

Chunsheng finally stopped, knowing that he had said something he shouldn't have said.

Su Qingwan didn't seem to hear it.

At this moment, the respectful voice of the housekeeper Lao Wu sounded outside the door.

"Fourth Miss, the second young master of the main family is here and says to be waiting for you in the lobby. ”

Su Qingwan was stunned for a moment, looked up at the half-dark sky outside the window, why did the second brother come at this time.

But there was still a smile on his face.

"Second Young Master is here! Miss, go quickly!"

Haru Sheng seemed to be happier than her.

Su Qingwan walked quickly to the lobby with a smile, and halfway through, somehow suddenly thought of Chunsheng's words from the eldest young master.

She raised her hand to her chest, which was beating enthusiastically from walking too fast.

But the heart sank for no reason.