I had a smile on my face, and I couldn't get down for a while.

And she also smiled gently at me, as if what she had just talked to me about was a topic of rouge gouache and mandarin duck butterflies between girls.

But—

I didn't say anything for a moment, and when she had said that, she didn't say anything more, just smiled at me, lowered her head and embroidered another stitch, and then looked at me again, as if waiting for my reaction.

But I still can't react.

She just said that she wants to form an alliance with me?

What do I want to do, and she will help me?

I was sure I had heard correctly, but when I looked up at the smiling face as gentle as water, I couldn't connect those words with the beautiful face in front of me.

After a while, I chuckled: "Ruoyu, what are you talking about?" ”

She also chuckled: "Cousin, I don't believe you didn't understand. ”

“……”

"You are a smart person, and you are an understanding person, I said it so clearly, it is not like you to pretend to be stupid."

“……”

This time, I was a little more silent.

Obviously, she was right, and I heard me right—an alliance, a helping hand, that's what she was here to say.

But—

I looked at the few strands of hair fluttering lightly on her forehead, covering those gentle eyes, and when she lowered her head to embroider, her ten fingers flew like a butterfly wearing flowers.

I looked at her with a smirk: "Okay, I'm not pretending to be stupid. But I don't understand, if you are stupid, how can you say such a thing to me? What is the purpose of your alliance with me? ”

She smiled and said, "Because I need my cousin's help, and I know that my cousin needs my help now, too." ”

I raised an eyebrow.

She smiled, "Let's talk about my cousin first." This time my aunt called us back, just when the head of the family was unwell, and the cousin's, that one—" She hesitated, looked at me with a slightly gloomy gaze, and before she finished speaking, she continued: "There is another war outside, and the current situation is very clear. Nishikawa could no longer be as alone as he was back then, so he had to find an alliance with one side. ”

As she spoke, she pulled out the slender needle, and then looked at me with a little sharpness in her eyes: "This time, it will decide the fate of Nishikawa in the future." ”

“……”

"And the cousin and the head of the family, the two of you and the old lady have different opinions, the old lady found the grandfather and they came to suppress the head of the family, if there is no one on the cousin's side to help, it is likely to be defeated this time, then the situation in Xichuan will not be easy to control."

“……”

"So, my cousin needs some support."

I didn't expect that she would explain the current situation and the predicament I was facing in just a few words.

This little woman is really like a torch.

My smile was a little more cautious, looking at her holding the embroidery needle, looking like a lady, and said with a smile: "After talking about me, let's talk about you." I need your support, but what about you? What do you need me to do for you? ”

She looked up at me and said calmly and solemnly, "I need my cousin, you win." ”

“……”

My eyebrows furrowed slightly: "What do you mean?" ”

She said, "Cousin, I also saw my brother today. ”

"Well, I see."

I only said it so simply, but what I actually wanted to say in my heart was that I saw it more than once, Yan Zicong was drunk and laughed at the maid's appearance, which made me frown involuntarily when I thought about it, and seeing me like this, Yan Ruoyu immediately smiled and said: "My cousin is also a well-informed person, and I have probably seen it a long time ago, my brother and he are not successful." ”

“……”

"He, is a standard gentleman, he doesn't learn and has no skills, except for my sister-in-law, he married a three-room concubine at home, and he goes out every day to spend all day drinking, playing tricks, and visiting Qinglou."

“……”

"To be honest, I grew up studying with him with my husband at home, and his qualifications-"

She probably couldn't bear to finish this sentence, but before she could finish it, I heard her let out a cold chuckle.

I looked at Yan Ruoyu and didn't speak for a while, her gentle and beautiful face still had a faint expression, and there were not too many ups and downs, but from those gentle eyes, I could see the clear disdain and unwillingness, but I didn't pay attention to the several contacts during the day.

I reluctantly smiled and said, "But what does this matter have to do with this incident?" ”

Yan Ruoyu looked at me, smiled and said seriously: "I don't think my brother is qualified to be the head of the family. ”

“……”

As soon as I said this, I felt like a needle in her hand had pierced me.

I shuddered.

What she meant was-

Yan Ruoyu looked at me whose face was slightly shaken, and said: "He has no talent, but just because he is a man, he knows that he has no talent, and he knows that he is just a gentleman who spends all his time drinking and may ruin the family business, but his grandfather and father still handed over the family business to him." ”

"Then your family business ......"

"Over the years, I've taken care of everything in the house."

“……”

"I just don't show any traces, so outsiders can't see it."

“……”

"Cousin, I'm not convinced."

“……”

"If I can do it, why can't I take the family business into my own hands?"

My breathing became a little rapid with her words, but I still pressed not to show it too much on my face, just looking at her gentle face, I couldn't help but smile: "I didn't expect you to have this kind of thought." ”

She looked at me with a smile: "My cousin must think that I should be the most obedient kind of person." ”

"Look at you, it should be."

"I've been submissive for so many years, and now I don't want to."

“……”

I was still silent, she raised her head to look at me, and said: "I need to use one thing to influence his position as the head of the family, but one small thing is not enough to be so convincing, but this time this matter is enough to affect the situation in the world in the future, and it is related to the survival of Xichuan, and naturally it is related to the fate of each of our families." ”

I said, "You think this is an opportunity?" ”

"That's right! My aunt summoned all the people to Chengdu this time, which is actually exactly what I hoped for. ”

“……”

"I want to take this opportunity to prove to the Yan family and everyone that he has no ability at all, and he can't make the right choice, only in this way can I drive him out of his current position, and I can get the power I want."

“……”

"Cousin, I'm going to make an alliance with you."

“……”

"And, I'll help you win!"

“……”

"Because, it's not you who wins, it's the two of us who win together!"

I still looked at her without speaking, and there was no too much expression on her face, but only I knew how much my heart was up and down at this moment.

I didn't expect Yan Ruoyu to be such a woman.

Under the gentle appearance, there is such a mind and such courage.

This is something that many women can't dream of at all, even if she is as strong as Xue Qian, she can only rely on her mother's power to suppress Yan Qingchen, but I think she never thought of seizing the position of the head of the Yan family by herself, but this gentle and graceful woman in front of her has a stronger heart than others!

Moreover, after a few words, she has told me simply but clearly that the two of us are on a boat with shared interests, not me, but both sides win together - win-win! In this case, it is difficult for me to refuse her alliance to mention yì.

It seems that what she just said is that she has been taking care of the family business on behalf of Yan Zicong all these years, which should not be a lie.

Seeing that I had been silent, although she was very calm, she couldn't help but say, "Cousin? ”

I glanced up at her.

She asked, "What do you think?" ”

“……”

I was silent for a long time, the folds in the center of her eyebrows deepened a little, she seemed to realize something, and the body that was originally leaning forward subconsciously fell back a little more to make herself appear less eager, lowered her head, and began to embroider the silk handkerchief on her hand again.

But her fingertips trembled slightly.

She said: "Does my cousin think that people like me are too scary? ”

“……”

"I don't dare to sue anyone, because men have such thoughts and are ambitious, but women have such thoughts, and they are not in the room."

“……”

"But I'm just uneasy."

“……”

"Cousin, I heard that you have traveled north and south over the years, and have been to many places that women in the boudoir can't imagine at all, and have done many big things that the women in the boudoir can't imagine, and now, even if your aunt is already an elder, there is no way to interfere with you."

“……”

"I think we're the same people."

I looked up at her and said with a complicated expression, "The two of us don't seem to be the same." ”

"At least, we're not like that," she said. ”

“……”

I can't argue with that.

Yes, at least she and I weren't "like that".

Interestingly, she and I are both surnamed Yan, and they both look gentle and gentle, looking kind and deceitful, could it be that the women of the Yan family are all like this, but they all have such a heart?

Seeing that I hadn't spoken, as if she was still hesitating, she was silent for a moment and said, "Cousin, I came to Chengdu on the first day today, and I came to you because I believe that you will definitely form an alliance with me." ”

This time I couldn't hold back, and smiled faintly: "Why are you so confident?" ”

She said: "Because, if we both want to win together, of course I will help you in this matter, but more importantly - you are now troubled by one thing, and as a condition of the alliance, I can give you the answer." ”

My heart trembled suddenly, and I looked up at her: "Do you know where Pei Yuanxiu went?!" ”

She nodded, "Yes, I know." ”