When she appeared suddenly, Ning Die's heart was weak, and she said with little confidence: "I'm going out for a walk, and I need to buy some things." ”

"Miss Ning needs to buy something, just write a note and let someone do it," Ah Qiu said with a smile: "The second young master is not here, you can't go out without permission." ”

Ah Qiu gave the other little girls in the living room a look, and the two little girls came around and said a thoughtful word:

"Miss Ning, do you want to have breakfast first?"

"There's someone in the kitchen twenty-four hours a day."

If she really wants to leave, these maids will definitely stop her, Ning Die looked at Ah Qiu angrily, the other party smiled cutely, and didn't care about Ning Die's complaints, and even became more and more frustrated.

Ning Die couldn't eat, she asked people to set up a chair in the yard, lie under the blue and white striped umbrella, sleep with a handkerchief on her eyes, the grass was yinyin, the grass was fragrant and drilled straight into her nose, she couldn't sleep and tossed and turned on the chair, during which Steward Liu came over once, saying that some of the flowers and vines planted on the fence wall of the yard needed to be built, and asked Ning Die if she was interested in using scissors.

She knew that Steward Liu was here to relieve her boredom, Ning Die was lying bored, and she was tired when she got up, so she refused directly.

Ah Qiu was afraid that she would be blamed when she starved Huo Cheng back, so she went to the kitchen and brought some snacks and freshly squeezed juice and put them on the round table on high legs next to her chair.

Ning Die still didn't eat, she squinted drowsily, faintly heard someone calling her, the footsteps gradually approached, and the sound of calling her was bigger, she raised her eyelids in a daze, and the tall man in black said humbly: "Miss Ning, the general is invited." ”

"Where are you going?" Ning Die turned over and faced the man.

The man's eyes drooped even lower, "Let you go to the Qin Mansion." ”

Qin Mansion? Mrs. Xu? Ning Die didn't squeak, and the man said again: "The Qin Mansion is holding a garden party. ”

The custom of the garden party is the legacy of the nineteenth century in England, the weather is rare in England, and when the wind and sun are beautiful in the summer, the lords and ladies often like to hold semi-formal balls on their granges, the women wear wide-brimmed hats, wear brightly colored silk flowers, wear silk gloves with elbows, and the large skirts are elegantly flowing with a blooming trumpet flower, and when the people of status arrive, everyone takes their seats one by one, on the grass, in front of the castle, eating snacks and chatting about topics, and the young ladies dance and play tunes, and this custom spreads to the southwest. It has changed again, and it is roughly the same, but it has lost the leisurely and casual personality of the garden party, and instead advocates extravagance and waste, eating tables and chairs, all of which are luxurious.

Ning Die changed into a celadon-colored sleeveless high-necked satin cheongsam, put on a silk aqua blue shawl on the outside, and deliberately permed her short hair into inner buttons, and Steward Liu arranged for the driver to take her to the Qin Mansion.

The grass area in front of the Qin Mansion is wide, and it is easy to hold a garden party of about 100 people, and several people who deal with each other sit at a table, and there is a lady who brings a child, the child runs around each table, and the maid and servant follow behind to take care.

The man who passed the message before showed her the way, showed the invitation, and let them in outside the door of the iron gate, Ning Die passed through a few tables of banquets, Huo Cheng's figure was a few steps in front of him, but his table was more crowded, the older officials and young ladies were there, and there were even people from the next table with chairs to join in the fun.

Ning Die took a closer look, and among the young ladies, several of them were classmates in her class.

"Come, come here, I'm here," Huo Cheng pointed to Ning Die's side, where was there a gap around him, someone still moved the chair away, Huo Cheng followed with him and brought a chair and asked Ning Die to sit down.

"Want something?" Huo Cheng asked, one arm had already reached over to wrap around Ning Die's waist, and Ning Die slapped his hand away, "Order the red bar." ”

Huo Cheng poured her wine with a smile, the people present were so shocked that they couldn't speak, before Ning Die came, Huo Cheng was an old monk chanting scriptures, his eyes were empty, but now he was very attentive to a woman.

"Ning Die, I heard someone say a few days ago that you are not in good health, rest at home, are you better?" Bai Min, a classmate opposite, asked about the last complaint letter, and one of them came from her mother.

How many people in the class know about Ning Die's suspension of class, "You remember, it's a lot better." ”

"Are you coming to school in a few days?" Bai Min asked again.

Ning Die's hand holding the wine glass flickered, and the other two women beside Bai Min pulled her arms and signaled her not to talk about this topic, she was excellent in school, and she was a well-cared for daughter at home, and she always lacked a heart when she spoke.

Ning Die smiled and didn't say anything, she felt that there were a few eyes behind her that had been sticking to her, and she turned her head to see that it was the wives and ladies at the other table.

"Bai Min-" One of the wives wearing dark purple cheongsam with curly hair beckoned to Bai Min, and looked closely at the two of them, both of whom were plump and had strong eyebrows and eyes.

Bai Min ran over, the lady pulled her and whispered something, Bai Min ran over again, showing a detached look at Ning Die.

"What are you doing looking around," Huo Cheng bit in Ning Die's ear, "You'll accompany me to play cards later." ”

Ning Die glared at him, "I'm tired, I want to sleep, don't go." ”

"Then I'll sleep with you."

Ning Die secretly stepped on Huo Cheng's foot.

"You, Mr. Huo, do you know?" Bai Min asked in surprise.

Everyone else in the room watched them chatting and didn't interject.

Ning Die was anxious to leave the relationship, so many young ladies were sitting here, and there were wives and ladies staring at them, no matter how they thought about it, they were all picking a husband for their daughter, and the most sought-after sweetheart was the young and powerful Huo Cheng.

"I used to get married when I was filming." Ning Die said with a light expression, "It's a friend who fell in love." ”

Bai Min's face softened.

Huo Cheng smiled and didn't deny it, but there was obviously a hint of anger between his eyebrows.

The women's topic ended, the men began to be active, chatting about the stock market, chatting about car dealers, and the young ladies who didn't understand were responsible for pouring wine and adjusting the atmosphere, Ning Die couldn't interject, and didn't want to interject, so she just went to the bathroom and looked for a place to breathe.

Huo Cheng turned his head and glanced at her back.

Ning Die didn't really go to the bathroom, Mrs. Xu has a private garden, a glass house with glass buildings, designed by foreigners, flowers bloom in all seasons, when the sun shines inside, those flowers shine like rhinestones, she has already heard of it, and she simply took this opportunity to take a look.

There were servants in the garden sprinkling water, and there were several varieties of roses alone, rich in color, Ning Die squatted down, busy observing how many different colors of roses there were.

"Tsk, this coco is really magnificent, a woman without a man is always comfortable spending money."

Ning Die bent down and heard a group of people walking towards the garden, all of them talking to women.

"Some people can't become a wife, and they won't worry about the rest of their lives."

Another sneered, "No matter how rich you are, can you be a lover on the stage?" ”

Talking about the master's gossip on the master's territory, Ning Die didn't like to listen to the corner, and planned to leave quickly.

"That's right, the rules of the ancestors can't be changed for thousands of years, and a woman's reputation is the most important."

"Madame Bai," another woman said, "Have you seen the woman beside General Huo today?" In terms of appearance, it is not lost to the daughter present. ”

"Oh, a few days ago, the newspapers in the southwest reported on this woman," Mrs. Bai's voice rang like a light bell, and her voice was arrogant, "I don't do it well, I don't do it, I want to be a drama, I am engaged to show my head outside, I am jealous, and I do something to hurt Feng Caier." ”

"No wonder I saw her familiar, so she said it, and it was really the same person as the photo published in the newspaper, it turned out that Feng Caier was injured by her."

"Men, most of them are romantic, especially those who are young like General Huo," Madame Bai said again, "If you want to play with nature, the kind of woman whose reputation is ruined and who will not be responsible in the future must marry an innocent girl from a famous nobleman." ”

"Naturally, General Huo and others are a perfect match for the dragon and phoenix, and Bai Min, a famous talented woman in the southwest."

"But how did I hear that General Huo asked for a marriage from the famous and big Huning Mansion in the northwest?"

Mrs. Bai's tone dropped suddenly, "The fourth lady of Naning Mansion rushed back after coming to the Huo family villa for a few days, and there are a few good women surnamed Ning......"

"Have you said enough," Ning Die was really hard to hear, the five ladies who came didn't know that the person in the center of the topic was present, and their faces were wonderful, but they were all people who had seen all kinds of worlds, and they quickly calmed down.

The middle-aged and beautiful woman in the dark purple cheongsam at the head is Bai Min's biological mother, the eldest lady of the Bai family of the Southwest Wang clan, Mrs. Bai.

"I think I have to clarify two points, first," Ning Die was in a bad mood and spoke loudly, "Feng Cai'er was not hurt by me!" Second, I was not engaged at all when I was filming, and I don't know where this rumor came from, but as you just said, how important is a woman's reputation, how can others spread rumors without authorization, about Feng Caier's matter, I will ask a lawyer to investigate the truth. ”

I didn't expect Ning Die to be a person with a temperament, these ladies were born in a privileged environment, and they received a good education since they were young, first chewing the root of people's ears and being broken by the parties, and then being refuted by Ning Die's hard anger, they were caught off guard for a while, and looked at each other.

Ning Die walked up to Mrs. Bai and said with a smile, this smile is three points sincere, seven points ironic, "Mrs. Bai loves her daughter very much, when she wrote a complaint letter to my school, for what purpose, I have to think about it carefully now." ”

Madame Bai looked at her and said with an unkind face: "What are you going to say this little girl?" ”

Ning Die covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed lightly, "The ladies are all smart, do you still need one of my juniors to break it?" ”

Without looking back, he stepped out of the glass room.

Then Ning Die shook her head and sighed, I don't offend people in this world, I don't protect others from offending me, she always has to fight back twice appropriately, and she can't always feel that she is easy to bully.

Madame Bai was so angry that she opened the silk folding fan and asked the sister beside her, "What does she mean?" ”

"You...... She was afraid that she would say that you intended to let your daughter hook up with Huo Cheng, and she was worried that she was a threat, so she wrote to the school to deliberately wronged her! ”

"Heh," hearing what the other ladies said, Mrs. Bai crossed her waist and said angrily, "My daughter of the Bai family, do you still need to do such things to squeeze her?" She's still a threat?! ”

The other ladies don't speak, the truth and the falsehood are things that can't be said on the stage, who can see through it, there are a few true believers.

And the reaction to them, the anger in Mrs. Bai's heart was even more difficult to extinguish.

Ning Die had just walked to the grass where the garden would be held, and Mrs. Xu, who had not seen her for a long time, was looking for her, and she was overjoyed to see Ning Die.

She is petite, she likes to wear a close-fitting dress with extremely ankles, a green face net hanging down the brim of her black straw hat, half covering her charming eyebrows, her diamond-shaped lips bent, stretched out her arm to pull Ning Die and said, "Miss Ning, I can be regarded as finding you." ”

Ning Die likes to smell the perfume on her body, strong but not greasy, like the morning dew dripping from the roses when they bloom in the morning, "What's wrong?" ”

"Do you know English?"

"This will happen."

"That's great," Mrs. Xu pulled Ning Die to the center of the banquet, "We are short of someone to sing, and there are a lot of British people here today." ”

It stands to reason that this kind of thing that can be in the limelight is not Ning Die's turn, after all, there are so many young ladies present, and a few of them don't know English.

"Mrs. Xu, I ......" Ning Die was about to refuse, and there was a ridicule behind her: "Just now he said it in front of me, but now he is twisting and pinching the little family's anger, just a matter of singing, there are music classes in the Western Normal University Hall, it is said that the one who teaches you to practice your voice is still a Western musician, since you are a student of the Western Normal University, can't you still show this talent!" ”

Ning Die turned around, and Madame Bai raised her chin, her gaze condescending.

Mrs. Xu showed a kind smile, "Miss Ning, rest assured, it is the eldest young master of the Xiao family who accompanies you, Xiao Sheng, and the pitch can't run." ”

"It's the one who came back from studying in the United States and won an international piano award!" The lady beside Madame Bai exclaimed.

Mrs. Xu nodded, "Not exactly! ”

"I heard that his family is deliberately taking care of his family, and all the aristocratic women to be married in the southwest have seen it, and none of them are satisfied." Another chimed in.

Another said: "Scared, are you still so picky? How good is he? ”

"I don't dare to say big things, but in terms of appearance and bearing, I don't lose to General Huo, the Xiao family is a famous family, and he is the eldest son, so it is natural to be picky." And he said.

This smiled and replied: "It's not a big deal to be able to talk to General Huo." ”

Mrs. Xu interrupted anxiously: "Miss Ning, you said, would you like to sing a song, we are here to help the fun, and it is different from those dance halls singing." ”

Ning Die was puzzled, "Why me?" ”

"Young Master Xiao Sheng personally ordered you." As she spoke, Mrs. Xu pulled people into the crowd and shouted to the young ladies surrounding the piano, "Miss Ning is here!" ”

The young ladies in dresses and top hats smiled and gave way, and in front of a white piano, the young man in a silver suit turned his head to look at her, smiled slightly, and asked, "Miss Ning, what kind of song do you have?" ”

Blonde hair and black eyes, ear-length broken hair, his voice is like his person, jade and unparalleled.

Rao is Ning Die was accustomed to Huo Cheng's handsomeness, and her eyes gradually became critical, and she had to dangle her mind in front of this young man for a moment.

What is he like? Ning Die immediately thought of the face of the angel on the oil painting hanging in the church, the son of Yahweh.

"Let's have a folk song - "The Last Rose of Summer"

The young man named Xiao Sheng smiled and nodded, and his slender white fingers jumped on the black and white keys of the piano.