In the rainy season, there is always more rain, and the maid Lanxin took out the cotton coat from the house, walked all the way through the winding corridor of Ningfu, walked outside the third aunt's house, picked a tassel curtain and walked in, and hurriedly tied it to the eighth lady Ning Die, who was rubbing cards.

Touching Ning Die's arm exposed outside the short-sleeved cheongsam, cold and cold, cold jade, Lan Xin glanced at several other brightly dressed aunts at the card table, chatting with melon seeds, and the maid next to her beating her back and waiting, but Miss Eight was cold and cold, and no one sent a cup of tea, but the card was played from morning to noon, and Miss Eight was never let go back to the house, but it was just bullying Miss Eight to be generous and honest, and it was inevitable to be sluggish, and Lan Xin dared to be angry and dare not speak.

But Ning Die didn't care, she didn't frown, she put on her coat and continued to touch the cards, without any resentment on her face, just waiting for her aunts to let her go back to the house when she was tired.

After touching it a few more times, the maid who was waiting for General Ning entered the house to inform him that the eighth aunt was back and asked the eighth lady to go to the main hall.

"Yo, it's back, I'll come back once every three years and five years, and I don't know what I'm busy with." The third aunt is too pretentious to push the cards apart, she has been in this Ning Mansion for more than 20 years, the eldest lady left early, the second aunt is too sick and never leaves the house, and the third aunt of the Ning Mansion is naturally the first female hostess, and she is not polite to anyone except General Ning.

These words are very inappropriate, no one in the room inserts superfluous words, there is no shortage of people gloating on their faces, the incense lit indoors is fragrant, Ning Die only feels that she smells too much chest tightness, and the third aunt seems to be talking for her on the surface, but she wants to embarrass her.

Ning Die didn't care, she took the blue core out of the house, the sound of the rain falling on the green tiles was crisp, she stood on the corridor and heard it for a while, the eaves of Ning Mansion extended forward layer by layer, she raised her eyes and looked, under the dark sky, the flowers and vegetation planted on the side of the corridor were also gray due to the sky.

"Miss, my uncle is waiting." Blue Core reminded on the side.

Ning Die retracted her gaze, but the speed on her feet was getting slower and slower.

However, no matter how slow he was, he was still face-to-face with that person, he was sitting in the hall, a military uniform seemed to have the breath of wind and dust, there was still the same indifference between his eyebrows, those deep and sharp eyes, he still did not want to stay on her, hearing Ning Die's footsteps, he was in a daze with a hot tea, and let the wisps of heat blur his handsome face.

Somehow, Ning Die's faint joy when she heard that he was back made her heart hurt a little at this moment.

"Fluttershy, since you're here, I won't bother you two to reunite, I'll go back to the study first." General Ning on the main seat got up, he had been riding horses for most of his life, he was really a big and rough man, his joy and anger were all on his face, and now he was a smile that his eyebrows couldn't hide.

Probably Huo Cheng has made meritorious contributions to his father again, otherwise how could his father smile kindly to himself, Ning Die turned his head, and saw that Huo Cheng had already put down the celadon tea cup, stood up and bowed to General Ning, who was dressed in military uniform, "Master Yue, go slowly." ”

General Ning nodded with satisfaction, he stepped out of the threshold of the main hall with his front foot, and then avoided the blue core with his back foot, and suddenly only she and Huo Cheng were left in the room, and the atmosphere condensed in an instant, after ten years of marriage, Ning Die only felt that the distance between her and him was getting farther and farther away.

This time, he led the army for his father to stabilize the north, and he went for two years, and never called her or brought back a letter.

"It's a good time to be out there." She sat across from him, was silent for a moment, and was the first to speak.

He said coldly that it was okay, and then said that he was tired and wanted to go back to his room.

Since the newlywed, he has been living in her former boudoir, he was originally the son-in-law who came to the door upside down, and she was an unpopular eighth lady in the house, so after marriage, General Ning naturally did not arrange other places for them to live.

Her boudoir is in the remote west courtyard of Ningfu, an old-fashioned two-story building, with a small courtyard, the yard is planted with precious plum blossoms, and now the plum blossoms have fallen early, and there are bare branches stretching into the windowsill on the second floor, adding a bit of gloom.

On the way back to the room, he walked in front, Ning Die followed him and paced slowly, he had received professional military training, his steps were much larger than the average person, and his back always kept a distance of two fists from Ning Die.

Lying on the bed at night, Ning Die's whole body was tense to death, she was nervous about the person beside her, even if Huo Cheng didn't do anything with his eyes closed.

But her breath was full of his, strange and terrifyingly familiar, and she turned her back to him, her eyes open until midnight.

The quilt was lifted coldly, the bedside light was on, Huo Cheng put on his slippers, saw that she was about to sit up, and said to her expressionlessly: "You go to bed early, I'll go sleep on the sofa." ”

She saw that he really closed the door and left, the orange light illuminated the room warmly, but she felt cold inexplicably, there was a whimpering wind outside the house, and she was very sad, Ning Die suddenly thought, what is the meaning of their marriage like this. It's better to let go, and give each other a freedom, anyway, she restrained him, thinking like this, Ning Die really put on her shoes, walked out of the bedroom, turned on the light in the living room, and stood by Huo Cheng's side.

The light was dazzling for a while, and Huo Cheng, who was already lying on the sofa, half-squinted his eyes and stared at Ning Die.

He only wore a dark blue bathrobe, covered with a thin fluffy blanket at random, without the momentum of the military uniform during the day, but Ning Die still felt that even if this man was so lazy in front of him, it still brought a kind of pressure.

"Huo Cheng," Ning Die clenched her fists, trying to calm herself, "Let's divorce." ”

There was a big pendulum in the corner of the living room, usually there was no sense of zài, tonight Ning Die's ears echoed almost all of its voice, I don't know how many times I counted in my heart, Huo Cheng pulled the blanket unhurriedly, and said in a flat tone: "Don't talk nonsense, go to bed early." ”

He thought she was still joking, since she married him at the age of seventeen, how could this man seriously speculate on her thoughts, Ning Die suddenly felt sad, and out of nowhere mustered up the courage, she tore off the blanket on his body, a little hysterical, "Huo Cheng, I really want to leave you!" You give me an answer tonight. ”

Huo Cheng frowned, as if thinking, his fingers lightly buckled on the sofa cushions, and nodded after half a minute, without reluctance, "Okay, give me some time arrangement." ”

She finally wanted to get rid of the shadow he gave, Ning Die felt an indescribable relief, she smiled and repeated that it was great, but the tears kept falling.

Huo Cheng got up and hugged her, patted her thin shoulder gently, and his deep voice was so gentle for the first time, as if he was patiently coaxing a child, "Okay, don't cry, go to sleep, be obedient." ”

She didn't push away the embrace, thinking that this was the last time, and simply wiped all her tears and snot on the clean yukata.

On the second day, the sky was clear, and Huo Cheng was no longer there when Ning Die went out of the room, Lan Xin said that the eighth aunt asked the general to call out early in the morning to do errands, Ning Die nodded, her eyes were a little swollen from crying last night, and she had no appetite for breakfast. She was about to go to the bookshelf to pick out a book to see, and the guy from the embroidery jade shop came to visit at this time, bringing large boxes of small boxes of things.

"It's all popular styles, one for each style, look at it, ma'am." The guy respectfully opened the box one by one, and there were many shiny fox fur shawls, and Ning Die was stunned.

Seeing her puzzled for a while, the guy explained with a smile: "These are all paid by Mr. Huo, and since the things have been delivered, then I will hurry back to the store." ”

As soon as the guy left, Lan Xin came over and was surprised: "Miss, I will see you for the first time with such a good fur, my uncle has a heart, I must have seen the cotton coat you wore yesterday for some years, you, you are too simple on weekdays." ”

Ning Die didn't answer, these fox shawls really shocked her heart, what she said last night he knew and understood, why he suddenly gave her a gift this morning.

He rarely gave her anything, she couldn't see through him more and more over the years, although he was cold in the past, but in the end she could understand him, and in the past, what year was it, Ning Die couldn't help but be a little in a trance.

At the age of sixteen, she studied in a girls' school, the school is a Western style, not only to learn Chinese studies, but also to learn English and piano, she has been timid since childhood, this introverted personality is not very popular with teachers and classmates in Western schools, and then her father intends to marry her to his favorite subordinates, so she dropped out of school and hurriedly lived the life of a wife.

turned out to be guarding the name of Mrs. Huo, and lived silently and forbearably for ten years.

During this period, it was not without heartbeat, after all, Huo Cheng is such an excellent man, in addition to his background, regardless of appearance and knowledge, it is more than enough to match her identity as Miss Eight, but Huo Cheng is a cold person, and she has already worn out all her heart palpitations.

After a few days, Ning Die asked Lan Xin to accompany him to send the fur back to the store, there were a lot of things, things were not very easy to take, and a rickshaw was called on the road, and Lan Xin couldn't help complaining in the car: "I don't want this good shawl, send it back to do nothing." ”

Ning Die didn't explain, sending these things was not in line with Huo Cheng's identity, after all, he was the deputy general under his father, if he was known by his father's aunts and wives in the house, he would inevitably be squandered by Huo Cheng. She didn't want to be criticized for herself.

The rickshaw turned a street corner, and when it arrived at the most prosperous commercial area in the northwest, Lan Xin hadn't been out of the house for a while, and couldn't help but look left and right, as if he saw something shocking, Lan Xin pulled her cuffs and shouted: "Miss, don't you see that is my uncle and the fourth miss?" ”

Ning Die turned her head to see that the man in a straight military uniform, with handsome eyebrows and eyes with a smile, leaned over and talked gently with the woman holding hands, wasn't it Huo Cheng and Fourth Sister Ning Zheng.

It was as if something had hit Ning Die's chest, it hurt so much, the rickshaw was still rushing forward, the scenery on the side of the road was regressing like an assembly line, she stared at them until she could no longer see the shadow of the pair of beautiful people.

Fourth sister? The only daughter left by the deceased eldest lady is the daughter of the family, and unlike her, the eighth lady, she is a pearl held in the palm of her father's hand. Why did she get along so closely with her sister's husband, if I read it right, they had just come out of the hotel.

Ning Die was stunned, but Lan Xin shook her arm and asked, "Miss, let's go and sue the general, these four young ladies are too deceitful." ”

But no, since I was a child, I didn't take it seriously, and I ridiculed it arbitrarily, but now I am doing it even more out of line.

Ning Die nodded, she had to ask what was going on.

The things were sent back to the shop, and Ning Die rushed back to Ning Mansion with Lan Xin, and asked if the fourth lady had come back, and happened to meet her in the corridor.

Before Ning Die could speak, Ning Zheng had already said, "I know what you want to ask, I also saw you today, Huo Cheng has already told me that the two of you are about to divorce, right?" ”

Seeing Ning Die's face change, Ning Zheng continued: "It's not a secret, I have been friendly with Huo Cheng for seven or eight years, and he will be my Ning Zheng's husband in the future, and even Aunt Huo recognizes me as her daughter-in-law." ”

"How can you be like this, how can you ......" Xu is extremely sad and indignant, Ning Die was a little speechless, "You even want to rob your brother-in-law ......"

"Joke, you haven't been married for ten years, is it considered marriage? Don't look at yourself, how do you dress differently from those poor women on the street every day, do you know a foreign language for diplomacy? What can you bring to Huo Cheng in his career? Even Aunt Huo has always been cold to you, right?! Marrying a woman like you is Huo Cheng's only failure! After speaking, without waiting for Ning Die to reply, Ning Zheng pushed her away and proudly threw away a victorious back.

Ning Die was angry for a while, and when she was eighteen years old, she blocked a bullet for Huo Cheng, which completely injured her body, and she only felt dizzy at the moment, and she barely stood up with the support of Lan Xin.

If she can do it all over again, she will definitely not obey her father's arrangement, marry the most hard-hearted person in her best years, and become the most unpopular eighth lady in this house. He will not save all his expenses to help this man's poor mother and empty his body.