Pingnan Hou Mansion has been in Beijing for a hundred years, and it is a glorious family.

Such a family needs to be face-saving.

So whether it is Pingnanhou or Qin, even if their faces are ugly when they come out of the study, they still have to smile in front of the guests when they turn their heads.

Gu Nan didn't know what it looked like outside, he and He Xiaoge were still staying in the side room, but this scene didn't last long, and about half an hour later, the old steward came again and called He Xiaoge out.

There was silence in the room.

Gu Nan lowered his eyes and glanced at He Xiaocheng's high swollen cheeks, inexplicably feeling in a good mood, and after looking at him condescendingly for a while, he squinted his eyes and laughed: "True wolf bèi." ”

He Xiaocheng lowered his head, was silent for a long time, and opened his mouth in a low voice: "You want me to die, don't you?" ”

The questioner's tone is low, and the person being questioned is smiling and silent, and his eyes are clear.

There was silence in the room for a moment.

In the silence for a long time, He Xiaocheng lowered his head and suddenly felt particularly embarrassed.

Lowering his eyes, a white corner of clothes suddenly appeared in front of him, and He Xiaocheng subconsciously raised his head, just facing Gu Nan's face.

It was not the gentle and kind appearance he used to be, he stood in front of him, looking at him expressionlessly, his beautiful eyes seemed to be frozen with ice and snow, and it was cold and biting.

"I'm a selfish person, careful of my eyes, protecting my shortcomings, holding grudges, and I will take revenge." Gu Nan leaned down and met He Xiaocheng's eyes with those eyes soaked in ice and snow: "Look at it, if you slap me, I will give you ten slaps back, not to mention ......"

He slowly stretched out his hand and grabbed He Xiaocheng's throat: "What's more, the person you used to make me care about the most hurt so much that I couldn't even cry." ”

The tone was flat, and the hand that grabbed the other party's throat was not forceful, but for a moment, He Xiaocheng thought that he would really die here.

With his pupils shrinking, He Xiaocheng lowered his eyes and looked at Gu Nan's wrist, his mind blank.

"What will happen to me, you say?" Gu Nan looked at him lightly.

You're going to let me die.

Inexplicably, such a sentence appeared in He Xiaocheng's heart, five words, and the sound did not stop.

But that white hand didn't increase its strength in the end. Gu Nan looked at him, and a cold smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "Next time, don't put something bad in the incense burner, you know the consequences, it's too stupid." ”

After that, he withdrew his hand and stood up, He Xiaocheng subconsciously looked up at him, the young man standing in the dim eyebrows drooped slightly, and his eyes were condensed, obviously a light color, but at the moment when the light of his eyes turned slightly, it was dark and deep.

Such people.

Able to smile for a person's eyebrows.

It can also be silent for a person with a blank face.

How wonderful.

The room was dark and silent.

In the end, it was the voice of the old steward who broke the silence, and it was Gu Nan who was called over this time.

After the old steward finished speaking, he went outside to wait, Gu Nan turned his eyes to look out the window and did not move.

He Xiaocheng looked at him quietly, and suddenly, the white figure turned around, his clothes moved slightly with the wind, like a pear blossom in March, gently faint, and silently sprinkled with elegance.

Wonderful is not like words.

He looked at it in a daze, watching the white walk to the door, his wrist raised slightly, the wooden door was opened, and the warm light came in and reflected on him.

"You ......" He Xiaocheng couldn't help but open his mouth.

As soon as he said a word, he saw the young man standing by the vermilion wooden door slowly turning his head, looking at him with those glass-like eyes reflecting the warm light, and said lightly.

"He Xiaocheng, the coming day is long."

Daylight fades as the wooden door closes.

He Xiaocheng looked at the dim room in front of him in a daze, his lips squirmed a few times, and he suddenly felt a dry throat.

Den.

Warm smoke tea.

When Gu Nan went in, Old Man He was sitting behind the table making tea, with a calm expression. After Gu Nanhe came to the door, he stepped forward and bowed his hand: "Old Marquis." ”

"You're welcome, just sit down."

Gu Nan sat down according to his words, and saw a cup of tea in front of him, he raised his eyes to look at the old man, who looked at him without waves, and after a few seconds of eye contact, Gu Nan smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

After the rain, the hair is tip, and the taste is naturally not bad.

It's just that the heat is a little heavier.

Gu Nan put down the teacup with a smile, and re-lit the teastove under the gaze of Old Man He. Old Man He quietly looked at his face that was becoming more and more moist in the hookah, silent, and finally heard the latter's light words while the fragrance of tea was overflowing.

"Master Hou, try it."

It's really clear.

The old marquis put down the teacup and was silent.

Gu Nan poured it for him again, and his smile was warm and clear: "Brewing tea needs to be calm and clear, and other things ...... The same is true. ”

Old Man He's expression remained unchanged, but his fingers began to beat the table rhythmically.

"Xiao Ge has an upright temperament, and he can't do many things, but you did today's thing."

Although it was a question, the tone was affirmative.

Gu Nan didn't want to hide it from him, and he knew that he couldn't hide it, otherwise he wouldn't have used such a clumsy method, so he smiled: "It's me." ”

The sound of the table top knocking stopped for a moment, and Old Man He frowned, looking at Gu Nan with a little more scrutiny in his eyes.

Gu Nan's face did not change to meet his gaze, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth did not decrease at all.

The old man has been riding a horse for half his life, and the momentum on his body is beyond the reach of ordinary people, but the thin young man sits opposite and looks at him, and his momentum is almost the same.

The tea on the table gradually cooled.

Old Man He looked at him, took back the scrutiny in his eyes for a while, and opened his mouth without reprimanding Gu Nan's behavior: "It's the Hou Mansion who is ashamed of him." ”

Shame on two words, too light.

Gu Nan will never forget that drizzling and cold night, the man who has always been tough hugged him and silently wet his shoulders with coldness.

More than twenty years, more than twenty years.

Up to now, this man who has not said that it hurts for years with scars all over his body, is so painful that he can't even cry.

Gu Nan unconsciously clenched his hands, and looked at the old man's eyes a little lighter: "He Xiaoge was born and raised by the Hou Mansion, and now it can be paid off no matter what, now, it's time to let the Hou Mansion pay back the rest." ”

Speaking of the grace of birth and nurturing, the tone was slightly sarcastic, Old Man He's eyes moved slightly, but he still said in a deep voice: "You are not qualified to meddle in the affairs of the Hou Mansion." ”

"Why not?" Gu Nan raised his eyebrows and hooked his lips: "Just because He Xiaoge is mine now, no one is more qualified than me." ”

Old Man He frowned.

Gu Nan looked at him lightly: "A lot of words, He Xiaoge should have said it to you today, and I don't need to say it again." ”

"He was taught by you for a few years when he was young, and he accepted your affection, but this friendship is too shallow compared to the qiē he has received over the years."

The old marquis was silent.

Gu Nan said: "He Xiaoge respects you, there are some things he wants to say but can't say, then I will be a wicked person, and I will say everything today." ”

When the words fell, Gu Nan raised his head, the smile at the corner of his lips had disappeared, and his pale eyes and undulating face fell on Old Man He's strict zhòng, and his perseverance was amazing.

"Pingnanhou Mansion and He Xiaocheng, only one can be kept, who is the last to survive, it depends on who has higher means and better luck."

"There's no room for that, the only thing that can take a step back is a little bit."

Old Man He withdrew his fingers and clenched the teacup, looking at Gu Nan quietly.

"As long as you are still in the day, I will not do anything to the Pingnan Hou Mansion."

"As for the rest, it's not negotiable."

As for the rest, it is not negotiable.

The eight words were too decisive, Old Man He looked up intently, and he couldn't believe that such words were said by the young man in front of him with clear eyebrows and eyes and a gentle temperament.

After finishing speaking, the young man suddenly retracted the momentum around him, and his appearance was warm again, the corners of his lips raised a soft arc again, Gu Nan raised the teacup and took a sip, and opened his mouth softly: "This tea, when it is warm, it is clear and mellow, and when it is cold, there is only a bitter taste." ”

"Old man, the same is true of people's hearts."

With that, Gu Nan drank all the tea in the cup, got up and said goodbye again and walked out.

Old Man He didn't stop him, lowered his eyes and looked at the pale green tea in front of him, and after a long time, he reached out and brought it to his mouth.

It's bitter and astringent.

The young man's deep words were still in his ears, and Old Man He covered his eyes for a long time, and shook his head gently.

It's late.

originally thought that he was called to go, He Xiaoge must have returned to the courtyard, but after Gu Nan went back, he found that the man still hadn't come back.

casually went to the kitchen to make some things to fill his stomach, Gu Nan ate some hastily, took a medical book and sat behind the table, reading and waiting.

When the lights are half dim.

When the moon is half bright.

The lights outside are close to Yanshan, the gonghou has stopped, and you can see the willow shadows under the moon when you turn your eyes, and the red lanterns are hidden in the night, and the joy is only a little red.

Gu Nan gradually felt that his eyes were dry. Putting down the book and reaching out to knead his temples, the candle flame on the table shook slightly, and the candle tears spread down, condensing into a faint vermilion.

He got up, extinguished the candle, walked to the bed, lifted the quilt, and lay down with his clothes closed.

Although it is a hot season, I feel the wind chill in the middle of the night.

Feeling a chill on his body, Gu Nan opened his eyes and saw He Xiaoge standing on the edge of the bed and leaning over, pinching the quilt corner with both hands and about to cover the quilt for Gu Nan who was kicked aside at some point.

Gu Nan rubbed his eyes: "You're back." ”

The voice is inevitably a little hoarse in the sleepiness, and I feel unprovoked in such a night. He Xiaoge snorted, stretched out his hand and pulled his underwear well: "It's cold at night, don't catch a cold." ”

The tone is soft.

Gu Nan raised his eyes to look at him, and clearly saw his mood from the latter's bloodshot eyes.

He didn't know what the man said to the old man, but he could feel his sadness.

Sighing in his heart, Gu Nan reached out and hugged He Xiaoge: "No matter what, you still have me." ”

This is probably the best consolation.

He Xiaoge got up slightly and touched Gu Nan's forehead, his eyes were facing each other, Gu Nan saw his own reflection in the man's eyes, reflected in the jet black ink, and there was an indescribable feeling.

Affectionate and unique.

Gu Nan stared at him for a long time, then raised his head slightly in his current posture, his hair brushed over He Xiaoge's chin, slightly itchy.

He Xiaoge looked at him heavily.

Gu Nan hooked his lips and smiled, his eyes sparkling.

And in response to his gaze, it was finally a soft and delicate kiss that fell on the lips.

Gentle and delicate.