When Jiang Mengzhen saw this scene, Hao Cheng was awkwardly avoiding the side and reaching over, trying to avoid the embroidered handkerchief that wiped her sweat.

In front of everyone's eyes, he suddenly expressed his closeness to her, which she was really embarrassed for, but she couldn't be in front of so many guests, and she lost the face of the city lord's son.

Speaking of which, the person who lives in her house, the identity is still a mystery in the end, even if it is noble, but if it is neglected for a few days, it will not affect her life in the short term.

But if she offends this pampered little boy, she will definitely be disgraced immediately.

Since he couldn't be offended, Hao Cheng said euphemistically: "In broad daylight, the impact is not good."

Qiao Yu snorted coldly, Hao Cheng didn't hide, but in the end he still succeeded in wiping the sweat off her forehead with a handkerchief, and said disdainfully: "They miss them, I do mine, I see which one is bold and reckless, meddling, and dares to control my head!"

It's just to wipe Hao Cheng's sweat on the street, when he was dressed as a woman, he also did things with those good "sisters" that were even more out of line in the eyes of these people.

Of course, it's impossible to cuddle, hug, hook shoulders and so on. But as a man who has not left the cabinet, he goes out alone with those young female monarchs, and he has already labeled it as immoral in the eyes of those old pedants.

But so what, in front of him, those old women didn't dare to talk about her.

Hao Cheng sighed: "I didn't say no, I just thought it was not good, if you were willing, I wouldn't stop you."

She secretly slandered: He is not her husband, what kind of sweat did he wipe her on the street!

Qiao Yu put away the handkerchief, looking a little worried. He condescended to wipe her sweat, and this person was wronged.

A scholar is a scholar, and I thought he was a flexible person, but he was still pedantic in his bones.

Hao Cheng didn't think about it that much, but Qiao Yu has always been willful.

In her opinion, this kind of rich boy is just idle, and he always likes to let people cooperate with him to do this and that.

Qiao Yu just wiped her sweat, which was not unusual. She really shouldn't have made a fuss about it.

Qiao Yu appeared after she went to Mingjiang Pavilion that day, and Hao Cheng took care of Jiang Mengzhen that day, but he was shocked by the other party's suspected confession and thought about avoiding him for some time.

Originally, the matter of entering the materials had been handed over to Wang Yang to do, and in order to avoid Jiang Mengzhen, she got up early the next morning to go to the market.

As a result, as soon as I went out early in the morning, I saw that there were more arbors at the door, and there was a young man next to him who was so tender that he could pinch out the water. It's not someone else, it's Qiao Yu, the son of the city lord who had a relationship with her when Hao Cheng came out.

The boy did not wear women's clothes today, and he was the most popular dress among the young men in Mingzhou City.

He seems to like red, and today's robe is a dazzling red. The bright-colored robe was like a fire, lining his white porcelain-like skin better than snow.

His facial features are very bright and outstanding, and he is obviously quite confident in his appearance, and his makeup is very light, and there is almost no trace of applying grease powder.

The men in this world seem to be quite protective of their hair, and the other party's green silk is also very well kept, he is younger than her, but his long hair is already waist-length, and his hair is smooth and black, like good pine smoke ink.

In order to match the simple makeup, his hair was only restrained with a white jade crown, in addition, only a green hosta was added, and a jade pendant of the same color was tied around his waist.

Seeing Hao Cheng look over, he smiled. Qiao Mu, who was standing beside him, was still yawning, and was pinched by his younger brother quietly, and immediately became energetic: "Come on, come on, Hao Cheng, let me introduce you, this is my brother Qiao Yu, the ...... you have seen before"

When Qiao Yu is mentioned on weekdays, Qiao Mu's praise is endless, and the great achievements are only picked out to say that she almost praised her baby brother as a fairy in the sky and a compassionate bodhisattva for all beings.

Occasionally, if she talks too much, she will also boast about it, so although Hao Cheng has only met Qiao Yu once, he still knows a little bit about him.

She bowed slightly towards the other party, who covered her "claws" with wide water sleeves, and pinched a handful of soft meat on her sister's waist, making Qiao Mu obediently shut up, and then nodded to Hao Cheng: "I'm Qiao Yu." ”

As he spoke, his chin was slightly raised, like a proud little peacock. Seeing this, Qiao Mu said: "My brother is very interested in your stall, and we will open a shop together in the future, and he is also estimated to invest in it, you can take him to the market to see it in the next few days, and let him study more." ”

Hao Cheng frowned: "Sister Qiao......"

Without waiting for her to say no, Qiao Mu gently pushed Qiao Yu and asked him to stand in front of Hao Cheng: "That's it, my baby brother will be handed over to you like this, you are my good sister, you are not allowed to bully him." ”

Qiao Mu said so, and Hao Cheng naturally couldn't refuse.

The two of them walked for a while, and Hao Cheng took the initiative to find a topic in order not to be cold. Since Qiao Mu said that Qiao Yu wanted to know about the shop, the first sentence between her and the other party was to talk about the shop: "Sister Qiao and I talked about wanting to open a restaurant, and the location has been settled, which is at the junction of the east and west of the city, and it turns out that the restaurant is not doing very well, and it is thanks to Sister Qiao's help......"

Because it was planned for several days, Hao Cheng couldn't finish it even after spending half an hour. But she only said a few words, Qiao Yu listened impatiently, and said in a very wealthy manner: "I'm not interested in this, if I can make money, I will invest money at that time." ”

As the most favored son in the family, he is richer than his two sisters, and his father and mother often give pocket money, and there are several shops that make money under his name.

At least more than 100 taels of silver per month, the city lord's wife and husband are still afraid that their sons will not have enough money, and they are even more generous to give money on weekdays.

Although he spends a lot of money on travel on weekdays, the small treasury he has saved over the years is enough for him to squander so much.

Qiao Yu's attitude is so perfunctory, where does it seem to be interested in the shop.

Hao Cheng couldn't continue his words, but secretly complained in his heart, and the evil rich man fell silent.

Next, she answered Qiao Yu's words, but she never took the initiative to say anything to him, so as not to be disgusted and noisy.

After all, she really has no intention of making friends with this young son, except for doing business. She only walks with him, not eating, drinking, or chatting, so as not to misunderstand what she thinks.

Maybe she thought it was interesting for her to set up a stall, and in the next few days, Qiao Yu would go out of the market with her, but not as early as on the first day.

For example, when she exercises in the morning or goes to negotiate with the buyer, this little boy is usually not accompanied.

Rao is like this, Qiao Yu's preservation still brought a lot of trouble to Hao Cheng.

Because Qiao Yu's reputation is obviously very loud in this market, these days, there are a lot of people who watch the excitement, but there are a lot fewer guests who are afraid of trouble.

And if she wants to make cakes, she can't spare her heart to entertain Qiao Yu. If you want to entertain Qiao Yu, you can't entertain those guests who come to taste her craftsmanship.

Fortunately, Wang Yang and Dong Xue both learned how to do it with her, and the raw materials were also made by her with great effort, relying on these unique raw materials, the finger cakes made by the two of them tasted not bad, and the guests who came to the finger cakes did not run too much, which was also a great help to her.

However, for Qiao Yu's sake, Hao Cheng still complained to Qiao Mu in private: "I have been doing the business of the stall for the past few days, and I have put up a sign of price reduction, just to let more customers know that the store will be opened soon." But when your brother comes, my stall has fewer customers than on the most deserted day before. ”

As long as she did it, Qiao Yu stood there and swept those guests with her eye knife. She didn't think this person's eyes were too scary, but often when he swept it like this, the long line in front of the stall immediately decreased by two-thirds.

In the past, 400 cakes could be sold out quickly, but as long as Qiao Yu was there, she would definitely have to be late to close the stall.

The stall can be handed over to Dong Xue and Wang Yang, but if she goes back alone, she has to match the one at home. In contrast, she still preferred to stay outside.

After hearing this, Qiao Mu was silent for a long time, and only patted her shoulder: "My younger brother has always been willful, even his mother and father can't restrain him, for my sake, you should be more responsible." After a few days, he will find it boring, and he will naturally not provoke you. ”

Because his mother-in-law, who was the lord of the city, objected, Qiao Muming also stopped thinking about matching Hao Cheng and Qiao Yu.

But Qiao Yu came to her again, she had always spoiled this younger brother to be lawless, of course it was impossible to refuse his request.

She couldn't bear to wronged Qiao Yu, and she could only wronged Hao Cheng.

Hao Cheng also understood that her status in Qiao Mu's heart was not as good as her precious brother in any case.

Who let the Qiao family be the lord of a city in this Mingzhou City, she has to rely on this family if she wants to get rich, society is so realistic, what can she do, except to endure or endure.

Because of his dislike for Qiao Yu, when preparing materials in the house, Hao Cheng used a kitchen knife to chop the cutting board with extra force: Good sister's brother, endure! The son of the castle lord's family Shinobi! Anyway, it's only a few days of hard work, bear with me!

Anyway, her attitude towards Qiao Yu is getting colder and colder day by day, in her opinion, this kind of noble son always can't stand the cold face of others, and when Qiao Yu feels bored, she will naturally be pure.

Of course, Hao Cheng didn't tell Jiang Mengzhen about Qiao Yu's matter, because she felt that there was no need for this at all.

After all, Jiang Mengzhen is not her person, and she and Qiao Yu are also innocent, she deliberately explained, but it was like there was something dirty between her and Jiang Mengzhen or Qiao Yu.

Because of this thought, when Qiao Yu suddenly took out a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, goosebumps were about to fall off all over her body, but Qiao Yu shouted like a coquettish person when she was obviously dissatisfied with her: "Idiot." ”

This "nerd" who seemed to be angry was so thunderous that she couldn't do it, and Hao Cheng suddenly felt that the whole person was going to be bad. However, she soon noticed that Qiao Yu's gaze was not on her, but through her looking at the people behind her.

Hao Cheng turned his head sideways, and the corner of his eyes swept to a cyan figure. The woman was emaciated, her clothes almost white, and she held a book in her right hand and a dry pancake in an oiled paper bag in the other.

Hao Cheng knew that the cake was an ordinary pancake sold in the worst place in the market, the cake was made of cheap coarse grains, and two or three black sesame seeds were symbolically sprinkled on it, the taste was not very good, but the price was cheap, and it was very satisfying.

She saw that the woman was handsome, and she saw that Qiao Yu looked a little stupid, and she realized it immediately. Hengzhu, the son of the family, just used her as a shield.

Fang Cai's act of wiping her sweat with a handkerchief is probably just trying to stimulate the woman with the help of his closeness to her.

Just looking at the woman's reaction, people didn't notice this side at all. Qiao Yu estimated that Qiao Yu's relationship was also intentional by King Xiang, and the goddess was ruthless.

In the end, it was the beginning of a young man's love, and he fell in love with someone he didn't like at all, and for a while, Hao Cheng also had a little more sympathy for this pretty boy.

Qiao Yu looked at her gaze and said unhappily: "What kind of eyes are you, what do you know." Don't get cranky. ”

Hao Cheng just smiled: "What Gongzi Qiao said is that I naturally don't understand anything." ”

When the two of them spoke, they were very close to each other, and from a distance, they only felt that the two of them were intimate, even like flirting.

The two of them, after a few words of conversation, Hao Cheng felt that a gaze that made her uncomfortable from head to toe condensed on her.

Qiao Yu's reaction was even stronger than hers, Hao Cheng just felt a little uncomfortable, he felt like the gaze was almost like stabbing him in the back with thousands of thin needles.

He didn't think about anything at the moment, and when he looked at the line of sight, he saw a man wearing a conical hat standing there in the distance. There was a thin veil on the conical hat that hid the man's countenance.

Hao Cheng also saw the man's figure, and her face changed at that moment. Qiao Yu didn't recognize this person, but she couldn't recognize it. That figure, that clothes, this person will have no one else except Jiang Mengzhen.

Escape or stay, Hao Cheng's mind was in a fierce battle between heaven and man, and before she could make a proper decision, the other party walked in her direction step by step.

Jiang Mengzhen's steps are actually very light, but every step is like stepping on the tip of her heart. His pace slowed down and heaviness in her mind in slow motion dozens of times.

Hao Cheng felt that his heart was pounding and beating hard, not the kind of nervousness that made his heart, but the kind of weakness that he was afraid of being caught cheating in exams.

It was as if she was saying bad things about the head teacher, but when she turned her head, she saw the tension of the head teacher standing beside her.

Obviously, she and Qiao Yu were innocent of nothing, and she never promised Jiang Meng anything about it. How could she be looked at by the eyes under the thin veil, and her heart could be like this.

But she is weak and nervous, and every cell in her body seems to be shouting, run! But the feet are like roots, firmly rooted in the ground.

One step, two steps...... Seeing Jiang Mengzhen getting closer and closer, Hao Cheng was so nervous that he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

Qiao Yu, who was beside her, took the lead and walked away from her, and stood still in front of Jiang Mengzhen.

The two men were about the same height, Qiao Yu raised his chin like a proud swan to the man in front of him, his neck was slender and white, and his body exuded a youthful atmosphere.

He said very arrogantly: "The person who just looked at me and the scholar, you are right?" ”

The man's slightly deep voice came from under the conical cap: "What about me?" ”

Qiao Yu didn't expect this person to be so straightforward, he originally wanted to choke this person two sentences, but he made a mistake for a while, and he was a little speechless.

But Qiao Yu is Qiao Yu after all, he is very psychologically strong, and said at the moment: "Then what do you mean by looking at the two of us with that look?" ”

Jiang Mengzhen looked at the young man in front of him, the other party's face was undoubtedly beautiful, and the most important point was that there were two big characters written on his body - young.

If he remembered correctly, those villagers of Xinghua Village had said that Hao Cheng was only nineteen now, and the young man in front of him looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old, which was the age that was not worthy of her.

There was a bit of carelessness and coldness in his voice: "Who do I want to see, it's my freedom, what does that have to do with you?" ”

The distance between Hao Cheng and the two of them was not too far, and as soon as Qiao Yu spoke, she felt that the invisible pressure exerted on her had all retreated.

She took two steps forward, just in time to listen to the conversation between the two men.

Just listening to what they said, she felt a twitch on her face. If it is left in a martial arts drama, the scene of this dialogue is simply full of a sense of fascination, but this is real life, and she feels happy no matter how she listens to it.

And Qiao Yu is young in the end, although she is a little more arrogant, but standing in front of Jiang Mengzhen, her momentum is completely suppressed, and Qiao Yu is slightly taller than Jiang Mengzhen, but as soon as Jiang Mengzhen opened her mouth, she felt that the former was suddenly shorter.

Hao Cheng, a bystander, thought so, Qiao Yu was directly facing Jiang Mengzhen, how could he not detect that he was at a disadvantage.

He couldn't find a better sentence to mock the man in front of him for a while, and he was annoyed and angry, so he took out his whip and picked off the other party's cone cap, and sneered in his mouth: "What kind of cone hat is you wearing in this blue sky and white day, isn't it ugly." ”

As soon as his words fell, Hao Cheng unconsciously gasped. Jiang Mengzhen's taper hat rolled down to the ground along with the whip, just at her feet. The eyes of the people watching the excitement were focused on Jiang Mengzhen's face.

There is still a little gap between that face and Tianxian, but the word decidedness and ugliness are not the slightest bit, to be more precise, if he is unsightly, then Qiao Yu can only be sent back to the furnace to be rebuilt.

Obviously, Qiao Yu is still self-aware of the difference in appearance between the two people. But how could he bow his head and admit his mistakes to such a man who had no good intentions towards him at the beginning, and muttered in his mouth: "The more good-looking a man is, the more bad water in his stomach." ”

Hao Cheng burst out laughing, Qiao Yu even scolded him himself. With this smile, both men focused their eyes on her faces.

The excitement is not so good-looking, Hao Cheng hurriedly took a few steps back, turned his face away, and pretended not to see anything.

Not only her, but the people around her who were watching the excitement also unconsciously took two steps back, as if they were afraid of provoking them, and there would be constant trouble at that time.

That laughter obviously made Qiao Yu realize his mistake, which made him feel that he was inferior in front of this strange man, and his face was bulging with anger, like a hamster with his cheeks puffing out and chewing something.

He is so fresh and lovely, he would not be angry with him if he changed a woman, and if it was a woman from the Qiao family, she would immediately bow her head and admit her mistake and coax him softly.

But it's a pity, Jiang Meng is really a man, he never understood what it means to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, he bent down and picked it up and picked up the cone hat that rolled down in front of Hao Cheng, his voice was as cold as a knife, and he sneered mercilessly: "The heart of a beautiful person is not bad, the terrible thing is that he is ugly, and his mind is vicious and stupid." ”

"You!" Qiao Yu's whip straightened up, as long as the man in front of him dared to say more, he guaranteed that the whip could fall directly on him.

Qiao Yu's force value Hao Cheng had seen before, and at this time, she couldn't pretend that she didn't save it, so she hurriedly jumped out to play a round.

"Don't blame Gongzi Qiao, he is a distant cousin of mine, and he may not be in a good mood recently."

After appeasing Qiao Yu first, she signaled to Jiang Mengzhen again, asking the other party to relent: "Cousin, don't you apologize to Gongzi Qiao soon." ”

"Apologies?!" Jiang Mengzhen felt extremely unbelievable for the two words Hao Cheng said.

In the dictionary of his life, there has never been the word "apology", only the person who opposed him wanted to make him admit his mistake, but he successfully admitted his mistake, and now the grave grass is three feet high.

Qiao Yu is just the son of a city lord, although Mingzhou City is prosperous, but Qiao Shan, the city lord of Mingzhou City, is just a five-grade official.

Qiao Yu's mother should salute him when she sees him, obviously Qiao Yu offended him first, why should he apologize to him?

Hao Cheng was very uncomfortable with his eyes, but she also knew that Jiang Meng's real force was worth it.

Against Qiao Yu, if it is a tough match, Jiang Mengzhen has no chance of winning. If the whip fell on Jiang Mengzhen, it would be fine if it was injured elsewhere, but if it was disfigured, it would be unimaginable.

And just now, she just stood by Qiao Yu's side, and she felt uncomfortable, and the malice felt by Qiao Yu, who was staring at her with that kind of gaze, was definitely not ordinarily strong.

As a socialist youth who grew up under the red flag, Hao Cheng is completely unable to understand the self-esteem of those noble sons, who are different from ordinary people.

For her, this apology is just a few soft words that are not painful, and it is nothing at all, but for Jiang Mengzhen, it is not a big deal to apologize to the noble emperor, but to apologize to the son of a small city lord who is lower than him and dares to raise the whip against him and speak ill of him, this is tantamount to humiliation.

Seeing Hao Cheng's reaction, Jiang Mengzhen closed his eyes, and his very rounded nails were deeply pinched into his palms. Fortunately, the expression on his face was hidden under the veil, and his hands were hidden by the wide sleeves of the robe, so that no one could see him.

He lifted his lips lightly, ready to say the apology. Hao Cheng opened his mouth again: "Forget it, this incident started because of me, if Qiao Gongzi wants to blame me, he will blame me." ”

She stretched out her hand, quickly squeezed Jiang Mengzhen's palm, withdrew her hand again, and said in a low voice: "If you don't want to say sorry, let's not talk about it, I will solve this matter." “

Although she didn't know what was so difficult about an ordinary apology, she always felt that at that moment, a terrible storm seemed to be brewing under the thin veil of the cone hat.

There are three parties in the horizontal and vertical directions, one is the little son of the city lord's family, and she can't afford to provoke her.

She doesn't know what Jiang Mengzhen's background is, but she is definitely much better than herself who has no father and mother, and an uncle who is dead.

It's not suitable for anyone to be soft, and she can't be soft. Anyway, she is not a native of the Jin Kingdom, and she does not have the self-esteem of the women and scholars here that is inflated to a little deformed.

Jiang Mengzhen obviously didn't expect her to suddenly change her words for him, and she was a little stunned for a while. Seeing Hao Cheng say a few words towards the car setting up the stall, Wang Yang howled: "Today, the owner has a treat, and each person will have a free finger cake, until it is sold out!" ”

A bunch of people immediately rushed in front of the stall, taking advantage of the crowd.

Hao Cheng leaned over and whispered a few words in Qiao Yu's ear, then hesitated for a moment, and took Jiang Mengzhen's hand - the defense of men and women in the Jin Kingdom is not very strict, and if there is a relative, it will not cause criticism even if the opposite sex is holding hands on the street.

Of course, Qiao Yu's hand, she can't hold it.

Before Jiang Mengzhen could react, she grabbed him firmly, and then ran away.

It wasn't until she trotted for a while that she stopped, panting heavily against the cold stone brick wall.

Jiang Mengzhen's taper hat also fell off during the vigorous running, and a few strands of green silk slipped quietly from the hosta's fixed bun, and his pale cheeks were also dyed a faint pink.

Wait until his breathing has stabilized before he asks, "What did you just say to him, why did you suddenly pull me up and run?" ”

Hao Chengyan grimaced, and finally couldn't help but hold back a smile: "I didn't say anything, it's just that I was the only one who apologized, and I just wanted you to be nervous." ”

This person always looked calm and composed, as if everything was in his hands, and the previous little sheep-like style was just pretending.

The feeling as if she was the prey of a hunt was really unpleasant, so I pulled him away, just to see him panic.

Jiang Mengzhen was not annoyed, and said, "You apologized to him just for me."

"Huh?" Hao Cheng didn't react for a while, and when she understood what the other party was saying, she smiled again, "It's nothing, it's just a few soft words, and it's not a big deal." ”

In her previous life, she worked in a hotel, doing hotel management, and often said sorry to others, from childhood to adulthood, what conflicts occurred, as long as one party was not unilaterally abused, she generally apologized to each other, just a soft word or two, she really didn't feel anything.

Jiang Mengzhen didn't speak, just looked at her fixedly, until he saw that Hao Cheng had no smile on his face.

Only then did he approach step by step, until he forced Hao Cheng into a corner.

is obviously a woman, but she was forced to have no way to escape by a weak man, as if she was a little white rabbit targeted by a big-tailed wolf, Hao Cheng felt that he couldn't hold it on his face.

Jiang Mengzhen stared into her eyes and said word by word: "I promise, I will never let you suffer this kind of grievance in the future, as long as I am here, you don't need to apologize to anyone in the future!" ”