Chapter 43: A Sense of Foreboding
This old lady, didn't she tell Cedar just now that she didn't want her to come in and didn't want her to offend people in vain, but Hongqi was still moved, so she spoke up. "Why did you change your mind right away?" Isn't this a flirtat?
Looking at Hong Qi's stupid appearance, the old lady smiled.
It's the first time I've seen this granddaughter show such a silly expression.
"What? What I just said is quite impassioned, do you really want to do it? ”
"Why don't you dare?" Hong Qi came back to his senses and raised his eyebrows, "As long as I think about it, there is nothing in this world that I dare not do." ”
Hearing this, Cedar secretly smacked his tongue.
The old lady looked at Hong Qi with a smile: "So, you agreed?" ”
"It may not be impossible to promise the old lady, but if the old lady depends on me for one thing."
"What's the matter?"
The old lady asked curiously.
"From now on, this family will be mine."
Hong Qi said, Cedar gasped, this Miss Seven, really dare to say it.
The old lady's gaze suddenly fell on Hong Qi's body like a knife, and the temperature around her immediately plummeted by a few degrees, and Cedar held her breath, not even daring to breathe. No one has ever been so presumptuous in front of an old lady. To put it harshly, this is simply disobedience.
The corners of Hong Qi's mouth still had a light smile, looking at the old lady steadily, and even the curvature of the corners of her mouth had not changed, and she was calm.
Long
Hahaha!
The old lady finally laughed, and Cedar breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, her back was covered in cold sweat, and her clothes were wet. It was less than a quarter of an hour, more exciting than any time she had ever been with the old lady. After all, when she followed the old lady, the old lady was already the real power in this red mansion, up and down, and there was no one who dared to be disrespectful.
"You girl, you really dare to say it." The old lady looked at Hong Qi almost dotingly, and her appearance was like an extremely kind old man.
Cedar was secretly surprised, the old lady, was more different to Miss Seven than she had imagined.
"Cedar, you go down, leave our grandparents and grandchildren, and talk about ourselves here alone."
The old lady commanded.
Cedar retreated, and the old lady beckoned to Hongqi: "Come in, it's cold outside, don't freeze." Originally, my body was weak now, and I didn't know how to cherish it. How many girls are you, so you let you wear it so thinly and come out? ”
Hong Qi could sense the worry in the old lady's words, and said with a smile: "I don't blame them." It's my own, I don't like to wear too much, I always feel like I'm about to suffocate, and I can't get out of breath. Besides, if you put a brazier in the house and burn the kang, how cold can it be? ”
As he spoke, Hong Qi climbed onto the windowsill.
"You leather monkey, why don't you leave the good window, be careful, be careful!"
The old lady was in a hurry, so she hurriedly trotted over and helped Red Qi. Seeing that she landed, he breathed a sigh of relief, knocked her on the head, and reprimanded: "Don't do this again in the future." What if you accidentally fall and hurt your muscles and bones? If it is broken, what should I do? Girls' families, face is life, don't be careless, do you know? ”
Even though it was a reprimand, I could still feel the deep concern in it.
Hong Qi nodded obediently, only feeling warm in his heart. It's a strange feeling, she shouldn't be such an easy person to be touched. In essence, Red Seven actually uses this place more as a temporary transit center, like a company that enters during a mission. Approaching the old lady and having a good relationship with the old lady is also to be able to live more comfortably in this red family. Her real family members have all passed away. Although she missed, she was not fragile enough to find a replacement. There is no substitute for that. She is here, but she is playing the role of Red Seven.
Hong Qi thought about these very clearly.
When she went on a mission, it was not the first time for her to play the role of a family. Those family members were much better to her than the old lady.
But it was the first time she had done such a mission, and she had never felt so strongly in such a short period of time. For her cold personality, this reaction is already obvious. It just doesn't make sense. I'm afraid it's the cause of this body. It's really a terrifying power to be connected by blood. Hong Qi frowned secretly in her heart, she didn't like such uncontrolled power.
The old lady closed the window, isolated the cold outside, pulled Hongqi on the bed, and held her hand with both hands. The old lady's hands were very warm, and after a while, Hong Qi's hands became warmer.
Although Hong Qi was particularly reluctant to such intimacy because she suddenly realized that she was affected by this body that did not belong to her, and she had feelings for the old lady that she should not have, her mind was very clear. Knowing that such intimacy was beneficial to her, she obediently held it by the old lady, and there was a look of admiration in her eyes.
As a spy, the mind and heart can be separated. Of course, not everyone can do it perfectly. But Red Seven is the perfect one in the organization in this regard. At any time, she will never act in a way that would damage her mission because of her own feelings. 1. Prioritize tasks.
In fact, Red Seven is not the best in the organization; On various talents such as camouflage, firearms, acting...... is not the strongest person in the organization, there are many people who are stronger than her, but it is with this mentality that Red Seven can survive dangerous missions again and again, and become the first person with the highest mission success rate in the organization.
The old lady looked at the two of them shaking hands at this time, and suddenly sighed.
"It seems that I am really old. If it was before, no matter what the eldest lady did, I would not have the slightest hesitation; I wouldn't be so close to a granddaughter like this...... This man is soft-hearted, and he is prone to make mistakes. Especially as the head of the family, you can't be particularly close to anyone. Once you get close, you are easily swayed by your feelings, lose your mind, and make decisions that are harmful to your family. In the past, I was able to work for the Red Family, but recently, for some reason, it has become more and more difficult to do this. No wonder those emperors, no matter how wise they are, will become mediocre when they are old, and the years are really unforgiving. ”
On this day, the old lady chatted with Hong Qi for a long time, and talked a lot, chattering so much that she didn't look like she was in the past, just like an ordinary old man who couldn't be more ordinary.
It was very late that Red Seven left.
When he left, it was already dark outside, and Hong Qi had just come out of the house when he suddenly heard a "quack" sound, and the black bird flapped its wings and flew into the sky.
It's a crow, a black crow.
Hong Qi is not a superstitious person, but at that moment, for some reason, she had an ominous feeling in her heart.
The old lady on this day was really abnormal. Abnormal, always unsettling. But sometimes, it's just a false alarm. If you are suspicious and frightened in the slightest situation, such a psychological element, no matter how good you are in other aspects, you are afraid that if you become a spy, you will go crazy within a year.
Many of Red Seven's companions eventually quit this line of work because of various psychological problems. After all, too much contact with the dark side will have an extremely negative impact on people's psychology. Those who can resist this influence can continue to survive in this industry, and those who can't resist can only quit, otherwise, they will die quickly.
So, Red Seven quickly left this ominous feeling behind him.
And after Hong Qi left, in the flickering candle flame, the old lady's eyes were projected into nothingness, as if she had seen something.
Her eyes were gentle that no one in the Hong family had ever seen, and her voice was like water: "Shaohua! I've been waiting for a long time, I'm impatient. It's just that if I leave, I finally earned the current home, but I'm afraid that it will be scattered and defeated. Wait for me a little longer, it won't be long, when the eldest sister has an heir and sits firmly in the position of the princess, the seventh sister and several other granddaughters will marry a good family and can help the family; When the grandchildren are a little older and can afford this family, I will come to accompany you immediately. However, I will already have goosebumps by then, will you still recognize me? I don't know if this person will continue to grow old after he dies, and what you look like now. I'm sure I'll recognize you, though. Even if you were to change your appearance, I would recognize you. Also, we have made an appointment to reincarnate together, and we will be husband and wife in the next life, so you can't reincarnate by yourself just because you have waited too long. But if you really can't wait, it's too lonely, it's okay to go first, I'll definitely go to you. I prayed in front of the Buddha every day, praying that in the next life we would grow old, and that the Buddha would surely fulfill us when he saw that I was so pious. Shaohua, I really want to see you......"
The old lady just talked about it for a long, long time.
Hong Shaohua is the name of the old man of the Hong family who died early.
The next day, Hongqi went to see the old lady again. The old lady was like that yesterday, she was really worried. However, the old lady has returned to her usual appearance. And let Hongqi endure it for a few more days, and then she will solve this matter.
The old lady is back to normal, and Hong Qi naturally has nothing to worry about, so she just waits to watch the show.
Two days later, the eldest wife's son, the second master, Hong Junliang, came back from Yue's house, and his wife and second grandmother stayed at Yue's house and did not come back with him for the time being.
The day after Hong Junliang returned, the old lady summoned the descendants of the Hong family, and as for the concubines and concubines, they were not qualified to participate in such a confidential matter.
The old lady did not consult anyone, and announced her opinion on the matter very strongly. If she can get this opportunity from the Zhou family, she will assign it to the one with the most talent. When the time comes, she will ask the gentleman outside to be the judge to see which young master has the best knowledge, and this place will belong to him.
The eldest lady still wanted to talk about the elder, so she gave the old lady a word back.
"If anyone dares to say more, the house will be directly disqualified."
Sure enough, she is worthy of the old lady who controls the Hong family, once she decides, she will act vigorously and resolutely, and no one will be allowed to say anything.
The second wife is naturally overjoyed, and in terms of knowledge, the eldest wife's second master, Hong Junliang, can't catch up with her sons. There is no suspense in this competition.
The eldest lady was hit, and the old lady made it clear that she was biased towards the second room, who didn't know that the sons of the second room all went to the Egret Academy. And her son, after leaving the family school, has never taken a book again. In these years, I am abandoned, and I am afraid that my studies will not advance but retreat. Not to mention, even in the original family studies, her son was not as good as the third room.
The eldest lady didn't dare to say anything to the old lady, so she went back to her pine courtyard, smashed the things in the house, and screamed angrily: "It must be that seventh sister!" This matter is absolutely inseparable from her, otherwise, why didn't the old lady say anything when she came, she went to Songyuan for two days, and the old lady decided so quickly? I don't know what to lift, she, an orphan girl with no mother and no brother, dares to spoil my good deeds? I can't spare her! I can't spare her! I want her to be doomed, and I want her to regret choosing a second room for her! Cheap hoof, bastard without mother's education......"