"Yunyan, what's going on with your face?" Li Man asked in surprise.

Yunyan's face turned pale, and he smiled dryly, "I accidentally hit the stone." ”

"Oh." It was clearly a knife wound, how could Li Man not see it, but she deliberately concealed it, and Li Man was not easy to ask.

However, she didn't have rouge gouache or anything like that, so she asked a maid for some.

The cloud smoke was smeared in the mirror.

But Li Man was strange, just cover the scar, how did she get it all over her face.

"Yunyan, actually, if you don't use these, it's also beautiful." Li Man said sincerely.

Yunyan's hand paused slightly, and then smiled, "I'm used to it, and if I don't use it, it's very uncomfortable." ”

Li Man was speechless.

When she was packed, the two of them went out of the house together and went to eat in the small hall.

Yunyan still couldn't let go, especially when she saw Xiao Wu, who used to hate her very much, her expression was even more embarrassed.

Fortunately, Xiao Wu has been very well-behaved recently, rarely talking, and as soon as she sat down, she was bored and picked up food, and she didn't see her at all.

Yunyan relaxed a little.

However, halfway through the meal, Li Yan and Li Hua came back with the Tian family's father and son.

In the past, Li Man was not here, and they ate lunch casually in the store, but now, with a wife and children at home, they will take out all the time and go home to eat with their wives and children.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that there would be an extra woman at the dinner table.

Because Yunyan's change is really big, Li Yan and the others didn't recognize her at first, but Li Man introduced her, and everyone felt like it.

Several men sat down and ate with their heads down, and none of them said a word.

The atmosphere was a little cold.

Yunyan's eyes secretly glanced at Li Yan, and the trace of emotion in his heart that had not yet risen fell silently.

Sure enough, he didn't even want to give her another look.

Suddenly, I don't know what to eat.

Yunyan didn't know how he finished this bowl of rice, but he felt that after the meal, his stomach was very uncomfortable.

Li Man poured her a cup of hot water, "Drink some, it will be more comfortable." ”

"Hmm." Yunyan took two sips, put down the cup, and smiled awkwardly at Li Man, "Let you see you laugh." ”

"What you don't laugh at. Is it better? If you're still feeling well, go to a doctor. Li Man said.

Yunyan waved his hand, "No, it's already much better." ”

However, her face was still not good.

Li Man looked at her, and didn't know what to say, although they were cousins, Li Man was not familiar with her, and there was a Li Yan in the middle, which was even more embarrassing.

Yunyan sat for a while, a little unable to sit still, then got up and said, "After bothering me for half a day, I should go back." ”

"Cloud smoke." Seeing her staggering out, Li Man stepped forward to support her.

Yunyan was even more embarrassed, and explained, "I, I don't know what's wrong with my body, I'm getting more and more hypocritical, I didn't like this before." ”

"Okay, sit down first." Li Man helped her sit down again and looked at her scrutinically, "Yunyan, has something happened during this time?" How did you get to Beijing? ”

"Heh, I sold all my belongings and hired a car to come back." Yunyan said with a smile.

This is okay, but Li Man looks at her now, and always feels that something bad has happened to her in the past half a year?

In the past, even if she was rejected by Li Yan and was sad, she was not as depressed as she is now, as if she had lost confidence in everything in this world.

Even, when she talked to herself, her eyes were wandering.

There was a smile on her face, but it was empty, like a mask on her face.

"Cloud smoke." Li Man finally couldn't help it, and wanted to say the words in his heart, "I don't know what you've experienced in the past half a year, but I think you're in a bad state now." ”

"Oh, really?" Yunyan smiled lightly and asked rhetorically, "What's wrong?" I think it's good, now I have a home again, the Yun family's house, the Yun family's shop, all belong to me. Even if I don't do anything, I won't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of my life. Don't you know? I also bought a few girls in my house, and now I don't even need to do laundry, cooking, and cleaning. Do you think I'm having a good day? ”

"Yunyan, if you don't want to tell me, don't say it, and when you want to say it one day, you can come to me." Li Man said sincerely, "Seriously, when I met you today, I really didn't want to recognize you. I even blame Ying'er for being troublesome. However, I was relieved to see that Xue'er was so happy with Suibo. The Yun family and the Shangguan family, there are only a few of us left, so we should take care of each other. ”

Yunyan smiled faintly, noncommittal.

"Forget about Li Yan." Li Man said suddenly, "At least, don't think about him deliberately." ”

Yunyan was stunned, looking at her with wet eyes.

It's easy to fall in love with someone, but how hard is it to forget someone?

It's not that she doesn't want to, but she just can't forget it.

"Yunyan, if you want, I'll help you." Li Man took her hand and looked at her encouragingly.

Yunyan suddenly retracted his hand, "Forget him? ”

She has no relatives around her, and if he forgets about it, then she will really become a walking corpse.

What's the point of being alive?

"Man'er." She suddenly spoke, her voice a little hoarse, with excitement and pleading, "Just this time, I beg you, just let me like him silently, okay?" I assure you, I will never provoke him, nor will I ruin your relationship, I just want to like him, and I like him quietly. If you don't think so. So, if I don't come to Shangguanfu in the future, you will treat me as if there is no such person in this world as a person, okay? ”

"Cloud smoke." Li Man interrupted her hysteria in a deep voice.

A person's love is humbled to such an extent that it makes people feel sympathetic and angry.

"Calm down."

"No, Man'er, listen to me. I have never loved anyone in my life, I only love him. Now I have nothing but him. I'm in my world, secretly liking him, can't I? Yunyan cried and pleaded.

Li Man took a deep breath before holding back his emotions, took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, "Wipe away your tears first." ”

"Just promise me." Yunyan didn't take the veil, only looked at her with teary eyes.

"Fool." It is said that women should be embarrassed by women, Li Man looked at her like this, and she was really ruthless, so she only wiped her tearful face with a handkerchief, and sighed.

"You're really an infatuated girl, but this infatuation is used by the wrong person. You know that he doesn't feel for you, and you still think about it like this, to be honest, not only does it increase the burden on his heart, but also makes your heart closed, in addition to the pain of love, you simply forget that in addition to love, in addition to men, there are many beautiful things waiting for you to discover and enjoy. ”

Yunyan smiled bitterly, "When I was a child, my mother told me that the happiness of a woman's life is to find a good man, a man who can entrust her for life." But, me. ”

"Your mother is right. However, Li Yan, this man, has already been relied on, and he can't squeeze you in his arms anymore. Well, you're going to have to go to another man, you know? There is no grass anywhere in this world. Three-legged toads are difficult to walk, two-legged men, aren't they everywhere? Li Man stared at her and said.

The corner of Yunyan's mouth twitched, and he looked stunned, staring at Li Man, "You, you ......"

"Heh," Li Man also smiled, "I'm not rough when I say this." Really, instead of locking yourself in misery and feeling sorry for yourself all your life, it is better to open your heart and face a new life bravely. How do you know that without Li Yan, you won't find a better man? ”

"Me." The clouds of smoke were paused, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, but it was instantly extinguished, "You don't understand, this is my life." I admit it. ”

Li Man snorted, deflated, and dared to spend a long time on her tongue, so she accepted her fate.

"Okay, you accept your fate. Then I can't help it. “

"It's time for me to go." Yunyan struggled to his feet.

Li Man smiled slightly and invited, "I'm going to make snacks in the kitchen later, do you want to stay and make them with me." ”

"Make snacks? I won't. Yunyan was a little ashamed.

Li Man held her hand and went out with her, saying, "No, just learn from me." I learned it, and I can give it to ...... in the future Make it for yourself. ”

"Oh." Yunyan snorted lightly, she wanted to leave, but her body involuntarily followed her.

Back at the Yun family, except for a few unfamiliar girls, there was a lonely garden.

Which is like this Shangguan Mansion, the flowers and birds are better.

As soon as they went out, Shangguan Xue and Tian Ningying surrounded them.

The eyes of the two kept staring at Li Man and Yun Yan.

"See what?" Li Man glanced at the two of them.

Tian Ningying shrank her head and said with a smile, "Seeing that you two have been in the house for a long time, you are still afraid of fighting." ”

"Then why didn't I see you go in and pull the rack?" Li Man didn't look at her angrily.

Tian Ningying smiled, "Don't dare." ”

Shangguan Xue also knew about Yunyan, and felt a little more sympathy for this cousin, and even felt sympathy.

It turns out that her cousin is as sad as her, and the men she likes all like her big sister in their hearts.

It's just that she is better, because the eldest sister has a husband, Yan Jin can't get close to the eldest sister, so she still has a chance.

And cousin, it's pitiful.

According to what she knew about her big sister and several brothers-in-law, it was impossible for them to accept other women.

Therefore, my cousin's affectionate infatuation is destined to be in vain.

Several people came to the kitchen together, and Li Man became the chef, took out all the materials he bought in the morning, and then instructed them to do things one by one.

Washing vegetables for washing vegetables, mixing noodles for noodles, and burning for fire.

She's only in charge.

"Sister, what kind of snacks do you want to make? How can there still be meat? Looking at the fried rattling steak in the pot, Shangguan Xue only felt that her taste buds were wide open, and she couldn't help but take a few more sips.

Tian Ningying and others were also curious, "I didn't expect this meat to be so fragrant when fried." ”

"There's something even more fragrant in a moment." Li Man thought that he would buy cumin and other ingredients today, and after a while, he would prepare it and then smear it on this meat steak, so it would be a delicious taste.

"Oh. That's great. When Li Man said this, Tian Ningying felt that her saliva was about to flow out, and she immediately wanted to taste it first.

Li Man didn't let her succeed, and ordered, "You take two people to clean up the pavilion by the lotus pond in the West Garden, and when the things are ready, we will take them there to eat." There is water and ventilation, and it is cooler than the rest of the place. ”

"Well, good." Tian Ningying followed her words and hurriedly went out.

At this time, Li Man continued to work.

Shangguan Xue's dishes were also washed, and Yunyan was in charge of the fire, so she had nothing to do, "Sister, I'll go help Sister Ying'er." ”

"No, you went to see Zhang Jing and they came? If they come, invite them to wait at the pavilion. Li Man said.

Shangguan Xue said 'um' and went out.

In the kitchen, there were only two people left, her and Yunyan.

Yunyan got up, leaned on the side of the pot, watched her busy work, and said with a smile, "Although I have watched it more than once, I still can't believe that you can not only cook, but also make good dishes and snacks." ”

"Oh, you don't know much." Li Man cut the fried meat chop into a small piece and handed it to Yun Yan's mouth.

Yunyan was stunned.

"Taste it, is it delicious?" Li Man smiled and stuffed a small piece of meat into her mouth.

Yunyan's whole person didn't know how to be good, and only chewed instinctively.

"How?" Li Man's eyes were full of anticipation.

Yunyan only nodded instinctively, "It's delicious." ”

"That's good." Li Man smiled with satisfaction, and then ordered, "If you want to be fine, just skewer the meat over there, and we will grill and eat it later." ”

"Roast?" Yunyan doesn't understand.

Li Man pointed to the stand on the bench on the side, and said with a smile, "See, I bought it in the morning, put some charcoal on this thing, and the barbecue should be very fragrant." ”

"Oh." Yunyan really doesn't understand, how can Li Man understand these things? She's obviously the same as herself, she used to live a privileged life, and she didn't even know what the kitchen looked like.

Although she was depressed later, she suffered for many years, and she could only barely cook the food, which was far from delicious.

Not to mention anything else.

"Man'er, what has happened to you all these years?" Yunyan was also curious.

Li Man said with a smile while wearing meat skewers, "This is a long story, I fled, met a bad guy, was sold, and was bought by the Li brothers, and then, that's what you see now." Hehe, speaking of which, their family should be my benefactors. ”

Where is it as simple as she said, fleeing, meeting bad guys, being sold...... In a simple word, I'm afraid I have experienced too much unknown suffering.

But Yunyan still envies her current life, "I envy you very much." She said sincerely.

"That's it." Li Manwaner smiled and said, "A woman, you have to love yourself." If you don't even love yourself anymore, how can you expect others to love you. ”

Yunyan was stunned.

Li Man curled her lips, "What I said is a little ugly, but if I really listen to it, it is definitely a wise saying, ordinary people, I won't tell her." You're my sister, so I'm telling you. ”

Yunyan smiled slightly, "Your mouth is much more powerful than when you were a child." When I was a child, I didn't see you as a talker. ”

"People change. I love who I am. Li Man said as he put the skewered meat skewers in a small bamboo basket, and then began to skewer the dishes again.

"What are these for?" Yunyan was very curious, what kind of potato chips, peppers, chicken wings or something, aren't they cooking? How did you get it all on the bamboo skewers?

"I'll take it and bake it later, there are a lot of people today, so I need to prepare more." Li Man said.

Yunyan was curious, "Aren't you making dim sum?" Are these snacks? ”

"Huh." Li Man explained with a smile, "What is steamed in that pot is dim sum, and it can't be made so much, and it's not enough for so many people to eat." I've prepared these for me. I thought, after living in Shangguan Mansion for so long, everyone has never gotten together to have fun, so I just took advantage of the fact that today is fine, everyone is together, and it should be a party. ”

"What a Pa ......"

"Gathering." Li Man explained, "It's just relatives and friends playing together, eating, drinking, and having fun." ”

"Oh. It's still like this. "Yunyan is very novel.

"Hmm." Li Man's technique was extremely neat, and after a while, he cleaned up the prepared vegetables, turned around, picked up the washed fruits in the basket, and prepared to make juice.

Yunyan's eyes were straightening when he looked at the sidelines.

Wouldn't it be better to eat these fruits like this? Do you have to struggle to get the juice?

"Well, your hands are sore, you can help me shake it." Seeing that Yunyan was idle, Li Man handed her the shaking juicer.

Yun Yan watched the red tomato thrown into the bucket, and with a slight shake of the wooden handle in his hand, the blade in the bucket flew rapidly, and at the other end, in a small groove, a bubbling liquid slipped out.

"This stuff is so interesting." Yunyan said with a smile.

Li Man was proud, "That's it, this summer, it's okay to have a glass of juice, that's called a beauty." ”

As she was talking, Shangguan Xue ran in, "Sister, they are all waiting in the West Garden, let me come over and ask when it's okay." ”