After the three of them sat down, Gui Bao and the black-clothed guards were about to withdraw.

When Lu Qinghuan saw that the two were leaving, he hurriedly called out to stop them, "Wait a minute! She turned her head to Pei Yuan and Helan Xuanyi and asked, "Let them have a New Year's dinner with us, do you have any opinions?" ”

Although there is no respect and humility in Lu Qinghuan's concept, the people of this era are different.

Pei Yuan raised his eyebrows noncommittally, and glanced at the black-clothed guard: "Ajia, sit down." ”

It turned out that the black-clothed guard was called Ah Jia, and Lu Qinghuan always thought that his name was Anonymous!

Seeing that Pei Yuan did not object, Helan also nodded and said that it didn't matter, so Lu Qinghuan called Gui Bao over and asked her to sit beside him.

There were five people at a table, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little grotesque.

Ah Jia didn't say a word, Gui Bao didn't dare to speak because he was cowardly, Helan didn't talk much, so Lu Qinghuan was the only one left in the whole table to enliven the atmosphere, and Pei Yuan, who was very understanding just now, pretended to be an outsider at this time, and he didn't care.

Lu Qinghuan only felt that the word embarrassment in capital letters floated above her head.

She flattened her mouth, stared at the Babao duck in front of her dejectedly, turned her depression into food, and was about to start, but saw a pair of chopsticks sandwich a large piece of the most tender duck breast meat and put it in her bowl.

She looked up in surprise, but saw Pei Yuan's face full of soft smiles, a pair of phoenix eyes full of bright light, and said softly: "Eat." ”

Lu Qinghuan blinked, wondering if he was mistaken, but when she looked at Pei Yuan again, he had already turned his face and talked to Helan.

"Shu Ming, why don't you have a drink?"

Pei Yuan doesn't drink often, and Helan is too, but today is not usual, their identities are very different, their status is different, and the only thing that can be compared is probably only this wine!

Helan nodded, took out two jars of the green plum spring he brewed, poured a bowl each, then picked up the bowl, looked at Pei Yuan with deep meaning, and said, "This bowl, I respect you." ”

His words were concise, but Pei Yuan and Lu Qinghuan understood the meaning behind it. He respected Pei Yuan, not only thanking him for helping him, but also thanking him for not looking down on him like others.

This bowl, he dried it in one gulp, without the slightest hesitation.

I don't know why, at this moment, Lu Qinghuan vaguely felt that such a Helan was the real Helan Xuanyi, and he took off the cloak of taciturn, cold and affectionate, and what was left was a man with blood and pride!

Maybe the Helan Xuanyi many years ago was also high-spirited and full of enthusiasm! It's a pity that the world has changed, and the world's consumption has made him have to become like this.

Pei Yuan nodded, picked up the bowl, and ate it all at once.

The two of them are like this, you come and go, but after a while, the two jars of wine have bottomed out, but the dishes in front of them have not moved.

Lu Qinghuan looked at this atmosphere, which was really treacherous, so she stood up, took clean chopsticks, and filled everyone's bowl with vegetables, "Eat quickly, eat quickly, if you don't finish these dishes today, you won't be allowed to leave!" ”

She wanted to show the pride of a female man, but Lu Qinghuan's voice was crisp, so this sentence came out of her mouth, full of coquettishness.

Pei Yuan glanced at Lu Qinghuan funny, put down the wine bowl in his hand, and ate the dish that Lu Qinghuan gave him very obediently.

One bite at a time, although I eat slowly, and occasionally I will frown a little when I encounter a dish I don't like, but I still eat it all.

This New Year's dinner was eaten in a strange and seemingly harmonious atmosphere. Lu Qinghuan saw that it was not early, so he took Gui Bao and got up to say goodbye.

Pei Yuan didn't leave, he asked Ah Jia to send Lu Qinghuan back to his house, and he stayed.

With Pei Yuan staying to accompany Helan, Lu Qinghuan was also relieved, and returned to Lu Mansion with Guibao very refreshingly.

She didn't know that at this time, the Lu Mansion was about to turn upside down.

She hadn't informed Lu Jinyan and the Lin family before, so she took Guibao out of the door, but as soon as the two of them left the gate of the Lu Mansion, a little girl immediately reported to the Lin family.

The Lin family didn't like Lu Qinghuan, not at all.

Although on the surface she is definitely an out-and-out good stepmother, in her selfish heart, she wishes that Lu Qinghuan has never existed.

In fact, this matter is related to Cui's.

Lu Jinyan had pursued the Lin family long before marrying the Cui family, but the Lin family's father was not optimistic about Lu Jinyan, thinking that he was not the Lu family's long house, could not inherit the Lu family's inheritance, and his own talent was not outstanding.

So Lu Jinyan was rejected by the Lin family like this.

Although Lin's father was not optimistic about Lu Jinyan, Lin still fell in love with him, which is why not long after Cui's death, Lin entered the Lu Mansion under pressure.

But because of this, when the Lin family entered the Lu Mansion, almost no one was optimistic about her.

How many people said that she used to hate the poor and love the rich, and Lu Jinyan didn't marry when he didn't have fame, but he had to wait until he became famous and became an official before marrying.

How many people say that she just chose Cui's cheapness, because of Cui's family, there is Lu Jinyan today.

The Lin family's hatred for the Cui family has been there since the day she married Lu Jinyan.

It's a pity that Cui's died early, and her hatred has nowhere to go, but Lu Qinghuan's survival seems to remind her of her failures all the time.

How could she not hate?

When Lu Qinghuan returned to the Lu Mansion, the people in the mansion looked at her strangely, and some seemed to have a hint of schadenfreude.

Lu Qinghuan noticed it, but he only felt a little strange and didn't take it to heart.

When I returned to Qinghuan Pavilion, I realized that something was wrong.

The entire Qinghuan Pavilion was quiet, and there was an occasional sound of snow falling from the trees, but it became more and more quiet in the courtyard.

"Gui Bao, why aren't they here?"

Gui Bao shook his head, usually if Lu Qinghuan comes back, A-Niang is the first to come out, why don't you see anyone today? Even the two maids who sprinkled and swept in the courtyard were gone, could it be because there were not enough people in the front yard that they were all transferred to help?

The master and servant were wondering, and Lu Jinyan and Lin led a group of rough maids and maids to rush in.

Lu Qinghuan couldn't help frowning, looking at the posture, it seemed that the person who came was not good.

The corners of Lin's eyes were slightly red, the handkerchief in his hand was slightly moist, and his face was full of grief and anger that hated iron but not steel. And Lu Jinyan looked angry, and when he got closer, he didn't say anything, and stretched out his hand to slap Lu Qinghuan.

His movements were very sudden, and by the time Lu Qinghuan reacted, Lu Jinyan's hand was already whistling with a fierce wind, close to her cheek.

Although she hurriedly dodged, she was still scratched by Lu Jinyan's fingers, and suddenly there were several red, swollen and raised finger marks on her snow-like skin.

Lu Qinghuan endured the burning pain on his cheeks, and glared at Lu Jinyan angrily: "You madman, why did you beat me?" ”