Kang Xuexi's place of hospitality is in his courtyard house in Houhai, which is the first work that Li Xiang designed and followed, it is said that Mr. Kang originally planned to be rebuilt as a private courtyard, but for some reason it has now become a private restaurant.

When Jin Zhu and Li thought about it, Xia Keyu was standing at the gate talking to a man in his thirties who looked like a security guard, and when he saw them, he greeted them with a smile, "Mr. Kang and Miss Kang have arrived, let me pick you up at the door." ”

After Xia Keyu finished speaking, he led Li Xiang and Jin Zhu into the gate, and when he entered the door, he saw a large stone carving on the wall, which was not carved on the wall with auspicious pictures such as Fu Lu and Su Xi, but a group of reliefs of landscape paintings, some of which were similar to the Qingming Dynasty on the river, turning the wall, it was a large courtyard, there were rockeries, bonsai, small ponds, and of course flowers and trees, in short, the layout of the yard was more like the garden in the south of the Yangtze River than the courtyard style in the north.

The buildings in the courtyard are also typical of Jiangnan style, three two-story small buildings are located on the central axis in four directions, facing the central axis of the south is the stone carving and the gate behind the stone carving, the gate of each small building is the kind of circular wood carving door, and there is a path leading to the verandah in front of the door.

When Jin Zhu was looking at the layout of the courtyard, there was a sudden sound of the piano, and looking in the direction of the sound of the piano, Jin Zhu saw the figure of Kang Xuexi standing by the window on the first floor of the building on the north side.

At that time, Kang Xuexi had been standing there observing Li Xiang and Jin Zhu for a while, and his eyes fell on Jin Zhu and Li Xiang's ten-fingered clasped hands, so that when Jin Zhu's gaze collided with his line of sight, he actually had a little gaffe.

However, Kang Xuexi quickly came back to his senses and glanced at Jin Zhu. Nodding slightly, Jin Zhu replied with a light smile.

Soon, the figure in front of the window disappeared. Within a few seconds, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and in less than a minute, Kang Xuexi and Kang Xin greeted them.

"Jin Zhu, why did you come, I've been waiting for you for a long time, my brother just told me that this house was designed by Li Xiang. It turns out that he and Li Xiang have known each other for a long time, why do you think the two of us are so fateful? Kang Xin smiled and stepped forward to hold Jin Zhu's arm.

"It's quite fateful." Jin Zhu replied with a smile.

If he had known that there would be so many entanglements in the encounter back then, Jin Zhu would not have much to do to help Kang Xin. It won't be too much to introduce her to Tian Fangzhou's father.

It's a pity that the world didn't know it earlier.

When Jin Zhu was regretting himself, Kang Xuexi spoke, "I'm sorry." I just heard from her sister that she and Miss Yang have had so many adventures. Knowing this, I should have met Miss Yang and formally thanked Miss Yang for saving her sister in several crises. ”

"Mr. Kang is too polite, even if a stranger sees injustice, he should reach out to help, not to mention that Ling Mei and my Jinzhu are friends, classmates or roommates, in this case, if my Jinzhu is abandoned, wouldn't it be too contrary to morality?" Li Xiang smiled and answered for Jin Zhu.

Kang Xin shook her head when she heard this. "Jin Zhu, go. The two of us talked, listening to the two of them talking sourly is really tiring, how many times have I told my brother, we are friends, there is no need to be so polite between friends, there is not a saying called great grace without thanks, in short, I remember your kindness. ”

Kang Xin said as she pulled the gold beads into the door, and the furnishings of the hall were also in the antique Jiangnan style, with calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, carved beams, mahogany tables of eight immortals and carved Taishi chairs, and gaiwan tea on the table.

What made Jin Zhu strange was that there was a guqin and a guzheng in the corner of the hall, seeing Jin Zhu looking at the guqin and the zither, Kang Xin smiled and said: "This is for the guests to play, not a good piano, I was idle just now, I played it twice, by the way, do you know how to play the piano?" ”

Jin Zhu shook her head, "After moving to the city, my sister studied with her for a few years, and I learned some fingering from her, but unfortunately I was busy with the college entrance examination and didn't care about going to school." ”

"Really? How many years did your sister study? I remember that she was very good at singing and dancing, but I didn't expect her to learn the guqin as well. Kang Xin was a little surprised, because she knew that it would cost money to learn these things, and it would only be a matter of two or three years for Jinzhu's conditions to improve.

"It's only been three years, and I didn't have the conditions to study in the countryside before." Jin Zhu said as he looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall.

"Miss Yang likes calligraphy and painting?" Kang Hak-hee has been paying attention to Jin Zhu's expression.

"I like it, Ah Xiang has liked painting since he was a child, his dream is to be a painter, he originally wanted to be admitted to the Q Academy of Fine Arts, but unfortunately the economic conditions at that time did not allow it, not bad, not bad, and now he has become a supernumerary student of the Academy of Fine Arts." Jin Zhu looked at Li Xiang after speaking, and Li Xiang touched Jin Zhu's head.

"Really good, you are worthy of being childhood sweethearts, you can like whatever Li Xiang likes, so what do you like or not, what does Li Xiang like?" Kang Xin watched the interaction between the two and asked enviously.

"Of course, how can I not like what my family Zhuzhu likes?" After Li Xiang finished speaking, he touched Jin Zhu's head again, looked at Jin Zhu dotingly, and smiled.

This action quickly dispelled Kang Xuexi's suspicions, although words can deceive people, but it is difficult to deceive people with eyes, looking at the interaction between these two people, it is indeed a pair of men and women in love, whether it is the ten fingers clenched when the two first entered the door or the performance of the two in front of them at the moment, it is that kind of natural expression of love.

"Tsk, it's so sweet, it gives me goosebumps, let's go, brother, let's go order food, these two people are estimated to be full without eating." Kang Xin stepped forward and grabbed Kang Xuexi's arm.

Kang Xuexi knocked Kang Xin's head, "Have you such a master?" You have to ask Miss Yang what she likes to eat. ”

"Brother, you still call her Jinzhu, Miss Yang Miss Yang, I'm tired of listening, Jinzhu, what do you like to eat?" Kang Xin let go of Kang Xuexi's arm, walked over and pulled Jin Zhu into the dining room on the west side.

"I'm not a picky eater." Jin Zhu smiled.

"If it's convenient, add two chili dishes to us, we can't always eat authentic chili dishes in the cafeteria." Li Xiang said suddenly.

Kang Xuexi looked at Jin Zhu when he heard this, and Jin Zhu received his gaze and smiled slightly. "Ah Xiang, let's just take care of the host, Kang Xin doesn't eat chili peppers."

In fact. Jin Zhu in the previous life didn't eat chili peppers at all, and there was no such thing as chili peppers at that time, because of this habit, Jin Zhu's diet in this life was generally light, and she didn't know why Li Xiang suddenly wanted to help her order a chili.

Of course, Jin Zhu didn't eat a little chili, after all, Jin Yang and the others grew up eating the local hot and sour soup. Yang Jinzhu is not exempt from vulgarity, so Jinzhu does not dare to be too maverick, for fear of arousing the suspicion of others. Therefore, her taste has also become slightly heavier in recent years.

"It doesn't matter, how can there be a reason not to let the guests have fun?" After Kang Xuexi finished speaking, he picked up the menu and handed it to Li Xiang.

Li Xiang took it and opened the menu to look at it, then put the menu in front of Jin Zhu and pointed at it, seeing Jin Zhu nodding. He just reported two names. Then he handed the menu back to Kang Xuexi's hands.

Kang Xuexi took the menu and didn't open it, but looked at Xia Keyu, Xia Keyu received the order and turned around and went out, and then a little girl in her twenties came in, the little girl came in with four bowls of gaiwan tea on a tray, and after serving tea, the little girl withdrew again.

"Miss Yang, I heard that you gave the copyright of this ancient town tour to your sister. Can I know why? Kang Xuexi glanced at Jin Zhu and asked.

"It's not for nothing. I felt that my manuscript was for the purpose of adapting to the magazine and website, and it may not meet your requirements for making TV spots, and I didn't have time to revise my manuscript, so I was worried that it would delay your progress, so I discussed it with Kang Xin, and wanted her to take over the job, if she rewrote the manuscript according to her own idea then it would be her idea, and if she borrowed my manuscript then the two of us would split the copyright fee in half. To be honest, I don't feel like I'm at a loss, it's a fair deal. Jin Zhu guessed that Kang Xin should have told her brother these words, but she still explained a few more words, she was afraid that Kang Xuexi would misinterpret her meaning.

"But as far as I know, you're not busy with your schoolwork." Kang Xuexi took a sip of tea from the teacup and asked again.

"That's right, our house has just been renovated, but the furniture and appliances haven't been bought yet, I've been busy lately, and these things can only be handed over to Zhuzhu." Li Xiang took over the conversation.

"Did you buy a house? Want to live together? Kang Xin asked in surprise.

"Sort of, my younger siblings will also come over next semester, and I want to live with us all the past few years." Jin Zhu replied.

Kang Xuexi saw Jin Zhu facing this problem so calmly, even a modern person may not be embarrassed to admit that he lives with another man in front of strangers, right? What kind of lady is this? Doesn't she know what a shameful thing it is to live together out of wedlock? This should be something that only these girls who have no concept of chastity in modern society can do, right?

Such a person must not be the person he suspects, right?

Even if a person changes and adapts to this society, the things in his bones should not change, right?

Actually, Kang Xuexi really misunderstood Jin Zhu, and the living together in Jin Zhu's mouth and living together in Kang Xin's mouth are not the same meaning.

Since Mapo left, or rather since Mapo found her son and moved to Hangzhou, Li Xiang basically lived with Jinzhu and them on vacation, and after four or five years, Jinzhu has become accustomed to it, and feels that there is nothing to hide from it.

However, Jin Zhu caught a glimpse of the contempt in Kang Xuexi's eyes, and seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing, and when he was wondering whether it was time to explain, he saw Kang Xin ask in surprise: "What, you have been living together for a long time?" What about Li Xiang's parents? What about your parents? They don't care about you? ”

This question is a little difficult to answer, and it seems a bit deliberate to explain at this time, Jin Zhu is afraid that the more he describes, the darker it will be, so he simply doesn't explain, but how to answer her makes it difficult for Jin Zhu.

This topic involves the family secrets and privacy of Li Xiang and her, and Jin Zhu has always been reluctant to say this in front of outsiders.

Kang Xuexi naturally knew that Kang Xin was not polite to this question, but this was also what he wanted to know, so he made an exception and did not stop Kang Xin.

When Jin Zhu was embarrassed, Li Xiang patted her head and said with a smile: "There is nothing to be embarrassed to say, I grew up with my grandmother, I was an orphan after my grandmother left, Zhuzhu's parents divorced in the early years and formed a new family, Zhuzhu has lived alone with her younger siblings since she was a child, then I will see that she is really hard, such a small girl's family has to do so many housework, dirty work and hard work have to do it yourself, so I took the initiative to reach out to help her, and then Jin Liu met you and took a few advertisements, Life was better for the family, so we moved to the town and then to the county. ”

Kang Xin smiled when she heard this, "That's right, when I first met Jinzhu, you sisters and brothers came out to sell things, I remember that it seems that your family has a lot of chickens, ducks and geese, right?" Little Lizi, they all said that your ducks and geese were delicious. ”

In fact, Kang Xin's memory is misunderstood, the first time she saw Jin Zhu, Jin Zhu took Jin Yang and the three of them as guests at Yang Xiaolan's house, because she didn't want to listen to the adults quarreling, she ran to the tower to watch the show, but in the next few days, Jin Yang and Jin Liu have been delivering goods to Tianjiazhai.

However, Jin Zhu naturally did not correct her, because Jin Zhu found that Kang Xuexi seemed to be relieved after hearing these words, as if he had put down something, and she didn't know what it was.

The next meal was more relaxed, Kang Xin and Kang Xuexi didn't talk much, Jin Zhu and Li Xiang were casual and didn't talk much, but when Li Xiang served Jin Zhu with vegetables, the two would exchange a look or a smile.

After dinner, at the request of Kang Xuexi, several people sat in the hall and drank tea, Kang Xuexi asked Li Xiang about his plans after graduation, he knew that Li Xiang had opened a small company, and now he has entered the entertainment industry, and the momentum is booming, but he also seems to remember that Li Xiang told him that he was going to study abroad for two years, and he wanted to know what Li Xiang would do.

"I should still go out to study for two years, not only do I want to learn foreign architecture, I am also very interested in foreign oil painting, I have discussed this with Zhuzhu, she also supports me very much, two years is not a long time, I have a holiday, she also has a holiday, I can come back to see her, she can also go to see me."

"And when are you going to get married?" Kang Xin asked.

"The marriage certificate will be obtained when she reaches the legal age, and the wedding should be held after she graduates, and I should have come back from abroad at that time." After Li Xiang finished speaking, he took Jin Zhu's hand again, and Jin Zhu also smiled back at him, which was regarded as acquiescing to his meaning.

At this point, Kang Xuexi completely let go of the doubt in his heart.

I can't tell you what it feels like, let's say it's lost, it's a little bit, it's easy, it's a little bit.

In fact, he didn't know why he was like this, he was also very entangled in his heart, most of the time he hated her, didn't want her to be reborn and didn't want her to be happy, but when he thought that she was actually a poor person like him, she was a pawn abandoned by her family, and he couldn't hate her. (To be continued.) )

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