Qin Se was gambling, betting on Tang Muchuan's feelings for Zhanyan. But she was not at all sure what the result would be.

A few seconds later, Tang Muchuan reached out and gently lifted her chin:

"Qin Se, I didn't want to be like this, I kept you by my side for half a year, it was nothing more than an agreement between me and Yan Yan, I promised her that I would choose a period of time to put all the work aside, and I would accompany her for half a year without caring about anything, but before I was free, she had an accident."

Qin Se looked at him in shock, she never thought that the truth that he left himself behind would be like this, it was actually a way for him to atone for the loss of his beloved with regret.

"What you said is right, even if I know that you are Qin Se clearly, but after all, I still treat you as Zhanyan, and I gave you the treatment you deserve in this family, I am making up for the shortcomings in my heart, but I ignore that you are not Zhanyan after all."

Speaking of this, Qin Se almost thought that he would let himself go, maybe he would arrange someone to send him away later, but she knew that this qiē would not happen at all, and the joy in her heart was forcibly suppressed by her in order to breed, and she would not have any unrealistic hopes.

"I've never been a good person, so be obedient and I won't treat you badly? Well? ”

Qin Se was forced to meet his gaze, and wanted to ask him what he meant by 'being obedient'? The package does not include going to bed with him ~ ? But she didn't, the touch of his big hand touching her body just now was still clearly imprinted in her mind, even if she had more rebellious psychology, she didn't dare to joke about her innocence after all.

So he nodded:

"Okay."

Tang Muchuan smiled slightly, and let go of the clamp on Qin Se's chin:

"Aren't you going to take a lunch break? Go ahead. ”

Regardless of whether her words just now worked, at least today, Tang Muchuan finally chose to let himself go, Qin Se's breath finally fell slowly, stood up from the sofa, and wanted to leave this space that suffocated her without looking at him, but when he crossed Tang Muchuan, he grabbed her arm.

Qin Se was taken aback and looked at him:

"You ......"

"Afraid of what?" Tang Muchuan's tone was slightly dissatisfied: "I won't eat you again." ”

This sentence is really the funniest joke Qin Se has ever heard, won't he eat himself? So what was it about what he just did to himself? Are you kidding? But these dissatisfaction and doubts Qin Se didn't dare to raise, at least not now, at this moment, she was just standing in place, waiting for Tang Muchuan a little overwhelmed.

She thought that Tang Muchuan stopped her because she still had something to say to herself, but unexpectedly he just pulled herself in front of her and lowered her gaze, when Qin Se felt that the waist of the jeans on her body was being pulled by someone, she subconsciously stepped back, but thought that the waist of the pants was in Tang Muchuan's hand, and her action was not successful.

"Tang Muchuan, you ......"

Tang Muchuan looked up at her lightly:

"I'll help you button up, what's upset?"

At the moment of passion just now, he did unbutton himself, Qin Se's face was a little confused, trying to stop his movements:

"I ...... I'll do it myself. ”

He turned a deaf ear and buttoned the button with his own hands, and said in a light tone: "I cleaned up my own trouble, I unbuttoned this button, and naturally I should tie it." ”

What kind of logic is this? Qin Se couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't think about it, but he felt that when his slightly cool fingers touched the skin on his waist, his heart trembled. She didn't like this kind of intimate contact, and she didn't like this feeling of being out of control, so when Tang Muchuan's hand left her waist, she left quickly without delay.

Tang Muchuan stood in place, hearing the sound of opening and closing the door quickly, he hooked the corners of his lips lightly, revealing a self-deprecating smile.

――

In the evening, Qin Se didn't come down to eat, Aunt Xue stood on the side of the dining table and looked at Tang Muchuan's face carefully, but she couldn't see any joy or anger on his face, and glanced at the direction of the stairs again, but didn't hear any sound, hesitated, and took a step forward:

"Mr. Tang, do you need to send someone to invite Miss Qin down?"

Tang Muchuan's right hand tapping on the table paused slightly:

"No, you don't." I guess I won't come down if I call it.

"Then Mr. Tang needs to eat first?"

Tang Muchuan was silent and did not answer, Aunt Xue and several servants stood aside and waited quietly, watching Tang Muchuan smoke one after another, letting the food in front of him cool down little by little, obviously the person who said he was hungry before, but he never moved the chopsticks in front of him.

Aunt Xue finally couldn't help it, and said softly:

"I'll let the kitchen heat up."

"No, let's withdraw."

He also lost his appetite.

In the dark bedroom, there was a slight sound of opening the door, Tang Muchuan didn't turn on the light, only saw Qin Se lying on the bed as if he was asleep. He walked to the bed and whispered 'Qin Se'. She didn't open her eyes, but her breathing changed significantly, she wasn't asleep, but she didn't want to make a sound.

Tang Muchuan stood in front of the bed for a while, seemed to have lost his patience, and turned to leave.

Qin Se slowly opened her eyes in the dark, the weather during the day was so good, I thought that tonight would be a night with sparse stars, but unexpectedly, there was not a single star, even if the lights were not turned on on on weekdays, there would be bright moonlight spilling in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and now the place where she looked was still dark except for darkness.

It's like the road of life in front of her, and she can't see the direction clearly.

In her thoughts, she finally fell asleep, but she didn't expect that this awakening was actually a different place, and there was a faint fragrance in the room, which was the kind of fragrance that was easy to relax, Qin Se sat up from the bed, only to find that he was in a warmly furnished cabin.

There was a large suitcase in the corner of the room, which was supposed to contain her change of clothes. She wasn't too surprised that she suddenly changed places, and she didn't have other complicated ideas, she knew that except for Tang Muchuan, there would be no second person who could do this without realizing it.

There was still the sound of the waves in her ears, it must be in a place similar to an island, she thought this was another place to live on the island of Forgotten Worries, but she never thought that she had walked 200 nautical miles in silence overnight.

She walked barefoot to the window, and before she could take a look at the scenery outside the window, the door was pushed open, Qin Se turned around to look over, and Tang Muchuan, who was dressed in sportswear, appeared in sight.

"Awake?"

Qin Se looked at him:

"Where is this?"

"Simple, another island 200 nautical miles from Forgotten Island."

Qin Se frowned slightly, but didn't ask any more questions, Tang Muchuan looked at her and said softly: "Don't be curious why you came here?" ”

"If you think I should know, you'll sue me."

Tang Muchuan smiled faintly:

"Gu Chen and Nan Sheng may go to Forget Worry Island to find you in the near future."

I see.

――

In the afternoon, the sun was cool, but the light was warm, shining through the glass window on the coffee table, where a delicate small clay pot with richly colored cosmos was inserted, and a pot of lavender flower tea was slowly boiling, and the fragrance of grass was overflowing.

When Nan Xiuyuan came, Nan Sheng had already arrived, and was flipping through a magazine, when she felt someone approaching, she looked away from the magazine, glanced at Nan Xiuyuan who was standing beside her, and closed the magazine casually: "I ordered lavender flower tea on my own initiative, if you don't like it, you can order something else." ”

Nan Xiuyuan sat opposite her:

"No, I didn't let you come out for tea."

Nan Sheng naturally knew that the meeting between the two was not to cultivate the relationship between brother and sister, nor could it be to catch up, the only topic between them was currently only one Qin Se, but Nan Sheng couldn't speak, what should she say? In what capacity does Nan Xiuyuan want to listen?

Therefore, Nan Sheng did not speak, and quietly poured tea for the two of them.

"You and Gu Chen are back together?"

Nan Sheng raised his eyes to look at him, and was surprised that he actually had a similar expression of concern about his own affairs for the first time, slowed down for a few seconds, and a faint smile climbed up the corner of his mouth: "Have you heard?" ”

"I saw his secretary come and check you out."

"I live with him now."

Nan Xiuyuan's face couldn't see any special feelings, but Nan Sheng saw a trace of disapproval in his eyes, and took a sip of flower tea:

"He's been very nice to me."

"Can you ignore the past?"

"Brother." Nan Sheng smiled faintly: "I don't want to let myself live so tired, I try to suppress the feelings that I am obviously breeding every day, although I don't know what the ending with Gu Chen will be this time, but even if it is a tragedy, it is not a big deal, it can make me completely dead." ”

After a long time, Nan Xiuyuan said slowly:

"It's good if you're happy."

Nan Sheng smiled slightly:

"I'm very happy."

The topic, after all, still can't escape a Qin Se, Nan Xiuyuan's slender fingers gently rubbed the edge of the teaglass, as if he was thinking about how to speak, maybe it was his concern for himself just now that warmed Nan Sheng's heart, Nan Sheng couldn't bear him to continue to entangle, and the topic that he didn't want to take the initiative to mention was gently overflowing:

"I haven't been able to reach her lately."

Nan Xiuyuan raised his eyes and glanced at her, and smiled bitterly:

"I know."

"I had just returned to T City when you called me, and I was originally looking for Cersei, but I still didn't find it."

"Is she with Tang Muchuan?"

Nan Sheng was stunned, not understanding why Nan Xiuyuan knew about Tang Muchuan.

Nan Xiuyuan looked at Nan Sheng's surprised expression and smiled faintly: "I'm surprised that I know him?" ”

"You're not from the same world as him."

"But what if we had a bond between us?"

Nan Sheng was a little confused:

"I don't understand what you mean."

"I know Zhanyan."

It is not an exaggeration to use the words "flat ground thunder" to describe Nan Sheng's state of mind at this time, she would never have linked these three people together no matter what, but it obviously felt that such an unbelievable thing had happened so inexplicably, Nan Xiuyuan actually knew Tang Muchuan's wife, and he was still with her when he knew that Qin Se and Zhan Yan were so similar, the reason was ......

Nan Sheng looked at Nan Xiuyuan incredulously:

"What do you like to show your face?"

Nan Xiuyuan acquiesced to this answer, but Nan Sheng's heart instantly condensed a breath of depression:

"What do you think of Cersser? Could it be that in your eyes, she is just a stand-in for her face? ”

To be honest, Nan Xiuyuan didn't think about this problem before breaking up with Qin Se, when he came back from studying in the United States, he suffered the biggest emotional setback, saying that he would never fall in love with anyone again in his life, which may be an exaggeration, but he really can't be interested in the relationship between men and women.

During his most depressed period, Qin Se suddenly broke into his sight, he was shocked at the same time, he felt that fate had played a big joke with him, Qin Se fell in love with him at first sight, which made him happy but also accompanied by a disgust, he knew that this disgust had nothing to do with Qin Se, but he was helpless that fate played tricks on him but could not be changed.

He couldn't refuse Qin Se, because she was too similar to Zhan Yan, so he accepted it. He also knew that this was very unfair to Qin Se, but he couldn't resist missing Zhanyan.

Thinking that it was difficult to balance between the two, he began to leave Qin Seruo.

When the good thoughts in his heart were activated, he hoped that Qin Se would stay away from him and be less hurt, but when his longing for Zhan Yan was overflowing, he couldn't help but get close to Qin Se. He knew that Qin Se was very unhappy because of too much of himself, it was not that he didn't want to end such torture, nor that he couldn't feel Qin Se's kindness to him, he just couldn't forget to show his face.

Nan Xiuyuan's silence made Nan Sheng a little angry, and she had an urge to get up and leave immediately, but she felt that it was too cheap not to let out the depression in her heart and not do something for Qin Se, who was now missing, so she suppressed the impulse in her heart, let out a few heavy breaths, and calmed down for a moment before opening:

"Do you know why I grew up and called you brother when I knew you didn't like me?"

Nan Xiuyuan looked at her, his eyes were slightly downcast, and he didn't speak.

"Because I feel indebted to you, even though everyone tells me that I don't have to feel guilty about you, I still do my best to please you, even though you never accept it. I understand the feeling that you want to protect your family, and I also know that the appearance of my mother and me has hurt you to a greater or lesser extent, but I still think that you are very manly, in order to protect your mother, you can fight with your family at a young age, I actually hope that you can protect me like this one day, I think it must be very happy. ”

"But you completely broke this view of you today, Nan Xiuyuan, I never knew you were such a person! Qin Se's past others don't know, don't you know? She has been burdened with the burden of an illegitimate daughter since she was a child, begging for a living under the fence, that home that should be her safe haven has been hurting her, she has a cold personality, not good at talking to people, if I didn't take the initiative to approach, she may not have a friend to talk to until now, but she gave you all the beautiful side of herself. ”

"But what did you respond to her? Just a stand-in identity! When you look at her, you think of Zhanyan, and when you miss Zhanyan, you only want to see her, how can you hurt a woman who loves you so much? How can you enjoy her kindness to you for up to four years with peace of mind? ”

Nan Xiuyuan listened to Nan Sheng's accusation against him, his lips moved slightly, and he wanted to say something, but in the end, he just lowered his head and didn't make any sound.

Nan Sheng laughed suddenly, how bitter that smile was, how painful it was, probably only she could understand, she looked at the sparkling river outside the window, looked at the pot of cosmos on the table, and looked at the curling water vapor floating above the teapot, this should have been a peaceful and leisurely picture, but she felt that every qiē was so dazzling.

"It is said that poor people must have something to hate, at this time I think Qin Se is very pitiful, but I can't think of what she did wrong, she longs for a family, but she has been hurt, she is looking forward to love, but she waited for a stand-in ending, she let go of herself......" Nan Sheng smiled self-deprecatingly: "But I was met by Tang Muchuan, most of them can't escape the fate of a stand-in, she only has me, I really want to do something for her, but I don't even know where she is...... Whether she's crying, laughing, sad, or at ease, I don't know anything...... Even, it's impossible to be sure she's still alive......"

When did Nan Xiuyuan leave and where did she go, Nan Sheng had no impression, she had been sitting quietly in place all afternoon, watching the pot of flower tea in front of her being boiled one pot after another, and then slowly cooled and reheated...... After a few cycles like this, she was still counting in her heart at first, but then she lost her mind, and her mind was full of wanting to find Qin Se, even if she couldn't do anything for her, but at least she could still hug her, but she didn't even have a general direction.

Gu Chen can indeed help, but presumably the result will not surprise anyone, just like Gu Chen said, if Tang Muchuan wants to avoid their sight and not be found, I am afraid it is very simple.

After sitting for a long time, she felt tired, but she didn't think about going back, her thoughts were still very disturbed, and when she went back and was seen by Gu Chen, she would probably spend time comforting herself, she had already delayed his work for too long to find Qin Se, and she really shouldn't continue to make trouble for him, not to mention, he had already done his best.

Lying on the table, as soon as she sighed, she felt a person sitting opposite, she didn't raise her head, her eyes didn't blink, and she said to herself:

"There's already someone here, so you might as well sit somewhere else."

Gu Chen looked at her with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't answer.

At this time, the lights were already on, and the lights had already been turned on indoors, and the warm yellow light faintly shrouded from the top of her head, putting Nan Sheng's whole person with a warm color, and her long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on her skin, which looked very good.

didn't hear the sound of the person on the other side getting up and leaving, a few seconds later, she straightened up resignedly, but when she saw the person coming, a moment of surprise flashed in her eyes, her eyes blinked, and then she recovered as before, adjusted her posture, leaned on the back of the sofa and supported her chin with one hand and looked at Gu Chen sitting opposite:

"Why are you here?"

Gu Chen poured himself a cup of flower tea, took a sip, and asked without answering:

"Feeling bad?" R1154