Chapter 12: A Scroll of Paintings (17)

Du Shi threw his bracelet at Jing Yi fiercely, and scolded without hesitation: "Foolish thing! Is this what you should think of a girl? Even I don't have any room for beaking. Didn't you hear the old man's cruel words? Do you have to go to the point where you can't turn around? โ€

Jing Yi pursed her lips and leaned over to bow again.

Of course she heard. Her father expelled her from the Cheng family.

"Your mother is the second wife of the Cheng family, her ashes are going to be put into the ancestral grave, and the tablet is going to be in the ancestral hall, how can there be any reason to follow you, a married girl, to the house of a foreign surname? Are you going to rebel? Or do you have another idea? Du Shi's eyes were like electricity, looking at Jingyi, wanting to shine into her heart.

"Mother......" Jingyi raised her head, her heart aching dullly.

"Yi'er, you're not just your mother's daughter. You are the daughter of the Cheng family, your father's daughter, and my daughter. Dushi said. She doesn't look at Jingyi. At this point, she had a splitting headache. Wan's death made her sad, and she insisted on not showing fatigue for several days, saying: "My words, you think about them carefully." Although the Cheng family raised a daughter, it is not possible to use it one day; But if the Cheng family can use that daughter, it should be her glory, not shame. At that time, you didn't understand that it was inevitable to fulfill the marriage contract, otherwise with your temperament, how could you be willing? At that time, at this time, the situation is different, and the reason is the same. Whatever is in it now, you have to swallow it. Da"

Jingyi listened, and couldn't stop trembling.

The lover who once missed her heart, the dearest mother, the complicated past, and the relatives who cared about her...... They all came to her at this moment. In that moment of despair and turmoil, the burden on her back also gave her the support to continue to live. It was indeed her own choice. When I chose it, I also knew that I could no longer let it go lightly...... I'm going to crush my teeth.

Du Shi said softly: "The Cheng family is your mother's accommodation. If you want to take her, it's impossible. Even if you break with the Cheng family, you will not be allowed to do so. โ€

Jingyi looked at her mother-in-law.

In the dim light shadow, the kind appearance of the grandmother gradually began to blur.

It was as if something was or had been far away from her...... She choked and shook her head.

Du Shi said: "Mother knows, you don't understand...... If you want to go, go away. โ€

Jing Yi walked on her knees, picked up Du's bracelet that was still on the ground, and handed it to her.

Du's chubby hand shook the bracelet and Jingyi's hand, patted it, and said, "Yi'er, your mother is gone, and I am still there." โ€

Jingyi bowed her head.

The forehead touched the warm hand of the grandmother.

The temperature of the jasper bracelet is the same as the temperature on the mother's hand...... It was as if she was holding her mother's hand. Once upon a time, she was so coquettish, her mother poked her forehead, and the bracelet slipped down and dangled in front of her eyes, what a warm time it was...... She choked.

Du touched her head and said, "It's better to go back early." Here we are sad for each other. Wait a while, you've figured it out, and you've calmed down, I'll ask someone to pick you up and stay for a few days......"

Her usual gentle voice has lost its normalcy when it comes to this.

Jingyi lowered her head, and one or two hot tears fell on her hairline.

She didn't dare to look up, for fear that if she touched something, she would collapse......

"Mother, there is one more thing...... The people who followed my mother in the past also asked my mother to treat them well for the sake of their affection for my mother. Jingyi whispered.

Du Shi looked at her, nodded and said, "The Cheng family doesn't have the rules of treating people harshly, and it's not that they can't afford to support these idlers. Besides, the people of Xinglu, the master has his own arrangements in the future. You don't have to worry about this. You...... Go ahead. โ€

"Please take care of your mother." Jingyi stood up.

At the moment of leaving the door, she looked back at Du Shi.

Du Shi waved his hand.

She hardened her heart and went out.

"Stop."

She heard a scolding, yes.

When I turned around, sure enough, Zhiluan was still under the corridor. Presumably how long she was in it, Zhiluan waited for her for as long as she was.

Zhiyi, who was also waiting outside, came over, and Jingyi had already seen that Zhiluan was not good, so when she blocked Zhixin, Zhiluan slapped her in the face.

"Miss Seven is self-respecting." Zhi Yi's hand was fast, and without waiting for Zhiluan's second slap to come over, he decisively pushed Jingyi away.

Zhiluan glared at him hatefully, and turned to Jingyi: "It's light to say that you are a fox and a girl...... Why did you still rely on yourself to marry into some Tao family, and even your mother's family was cheap? Break my father's heart, break my mother's heart. You don't want to think about it, without your mother, what are you in the Cheng family? Without the Cheng family's support for you, can you move a step in the Tao family? It's not uncommon to find this home, you can just walk away. โ€

Jingyi wiped her chin.

There was blood on the back of his hand again.

She looked at Zhiluan indifferently and said, "Seventh sister scolds to understand hatred, just scold." It's the last time anyway. โ€

Zhiluan stared at her and sneered, "You still cursed me?" โ€

"Seventh sister, take care." After Jingyi finished speaking, he hurried away.

"Miss!" Zhiyan caught up.

Jing Yi raised her hand and waved.

Zhi Yan staggered at his feet.

Jingyi's gesture was all too familiar to him...... In the Cheng family's mansion in the middle of the night, the wide stone road was illuminated by electric lights, and on this brightest road, the tenth lady Cheng Jingyi's clothes were pressed by the cold, and her figure gradually disappeared...... He still followed, but at a distance, as if across the mountains and water, to see a butterfly that was injured but still stubbornly flashing its wings and flying.

He finally stopped as well, when he saw Miss Ten's husband waiting there.

He happened to be standing in the shadow of the tree, although he was not hidden, and he did not want to hide, he also happened to be able to see Tao Xiang's expression when he saw Xiang Ten......

Tao Xiang took off his gloves and reached Jing Yi's cheek with one hand.

Jing Yi's face was numb with pain, and she couldn't feel his light touch at all.

Tao Xiang saw that her nose was still bleeding, so she raised her head, picked up the handkerchief and pressed it...... She obviously wanted to push him away, but in the end she only held his wrist and stood stiff.

He didn't say a word, but the power in his wrist was full of anger.

She stood like this, her eyes full of tiny and broken stars dotted with the canopy, her nose filled with a thick and thick smell of blood, and the tiny and fragmented words in her throat that she wanted to spit out were even more incoherent.

"Tao Xiang ......" she pressed her handkerchief, calling his name vaguely.

He suddenly approached her, put one hand on her neck, let her close to him, and whispered, "Mrs. Tao, in front of people, it is better not to call your husband by name."

She froze.

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After the first seven days of Wanyi, Jingyi left Beiping with Tao Xiang.

The Cheng family came to send them off, and it was Cheng Zhishen.

Zhishen looked at the injury on Jingyi's face and said, "I was in a hurry that day, and I shouldn't have beaten you." โ€

Jingyi turned away.

Tao Xiang was originally standing with her, but as soon as he came, he consciously stepped aside, not even looking at them.

"Brother Jiu," Jing Yi was silent for a long time, and finally spoke. "Brother Jiu has always protected me...... I have grievances, why don't Brother Jiu have grievances? โ€

Her voice was too soft, but she felt too heavy when she listened to it.

"Like that night, I don't blame Brother Jiu. If Brother Jiu can slap me to death, I have to thank you, and I will be a hundred from now on...... Brother Jiu, listen to me. The seventh sister is tired of me, but there is one sentence that she is not wrong. In the Cheng family, without my mother, I am nothing; Without the Cheng family, I can't do anything in the Tao family. She paused, turned her face to look at the stunned Shen Shen, "Brother Jiu, you must be more steady in the future." If something goes wrong again, there is no sister to marry......"

"Little Ten!" Zhishen stopped her.

"Brother Jiu, take care." Jing Yi walked towards Tao Xiang.

"You wait." Zhi Shen called Jing Yi.

Jingyi still stopped, "At that time, I made my own decision to get married. Let me go back and choose again, I will still choose that way. In fact, I also have no way out...... The so-called last resort is just an excuse. But that doesn't mean you're right to treat me like an object. I'm not an object, I'm a person. โ€

Zhishen sighed.

Jingyi didn't look back. The cautious sigh is clearly discernible in the noisy environment.

"Little Shi, there are some things that I shouldn't talk about. Whether you blame me, the third brother, or your father, I have nothing to defend myself and them. But there's one thing, I have to tell you. My father almost didn't make it to meet my aunt for the last time, because he was in a hurry to Tianjin. Aunt Wei is critically ill, and my father goes to Tianjin three times a week, all so that he can meet Mr. Feng, that is, your maternal grandfather......" Zhishen said.

Jingyi walked away.

She walked fast.

Tao Xiang saw her walking towards him and turned around. Tao Xiang helped Jingyi and let her get into the car. He nodded cautiously.

Zhishen walked over to him.

It was still early to leave the car, the two stood on the platform, silent for a long time, Zhishen handed a brocade box in his hand to Tao Xiang, and said, "Give this to Jingyi." She understood what it was. โ€

Tao Xiang took the brocade box.

"Get in the car. After arriving in Lanzhou, remember to report your safety. Zhi Shen said.

"Okay." Tao Xiao didn't say anything else, although it could be seen that there was a lot of worry in Zhishen's eyes. He just stretched out his hand and held it in a discerning place.

"Please." Zhi Shen said again. He looked at Tao Xiang and added, "Take care of Xiao Shi." You want to let her be wronged, I, as a brother, don't agree. โ€

Tao Xiang put on his gloves.

Zhishen took two steps back and watched Tao Xiang get into the car.