At the time of the dilemma, Lu Pianpian came in, and she who has always loved famous brands exclaimed excitedly: "Oh my God, Brother Ning is so big, many of them here are limited editions, and you can't buy them for any amount of money." Yinong, my brother really loves you. ”

Autumn Yinong smiled indifferently and closed the closet.

Ning Juexi had already walked to the door of the room at this time, and seeing that he looked like he was ready to go to work, she walked over and asked, "Do you still have to go to work today?" ”

"I'm going to visit the branch today." Ning Juexi wore a tie in his hand: "I may come back very late in the evening, or I may stay in the hotel directly." ”

"Oh." She naturally walked over to take over, carefully tied the tie around his neck, and then tilted her head and smiled: "The third brother is so handsome." ”

"What do you call me?" Ning Juexi squinted when she heard this, but she stretched out her hand but pounced, she jumped away like a rabbit, and got into the cloakroom, where Lu Pianpian was also there.

Ning Juexi was inconvenient to go over and catch her and spank her, but it happened that his mobile phone was ringing at this time, and then he went downstairs while answering the phone.

As soon as Lu Pianpian heard that she was having dinner last night, she didn't say anything, she just pestered Autumn to go shopping.

Qiu Yi's mind was not here, she went downstairs and found that everyone at the table was gone, and Kou'er was gone, so she had some breakfast at random, and was ready to go to the villa in Ninghao North to have a look.

Lu Pianpian had to follow: "Brother Mibei has a weird temper, I'm afraid that you will be bullied by him, don't worry that I will protect you." ”

The two walked through the flower room, and soon came to the villa, they were still received by the nanny last time, the nanny stood in the iron gate with a vigilant gaze, and did not relax because of their identity, turned around and walked to a tree in the distance, took the mobile phone and reported something to the people inside, and it took a few minutes before she came to open the door for them and welcomed them in.

"Third Young Lady and Miss Cousin, please wait a minute, I'll go and call Miss Qiu."

The last time the villa in Ninghaobei came to the autumn was in the evening, and today is daytime, so you can take a closer look at the whole villa.

Strictly speaking, the building should not be called a villa, but a castle, in the Gothic style.

As soon as you enter the inside, you feel that the space is very large, the windows are high and large, the interior decoration is luxurious, revealing a strong sense of nobility, and today the sun is very good outside, and when you pass through the mosaic window, the colored light creates a strange scene on the mottled and bizarre walls.

Qiu Yinong sat on the sofa and drank the flower tea sent by the nanny, and couldn't help but be curious to look at the place where Qiu Ko would live in the future, the last time she came, she was directly introduced to the wine kiln, and this was the first time she came in.

"Aren't you surprised, every part of this building is carefully designed by Brother Beibei." Lu Pianpian couldn't sit still, walking around, and kept marveling at every decoration or corner he saw.

Qiu Yinong raised his eyebrows, not to mention anything else, building this kind of castle as his own home is indeed like the style of Ning Mibei, but from another point of view, in the increasingly open modern society, someone actually built such a closed castle itself is full of ancient weirdness. Because the castle is a product of the European Middle Ages, it was first built by nobles to fight for land and cope with war, somewhat similar to the Great Wall of China for military defense.

Ning Haobei's construction of this castle can be seen how strong his defensive heart is, and Chloe will live with such a man for the rest of his life, I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter that castle.

As soon as Lu Pianpian's chatterbox was opened, he couldn't close it, and he said endlessly: "Don't be surprised, in the Ning family, almost every man's body has a talent for architecture flowing in his blood. The bedroom you live in now is the room of Brother Ning in the past, do you feel that your bedroom is particularly comfortable, and the details are handled very well? In fact, it was Brother Ning's handwriting, the drawings drawn by Brother Ning himself before you got married, those craftsmen knocked on the Ping Pong in Ning's house for a month, and it hurt people's brains. But after completion, the effect is very good, every place there is his heart, and ah, your new home outside, that villa is also Brother Ning's work. ”

Qiu Yinong recalled the first time she entered the bedroom that day, she couldn't help but praise it, and he also said "thank you for the compliment" at that time, she didn't think much about it at the time, so she thought about it at that time, he was passing on a message to her at that time, that bedroom was designed by him himself.

In the corner of the fireplace, a lifelike deer's head was embedded in the wall, its antlers tall and powerful, its teeth and claws stretched out like branches, and its eyes were wide open, ready to be on guard like a brave fighter.

Lu Pianpian patted the antlers and said casually: "Actually, this is nothing, Brother Ning used to design this house for Qin Shangshang, that's what ......" Suddenly, Lu Pianpian found that he had missed his mouth, and quickly explained in a hurry: "Yinong, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to provoke you and Brother Ning, I said the wrong thing, don't take it to heart, in fact, Qin Shangshang is Brother Ning's first love, and they have not been together for a long time......"

Qiu Yinong took a sip of the hot flower tea in his hand, did not show any unhappiness, but comforted Lu Pianpian and said, "It's okay, I won't care." ”

Lu Pianpian was really frightened, she was afraid that Qiu Yinong would ignore herself, she had misunderstood Qiu Yinong for so many years, and the remorse in her heart turned into a huge whip whipped her almost every day, she hoped that Qiu Yinong could be happy more than anyone else.

After inadvertently mentioning Qin Shangshang, she couldn't wait to pump her mouth, secretly scolding herself for not being able to control her mouth, and daring to say anything.

She carefully observed Qiu Yinong's expression and demeanor, she really didn't mind at all, she suddenly had a question in her heart, in the past two days, she saw that Brother Ning and Yinong were very affectionate, and she was happy for them, but when she heard Brother Ning's first love, didn't normal women take the opportunity to ask a few more words, or how could they show a little unnatural reaction on their faces.

Why is Yi Nong so abnormal, and he looks completely indifferent.

Could it be that Yinong and Brother Ning are really as affectionate in front of each other as rumored by the outside world, and they have their own lives behind them?

Lu Pianpian couldn't say anything in her heart at the moment, she was a little lost, and a little sad, she originally thought that Yi Nong and Brother Ning were happy together, and the guilt in her heart would be reduced, but now that she looks at it like this, maybe what she sees is not true.

In order to divert each other's emotions, Lu Pianpian tried her best to let herself talk about other light and interesting topics, and naturally went around to Ning Beibei, jokingly quipping: "I won't tell you, Yi Nong, Brother Hao Bei has always been mysterious in my heart, he has been almost an invisible person since he was a child in the Ning family, and I have only met Brother Hao Bei once or twice a year since I built a villa here." This year is an exception, I see you twice in three days, and every time you and Brother Ning appear, the strangest thing is that every time you appear, he will have a black face and leave immediately......"

Qiu Yinong didn't care about these details, and after Lu Pianpian reminded her, her face stiffened a little.

Lu Pianpian didn't notice that Qiu Yinong's face had changed, and she teased her more energetically: "Also, do you remember the year when I spent the summer vacation with you in the Ning family's mansion?" I see Brother Hao Bei almost every day, he and Brother Ning were in the same sophomore year that year, but they had been thrown by my uncle to the Shengshi Dynasty to temper themselves. That year was almost the most powerful year for my three cousins, the high-level people within the Shengshi Dynasty were all eager to stand in line, everyone was optimistic about Brother Qiandong, Brother Habei was not bad, don't look at his silent appearance, he was very powerful in doing things, I heard that he stayed in the sales department for half a year, and he increased the sales of those two quarters by 60%, and the results were amazing, completely catching up with Brother Qiandong and Brother Ning. At that time, he was in the limelight, you said that he was so busy, socializing and socializing in all aspects, how could he have time at home every day, but that summer vacation I could see him standing on the balcony almost every day in the morning and evening, and the balcony was facing the tree we often loved, every time I pushed you, he disappeared as soon as you looked up. I remember that at that time, you laughed at me and said that I was suspicious and paranoid, and a few times you chased and beat me, saying that I was making fun of you all day long. Now that you think about it so carefully, do you think he will have a crush on you for a long time......"

"Ahem, ahem!" Qiu Yinong coughed violently without warning, Lu Pianpian ran over and put the teacup on the coffee table while helping her beat her back, and said with a smile: "I'm just talking nonsense, just kidding, do you need to be so surprised?" To be honest, you were really smart when you were a teenager, and most of the boys in the school liked you, and if I were a boy, I would chase you. ”

Qiu Yinong waved his hand, his face flushed: "No, there is a petal stuck in my throat......"

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Lu Pianpian hurriedly beckoned the nanny to pour another glass of boiled water: "Drink this glass of water in one go." ”

"Boom! Boom! After drinking this glass of water, Qiu Yinong felt much more comfortable in his throat, and when he put down the water cup and raised his eyes, he saw Qiu Ko standing on the spiral staircase at some point, with a complicated face.

"Chloe!" Qiu Yinong didn't know why, she hurriedly stood up, she didn't know how much the little girl heard, whether she had misunderstood something, she only knew that the little girl's mood was extremely unstable recently, and she didn't want the little girl to think about it.

"Second sister, you've been here for a long time, I was painting in the studio just now, my hands were full of paint, I washed my hands and came over, Aunt Lu told me you were here......" Qiu Ko's voice was the same as usual, but the sentence was a little incompatible.

Qiu Yinong's heart sank, and he quickly grabbed Qiu Ko's cold little hand and said, "When did you start to like painting?" ”

"Yes, I have no interest in painting, and I have no talent, he insists that I stay in the studio every day, but it seems that painting is your interest second sister, isn't it?" Qiu Ko's voice wandered like a lonely ghost, tilting her head to look at her.

Qiu Yinong didn't know how to answer, now she must have heard Lu Pianpian's words just now, she wanted to explain to Qiu Qian, but she was afraid that the more she explained, the more chaotic it became, so she could only smile, took the little girl's hand and said, "What did you draw?" Why don't you take me to see it? ”

"Okay." Qiu Ko's eyes wandered, and he obediently took Qiu Yinong to the studio at the corner of the second floor, where the space was very large, full of easels and drawing paper, and there was a very large shelf in one corner, on which were a dazzling array of paint bottles and various types of brushes.

"Wow, when did Brother Mibei get such a studio, it looks so professional, and the design is really beautiful." Lu Pianpian was surprised: "But in my memory, Brother Habei is not interested in painting, why did he deliberately build such a big studio?" It's weird. ”

Qiu Yi's thick brows furrowed, when she came to Ning Haobei for Kou'er's marriage, he had said that as long as she married him, he could not marry Kou'er.

She had always thought that he was just deliberately trying to embarrass her, or that he was targeting Ning Juexi, but now there are all kinds of indications that what he said at that time may be true.

"Hey, this painting looks familiar." Lu Pianpian was admiring the oil paintings on the wall, and suddenly stopped in front of one of the paintings and did not move, the perspective of this painting is very peculiar, the protagonist is an old tree, occupying the right half of the whole painting, the left side of the big tree is a large green lawn, the old tree is luxuriant, at first glance it looks like an ordinary oil painting, but if you take a closer look, half of the silhouette of a girl is revealed behind the leaves, with black hair, you can't see the face clearly, what is in your hand, only a pair of very slender snow-white legs are exposed, as if dangling there.

Qiu Yinong's face turned a little pale when he looked at this painting, and Lu Pianpian also saw something, and he was speechless in a daze.

Qiu Ko came over at this time, looked up at the painting with them, and let out a chuckle for a while: "Second sister, how can I feel that the girl here is very similar to you." ”

Lu Pianpian looked at Qiu Yinong and said to Qiu Qin: "How is it possible, I can't see my face, how can it be your second sister, this painting looks very ordinary, and I don't know which third-rate painter Brother Mibei bought it from, it's ugly to death." ”

As he spoke, Lu Pianpian stood on tiptoe and reached out to take down the painting, Qiu Ko suddenly screamed and stopped Lu Pianpian: "No!" This painting is Ning Miaobei's favorite, and he will be angry if you take it down. ”

Lu Pianpian stopped her movements, looked at the overreacted Qiu Ko, and then looked at the strong autumn mood, and suddenly the atmosphere of the entire studio froze.

Qiu Yinong patted Lu Pianpian on the shoulder and said softly: "Don't take it down, listen to Coo'er." ”

Lu Pianpian sighed, she didn't know the inside story anymore, and she guessed a few points when she saw this, and she was not sure if it was wrong for her to accompany Qiu Yinong to Brother Haobei's villa today?

There was a faint sound of cars downstairs, and the three girls were silent in the studio for a while, and after a while, the nanny Aunt Lu knocked on the door and came in and said, "Miss Qiu, the fourth young master is back, he said that it was time for lunch, let the third young lady and Miss Biao stay for dinner." ”

Qiu Ko agreed, turned around and hurried to the easel in the corner, picked up the pen and began to paint.

Qiu Yinong walked over and stood behind and watched, she knew Kouer too well, she had never been interested in painting, she remembered that when she was a child, Lin Qiaoying enrolled Kouer in a painting class, she was envious for a while, but Kouer had a sad face, saying that she hated painting the most, those lights and shadows, lines, no matter how many times the teacher said, she just couldn't remember.

Judging from the next few easels, although they are all several completed works, but the painting is very bad, the painting pays attention to calmness, and devotes himself wholeheartedly, from these paintings, the painter's heart is not calm, and there are too many distracting thoughts.

"Stop drawing, Chloe, you're not interested in this, so why force yourself." Qiu Yinong couldn't stand it anymore, and took away the paintbrush in Qiu Ko's hand.

"No, he said that he wanted me to continue painting until it was good, and this painting was a task he assigned to me before he went out in the morning, and I couldn't eat if I didn't paint well. Second sister, you want to sit down with you for dinner, so I'm going to speed up. Qiu Ko shook her head desperately, snatched the brush from Qiu Yinong's hand, and in the process of scrambling, the paint touched her hand, and she didn't care.

This kind of Qiu Ko made Qiu Yinong feel distressed for a while, once upon a time her lively and cute, playful and kind sister was gone, and now all she saw was a puppet.

Qiu Ko is determined to finish the painting, and the autumn mood cannot be stopped.

Lu Pianpian saw Qiu Yinong's discomfort, pulled her aside and whispered: "You can also see it, right, Brother Mibei obviously uses your sister as your stand-in, and if he can't get you, he will let Kou'er become you." It's incredible, don't worry, I'll talk about him. If he doesn't listen, I'll tell my aunt and uncle......"

"Lu Pianpian." Qiu Yinong took Lu Pianpian's hand: "Don't mess around." ”

Lu Pianpian suppressed her voice and said hurriedly: "How can I make a mess like this, Brother Hao Bei is obviously interested in you, but you are his third sister-in-law, how can he have thoughts about his sister-in-law?" This will also cause trouble for your marriage with Brother Ning, especially Chloe, she is your sister, she can't live in the shadow of this for the rest of her life, she is too pitiful. ”

"Yes, Chloe is innocent, so you can't mess around, what if you make a big deal out of it and spread it? Their marriage is coming soon, do you want the elders of the Ning family to intervene? ”

"That's right, it's best to let your uncle and aunt know that Brother Mibei has thoughts about you, so that you can let Chloe go."

Qiu Yi pursed her lips and was speechless, Lu Pianpian was too naïve, the Ning family has always had a good face, if they knew about this matter, they would only try their best to cover up the past, and they would turn a blind eye even more, maybe they would cut off the opportunity for her to meet with Kou Er from now on.

She couldn't take this risk, the only thing she could do right now was to try to persuade Ning Mibei.

An hour later, Chokou finished painting, and the three of them went down for lunch.

At the long dining table, Ning Shubei sat on the main seat like a nobleman, and saw him snap his fingers, and immediately four or five maids stepped forward to prepare vegetables.

Appetizers, foie gras, American clam soup, baked snails, steaks, ......

The food eaten in autumn is not tasteful, and Lu Pianpian is also absent-minded, but Qiu Ko eats a lot, it seems that he didn't eat much breakfast in the mansion, and his stomach was already hungry.

Ning Haobei also didn't eat much, the food in front of him barely moved, leaning back in the chair and sipping red wine, a pair of sharp cold eyes lowered, staring at the goblet in his hand, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The lunch was served one by one in strict accordance with the order of Western food, and it took an hour and a half before the final dessert was served.

The maid put a coffee caramel cheesecake in front of everyone, a very beautiful three-layer color, Qiu Yinong only glanced at it and didn't move, Lu Pianpian too, she stared at the cake in front of her like seeing a ghost.

How could Lu Pianpian forget this flavor of cake, she and Yinong didn't know how many of these they ate during the summer vacation that year, but they didn't know if this cake was made by Liu's mother today, if so, it was really evil. Brother Hazy North is really too deep in evil.

Qiu Ko didn't eat the cake either, she wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin, stared at the cutlery in front of her and said, "I'm full." ”

Ning Haobei only cared about drinking, and with a vague hum, Qiu Ko slowly stood up and left.

The two did not make eye contact from beginning to end, and the people who watched it were creepy.

Qiu Yinong has always thought that two people who don't love each other can also live, just like her and Ning Juexi, polite and harmonious, respectful of each other, and occasionally angry will soon pass, because the overall situation is important, she wants to be a good Mrs. Ning, and he wants to be a good Mr. Ning.

These two people are completely different, they have zero communication, and they don't even want to do even the least superficial work.

Also, they are not her and Ning Juexi, their exposure rate is not high, there are not many pairs of eyes staring at them outside, and they don't need to support the façade on behalf of the entire Ning family from time to time, so they show the most real state of getting along with the two.

Qiu Yinong couldn't tell if they were so good, or if she and Ning Juexi's marriage was good, a real, cold and gray life; A nothingness, the days pass by calmly without waves.

If she could, she hoped it would be the latter.

Lu Pianpian probably knew that Qiu Yinong had something to say to Ning Haobei, so he said, "I'll go see Kou'er's paintings," stood up and left.

In the restaurant, Ning Haobei drank the last sip of red wine, shook the empty goblet, and his starry eyes fell on his autumn face: "Have something to tell me?" ”

Qiu Yinong looked at him straightly, and said in a low voice: "Ning Haobei, I said to treat Kou'er well, if you don't like her, you can ruin the marriage, why torture her like this!" ”

"Torture?" Ning Haobei hooked his lips mockingly, "Did your good sister tell you that?" ”

"Nope." Qiu Yinong said: "I have eyes and I can see that she is not happy here. I know her, she doesn't like to draw, why do you force her to do things she doesn't like, and ......"

"Autumn is strong." Ning Haobei interrupted her voice: "In what capacity are you talking to me here?" ”

Qiu Yinong took a deep breath: "I know I'm interfering in your life, but I'm Chloe's sister, and I don't want to see my sister unhappy." ”

Ning Haobei leaned forward, and suddenly stretched out his hand to clasp her wrist, his voice was a little mocking, and there was a little sneer: "Qiu Yinong, I told you a long time ago, either you marry me, or your sister marries me, you chose the latter, now what qualifications do you have to ask me like this?" ”

Qiu Yinong twisted his wrist and used great strength to shake off his hand, and said a little annoyed: "Ning Haobei, don't you think you are unreasonable and despicable like this?" There are so many good girls in this world, so why should you waste your energy on me. You don't forget me because you don't know me, you like an imaginary me, as long as you get close to me, you will find that I am actually no different from an ordinary girl, so you should focus on Qiukou, she is the wife who wants to spend your life with you. You have to treat her well, she is my sister, if you bully her, I will not let you go! ”

Ning Haobei's gaze locked directly on her face, "You won't let me go if you bully her, will you?" Looks like I'm going to bully her even more, so you'll be staring at me. ”

"Ning Miaobei, are you crazy, what do you think of Ch'er, it's not fair to her!" The autumn mood was extremely strong, and Huo Ran stood up.

"Unfair?" Ning Haobei snorted, propped up one hand on the table, and approached her: "Then you come and tell me, what is fairness?" Originally, I chose you first at the blind date banquet that day, I tested Ning Juexi, he looked like he was not interested in you, at that time my grandmother objected, I thought to myself that my grandmother was old, I couldn't stimulate her, and I would do grandma's ideological work another day. But as soon as he turned around, he married you as fast as he could, so come and tell me, is this called fair? ”

Qiu Yi frowned, she didn't expect Ning Haobei to say such a thing, so it seems that Ning Juexi's real purpose in marrying her was not only that she was pregnant at that time, but also to be with Ning Haobeidou?

Therefore, after finding out that she was not pregnant, he not only didn't get angry, but also said something that she would always be Mrs. Ning to comfort her, in fact, he didn't want to let go at all, because he knew that if he let go, there would be a Ning Haobei behind him?

There were too many questions crowded into her mind, Qiu Yinong felt like her head was about to explode, she didn't know how she left, she sat in the room until dark.

Lu Pianpian had already returned, pushed the door in and told her to go down for dinner.

Ning Yuan and his wife had a party at night, only Lu Pianpian and Qiu Yiqiang were at the table, both of them had a bad appetite, Lu Pianpian wanted to say something comforting, but he was afraid that he would talk nonsense again, so he simply didn't dare to speak.

Qiu Yinong slept very early this night, and had a lot of dreams, one time it was Qiu Qiao who looked at her with hatred, one time it was Ning Haobei who held her hand and wanted to marry her, and the other time it was Qiu Shi and Lin Qiaoying's faces, pointing at her nose and scolding......

When she woke up the next day, she pressed her aching temples, and the mobile phone on the bed table rang, and when she picked it up, she saw that it was bank information, as Yao Renhan said, and paid her a one-year annual salary in one lump sum.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Ning Juexi came in wearing yesterday's suit, with a long black coat on his hand, and a trace of tiredness on his face.

"Did you stay up all night?" She quickly got out of bed and helped him hang up his coat.

"Hmm." A smile appeared on Ning Juexi's handsome face, and he put his hands around her waist and asked, "I met Pian Pian in the morning, and she said that you went to the fourth child yesterday." ”

She reacted for a moment to know that he was talking about Ning Miaobei, he had always called him by his name, and it was very rare to call the fourth child so affectionately.

"yes, I went to see Chloe, I don't feel too worried about her." She told half the truth and hid half of it.

"Didn't the fourth tell you anything?" He stared into her eyes for a moment, and somehow she sensed that there was something in his eyes.

"It's nothing, he and I have never had anything to say, and I'll come back after watching Coo'er."

The two of them stood very close, almost face to face, breathing together, Ning Juexi's dark eyes were like deep pools that made people unable to look directly, she lowered her head and played with the tie on his chest, and said softly: "You haven't slept all night, I'll put you in the bath water to relax, okay?" Then make up for sleep, and I'll have a surprise for you in the evening. ”