Coming out of the eldest lady's warm pavilion, Song Lingyue was sent back in the summer night, and she was sent to the door all the way, and she didn't mean to leave, with one hand in her pocket, lingering at the door.

"Why don't you come in and sit down?" Song Lingyue asked tentatively.

Xia Yeqing hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay!" There is no official business today, anyway, there is time. ”

The two entered the living room, and it happened that Chun Tao was not there, Song Lingyue made him a cup of coffee and brought it to him, and Xia Ye thanked him and took a sip of the cup.

"I've thought about it, since the old lady won't let me leave, and I don't want to eat and live for nothing, let's work to pay off my debts!"

Xia Yeqing put down the cup and snorted in his mouth, "I didn't let you repay the debt, when will you remember my words and reveal this matter?" ”

Song Lingyue was afraid of provoking him again, so she nodded hurriedly, "Okay, if you don't repay the debt, I will work, and the mansion will give me the money to start work, just like everyone else, is this okay?" ”

Xia Yeqing's fingers tapped the cup lightly, the old lady probably meant this, but she didn't say it explicitly, it was not impossible to let Song Lingyue be half a girl at home, and maybe it could make her more comfortable than now, but when I thought of her going to serve him and Xuelian, I always felt weird and uncomfortable.

"Chief! Mr. Xia! Song Lingyue saw that Xia Yeqing was in a daze, and called him twice.

Xia Yeqing came back to his senses, lowered his head and took a sip of coffee, hiding his demeanor, put down the cup, and said lightly: "Are you interested in listening to my story?" ”

Song Lingyue was surprised, is this to talk to her? Before she could answer, Xia Yeqing spoke to herself, and her voice sounded a little sad.

"When I was five years old, my father was sick, and my mother went to the United States with him for treatment, and only came back a year later, and not long after I came back, my father died, and my mother was hit by this and began to lose consciousness, and from then on, I began to act willfully, and lived a ridiculous life for several years."

"The reason why I am ridiculous is actually related to my father, he is almost the same character as my grandfather, he is not smiling, he is very strict with me, I remember, the atmosphere at home is very tense every day, after his death, on the one hand, I am free, on the other hand, I actually miss him very much."

"At that time, I was young, I didn't know how to relieve the depression in my heart, I could only learn the way of adults, at first I was messing around, but when I was older, I began to spend all day drinking, thinking that this would soothe the pain in my heart, but in fact I was wrong, those willful and reckless acts did not make me feel better."

After Xia Yeqing said this, his voice gradually lowered, and his eyes became deeper, as if he remembered something sad.

Song Lingyue only heard Chun Tao say that he was ridiculous, but she didn't know that he had experienced so many injuries when he was young, compared to Song Lingyue, who was really much luckier.

Although she doesn't remember her mother's appearance, in her memory, her father has always been very gentle, loves her very much, treats her as a pearl in his palm, and is reluctant to let her suffer the slightest grievance.

After thinking about it, he tried to comfort him and said: "Actually, every father and his children get along differently, maybe because you are a boy, your birth status is different, so the family is very strict with you, but no matter what, our parents definitely love us." ”

Xia Yeqing raised her head to look at her, the expression on her face gradually softened, "Tell me about you!" What was you like as a child? ”

Song Lingyue nestled on the sofa, hugged her knees with her hands, looked up and thought: "Actually, it's nothing special, I'm almost like you, it's just that I lost my mother, I don't even know what she looks like, there is not even a photo of her at home, only a portrait painted by my father for her." ”

"And how did you spend those days after your father died?" Xia Yeqing suddenly asked, he didn't know why, he wanted to know in his mind, so he asked.

Song Lingyue's expression darkened, "That's not pleasant, my boyfriend's family dislikes me, I can only rely on my mother at home, forget it, I still don't talk about it, after all, it's safe now." ”

Xia Yeqing's heart moved, and he blurted out a sentence, "What kind of thing is the Yan family, why do they dislike you?" ”

Song Lingyue was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "How do you know?" ”

After thinking about it again, he was the chief of customs, and the exchange had found it, so it was naturally normal to find these, and said in a low voice, "Although the Yan family is not as good as the Xia family, it is still much higher than our Song family, so naturally there is a reason to look down on me." ”

Xia Yeqing stared at her face, and felt strange in his heart, talking to her today was unprecedented, he hadn't even said these words to Su Lianyi, and he couldn't sit down like this anymore.

"That, I still have something, I'll go back first, you, you ...... tomorrow" Xia Yeqing stood up, I don't know why, and suddenly couldn't speak.

Song Lingyue also got up and prepared to send him off, and then said, "I will start working with Chun Tao tomorrow, I will do what she can do, I am not afraid of hardship." ”

"Whatever you want!" Xia Yeqing muttered indistinctly, and hurried out of the house.

As soon as Xia Yeqing left, Song Lingyue ran into the room with a hot red face, today Xia Yeqing is abnormal, she is also a little abnormal, why did she say so much to him! It seems that you should stay away from him in the future, so as not to be misunderstood.

From the next day, Song Lingyue followed Chun Tao to work in the East Courtyard every day, and the most important job was to serve Xia Yeqing and Mrs. Xia, saying that she was serving, but in fact, she had never even seen Mrs. Xia's face, only Chun Tao could enter the room to serve, saying that Mrs. Xia was seriously ill and had difficulty getting up, and she was afraid that she would not be able to take care of her when she first arrived.

Xia Yeqing has not been out of the house for a few days, taking care of his wife, during which the old lady and the other wives of the Xia family have come to visit, and I happened to see Song Lingyue wearing the same clothes as Chun Tao, honestly serving in the east courtyard, and feeling a little more comfortable, and then the wild and untamable girl, entered the Xia family, and was still obedient.

Unconsciously, a month has passed, and this day is the day when the Xia family pays their salaries, in the morning they give pocket money to the young masters and young ladies in each hospital, in the afternoon they are the doctors and teachers at home, and finally they pay their salaries to the messengers and servants.

Song Lingyue and Chun Tao cleaned up the house, and went to the account room together, Chun Tao's salary was put in a yellow paper envelope, and the thickness was still a lot, Chun Tao happily took it out of the account room and went outside to check the spot.

Song Lingyue went in and reported her name, and the gentleman in the account room nodded, saying that there was her salary, and asked her to wait, and turned around to rummage in the first row of envelopes.

was looking for it, as soon as the door of the account room opened, Xia Yejin walked in, wearing a dark coat with a lapel, a cashmere scarf loosely wrapped around his neck, and a white face, looking a little bookish, but the smile was not pure enough, and there was always a bit of his father's shrewdness and philistine.

He didn't get up in the morning, he didn't care about coming up to the account room, this time he came, but he didn't expect to meet Song Lingyue here, and said in a weird way, "Yo, Miss Song, do you still need to come over in person to get your salary?" ”

Song Lingyue didn't want to talk to him too much, so she said, "Young Master Jin!" He stood at the table in the bookkeeper's room, waiting for the bookkeeper.

Mr. Bookkeeper found the envelope and was about to hand it to Song Lingyue, but Summer Night Jin* stretched out, pinched the thickness of the envelope, and said with a slurp, "It seems that the treatment of the East Courtyard is not bad, a new girl can actually receive so much salary." As he spoke, he reached out and shook out the money inside.

Five ten-yuan tickets were spread out in Xia Yejin's hands, Song Lingyue was also a little surprised, fifty yuan is enough for two months' living expenses for an ordinary family of three, and the salary of the servants of the Xia family is indeed very high.

"Young Master Jin, my salary is given by the accounting office in accordance with the rules, and I deserve it, please return it to me." Song Lingyue stretched out her hand to Xia Yejin, why was she ridiculed by him for the money she earned with her own hands?

Xia Yejin shook the money in her hand, leaned on the table, glanced at Song Lingyue, and showed a hint of mockery on her face, "Miss Song, how did you come to the Xia family, you should know it in your heart, big brother doesn't say it, do you think I don't know?" Do you think you are eligible for a salary? ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"What do you mean, you should be clear, you owe my eldest brother money, and it will take a few years of salary to pay it back, huh?"