The Lin family's weekend reunion banquet has always been early, and the third aunt is a fixed offeror to open the game every weekend, if it weren't for the old man Lin saying that Lin Wanjing is rare at home today, the whole family is reunited, and the dinner must be present, and it is difficult to see her sitting at the dinner table on weekdays and weekends. So as soon as the dinner party ended, Yourong pulled her second aunt Tai Yishan to prepare a car and go out like a finch that could finally fly out of the cage. For Lin Wanjing, this weekend was more tired than usual, just after 7 o'clock, Lin Wanjing was already leaning on the sofa and yawning, Mo Zhidong could see that she was tired, so he persuaded her to freshen up and rest early, Lin Wanjing did not shirk, her mother spoke, so she agreed, said good night, and got up to go back to the house.

After taking a hot bath comfortably, and picking out a light and soft living clothes to change into, Lin Wanjing suddenly felt that the whole person was relaxed, the fatigue subsided, and she seemed to be less sleepy, so she lazily nestled on the sofa in the living room and took a novel to read. Ah Ling came out of the bathroom after tidying up, and saw that she was lying on the sofa in thin clothes, but fortunately, the fireplace was burning all the time so that the house was not too cold, so she imitated her mother's tone and preached a few words, and then went into the back room to get a blanket in Lin Wanjing's unbridled laughter, carefully wrapped Lin Wanjing, who was smiling and paralyzed on the sofa, and stuffed a stove into her hand, and then went to the kitchen to prepare fruit and hot milk for her.

The pages of the book flipped in her hand, but in fact, she didn't read a few lines, and there was a name lingering in her mind - Li Lingrui.

The name used to be everything to her.

Just as migratory birds seek forests, desert travelers yearn for oases, and sailors yearn for land. In those days when she was far away in a foreign country, how could she not feel lonely and miss her hometown thousands of miles away? And Li Lingrui's existence is the reason for her insistence, carrying the memories of her childhood, pinning her hopes for the future, and it is her only reliance and comfort in a crowd of blonde and blue-eyed strange faces. Childhood sweethearts have a tacit understanding for 20 years, and they understand each other's every look, every emotion, and every hint.

So when he began to be hesitant because of this relationship, she knew it.

"I decided to go home and leave after Thanksgiving."

"Oh......"

The wind rustled through the treetops, rustling the leaves, and in the silence, the long-delayed answer became clearer.

"Why did you suddenly decide to go back? Isn't it good here? ”

"I'm homesick." She lowered her eyes, silver moonlight darting over her long, slightly curled eyelashes, "You know, I suddenly realized that I could barely remember my parents...... It's good here, but I'm afraid that if it goes on like this, they'll just be a vague shadow in their memories......"

"But you know, when you go back, there will be a lot of involuntary ......."

"For example?" She looked at him, meeting his gentle, watery eyes.

"Look at yourself." He raised his hand to cover her cheek, "Now you are enough to make everyone who has seen you haunt their dreams, you have grown up, it's time to think about lifelong events, I'm just afraid to go back, and the person who can accompany you is not just me." ”

"But you said that what should come will come, and what should be faced will always be faced."

"yes......"

"That'...... I'll wait for you to come back. ”

There was a long silence again, for a long time, but I heard him sigh:

"Fool, cherish the people in front of you, don't wait for me stupidly. If I'm here, I can promise you everything you want, but when I go back, if I still hope that you're the only one in your world, then I'm too selfish......"

His words were always so profound that she could not fathom them, and for a long time she burst out laughing, and the smile was exactly the same as it was now, as desolate as the moonlight sloping out of the window—she would not tell him that the letters sent to him, the telegrams sent to him, were taken by her to his room; Nor would she tell him that she had noticed that the address of the delivery was from London, England to Suzhou, China; Of course, she wouldn't tell him that she had secretly looked at the sender's name, Yiguang, what a high-profile announcement to the world that she was outstanding and attracted thousands of attention.

The decision to leave the UK and go home was a difficult but two-pronged decision for Lin Wanjing – rather than watching him drift away, it would be better to go back to where he started and wait for him to make his own decision.

The wind blowing in from the patio door became colder and colder, and Lin Wanjing didn't know whether it was really cold or cold, so she stood up and wanted to close the door, but when she turned around, she saw Ah Ling standing by the door, and she didn't know what she was hesitating, so she called her:

"What are you doing standing there? Come in. ”

Ah Ling seemed to have made a great determination, walked to Lin Wanjing's side, and handed over an object wrapped in silk:

"Miss, the porter sent this in, saying that a gentleman brought it, and he said that if you haven't rested, you must see you."

Lin Wanjing took it suspiciously, opened the silk silk and saw that the silk embroidered with flowing cloud patterns was wrapped in Liu Jin's clam wrench, and her doubts became deeper and deeper: he should have no reason to see her in the middle of the night.

Seeing that Lin Wanjing's face was embarrassed, Ah Ling asked tentatively:

"Either I'll go back to him, and I'll say you're asleep, Miss."

Lin Wanjing shook her head, she knew that this side could not be seen - with her understanding of Liu Jin, since he sent this thing in, then eighty percent knew that she was not sleeping, so in this way, he must be in a place where he could see her. Thinking like this, she went straight to the terrace, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Liu Jin's black car parked outside the gate of the cast iron courtyard, he leaned on the side of the car, and the fire on his fingertips was bright and extinguished, as if he expected her to go up to the terrace, and raised his hand and waved to her.

For no reason, when she saw Liu Jin waiting for her upstairs, there were three points of joy and seven points of expectation in the feelings in her heart, but when he stood in front of her, the expectation was slowly replaced by uneasiness - his eyes were so gentle, staring at her with a smile, seeing that she seemed to be shy, so the smile deepened.

"Young Marshal, what are you doing urgently, do you have to see me now?"

Liu Jin didn't answer her, just looked at her and said:

"Don't you feel cold when you're dressed so thinly?"

When he asked like this, Lin Wanjing realized that she was only wearing a thin satin nightdress, and she came out in a hurry, but she didn't remember to put on another coat, just in her embarrassing time, Liu Jin had already taken off her coat and draped it on her, and then said:

"It's nothing, I just want to see you."

Two red clouds rose on Lin Wanjing's face, and she lowered her head to avoid his hot gaze:

"What the hell is going on? If there is nothing important, how can you come to me in the middle of the night? ”

"I want to see you, doesn't it matter?"

"......" Lin Wanjing was dumbfounded for a while, and then smelled the faint smell of wine on his coat, so she said, "Drinking?" It's no wonder that there is no right sentence at all. ”

Seeing that Lin Wanjing seemed to be in a real hurry, Liu Jin coughed lightly twice, and then said:

"Well, I do have something very important to tell you." After thinking about it for a long time, after seeing Lin Wanjing's serious expression, he suddenly didn't know how to speak, and was silent for a long time before he said, "I want to say...... I want you to marry me. ”

After the deafening heartbeat, everything was silent, Lin Wanjing looked at him with wide eyes, full of astonishment, and it took a long time to react, sneered, and raised her hand to his forehead:

"How much alcohol have you drunk? Didn't you get drunk and come to me to talk nonsense......"

Seeing his reaction, the corners of Liu Jin's mouth hooked up a seemingly nonexistent arc, and took advantage of the situation to hold her slightly cold soft palm tightly, and then looked deeply into her eyes, and said firmly:

"I'm sober and I know what I'm talking about." He took a deep breath and paused seriously: "Lin Wanjing, I want you to marry me." ”

Disorderly.

Dysphoria.

Uneasy.

This emotion has been lingering in Lin Wanjing's heart since Liu Jin's sudden confession that night.

Ah Ling didn't know what happened between Lin Wanjing and Liu Jin, she only knew that when she came back, her face was as pale as paper, her eyes were dull, her lips were bitten white, and she was almost oozing blood. Since then, she found that Lin Wanjing began to avoid her family intentionally or unintentionally, such as deliberately getting up early, but leaving home to go to a foreign bank before breakfast started; Another example is that there is no arrangement, but he insists on staying in the foreign bank, until after dinner, it is estimated that Mr. Lin and his wife have gone back to the room to rest, and then they took a taxi home.

Lin Wanjing's little trick of being smart naturally couldn't hide from the eyes of her parents, so on the night three days ago, Mo Zhidong waited for the rabbit to catch Lin Wanjing, who was returning late, and after a long talk, Lin Wanjing's mental state was even worse, almost to the point where she couldn't give up and had no master.

As Lin Wanjing's personal maid, Ah Ling intuitively felt that Lin Wanjing's current appearance was definitely not only related to Liu Jin, but she also knew her identity, and it was naturally inconvenient for the owner to ask a lot about it, so she could only watch Lin Wanjing sometimes in a daze, sometimes anxious, sometimes long and short, sometimes melancholy and shallow smile, and then inexplicably red eyes. In just a few days, Lin Wanjing already looked haggard as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, and she was like the lively and beautiful girl before.

The inventory of the warehouse before Christmas is a major event of the foreign bank every year, the goods are counted, the number of positions is confirmed, the personnel on duty are arranged, and then the seals signed by both the foreign bank and Lin Wanjing are affixed, and the busy year is over, and the long Christmas vacation begins. With a reason to be busy, naturally there is no leisure to think about other things, but when the seal of the black letter seal is pasted on the heavy warehouse door, the huge copper lock falls, and the crowd disperses, Ah Ling clearly saw that the familiar sadness climbed up between Lin Wanjing's eyebrows again, and finally let go of the heart of the few days and pulled it again.

But Lin Wanjing didn't say anything to her, so she couldn't comfort her, so she had to follow Lin Wanjing along the seawall slowly with the driver. The sea breeze in the middle of winter is damp and cold, with an inherent fishy and salty taste, Ah Ling was worried that Lin Wanjing would be cold and sick if she continued like this, so she hesitated again and again, and finally persuaded her:

"Miss... Either... Let's find a place to eat, shall we? ”

Lin Wanjing raised her hand and looked at her watch, only to find that it was past lunch, and she had no appetite to eat, but thinking that if she didn't eat, the two big living people who followed her would also suffer, so she nodded, and then raised her eyes, but saw Shen Junyi leaning on the side of the car not far away, and saw her coming, so she stood up straight and smiled at her, Lin Wanjing knew that she was waiting for her, since she was "caught" by the rabbit who was waiting for her, it would be too deliberate to avoid it, and there was no other way, she could only go to him hard:

"Shen Gongzi hasn't seen you for a long time."

"If it weren't for Miss Wanjing, you deliberately avoided it, how could we have not seen each other for a long time?" Shen Junyi laughed and said that since that lunch, he has changed his methods to find reasons to make an appointment with Lin Wanjing so many times, but she has refused all of them and has not attended the appointment once. His gaze moved from Lin Wanjing's lowered eyebrows to her face, and then he laughed out loud: "Your face is dirty, like a cat." As he spoke, he raised his hand to wipe the stain from her face, but as soon as his fingers touched her face, she flashed away like an electric shock—the tone, the action, all so familiar.

Why did everything remind her of that person?

Li Lingrui, even if she is separated by oceans, she can't escape the mark he left on her.

Shen Junyi didn't expect Lin Wanjing's resistance to be so obvious, the outstretched hand froze there for a while, but finally fell on her face, wiping away the floating dust, Lin Wanjing said thank you in a low voice, and the conversation was paused here, until Shen Junyi's voice started again, he is indeed a person who can find topics, but this time he opened his mouth, as if he had made up his mind:

"My father sent the bride price to the house from my grandmother, Miss Wanjing, have you seen it?"

Of course Lin Wanjing has seen it, otherwise why is she depressed so far? Seeing that she didn't answer, Shen Junyi asked again:

"But what's wrong with Miss?"

The gifts sent that day, not to mention the fruit box snacks and rice millet that should be common sense, only look at those carefully selected treasures - exquisite gold and silver jewelry, delicate brocade silk satin, and seven treasures carved Hongyan box, all of which are made slowly and are priceless. But how did these bride prices go, how were they returned, and the "No. 1 matchmaker in Luzhou" sent to talk about the matchmaker, Grandma Yu, stayed at the Lin family for one night, and returned to the Shen family "with a full load" the next day, but only said that Lin Wanjing didn't like it, and there was no reason for it, but this reason was the most deadly.

"Those gifts, Young Master Shen bothered." Lin Wanjing looked at him and said apologetically, "It's just that Wanjing is in a mess right now and doesn't want to think about getting married." ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as you accept it, the three media and six hires are not in a hurry right now, you tell me what you like, and I'll prepare."

"Like what?" Lin Wanjing muttered and repeated these words, and a lonely smile stained the corners of her mouth, "I like it, but I'm afraid you won't be able to do it." But without waiting for Shen Junyi to speak, she said again, "Shen Gongzi, don't bother with Wanjing, I'm just waiting for an ending, so I don't want to talk about marriage, besides, ......" She paused, and finally spoke, "Besides, Shen Gongzi, you are not the type I like." ”

"I know that what you have done before is indeed unhappy Miss Wanjing, you are ...... heart."

"The previous thing is over, let's let it pass," Lin Wanjing gritted her teeth, "It's not a secret, Wanjing has a heart, so she can't tolerate others for the time being." ”

"After all, you are still waiting for Li Lingrui to come back." Shen Junyi said a word, and just when he said the name, he saw a trace of loneliness in her clear eyes, so he better affirmed this answer, "Wake up, Wanjing, even though Li Lingrui has thousands of good things, but you can't do it, you should know about this matter from the time you came back alone, right?" ”

"I know."

Yes, she knew, or if she had to come back, he would have done anything to come back with her. In fact, she had already thought about it, if he decided to give up everything in Britain and return to China, she would also give up the idea of returning to China and wait for him in England with peace of mind. Therefore, she knew that the reality came too suddenly, and she was not ready to say goodbye to the past.

"Even if you knew, why are you so obsessed?" Shen Junyi stared at her, eager to find the answer in her eyes, and when she saw that she was silent, she said, "Or ...... You shouldn't be really in love with Liu Jin, right? ”

For no reason, Lin Wanjing sighed in her heart, she suddenly remembered Liu Jin's sudden marriage proposal that night, and her face was suddenly as hot as fire, but this crimson color was particularly dazzling in Shen Junyi's eyes.

"Wanjing, if you are really waiting for Li Lingrui to come back and give you an answer, okay, I will wait with you, if you still choose him instead of me in the end, I will quit willingly, and I will be convinced if I lose to him. But if you really fall in love with Liu Jin, I advise you to think twice. Shen Junyi sneered, "You are a smart girl, you should know that since ancient times, all the regimes that dominate one side are all based on killing and trading, don't say that it is difficult for you to be together, even if you are together, Wanjing, you are so good, I can't bear to see you become a sacrifice of this regime!" ”

Shen Junyi heard these things Lin Wanjing heard clearly, she wanted to argue for herself, wanted to say that she didn't have a heart for Liu Jin, but her mind was full of all the things that had happened with Liu Jin so far - the way he rescued her from the window, the way he stood up for her when she was embarrassed, the way he sat at the desk and carefully reviewed the documents, etc., etc., etc., so the rebuttal came to her mouth, but she couldn't say a word, the more so, the more clearly she felt scared.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Shen Junyi became more and more sure of her guess, and her tone was a little heavy in a hurry: "Wanjing, you are sober, even if he is kind to you in a thousand ways now, but what about in the future?" Not to mention the various reluctances that he had to accept in order to keep his power, but to say that he himself, his own reputation is not very good, you should listen to the things that are talked about him, there is no wind and no waves, you should know! ”

"I'd love to know what rumors are out there about me."

Liu Jin's voice was like a bell, pulling Lin Wanjing's chaotic soul back from outside the world, she looked at him, but saw him striding towards her, and arrived at her in a few steps, her eyes locked on Shen Junyi's every move, like a lion guarding food, and what he said with a hidden knife in his smile was about his current expression, plus his height was slightly better than Shen Junyi, so that vigilant gaze had a sense of condescending oppression. Shen Junyi was not cowardly, raised his eyes and looked at him:

"Yun Shuai, I can really meet you anywhere."

The ** flavor of this sentence is so strong, Lin Wanjing secretly felt that it was inappropriate, and was about to speak but was preempted by Liu Jin:

"I should have told you early in the morning, Miss Wanjing's affairs don't bother you Shen Gongzi."

"Yun Shuai, it should be yours after all, it's yours, there's no need to follow it so closely, it makes everyone uncomfortable."

A chill rose from Liu Jin's eyes, cold with murderous intent, Lin Wanjing saw it clearly, and hurriedly spoke to mediate:

"Shen Gongzi, please go back first, I have my own plans for the things I just said, and I really don't bother with Gongzi."

Shen Junyi knew that this was Lin Wanjing building steps for his impulse just now, he was not a fool, he could see the anger in Liu Jin's expression, and he also knew that the two sentences he just said should have been too sharp, and he didn't know how to end it, but fortunately, Lin Wanjing was clever, so he didn't embarrass each other, and left a sentence: If you think about it, tell me, and then leave away.

It wasn't until Shen Junyi's car disappeared from view that Liu Jin turned around and looked at Lin Wanjing's face, and her expression unconsciously climbed a little distressed:

"I haven't seen you for a few days, why is your face so haggard, shouldn't you be sick?"

Seeing Lin Wanjing's blank eyes, thoughtful, Ah Ling knew that she was still struggling with the words that Shen Junyi said, presumably she listened to those words, so she was so entangled now.

"Young marshal, my young lady hasn't eaten much since the morning, and she is probably hungry." Ah Ling is indeed clever, afraid that Lin Wanjing will be so absent-minded and annoy Liu Jin again, so she hurriedly helped her find the reason, "My young lady has not had much appetite recently, but if it is the young marshal, there should be a way to persuade her to eat some." Ah Ling didn't finish speaking, but Lin Wanjing twisted her arm heavily, sighing and crying out in pain, Liu Jin saw it, chuckled, and then didn't say anything anymore, and called the driver to pick up the car.

After the rain, the sky finally brightened slightly after many days of haze, the sunlight sparsely penetrated from the thick clouds, sprinkled on Liu Jin's shoulders, Lin Wanjing looked up at him, and suddenly felt that his body was radiating a layer of brilliance, dazzling but soft, there was an impulse from the bottom of her heart, wanting to go to him immediately, as if the soft light around him could give her infinite dependence and security.

In an instant, the sound of heartbeat hit the eardrums, and Lin Wanjing suddenly realized that it was Li Lingrui who had never felt this way in the years that she had been by her side, so Shen Junyi's words became clearer:

"Wanjing, aren't you really in love with Liu Jin?"