For a few days, there was no Zhou Ruoning to disturb Lu Jue, and he was very comfortable, the only thing that disappointed him was that Zhou Ruoshui had something unspeakable, he still didn't ask from her, and he ran for a few days without any result, and his mood was inevitably depressed. He took Liu Fuling out at dawn and didn't come back until lunch.

The days after autumn are unpredictable, and it rains for several hours from the morning, but there is no intention of stopping. An autumn rain and a cold, the weather at this time is even cooler, and the pedestrians on the road are all rushing to and fro with their hands and shoulders. And in the corner of the gate of the Deyue Building, there was a little boy about ten years old huddled. From time to time, he glanced inside the hall, shivering.

On a rainy day, the weather was cool, and the inn was also very busy, and it was not until the second half of the morning that it was free. Seeing that he was not too busy, Zhou Ruoshui took a cup of hot tea, walked to the counter and put it on it, and said to Xianglan, who was still busy: "Don't be busy yet, drink a cup of hot tea to warm up." ”

Yu Xianglan's heart warmed, put down the brush and smiled gently: "Thank you." After taking it, he glanced at the hall of Liao Wujian and continued: "I really don't want to go to the guest too many today, and I want you to help." ”

Zhou Ruoshui responded with a shallow smile: "Where is it, it just so happens that the son is not there, and he is idle when he is idle." ”

Yu Xianglan said: "I'm not busy now, you go and rest first!" ”

"Okay" was about to turn around and leave, when he found the little boy hiding in the corner, the weather was cold and cold, Zhou Ruoshui was worried that he would catch a cold like this, so he turned his head and said to Xianglan: "Aunt Lan, I want to go out." ”

"Lu Gongzi has explained that he won't let you go out alone, if you want to go out, I'll let Adou follow." Turning his head and just about to call someone.

Zhou Ruoshui hurriedly stopped: "Don't go far away, there," pointed to the little boy at the door.

"How many people have come and gone this day, no one has paid attention to him, or you are kind-hearted, but lunch time has passed. In this case, you go to the kitchen to see if there are any leftover buns, so get them for him first. You tell him not to stay at the door tomorrow, just come in and I'll leave some for him. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the corner of the wall and said, "There is an umbrella for him." ”

Zhou Ruoshui said: "Aunt Lan is also a kind-hearted person, I thank you for him." ”

Yu Xianglan waved her hand and said, "Okay, don't talk about this, send it to him quickly!" Wear extra clothes so you don't catch a cold. ”

"Got it." Zhou Ruoshui smiled sweetly and turned around and went to the kitchen. After a while, he came out with an extra paper bag in his hand, and the paper bag was bulging. Then he walked to the corner of the wall, took his umbrella, walked to the little boy, squatted down, and said softly: "Little brother, you can't sit here all the time, you will be sick if it is so cold today." Let's go home! Maybe he bothered him or something, the little boy glared at Zhou Ruoshui in disgust, turned his head and ignored her. Zhou Ruoshui smiled and said softly with patience: "Is there no umbrella!" Sister, I have this, take it. He handed over the umbrella in his hand, tilted his head slightly and looked at the little boy and waited for him to make a decision.

The little boy snorted and closed his eyes, but when he smelled the fragrance of food around him, he turned his head and stared at the bag in Zhou Ruoshui's hand, and his hungry stomach rumbled twice.

Zhou Ruoshui lowered his head slightly when he heard it, and smiled, and the picturesque smile didn't know what came into someone's eyes.

Standing not far away, Lu Jue, who was holding an umbrella, had a gentle gaze that melted people. Although he only spent a few days with her, he couldn't hide his feelings at all, and he couldn't hide his gentleness at this time.

Zhou Ruoshui handed over the paper bag and said with a smile: "I have a few meat buns here that are still hot, give them." ”

The little boy stared at the bag for a long time, endured it, and swallowed his saliva. At this time, a rich guest happened to come out of it, and the little boy's eyes also moved with the guest, and he said casually: "Less annoying." "Immediately stood up and went after the guest.

Zhou Ruoshui immediately understood what he was doing, put down the umbrella and bun and chased after him, hurriedly grabbed the hand of the little boy who was about to steal, and brought him aside and said angrily: "You can't do this." ”

The little boy struggled vigorously and said, "Don't worry about it, you let it go." ”

Zhou Ruoshui tightly grasped the little boy's airway; "I can't see you doing something wrong at such a young age."

"You want to kill me, don't you?"

"If I let you go, that's what hurts you."

"You let go, let go."

"Don't let go."

Liu Fuling smiled and turned her head to Lu Jue and said, "Don't look at the young lady's soft and weak, she is quite stubborn. ”

Lu Jue frowned and looked at the little boy and said, "Let's go over、、、、、、" Before he finished speaking, he heard Zhou Ruoshui cry out in pain.

It turned out that the little boy saw that Zhou Ruoshui couldn't be stubborn, so he kicked her ankle while she was unprepared, and ran away immediately when she let go of her hand due to the pain.

Seeing that the little boy was so ignorant, Liu Fuling glared at her round eyes and said angrily: "Why doesn't this kid know how to do it?"

And Lu Jue was pity, silent in his mouth, and hurt in his heart.

"Don't do anything stupid, stop." Zhou Ruoshui was afraid that the little boy would do something wrong, so she wanted to chase her, but as soon as her foot touched the ground, a pain came from her ankle, making her staggering and unsteady.

Seeing that someone was about to fall, Lu Jue was worried in his heart and wanted to take a few steps to hold the person, but he was taken first.

Zhou Ruoshui, who was being held up, was shocked, and turned his head to see that it was a young man in a dark green robe, and he looked at her with gentle and reproachful eyes. This young man's name is Zhao Yan, and he is one of Zhou Wenfeng's many shops. Because he is young and promising, he is now the chief shopkeeper in charge of several stores, and he is also Zhou Ruoshui's brother-in-law.

Seeing him, Zhou Ruoshui was first surprised, and more surprised, and smiled slightly: "Brother Yan"

Zhao Yan tilted the umbrella towards Zhou Ruoshui and said softly: "I'll help you in." ”

Zhou Ruoshui said: "There is Brother Lao Yan." ”

"Slow down." Tightly wrapped around Zhou Ruoshui's shoulders and covered half of her weight, so that her injured foot didn't have to exert force.

Seeing this scene, Lu Jue's heart was sour, and she began to think wildly, her unspeakable thing was this thing.

Liu Lingling saw Lu Jue standing still, staring at the door with two eyes blankly, and understood what this was for, so she walked over and said, "Young master, don't stand, it's cold outside, let's go in!" ”

"Okay" In order not to let Liu Fuling see her abnormality, Lu Jue turned his head to look aside, but found that behind the wall not far away, half of his body and the dirty little face leaned out.

After stopping for a moment to clean up his emotions, Lu Jue stepped into the inn, there were few people in the hall, and he could see at a glance where Zhou Ruoshui and Zhao Yan were sitting. His heart is depressed and uncomfortable, this is his fiancée has someone else in her heart, although she is at fault first, but the discomfort in her heart will not deceive!

It seems that as long as you are blinded by love, even the smartest person is a fool. He didn't think about it, Zhou Ruoshui didn't write a letter with him soon and gave him a brocade robe full of love, how could she have other thoughts.

Just as he was thinking about the relationship between the two, Liu Fuling said intentionally or unintentionally from behind him: "I don't know what the relationship between this person and the young lady is." Seeing Zhao Yan staring at Zhou Ruoshui's gentle and watery appearance, he said a little angrily: "You see that man staring at the young lady, he must have a bad heart!" After saying that, he secretly slipped Lu Jue's expression, and he hoped that Lu Jue would go directly to pick up that person and warn him that this is my wife, you stay away, although he knows that his young master is not that kind of person.

Listening to his words, Lu Jue clenched his hands tightly, and a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

No, looking at the young master's appearance, if he didn't help, he would be alone with the young master's temper, so he said: "Less" But he just said a word. Lu Jue had already walked forward, and Liu Lingling chased after him and asked, "Young Master wants to go over."

"Hmm" Lu Jue nodded, walked to a place very close to them, sat down and listened carefully. He thought about it and was still unwilling, he had already been wrong by instinct once. This time you must not be wrong again, this woman is her fiancée, and she is the one who wants to stay with her for the rest of her life, why give up before she gets an affirmative answer.

Originally, I wanted to blame Zhou Ruoshui, but she had an excellent attitude to admit her mistake, where was Zhao Yan still a little angry, took the teacup and asked: "I heard that the people in the house said that Lu Jue is here, does he live here, you shouldn't have recognized him yet!" Looking at Zhou Ruoshui's dress, I guessed that she must not have recognized her fiancé, so she asked two questions in one breath.

Zhou Ruoshui lowered his head and said, "Yes." ”

Zhao Yan didn't ask her why she hid her identity, he knew that even if she asked Zhou Ruoshui, he wouldn't tell him. Zhao Yan looked around at the inn and said deliberately: "It's always inconvenient for people to be busy here, so it's better for you to go to me, there is a subordinate there to serve." After finishing speaking, he felt that it was inappropriate, and said again: "There is a batch of heavy goods to leave these days, and I have to live in the warehouse to supervise." ”

It was not easy for him to stay, so how could he leave so easily. Afraid of hurting Zhao Yan's heart, she apologized softly; "Brother Yan doesn't have to suffer himself, I'm fine here."

Hearing this, Zhao Yan's face changed and he said carelessly: "You are the second lady of the Zhou family and the fiancée of the second grade, what is the matter if you are not a master or a servant here, if you let the people of the Zhou family see what kind of system you have." So, you can't stay here for long. ”

Zhou Ruoshui said: "What they think is their business, what I should do is my business, and my mind will not change." ”

Lu Jue heard a mixture of joy and sorrow, sad that he was conceited and smart, but he didn't even know what his fiancée's distress was; The good thing is that she still has her own in her heart after all.

At this moment, Yu Xianglan came over with a teapot, and while serving diligently, she said, "When did Lu Gongzi come back, why didn't you say hello?" ”

Lu Jue turned his head and asked, "The person sitting with Xiao Ruo, the proprietress knows." ”

Yu Xianglan glanced at it and replied with a smile: "Oh, he is the chief shopkeeper of several shops in the Zhou family, and he seems to be a landed talent who entered Beijing to take the exam, called Zhao Yan." ”

"Oh, landed Xiucai, so how did they meet?" Turning his head to look at the two of them, muttering to himself.

Zhao Yan glanced at her, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, all sarcastic, he cared for her wholeheartedly, but he couldn't get her trust. In her heart, there was always only that sick seedling, and she couldn't be angry for a while, and she didn't care about etiquette, so she grabbed Shui'er's wrist and said with a tough attitude: "Follow me." ”

Zhao Yan's actions undoubtedly frightened Zhou Ruoshui, she was stunned at first, and then moved her wrist, but it was all in vain, looking at Zhao Yan with a depressed face, she knew that he was really angry, but for the safety of Xiao Ai and Lu Jue, she couldn't leave no matter what, and she was reluctant to leave if it wasn't easy for her to meet him. begged bitterly: "Brother Yan knows my hardship, why do you still want to ask for it." ”

"If he really has you in his heart, why hide his head and show his tail to cause you to be controversial. He has a ruthless disregard for your name, but I can't bear to let you suffer half a cent of criticism for him. Zhao Yan looked at Zhou Ruoshui sincerely, although he didn't say anything, he had already shown everything.

Lu Jue, who listened to these words, was embarrassed, yes, what else did he have to taboo at this time. stood up and walked over, held his hand and saluted, "Brother Tai is polite." ”

"Childe." Zhou Ruoshui was startled, and hurriedly wanted to pull his hand out of Zhao Yan's hand, but he had already deliberately taken him away, and he couldn't break free at all.

Zhao Yan looked Lu Jue up and down, this person was polite and polite, with a good gentleman's face, and then looked at the pale and bloodless face, and then Zhou Ruoshui's son, he knew in his heart that this person was Zhou Ruoshui's sick fiancé, the timid coward.

Zhao Yan glanced at him disdainfully, snorted and raised his chin and said, "Lu Jue"

Lu Jue smiled, had no intention of escaping, and directly admitted: "Exactly, may I ask Your Excellency 、、、、、、?"

Zhao Yan smiled and said: "I'm a grass people, and my reputation is unbearable, so as not to pollute the ears of adults, it's better not to say anything." ”

Even if you can't hear it, you should feel this person's hostility, Lu Jue glanced at Zhou Ruoshui behind Zhao Yan, and said with a warm smile: "She is a woman, no matter what she does wrong, Brother Ren should also tolerate it generously, in broad daylight" While walking over and snatching Zhou Ruoshui from him, he continued: "Why embarrass a weak woman. ”

Zhao Yan snorted, pulled Zhou Ruoshui behind him again, stood in front of her and sneered: "I am Xiao Ruo's eldest brother, I don't want her to show her face here, I want to take her away." ”

Zhou Ruoshui tugged at Zhao Yan's sleeve and said: "Brother Yan, I said that I won't leave no matter what, even if you forcibly take me away, I will still do everything I can to come here, why should Brother Yan let me hate you!" ”

Seeing her appearance, Zhao Yan was defeated, he pulled people aside and worried: "Young and powerful, and the capital is a big dye vat, do you still know him?" ”

Zhou Ruoshui glanced at Lu Jue and said with great certainty: "I believe in him." ”

"You, foolish." Turning his head and staring at Lu Jue fiercely, he walked over and said, "Don't think that she has no one to call the shots, I am her brother and her future husband, if you dare to have half evil thoughts, I will not let you go." ”