Huo Jinyan's attitude was natural, but it made Tang Xi gradually relax, thought about it for a while, and finally decided to say it directly, "My lord, the eighth day of this month is Miss Mu Yao's birthday, and today Miss Mu Yao sent a post and wanted to invite us to go together." ”

Huo Jinyan paused, and then said lightly, "I'm too busy with official business to go, so you can go by yourself." ”

Knowing that this would be the case, Tang Xi sighed slightly in his heart, and then said, "I know that the adults don't want to delay Miss Mu Yao, but she promised me that this is the last time, if my brother refuses her this time, she will be completely dead, so why not give her a complete end?" ”

Huo Jinyan was silent, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "You like her very much?" ”

Tang Xi was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Huo Jinyan suddenly said this, but nodded very honestly, "Miss Mu Yao is not only beautiful, but also a gentle and well-informed girl, and she is generous enough to me...... Ahem, polite enough to be polite, so, naturally I like it. ”

Huo Jinyan put down the teacup and said lightly, "I know." ”

After speaking, he got up and left, but Tang Xi sat a little stunned for a long time before he realized that Huo Jinyan probably agreed.

Tang Xi went back satisfied, no matter what it was, Mu Yao has always been polite and polite to her, even if she wants her to help, she will not be overly enthusiastic about her, the two keep a proper distance, and they are quite comfortable getting along, plus the blood hosta was given by Mu Yao, and thanks to the hairpin, she was able to take out the 100,000 taels to Shangguan Yu, which is a little kind to her, and now that she has completed her promise, Tang Xi also feels much more at ease.

Soon Mu Yao's birthday arrived, Huo Jinyan had already prepared the gifts for the two of them in advance, and he didn't need Tang Xi's three or four invitations that day, so he went to the university scholar's mansion with Tang Xi very neatly.

Mu Yun, a university scholar, also has a preference for this daughter, the nineteen-year-old birthday battle is good, when the two of them arrived, there were already many young ladies in the capital present, Mu Yao had been waiting for a long time, as soon as she saw Huo Jinyan coming, her eyes immediately lit up, and she walked quickly to the two of them to greet them.

"Brother Jinyan......" Her eyes were shy and timid, full of affection and sweetness, that is, Tang Xi and a woman were about to lose half of their bodies when they saw it, but Huo Jinyan was stunned and was not moved, only greeted her coldly and politely and said no more.

Mu Yao's expression was injured for a moment, but in the end, she was a person who had experienced many blows, and she must have been accustomed to such things for a long time, so she quickly cheered up, came over enthusiastically and pulled Tang Xi, and whispered in her ear to thank her, "Sister Jinshi, thank you." ”

After speaking, he said generously to Huo Jinyan, "Brother Yan, please." ”

Compared with some other countries, the folk customs of the Fengyuan Dynasty are much more open, and the defense of men and women is not too heavy, and the banquet is also mixed with men and women, but it is just a different table.

Mu Yao brought Tang Xi all the way into the table, and then personally led Huo Jinyan to the best position in the men's seat and sat down, Tang Xi knew that he didn't want his light bulb to be too in the way, so he didn't want to be so uninteresting to move forward, just sat on the seat and snorted melon seeds carelessly, and then paid attention to the movements of the two of them.

After Huo Jinyan sat down, Mu Yao didn't rush to leave, but stood aside and whispered something to him, Huo Jinyan had no expression all the time, and didn't seem to have spoken, until the end he nodded his head with a slight hesitation, and Mu Yao immediately left with a happy face.

Tang Xi raised his eyebrows, Huo Jinyan's last nod didn't he agree to something? However, she didn't think that this would be Huo Jinyan's promise to marry her or something, after all, as stubborn as Huo Jinyan, if he really didn't want to, he couldn't change easily.

Tang Xi did have the intention of helping Huo Jinyan get married at first, but after he found out that he would be wrong, he had no other thoughts at all, and what he did after that was just to help Mu Yao, after all, ...... She has indeed suffered too much for many years.

So she is not a villain, but she really understands that Huo Jinyan can't have anything to do with her, so she is really curious to see Mu Yao's happy appearance at this time, what did Huo Jinyan promise?

But with her current relationship with Huo Jinyan, it's really hard to go up and ask directly, so although she is very curious at this time, she can only pay more attention to their movements.

But then Mu Yao didn't come to Huo Jinyan again, which surprised her.

Until the banquet began, Tang Xi was eating carelessly, but suddenly noticed that Huo Jinyan got up and left the table, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, could it be that she went to a tryst with Mu Yao? This makes sense, probably Mu Yao asked him to meet alone before, and he agreed, so Mu Yao would leave so happily, otherwise, with Mu Yao's previous style, how could she not grasp this last opportunity?

knew that she knew, but Tang Xi didn't think about going over to take a look, after all, this was someone's private matter, and it was too unruly for her to run over and peek.

But just now I ate too many melon seeds, and my mouth was dry, so I drank a lot of tea, and she wanted to go to the toilet at this time, so she recruited a maid who was waiting next to her, "I want to go to make it easier, help me guide the way." ”

Most of the time in the house, the master uses a gong bucket, but now there are so many guests, it is inconvenient to use the things of the host's house, so the maid directly leads people to the small garden behind the front hall, and there is a clean thatched house at the corner of the garden for the guests to use.

Tang Xi came out of the thatched house, looking at the snow scene in this courtyard, he felt very comfortable, at least it was much more comfortable than greeting others in the front hall, so he was not in a hurry to go back immediately.

was reaching out to fiddle with the snow falling on the branches, and inadvertently looked up but saw a maid on the corridor in the distance sneakily looking back and forth, Tang Xi is more hidden, and there are more trees, Tang Xi is also wearing white clothes today, so the maid did not see her.

Seeing that there was no one around, the maid put down the hot tea in her hand, then took out a paper bag from her sleeve, poured the contents into one of the cups of tea, and then shook it again until there was no trace of it, and then took the teacup and continued to walk forward.

Tang Xi frowned, and then called the maid who led the way for her, she stood far away before, because she didn't see the scene just now, Tang Xi called her over, and then pointed to the back of the maid just now, "Who is that?" ”

The maid looked over there, but she looked down on her from a distance, and after looking at it for a while, she was a little uncertain and said, "That'...... Some are like Cui Ying next to Miss. ”

Tang Xi's face sank suddenly, and even his voice was a little cold, "Can you see clearly?" ”

Tang Xi's color changed so quickly that the frightened maid suddenly knelt down and said in a panic, "I...... I don't know, it's too far away to see clearly, but it looks like a ......."

Tang Xi watched the maid disappear around the corner, and couldn't help but squint, "You go back first, and I'll go back later." ”

Although the maid was very scared, she still feared to persuade her, "This ...... Miss Huo, if you let the guests walk around the house at will, I ......"

Before she finished speaking, she was swallowed back again, just because Tang Xi looked down at her......

The look was terrible she had never seen before, bloodthirsty and cold, and faintly with a majesty that defied everything, and at a glance she trembled like chaff and could not say a word.

When she came back to her senses, Tang Xi's figure had already chased in the direction where Cuiying had just disappeared, and the little girl opened her mouth, but she didn't have the courage to call her or go over with her.

Tang Xi hurriedly chased after Cui Ying, her chest was full of anger, she almost lost her mind, Mu Yao, how dare she! She kindly wanted to help her, but she used her to bring Huo Jinyan over, and then took the opportunity to drug him!

At this time, Huo Jinyan was sitting with Mu Yao in a pavilion outside Mu Yao's courtyard, Mu Yao said that this place was remote and few people came, so he wanted to make it clear with him here.

Huo Jinyan wanted to refuse, but thinking about Tang Xi's words, his heart somehow softened, no matter what, if today's conversation can make Mu Yao give up completely, it is a good thing for them, although it is not in accordance with the rules, but as long as it is not seen by others, it is nothing.

"Brother Yan......" Mu Yao called softly.

Huo Jinyan frowned, as if he was impatient, "Miss Mu, I have already said that I have a relationship with your father's peers, and it is not polite for you to call me like this." ”

Mu Yao bit her lip, as if she didn't dare, "Etiquette counts...... Is it fitting that you sit here alone with me at this time? ”

Huo Jinyan's movements paused slightly, and his tone, which was quite gentle just now, suddenly sharpened, "Miss Mu, since you have no intention of untying the knot, Huo Mou said goodbye!" ”

Mu Yao was startled, and hurriedly pulled him, "Brother Yan, don't be angry!" I just ......" she bit her lip and wanted to cry, "Brother Jinyan, are you really not the slightest bit different from me?" ”

Huo Jinyan still had a cold face, broke away from Mu Yao's hand and took a step back to keep a distance from her, "I have already said that I have no intention of marrying a wife." ”

"And what kind of person do you really like?" Mu Yao shouted a little broken, "In order to do my best all these years, in order to let you look at me more, I have to fight for the first place everywhere, and now I don't want to praise me when I am mentioned in the capital?" Over the years, there have been countless sons and sons who have come to propose marriage, why do you always refuse to look at me more? Still is...... Do you already have someone you like? ”

Huo Jinyan was silent for a moment, and finally answered her, "Marrying a wife doesn't have to be the first person in the world, I do have a crush on someone, Miss Mu don't be obsessed anymore." ”

"What?" Mu Yao's face changed suddenly, she looked like she had been hit hard, and she took a few steps back, her face full of disbelief, "You...... Someone you like...... Who is it? ”

Who is it? Feng Xi's face instantly appeared in Huo Jinyan's mind, but then somehow, that face seemed to be distorted for a moment, and then changed into another face, the same clever smile, but Huo Jinyan's face changed suddenly, he fiercely cut off what he was thinking, and his tone was indescribably cold, "No comment, my words have been finished, if Miss Mu has nothing else to do, I will leave." ”