"Sir! Gentleman! Miss! ”

Tang An returned to Cheng Mansion full of joy, feeling that everything around him was extremely kind. The turquoise lotus ponds in the compound have frozen over, and the lush trees have turned bald and covered with a thin layer of snow. The blue-gray brick walls were covered with frost, and the rolling houses were still as usual, like relatives standing silently, silently welcoming themselves home.

Tang An looked at everything around him, and the smile returned to his face, and he was extremely excited. People who have experienced life and death are especially greedy for the warmth of home. Perhaps, as the lyrics say, home is a castle, and every brick is created with love.

After half a year, I don't know how the people who gave me selfless help in the most difficult time are doing? Is the eldest young master still so stupid? Does the eldest lady still want to kill people at every turn?

"Who yells so early in the morning... Quiet... Brother An? ”

Rifle, who was noisy by the shouting, put on a coat and went out impatiently. When he saw Tang An's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but rub his eyes, for fear that he was wrong.

Tang An smiled with a smile: "Laifu, what time is it and still sleeping, don't you have to serve the old lady?" ”

Dare to use this tone to talk to the new family director Laifu, it seems that this person is Brother An. Laifu said happily: "Brother An, it's really you!" Come on! Don't let Brother An's run! ”

This voice roared out, and it immediately provoked countless responses. After a while, the servants came out together, and when they saw Tang An's appearance clearly, the subordinates who had known each other were happy to come up, like a group of happy sparrows. And some of the newcomers have never seen him, but they also have a look of admiration, obviously hearing the legendary story of Tang An from the mouth of the old family Ding.

"Where's that kid Tang An!"

Just as everyone was talking, a thunderous roar came from the middle hall. Cheng Caihe, who was pulling his cotton clothes and wearing sleeves, ran out murderously, and there was no smile on his face.

What is surprising is that Cheng Caihe's original iconic big belly has long disappeared, and his bloated fat face seems to have been sucked away from all the fat, faintly revealing the edges and corners, and the white skin like a woman has been tanned. At first glance, it is impossible for this sturdy man to be equated with the originally stupid fat man.

If it weren't for the fact that his voice was still the same as usual, and there was still a trace of precious honesty in his eyes, Tang An would never have imagined that the fat man would have become what he is now. He even guessed maliciously: This dead fat man must have been to South Korea, right?

"Are you...... Gentleman? ”

"Who else could it be if it wasn't Young Master Ben?" Cheng Caihe yelled, and without saying a word, he punched Tang An in the chest: "You bastard still know to come back?" After more than half a year, the entire Genting Shopping Center was left alone, and the young master was arrested by Lao Pang to learn to do business. Damn, do you know how many bags of rice this young master has carried in the past six months? ”

I see. I didn't expect that the pampered young master would also know how to work hard for the future of the family. Looking at Cheng Caihe's appearance today, there is already a vague prototype of a beautiful man, and the original fat pig Cheng Nerd has become history, so Tang An has to sigh: The years are really a pig-killing knife.

Listening to the familiar complaint, Tang An was not annoyed, but with a smile: "Young Master, are you all okay lately?" ”

"What's good, my dad doesn't know what he's busy with all day, my sister can't find anyone in the past two days, and I seem to be the only normal person in the entire Cheng Mansion. Without you bastard, Young Master Ben doesn't know how boring he has been! Cheng Caihe was talking, the corners of his eyes were suddenly filled with moisture, and he hugged Tang An firmly: "Damn, just come back!" ”

Tang An suddenly had the urge to cry, and patted Cheng Cai and his back: "Don't worry, young master, I won't leave when I come back this time, let's work together to carry forward the Yunding Tower and make the business to the Qi country." ”

Cheng Caihe said excitedly: "Okay, let's go play Qi Guoniu in the future!" ”

Tang An's face stiffened, and he secretly sighed that the young master was really so straightforward. It's just that I went to Qi to do business and play Qi girl... Is there any intrinsic connection?

"That's right!" Cheng Caihe's face changed, and he said a little hesitantly: "You... It's best to visit the Blue House. “

"Blue Mansion?" Tang Anxin was suddenly, seeing that Cheng Caihe's expression was a little gloomy, an ominous premonition suddenly surged in his heart: "What's wrong with Haitang?" ”

"It is said that... She's gone. Alas, such a stunning woman as Master Lan... Hey Tang An - don't run, it's faster to take Young Master Ben's carriage! ”

The words were still in his ears, but Tang An had already rushed out like a gust of wind......

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Shangshu Mansion.

In the somewhat dim lobby, Lan Honglie and Tang An sat in separate places.

The old man, who was originally in good spirits, now seems to have suddenly aged by dozens of years, and there is no trace of ruddy on his pale face, and the wrinkles seem to be much deeper. The heat rising above the teacup seemed to be his mood now.

"Begonia... She is indeed gone. ”

Tang An, who was sitting at the bottom of the head, was full of nervousness and asked, "She... Why go? ”

Lan Honglie's cloudy eyes looked at Tang An and said slowly, "Because of you." ”

"Me?" Tang An pointed to his nose and secretly sighed Could it be that he promised her to come back in a month, but now he has made an appointment and angered this little girl?

Lan Honglie sighed: "Begonia is a child with a hard life. God gave her extraordinary talent and beauty, but cruelly deprived her of her health. Since she was born, she has suffered from congenital cold body, and her body is not hard when she is a child. At the beginning, the doctor said that she would not live to be ten years old, and the old man and her mother prayed to God every day for mercy so that she could spend more time with us. Maybe God heard the prayers of the two of us, and Begonia survived without danger, and even the doctor was amazed. But... No one knows how long she will live. ”

Tang An's face changed greatly, he didn't expect Lan Begonia to have such an unbearable past. He vaguely remembered that when he was studying in the academy, Lan Haitang was eaten tofu by himself because of a hidden disease, if he had a heart, he should have asked her the crux of the problem at that time, maybe with his insight through the times, he could give her a new life. I only blamed myself for realizing it later, and I didn't know anything about her illness.

He regretted it in his heart, and secretly scolded himself in his heart: Tang An, Tang An, how stupid are you...

"When I knew that you came to the capital, the old man was deeply gratified, and he once wanted to match you and Begonia. Qingzhu has been blaming me for being sloppy, in fact, the old man is not stupid at all, and he will never joke about the future happiness of his only baby daughter. So, I've secretly investigated many things about you. Your performance since you came to the capital, the old man has seen it all, your knowledge, your conversation, and your behavior make the old man believe that you are by no means a thing in the pool, and you will definitely move the world in time, so you will agree to this family business. And now, you can be valued by the emperor and named 'Marquis of Zhenxi', and your status is still above the old man, which is enough to prove that I am not wrong. ”

Lan Honglie recalled and sighed deeply: "Haitang's temper is the best understanding of my father. Although she doesn't say it, she secretly asks the maid about your situation, and the old man knows all these things. The old man knows that she is not without a good impression of you, but because of the congenital disease, this child has learned to use a strong appearance to hide the fragility of the heart. She has low self-esteem and thinks that a person who may die at any time does not deserve happiness, so she will use a cold attitude to cut off contact with you. ”

Tang Anxin suddenly said: No wonder when they first told the story of the mummy, the two chatted so speculatively, but not long after the Lushan Poetry Club, Lan Haitang's attitude towards herself took a 180-degree turn, as if treating a stranger.

This stupid woman, who obviously wants to love but doesn't dare to love, hides herself like an ostrich. Doesn't she know that feelings and longevity are two different things?

If he hadn't thought that he had "fallen off the cliff and died", I am afraid that the weeping confession on the Drunken Immortal Cliff would have been buried in his heart forever.

Tang An held the teacup tightly, feeling that blood was dripping from his heart.

A woman who loves herself deeply, but buries all her pain and emotions in the depths of her heart, but she knows nothing. Compared with her, she has given too little, and this kind of love is too selfish.

He swore that as long as he found Begonia, he would definitely atone for his sins with a lifetime of meticulous care. But... Will Heaven give him such a chance?

"Lan Shibo, Haitang said in person that she would wait for me to come back, tell me honestly, is she gone, or is she 'gone'?"

Asking this sentence, Tang An seemed to have exhausted all his strength. He was afraid that he would get the answer he least wanted to hear, but he desperately wanted to know. Such ambivalence made him feel that every second passed extremely slowly.

Just when the four ghosts were haunting Bianjing, Haitang's condition suddenly worsened. She coughs up blood every day, but she thinks that my father doesn't know anything......" Lan Honglie said, tears flowing uncontrollably: "She has been waiting for you to come back from the Western Regions, wanting to see you for the last time." But the one who couldn't wait for you, she began to get scared—afraid that when you came back, you would only see her tombstone. Maybe she wants to leave a crying and laughing begonia in your mind, instead of a cold tombstone, so she came up with a very clumsy excuse: she wanted to travel the world, go to the easternmost country of Qi, and see what the prestigious Jixia School Palace looked like, so she left. ”

Tang An secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she didn't die, everything still had room for redemption. "She... Went to the country of Qi? ”

Lan Honglie nodded, stood up and let out a breath of white air, his face was indescribably lonely: "Tang An, the old man has always owed your father, and this debt was originally wanted to be repaid on Begonia, but I don't know if I can pay it off in my lifetime." Promise me to get the begonias back! ”

Tang An nodded solemnly, and his mind was full of her shadows.

tirelessly taught in the academy, the surprise when the hairband was scraped off by the treetops, the panic when Tang An took advantage of it when he was chased and killed by Su Meier, the shyness when he accepted a flower from him on the top of Lushan, and the moving appearance of pear blossoms with rain on the drunken fairy cliff......

Before I knew it, tears were pouring down.

"Don't worry, I will definitely get her back, heal her, and make her my lady and the happiest woman in the world!"