Chapter 33: Meeting in the Alley
Yan Juan's appearance at this time is really not good.
After crawling out of the vent, her hair became messy, the hem of her skirt was covered with a lot of dust, and when she walked, she was crooked because of the pain in her ankles, and when she heard someone behind her calling her name, she was even more panicked and stuck to the wall at the entrance of the alley, rubbing her face with ash.
The whole person looked gray and extremely depressed.
"It's you!"
Yan Juan, who came back to her senses, finally saw the appearance of the person behind her, and it turned out to be Xie Chen.
Xie Chen was wearing the moon-white pullover from yesterday, even if he was standing in the dark alley, he didn't feel any cramped.
He was thinking about taking a shortcut, so he walked through this side of the alley.
Before he had taken two steps, he saw an unusually familiar figure.
At first, he thought he was mistaken.
After all, Yan Juan has been afraid of the dark since she was a child, when she lived in the Ganlu Temple, she also because the big monk did not light the lamp in her wing room at night, so she hugged the quilt and stayed up all night, and waited until the next morning when the sky was bright, before lying on the bed to sleep.
The houses in the vicinity were taller than elsewhere, with walls three feet high on both sides, and the alleys sandwiched between the two walls were so dark that they could barely be seen.
How could such a little girl who was afraid of the dark appear here.
But when he called Yan Juan's name, the person who walked in front of him turned around.
Looking at the relieved girl in front of him, Xie Chen didn't know how to react for a while.
An embarrassing atmosphere inexplicably appeared between the two, Xie Chen's eyes couldn't help but drift to the ground, and then he saw Yan Xuan's skirt that looked like it had been gnawed by a dog, and the crooked knots around her waist.
"Why did you get here alone? What about the maids around you? Why didn't they follow you? ”
If Yan Juan was as usual at the moment, even if Xie Chen asked, there would not be much panic in his heart.
But now Yan Juan's appearance is too bad.
When people see it, they can't help but worry.
What can Yan Wan say!
It was as if Xie Chen would not tell her about the speculation of the princess, and she could not relay what Master Yan said to Xie Chen.
It was not just because of Master Yan's attitude towards Xie Chen, but also because she was unwilling.
How can you tell others that her father, who has always been responsive to her needs, doesn't love her as much as she thinks?
After this incident, Yan Juan couldn't help but look at the others with suspicion.
If even her father is perfunctory to her, then who is sincere to her!
Thinking of this, Yan Juan showed a weak smile.
She found that she couldn't be sure of someone's sincerity, it was too difficult for her.
"I'm not in a good mood, I want one to walk around, so I didn't ask them to follow me!" Yan Qian waved her hand at Xie Chen, trying to end the conversation here, and parted.
Nowadays, she is not suitable for maintaining a calm attitude and talking to people.
Instead of breaking up with each other, it is better to stop losses in advance.
It's a pity that Xie Chen doesn't think like that.
He really didn't worry about Yan Juan alone, and he didn't even plan to continue the purpose of going out this time, so he thought about arranging Yan Juan first.
In fact, there are only a few things that are most important in a person's life.
Those things that have existed will come to light one day, and there is no need to be in a hurry to explore. On the contrary, the people around you, once you miss it, you will really never get it back.
Xie Chen recalled the route around him, he knew that Yan Wan was not suitable to go to a crowded place at this time, and it happened that Zhong Ning had a small courtyard nearby where he could stay, so he took Yan Wan there. As for other details, it's better to ask later.
The yard is really very small, sandwiched between two high gates, there is also a tile to cover the roof, and the walls on all sides can block some wind, and there is no more.
The key was placed in the stone cave next to the threshold, Xie Chen squatted down, stretched out his hand and groped in the stone cave for a long time, took out the key and opened the door.
It was empty, and there was no one else.
"The clothes on your body are also dirty, Zhong Ning has put a lot of clothes in the wing room here, you go and take a look, pick a suitable clothes to change into."
Xie Chen pointed to the room in front of him and spoke.
said that it was a wing room, but in fact, there were three rooms in this courtyard, a firewood room, a kitchen, and the remaining one was the wing room that Xie Chen said.
Yan Wan pulled her skirt, and she really wanted to change her clothes.
But before entering the house, she was still struggling.
Although she doesn't pay so much attention to men and women, she is reluctant to let her change her own clothes and wear other men's clothes instead.
Then she was pushed into the room by Xie Chen, and at a glance she saw the room full of clothes.
It's not Zhong Ning's clothes, but women's clothes all over the room.
From seven or eight-year-old girls to sixteen or seventeen-year-olds, you can find the right dress in this room, and it's worth looking for.
Yan Qian looked back at Xie Chen, wanting to say something to him, but Xie Chen held down his shoulder.
"Wanwan, you are obedient, change your clothes first, and we'll talk about it later."
Xie Chen couldn't see Yan Wan's down-and-out appearance, he hoped that the girl in front of him could be happy every day, so that it seemed that his life had a little more hope.
Looking at the style of the clothes in front of her, Yan Juan suddenly felt that Zhong Ning's vision was still good, at least she liked these clothes very much.
After changing her clothes, she went to the dresser in the house, and suddenly saw her messy hair, and almost screamed.
There was no way to imagine that she actually appeared in front of Xie Chen with such a bad image just now.
Lying on the dresser, Yan Juan suddenly didn't have the courage to step out of the room.
Although she said that, she couldn't really leave Xie Chen in the courtyard outside to blow the cold wind.
Soon, she was out of the house.
"Zhong Ning's preferences are really strange!"
Yan Juan knew that it was normal for people to have some little habits, but when she thought of Zhong Ning, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, was actually a woman who liked to collect various styles of women's clothes in private, she still couldn't control her expression.
"That's how he is, willing to spend money."
Xie Chen thought she was talking about the courtyard under her feet, so she directly brushed it over.
"Wasn't it okay when I saw you yesterday? It's just a night of hard work, what happened to you, and you ......"
"Actually, I'm just a little aggrieved in my heart."
Yan Wan tilted her head, not letting the tears fall from her eyes, and talked to him half-truthfully.
"You know, I don't deal with it as usual, she ruined my reputation outside, I definitely want to retaliate back, it's a good way to retaliate, but I don't want to become a despicable person like her, I can't think of any good way, so I'm not very happy, I don't want to stay at home, I plan to come out and go around, maybe I can have a flash of inspiration and come up with a good way!"
The first sentence is true, and the latter sentence is also true.
It's just that the latter sentence doesn't have much to do with her current mood.
In the eyes of those who truly trust you, even the most shady lies will be taken as a guideline.
Therefore, Xie Chen believed her words.
even helped her think of ways to deal with Chang Ruyi, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she was doing.
Listening to Xie Chen's analysis of various methods of dealing with people one by one, Yan Juan suddenly remembered another person.
It was very sudden, and Cheng Huan's appearance appeared in her mind inexplicably.
The person who almost became her husband seemed to have been on Chang Ruyi's side since they met again.
And Chang Ruyi happens to be bound to him, and I don't know how he will choose in the end.