There is no news of the return of those who have traveled far away, and the persistent rainy weather shows no signs of clearing.

The rain fell on the bluestone slabs in the courtyard, creating small puddles of water, and passers-by stepped on the bluestone slabs, and the stagnant water splashed the hems of their clothes.

Yan Wan was half-leaning against the window, the Buddha beads in her hand were fiddling with them for a while, and suddenly she caught a glimpse of an eye-catching maid in the courtyard, and she couldn't help but have some doubts in her heart.

Yu Nong, who was guarding outside, had already spoken to the maid.

is different from Yan Juan, Yu Nong is the maid in the house, even if she usually only waits by Yan Juan's side, but who are the people in the house, although she can't call out their names, she also remembers their appearances in her heart.

The little maid who came today was cleaning in the guest house.

Usually only in her own residence and the guest house, she is not a talkative character, and often makes people ignore her existence.

I don't know what happened today, but I came here.

The little maid's name is Ginkgo Seed.

She stupidly wanted to run into the house, but after being stopped by Yunong, her face was full of confusion.

"What are you stopping me from doing?" She glanced at the door to the inner room, and wanted to shake off the hand that was holding her arm, "It was Steward Tian who asked me to come to the girl, you stopped me like this, if you delay the girl's business, you can't blame me!" ”

The strength in Bai Guo's hand was slightly greater.

I only heard a 'stab', and Yu Nong followed the sound and saw that his sleeve was torn by the white fruit.

"You, you ...... man"

Through a door, the noise from outside came faintly.

Yan Juan turned her head to look at the jade chess on the side: "What's wrong outside?" ”

Yuqi took a red cloak in his hand and was about to send it to Yan Juan, when he heard this, he hurriedly said, "With Yunong outside, there shouldn't be any big deal." It's getting colder and colder, so I'll put on this cloak first, and I'll go out and see......"

As she put on a thick cloak for herself, Yan Juan raised her hand and touched the white fox fur inlaid on the collar, and the softness of her fingertips made her mind drift a little away.

It was only early winter, and her house was already lit with a stove and a thick cloak.

Wait a while, the cold winter wax moon, the days when the water drips into ice, how should she live!

Sighing, Yan Wan looked out the window with nostalgia, and after a while, she couldn't even open the window.

Since falling into the water that year, she has been taking the medicine prescribed to her by the great monk, no matter how bitter the decoction is and how unpalatable the medicinal food is, she has obediently drunk it, and she has not even complained. The effect is naturally there, she is like an ordinary person in spring, summer and autumn, and even performs better, and she doesn't even have minor illnesses.

But winter is a hurdle for her.

Yuqi, who went out, hadn't come back yet, Yan Wan pinched the Buddha beads and moved to the brazier in the center of the room, a little unable to remember how she spent last winter.

The image in my memory seems to be all that is left of the gray-white curtain and the sandalwood that has not been extinguished for a long time.

Soon, Yuqi led Bai Guo into the door.

Yan Qian heard the movement, subconsciously looked at the door, she stared at Yu Qi behind her for a long time, and asked, "What about Yu Nong?" Why didn't she come in? ”

The sleeves of Yunong's clothes were broken in two, and he went back to his room to change his clothes.

It's just that in this case, Yuqi is not easy to return.

Bai Guo next to her saw Yan Wan and couldn't help but gasp.

"Huh?"

Yan Qian frowned slightly.

When Bai Guo saw her frowning, she couldn't help but cover her heart and said, "Why is the girl frowning, did someone make you unhappy?" The girl is so good-looking, how can anyone be willing to make you unhappy! ”

Caught off guard, she was praised and looked confused, Yan Wan glanced at Yu Nong, where did she find such a little girl, and her speech was too exaggerated.

It's not that no one has praised Yan Juan's appearance, but it is the first time that someone has such a sincere feeling, which makes her a little unacceptable.

Yuqi patted Bai Guo on the shoulder: "Didn't you say that Steward Tian asked you to come over to find the girl!" ”

"Now that I'm in front of the girl, let's talk about something quickly, but don't really delay the girl's business."

"I met Steward Tian on the way to the guest house just now, and he said that there was a guest surnamed Xie in the lobby, and asked me to come and talk to the girl, and see if the girl wanted to go to the front to see her." Bai Guo looked at Yan Juan as he spoke.

She had known that girls were good-looking, and sure enough, the longer they looked, the better-looking.

If she could wait by the girl's side every day, she would wake up with a smile in her dreams.

Thinking of this, Bai Guo looked at Yuqi enviously, such a rule of first coming and then coming was not suitable for them at all. Even if she is advanced, she is not the one who can wait by the girl's side in the end.

Yan Xuan: "Thanks? ”

Among the people she knows, the surname is Xie, and only Xie Chen is there.

Could it be that he came to the door?

Although I don't know if it's him, it's okay to take a look at it in the past.

Yan Wan gathered the cloak on her body, this was really a coincidence, and she didn't even need to change her clothes when she went out.

Bai Guo led the way in front, and after not walking a few steps, she had to secretly look back twice, and it was also because she was a little girl and her appearance was very pleasing, so that her movements looked just coquettish, not obscene.

When he arrived at the door of the lobby in the front yard, Bai Guomu saw Yan Juan enter the door, and then reluctantly walked to the guest house.

She hadn't finished cleaning her yard today, so she had to go back to work.

But when she thought of walking with the girl just now, she was full of fighting spirit, and she felt that it would be no problem to clean three more yards!

After Yan Wan took two steps into the house, she suddenly looked back at the door.

She used to have a little maid like Bai Guo by her side, as long as she turned around, she could see that little maid looking at her with starry eyes, no matter what she did, that little maid would applaud her.

"Where did that maid do things?" As she walked into the house, she talked to Yuqi, "You go and inquire, and then talk to Steward Tian and ask him to transfer people to my yard......"

She paused and said again: "Forget it, don't bother so much, it's already good for now." ”

"Where's the place?"

After waiting for a long time, he finally heard Yan Juan's movements, but when he came out, he heard the second half of Yan Juan's words, and Xie Chen subconsciously retorted.

"The rumors outside haven't subsided yet, but you have spent all the money on your body, and you don't even have the money to add jewelry!"

Yan Wan glanced at him, but didn't explain Fang Cai's words.

only said: "Where did you hear the news, didn't Zhong Ning come to you to say it?" ”

Although she knew that Zhong Ning would not be so boring, she couldn't think of other possibilities for a while.

It's not like Ah Zhao ran to talk to Xie Chen!

You have to know that Ah Zhaotian is not afraid of the earth, even his father and eldest brother dare to contradict him, but he doesn't dare to speak out in front of Xie Chen. Usually when they meet, they can't wait for time to pass faster, so that they can separate quickly, and where will they take the initiative to find Xie Chen!

Xie Chen poured Yan Qian a cup of hot tea first and asked her to warm her hands.

That's when the mystery was revealed.

"You went to Zhong Ning to ask about things that day, and I also went, but after you, you walked on the front foot, and I entered the door on the back foot, but somehow I missed it, and I didn't even meet each other."

But he didn't meet each other, and he knew everything else he should know.

"The money you put in the carriage later is all silver bills that are usually used to reward people," Xie Chen shook his head and looked at Yan Juan disapprovingly, "Although I don't approve of doing something with kindness, we did save Zhong Ning, and I have a relationship with him here, and everything that should be repaid has already been repaid." ”

"But you're different."

Yan Juan took a small sip of tea, and said indifferently: "What can be different, it was you who went into the water to save people, I just stood on the shore and handed over a stick, he should repay you, what does it have to do with me?" ”

She had never liked to talk about the past.

put down the teacup in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "The money has been given, is it possible that you came today just to train me for a special meal." ”

"If that's the case, I'll be angry!"

Xie Chen shook her head helplessly, it was clear that Yan Juan saw Zhong Ning who fell into the water first, and she also made great efforts to save people, but her relationship with Zhong Ning was worse than that of ordinary people. And as long as he mentions Zhong Ning, Yan Juan will always find various reasons to change the topic, in short, the attitude of refusal is very obvious.

He raised his hand and put a stack of silver tickets in front of Yan Xuan.

"I was supposed to come to you the day I found out about this, but I happened to be caught up in some things recently, and now I have some free ......."

The silver tickets placed in front of her were all in the denomination of one hundred taels, and a rough estimate showed that they were almost twenty thousand taels.

Yan Juan looked at Xie Chen: "What are you doing, can I still be short of money?" ”

Even if she gave all her savings to Zhong Ning and no longer rewarded the maids at home, no one dared to shorten her food and clothing, and if she really needed money, she would directly ask people to go to the account room to withdraw the silver, and she really didn't need Xie Chen to do this.

Xie Chen is usually very bright, but at this time, somehow, he looks extremely dull.

"Your girl's family must buy a few more clothes and some newly made jewelry, and I can't help you except a little money......

His eyes were a little dazed, Yan Juan looked at him carefully, and suddenly found that he hadn't seen him for a few days, and this person had lost a lot of weight.

The set of clothes Xie Chen is wearing today happens to be the one he wore in Ganlu Temple some time ago. At that time, he was wearing clothes that fit well, but now he looks a little empty.

Looking at his face again, the lines on his cheeks have become much colder, and when he is not smiling, he can no longer see the youthful atmosphere of the past, he seems to have crossed from a teenager to a young man at once when Yan Juan didn't know.

The growth of teenagers is often completed overnight.

But this kind of growth must be accompanied by pain that ordinary people have never suffered.

is like Yan Wan falling into the water when she was six years old.

Since then, she has not been the ignorant child she used to be.

So what did Xie Chen experience in this short period of more than a month, so that Yan Juan felt inexplicably unfamiliar with him.

Yan Juan didn't look at the silver money on the table, she leaned in the direction of Xie Chen, stretched out her hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and said pretending to be unhappy: "Other girls may like beautiful clothes and jewelry, but have you ever seen me interested in those." ”

There was a slight grievance in his voice, and even his face was a little unhappy.

Xie Chen was still in a trance, and when she said this, she immediately came back to her senses.

Helplessly facing Yan Xuan, who was bowing his head, he panicked, and knocked over the teacup in front of him.

Yuqi, who was guarding outside the lobby, heard the movement in the room, and was a little curious about what their girl was talking to the young master of the Xie family, isn't it really as the rumors say, their girls have actually liked the young master of the Xie family for a long time?

She speculated wildly in her mind, and her steps involuntarily moved out.

Regardless of whether their girls have affection for the young master of the Xie family or not, the conversation between the two of them is not something that a maid from Yuqi can eavesdrop.

The Yan Qian in the house coaxed Xie Chen for a while, and then naturally changed his attitude.

The silver ticket had been taken back by Xie Chen, and the tea in the cup had been replaced with a hot one.

Yan Wan tapped the desktop with her fingertips, and turned her head to Xie Chen: "You just said that you were caught up in other things before, can you tell me what it is?" ”

She really wanted to know what kind of thing happened to make Xie Chen change so much.

The expression on Xie Chen's face was very entangled.

It's not that he doesn't want to talk to Yan Juan, it's just that there are some things that he hasn't figured out himself, and he doesn't know where to start talking to Yan Juan.

After being silent for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Wanwan, do you think people can be resurrected after death?" ”

The word 'dead and resurrected', whether for Yan Juan or Xie Chen, is too heavy.

In the early years, when the two of them were still young, they had hoped for a miracle in the world that would bring back to life the people they had in mind.

As I grew older, my childish thoughts were never mentioned again.

What is beyond the reach of manpower, is it possible to hope that there are immortals to come down to help?

For those things that cannot be realized, Yan Juan will no longer have any expectations.

Therefore, she replied: "Those who can come back from the dead are people who have not died completely, in fact, they have not really died, and if they come back to life, more seriously, they should not be described as dead and resurrected." ”

"Anyway, I think that the dead people have really disappeared from this world, and the people who appear in the future, no matter how similar they are, will not be the same people as before. So I don't believe in resurrection from the dead or anything. ”

Xie Chen smiled bitterly.

He and Yan Wan have the same idea.

But some people and things he has encountered recently make him can't help but doubt himself.

Maybe there are really people in this world who can come back from the dead, but they ordinary people don't know about it?

"It's not nice for you to laugh like that."

Yan Qian waved his hand at Xie Chen and said, "You better tell me the specific things carefully!" How can I guess what is going on when I ask such a headless question? ”