Chapter 16: A Mystery
The old house of the Zuo family is not as deserted as the last time I came, it is much more lively, and there seem to be many more servants than before.
Zuo Chen parked at the gate of the courtyard, and then took Song Qingran down, and the driver drove the car to the garage.
Song Qingran was still wearing a white shirt and jeans when she went to school in the morning, and she pulled her clothes a little embarrassed, "Wouldn't it be good for me to go to a banquet like this?" ”
Zuo Chen smiled, "You only think about it now, won't it be good?" ”
"I'm not...... Slept confused. Song Qingran scratched his hair embarrassedly.
"It's okay, grandma has prepared it for you, you go in and find her."
Zuo Chen received a message from his grandmother early in the morning, saying that he had prepared a dress for Song Qingran and asked him to bring people back to change clothes, so Zuo Chen didn't take her to get styling.
Song Qingran was led in by Zuo Chen, as soon as they entered the door, the originally lively living room instantly quieted down, to be precise, as soon as Zuo Chen entered the door, the room was instantly quiet.
Song Qingran felt like a man on her back, a little uncomfortable, she looked at Zuo Chen, but the latter seemed to be used to such occasions, and she couldn't say anything.
Zuo Chen took Song Qingran and walked inside, Song Qingran secretly looked at the people in the room, the juniors of the Zuo family should be there, and some of them are wives and celebrities from other wealthy families.
Song Qingran used to be the eldest lady of the Song family, and although she participated in few social activities, she did show up.
There were several familiar faces among these people.
I don't know if it's my own delusion, since Zuo Chen entered the door, people seemed to be black and white impermanence, and they looked away at a glance, for fear of being hooked.
Zuo Chen took her upstairs directly to another room, "The clothes prepared by grandma, there, you go and try them, if they are not suitable, there will be a costume designer who will come, you can change them." ”
"yes, okay."
After speaking, Zuo Chen left.
Song Qingran glanced closer to the table, where a long red dress was contained in a box.
Song Qingran's skin is pale, and he is a little cold and white without makeup on weekdays, but wearing red is like blushing, white and red, delicate and lovely.
Because it was a family banquet, the dress prepared by the old lady was not very grand, and the dress looked very comfortable.
The size is appropriate, and Song Qingran doesn't need to modify anything.
After that, she went downstairs and saw Zuo Chen in the crowd at a glance, who was accompanying her grandmother.
The house is basically from their generation, handsome men and beautiful women, Song Qingran secretly sighed in his heart about the genes of the Zuo family.
The old grandmother sat in the middle of the room surrounded by her grandchildren, dignified and elegant, and Song Qingran felt as if this was a modern version of Lin Daiyu entering Jiafu.
Just when Song Qingran was still fantasizing about whether the old grandmother would introduce herself to family members while crying and hugging herself like Mother Jia did when she saw Lin Daiyu, Zuo Chen's "Qingran, here" brought her back to reality.
Song Qingran's cheeks were slightly red, she walked around the crowd, came to the old lady with her skirt, and called her grandmother.
The old lady said "hey", "I knew that the red took advantage of you, it was so beautiful." ”
The old lady smiled and instructed the butler beside her to bring up the prepared gifts.
Song Qingran was curious about what it would be, and when the housekeeper brought up a small box, a familiar size, a familiar velvet texture, Song Qingran's heart "chuckled" again, wouldn't it be again...
The old lady took Song Qingran's hand and put the box in her hand: "Qingran, Xiaochen, he doesn't like to communicate with people since he was a child, and he has urged him to find a girlfriend to urge him many times, but he has never answered, this is good, it turns out that he has found such a beautiful, gentle and virtuous granddaughter-in-law..."
As she spoke, the old lady opened the box, and sure enough, it was another ring.
Song Qingran looked at it, it was an aged ring, and the old lady said: "This is what I brought when I got married, and now I give it to you, just to let you accompany Xiaochen well, you two have to live a good life..."
Song Qingran refused, and just opened his mouth to shout "Grandma......"
"Shhhh ”
The old man's tone was unreasonable when a child played.
Song Qingran smiled, and two small pear vortices faintly appeared on his cheeks.
She looked up and met Zuo Chen's gaze, who motioned for her to take it.
But this is too precious, she really doesn't dare to ask for it, after all, it's the old lady's dowry, this...
After thinking about it, she still felt that she couldn't ask for it, and just as she wanted to open her mouth to refuse, Zuo Chen's voice came from above her head: "Thank you, grandmother." ”
A bony hand took the ring and shoved it into her hand.
Song Qingran glared at Zuo Chen with resentment, and the latter glared back not to be outdone.
Song Qingran, "......"
Well, you can't stare at it, your eyes are big!
She had no choice but to follow, "Thank you, grandmother." ”
The old lady was happy, and pulled Song Qingran to chat left and right, talking about Zuo Chen's childhood, and it was all trouble, Song Qingran held back a smile, and didn't dare to look up at Zuo Chen, the latter's face was so black that it could drip water.
When it was time for dinner, everyone sat down at the table, they all ate silently, no one spoke, Song Qingran accepted since he was a child that he didn't eat or sleep, and he didn't take it seriously, and bowed his head to eat his own food.
The old lady happily served her vegetables and beckoned everyone.
The old lady was in a good mood today, and asked why everyone didn't talk, they used to chat and chat, and they were very happy, why are they all wilting today.
When the words landed, everyone lowered their heads.
Only an older old man smiled a little embarrassedly: "The old lady and Chen's daughter-in-law are the protagonists today, and the protagonists didn't speak, how dare we talk nonsense."
This sentence did not alleviate the solemn atmosphere.
It was Song Qingran who looked up in surprise when the old lady finished speaking.
It turns out that they are quite lively on weekdays, just like when they first entered the house before, why now... ...
She looked at it strangely, and everyone laughed, but no one answered.
She looked at Zuo Chen again, and the man was still calm, as if he was out of the way, eating by himself.
Seeing that she was not inattentively looking at him, she smiled helplessly, "I know that I am beautiful and delicious, but I can't eat it as a meal, otherwise it doesn't matter if I let you watch it every day." ”
There was some regret in his tone.
Song Qingran silently shifted his gaze, this man ...... I've become narcissistic!
This is different from what I knew!
But...... Wrong......
The abnormality of this big family must be related to Zuo Chen!
She saw more than one person secretly looking at Zuo Chen, and she was a little afraid.
The man's aura is still strong, and it is normal for outsiders to feel afraid, but now all the relatives of the Zuo family are here, and those other wealthy families and celebrities are also the friends of the Zuo family, and they are definitely not suppressed by his aura.
What could be the reason for that?
The woman's intuition told Song Qingran that the others had an inexplicable fear of Zuo Chen.
She was very puzzled in her heart, but she didn't say anything, after all, she didn't know much about Zuo Chen.
As soon as he finished dinner, He Zhou came in and said something in Zuo Chen's ear, with a serious face.
After hearing this, Zuo Chen got up and gave He Zhou something to order, and He Zhou nodded and left.
Zuo Chen raised his head and saw Song Qingran looking at him, and smiled lightly: "Mrs. Zuo, I have some matter, I am in the study with Hezhou, you can go out for dinner, you haven't been to the old mansion a few times, you are familiar with it." ”
Song Qingran nodded.
Someone came to collect the goods, she got up and wanted to help, but the old lady didn't let her do it, and told the housekeeper to take her to familiarize herself with the old house.
Song Qingran had no choice but to go out.
The old house is located near the scenic area not far from the sea, the surrounding environment is very good, and the air is particularly fresh.
Not far from the gate of the hospital is the beach, the sea breeze is gentle, and it is very pleasant.
Entering the courtyard gate, there is a bamboo forest on the left, an Italian-style corner pavilion on the right, and a gurgling water at the feet.
Song Qingran looked around at the old mansion, from the appearance, the old mansion bid farewell to the traditional symmetrical art, and adopted an asymmetrical style, but had a more chic taste.
But she has also seen a lot of ancient buildings along the way, and the appearance looks very good, and the pursuit of beautiful things by human beings is nature, and Song Qingran is relaxed and happy to see it all the way.
The housekeeper asked her if she needed to introduce her, but Song Qingran refused, and she didn't understand the introduction, so she just took a look.
Later, Song Qingran was a little thirsty when she walked, so she asked the housekeeper if she could go back and help get a glass of water, and she was blowing the sea breeze here.
The housekeeper told her not to run around and to get lost, and then went to fetch water for her.
Song Qingran was too bored to stand in place, so he planned to walk forward and turn back after a while.
Just watching, a girl came up and looked at Song Qingran, she felt strange, but she still smiled at the girl, the girl seemed to be startled, and also smiled at Song Qingran.
Song Qingran didn't think much about it, and was about to continue walking, when the girl came over and asked mysteriously, "You... Why aren't you afraid of that freak? ”
Song Qingran was strange, she stopped, and her intuition told her that what this girl was going to say was related to Zuo Chen: "Freak? ”
"It's you first... It's Zuo Chen. What the girl was going to say before was "Mr. You", but after thinking about it, I can't figure out if Zuo Chen is cheating on marriage, and the young lady is like staying away from him after knowing the truth!
Sure enough, Song Qingran thought to himself, this Zuo Chen is really ...... It's a mystery.
She asked quietly: "He, I don't think there's anything strange about him, he's good to me, why do you say he's a freak?"
The girl's expression was a little dazed, but in a few seconds, it turned into fear and hatred again, "He's a scourge!" Nemesis! Whoever is with him will be killed! Sister, if you want to stay away from him, you must ......"
"What are you talking about!"
The girl's shouting was interrupted, and a dark figure emerged from behind her, with a gloomy face.
"Brother... Brother, why are you here? The girl was startled and couldn't help but take a step back.
The girl's brother didn't answer: "What are you talking about, come back with me." ”
He obviously didn't want the girl to continue.
The girl cowered and lowered her head, and the boy didn't say anything about her, but turned to Song Qingran and said, "Mrs. Zuo, I'm sorry, my sister is young and can't speak, Mr. Zuo is young and promising, and he is a good person, but he doesn't like to talk or laugh on weekdays, and his sister is scared when she sees it, so don't take it to heart." ”
Song Qingran smiled "hehe", thinking, Zuo Chen is not afraid, then why are you a "Mr. Zuo", they are all a family, you have the ability to change your name!
But this little boy was also a little nervous, although Song Qingran couldn't see it too clearly through the faint moonlight, but she could feel that the boy was also afraid.
Song Qingran thought that he was not a fool, why did someone always come to coax him!
Since she couldn't ask anything, "Then you guys go back quickly, be careful on the road." ”
The girl looked at Song Qingran and opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything, and was carried away by her brother like a chick.
Song Qingran thought about it, Zuo Chen was afraid that it was really not as simple as an ordinary businessman.
Coming home late at night, the blood on his body and the knife wound on his left shoulder, the inexplicable fear of the Zuo family towards Zuo Chen, and what the girl said, Song Qingran felt that he knew very little about Zuo Chen, and there were still too many mysteries about Zuo Chen.
As soon as the two of them left, the butler brought water over, and when they got closer, the butler asked, "Was Madame talking to someone just now?"