The tacit understanding between Xiliu and Shen Ting originated somewhere, but the acquaintance between Xiliu and Shen Ting is traceable. Who would have thought that the high-spirited Minister Shen would have a past very similar to Xiliu? The person who is often brightly dressed actually just wants to help himself shock outsiders through his clothes, as he said with Xiliu, "You are too young, you have to shock those who want to bully your youth through your clothes." ”

There is a Lanchun Building on the shore of Qingshui Lake, which is one of the most prestigious Qinlou Chu Pavilions in Nanshui City, and Shen Ting was born in that lively and extraordinary Qinglou. No one knows why a dancer would quietly give birth to a benefactor, but she did, and not only that, but she also quietly hid the child in the building for many years. Shen Ting's mother's name is Qing Niang, and she is the Oiran in Lanchun Building, and it is precisely because she is an Oiran that she won a little care from her mother in the building and was able to give birth to Shen Ting, but that's all, the Shen family never welcomed Qing Niang into the door, and Shen Ting grew up in her teens in Lanchun Building.

When Shen Ting was five years old, Qing Niang died, and Shen Ting felt that he was alone in this world from now on, so he had nothing to be nostalgic for, so he wandered late at night and swam to the shore of Qingshui Lake. There were about six or seven stone steps into the lake, and he only took two steps down when he saw a young man playing a bamboo flute under the willow tree next to him. He was startled and asked with a mournful voice: "In the middle of the night, what are you doing by the lake?" ”

The boy glanced at him and asked, "What are you doing by the lake?" ”

Shen listened and replied: "My mother died"

The boy replied, "My mother has also died." ”

Shen listened to his words and continued: "My father does not recognize me. ”

The boy continued, "I don't think my father recognizes me anymore. ”

Shen Ting felt that he must be worse than him, so he continued: "I was born in Qinglou, and I have no other relatives."

The son continued: "I was not born in Qinglou, but my family is almost all dead, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, wife, beloved ......"

Xiao Shen finally admitted that the boy might really be worse than him, so he said: "In this way, you seem to be worse than me, so are you also here to seek death?" ”

The boy replied: "Yes, but I tried it, and the water was too cold." ”

Shen Ting asked, "How cool is it?" ”

The boy replied: "It's colder than winter ice." ”

Shen Ting trembled, and asked him, "Isn't it ugly to be frozen to death?" ”

The boy glanced at him and replied, "Yes, not only is his whole body stiff, but the corners of his mouth are blue, and in the future, he will definitely become an ugly wild ghost." ”

Shen Ting inherited Qing Niang's beauty, and at the same time, he also inherited some of his dedication to beauty, and when he heard that he would become an ugly ghost when he threw himself into the lake, he decided to give up this way of dying. Shen listened to the sake that he had secretly hidden behind him, and drank it with the young man, and while they drank, they discussed more dignified ways to die, such as eating poison, such as hanging, and jumping off a cliff...... After some discussion, they found that as long as they died, their whole body would be stiff, their bodies would be blue, and they would be ugly, and they had no choice but to give up seeking death. Later, Shen Ting learned that the son's name was Xifeng, and he was a merchant who sold tea, and he had just come to the south that year, and he had just wandered in the south water.

After that, whenever he had free time, Xifeng would come to the shore of Qingshui Lake to find Shen Ting and teach him to read and write. He often said that there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book, so there must be a perfect way to die in the book. In this way, Shen Ting and Xifeng became "dead friends", and they have been friends for more than ten years. In a certain period of time, Xifeng taught Shen Ting to read and write, became Shen Ting's teacher, and also became a person who accompanied Shen Ting through loneliness for a certain period of time. Later, Xifeng's tea business gradually grew, and the days of intersecting with Shen Ting were also intermittent. Later, Shen Ting also understood that that night, Xifeng did not mean to seek death, but saw that he wanted to seek death at a young age, so he talked nonsense with him to protect his eyes. But after that, because of similar sadness, they really became old friends.

Before Qing Niang died, Shen Ting was the little boy who Qing Niang carefully raised in the yard, after Qing Niang died, Shen Ting became a servant in the Lanchun Building, with his Yuxue cuteness, the people in the building were not bad to him, when he was seven years old, he met a little girl who had just been sold to the building, the little girl was about the same age as him, and she was always crying. The little girl's name is Yun Sleeve, and she heard that her parents all died, and she was sold to the Qinglou by her aunt at home, and she is an extremely pitiful person. That year, it had been two years since Shen Ting's graduate student died, and he saw that Yun Sleeve was too pitiful, so he secretly took her to study, and he also took care of her other things. Xifeng is a businessman, and after the business started, he didn't spend a lot of time in Nanshui, and only came back a few times from time to time to bring some new books to Shen Ting, until ten years later, Xi's opened a shop in Nanshui. So to Shen listen, Xifeng has a bit of a father's meaning, but the person who grew up with him and relied on each other is Yun Sleeve, the little girl who is alone in the building like him.

When Shen Ting was fourteen years old, the Shen family recognized Shen Ting, because the Shen family learned in a serious illness of Mrs. Shen that Mrs. Shen had been sick since she was a child and could not have children for the rest of her life, but the head of the Shen family had a deep friendship with his wife, and he was unwilling to spoil her because of this, so that others bullied Mrs. Shen. The Shen family listened to Shen very well, and he probably had some meaning of compensation, because his mother was dead, and the serious wife had nothing to be afraid of, so after he entered the Shen family, the family was quite harmonious. But Shen Ting always felt that the Shen family's "deep affection" was a little ridiculous to him. In the past few years, Shen Ting has become one of the most influential figures in Nanshui by virtue of his ability and appearance, but the Shen family has a lot of business, what kind of grain, jade, and satin...... There is nothing that is not touched, so to survive in the Shen family, the more stormy it is, the more dangerous it is. But fortunately, at that time, Xi's tea shop had already opened to Nanshui City, and Xifeng had also become the owner of Xi's, and he had already been crawling and knowing everything in the business field. When Shen Ting was 18 years old, with the help of Xifeng, he fought fiercely with the uncles and uncles of the Shen family, and finally succeeded his father and became the minister of the Nanshui Ministry of Commerce. Two years later, Xifeng left again, and when he left, he asked Shen Ting to help take care of his daughter. Only after listening to Shen did he know that Xifeng had two daughters.

Before he saw Xiliu, Shen Ting was a little jealous of her, because after some investigation, he learned that Xifeng often took her to the north and south. So when he saw her for the first time, he was ready to give her a good dismount. But who would have thought that he would be cut off by Xiliu with a sip of wine. After that, his attitude towards her was that he didn't know what to do, so he had to follow Xifeng's orders, help one or two, and talk to people and ghosts with her one after another. Later, he found that Xiliu was actually very similar to himself, so he had some sympathy, and because of Xifeng, he listened to Xiliu and was a little different from others. Who knows, Yun Sleeve actually got into trouble with Xiliu.