Even if it has been a long time, Duanmu Xihua can still remember that night, it was not a very late night, but the white bush became more and more abrupt and dazzling. When she saw her mother writing and grinding the ink, she lifted the brush and dipped it in a stroke, and then put a little water from the white porcelain basin.

Then on the rice paper, a drop of dark color fell. Now it was pitch black, and the white cut had been cut.

The young man just sat upright on the stone bench and smiled warmly. But he did hook her out of a self-constructed illusion, forcing her to make a choice. How do you survive but wait?

"Xi Hua, think about it."

"Xi Hua, it takes courage to bow your head, but it takes strength to raise your head. You have to take it one step at a time. ”

“……”

Think about it, the Xie family has fallen, and Xie Jiusi is missing. The mother has no ambition to survive, and the father is indifferent to the court dispute. She can't fall anymore, it was always that person who protected her and gave her everything she wanted, could she do something for him - could she seek justice for him and the Xie family?

It wasn't like she hadn't thought about it before, but she didn't know what to do.

Duanmu Yuhua was on the steps outside the house, stunned for a night at the begonia tree under the moonlight. After that, she began to listen carefully to Yuxi Lingyue's words, trying to understand those stinky and long articles, and writing a lot of annotations.

Sometimes she would look at the jade breath Lingyue in a daze, but it was only for a short time. She could feel that the young man that night was different from the gentleman today.

One familiar to strange, one strange to familiar. One is the jade lang in the world, and the other is the finger softness that has been tempered thousands of times. But she only thought about this, and she didn't think about it anymore - afraid, at least she didn't have the courage to look up and face it now.

Kiyono was photographed by Childe at that time, and she waited in the study nervously. Xie Jiusi pushed the door in, and what he saw was that she looked like she was at home, and he smiled.

"Don't be afraid, I called you here today because I have something to do with you."

Qingye nodded, as a secret guard cultivated by the Xie family from generation to generation, whether it was skill or loyalty, she was not bad in any aspect of quality. It's just that I haven't received the task from Childe.

"Do you want to change the master to follow?"

She immediately fell to her knees in panic, not knowing what she had done wrong.

"No, I want to arrange for you to be with someone, to take care of her, to protect her. If you don't want to call her shots, that's okay, just send me letters every day and tell me what she's done. ”

Xie Jiusi looked at the girl who turned to leave, his eyes flashed, and finally he gave a command.

"But you're going to have to work hard to get close to her."

In this way, Kiyono came to Duanmu Yuhua's side. Xie Jiusi's last sentence was a reminder that it would take some effort to get close to her. The premise is that you have to find the right way first.

If you approach without finding the right method, the result is miserable. After finding the right method, it only took three days to get close to Duanmu Yuhua. But the experience before he found the right method was really not good for Kiyono.

On the first day, she chose to clean the front of the small county lord's door. First sweep it with a broom until there are no dead branches and leaves, and then wring a damp cloth to wipe it again. However, when the girl in red opened the door, she walked away without even looking at the courtyard, let alone noticing her.

Kiyono was not discouraged, presumably there were many servants who cleaned the yard, and what she did was only the basics. The little county lord is used to seeing it all day long, so naturally he won't pay much attention to it.

The next day, she gave the maid serving the tea some broken silver to replace, and then asked about the taste of Duanmu Xihua - wood ginger leaf Ke sweet tea and pine goose oil rolls. She even deliberately chose a bowl made of plain porcelain, the outer wall is black and deep, and the inside is pure white. It must be able to attract the attention of the girl, Kiyono thought firmly.

However, the little lord only held the strategy in his left hand and annotated it on the white paper with his right hand. But the girl spoke to her.

"Anything else?"

“……”

On the third day, Kiyono decided to start with the study of the little county lord. The rosewood desk was a mess, the tips of several brushes had dried, and the books were scattered scattered.

She threaded hibiscus flowers and made a book note, which she attached to the pages she had opened, and then closed the books and put them together. Carefully clean the brush......

The little princess still didn't talk to her much, but she smiled at herself.

That night, Kiyono noticed that he had somehow stained ink on his cheeks.

……