When they came all the way from the stone steps to Ling Xiao's courtyard, Ling Xiao also made a brief explanation of the experience of this year, so that Zhong Limu could understand a rough idea.

Although what Ling Xiao said was to avoid the important and trivial, Zhong Limu's heart still couldn't help but feel sour and painful. He looked at Ling Xiao silently, his eyes were sad, and his tone was mixed with a thick sense of guilt: "Yu'er, I'm sorry, it's because of our negligence that you have suffered so much. Then since you have escaped from the Qinglou in the first place, why don't you go home? We've been looking for you all year, and my father and mother are worried about you. ”

"I know, I'm most sorry for you. But returning to the monarch is meaningless to me, just creating another opportunity for thieves to frame me. Besides, in Lu Mansion, I am living well, and the house is quiet and indisputable, which is exactly the life I want. Ling Xiao's clear eyes were as calm as water, and he glanced at Zhong Limu, and then invited him into the house.

Zhongli's eyes were filled with grief and reluctance, and he shook his head lightly and said, "No, I will never let this happen a second time!" When I get back, I'll find out who hurt you!" Don't let it go! ”

"What happened can't be changed, and even if it is found out, what is the point. Third brother, listen to me, let's stop this matter, forget it. Ling Xiao's voice was faint, with a hint of pleading, but his expression was extremely serious.

Ling Xiao already knew who the mastermind was, but she didn't want the Zhongli family to completely turn against the Zuoqiu family for her sake now, which would put the Zhongli family in dire straits. The extermination of the Xiang family was a prime example, and she didn't want to see the Zhongli family repeat the mistakes of the past. Of course, she won't just forget about framing her, and when she returns to Jundu in the future, she will use her own methods to get it back.

Seeing Ling Xiao looking at him so seriously, and with a request, he hesitated, but finally couldn't bear to refuse, and sighed: "You are always so simple and kind, the third brother promised you, just don't pursue it." ”

Ling Xiao wanted to roll her eyes, she wasn't kind. was just afraid that Zhong Limu would do something impulsive for her, so he went directly to Yanlingzhan's mansion to find his concubine Xingshi to ask for guilt.

It's not that Zhongli Mu is reckless, but when people are angry, they do anything. And she is like this, and she can't restrain her emotions when she is angry. It can be said that this is true of everyone.

Seeing Ling Xiao walking calmly and quietly, Zhong Limu's eyebrows were filled with a faint sorrow, after more than a year, his sister's temperament was still so cold and indifferent, and it seemed that there was not much change from when he came back from Beiyue.

He knew that the lively and playful Xiang'er in the past would never come back, especially after she had endured so many hardships alone in this year, and after experiencing ups and downs and experiencing bitterness, her heart became more and more cold.

But he didn't know that Ling Xiao's temperament had changed too much, if he was lonely and quiet before, but now he was just indifferent and calm. Those winds and waves, she has suffered too much in modern times, and she is no longer afraid.

Que'er went to prepare the tea set, Zhong Limu sat down under Ling Xiao's greeting, he looked around the room for a moment, and this residence was impeccable. It is more simple and elegant here, and although it is gorgeous and exquisite, it is not as elegant as here. It can be seen that she is indeed doing well in the Lu Mansion, which makes him feel a lot more at ease.

Ling Xiao sat opposite Zhong Limu across the desk, and when he saw him turning his head and looking around, he couldn't help but feel a little curious in his heart, a shallow smile overflowed at the corner of his mouth, and he asked, "Third brother, is there anything wrong with me here?" ”

"Huh? No. Zhong Limu's expression was slightly stunned by Ling Xiao's question, and he shook his head, and two expected lights flashed in his eyes, "Yu'er, you will go back with me this time, okay?" Father and mother miss you very much. The third brother promises you that he will never let those people hurt you again. ”

"Third brother, I'm sorry, I'm going to disappoint you, now I can't go back with you, as for my father and mother, I can only bother the third brother to do my filial piety for me. When the time comes, I will go back. There was a faint sadness and shame between Ling Xiaoxiu's eyebrows.

Although Yun Hou is not her father, but now her body is flowing with Yun Hou's blood after all, and the kind of blood and family relationship between them is endless.

Besides, although she didn't stay in the Hou Mansion for a long time, she really felt the kind of care and pampering that Yun Hou gave her. For her, a person who has never experienced father's love since she was a child, what Yunhou gave her made her experience a different kind of warmth. Now that she has a home and does not return, she feels sorry for this father and the people who really care about her.

Zhongli Muzi didn't want Ling Xiao to be left alone, even if he saw her doing well in the Lu Mansion with his own eyes, he still didn't feel at ease. So he began to try to persuade her to go back with him.

After all, this is not her home, and living under someone else's roof is as comfortable and reassuring as living in her own home. This persuasion lasted for a long time, but she was determined and determined, no matter how he persuaded her, she was unmoved.

In the end, Zhong Limu also realized that Ling Xiao had made up his mind, and knew that no persuasion would help, so he had to take a step back and lament heavily: "Okay, third brother depends on you." But you have to promise me to take care of yourself. I will come to see you often in the future. ”

"By the way, third brother, please keep it secret for me when you see me this time, especially don't let Yanlingzhan know." Ling Xiao's faint gaze fell on Zhong Limu's slightly melancholy face, and her face was solemn.

Zhong Limu's eyes that looked at the edge of the desk were slightly dilated, nodded in thought, and said, "This is natural, for your safety, I will definitely not tell others about your whereabouts." As for Yanling Stack, hum! He has disappointed me so much that he does not deserve to know your whereabouts or to have you. ”

The slanting sun illuminates the house bright and clear through the doors and windows, and the breeze wisps and the soft smoke curtain flutters at will.

Que'er took the tea set, squatted down and carefully put them on the table one by one, and then stood quietly behind Ling Xiao, glancing at Zhongli Mu from time to time. The scene that happened at the top of the slope made her so embarrassed that she still hasn't revisited it until now, and her heart is a little empty.

"Third brother, we should be happy to meet again after a long absence, don't always have a bitter face and smile. It's been a long time since I've drunk the tea brewed by the third brother, so now it's brewing for me. Ling Xiao saw that the bitterness on Zhong Limu's face had not dissipated for a long time, so he added a little liveliness to his words, looked at him with a happy smile in his cool eyes, and casually picked up the teaspoon on the desk and handed it to him.

Ling Xiao's words reminded him, yes, the two finally met, they should be happy, why bother thinking about the future, why bother to make such a sad face? On the contrary, it will ruin Yu'er's mood.

Thinking of this, his eyebrows stretched out in an instant, and a thick smile quickly climbed from the corners of his crooked mouth to the corners of his eyebrows. His eyes fell on the teaspoon handed over by Ling Xiao, and he couldn't help but look at her with disgust: "Didn't you want the third brother to boil tea in cold water?" Or is it anhydrous sencha? It seems that in this year, Yuan'er still doesn't know anything about tea. ”

Zhong Limu remembered that not long after this sister first returned to the Central Plains, he went to see her in her courtyard when he was on vacation, and she said that she was going to make tea for him, which almost shocked his jaw. The water in the pot was not poured that time, and when the fire in the furnace stabilized, she directly scooped a few spoonfuls of finely chopped tea leaves into the pot, and the tea leaves quickly became paste, and green smoke came out of the mouth of the pot.

Ling Xiao couldn't help but glance down at the desk, and found that the fire in the furnace had not been lit, so she actually handed the teaspoon directly to Zhong Limu, completely because she was careless because she was concerned about another matter. Listening to Zhong Limu teasing her like this, the embarrassing scene of that day instantly appeared in her mind, and she couldn't hold her face at the moment, and she was embarrassed.

Ling Xiao coughed lightly, and hurriedly beckoned to the finch: "Finch, make a fire." ”

As a person who has lived in Norway since she was a child, she naturally didn't know much about some things in China at first. Besides, those trivial things in life never need her to do it herself, and she will have someone to prepare. Therefore, it is normal not to understand.

However, after this little episode, the atmosphere between the two is finally much more lively.

"Childe, I'll come." Que'er stepped forward a few steps, squatted down and took the living utensils in Zhong Limu's hand.

When he got up in the morning, he didn't see half of Zhong Limu's figure. Seeing that the mansion was well constructed, he also walked around on the cloister flower path alone, and inadvertently walked outside Lu Jingxing's study. The door of the study was wide open, and he stood at the door and glanced inside, only to see a piano placed by the window inside, but he did not see Lu Jingxing's figure. So he casually asked the family who was cleaning the corridor: "Where is the Lord of the Lu Mansion?" ”

"The lord of the mansion should be in the dining room at the moment, busy making breakfast." He put his broom on the ground and raised his hand in a direction as he spoke.

A hint of surprise flashed on Yan Linghan's face, and he silently repeated two words: "Dining room? ”

Jia Ding nodded: "Yes." ”

This mansion lord was really different from the others he had seen. Thinking so, he said nothing, and walked down the cloister.

As the morning sun rose, Yan Linghan felt that it was gradually getting hot, and decided to go back to the house. However, after walking a few paths, in a corridor, he met Lu Jingxing. Lu Jingxing was carrying a two-layer snack box in his hand, and as soon as he turned the corner, a cold figure appeared from behind a cluster of pine needles, and walked opposite him, so he saw it with a quick eye.

Lu Jingxing raised his eyes, and also noticed the white-clothed boy who was coming towards him, and the whole person exuded a cool and cool atmosphere.