Li Shaowen heard that recently, Zhou Zhilan and Zhou Muqing, two brothers and sisters, appeared very intimately in Liyuan Pavilion to listen to the new "Peony Pavilion" of the Jingkun Society. He hadn't seen her for several days, and he was worried about it, and planned to personally ask Zhilan to dinner to discuss the details of the marriage.

In the morning, a black Buick car drove in the Zhou Mansion and stopped in front of the door. Li Shaowen got out of the car, and Steward Zhou didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly welcomed him into the living room.

Here, Li Shaowen just entered the door, and the person who Mu Qing sent to him to talk about canceling the marriage contract was missed.

Before he could express his intentions, Steward Zhou respectfully said to Li Shaowen: "Young Master Li, please wait a moment." I'll go and ask the third lady to come downstairs right away. ”

Li Shaowen smiled: "I'm sorry for you." ”

Steward Zhou is very good at coming to things: "You're welcome." You're half my master right away, you should. ”

These words made Li Shaowen feel very comfortable, and he wanted to reward according to his habits, but after thinking about it, he still didn't want to make a statement, so he watched Steward Zhou go upstairs.

Gui's mother smiled: "Madam, our future aunt is here." ”

The eldest lady greeted him politely. Li Shaowen sat on the sofa and saw the eldest lady coming over and getting up busily.

The eldest lady smiled and said, "Please take a seat, Li Dashao is here today?" ”

"I'm free today, so I'll pick up Lan'er for lunch."

"Lan'er is really lucky. Before you have passed the door, you are so affectionate with Li Dashao, Mrs. Yu is really blessed. The eldest lady sighed with emotion, and suddenly realized that she had missed her mouth. Fortunately, Li Shaowen was not thinking about it, but he didn't pay attention to it.

Zhilan got the housekeeper's report, she remembered Mu Qing's repeated instructions, and only responded to think about how to shirk it.

She pondered, and the sound of smoke sounded in the doorway again.

"Got it." Zhi Lan replied.

Downstairs, Li Shaowen was anxious, but he didn't show it on his face. He looked up at Zhilan's closed door, and Yancui was waiting outside the door, holding the young lady's cloak coat in his hand.

Zhilan thought of a good idea: "Yancui, you come in." ”

"Is that okay, miss?" Yancui came into the room, listened to Zhilan's words, and frowned.

"Go ahead, just talk to your wife."

Yancui went downstairs and whispered a few words to the eldest lady.

"That's it! All right. The eldest lady can understand the shame of the girl's family, and she is reasonable.

She turned her head and said to Li Shaowen: "I'm sorry Li Dashao, Lan'er suddenly felt unwell, her stomach hurt badly, or Li Dashao, you will ...... another day"

"Really?" He couldn't figure out whether this was true or false, and in front of the eldest lady, it was difficult to refute or question, no matter what, he was still a little disappointed.

"Women always have a headache and brain fever, I hope you understand." The eldest lady said three points clearly, Li Shaowen was suspicious, and he couldn't rush to the door of Zhilan's room to ask, and now the eldest lady and everyone were waiting in front of him, so he had to suppress this impulse.

"Alright then, I'll come back another day." Li Shaowen got up and said goodbye.

Gui's mother sent out on behalf of the eldest wife, and before Li Shaowen got into the car, she smiled and said: "Li Dashao doesn't have to worry, the wife said that if you want to hurry, she will find a way." ”

"That's grateful. You tell Madame and let her rest assured, I will take care of Brother Yuehua in the future. ”

Zhilan heard the sound of Li Shaowen's car starting in the room and was relieved. She wanted to wait for Mu Qing to come home at night, so she told him that Li Shaowen invited her to lunch, and when she waited, she only saw the old man come back from work.

"Dad, what about the second brother."

"Oh. I asked him to go on a temporary business trip to Echeng to solve some problems in the Wande branch, if it is fast, it will take five days if it is three days, and if it is slow, it will take five days. The old man looked at her and said.

Zhilan's face was full of disappointment, and she hurriedly pretended to be nothing, but these were completely in the eyes of Steward Zhou.

She sat alone at her desk after dinner.

Someone knocked on the door, it was Dad, Zhilan got up and opened the door for him personally.

"Today, your mother told me that Li Shaowen came to ask you to have dinner in the morning, and you said that you were not happy and returned to him."

"Dad, I did have a very uncomfortable stomach at that time, and I didn't mean to push it back."

"None of this matters, I've never seen you as an outsider, but you can't help but disappoint me." The old man changed his words.

"What am I not doing well?" Zhilan's heart sank.

"At that time, the Li family sent someone to match, our family has already agreed to this marriage, even if you don't like him, you can't use an excuse to refuse, understand?"

"I..." in the old man's words, Zhilan was speechless.

"Lan'er, I recently heard from the housekeeper that you and Qing'er are very close, are you still listening to the play with Qing'er? I guess I was very disappointed to hear that he didn't come back today. I deliberately sent him to Echeng. The old man spoke, "I'm from here, I can see that the person in your heart should be Qing'er, right?" ”

Zhilan blushed and lowered her head: "Yes." ”

"Bad fate! Have you ever thought about it, you and Qing'er are not tolerated in the world! The Qi family will not let you recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors. In the eyes of the world, you have always been my daughter of Zhou Shixiong, and Zhou Muqing is your second brother! The old man's words were like a basin of cold water, which poured out her hot heart.

"Maybe I can unilaterally disclose my life experience, leave the Zhou family, and I will be responsible for the consequences, and I will never drag you down, I just ask you to allow us to be together." Zhilan said what was brewing in her heart.

"Lan girl, don't blame me for being ruthless. If you do this, I will not allow Qing'er to marry you, if you disclose your background, you are already a talking point in the streets and alleys after tea and dinner at that time, won't my Zhou family become a joke in Jiangcheng, tell me how can I agree to Qing'er marrying you into the door? At that time, Qing'er had to marry the daughter of a well-connected family to come in, so that everyone could block the mouth, and I would consider handing over Wande to him. If he insists on marrying you and entering the door, don't blame me for ignoring the relationship between father and son, and only drive him out of Zhou's house. Master Zhou said this very seriously, and Zhilan was silent.

"So Lan girl, if you still care about the relationship between father and daughter and don't do things absolutely, your best destination is to marry the Li family. In my opinion, that kid of the Li family loves you very much, you might as well hold on to him firmly, and you will naturally have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. Women, you have a lifetime of endless ayaluo, a lifetime of endless gold and silver, and a husband who loves you, what are you still pursuing? Can love be eaten? Immature! Master Zhou persuaded her.

"Dad means to persuade me to give up Brother Mu Qing?" Zhilan's face was gloomy, and when she heard her father's words, she couldn't accept it, she was unwilling.

The old man was silent for a while and said, "Yes." ”

"Dad, you asked me to give up Brother Mu Qing, how cruel you were to me, I have fallen in love with him, and I have never promised Li Shaowen ......" There were tears in Zhilan's eyes, and big ones fell down.

"The Li family has already come to the door, so they have to bear the consequences." After all, she is the daughter who has been raised for so many years, and now she is involved in the Li family, and she is the "demon king" of Li Shaowen's business world. Master Zhou still remembers the sudden crisis of Wande before, Li Shaowen's ability to turn over the clouds and rain, he is bound to Lan'er, and it is clearly written on his face, how can he give up? Besides, the matter was originally a matchmaking by himself, what is Zhilan's idea, "Now you and Qing'er are just a dream, and when you wake up from a dream, you still have to face reality, should you marry or marry the past, don't think about it." In addition, you don't want to make your life experience public, and don't blame your father for being ruthless when the time comes. ”

The old man brought the door, and Zhilan lay on the bed and wept continuously. Step by step into this situation, there is a dilemma, there is no other way than to sigh that the world makes people.

She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, her father's words were still in her ears, and every word pierced her heart, and it hurt faintly.

But this also aroused her desire, no matter what the result is, she still has to try, Mu Qing is in Echeng, she can only rely on herself, and she must have a showdown with Li Shaowen.

The next day, Li Shaowen came to the door again.

Li Shaowen sat down on the sofa and drank tea.

The eldest lady said to Gui's mother: "You must invite the young lady down when you go upstairs, if she doesn't open the door, find a way to let her out." ”

Gui's mother answered, she called a few times at the door of Zhilan's room, she didn't answer, she was changing her clothes, and she didn't want to sell this face to Gui's mother.

Seeing this, the eldest lady whispered a few words to Steward Zhou, and the butler understood and brought Mama Rong in a moment.

"What is my wife calling me?"

"Go and get Miss downstairs."

Rong's mother didn't know what was going on, watching her future uncle drink tea unhurriedly, thinking that their little couple was arguing, and she didn't suspect that he would knock on the door of Zhilan.

Hearing that it was Rong's mother's voice, Zhilan opened the door, she had already changed her clothes and put on light makeup, deliberately put on the pearl ring on her finger, and put the gemstone ring given to her by Li Shaowen into her handbag. Everything was in order, and I walked downstairs with a light fee.

Li Shaowen walked over quickly and took her hand. Suddenly, he spotted the Pearl Ring and glanced at her slightly. He smiled goodbye to the eldest lady and took Zhilan into the car.

Zhilan was sitting in a precarious position, deliberately keeping a distance from Li Shaowen.

Li Shaowen's eyes narrowed slightly, approached her, and with a big hand, he scooped the petite and delicate Zhilan into his arms. He hugged her tightly and forced her to look up at him.

Shaowen smiled, seeing that her red lips were delicate, if it weren't for the driver in the car, he was afraid that he would kiss it on the spot: "Tell me why you didn't wear the promise ring I gave you?" ”

Zhilan Zhengse said: "I have something to say to you." ”

Li Shaowen shook his head: "No, I don't want to hear it now." Let's go eat first. ”

Zhilan did not object, and the car was not an excellent place to talk.

The car still drove to the Yue Gong Hotel. Li Shaowen was very diligent. When the leftovers were all removed, Zhilan said euphemistically: "Li Shaowen, do you want to consider our marriage contract again?" ”

"Why? What do you mean by that? From the beginning of going out, Li Shaowen felt that she had something in her heart, and when she heard this, she sighed that it was fortunate that when Zhou Yuehua came to visit him yesterday, she gave him a point or two, which made him feel a little worried.

Zhilan looked at the pearl ring on his finger and said: "I, Zhou Zhilan, am not as perfect as you imagined in your heart, I have neither family background, nor identity or status, and I have someone else in my heart." ”

"Who?" Li Shaowen was suddenly angry, he almost grabbed Zhilan's hand, but he held back, "Who gave you this ring." ”

"Who do you care?" Zhilan did not flinch or fear, "Actually, why should you pretend to be confused, have I ever had feelings for you, you should feel it, but you are self-deceived and unwilling to face it." Now it's too late for me to bring it up and tell you that I have found my heart, and I want to get out of the marriage, and I don't want to marry you. ”

Li Shaowen's eyes were full of coldness, he looked at her, and suddenly thought of something, but laughed instead, laughing weirdly: "Lan'er, you deliberately took a broken ring to force me to lose my mind and withdraw from the marriage?" I almost fell in love with you, don't use the agitation method, it's useless to me. ”

"But I have someone in my heart. You will not be happy if you force us to be together. You let me go, and give yourself a new chance. "Li Shaowen doesn't eat hard, Zhilan wants to come soft.

"I only ask you, and now you call your lover to me, and I will believe. Can you? Li Shaowen asked rhetorically.

Zhilan was stunned, she deeply remembered what the old man said to her, saying that Mu Qing was not there, even if he was there, she would not be able to make it public, and she could not do anything unfavorable to him before Mu Qing got Wande.

"You can't, can you? It's all excuses. That's enough, Lan'er, don't make trouble. I won't believe it, don't think about it, just wait for my car at home. By the way, I came today to inform you that I am determined to advance our wedding, and next Wednesday is an auspicious day, so that you can pass the door as soon as possible. ”

Li Shaowen remembered what Yuehua said when she visited, and Yuehua said: "In my opinion, Sister Lan is not very stable with your brother-in-law. In fact, if you like my sister, you should get married sooner rather than later. Candle night in the cave room, you still have to wait? Believe me, I have the most experience in dealing with women, what feelings and what thoughts, once you conquer her people, feelings and thoughts will naturally go with the body. He smiled and patted himself on the shoulder.

In terms of women, Zhou Yuehua is a master of the love field who has passed through a leaf in a thousand flowers. Seeing Zhilan's look of surprise and restlessness, she really understood what Yuehua meant by admonishing herself. It seems that his "investment" in Yuehua has a good return, and he should listen to the advice and follow the good flow.

Zhilan was about to say something, but he interrupted, "Let's go, it's not too early." I have a lot of things to do today, and I'll send you back. He pulled out a chair for her, forcibly took her hand, and led her downstairs.