Chapter Twenty-Eight: Family Marriage for Profit
October 6, 527 at 12:09 a.m
When Meng Tianxing was at home, he slept until noon. The servants in the house are also used to waking up Mengtianxing at almost eleven o'clock.
With the help of the maids, she dressed up, changed into a gorgeous and troublesome aristocratic dress, and appeared at the restaurant on time. Meng Tianxing saw that Meng Lou was already sitting with her stepmother Li Tong and Meng Tianzhen and was about to have lunch.
"Oh dear, what's so in such a hurry in the academy, you didn't come back last night." Listening to Li Tong's greetings between the lines, it was revealed that Meng Lou should have only come back today.
Meng Tianxing, who had just walked into the restaurant, looked at Meng Lou and replied with a smile: "Yes, isn't it safe for someone to sneak into the academy recently, and I can't stay in the academy as a guard?" Wife, you think so much about me when I haven't come back for a day? ”
"Dad, Mom didn't tell me a story last night."
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Looking at their happy family, Meng Tianxing felt that he looked like a superfluous existence. She sat in her seat with her head bowed, silently eating the haute cuisine brought to her by the maid.
Li Tong in front of him showed off what song his daughter would sing again, and then said what kind of dance she would dance. The woman's voice was very harsh and disgusting next to Meng Tianxing, and she wiped her mouth with a quick speed: "Father, I'm done." You eat slowly, I'll go back to my room and read. ”
Meng Lou put away the smile on his face and looked up at Meng Tianxing: "Tianxing, come to my study in the afternoon." I have something to tell you. ”
"Got it." Meng Tianxing said in a flat tone.
Meng Tianxing couldn't understand why her father's conversations with her were always full of indifference, a businesslike look, as if she wasn't his daughter, which made her feel farther and farther away from her father.
Around one o'clock in the afternoon, Meng Tianxing looked at the clock on the desk and sighed, put down the book in his hand, and walked into Meng Lou's study: "Father." ”
Meng Lou looked at Meng Tianxing with a serious face: "I heard that you and Xihaitang's daughter are very close, aren't you?" ”
"Well, we're friends."
A smile appeared on the corner of Meng Lou's mouth: "It's good to become friends so soon." Something happened to her family recently, so you can walk around for the next two days. ”
"I know, I'll go see her."
"You're fourteen years old this year, and it's time for me to help you find a future husband."
Meng Tianxing looked up at Meng Lou in surprise: "I'm only fourteen years old, and I'm still six years away from getting married!" ”
Meng Lou's smile looked fake: "It's just for your own sake that I want to help you settle your family affairs earlier, how difficult it will be for you to be a girl if you want to be admitted to the twenty-four councillors, how difficult it is, isn't it good that you can marry the son of the councillor?" I'll let you prepare earlier, so you can cultivate a relationship with him, right? I've shown you all, Zhu Binyuan, the son of the eleven paladin Zhu Ge, is fifteen years old this year, and it just so happens that he is in the same class as you. I want to have more contact with him when you go back to the academy. When the time comes, I will go to Zhu's house for a while, and your business will be done. "Meng Lou's wishful thinking is very good.
Meng Tianxing muttered in his heart: Who is Zhu Binyuan? In the same class as me? I'm not impressed at all. She frowned, although she was unwilling in her heart, but in the end she still didn't have the courage to disobey her father's arrangement, and she only dared to say it in her heart if she complained. "I know, father, I'll go to Ying's house that afternoon."
Meng Lou nodded with satisfaction: "Remember to bring some gifts to other people's houses." As soon as he finished saying this, Meng Lou's expression suddenly changed, "By the way, I called you over mainly because I wanted to ask you something." Seeing Meng Lou's serious expression, Meng Tianxing subconsciously swallowed his saliva.
"I've been hearing about Xiang Rihongying's number one person in the academy recently, and I heard that she beat Fendi and later got injured. The main thing is that I want to know if Meng Tianyu really saved her, is this true? ”
Meng Tianxing subconsciously wanted to dodge his eyes, but after thinking about it, since his father wanted to know this matter so seriously, this matter must not be simple. "Father, I don't know much about these things." She wanted to just pass it on.
"You don't know? You've been with Meng Tianyu yesterday afternoon, wouldn't you know? Meng Lou's eyes were trying to tell Meng Tianxing that he actually knew everything.
Meng Tianxing began to regret that she hadn't thought about it much, and her fingertips couldn't help but clasp her palms: "I only know that my cousin sent her to the dean, but I don't know what happened after that." "I don't know what Meng Lou's purpose is, Meng Tianxing still chooses to say what everyone knows conservatively.
Meng Lou frowned and didn't question it anymore, but asked Meng Tianxing: "Got it, it's okay." It's been quite dangerous outside recently, I must not be at ease if you go alone, you go and see if your cousin Tianyu is free, and let him accompany you on a trip. Your uncle, after the accident in the Su family, he went to the Jin family to say goodbye to your cousin, heh, he was kicked out by others. By the way, let him have more contact with the Ying family. Okay, there you go. ”
Meng Tianxing went back to her room immediately after walking out of the study, she didn't want Meng Lou to know what Meng Tianyu had to do with herself and Hong Ying, she always felt that it would not be a good thing to let Meng Lou know that Hong Ying looked exactly the same as herself.
It was the first time she had lied to her father since she was a child, and she never had the impression that she had ever been. Although it was not a big deal, knowing that she didn't know about it still made her feel extremely flustered that she was lying.
After Meng Tianxing's uneasiness subsided slightly, she began to be unhappy again when she thought of Meng Lou's last words. She pulled her face and looked so unmotivated that she left the house to go to her uncle's house to find Meng Tianyu.
When Meng Tianyu appeared in his sight, all the troubles in Meng Tianxing's heart disappeared at once. There was an uncontrollable joy that filled her heart, as if there was only Meng Tianyu in this world.
Meng Tianyu was wearing a black-gray plaid coat and a blue scarf. As they walked on the road, Meng Tianxing had been silent, silently enjoying the time with Meng Tianyu.
Meng Tianyu inadvertently noticed that there was some emptiness around Meng Tianxing's neck, and asked with concern: "It's been very windy these days, aren't you cold?" Meng Tianyu asked as he took off the scarf and put it around Meng Tianxing's neck, "Wrap it up, don't catch a cold." ”
Meng Tianxing raised his eyes and looked at Meng Tianyu shyly: "Thank you, cousin." ”
Meng Tianyu smiled: "In the future, you can call me Brother Tianyu directly, it feels a little too strange to call my cousin." ”
"Yes." Mengtianxing nodded in unusually satisfied.
Meng Tianyu stopped at the door of a small but exquisite gift shop: "It's always not good to go to someone's house empty-handed. Let's buy something. ”
Meng Tianxing couldn't hear what Meng Tianyu was saying, her eyes were full of his handsome figure, and her ears were full of his gentle voice. She replied, somewhat distractedly, "Yes." ”
Meng Tianxing was a little lost in the dazzling gifts, and finally Meng Tianyu picked a crystal ball music box, among which there is a Ferris wheel that will also rotate, and the colorful lanterns and flying snowflakes around the Ferris wheel create an extremely romantic and dreamy scene. Turning the clockwork, a song sounded very happy and warm.
"Little girls love this, right?" Meng Tianyu carried the gift box and handed it to Meng Tianxing.
Meng Tianxing took the gift box, and suddenly hoped that it was a gift for himself. "I think Ying Xing will like this."
Soon arrived at Ying Xing's house, and the maid heard that Meng Tianxing was a friend of his young lady, so he welcomed them into the living room.
Ying Xing was very happy to meet Meng Tianxing and received a gift. It seems that Ying Xing has not received much of an impact. But listening to Yingxing, her mother became a lot haggard, which made Yingxing a little distressed.
After a few simple small talks, the piano teacher of the Ying family came. Ying Xing has to take piano lessons. Meng Tianxing and Meng Tianyu could only make an appointment with Ying Xing to play again next time and leave.
Meng Tianxing slowed down her steps on the way home, and she asked Meng Tianyu: "Brother Tianyu, I heard my father say that you are engaged to Su Yongguang of the Su family?" ”
Meng Tianyu raised his face so that Meng Tianxing couldn't see his expression: "This was all arranged by my father, and he never asked me what I thought, what I think he won't care." He only cared about when he could become the in-laws of the upper nobles. So I'm even more reluctant to make friends, and they'll think I'm just trying to have a relationship with them. In fact, when I heard that Su Yongguang had an accident, my first reaction was that it was great. I don't have to marry her. Meng Tianyu's eyes were full of sadness, "I don't know how I became like this, I don't like this, I'm the same as these cold and ruthless people in the kingdom." ”
The first time Meng Tianxing saw Meng Tianyu's expression, she also felt sad: "My father asked me to cultivate a relationship with the son of the paladin, but I don't even know who he is. ”
"I hope that in the future I can meet someone I like, marry her, and live with her. It's as simple as that. Tianxing: Do you have any thoughts on your future? ”
"Me? I always felt that I should listen to my father and graduate from the Academy of Magic, and become a member of the Twenty-Four Council or a Magic Knight. My own ideas, can I have? ”
"It's not always going to happen, but it's okay to think about it. Isn't it even allowed to dream? ”
Meng Tianxing looked at Meng Tianyu, and began to fantasize in his mind, and then laughed out loud.
Meng Tianyu was curious about Meng Tianxing's thoughts: "What did you think of?" ”
"Secret." Meng Tianxing lowered her head and her face flushed, her fantasy of the future was the same as Meng Tianyu, and she simply lived a lifetime with the person she liked.
It's just that Meng Tianyu didn't know that Meng Tianxing, she only knew that she liked Meng Tianyu.
Meng Tianyu looked at Meng Tianxing's girlish appearance, and thought of Hongying again, I don't know if she will be forced by Xiang Risong to marry someone she doesn't like, but he is still more worried about himself than worried about this problem.
He had a gut feeling that Hongying must have had her own ideas, and she seemed freer than anyone else. This may be the reason why Meng Tianyu likes and longs for Hongying.