"Give it a vacation, we can't let them stay here with us anymore on the day of family reunion. Earning money is for the family to spend, and if you earn the money in your hands, you will be disappointed if you don't have the time to spend with your family. ”

She looked at the red envelopes in the basket and smiled slightly, "These should be for them, right?" In fact, the housekeeper already had an idea, but with me as the hostess at home, it was not good to make decisions about many things, so he made two preparations. ”

No matter what Ji Yan says, whether he has a holiday or not, he has helped to do a good job of this favor.

If you give a holiday, then this is the New Year's red envelope that Ji Yan sympathizes with them. If you don't give leave, then this is a red envelope of consolation, and if you turn your salary a little more, you can always make him say yes.

The butler smiled embarrassedly, "It's not as good as you say, it's just some things that you have to worry about in this position." ”

Ji Yan waved his hand and smiled indifferently, "The housekeeper has more things to worry about than me, and he knows where to think about many things, since you already have an idea, let's do as you say." ”

Her position as the hostess is only in name only, so don't worry too much about her feelings. But she couldn't really tell the housekeeper these words, so she just smiled helplessly.

The steward got the letter, took his things, and went down to prepare.

While they were waiting, the family banquet finally arrived, and the family completely disappeared, and no news was received.

Ji Yan changed into the dress that had been prepared a long time ago, put on jewelry, and followed Lu Tingshen to the old mansion.

On the way to the old house, Lu Tingshen was a little nervous compared to the past.

The dark pupils locked onto his prey, and he said word by word, "No matter what happens at the family dinner, just follow me." ”

This sentence was said as if he knew that there would be some accidents when he participated in the family banquet, Ji Yan pursed his lips and nodded.

"Okay, I'll stay with you and won't get you in trouble."

Under such an agreement, they arrived at the old mansion.

The old house is a place with a good view, the house covers a large area, there is a front hall, a backyard and an atrium, and ginkgo trees are planted everywhere.

It's just that now the bare ginkgo trees are covered with snow, but the trees are stained with red festive couplets one after another, and the lively voices come from the house, less cold, and a little more New Year's flavor.

Someone saw them and hurriedly ran over to greet them.

"Young Master Tingshen, please come here." The person who came looked at Ji Yan with rolling eyes, and saw that Lu Tingshen's face was a little ugly, and immediately understood her identity, "Young Mrs. Lu, please come with me." ”

They were led into the front hall, where there were already a lot of people, and it was not difficult to see that this was a family, sitting together in twos and threes, laughing, and when they saw them coming, their smiles suddenly froze on their faces.

Strictly speaking, it is not to see them, but to see Lu Tingshen like this.

It's just that he himself didn't have any expression, and walked over directly with Ji Yan, as if he didn't see them, and after he walked over, there was a whispered discussion through gritted teeth.

"The people here are a little weird, and they seem to be jealous of you." Ji Yan lowered his voice to communicate with him, and did not stop until he couldn't see anyone else at the corner of the road.

Lu Ting looked around with a dark color, "They are not afraid of me, they just help me become an imaginary enemy." ”

There is no less intrigue on the old mansion than on the family's side, so that he rarely comes here, but despite this, the family banquet that must be held once a year is enough for him to have a headache.

"Imaginary enemy?" keenly aware that Lu Tingshen was not very happy to mention this, she decisively changed the topic, "When will the family banquet start?" ”

The people here are very unusual, even the servants are the kind of people who talk about people and talk nonsense, although on the surface they seem to have a lot of respect for Lu Tingshen, in fact, they don't even have a person who comes to serve, but everyone else is basically equipped with a waiter.

Lu Tingshen misunderstood what she meant, thinking that she was uncomfortable staying here, so he wanted to take someone upstairs, "The family banquet is held at noon, it's still early." ”

Like this kind of gathering that summarizes the year's performance and wakes the flag of a warm family banquet, all that can be done is that, saying that a lot of things that have and don't will open the curtain of the family banquet, and it's still very early.

So did he come here like this before?

Ji Yan glanced at him thoughtfully, and followed him upstairs, but he didn't know who he had hit, and he almost fell down when he was knocked back, but it was Lu Tingshen who held her waist to avoid the tragedy of wrestling.

"Yo! Isn't this our famous Lu Tingshen Xiao Lu Zong? I thought that Kaolin flowers like you would not bother to come to the old mansion to attend a family banquet with us. The man walked around Lu Tingshen a few times, his eyes and tone were indescribably disgusting, "From the moment you were born, you are destined to be a different person from us, but if you are arrogant because of this, once the Lu family falls, then you will be finished." ”

As he approached, a demonic whisper echoed in his ears, "Believe me, one day this era that belongs to you will be completely over." And that day is not far off, don't slump too quickly, or the game won't be fun! ”

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked away, and rubbed Lu Tingshen's shoulder heavily, as if he had a grudge against him for a long time.

But the servant who was following him came up with a white face, "Mr. Lu, Third Young Master, he definitely doesn't mean anything to target you!" I hope you don't remember the villain, let him go! ”

There are so many things like this happening, not only at work, but also in ordinary times, and if you really pay attention to the past and solve them together, you don't know when you will deal with them.

Lu Tingshen didn't want to waste time on them, and just as he wanted to speak, he was blocked by Ji Yan and protected by him.

"He's not a three- or four-year-old kid, so it's impossible not to know what's really targeted. If so many malicious words are not targeted, is it necessary to do it? Ji Yan forced him to give a positive answer, "I don't care what his identity is, I only know that we are here to attend the family banquet and not to be angry, I don't want to see this kind of thing a second time!" ”

Some people have said that they are complementary to each other, although Ji Yan doesn't think much that she has the same indifference as Lu Tingshen in dealing with people, but it wasn't until just now that she understood what the so-called complementarity meant.

Lu Tingshen hates troublesome things, even if he encounters this kind of thing, he will still let him go, just because he feels troublesome. But Ji Yan won't let this kind of thing pass so easily.

"This ......" He put his eyes on Lu Tingshen for help, hoping that he could say something to stop his wife, but what made him want to cry without tears was that Lu Tingshen didn't say anything, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

He nodded helplessly, "Okay, I will definitely tell the third young master about this matter when I go back." ”

Ji Yan let him go after getting repeated reassurances, and walked to Lu Tingshen's side very incomprehensibly, "I always thought that you were dominant, and you definitely couldn't tolerate any insults in life, not to mention that this kind of insult is extremely strong, but ...... The next time something like this happens, you must not go back! ”

After all, life and work are two different things, and they should not be confused.

Lu Tingshen did not refute her words, and led people to his resting room, speaking in a very relaxed tone, and if you listen carefully, you can still hear a suppressed smile, "I was insulted, do you care a lot?" ”

She was stunned for a moment, and the red glow on her face appeared in hindsight, "It's not that I care, I just think you shouldn't be said that." No matter what the reason, as long as you don't want to do something, I can do it for you, even if it's the content of the agreement. ”

She couldn't eat so many benefits, but in the end, people said bad things about Lu Tingshen, Ji Yan didn't feel that her heart was really so hard.

While they were talking, they had already arrived at the rest room, and because of the family banquet, this place had already been cleaned up and waiting for people to move in.

Lu Tingshen closed the door with an unchanged face, and explained calmly, "It's not that I don't want to, I just don't want to waste time on those people." ”

He opened the curtains, and the light from outside burst in, illuminating the dark place.

"People who are dissatisfied with you don't change their minds because of how much you've done, and they don't deserve to be dealt with by me." A calm, but domineering low voice echoed through the room, making her blush unconsciously.

So did she do the opposite?

Ji Yan suddenly didn't know how to face him, and when he thought of what was going to happen after the family banquet, he was suddenly speechless, and his waist bent down suddenly, "I'm a little tired and want to rest for a while." ”

He saw that Ji Yan's face was not quite right, so he didn't speak, and turned around to go out.

When he arrived at the staircase, Lu Tingshen took out his mobile phone and asked the person who arranged to investigate Ji Yan's side, "What is the abnormal situation with her in the past few days?" Or rather, who have you been in contact with. ”

Connections here do not all refer to meeting people, but also include connections on the Internet.

If she contacted Bai Yin......

As soon as he thought of this possibility, his originally steady breathing suddenly became irritable, and he hadn't been so impulsive in a long time.

There was silence for a while before denying it, "We have been investigating, hoping that the news in our hands is the most comprehensive and true, but we have checked it five times without any problems." ”

But according to what Lu Tingshen said, the data that can be expressed on the Internet should not be so simple.

Lu Ting paused deeply, his face was indescribably ugly.

"Everywhere has been checked, and nothing has gone wrong?"

The words over there mercilessly crushed his last glimmer of hope, "We have checked everything that can be checked, but the result is the same, nothing has changed." ”

"I see."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Tingshen realized that there was someone behind him who was five meters away from him, but his eyes looked here from time to time, as if he was waiting for something.