The next person came to inform that the banquet was about to begin, and when Mrs. Duan was invited out, she was talking to Ah Yu.

The people who hanged themselves were no different from normal people when they didn't say a word, but they were more acceptable than Xie Huai'an's bloody appearance. In early spring, when it was warm and cold, she wore a thick silk jacket and sat upright, a bit like a clay statue in a temple.

Mrs. Duan listened to the report of the next person, stopped the movement of her hand, and the small leaf red sandalwood Buddha bead was put on her wrist by her, and she did not continue to move.

Lan Yin whispered something beside her, but Ah Yin was a little far away and didn't hear clearly.

Mrs. Duan paused and looked up at Ah Yu: "...... What do you think of Duan Yuzhi? ”

Ah Yu was stunned, Mrs. Duan was Duan Yuzhi's real mother, but she was extremely indifferent to Duan Yuzhi's title, as if she was a stranger.

She thought for a moment, and then said, "He is your child, and although I have no contact with him later, I think he must be a very good man." She secretly smacked her tongue in her heart, she didn't know that the relationship between Mrs. Duan and Duan Yuzhi's mother and son was not good, and she was as strange as strangers.

Mrs. Duan nodded casually: "My child is naturally very good, you are different from Duan Yu's men and women, don't have any contacts!" She waved her hand, "I'm a godmother, I don't have anything good for you, and I'll give you a small gift at the banquet later." ”

"Whether this gift is to your liking or not, you can do something for your godmother! There is a temple on the back of your White Horse Academy, and there is a lotus lantern in the northwest corner of the temple lantern tower, so you remember to add some lamp oil during the New Year's festival in the future......

Ah Yu felt that Mrs. Duan's words were a bit clueless.

They walked together from the remote courtyard towards the courtyard where the banquet was held, and at that time there were already many people in the courtyard, even Mrs. Wen San and the others who were resting in the welcoming courtyard had already arrived at the banquet at this time.

However, Ah Yu and Mrs. Duan are not the latest.

When Ah Yu and Mrs. Duan were already seated at the banquet, Duan Yuzhi took Xi Rou to be late.

The two men came together, apparently by surprise. Of course, Ah Yu had expected it, and he didn't have other thoughts because of these two 'sons and beauties' who came hand in hand.

Ah Yu walked to Mrs. Wen's side, and in Mrs. Wen's puzzled eyes, she told everything she had seen and heard in Duan's mansion.

Third Lady Wen frowned: "...... I've said long ago that guy surnamed Duan is not reliable, but she doesn't want to believe it. ”

This is only one sentence of complaining, but Mrs. Wen San has already made up her mind in her heart, and after the birthday banquet is over, she has to talk to Mrs. Duan again. Although most people are persuaded to reconcile and not to be discouraged, it is impossible for Mrs. Wen San to watch her friend suffer, and persuade the other party to continue to endure it with pity.

What should be endured, obviously you should stop the loss in time!

She originally wanted to inquire more about Ah Yu in detail, but Madam Duan on the throne had already started talking to the others, so Mrs. Wen had to stop for a while and push the matter back.

Nowadays, there are not many restraints on women, but when formal banquets are held, because the male and female guests can rarely talk together, most banquets are divided into two parts, one side is used to entertain the male guests, and the other side is used to entertain the female relatives. A young man like Duan Yuzhi was supposed to go to another courtyard to entertain the male guests, but for some reason he appeared on the side of the female family.

Ah Yu glanced at Xi Rou, who was sitting next to Mrs. Duan, and felt that she should know the reason.

Her gaze swept over Xi Rou, and she didn't take people into her eyes, she was more curious about Mrs. Duan at this time.

Mrs. Duan said that she was going to give her a small gift, but she didn't say what she was going to give, which made her very curious.

Xi Rou sat on Mrs. Duan's right, and Duan Yuzhi sat on Mrs. Duan's left, and the two happened to sandwich Mrs. Duan in the middle. Duan Yuzhi noticed Ah Yu's flashing gaze, and was a little dazed in his heart, probably because he hadn't seen each other for a long time, he saw Ah Yu today, and he was at a loss for no reason, only feeling that before he knew it, the little girl in the past had grown into a look he didn't know.

But he still likes such a little girl very much.

Although the girls don't like him anymore.

Mrs. Duan looked at the visitors in the garden, covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and coughed lightly twice, and the white handkerchief was pinched in the palm of her hand, covering up the blood stains on it. The son next to him obviously heard her coughing, but he didn't even look back, just talking to the girl's house, and the two of them were separated by her, but they could talk very energetically.

A mocking smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she really shouldn't expect anything from him.

"Everyone, please listen to me." Mrs. Duan stood up directly, and the hustle and bustle of the courtyard turned silent after her voice, she paused and said, "I have been married into the Duan Mansion for decades, and when I manage the affairs of the mansion on weekdays, I have always been conscientious, but people's energy is limited after all, not to mention that my body has been much worse than before over the years, and I am afraid that my death is approaching." ”

"It's just that before I die, only the only son under my knees is the most reassuring to me......"

As she spoke, Mrs. Duan looked at the small place where the Wen family was sitting, and no one could tell who she was looking at at at this time.

Mrs. Wen San sighed in her heart, and almost stood up directly, although she had tried her best to suppress many emotions in her heart, but her face still unconsciously revealed a little unwillingness, although outsiders couldn't see it, but her own family like Ah Yu could still see it clearly.

Ah Yu was also a little flustered.

But after thinking about it, I thought that Mrs. Duan said that she was giving her a small gift, and I thought that it would not hurt her, so I put a little snack.

She reached out under the table and grabbed Mrs. Wen's sleeve, gently pulled it twice, and whispered a word of persuasion, which made Mrs. Wen not lose her temper too much.

Mrs. Duan and Mrs. Wen have been friends for many years, so naturally they also saw Mrs. Wen's reluctance at the moment, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and there was a slight smile in her eyes, but the smile was fleeting.

Her gaze shifted from Third Lady Wen to Second Lady Wen on her left: "Yu Zhi is still young, marrying a wife and having children should have been after the weak crown, but I'm afraid I can't wait for that day, I just want to settle his marriage before that." ”

"Sister, why is this so?" Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Duan have a deep sisterly relationship since childhood, and after they both got married, this friendship is not necessarily much weaker, but because of the proximity of the two families, there are signs of deepening.

When she heard Mrs. Duan's words, the first thing she thought of was Mrs. Duan's body: "When I came to visit Sister A month ago, it happened that the doctor in the house came to show Sister A's pulse, and at that time, the doctor also said that Sister A's health is very good, and now it is less than a month, why does Sister Ah think that she is not good?" ”

Second Lady Wen asked, while looking at Duan Yuzhi beside Mrs. Duan, her eyes were full of suspicion.

It's not that Duan Yuzhi wants to marry the girl in her family, so she behaves in front of Mrs. Duan, causing Mrs. Duan to say such a weak word, and she doesn't even want the consistent principle, just to make him achieve his wish, she is willing to lie in front of everyone.

There are many speculations in my heart, each of which points to Duan Yuzhi.

Duan Yuzhi didn't understand why Second Lady Wen suddenly looked at him with such strange eyes, and after he heard Mrs. Duan's words, he unconsciously looked at Ah Yu.

He still remembered that before Ah Shen recognized his relatives, many people outside thought that he and Ah Yu were destined to kiss each other, and at this time, his mother specially looked at the direction of the Wen family and said such things, not wanting him to renew his relationship with Ah Yu.

If that were the case, he would probably be very happy.

When Second Lady Wen glared at Duan Yuzhi angrily, but Duan Yuzhi was looking forward to looking at Ah Yu, Mrs. Duan spoke again.

As the saying goes, words are not amazing and die endlessly.

Mrs. Duan just confirmed such a sentence at this moment.

She didn't speak to Mrs. Wen, but continued to say to Mrs. Wen: "There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, people have good and bad luck, and the moon before and now are different. ”

After speaking, he said: "I also asked the children before, but the little girl's mother is still in the house today and has not come to the banquet, but you are also her elder, I am here to talk to you, and when you go back, help me ask Arou's mother what she thinks." If she wanted to, we would have set the marriage for our two children and wait until they were old enough to marry. ”

It's Arou, isn't it Arou?

Third Lady Wen blinked, she should have heard Mrs. Duan's words correctly, she was a little surprised in her heart, and couldn't help but look at Second Lady Wen beside her, wanting to see what she would say.

Duan Yuzhi at the same time also had the same doubts.

He thought that Mrs. Duan would ask Ah Shen for him, after all, his mother knew how special he was to Ah Yu. Although Ah Shen is still alienating him because of the past in the past two years, he believes that he is still the most special in Ah Yu's heart, and there is no one who can replace his place in Ah Yu's heart.

Two years ago, when he appeared in front of Ah Yu, Ah Yu always ignored him, and he would immediately avoid him when he saw him from a distance. But recently, Ah Yu has never avoided him from a distance, although every time he looks at him with strange eyes, he knows that Ah Yu wants to reconcile with him, but he doesn't know how to speak, so he will have such a tangled look.

Duan Yuzhi had already planned in private, and he was ready to find a way to say a few words to Ah Yu at close range at his mother's birthday banquet.

There is no need for Ah Shen to go down the steps, he himself will come to Ah Shen first, and it will be good for Ah Shen to save his face.

didn't expect that many of his plans would be frustrated because of Mrs. Duan's words.

He didn't say that Xi Rou was bad, after all, during the time when Ah Yu was unwilling to deal with him, only Xi Rou was willing to talk to him about Ah Yu in front of him, but because Ah Yu didn't like him, Xi Rou couldn't speak in front of Ah Yu.

Xi Rou is a good girl.

But she wasn't the one Duan Yuzhi hoped for.

Duan Yuzhi took his gaze back from Ah Yu and turned to look at Xi Rou on the side, he thought that Xi Rou knew how much he cared about Ah Yu, so she should object to what her mother said!

Xi Rou looked at Mrs. Duan in surprise, after she woke up in this life and learned her identity, the thing she wanted to do most was to marry Duan Yuzhi. She originally thought that this idea would be difficult to realize, who let Duan Yuzhi still have a childhood sweetheart who will never forget!

Sure enough, her usual efforts were not in vain, which turned Duan Yuzhi's mind from the Wen family's fourth mother to her!

The others present may have only noticed the second half of Mrs. Duan's sentence, but Xi Rou's attention was on the first half, Mrs. Duan had asked 'what the children meant', but Xi Rou had not faced Mrs. Duan alone, so the children here were probably talking about Duan Yuzhi!

Thinking of this, Xi Rou couldn't help but look at Duan Yuzhi happily, who doesn't want their efforts to be rewarded!

It's just that this glance made her see Duan Yuzhi's reluctance.

What's going on with her?

Didn't you know that he cared about Ah Yu very much?

Why didn't you refuse your mother's words?

Duan Yuzhi's hand under the table was already clenched into a fist, his brows were furrowed tightly, he didn't hear what he wanted to hear, but saw Xi Rou smiling at him, and he couldn't help but feel a little dislike for Xi Rou in his heart.

Mrs. Duan didn't notice the thoughts of the two children beside her, or she could say that she knew, but she didn't want to deal with it.

She smiled and patted Duan Yuzhi's shoulder: "Yuzhi has grown up, although it is still too early to start a family, it is not a bad thing to prepare early." ”

Duan Yuzhi looked at his mother's gentle smiling face and was stunned.

It's funny to say, he is obviously his mother's only child, but over the years, his mother has become more and more indifferent to him. Especially in the past two years, his mother was reluctant to even let him come to the door to say goodbye, as if seeing his face would make her unhappy. Not to mention his mother's gentle smile, he couldn't even see his mother's face.

It was such a disguise that made him miss the best moment of rejection.

When he came back to his senses, Mrs. Duan had already naturally moved on to the next topic.

Mrs. Duan said to Mrs. Wen: "Earlier, you were afraid of sisterhood, and you knew that I was heartbroken for that daughter who died early, so that Ah Yu recognized me as a godmother. Ah Yu is a good boy, and he thinks about me every New Year's Day, and he will come to me every now and then to say goodbye, but people's hearts are so big, but there is only one that can be put on the tip of the heart. ”

"You are Ah Yu's godmother, she thinks about you, and she should be." Although I didn't know what Mrs. Duan meant when she suddenly mentioned Ah Yu, but hearing that she was praising Ah Yu in her words, Mrs. Wen's attitude became gentler.

Anyway, she won't belittle her little girl, so just follow Mrs. Duan's words.

Mrs. Duan smiled, and only people who have always been pampered will not change their temperament like her, and the sorrow in her heart is only for a moment.

She looked at Ah Yu again: "But Ah Yu, the better you treat your godmother, the more your godmother misses your sister who you have no chance to see, and always thinks about what kind of situation my daughter should be like if she is still alive." I often dream that the child is crying and asking me, "Mother, you have a daughter you like very much, what about me, are you going to forget me?" Mother, I only have you as a mother, can you also have only one daughter......"

As she spoke, she burst into tears.

"It's that I can't live with Ah Yu, I begged your mother to let me be my goddaughter before, but now I want to quit this goddaughter, and it's also my ......"

"But how can I be willing to make my little girl cry so sadly?"

The host of the birthday banquet suddenly cried out of breath, and the other people present had no intention of laughing.

Duan Yuzhi looked at his mother's crying appearance, but other thoughts were born in his heart for no reason. If only Mother could reverse the order of the two things just now.

At present, she always feels guilty about her sister who died early, and she doesn't want others to take over her sister's identity, so she doesn't want Ah Yu to be her goddaughter. If his mother said this first, and then mentioned his marriage, then he might be able to fight, if he can marry Ah Yu home, Ah Yu is his mother's daughter-in-law, or his mother's daughter-in-law, but the name is different, and in the end, it is not all by his mother's side.

It's a pity that the order of what has been said can't be changed.

Ah Yu raised her head in the silence of everyone and looked at Mrs. Duan who was crying bitterly on the main seat, she cried very seriously, it was the kind of crying that others knew she was grief-stricken when they saw her, but Ah Yu, who looked at her well, saw a smile flashing at the corner of Mrs. Duan's mouth for a moment, like mockery, and as if disdain.

As far as Ah Yu is concerned, the two things that Mrs. Duan said today are actually good things.

She had thought that if Duan Yuzhi liked Xi Rou, then the two of them could stay and fly together, so why would she pull her between the two of them, but she didn't think that Mrs. Duan would fulfill her wish for her today. The rest of the dissolution of the relationship between the godparents is also a good thing for Ah Yu.

If the future will be the direction of Wen Rugu's memory, then the people of the Duan family will definitely take refuge in the hands of the murderer behind the murder of her parents and brother, and Ah Yu is unwilling to recognize the thief as his father like Wen Rugu.

Even if she has already spoken happily in her heart, she can't show it on the bright side, Ah Yu pursed her lower lip, not sure what kind of attitude she should use to face the current Mrs. Duan, so she whispered: "You also said, I recognize you as a godmother, originally to comfort you, if I don't be your goddaughter, it will make you happier, but of course it is still your wish." Speaking of the words on the scene, Ah Yu felt that he was very hypocritical.

Probably has become the kind of person who gets cheap and sells well.

But Mrs. Duan gave her a positive look: "Ah Yu is a good boy, but it's a pity that the fate between us is too shallow......"

Ah Yu lowered her head, she was full of guilt now, it was better not to show her clues in front of people.

Although Mrs. Duan got her wish at the birthday banquet, the atmosphere of the birthday banquet was still affected, and there was no longer as much laughter and laughter as before, and even the scenes sung by the people on the stage were very serious, and not even a word of amusement appeared.

What happened on the women's side did not affect the men's side.

However, after receiving the wine that Master Duan had saluted over again and again, Master Wen San glanced at Wen Huan who was following him, and then looked at Master Duan who was empty behind him, and asked, "Did Yu Zhi go out for something today, why haven't you come over yet?" ”

It is not uncommon for men and women to sit together in these days, but if the host has already held a banquet in two places in advance, one side is used to entertain the female relatives and the other side is used to entertain the male guests, then the men and women must be seated separately. Except for children like Wen Ning who don't know anything about the world, Duan Yuzhi and the others, who can be regarded as half adults, naturally shouldn't stay at the female dependents' side.

Master Duan tightened the wine glass in his hand and smiled at Master Wen: "Yu Zhi is going to give his mother a birthday gift, so he will be left there to talk for a while!" But he always stays with his daughters, and he really doesn't talk much, and he should always come out to discuss and discuss knowledge with his peers......"

He smiled and counted down Duan Yuzhi's two sentences, and then ordered his subordinates to go to the female dependents to find Duan Yuzhi.

Master Wen San came to the door as a guest, not to seek revenge, and when he talked about Duan Yuzhi, he also paid attention to the volume and did not let the people next to him hear it.

Master Duan accepted his affection, raised his wine glass, and invited him to drink together.

However, he said that Duan Yuzhi saw the person sent by Master Duan on the side of the female dependent, and his heart moved, and he suddenly thought that in addition to his mother, his father could also speak about his marriage. If he can persuade his father to propose marriage to Ah Yu on his behalf, will his future wife be a different person?

Although he also saw Xi Rou who was secretly happy, if he was to choose one person between Xi Rou and Ah Yu at this time, then he would definitely choose Ah Rou without saying a word.

Seeing that Duan Yuzhi was about to go to the male guest, Mrs. Duan squinted her eyes and beckoned to the side, and Lan Yin, who was wearing a wooden mask, walked out of the shadows.

She instructed Lan Yin: "You send Yu Zhi to the master's side, and also tell the master my words again, just say that I know that my time is short, so I want to choose a satisfactory wife for Yu Zhi, Arou, this child has a wide range of friends, and her reputation outside is also very good, and the most important thing is that she and Yu Zhi also get along." If I let her be Yuzhi's wife, I can rest assured......"

Lan Yin blocked Duan Yuzhi's way, and after writing down what Mrs. Duan said, she followed Duan Yuzhi to the male guest.

On the way, Duan Yuzhi said to Lan Yin: "Aunt Lan Yin, if your mother tells you, can you wait until the banquet is over to tell your father?" My family affairs are not particularly anxious, there is no need to publicize it everywhere in public......" Actually, he just wanted to discuss with Master Duan first, and it would be great if he could persuade Master Duan.

Lan Yin didn't speak.

Duan Yuzhi thought that she had acquiesced, and she was quite happy in her heart.

However, when they walked to the door of the men's courtyard, Lan Yin stood at the door and repeated what Mrs. Duan said, but Lan Yin's broken gong voice was a little ugly, but the voice was exceptionally loud, and the human rights in the courtyard were heard clearly, and no matter what Duan Yuzhi wanted to say, it was useless.

When Lan Yin began to speak, Master Wen San took a breath, and only after Lan Yin finished speaking, did he relax.

Fortunately, Mrs. Duan is not interested in their family's Ah Yu!