The parts written in the book are only the choices of the person who wrote the pen, not the whole of life, and they may not be true.

Real life is much more complicated than the story, and human nature is more unpredictable than the story explains.

Ji Ran looked at the problem too simply, causing his world to be almost black and white. However, man is made of selfish feelings, and once his heart is turned to one side, he will contradict what he has always believed.

"Ji Gongzi, that's all I say. I said what I could say, and I did what I could do, and I did what I could. Zhang Qining put his hands behind his back, "What about you?" What are your thoughts? ”

“... All this time, I never realized what you said. Today, I am taught. Ji Ran closed his eyes and sighed, looking back on his life in the past twenty years, he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Miss Zhang, you asked me out today just for this matter? But what else? ”

If nothing else, he wanted to think back to the inn. There are some things that he has to sort out.

"You look like you're going to get some rest, and I'd like to give you some time, but I'm sorry. In addition to this matter, there is another thing to find you out, after all, I asked you out in the name of Tao Xueqi, and I can't break my promise. ”

Ji Ran looked at her sharply, and Zhang Qining asked him to stabilize first. "The person I mentioned next is related to Tao Xueqi, don't be too excited, after all, it's all an old thing from twenty years ago, and it is estimated that Tao Xueqi himself didn't care."

The more foreshadowing she made, the more Ji Ran couldn't calm down in her heart, for fear that she would say something that scared her to death and didn't pay for her life.

"Please."

Zhang Qining opened his mouth and said: "Lin Su told me that in addition to the Tao family, there is another person in Zhengzhou who is related to Tao Xueqi. ”

"Who?"

"The current head of the Jia family's porcelain shop, Jia Xuan - Tao Xueqi's fiancé back then.

However, a few years before the Tao family's accident, the Tao family's biological father who was in charge at the time, Tao Xueqi, withdrew from this family business.

He and Tao Xueqi are also half childhood sweethearts, if you want to know Tao Xueqi, you might as well talk to him. ”

“... Fiance. Ji Ran was stunned. Sure enough, he really couldn't accept the news that Zhang Qining said.

"It's an ex-fiancé. The Tao family retired from that family business.

The Tao family was rich in Zhengzhou at that time, and there were women of appropriate age in the family who were still concubines, and there were naturally not a few people who wanted to marry.

But not only the Jia family, after retiring from the family, the Tao family rejected all those who came to the door to ask for relatives. ”

According to the matchmaker's words, it is difficult for a woman to find a good family after she is older. I heard Lin Su say that at that time, the Tao family drove away all the suitors and gave the order to evict the guests.

No matter how reluctant this Tao master is to give up his daughter, he won't be able to do this, or does he really plan to raise his daughter for the rest of his life?

No, I can't.

Zhang Qining was a little puzzled by this after hearing about it.

"To go or not to go, the choice is yours. If you don't want to go, it doesn't hurt to go back to the inn now. ”

"Nope." Ji Ran shook his head and looked up at Zhang Qining, "I'll go." ”

"Miss Zhang, how can you meet this Jia Xuan?"

Zhang Qining: "It's not difficult, even if a businessman is a cousin of a friend's friend, as long as it is profitable, he can become a friend." Zhang is not talented, and his family happens to have some industries in Zhengzhou ceramics shop. After talking about business, it doesn't matter if you have a meal, I asked Lin Su to arrange it. ”

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. Lin Su showed up not far away, and when he saw Zhang Qining receiving her signal, he nodded and walked towards them.

"Third Miss."

"How?"

"It's all arranged. At noon, Zheng Quanlou. The Jia family has already replied to the charge, and Jia Xuan agreed. ”

Zhang Qining smiled, "Did you say it according to my original words?" ”

"Yes."

Regarding Tao Xueqi, the daughter of the Tao family, please give Jia Dangjia a face.

Being divorced by the Tao family should be a humiliation for the Jia family. But according to Lin Su, even if the Jia family was dismissed, he came to the door many times to try to redeem it, and it was not until the Tao family destroyed that he married someone else under the arrangement of the family.

Now the Jia family has money and status, and their status in Zhengzhou is almost the same as that of the Tao family back then. When it came to Tao Xueqi, he didn't shy away from it, and directly agreed. Looking at it this way, he has a lot of affection for Tao Xueqi, and he still can't forget it.

"Ji Gongzi, let's go. You may have the opportunity to learn about Tao Xueqi more than 20 years ago from another man's mouth. ”

Zhang Qining smiled evilly and hugged Zhan Suiyu's hand and pulled the person in the direction of Zheng Quanlou, "Lin Su, lead the way." ”

"Yes."

Ji Ran was inadvertently stabbed by her words, and then he was a little confused. I was so serious just now, and I looked like I was teaching earnestly, why did I suddenly change again? It felt like a smiling, impatient fox wagging its tail and swaggering away after smacking the enemy.

Zhan Suiyu sighed. Qi Ning, she has completely exploded, I haven't seen her smile so skinny for a long time, and she is also a little impatient after being entangled by Ji Ran these days.

If force allows, Qi Ning may want to beat him up even more.

"Qi Ning, hold back and don't fight since then. You can't beat me, I... I can't beat it. Zhan Sui Yu said.

"Don't worry, I won't do it." The corners of Zhang Qining's mouth pursed an upward arc, and a not very friendly expression appeared on his beautiful face. "Zheng Quanlou finished eating, didn't settle the bill, we threw him there."

“...”

Ji Shaoxia ate the overlord meal, and when it was passed out, Ji Ran was afraid that his face would be lost.

"Qi, Qining..."

"Don't worry, I'll settle the bill with Lin Su. Just to scare him and let me admire his embarrassed and angry expression. I'm really looking forward to it! Zhang Qining stroked his cheek with one hand, and couldn't help but smile when he thought of that scene, and there was a hint of a smile in his eyes.

Qi Ning, did she become interested in strange places? Zhan Suiyu couldn't help but worry, and as soon as he tried to persuade him, Zhang Qining opened his mouth.

"I've been working so hard for him these days, and I'm not looking for a little fun... Isn't it possible? She looked up at Zhan Suiyu slightly, her clear eyes were incomparably deep, like the rippling deep lake water, which was moving. The contrast between the dark pupils and the milky white skin made people fall more and more infatuated with her black pupils, and with the long curly eyelashes that trembled slightly, Zhan Suiyu couldn't help but move in her heart.

No way? Why not? He hadn't thought anything about it just now.

"It won't hurt him, it's just a little lesson. What Ji Ran needs most now is to be beaten, isn't it? ”

Actually...

"Makes sense." Zhan Sui Yu was surrounded by Zhang Qining, and couldn't help nodding and muttering. But if you look closely, you will find that his gaze at Zhang Qining is sober, but with doting.

Lin Su, who was leading the way in front, listened to all this silently, and the words gradually disappeared from his mind. Don't reason with the third lady, don't try to correct the third aunt's deliberately crooked idea, just leave these two alone. He didn't want to be the second Ji Ran, so he still talked less and did more.

Ji Shaoxia, good luck.

Lin Su said silently in his heart.

At noon, Zhengzhou, the second floor of Zhengquan Building.

The man who was not confused stood in the private room on the second floor, looking down at Zhang Qining and his party who came in from the trunk, and after a while, there was a movement of someone going upstairs on the stairs.

Seeing him, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl was not surprised at all, smiled, and took the initiative to say: "I am the east, and it is Qi Ning's rudeness to let the guests wait." Please also ask Jia to be in charge, no wonder. ”

I only know that there is a third lady in Yashangzhang's family, but I have never seen her, let alone heard anything about her. However, seeing that the head of the Zhang family has a very respectful attitude towards her, she is also generous in her words and deeds, unlike the daughter who is pampered by the family and does not go out of the door.

The son next to her... The person in charge said that he was the son of the main Zhan family of the Wulin League, and the two had already made a marriage. is also an extraordinary, calm and calm teenager. On the other side is Zhan Suiyu's friend, Ji Ran, the gentleman of the rivers and lakes, Ji Ran, who is also a young and successful young man. The head of the Zhang family said, "The three owners said that it was just a private banquet, and the two sons just mentioned would go together." It doesn't hurt if Jia is in charge of whatever he wants to bring with him. ”

Seeing that the other party's eyes fell on him, Zhan Suiyu smiled, that face pretended to be a sven scum and a decent gentleman, and he did not lose Zhang Qining's acting skills at all.

"I heard that it's just a private banquet, if there is anything inconvenient for Jia Dang's family to talk about with Qi Ning alone, it doesn't hurt."

Although Jia Xuan is middle-aged, he is not as fat and big-eared as some middle-aged businessmen. The spirit is acceptable, there is a quiet sense of maturity, Xu is running a porcelain shop at home, and he himself is like a dignified porcelain. There doesn't seem to be much to say.

Since you bring people in, there's nothing to avoid. Jia Xuan has been in business for so many years, and he doesn't know how many businessmen he has dealt with, and he still has an eye for people.

The third lady of the Zhang family, the three owners of the Zhang family... Since it was the person she brought in openly, he didn't care.

"No need. I'll need to leave for another business in a moment, so I'll just talk about it. ”

Jia Xuan's attitude made Ji Ran stunned. Zhan Suiyu only sighed slightly in his heart when he heard this, obviously he was a businessman, he thought that he would play a round of Tai Chi with them smoothly first, and then figure out their intentions, which should be indispensable to hide needles, but this does not seem to be the case. Jia Xuan was unexpectedly straightforward, did he really not care, or did he not want to treat Tao Xueqi with the attitude of a businessman?

In this regard, Zhang Qining did not seem surprised, and the expression on his face did not change. just smiled, and seemed to appreciate the directness of this Jia master.

"It seems that the business with the Jia family can go on happily."

It was obviously a very pleasant sentence, but from Zhang Qining's mouth with that expression, Ji Ran vaguely tasted some threatening meaning. If Jia Xuan is not honest, Zhang Qining... It seems that he does have the power to push off the business with the Jia family, right?

Could it be that Jia Xuan understood this truth from the beginning?

"Tao Xueqi..."At the mention of this name, Jia Xuan lowered his eyes, and the look in his eyes darkened. What does the third girl want to know? ”

Zhang Qining: "Won't Jia Dangjia ask us what our relationship is with her?" ”

"The people of the past, the things of the past, are just a piece of gossip to talk about. What is there to ask? ”

She walked over and made a "sit down and talk" posture towards Jia Xuan, and Zhan Sui Yu also accompanied Ji Ran to sit on the side to play chess and rest, not far or close to the two of them, just enough to hear what they were saying.

Ji Ran didn't want to see Jia Xuan very much. Especially after seeing him, he couldn't help but think that there was a time between Tao Xueqi and him that couldn't be crossed.

Jia Xuan's indifferent attitude, Zhang Qining took it really well.

"Jia Dangjia is Tao Xueqi's fiancé."

Jia Xuan lowered his eyes and seemed to sigh lightly, and said lightly that no one else noticed except himself.

"It used to be."

Zhang Qining glanced at him. "Back then, the Jia family and the Tao family were also considered to be the right people, why did the Tao family insist on withdrawing from their relatives?"

She really couldn't figure it out.

Don't say it's her, after so many years, even Jia Xuan himself can't figure it out. Did the Jia family do something, or did they do something wrong? But there was none.

This family affair was set by the two parties many years ago, before he and Tao Xueqi were born, and there has been nothing wrong with it. He didn't officially meet Tao Xueqi until he was ten years old. Tao Xueqi didn't leave the house, Jia Xuan was not as sittingly as he is now when he was young, and he didn't often visit the Tao family, if he hadn't been dragged to the Tao family by his father that time, he wouldn't have seen Tao Xueqi unexpectedly.

If it weren't for that, maybe the first time they met would have been a long, long time later. Tao's accident was when Tao Xueqi was sixteen years old, and six years passed in the blink of an eye, if it wasn't for Tao Xueqi, time would have passed faster for him, and all helplessness might not have been.

Seeing that Jia Xuan seemed to be unconsciously slowly falling into the memories of the past, ordinary people may think that this time should not interrupt others to recall the past, but Zhang Qining felt that this was a good opportunity.

The more pictures and memories with one's own feelings, even if they may be false, they also contain a moment of truth, and the truth of that moment may be the most important.

"In your impression, what kind of person is Tao Xueqi?" Zhang Qining asked as he crossed a faint smile in Jia Xuan's eyes.

Jia Xuan also almost blurted out. "Bad character, but like the fragrance of poppies in the middle of the night, which exudes absolute attraction to people. Even if you know that it is a cobweb that you can't get rid of, you still rush forward without stopping. People who like her should be very sick. ”

She agreed with this, Zhang Qining glanced at Ji Ran silently, and felt that what Jia Xuan said was really right.

It's just that... Zhan Suiyu frowned, this description reminded him of a person.

Jia Xuan's following words made him more determined, and he said, "However, her eyes are very similar to Miss Zhang San's. No matter how bad or perverse you are, you all have a purity and cleanliness in your eyes that do not seem to belong to this world. ”

! Zhan Suiyu scolded in his heart, Jia Xuan's words above gave him a feeling like An Yuanxi. I didn't expect him to guess it.

Zhang Qining smiled, her face was indifferent, as if Jia Xuan had told a joke, and she would just listen to it.

"Jia Dangjia, it's not nice to say. Your eyes are really not good. ”

Jia Xuan was not annoyed when she heard this, and inexplicably felt that she should be like this, even if it was too much. This way of speaking, such an attitude towards people... It's really like her.

When he first saw Zhang Qining coming up from downstairs, he thought that the familiarity was an illusion, but it didn't seem to be.

There is no need to ask them what their relationship is with Tao Xueqi, this Miss Zhang San and Tao Xueqi are probably all the way.

"Really? The third lady is not happy, so let's just say nothing. Jia Xuan seemed to be more casual than just now. He looked out at the sky, stood up and said, "Although I used to be Tao Xueqi's fiancé, I have only met her a few times. To her, I may only be a stranger who has met a few times. I don't know about the Tao family's annihilation, that's all I know. What does it mean to talk about it any longer, so I'll take my leave first. ”

Zhang Qining nodded, "Please." ”

Walking to the staircase, when he was about to go down, Jia Xuan suddenly stopped. "Is she still alive?"

Zhang Qining dragged his cheeks and said lightly: "Twenty years ago, the Tao family was wiped out, and no one was spared. I thought that Jia Dangjia knew. ”

“... I see. If you want to check, check her father, although I don't see much... But from what I see now, there's not quite something wrong with him. ”

Zhang Qining looked at him, "Thank you." ”

Jia Xuan didn't speak, just chuckled, and then left.