In the early morning, the sprinkling in the courtyard has just been completed, the undried water droplets on the begonia petals are crystal clear, and the gray-blue birds rest on the eaves tiles of the courtyard wall.

Qinglan had just taken the food box, and Muli followed her step by step, and the two didn't notice a tail coming from behind.

Zhan Sui Yu jumped on tiptoe to the tree on the side to hide his figure, paying attention to the situation in the courtyard.

Yesterday, he saw people in Zhang Qining's yard coming in and out, as if they were moving, so he asked the people in the house what was going on.

As a result, the man's words flickered.

"It's customary, every year around this time I clean up the third lady's house."

"What are you going to do in the house?"

"I don't know, the things in the third lady's room have to be changed at this time of year."

He later went to find Zhang Tingyu, and Zhang Tingyu didn't seem to want to say much about it. In addition, he didn't see Zhang Qining's figure after he came to Zhang's mansion, so he came over to take a look.

He originally wanted to go through the main gate, but suddenly there were a lot of secret sentinels nearby, so he could only sneak over in doubt.

Squeak.

The carved wooden door was pushed open from the inside, and a pale and slender hand was on it, and Zhan Suiyu couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at it. It's Zhang Qining, but it feels very strange.

The long hair like a waterfall is slightly wet at the end, and the seaweed is scattered on her thin back, probably just after bathing, her expression is still a little trance, her complexion is pale and bloodless, and she only wears a moon-white coat when she comes out, and even the light cherry color on her lips is like a twilight spring illusion.

Qinglan set up a meal on the stone table in the atrium.

Zhang Qining walked over and sat down, looked very tired and raised his hand to support his head, picked up the chopsticks with his right hand and glanced at the dish and put it down, only drank a few mouthfuls of white porridge and stopped eating, and went back to the room directly.

Qinglan frowned when she looked at the food that was more than yesterday after Zhang Qining left, and then began to clean up.

"Sister Qinglan, Miss has eaten less than yesterday, and she has hardly eaten in the past two days, so you really don't need to tell the eldest lady that there is still a second young master, and you don't need to ask for a doctor?" Mu Li said with some concern.

Qinglan: "Miss said no, don't use it, it's our duty to do what Miss tells us." ”

Muli lowered her head a little aggrieved, Qinglan sighed helplessly, after all, she was young, and she hadn't been in the mansion for two years, so she didn't know a lot of things.

"Muli, what kind of person do you think Miss is?"

Mu Li thought for a moment and said, "Beautiful! It's a bit willful, but it's okay, it's not as scary as I've heard before......"

Qinglan covered her mouth and advised: "For the third young lady, you can only put the first one on your mouth, and the others must be buried in your heart." ”

"Why?"

"There's no why, you just remember."

Zhan Suiyu watched them leave from the tree, thinking about the words of the two maids.

Horror, how could the Zhang family use this word on Qi Ning?

And from the words of the older maid, it sounded that the Zhang family had given a gag order to Zhang Qining.

Is it necessary to treat the third lady in the family to this extent?

Suddenly there was another person behind him, and Zhan Sui Yu looked over. He also knew that person, it was Lin Su, the secret sentinel who followed Zhang Qining before.

"Zhan Gongzi."

Come fast enough, Zhan Sui Yu said in his heart, and at the same time, the doubts in his heart were even greater. The battle of the Zhang family is inevitably a little bigger.

Zhan Suiyu sat in a round-necked white robe, with a vermilion waist seal around his waist, and stood up slowly, standing on the tree with his hands in his hands.

"Come and chase me away? Before I go, I have to go see Qi Ning. Zhan Suiyu looked at him, and said in a gradually unkind tone: "The third lady is not feeling well, should the Zhang family go and invite a doctor?" ”

Lin Su was indifferent, raised his eyes and looked directly at him: "The eldest lady asked me to talk." From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the courtyard of the third lady at will, and Zhan Gongzi can leave immediately, or he can make a decision after seeing the third lady. ”

Zhan Sui Yu frowned unexpectedly.

"If the son decides to leave after entering the third lady's boudoir, the eldest lady says that the marriage proposal will be nullified. If the son still insists on his original idea after martial law, then the eldest lady will allow this family business. ”

"Men and women are in the same room, Miss Zhang is not afraid of spreading the reputation of the Zhang Mansion?" He said coldly.

Since this condition was proposed, Zhang Shihua has never cared about Qi Ning's reputation. Then doesn't she care about Zhangfu's reputation anymore?

"This matter has nothing to do with Childe. The dark whistle is here, and it will not be passed on. As long as Childe doesn't say it, no one will know. ”

"Huh. What did Zhang Tingyu say? ”

Lin Su: "The second young master was present when the eldest lady ordered, and he had no objection. ”

Okay, okay very! Zhan Sui Yu turned around, he knew why Qi Ning didn't want to come back in the first place. It's ridiculous! The reputation of women is so important, they actually use Qi Ning's reputation as a test.

No one in this family pays attention to her at all, and no one takes her seriously. Zhang Shihua's attitude affected the attitude of the rest of the people in Zhang's mansion towards Qi Ning, and it can be seen from the two maids that no one in this family dares to get close to Qi Ning.

If you can avoid it, you can avoid it, and if you can avoid it, you can avoid it. However, the reasons are not clear to them, and they do not need to be clear.

Go back and tell Zhang Shihua and let her prepare the marriage book. Qi Ning, I'm married! ”

With that, he lifted his strength and fell from a high place, and entered Zhang Qining's room without looking back.

Lin Su sighed lightly, also returned to the bottom, walked to a place and arched his hand to the two people in front of him: "Eldest Miss, Second Young Master, the words have been brought." ”

The two of them are Zhang Shihua and Zhang Tingyu, and they heard everything they said just now.

After Lin Su left.

"Sister, do this... Actually, it's not appropriate. Zhang Tingyu said on the side.

As Zhan Suiyu said, doing so is not good for Ah Ning's reputation. Sister has always been closely concerned about Qi Ning's affairs, why did she suddenly use this method?

Ah Ning's state after a while, who can guarantee that Zhan Suiyu can accept it? If he can't accept it at that time, it will only be A-Ning who will be injured.

Zhang Shihua: "He left immediately, and then left or stayed, it seems that there are three choices, and in the end there is only one answer." In your opinion, how sincere is Zhan Suiyu to A-Ning? ”

Zhang Tingyu shook his head, "I just think it's okay for A-Ning to be with him." ”

“... They are a good match. ”

Zhang Tingyu was stunned, "Sister? ”

After all, she had always looked at them, and she had already understood. Whether it was three hundred years ago or three hundred years later, their re-encounter speaks for itself.

Zhang Shihua looked at him sideways and said, "You once said that I was too sensitive to Qi Ning's affairs. Before I let her go, I want to make sure she's okay.

Zhan Sui Yu is a good bait. For me, that's the only value he has. ”

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Entering Zhang Qining's room, except for lotus-colored curtains, wooden shelves, and books, almost all the things in Zhang Qining's room were emptied. Including the dresser, only the wooden comb, hair band, and rouge gouache remained, and the rest of the hairpin rings were all gone.

The room was empty, Zhang Qining was nowhere to be seen, and there was no popularity at all, even the white parrot in her room was taken away, and there was no vitality at all.

An eerie and unsettling atmosphere enveloped the room, and Zhan Suiyu continued to walk inside. Lift the curtain in front of you, separated by a screen with only inscriptions and no pictures, and then there is an inner room. There was a faint sound of water from inside, and Zhan Suiyu slowly walked in.

The water vapor in the white jade pool continued to the door, and the sound of bubbling water became clearer and clearer as it went deeper and deeper.

“... Qi Ning? ”

By the pool, the girl surrounded by hazy white gas was slender and had black hair, like a butterfly in a deep valley, even the slightest sound would alarm her, and people would not dare to act rashly. Unless she unguards first and waits for someone to slowly approach.

Zhang Qining turned around, looked at him through the fog, was silent for a while, and then said casually: "Why are you here?" ”

Although it was a brief pause, Zhan Suiyu read the surprise and confusion from it.

He smiled and walked over to her as if nothing had happened.

"If the mountain does not come to me, I will come to the mountain. If you don't come to me, I can only come to you. ”

When he got closer, he found that there were copper coins and red threads scattered around Zhang Qining, and at a glance he didn't know how many, and she was wearing copper coins with red threads, and there were knots between the copper coins and copper coins, separated by twos and twos.

In addition, there is also a large bronze mirror of human height next to Zhang Qining's right hand.

He crouched down, just looking at it from a distance. When I walked in, I found that Zhang Qining was a lot haggard, and his eyelids trembled several times just in the process of talking to him, and his spirit was very poor.

"You go out, I'm fine." She staggered her gaze from him, lowered her head and continued to fiddle with the copper coins and red threads.

Zhan Suiyu took those from her hand, picked them up horizontally, and walked to the bed outside.

"I told your sister that I would accompany you here. When I go out next time, I will take you to Yueyang to meet my father and mother, and then get married. ”

Hired?

Zhang Qining was stunned in his arms, and she didn't react until she was put on the bed.

"My sister, have you agreed to this family business?"

"Hmm. I promise you, this son will go out, and you will put 10,000 hearts. I haven't seen you for a few days, what's the matter, you're interested in tossing yourself? Go to sleep, if you have anything to say, you will wake up. ”

As he spoke, he took off his shoes and went to bed next to her, patting her on the back with one hand to lull her to sleep.

"You don't have a lullaby, you can make do, go to sleep."

Zhang Qining smiled, his bloodless lips barely raised an arc. "The last time I did this, you reacted so much. The action of getting into my bed is inadequate. Gods may do what cattle may not. Consultant, why are you like this? ”

The small fan-like eyelashes drooped low, and the face was pale and almost transparent, reflecting the warm sun sneaking in, and the warm and soft facial contours were slender and fragile.

A delicate face like a gift, no matter when and in any state it is beautiful.

The little girl is right, Zhang Qining's appearance will leave a deep impression, so deep that it seems to be a layer of insurmountable obstacles, and few people can further explore what "Zhang Qining" is like.

It's not the epidermis that matters, it's the soul that grows under the skin, and that's her.

Zhang Qining closed her eyes, her breathing was light, Zhan Suiyu looked at her, and said softly: "Who said it wasn't." In vain, I always thought I was a gentleman, and now the rest of the discipline is in your hands. ”

Zhang Qining smiled and leaned his head towards Zhan Suiyu's chest.

"Sleep—"

The room was quiet, the two people on the bed hugged each other and slept together, although covered with a quilt, it was not ambiguous, and the light golden sunlight sprinkled a warm room through the window lattice.

With the warm fragrance in her arms, Zhan Suiyu couldn't help but feel sleepy.

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After sleeping too much, the whole person is groggy, and it is not easy for Zhang Qining to keep it for so many days.

When he woke up again, Zhan Sui Yu's head was very heavy, and he turned over and slowly sat up. woke up halfway, but when he saw that Qi Ning was still sleeping, he squinted for a while.

Unexpectedly, he slept until dusk!

He was the only one on the bed, and Zhang Qining didn't know where to go. Unable to get out of the room anyway, he got out of bed and walked to the bath before.

"Qi Ning?"

When I went inside, it was empty. The copper coins on the ground were scattered all over the ground, and some of them had been threaded and wrapped around the supports.

Zhan Suiyu stood in front of the huge bronze mirror, leaned over and picked up a copper coin and looked at it.

Copper coins ward off evil spirits, what does Qi Ning do with this? And this mirror...

As soon as Zhan Suiyu turned around, he could see himself in the mirror, and when he looked up, he suddenly paid attention and saw someone exactly like him, which was sometimes quite scary.

"Qi Ning? Are you there? ”

He stood up and walked to the edge of the pool, looked around, and saw not half a figure.

Just when he was wondering where the people had gone, he looked down and was stunned - people are in the water!

"Zhang Qining!"

He immediately reached in and pulled the person out, and as soon as he put his hand into the water, he couldn't help but wonder - it was as warm as a charcoal basin here, but the water was cold?

The situation didn't allow him to think too much, so he went directly into the water and pulled the person out of it, in the process, Zhang Qining resisted his touch very much, struggled, and was finally dragged up by him.

It seemed to exhaust all her physical strength just now,

The girl was lying on the edge of the bath in a single dress, the whole person was immersed in cold water, one hand clutched her nails and dug into the flesh, and the white jade brick was dripping with blood and she didn't realize it.

The seaweed-like ink hair was wet and stuck to the thin back, and a few strands floated in the water, like a merman who was injured and weak and was beaten on the shore by the waves.

Zhan Sui Yu frowned unbearably, and the water beads slid along his face all the way to his undulating chest, and he whispered as if he couldn't bear to be alarmed.

Zhang Qining's shoulders trembled slightly, and just as she pushed him away and set off to dive to the bottom again, Zhan Suiyu grabbed her arm first, pulled it back and clamped it in her arms.

The slender arms were pale and cold, and the blood from the palms of the hands slid down and dripped into the pool of water, smudging a pale red flower. The cold water soaked through the clothes, and the delicate body loomed underwater, and the slightly open neckline revealed the delicate collarbone where the water beads slid down.

Zhang Qining lowered her eyes, her curled thick eyelashes trembled in fear, and her cherry-colored pale lips were bitten out of a layer of blood. She lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him, and her whole person was filled with a poignant sense of abuse, exuding a strong depression.

Porcelain, scissors, hairpin rings... If you think about it, it's all sharp or broken objects. Something is wrong with Qi Ning, it seems that there is still a tendency to self-harm?

No wonder the Zhang family would order the things in her house to be emptied.

"Don't, don't... Stay back... Don't come near me. Zhang Qining covered her ears as if she wanted to throw out the voice in her head, and those people chattered endlessly, instigating her to kill the person in front of her.

"Impossible." Zhang Qining resisted with the voices in his head, and said firmly: "... Shut up, shut up for me..."

She stepped back little by little, until she reached the edge of the pool, and a pale black aura spread between her eyebrows.

Zhan Suiyu couldn't help frowning, how could there be evil in her?

No, she can't be kept in this state anymore, or she will have to drive herself to death sooner or later!

Immediately decided, Zhan Sui Yuqiang broke the person's hands and copied it, and directly took the person out of the pool.

The sound of rushing water and the feeling of weightlessness suddenly stimulated the current Zhang Qining, and a cold killing intent burst out in an instant, and he rushed towards Zhan Sui Yu halfway and pressed the person to the ground.

Zhan Sui Yu felt a weight on his body, and a pair of cold hands pinched his neck, his hands trembled, and his strength slowly tightened.

Zhang Qining's eyes were a little dazed, as if he didn't know who the person in front of him was, and gradually increased his strength.