"Yes, my sister knows that Gan was wronged before she came." I gently stroked the broken hair on Ganlai's forehead, "From now on, you won't have to go back to the back kitchen to do those dirty and heavy work." ”

"It's just that later, my sister said to the chief manager, you don't want to take me. I was so scared and very sad. I thought, it turns out that I really can't do anything, and everyone will dislike me. ”

Gan Lai's hand stirring the corners of his clothes suddenly stopped, looked up at me and smiled brightly, and continued, "But then you said that you want me to come up and be responsible for cleaning your floor. Although I was very happy at the time, I didn't really understand, sister, why did you pick me out alone? ”

"Because Gan Lai is so young," I laughed, "Seeing that your body is so thin, I know that Fu Lin Su Ri must treat you very badly." So I thought of this way to get you out of his hands. ”

"My sister is good to me, I understand." Gan Lai nodded vigorously, his big eyes slowly darkening again, "But... But I'm so useless, even if I change errands later, I always stab Lou Zi, either snubbing the noble guest officer, or ramming the new girl in the building, causing a lot of trouble for my sister......"

"How can it be, you have been working diligently, no matter how tired you are, you don't complain, these sisters are all in their eyes. As for those things—" I said slowly, "those things were originally between adults, and they were different on the surface and on the inside. It really doesn't make sense, you're still young, you don't need to understand. ”

"I don't understand anything else, every time I get into trouble, you and Brother Duan always protect me, but I understand this very well." Gan Lai smiled purely, "I also understand that I can't hide behind you forever and become a burden to you. But sister, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that after tomorrow I leave, no one will treat me so well like you. ”

"Ganlai, you have to remember that no one in this world will treat you unconditionally except your relatives and friends. Maybe they have people they want to protect, or maybe they have long since lost their conscience. Let's just say Fulin and Ji Sarong, although they are bad, they are still as bad as they are. When you grow up, you may still meet someone who treats you well on the surface, but wants to trample you under your feet. This is the kind of person you have to watch out for, and it is the real bad guy. ”

I held Ganlai's immature little face and continued to say seriously, "However, even if you really meet this kind of person, just use your brains to stay away." Don't let them control your emotions and occupy a place in your heart - your heart should always think of those who truly love you, for them, you have to grow up, be strong, and strive to one day, also become their guardian, understand? ”

"Hmm. My mother is the person who loves me the most, and I will always put my mother first, grow up quickly, and protect her. And then there is you and Brother Duan, you also really love Ganlai! It's just that... You're so powerful, you shouldn't need me to protect you forever. I ......" Gan Lai hesitated for a moment, then looked at me sincerely again and said, "Sister, if I really miss you and Brother Duan in the future, can I still come to Karzhou to see you?" ”

"Of course, if you miss us one day, just go back to Taopinlou to find us, we are welcome at any time." I smiled and said, "But I guess that even if you forget about us one day, according to your brother Duan Ming's temperament, he will definitely go to Yiyang to visit you whenever he has the opportunity!" ”

"You treat me so well, how could I forget you!" Gan Lai frowned and shouted, "Also, in the future, Brother Duan will come to see Gan Lai, what about you, Sister Lian?" You are not with Brother Duan, but where are you going alone? ”

I was struggling to explain when I heard a sudden knock on the door.

I couldn't think of a second person who would still look for me at this time, so I gently patted Gan Lai on the shoulder, and he slowly opened the door. Sure enough, Duan Ming was standing in the corridor wearing a mink fur cloak, and the red glimmer reflected by the lantern hit his warm smile at the moment, which made people's hearts faintly sour for no reason.

Gan Lai was overjoyed, and threw himself on Duan Ming's thigh, and the two of them hugged each other affectionately into the room and sat down.

"I was afraid that I would come to recognize the bed, and I couldn't sleep well in your place, and when I came up to see that the lights in your room had not been turned off, I came in to have a look... The north wind is tight tonight, and it's still so cold walking in the porch, but the charcoal fire in your room is warm. Duan Ming took out a wide-mouthed copper kettle from his cloak and put a hand-copied parchment booklet on the table, smiled and hugged Gan Lai in his arms and continued, "Gan Lai has always had a problem with getting up at night, I was afraid that you would not take care of it here for a while, so I brought his night pot with me——"

"-Brother Duan!" Gan Lai twisted his body and jumped away from Duan Ming's arms, his little face flushed with shame, "What are you talking about, I don't have it-"

Duan Ming couldn't help but smile, untied his cloak and put it on the table. He was still the dirty clothes that had been washed and grayed, and he looked up and was about to say something to Gan, who was hiding in my arms, but suddenly saw that I was only wearing a thin layer of small clothes, and the light silk faintly reflected the pattern and color of the belly pocket inside, and a face was immediately red and swollen as Ganlai.

Where did Gan Lai understand this, but when he saw that his brother Duan had never spoken, he poked his head out of my arms, but saw that the two adults were embarrassed, and their tongues were dumb for a while, but they were also a little confused.

"Yes... And this-" Duan Ming picked up the booklet, his voice still trembling a little, "A few days ago, I came to recuperate, and I haven't finished teaching my boxing techniques." He simply drew the rest of the moves with a simple brushstroke, and when he returned home, he could continue to practice when he had nothing to do. ”

"Really... Excellent! I echoed embarrassedly, "Even if you don't get bullied in the building in the future, it's good for boys to practice their fists and feet and keep fit." I'm not as careful as you are—come on, go to my bookshelf, pick up a few poetry books and put them in your baggage, and don't waste your ......writing and ink when you go back."

Gan Lai was still a little puzzled, and when he heard my stiff tone, he didn't ask again. With a sigh, he picked up his fist book and got up and went to the inner room.

Duan Ming's hand rested awkwardly on the table, and he quickly pulled it back when he unintentionally touched Ganlai's night pot, and awkwardly grabbed his mink fur cloak as if he wanted to put it on, but it was really because the charcoal fire in the room was too hot, so he had to give up. Disguised himself as he poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp, choking and coughing again and again because of the action being too fast.

"It's okay, why are you so careless!"

"-It's okay, it's okay! I just... Out of the way! ”

I was about to pat him on the back in a hurry, but Huo Di stood up, and his chest was just in the line of sight of the upper stage. He subconsciously shrank backwards and waved his hand again and again to signal me not to come any closer. I had no choice but to watch him cough and cough on the wall and wipe the large water stains on his chest.

"Brother Duan—are you also infected with the wind cold?" Gan Lai shouted in the inner room, "Why do you cough so badly, it's not in the way, right?" ”

"Out of the way! Just choked, don't worry-"

There was a sudden commotion at the door, and I jumped up from my seat. The cold wind poured straight into the room, but I saw four well-dressed prostitutes hugging a few maids and pushing open my door. At first glance, when he saw me and Duan Ming, he was also stunned in place. He stared at me drunkenly for a long time with drunken eyes, and then suddenly laughed crookedly.

"But I'm drunk and dazzled, and this isn't a Sarong girl!" One of the dark-faced prostitutes smiled at the others, "Hey, look, have you ever seen this sister in Taopinlou—"

"Although I haven't lived in the bureau, I have also eaten tea with Rong'er." Another older prostitute shook his head and pointed at me and said, "This is not Rong'er, no, no, I will never be mistaken, it must not be!" ”

"Although it's not Sister Rong, this sister is really upright..."Another short prostitute danced to everyone, "Ah, don't be the Oiran girl from the south!" ”

"No, no, no! I asked, this year's peony champion is from a long way from the cold, and it will take ten days to get to Kazhou——"

"That's maybe, the flower lady is used to making the whole scene, and she can't guarantee that she will come to a golden house in the morning to hide Jiaojiao, and then make an appearance in the coming day, wouldn't it be more and more decent!"

"Yes, this girl is not the champion of the peony, just with this figure, this appearance, how much worse is it than Sister Rong. Hua Pozi has the heart to mix honey, I'm afraid I can't prevent those greedy ghosts outside! ”

"You don't have long eyes, haven't you seen this little man! I really thought that there could be a young man with flowers, who didn't want to taste what it was like to be a man earlier! ”

When the crowd heard this, they burst into laughter again.

Although I couldn't listen to their words, I couldn't react to what was going on for a while, and I couldn't move with my hands on my chest. Duan Ming had never seen such a battle, even if his martial arts were strong, he sat in place for a while, not knowing what to do.

The girl in Yingying Yanyan on the side reminded gossipily: "A few uncles, this is not a person in the building, but Aunt Hua's distant niece, who doesn't accept guests..."

"Fart! You are blind when we are, not a fool, who is this little white face who is she not a fool? The prostitute looked at Duan Ming and smiled obscenely, "Two lonely men and widows are in the room in the middle of the night, sitting opposite each other in disheveled clothes, aren't they still husband and wife!" ”

I don't know which girl in the crowd said something, and everyone started talking in a low voice again.

I followed their gaze to the back room, but saw Gan Lai packing his belongings, and when he came out, I saw this group of people breaking into the room, and for a moment they stood in place and could not move.

I was suddenly startled, and hurriedly got up and ran over, and after pushing him back to the screen, Yibi whispered: "Don't come out of whatever you hear, wait for me to come back to you!" ”