At the gate of the Huo Mansion, there is an exquisite pond, and a pavilion is built in the center of the pond.

At the end of summer, the pond is full of lotus leaves and pavilions, and the blue water surrounds the lotus body, and the waves ripple.

The pavilion in the distance, carved beams and painted buildings, reflected in the water waves, koi jumped up, and the sound of the water was endless.

Gu Qingzhou felt that his gaze was like a sharp arrow, and he was shooting from that direction.

She looked over.

There was a woman sitting in the pavilion, her beautiful eyes were full of edge, staring closely at Gu Qingzhou and Huo Yue who was talking to Gu Qingzhou.

She sat on the stone chair recliningly, a piece of tender white and slender legs stretched out from under the cheongsam, her waist was particularly enchanting, and her eyebrows secretly carried a few wisps of charm.

"Oh, it's her." Gu Qingzhou smiled slightly and shouted, "Mrs. Aunt!" ”

Staring at Gu Qingzhou, it was Huo Yue's concubine Mei Ying, so that her gaze made Gu Qingzhou stab her back.

When Gu Qingzhou came to see a doctor before, Mei Ying said a lot of obstructive words, but Gu Qingzhou didn't care. I wasn't very comfortable at the time, and I forgot about it later, after all, Mei Ying also cared about Huo Yue.

But Mei Ying has always been in her heart.

She looked at Gu Qingzhou's eyes, revealing a weirdness that Gu Qingzhou couldn't understand, as if Gu Qingzhou was an intruder.

Where to invade?

Could it be that Mrs. Gu Qingzhou was worried that Gu Qingzhou had robbed Huo Yue and taken away her favor?

She didn't know that Gu Qingzhou was the overseer's prospective daughter-in-law and Simu's fiancée?

It's a bit of a no-brainer.

Mei Ying's hostility made Gu Qingzhou confused.

"Miss Gu, I haven't seen you for a few days." When Mrs. Aunt heard Gu Qingzhou calling her, she slowly stood up, her beautiful eyes turned, she was already charming and charming, and answered Gu Qingzhou from afar.

She walked towards Gu Qingzhou.

Huo Yue had something to do and had already left in the car.

Aunt Mei came towards Gu Qingzhou, and Gu Qingzhou didn't want to leave without permission, which seemed impolite.

She stood where she was, waiting for Mei Ying.

Mei Ying is the little half of the hostess of the Huo Mansion, and Gu Qingzhou is rude to her, so she has a provocative element, which makes Mei Ying misunderstand.

She didn't want to be misunderstood.

When he came to Huo Mansion, Gu Qingzhou was frank and swaying, and he didn't need to hide anything.

And Mei Ying's hostility, Gu Qingzhou also looked at it very lightly, she didn't care much about the opinions of strangers.

Mei Ying is wearing a soft silk cheongsam, with graceful steps and a beautiful style.

"Miss Gu, are you here to see the master, or are you looking at the eldest lady?" Mei Ying asked with a smile.

Mei Ying usually calls Huo Huijing Ah Jing, but in front of outsiders, she seems to respect Huo Jingjing very much, and directly calls her "Miss".

Gu Qingzhou treated Mei Ying as a little hostess, but in fact, he promoted her, Huo Yue and Huo Yujing never thought so.

In the eyes of the Huo family, Mei Ying is just the daughter of Huo Yue's benefactor, Huo Yue attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and gives her a status and identity that can be accommodated.

She is not Huo Yue's woman.

Huo Huijing is the eldest lady, she invited her friends to make up for the class, and she would not be the concubine of her brother.

It's not her sister-in-law.

Mei Ying really didn't know Gu Qingzhou's intention, she just thought that Gu Qingzhou was a normal guest.

"I'm here to see Ah Jing." Gu Qingzhou's eyes were soft, he looked immature and harmless, and he was not aggressive.

Mrs. Aunt was still staring at her nervously.

"It seems that you also came yesterday, is the eldest lady uncomfortable?" Mrs. Aunt asked.

After that, she grabbed Gu Qingzhou's arm and wanted to go with Gu Qingzhou to see Huo Wanjing.

Wearing a short-sleeved cheongsam in midsummer, Gu Qingzhou's arm was attached to Mei Ying's arm, and she was particularly uncomfortable.

It's so strange that strangers are sticking to their skin like this, Gu Qingzhou used a slight force, pulled out his arm and stroked his hair, pretending to be a little away from Mei Ying inadvertently.

"Is the eldest lady sick?" Mei Ying asked, and at the same time felt annoyed that Gu Qingzhou pulled out his arm, thinking to herself, do you think I am willing to stick to you!

She regarded Gu Qingzhou as a medical practitioner.

"No, Ah Jing is about to return to school, I'll accompany her to review her homework." Gu Qingzhou said.

Mei Ying's round eyes swirled in her sockets, and she couldn't hide her emotions: "Review? ”

This aunt is from a happy family, and she is the best at deceitful and deceitful, and she treats people with three points of vigilance. Gu Qingzhou's words have been passed in her heart hundreds of times.

Brush up on your homework?

That's not something that can be reviewed in a day or two, Gu Qingzhou will stay in the Huo family for a long time!

Mrs. Aunt's footsteps paused: "Do you have to study for a long time?" ”

"About twenty days." Gu Qingzhou said, then pretended to be puzzled, and stopped to look at her.

Mrs. Aunt's heart was shocked.

Twenty days!

Wouldn't Huo Yue often see her?

Mrs. Aunt's heart was tormented, and she barely managed to squeeze out a gentle smile for a while: "Miss Gu, you go first, I remember that there is bird's nest stewed in the kitchen, I will go and see the fire, the maid is always clumsy." ”

"Then I'll go first." Gu Qingzhou smiled and waved goodbye to his aunt.

Looking at her back, Mei Ying's expression became more and more gloomy.

Mei Ying is almost twenty-seven years old, and she hates young girls very much: she is obviously full of scheming, but the world only thinks they are innocent and coquettish.

The younger the girl, the harder she works to hook up with a man, and there is a fig leaf when she fails, and the world only thinks they are ignorant.

Mrs. Aunt's snow-white and slender fingers were clenched tightly, and her nails almost pierced her palms.

"Looks like I'm going to do something ahead of time." Aunt May thought to herself.

Gu Qingzhou's brows also frowned.

Walking slowly all the way, when Gu Qingzhou arrived at Huo Huijing's courtyard, he was already covered in thin sweat.

The maid prepared warm water.

"I used to be half an hour early." Huo Huanjing said, "Is the driver slacking off again?" ”

"It's not, I just met Huo Ye at the door, and I also met my aunt." Gu Qingzhou said.

Huo Jingjing didn't say anything anymore.

Opening their textbooks, they first reviewed the Bible.

Half an hour later, the maid came in with refreshments and reminded them, "Miss, Miss Gu, take a break." ”

Huo Huijing probably couldn't read it, but she breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and the girl's coquettishness was fully displayed.

Gu Qingzhou smiled.

The maid brought in juice, including watermelon juice.

Gu Qingzhou poured half a cup and sipped slowly.

Thinking of that aunt's wife, Gu Qingzhou asked Huo Weijing: "Ah Jing, your aunt's wife, how many years have you been in the door?" ”

Huo Huijing didn't like Mei Ying very much, and was slightly surprised when she heard this, but she didn't expect Gu Qingzhou to talk about her.

After thinking about it, Huo Huijing said, "Four or five years." My brother took me out of the orphanage, and when I arrived at home, I heard from the maid that my aunt was a year or two old. ”

Huo Huijing's loneliness is just for strangers.

She was already familiar with Gu Qingzhou and trusted her very much, so she couldn't close the conversation box when she opened it.

She told Gu Qingzhou about the relationship between Huo Yue and Mei Ying, and even talked about her own life experience.

"The Huo family is from the Northern Jiangsu Wang family, and I was a dancer when my father went to Yuecheng. Before I was born, my father was dragged back by the wife of the family and forbade him to socialize again.

My mother didn't save any money, she was unladylike, and she couldn't pay the rent, so when she got sick, she left all the family rations to me, and starved to death.

It was winter when she died, and I was only two years old. I heard that she had been dead for five days, and I was still sleeping on her chest, because the landlord had come to ask for a debt and found us.

The landlord found out in conscience, donated a few dollars, sent me to an orphanage for raising, and buried my mother in a thin coffin.

My father was dragged home, and within half a year he fell ill and died, and his wife was also sick, as if it was the plague. That lady is my brother's mother.

Both parents died, and my brother was only ten years old, and he ate in the clan. But the uncles of the clan were wolf-hearted and took away all his property, saying that they wanted the clan to raise him.

After a few years, I used the excuse that the business was difficult to do and refused to give my brother food. My elder brother couldn't stand idleness, so he ran away from home to Yuecheng at the age of fifteen.

When he first arrived in Yuecheng, he was young, penniless, he couldn't do heavy work, and it was not his turn to do light work, and he almost starved to death on the street.

My brother was from fifteen to seventeen years old, and he couldn't find a way, he was gangsters here today, and gangsters there tomorrow, and there was no fixed number, and he was often hungry, so he went to Mei's baked cake stall.

The uncle of the Mei family is a solid person, he has a difficult life, his wife died, he only has a daughter, he doesn't earn a few dollars every day, and he sticks my brother to eat.

At that time, Mei Ying was not very old, and when she saw that my brother always went to eat, she beat my brother with an iron rod that burned the fire. Once in the summer, I was beaten so hard that my brother was beaten by her, and he had a high fever that did not go away, and he almost died.

Since then, my brother no longer dared to go to Mei's stall to eat, and then he joined the Green Gang and began to be able to eat.

My brother is clever and capable of doing things, and he slowly does it, and the leader likes him very much. After more than ten years of hard work, he himself has become a leader.

However, he has always disliked Mei Ying, if it weren't for Uncle Mei's deathbed entrustment, let my brother give Mei Ying a bite to eat, my brother would not have taken her in. ”

Huo Huan said in one breath.

When she spoke, Gu Qingzhou didn't disturb her, but drank the juice in silence.

The red watermelon juice dyed her soft lips bright and translucent.

After listening to this, Gu Qingzhou understood why Mei Ying was so wary of other women!

She must know in her heart that Huo Yue will never love her, and she is just a little kind to her.

In the future, if a woman comes in, she will completely overwhelm her, and her kindness is not the foundation of her foothold at all. She needs to be low and small in order to continue to live in the Huo family.

And Mei Ying, who is pampered, doesn't want to flatter another woman.

Even a little girl like Gu Qingzhou, she has to be on guard.

What Mei Ying is fighting for is not the so-called favor, but the status of survival.

The struggle for survival is cruel and fierce.

Knowing this, Gu Qingzhou felt that she should be careful not to fall into the path of Mrs. Mei.

Since Aunt Mei decided that Gu Qingzhou was an intruder, then she would attack Gu Qingzhou.

"It is her father who is kind to Huo Ye, not her." Gu Qingzhou muttered.

Huo Huijing immediately introduced her as a confidant: "Exactly, that's what I said." You don't know how much she has gone too far, there was something last year that I still remember! ”

"What?" Gu Qingzhou asked.