"This cross scar has been imprinted on my heart since I was born, so I have suffered from heartache since I was a child, and I would have seizures every once in a while, and my heart was very painful. And as I get older, this distressing feeling becomes more and more serious, if I can't find an antidote at the age of eighteen, then I will die of heartache, and then the identity of the heir of the Zhou family will be reincarnated into another newborn child. ”

"There is still such a thing, Zhou Xuran, with your ability and the strength of your Zhou family, didn't you find a medicine that can cure this heartache and find a solution?"

"All kinds of drugs have been tried, there is no way, the only way to save is to find the right heart blood, drop it on this scar, you can continue your life, if you can't find the right heart blood, you can only die at the age of 18. So my parents tried their best to try a lot of people's hard work, but to no avail. ”

"That's why you suffered from heartache when you were young."

"Hmm." , Zhou Xuran replied indifferently, but Yang Yinglin looked at Zhou Xuran and suddenly felt a little pity.

"So how do you find your heart's blood?" Ji Ran looked at Zhou Xuran and asked.

"When I was eighteen years old, the pain was unbearable, my parents tried all kinds of ways but couldn't find the right heartache, no one thought I could survive, and everyone gave up hope, I met Jiang Yiyi, and she saved me."

"You mean, Jiang Yiyi is your heart's blood?" Yang Yinglin asked incredulously.

"Yes." Zhou Xuran said affirmatively.

"How did you find out?" Ji Ran asked.

"Our Zhou family and the Jiang family have been ancestors of some contacts, but the relationship is not close, that day our Zhou family grandfather's birthday, many people came to pay their respects to our Zhou family's family banquet, I had a pain attack in the garden center, the pain was suddenly extraordinarily bad, dead and alive, at this time came a little girl, see that I was in pain, for a while I couldn't call people, afraid that my spasmodic tongue bite was dangerous, she put her hand in my mouth, I didn't expect me to bite her finger, blood seeped into my mouth, suddenly relieved my pain, When our family found out, they took her heart's blood and dripped it on my cross scar, and I was much better and survived the age of 18. ”

"Your heartache is healed, so you fall in love with her, you two childhood sweethearts grew up together, and then got engaged, it's really like the story of a prince and a princess." Yang Yinglin said enviously, her heart sour.

"You've watched too many TV series." Zhou Xuran denied it.

"Before that, I didn't know Jiang Yiyi, she was not the concubine of the Jiang family, she was an illegitimate child outside, and when she was nearly 10 years old, her biological mother died, and she was taken back to the Jiang family, and she has been neglected, and her identity has been very embarrassing. She saved me that time, but my heartache never healed. ”

"It's not going to happen now, is it?" Yang Yinglin asked incredulously.

"Yes, continuing to the present, I still rely on Jiang Yiyi to continue my life. There is a period of time every year when my heart ache attacks, and Jiang Yiyi needs to work hard to get through those few days. ”

"But this thing shouldn't be, doesn't it mean that if you find the blood in your heart dripping on the cross scar, your heartache will be cured, why will it continue now?" Yang Yinglin felt a little puzzled

"I don't know what the situation is, because the blood of the heart hurts, the Jiang family was not as beautiful as it is now, and has always wanted to attach itself to our Zhou family, and the Jiang family has taken advantage of Jiang Yiyi's hard work to catch up with the power of our Zhou family, and it has also stained a lot of light, and the power of the family has begun to grow. Because I need Jiang Yiyi's hard work every year, and Jiang Yiyi is very smart and good at pleasing our Zhou family, so I got engaged to the two of us. But Jiang Yiyi is not a simple girl, she has ambitions and means, she is an illegitimate daughter with no status from the humble Jiang family, and she uses this incident to step on others step by step to climb to the top, and now the Jiang family is basically controlled by her. ”

"So you don't like her because you know her too well, but you have to be with her, because your cross-scar curse still needs her heart's blood every year." Ji Ran said.

"Sort of". Zhou Xuran said.

"I didn't expect that there was such a thing, no wonder I always felt that you were mysterious, you and Jiang Yiyi were a bad fate, why didn't you say this situation earlier, it wouldn't have misunderstood you, you disappeared with Jiang Yiyi for a while, it's because of this incident." Yang Yinglin said.

"There were rumors some time ago, is it true that you want to break off the marriage contract with Jiang Yiyi." Yang Yinglin asked curiously.

"Who did you listen to, is it Xing Zhao's guy?" Zhou Xuran didn't answer positively, trying to change the topic, but at the moment he just looked at Yang Yinglin in front of him quietly.

"If you don't find a suitable heart and blood and break the marriage contract with Jiang Yiyi, if you tear your face and she doesn't give you heart blood, then you must not die in her hands, you have to think clearly." Yang Yinglin said with some emotion.

"Before, I didn't think about it so much, the so-called family marriage in a family like ours was the norm, but now there are other reasons, I don't want to live with someone I don't like and be tied together." Zhou Xuran looked at Yang Yinglin and said, "So I've been thinking of a way." ”

Yang Yinglin didn't notice Zhou Xuran's somewhat moved expression when she looked at her: "You said that this Jiang Yiyi's blood can save you, is this Jiang Yiyi a problem with her blood?" ”

"It's not." Zhou Xuran suddenly replied indifferently.

"How do you know, you've confirmed?" Yang Yinglin's question also attracted Ji Ran's attention.

"I also used to suspect that I tried to use the blood she gave me to leave a little drop on this dagger, and tried to drop it on some troublesome things, but it didn't work."

"Then it only works for you? Is it because you had constant emotional entanglements with her in your previous life that you could have this kind of thing? Yang Yinglin was a little emotional.

"If there is really a past life, she may not be the only one who has emotional entanglements."

"Because the people of the Zhou family have been negative men and failed a certain girl, they have to bear this heartache for generations, and they must remember." Ji Ran suddenly burst out.

"Possibly." These two people asked and answered as if they understood something, and Yang Yinglin was not very interested in the obscure relationship story of these two people: "Then what should I do about Jiang Yiyi and Yu Xuanzhu next." ”

"I'll figure it out."

As soon as Zhou Xuran finished speaking, the mobile phone rang, breaking the silence at the moment, and it was Miss Jiang who they were looking for.

Should we avoid it, Yang Yinglin asked lip sync.

"No, you don't." After Zhou Xuran finished speaking, he then picked up the phone: "Ah Ran" As soon as the gentle voice came out, looking at her expression today, Yang Yinglin trembled.

Ji Ran patted her: "You're good." Yang Yinglin smiled evilly.

"Thank you for the gift, I love it."

"The day after tomorrow is your birthday, that's a gift I gave you in advance, it's not precious, I want to do it for you in our old Zhou family's old house, and I'll personally put it on for you when the time comes." Zhou Xuran's tone was gentle, and his face was indifferent. Jiang Yiyi on the other end of the phone was full of joy, but she didn't know that the other end of the phone had ulterior motives, what kind of birthday banquet, this was Zhou Xuran's special Hongmen banquet for her.

Yang Yinglin couldn't help but despise in her heart, the legendary man said one thing, thought one thing in his heart, and actually did another, even Zhou Xuran seemed to be unable to escape this routine.

"It's rare that you still remember, I don't care what form you know, as long as you can come to accompany me the best, it's rare that you have a heart, I don't lack anything, I like everything you give me, you can wear it for me with your own hands more precious than any gift."

Yang Yinglin could hear Miss Jiang's affection and sweetness over the phone, looking at the hypocrisy of the man in front of her, she pouted, this woman is really coaxing.

She walked out of Zhou Xuran's room sullenly and waited for the Hongmen banquet prepared by the Zhou family for Jiang Yiyi.

Yang Yinglin and Ji Ran came to participate in a low-key manner as Zhou Xuran's friends, the three of them had no countermeasures for this Hongmen banquet, because many things happened more than all expectations, and their strategy at the moment was to see the move, although Zhou Xuran repeatedly emphasized that in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, there were not many relatives and friends he invited to the birthday banquet this time, but Jiang Yiyi obviously didn't think so, she personally invited some friends to come over for a party, quite a hostess, Zhou Xuran was helpless, although reluctant, But he couldn't refute Jiang Yiyi's face, and he didn't want to offend this Miss Jiang family because of such a thing, delaying them to do business, so he reluctantly endured it.

Under Zhou Xuran's arrangement, Yang Yinglin and Ji Ran came to the ancestral house of the Zhou family in the legendary feng shui holy land that Xing Zhao said awkwardly, as low-key as possible.

Finally arrived, Yang Yinglin looked at the ancestral house of the Zhou family from a distance, this ancestral house has been some years, quite magnificent and spectacular, covering an area of 100 miles, in her opinion, this is not like an old mansion more like a medieval manor in Europe, the descendants of the Zhou family have come out in large numbers, the family is big, extremely exquisite, the annual sacrifice and family feast, no matter where the descendants of the Zhou family are, they will return to the ancestral house of the Zhou family, so this ancestral house has been expanding, idle all year round, but there are also people who take care of it carefully.

They walked along the road to the manor of the old mansion of the Zhou family, the winding path leads to the secluded place, Yang Yinglin how to look at how to feel awkward, in the eyes of others, the old mansion of the Zhou family has excellent feng shui, just like a garden, as beautiful as a garden, surrounded by flowers and trees, full of flowers and plants, but Yang Yinglin feels that this is very weird and terrifying, she feels that this is not a garden, more like the place of a wizard in the deep forest in a fairy tale book, hiding some kind of secret castle, surrounded by ancient trees, so it shades the sun, revealing the cold air of the forest, She always felt that there were hidden secrets here, and it seemed more and more eerie here, her perception had been very accurate lately, she obviously felt that she had come to this old mansion and her heart was full of extreme unease, she watched the people who came here to participate in the banquet come and go, and always felt that she was out of place at the moment with the pleasant atmosphere here.

Ji Ran noticed her abnormality, comforted her, and instilled a lot of poisonous chicken soup like: "Don't think too much about the disadvantages of everything, in case there is a good opportunity."

Yang Yinglin dealt with Ji Ran absentmindedly, and the person who greeted them appeared from time to time, but she didn't expect it to be the old housekeeper of the Zhou family.

The old housekeeper was carrying his back, wearing the old-fashioned kind of cloth hexagram, with a serious face, looking at the two in front of him with lowered eyes, silent, Yang Yinglin felt that the eyes he looked at them did not seem to be very friendly: "Hello Uncle Zhou, we are friends of Zhou Xuran." Ji Ran took the initiative to greet enthusiastically, breaking this somewhat gloomy situation.

Zhou Xuran told them that because he had to receive some relatives and friends, there were fewer strangers here, and as much as possible to avoid attracting the attention of others, he arranged for Zhou Bolai, whom he particularly trusted, to be in charge of their food, clothing, housing and transportation. This Uncle Zhou is the personal old housekeeper of the Zhou family, he is like a relative to him, he has been taking care of the family business for the Zhou family all his life, and when he is old, he is arranged here, taking care of the old house and spending his old age in peace.

"Oh, you are the two friends that the young master mentioned early in the morning." , Uncle Zhou's expression was slightly better this time, "The young master said that he is very busy and can't come to pick you up in person, let me arrange your food, clothing, housing and transportation in the past few days, come in, I'll take you in for a visit, and by the way, take a look at where you live." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou."

Uncle Zhou was not close and enthusiastic with the two of them, he was speechless all the way, and the servants he met on the way were respectful to him, and he could see that he had a lot of prestige in the Zhou family.

"It's a big place, I won't take you around anywhere else, just take you to the place where you live, and you can walk around by yourself after you settle down." After Zhou Bo finished speaking, he glanced at the two of them.

"Okay, okay, Zhou Berao is annoying you." Yang Yinglin said in a positive manner, but she was with her mind, and she felt a little tired along the way, and she had something on her mind, so she was naturally not interested in enjoying the beautiful scenery of the manor.

They followed Uncle Zhou along the way to the courtyards that should be connected to several buildings, and stopped: "You guys have been living here for the past few days. As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Yinglin noticed that there was also someone walking next to her, she turned to look at a group of servants surrounded by a woman with outstanding temperament, well-dressed, exquisite makeup, and a very good figure, so she couldn't tell the age.

"Second Miss." Uncle Zhou greeted her.

"Uncle Zhou, who are these people, looking at the faces, they must be distinguished guests, let you bring them here."

"It's a very good friend of the young master."

"Oh no wonder."

"You don't have to be restrained, the person who comes is a guest, if you need anything, just tell the maid here, there is a garden over there that has cultivated new flowers, very beautiful, I just came from there, I think this little girl must like it too, you might as well go over and have a look." After she finished speaking, she frowned lightly and turned to the maid behind her and sighed and said, "Why can't Wen Xuan come over, is he uncomfortable, what is wrong with this child's body, I wanted to take him to breathe some fresh air, you can bring a few more people over to have a look, it's really heartbreaking." Then he said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I still have something, I'm out of company." ”

This second lady left in a hurry, she had an outstanding and elegant temperament, but she was not domineering, but she gave people the feeling that she was very well-educated, very friendly, and she didn't know who encountered something, which made her so uneasy. Yang Yinglin's eyes followed her away, and saw in the distance that she was holding a young man in black clothes, wearing a black hat, a black mask and black sunglasses.

"Look at what is so fascinating." Xing Zhao actually walked out of the courtyard next to them, he put his pockets in his pockets, walked leisurely to Yang Yinglin's side, and looked in her direction: "It turned out to be looking at him, who should I be, can attract your attention, what is so good-looking about him, that is the son of the second miss of the Zhou family is Zhou Xuran's cousin, Zhou Wenxuan, born frail and sickly, he has escaped a sick seedling, and he has been even more sick recently, saying that he is afraid of light, this person can't see the light, it is also strange, and it is strange and pitiful to be like this all the time." ”

Yang Yinglin came back to her senses: "Xing Zhao, why did you come here." ”

"Of course I'll come here, it's so lively here. When it comes to you, how can you reconcile with Zhou Xuran, and you will cross the river and tear down the bridge so quickly for me. You can't be like this, Miss Yang, you are such an interesting person, I am very willing to continue to make friends with you and serve you. ”

"Xing Zhao, why did you come here, why did you come anywhere, don't you dislike Zhou Xuran, why do you still come over."

Xing Zhao said helplessly: "I don't want to come over either, it's not because of the situation." ”

"What is the relationship between you and Zhou Xuran, and why do you know everything about his family."

"Yes, no matter how much I don't like him, but I can't change the fact that I'm his cousin, so I can't help it if I don't want to come, I have to get by on the surface, right, Uncle Zhou."

Uncle Zhou smiled softly: "Young Master Xing, you always like to joke. ”

Yang Yinglin looked at Xing Zhao with some annoyance: "Why didn't you say it earlier, I only thought you were in a competitive relationship, and I didn't know that you still had this relationship." ”

"You didn't say anything bad about him, besides, although he is my cousin, but we are not close at all, the current relationship between the two of us is not harmonious and discordant, we have not dealt with each other since we were young, it is a competitive relationship, who makes me too good? Besides, you are a descendant of the dignified Yang family, the family is not as good as us, but your ability is not worse than ours, your grandfather Mr. Yang is a master, he sees through the fame and fortune of the red dust, how can we lay people compare, what do you have a weak heart. ”

"You checked me, Xing Zhao?" Yang Yinglin said angrily.

"Yes." Xing Zhao replied confidently and frankly: "To be exact, it's you, Master Fang's nephew, a playboy, who has been a lot more restrained recently, Yang Yinglin, don't pretend to be a fairy girl, the people of the Yang family are all really good, you are more low-key than you imagined, so it took some time, don't worry, you didn't find anything, your past is like a blank piece of paper, so I am more and more interested in you." ”