Xie Zhonghuai walked extremely fast, if it weren't for Xie Qingning's secret use of true qi to barely keep up, he almost didn't know which courtyard she went around.

The place they chose to talk was in Xie Zhonghuai's study, compared to the mansion of the long room, the four rooms were actually extremely narrow, but Xie Zhonghuai didn't seem to care about the pursuit of life, not only did he not have the slightly exaggerated wall of books in Xie Zhongshu's study, but he didn't even have any superfluous decorations.

When Xie Qingning walked into the study, he didn't smell any fragrance, and there was no fire in the room, so it looked a little cold, but he saw Xie Zhonghuai take out a picture scroll from the huge jade porcelain painting bottle and hand it to her and said, "This is the Danqing that your mother painted for her when she was fifteen years old, and I haven't had a chance to hand her over to you all these years, so don't blame me." ”

Taking over the scroll, Xie Qingning was not in a hurry to open it, but looked at Xie Zhonghuai quietly, trying to figure out what he was thinking in his heart in the face of her, his niece?

After all, Xie Qingning had seen Xie Lanying's appearance with his own eyes when he was reincarnated, although he was only a baby, he had already clearly seen his mother's face and carved it into his bone marrow, and he didn't need to be familiar with it through Danqing.

Xie Zhonghuai didn't look at her, but walked behind the desk, took out a black wooden box from the drawer and pushed it over from the tabletop, "These are all things that your mother used when she was alive, I kept it for seven years, and I should hand it over to you today." ”

Only at this time did he look up at Xie Qingning, his eyes were filled with sadness, as if he remembered the fact that Xie Lanying died young at a young age, and his niece was under the fence, struggling to survive, but he couldn't help anything, and the guilt that swelled up in his heart made his simple face covered with a layer of gray color, and he asked for a long time, "...... Have you ever hated me? ”

Xie Qingning raised his eyebrows, slowly walked to the desk and asked, "What about the fourth uncle?" Do you think I'm going to hate you? ”

Xie Zhonghuai smiled bitterly, slowly sat down on the Taishi chair, his eyes fell on the wooden box in front of him, as if he remembered some pictures from a long time ago, and said in a slightly stunned voice, "When I was a child, I had the deepest friendship with Lan Ying, even if she was tall and had good roots, and was taken to the long room after being favored by the old master, it did not affect our relationship. I still remember that she was always waiting for me at the door of the patriarchal school, giving me hot pastries, and pulling me to skip class together, she turned into a son's brother and mixed with me in the city, eating, drinking and listening to books was her favorite, and fighting injustice was also her ideal, she was determined to be a chivalrous woman since she was a child. ”

"There is a price to be paid for being a chivalrous woman." Xie Qingning sighed and said.

"Yes, because of this, she is jealous and hateful, and she is not used to seeing anything dark, so she is so angry when the old family master deprives the fourth room of the place to participate in the Immortal Competition, and insists on seeking justice, and if it weren't for the fact that I was injured by my eldest brother, she would not have been angry and hurt her sister-in-law for a while, and she would have caused her sister-in-law to have a miscarriage, let alone end up wandering in a foreign land and being homeless." At this moment, Xie Zhonghuai was talking eloquently, his eyes were full of tears, and he really had a bit of brother and sister affection, which made Xie Qingning's posture of being a cold bystander soften.

However, she didn't think it was a bad thing for her mother to leave home angrily, living in such a cold and depressing Xie Mansion for a long time, presumably her mother was not happy, the sky outside was free, for the girl who was raised in the deep boudoir, why not the sky is high and the sea is wide, and the birds fly and the fish jump?

But as a man, Xie Zhonghuai felt that the family reunion was the most important, and he was always haunted by what happened to his sister, and at this point, he paused for a long time, as if he was calming down, and then continued, "When Lan Ying returned home, I strongly asked to take her back to the fourth room to have a baby, but the old family owner did not agree, first, Lan Ying was heavily poisoned, and she must be accompanied by Dr. Zheng, and secondly, she insisted on refusing to disclose the process of poisoning, and the old family owner was worried that she had provoked a powerful enemy, and only the long house could save her safety." Therefore, I gave up my persistence, but I thought that I would be able to come back when she gave birth safely, who would have thought that that farewell would be goodbye, not only would I never see her again, but I could not enshrine her spiritual position in the Xie ancestral hall, so that she could enjoy the incense worship of the Xie family, and she could only be a lonely ghost and wander outside. ”

Speaking of this, Xie Zhonghuai's suppressed emotions finally broke out, and he hid his face and cried like a child, which made Xie Qingning completely stunned. If she began to feel that the other party was just acting to win her favor, the scene at this time made her unable to understand whether Xie Zhonghuai really felt guilty about her mother or was acting on purpose.

If he is really acting, it can only prove that his acting skills are higher than those of Xie Zhongshu and his wife.

But no matter how you look at it, Xie Zhonghuai is the kind of simple person who looks honest, so it doesn't feel like acting, but his true feelings. Xie Qingning's mood gradually became a little complicated, and he didn't know how to face him.

Since he didn't know what to do, Xie Qingning simply didn't say anything, just quietly waited for Xie Zhonghuai to suppress his emotions and calm down, and it took a long time before he smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm ...... There was a bit of a gaffe. ”

"Fourth uncle, you show your true feelings, there is nothing to say sorry for." Xie Qingning's heart is finally not so repulsive, and this sentence can be regarded as heartfelt and full of sincerity.

Xie Zhonghuai felt that her attitude had changed, and Lao Huai smiled comfortingly, "It's me who is not good, I shouldn't have your mother's sad past in front of you, today is your birthday, I have a gift for you." ”

He got up as he spoke, but took down a painting from the wall, there was a secret compartment inside, Xie Qingning didn't follow him to see what was hidden in the dark compartment, only to see him take a red lacquered cork box out and hand it to her and said, "This is the gift I prepare for you every year on your birthday, there are six in total, from the age of one to now, but I don't have the opportunity to give it to you, I hope you don't dislike it." ”

Xie Qingning encountered too many accidents today, and he didn't know how to react.

It took her a long time to take the box, and instead of opening it, she asked curiously, "Why?" ”

"What?" Xie Zhonghuai was slightly stunned.

"Why don't you dare see me? Don't dare to give me a gift? Don't dare to let anyone know that they care about me? ”

Xie Qingning's successive questions made Xie Zhonghuai's face pale slightly, and he sighed for a long time, "Only this is the best for you." ”

That's the best for you! Xie Qingning was shocked, and countless thoughts flashed in her mind in an instant, remembering Xie Zhongshu's unkindness, Qin's narrow mind, the secret calculations of the two elders of Xie Bei and Xie Tian, and the inexplicable attention of the deceased old master Xie Mingfei, all of the above made her suddenly remember that in her previous life, the fourth uncle also said such things to her, but at that time she had become the head of the Xie family, thinking that Xie Zhonghuai just didn't want to be misunderstood and was close to her because he wanted to get some benefits to stay away from her, but let Xie Hualing fully support her everything, If Xie Hualing hadn't betrayed her in the end, she would not have classified Xie Zhonghuai as a villain, and she would have been indifferent to him again in this life, and she had never really treated him as a relative!