Xia Yuan saw that several people had eaten almost enough, so he put down the chopsticks in his hand, got up and said to Mrs. Wen and General Wen: "General, Madam, it is rare for Ah Lan to get together with you, you must have a lot to say, right?" I'll leave for a moment, and you can talk for a while. ”

"Obuchi...... Ah Yang will leave it to you. Mrs. Wen's eyes were filled with some pleading, and Xia Yuan could see that although she always counted mandarin ducks in front of outsiders, she definitely cared about her more than anyone else in her heart.

Xia Yuan smiled at Mrs. Wen, it was a smile that made people feel very comfortable, it had been a long time since I had heard the word "Xiao Yuan" in other people's mouths.

"Don't worry, ma'am."

General Wen held Mrs. Wen's hand tightly, and the atmosphere of silence did not dissipate until Xia Yuan walked away.

The mandarin duck didn't know how long he had been in this place, and when he was half-asleep, he seemed to hear someone's voice, and the footsteps stopped at the edge of the bookshelf.

Is it coming?

After squatting for a long time, my legs are so numb that I can't stand up, are you going to be discovered?

"You're here." A gentle voice came from above the mandarin duck's head.

It was a voice that was too familiar to be more familiar, and no matter how many years passed, the moment she heard it again, her eyes were still blurred.

"Obuchi ......"

"I knew you were going to hide here." Xia Yuan moved the bookshelf a little away so that his body could also squeeze into this small cubicle, "I still remember when I was a child, when you were scolded by Mr. Taifu, you would run back to the General's Mansion and hide in the cubicle behind this bookshelf and not come out, at that time, Mr. Taifu personally came to apologize to you and coax you, so that you were willing to come out of it." Speaking of this, Xia Yuan couldn't help but chuckle, the appearance of the mandarin duck was too similar to Wen Mu, so he couldn't help but think that the hero of these stories was Wen Mu.

"So you still remember ......" The mandarin duck raised his head and looked at Xia Yuan's gentle face, which had faded away from the immaturity of a few years ago, and tears couldn't stop flowing down the corners of his eyes.

"Well, I remember both."

"You remember everything...... But why don't you want me now, do you know how sad I was when they said you were killed? How happy was I when I knew you were still alive? But even so, you haven't come to me once in all these years......"

"I'm sorry, Ah Yang, I have thought about explaining things to you a long time ago, but I don't know how to tell you, plus all kinds of things are piled up on my head, so I have delayed you for a long time,...... I've always thought of you as a sister, maybe when I was young, and I sent you a lot of wrong information. I used to think that this was liking, but until I met Ah Nan, there was always a gravitational pull in her body, attracting me, and it was not until that time that I felt what real liking was and what real love was. Xia Yuan clenched the handkerchief embroidered with camellia in his sleeve, which was originally a gentle handkerchief, but on the second day of the wedding, he inadvertently put it in his pocket. After washing it, I always carried it with me.

"Sister? My good sister, it's obvious that I met you first, but she looks similar to me, why are you in love with her, but not me? She's a latecomer! ”

"Ah Yang, I'm sorry, no matter how similar you are, you are not her after all." Xia Yuan turned his head and looked at the furnishings in the study, he didn't want to see such a sad expression on the face similar to Wen Muan, he knew that if he faced Wen Mu's face, he would definitely be ruthless.

"I'm ...... Isn't she ......?"

Mandarin Duck didn't know when Xia Yuan left, maybe it was overthinking, she vaguely felt Xia Yuan rubbing her hair before leaving.

She felt that she was like a puppet with a disconnected line, and she already knew the answer, but the feeling of listening to him say it in person was really uncomfortable.

"Ah Duck? Why are you sitting in a place like this? Mrs. Wen brought a few dishes and walked in from outside the study, but she didn't expect to see the bookcase that had been removed as soon as she entered the door, and the mandarin duck squatting inside.

Before Xia Yuan left, he told her that Ah Yang was in the study. Originally, I just wanted to come here to find out.

When I arrived at the study, I didn't expect that it was really as Xia Yuan said, hiding in the compartment.

It's just that this is the first time that Mrs. Wen knows that there is such a cubicle behind this bookshelf.

Mrs. Wen put down the food plate on the desk, walked to the mandarin duck and squatted down, gently stroked her hair, and said, "Ah Yang, can you go eat something?" ”

The mandarin duck didn't speak, just stared straight at the oil lamp on the ground in front of him in a daze.

After a long time, so long that Mrs. Wen thought that the mandarin duck would not speak all night, she finally heard this faint voice from her side.

"Mother, why am I not Aran?"

"Silly boy, what are you talking about? Why are you Aran? ”

"Obviously, we look the same, why does Xiao Yuan like Ah Nan, but he doesn't want to like me?"

"This ......"

"Why did Ah Lan appear in this world, if it weren't for her, wouldn't it be me that Xiao Yuan liked?"

"Ah Yang, you can't talk nonsense, Ah Lan is your sister."

"Mother, why did you send me into the palace back then, instead of letting Ah Lan enter the palace? If it was Ah Lan who entered the palace back then, would it be that Xiao Yuan likes me now? ”

"Ah Yang...... Let's go eat first, you haven't eaten in a day, don't go hungry. Faced with a series of questions from Mandarin Duck, Mrs. Wen didn't know how to answer her, those words of comfort, I was afraid that it would add fuel to the fire, and after thinking about it for a long time, it seemed that there was only so much to say. There are so many yes in this world, but they are all fate.

"Mother, you go back to rest first, I want to be alone for a while." The mandarin duck trembled slightly.

Mrs. Wen asked a little worriedly, "Are you really okay alone?" ”

"I'm such a big person, what can I do? Mother, don't worry, go back and rest, I'll stay by myself for a while. The mandarin duck supported himself and smiled at Mrs. Wen, but in this smile, he saw countless loneliness and sadness.

Mrs. Wen was really relieved, but she could only helplessly get up from the mandarin duck's side, without taking a step, she looked at the mandarin duck at a glance, and she silently closed the door of the study for the mandarin duck.

The mandarin duck kept the smile just now, until she watched Mrs. Wen leave, and finally couldn't hold back the expression on her face, and her tears kept flowing out like a river that had burst its embankment.

She covered her mouth tightly with her hands, trying not to cry out loud.

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