Chapter III

It's April.

For teenagers, this is the best time of year to go out. The scenery of Koto in April is infinite, the thin warm wind blows away the cold that comes and goes in March, and the flowers are scattered with thousands of trees. The grass by the water's edge is almost entirely paved with flowers, and every step on it will be stained with fresh soles.

On a morning when birds were chirping, a gorgeous carriage drove into the Lujiang River and stopped steadily in front of the Zhou Mansion.

The housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when he saw the carriage, he hurriedly greeted it, and stood respectfully on the side. The maid who was waiting in the car stretched out her hand to open the door curtain, and the sound of Qingyue colliding with each other rippled in the air. In the midst of this clear sound, a moving laughter like a yellow oriole swam calmly in it, coming from behind the curtain of the door that had not yet been fully lifted.

"Steward Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time."

The swaying bead curtain reflects the daylight in a variety of colors, reflecting the slightly exposed teeth when speaking, adding three points of brilliance to the whiteness. The owner of the carriage leaned forward, his bun and earlobes shining in the sun. She raised her slender eyebrows at the void, and a delicate and light right hand hung in the air, and the maid obediently took her master's wrist and invited her out of the carriage.

"I haven't seen it for many years, and Miss Gu is even more brilliant. I don't know if the young lady is here this time, but she is looking for my son-in-law? ”

The red lips dotted with morning dew open and close slightly, and the girl's face outlines a soft color.

"Yes, I'm here to visit Brother Zhou Yu." Her graceful eyes looked forward to Shenfei, and she glanced in through the lintel of the Zhou Mansion, looking around for that elegant and chic figure. "I heard that my brother had already received a seal even though he had not performed the crown ceremony, so I also asked my father for a letter, and I wanted to talk to him about whether it was appropriate."

"Ouch, that's a misfortune. My son-in-law and his friends went to the countryside today, and it will take a while to come back. Miss, sit down first, and when the son comes back, you will be seen. ”

The girl's original spring powder face was suddenly dyed with a cold color.

"With friends? What friends? She frowned slightly, pulled the corners of her mouth and asked loudly: "A few days ago, my family repaired the book and informed the Zhou Mansion of my itinerary, but now Miss Ben has not come for a long time, but you said that Brother Zhou Yu has gone out, and you want Miss Ben to sit and wait?" ”

This Miss Gu is not a master to be messed with. The Gu family and the Zhou family are world friends, and they originally wanted to marry the children of the two families, but they ended it because of the sudden chaos in the world. The daughter of the Gu family is an only daughter, she is pampered when she urinates, and she cries and makes a fuss when her daily life is slightly unsatisfactory, and even her father can't do anything about her. Now that she was suddenly angry, the housekeeper had to wave her hand again and again, and when she was about to explain, she flicked her sleeves impatiently: "Forget it, what do you subordinates know." Don't tell me where Brother Zhou Yu has gone and who he is going with, Miss Ben will go to find him! ”

The sound of the harsh is long. Zhou Yu sat on the grass and stroked the piano, his eyes slightly closed, and his knuckled hands roamed between the strings with ease. Sima Xian's fingers lack strength, so the music he plays is always soft and murmuring, like the morning dew of the wind. And Zhou Yu's left hand is powerful and powerful, and his right hand is neat and capable, like a huge rock, magnificent and informal. He held his breath and condensed, as if he was on a dangerous peak, harmonizing with the sea of clouds and rivers, resonating with the mountains and pine waves, and the pride in his chest flowed uncontrollably. The sunlight was scattered through the gaps between the flowers, and the broken spots of light reflected on his jade-like face, and the slightly fluttering eyelashes cast a shadow on his cheeks, and even the jade-carved jawline angle was warm and glowing.

Sima Xian sat on the side and gently beat the beat, and a pair of bright and sparkling eyes were always looking at Zhou Yu. His people are as beautiful as the sound of a harp. It's not the beauty of the daughter's family, but the masculine beauty of a teenager who is about to grow into a mature man. His facial features are natural and exquisite, but there is no weakness at all, but he looks particularly handsome and tough against the backdrop of two straight eyebrows. She raised her hand to stroke Zhou Yu's eyebrow bone, wiping away the subtle sweat from the tail of his brow. Zhou Yu also looked at her, and his eyes were full of smiles.

This scene stunned Sun Ce, who was sitting on the other side of Zhou Yu. He confirmed several times in his heart, and the person in front of him was indeed the two who were still calling each other brother and sister a few days ago, how did they suddenly become so intimate?

He wanted to grab Zhou Yu and ask a question, but he was afraid that Zhou Yu would raise the piano and smash his head. That big piece of wood must hurt if it hits his head, Sun Ce thought.

So his gaze naturally fell on Sima Xian's body. Not to mention that at this moment, Sima Xian was also showing a clear expression, looking at him with a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth.

Since the last time he played a few tricks with her, Sun Ce was no longer as tired of this junior sister as before, but felt that she was vigorous and clear, and she was quite an interesting friend—especially the fierce eyes like a lone wolf when they fought each other, which really made people forget that she was just a fifteen-year-old girl, and couldn't help but compete with those sharp and mean eyes.

Sun Ce pretended to hold his cheeks, squinted his eyes and glanced at Zhou Yu who was caressing the piano with his spare eyes, and then nodded to Sima Xian and glanced at the vacant seat beside him.

Sima Xian understood, got up quite cooperatively, and crept to his side and sat down.

"Senior sister, what's that, cough ......" Sun Ce leaned close to her ear and asked in an extremely subtle voice: "When was the matter between you and Gongjin ......?"

Sima Xian turned his head as if he didn't understand, and replied in the same small voice: "We have nothing, you misunderstood, we are not that kind of relationship." ”

"Hey—you're not telling me the truth?" Sun Ce raised his hand and made a gesture to fight, originally wanting to scare and scare her. But who expected Sima Xian to take the initiative to stretch out the left side of his face, pointed to his white jade-like delicate cheeks, and motioned for him to move. How could Sun Ce really beat her? had to withdraw his slap stupidly, and glanced at Zhou Yu, who was playing the piano seriously. "Good junior sister, just tell me, okay?"

"She didn't lie to you, we're not the kind of relationship you think."

The wind under Zhou Yu's fingers never stopped. He didn't look up even a glance, but as if he had heard everything, he said quietly and naturally.

“…… Hey, you can hear me. Sun Ce's tense nerves relaxed suddenly, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I'm not deaf." Zhou Yu squinted at him, "Don't guess, Sister Xian and I are just ......"

Zhou Yu didn't know how to explain it for a while, and no matter what he said, the late-maturing Sun Ce didn't understand. As far as Sun Ce is concerned, his current scope of knowledge is limited to why the girl on the street covered her face and ran away shyly when she saw her. Sun Ce was born in a martial arts sect, and he rarely came into contact with this kind of thing since he was a child, so he naturally couldn't understand what window paper was, and when the thin layer of paper between Zhou Yu and Sima Xian should be pierced.

Zhou Yu thought about how to phrase it repeatedly, and on the other hand, he wanted to quickly dismiss Sun Ce's relentless eyes, while Sima Xian watched the excitement with a smile as if it was none of his business. At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves seemed to be heard not far away. After a moment, a white horse with shiny hair suddenly burst into the trio's field of vision, galloping straight towards them at an undetectable speed. It seems that a wild horse has broken off the leash, and is about to gallop and ravage on the grassy bank.

"Be careful!" Sima Xian pushed away Sun Ce on the side, and quickly pulled his bow and arrows to aim at the front hooves of the white horse. If this is really a fierce wild horse, shoot it down before it hurts more people indiscriminately.

At the last moment when the arrow was about to be released, with a cry, the white horse fell back as if suddenly tightened the reins, and the front hooves of Junjie were raised high, and the white hair was shining brightly in the sun. It turned slightly sideways, and the three of them realized that there was a slender figure on the horse's back, which was turning over and dismounting at the moment, and quickly ran towards this side.

I don't know if I was dazzled by the sun, Zhou Yu suddenly felt that the figure in the distance was a little familiar. The figure rushed to meet the warm April breeze, the light silk fluttered like a phoenix's tail wings, and the sparkling sunlight reflected by the ripples on the lake surface dotted the beautiful pearls on the bun, setting off the slender shadow Ambilight. Before he could carefully distinguish it, the person not far away had already come to him—as if he didn't mind the eyes of others, and the person jumped into Zhou Yu's warm and wide arms without saying a word.

Sun Ce on the side was stunned by this scene, and Sima Xian was so stunned that he forgot to put away the bow and arrow in his hand. And Zhou Yu was even more confused, just standing helplessly and looking down at the gorgeous Zhucui.

"Brother Zhou Yu, I can see you again!"

The little girl dressed in thick clothes let go of her arms, but the whole person was still nestled in Zhou Yu's arms, as if she had seen her sweetheart who she hadn't seen for a long time, looking at him with burning eyes.

“…… Are you A-Yao? ”

At this age, a woman who dares to dress like this and behave frivolously will not have a second place. This brother made Zhou Yu confirm that the person in front of him was the Miss Gu family who always pestered him as a child. He hurriedly took a step back, his eyes unconsciously glancing in Sima Xian's direction. This glance didn't matter, but it made Gu Yao's already suspicious mind a little more conclusive. When she was riding a horse and running towards this side, she saw Sima Xian, the girl with a deep and heroic gaze, who was probably Zhou Yu's special "friend", and the person who almost snatched him away from her.

"My brother is so bad, he still remembers what other people look like, but he pretends not to know. I haven't seen you for several years, and now I'm standing in front of you again, Brother Zhou Yu must be as happy as me, right? ”

Gu Yao turned around casually and faced Sima Xian as if he had no intention of doing so. She smiled and took Zhou Yu's hand, and the stars around her wrist reflected the transparent color of jade ice skin. Even Sun Ce, who had been watching with his arms crossed, knew very well that Gu Yao was not saying this to Zhou Yu, but to the bleak girl who was holding a bow and arrow but was dressed plainly, and simply tied her hair in a bun with a wooden hairpin.

Gu Yao wanted this sister who met for the first time to understand that Zhou Yu and her were childhood sweethearts, and no one else could touch him at all.

But she didn't know that the girl she demonstrated, even if she rolled a few laps in the mud in rags, could shine like a battle-hardened horse.

It was a wild horse, a lone wolf, with a flaming heart under a supple disguise.

Sima Xian looked at Gu Yao's raised delicate jaw, and only secretly sneered in his heart. She really hasn't seen such a scheming prey for a long time. On that day, she and her two brothers went hunting, giving up all the limelight to Sun Ce, and she only fired an arrow, and she shot a doe in the head. She is actually better at winning with a bow and arrow than at wielding a knife and a spear, and that humble arrow is not even so sharp, but it can turn into a bone-shattering wind in her hands.

What's more, at this time, it was actually she who had the upper hand.

Zhou Yu gently broke away from the hand that was being held by Gu Yao. As a big family in Jiangdong, the Gu family has also been friends with the Zhou family for several generations. He can't tear his face with the Gu family's pampered daughter, but he will never succumb to anyone. Zhou Yu's mind was always racing, thinking of a way to achieve both, but his body took the lead in choosing the other side.

Gu Yao's face turned cold all of a sudden, and only at that moment when it was difficult to capture, he immediately piled up the same enthusiasm as before. She was about to say something, but Sun Ce, who had always been watching from the wall, stepped forward to separate her from Zhou Yu as if she had already calculated it.

"Ah, this sister was born really Peugeot. You're an old friend of Gong Jin, right? In Xia Sun Ce, I also asked the girl for more advice. ”

Zhou Yu patted Sun Ce on the shoulder, as if to praise him for doing a good job. At the same time, his other hand had been raised slightly in the direction of Sima Xian. Gu Yao didn't have the heart to understand Sun Ce at all, and only stared at everything behind him with a pair of charming phoenix eyes. She saw Sima Xian walking towards Zhou Yu with a calm demeanor, and he took the initiative to gently take the girl's hand.

For a moment, anger and hostility exploded in her mind.