Chapter 23: Simon Mei
Because there was not a trace of expression related to that room on the woman's face, she was still that kind of tough calm, still that kind of strong stubbornness.
"Young lady!" He was thoughtful, as if he didn't know the contract at all, like she Jodika was really the wife who was married back from a hundred miles of free love.
The other party smiled at him, but walked slowly without saying anything. Xu De thought she wanted to ask something, but she didn't want to, people just passed by here and casually said hello to her.
Jojka is not the daughter of a small family, so this smile and movement, coupled with a mink shawl, really shows a bit of grace and luxury. It's just that there is always a slight vicissitudes of life on that good-looking face, which makes people feel at a glance that this is a poor person who has been fished out of endless suffering and seen the prosperity of his life.
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After that, Chojka went straight to the kitchen.
Although she rarely had the opportunity to cook in the past, that doesn't mean she can't cook.
The subordinates who were busy in the kitchen looked at this young lady who was the envy of the world in surprise, and no one understood what she was going to do.
It wasn't until five stir-fried vegetables and a soup were brightly placed on the table that they realized that the young lady was preparing dinner by herself.
But what's the point of preparing this dinner?
The next person was surprised, and Chojica was also surprised-
"To the dining room? Why are you all stunned to look at me? ”
The quick response quickly nodded, and then ordered everyone to bring all those dishes to the dining room.
The servant who had good deeds asked the man in charge of the kitchen:
"Why does the young lady cook herself? Wouldn't it be nice for us to prepare the food at night? ”
Someone next to him replied:
"Naturally, it's fresh, and the new daughter-in-law wants to show off her cooking skills for the young master."
"Be honest, when did Pati Manor make you have a problem with talking too much!"
The uncle in charge couldn't listen to it, so he casually threw a word of blame.
There is a distance of a few minutes from the kitchen to the dining room, and the dishes are buckled with an insulated cover, which will not lose the temperature, nor change the color and hardness of the food. He watched carefully when Chojka cooked, although it was just some homely skills, but it was expensive. The delicate presentation when it comes out of the pot also adds a lot of points to the effort of these two hours.
"But what's the use of this meal?" The girl muttered quietly, "The young master won't come back for dinner at all." ”
"That was once upon a time!" The uncle retorted again, "In the past, the young master was not married, so he was naturally more busy with outside affairs. But now that there is a young lady in the family, he will definitely take care of the family more! Since the young lady made this meal, it means that she must have told the young master that she wanted him to come home for dinner! ”
This is reasonable, and a few little girls who can't figure it out also think that this is the case, so they don't talk anymore.
It's just that in my heart, I doubt that Baili Night will have such a change!
What is the concept of the Hundred Mile Empire! In charge of such a financial empire, let alone leisurely home for dinner, I am afraid that I can't wait to divide it in half for 24 hours a day.
Is it really possible to change your focus because of a marriage?
It turns out that the worries of the people under it are not unfounded.
When Jojka sat at the table and waited for more than an hour without seeing Bailiye, he realized that his meal was really ironic.
Not to mention Baili Night, even if it was the former Qiao's, a medium-sized business, her father was so busy that he rarely had the opportunity to have dinner with his mother.
With a wry smile, he stood up, took a piece of snack in his hand, and then said to the servants who were standing quietly on either side of the table:
"Withdraw!" The words are full of helplessness and a bit of self-deprecation.
At this time, Xu De came in from outside, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly. But he still took two quick steps, and came to her side to comfort her:
"The young master rarely comes back for dinner, because the consortium is too busy, and the young lady doesn't need to mind."
Jodika smiled and casually raised his hand, indicating that it was okay. Just thought about it for a moment and asked again:
"Then does he rarely go back to this Pati Manor at all?" The meaning of her words was obvious, she wanted to ask herself if she was left here for three years, and then left until the contract ended.
Xu De understood what she meant, shook his head tightly, and said:
"The young lady is too careful! The young master is just busy, but he will come home every night! There are a lot of talents in the Baili Consortium, and it won't make the head so busy that he can't even take care of his family! ”
Jodzka didn't take it too seriously, just said that it was a comfort to herself, only smiled and prepared to turn away.
But Xu De obviously had something to say, so he turned to face her, and said:
"Young lady, there are guests visiting."
She was slightly stunned, and for a while she didn't realize what it meant that a guest was visiting.
Until Xu De added another sentence:
"There is a guest in Zhuangzi, who is a friend of the young master, and he brought a gift to congratulate the wedding."
Jojka smiled, looked at Xu De for a long time, and had to ask him:
"Are you all people living at the beginning of the last century? Call Baili Ye Young Master, call me Young Lady, don't talk about it, come to the guests, what else do guests visit! Steward Xu, if you talk like this, it will make me feel that my brain is not enough. ”
Xu Dewu laughed along, and only after a while did he say:
"Get used to it! There are many rules in the Baili family, and the ancestors are deeply fond of Chinese studies, so the requirements for the people in the family are a little older. ”
Jojica wiped her sweat and didn't know how to evaluate this Baili family, but thinking about it, it didn't seem to be anything bad. Detached from reality, it's as if this Pati Manor is a secluded place out of the world. It's nice to be completely disconnected from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis, to forget about everything that happened outside, and just to enjoy the manor life here in peace!
But come to think of it, this is not a paradise at all. Not only is it not, but the popularity of this Patti Villa is still far and wide.
Even if she wanted to hide from her leisure, she couldn't do everything as she wanted. For example, now, Xu De said that there was a guest coming, and Baili Ye was not at home, so naturally she had to come forward to see her.
But I don't know who is here, I just say that I am a friend of Bailiye, but she has just stepped into his world, and what difference does it make to her if she is not a friend.
"What kind of friend is it? Why do you come here to celebrate your newlyweds at this time? She asked in a low voice: "If you are a very good friend, shouldn't you go to the United States to watch the ceremony?" ”
In her concept, especially good friends will definitely appear at the wedding scene. And those who didn't go were either not notified, or they were delayed because there was something important. And generally those who choose the former between "important things" and "good friends' weddings" are mostly not good enough to a certain extent.
It's just that she didn't know that the wedding in Lacheng, and the people invited by Baili Night were all public figures with absolute influence. What he wants is the sensational effect of a wedding, not the so-called blessing at all.
"It's a friend who grew up together." Xu De replied: "The young master has a very wide acquaintance but knows very little, and the only ones who are good friends with him are the three young masters of Ximen, Huangfu and Yuwen. And none of them went to the wedding in Lacheng. ”
As for why he didn't go, Xu De didn't say, and Jojica didn't bother to ask. Now that everyone has already come to the door, it seems that she has only one option: go out and meet her.
So he nodded at Xu De again, and followed him directly to the front hall.
The front hall of Baili's house is the first floor of the main villa, a very empty hall, covered with a velvet blanket, pure white, stepping on it can fall into half a foot, very comfortable.
When he came in, Xu De whispered:
"The person who came is Ximen Yu, the young master of Ximen, and her sister Ximen Mei."
Jodika took it to heart, tightened the shawl on his body again, and then walked lightly, three steps away from the two people who were lazily nestled in the European-style antique sofa, and then stopped.
None of the three of them spoke, and when they met for the first time, what they gave each other was a quiet glance.
Jodika's gaze was flat, and he looked at it with sincerity. She felt that since she was a friend of Baili Night, even if it was difficult for her to blend in with such a person, she had to be at least friendly and polite.
So she only looked at it for a moment before she stopped browsing, then smiled at the two people and said:
"Hello!"
Jojica is not a peerless beauty, and that face is even worse than those film and television stars. For these rich young masters who are used to seeing glamorous women, she is just a passerby who turns around and forgets.
But she didn't know how special she was as a passerby.
Except for the title of Bailiye's newlywed wife, her smile alone is enough to make people ponder for a while.
Mature with shyness, elegant with a little shy, seemingly shallow and faint, but Ying Ying's smile is easy to infect the side that looks directly. However, at the same time, Chojica was extremely cold. That cold is not on the surface, but in the bone marrow. For example, if you look at her and you are smiling, and you resonate with her laughter, but the longer you laugh, the more you will feel that she doesn't want to laugh at all. But there are no flaws, and if you want to accuse her of laughing too fakely, there is nowhere to point out.
Just like the current Ximen Yu and Ximen Mei, the two of them just looked at the woman in front of them like this, and the pickiness and sarcasm that had been brewing in their hearts all morning seemed to be difficult to say in Jo Jika's smile.
Ximen Yujiang's eyes narrowed slightly, and the iconic smile on his face was still undiminished, but he couldn't help but have a new understanding of this woman who married into the door inexplicably in a hundred miles of night.
He knew about Chodika, or in other words, he checked the bride after he knew that Bailiye was married.
So he knew the past between Qiao and the Qi family, and he also knew that this woman should have been Qi Hua's wife who was going to marry into the door. It's just that the eldest young man of the Qi family married someone else at a critical moment, so that the daughter of the Qiao family lost her marriage again after experiencing the pain of family ruin.
Ximenyu felt that he seemed to be able to understand the state of this woman who was now showing a combination of all kinds of complexities.
There are cold, cowardly, thoughtful etiquette, and there is a sense of arrogance like a hundred miles of night.
It's just that there seems to be an inexplicable vicissitudes hidden in the young body, and that vicissitudes are very thorough, not only caused by the destruction of the family and the loss of marriage, which is very incomprehensible.
He Ximen Yu has always been known as a smiling fox, seeing people smile in three points, hiding three knives in his smile, and a pair of eyes that shoot straight into the essence, he can see through all the flashiness.
But he can't see through Chodika!