Chapter 1: Parting at the City Gate
A gray cloud pressed against the sky, and the world was a little more drowsy, and the light rain drops fell, fainting one by one moist rain flowers.
"Click......" The sound of splashing water with eager steps.
A light blue slender figure ran towards the city gate against the crowd hiding, her skirt fluttered eagerly, Qianqian stepped on the damp bluestone slab, splashing one after another flying flowers, but she still didn't know, and her white and tender little face was full of anxiety.
When his eager eyes touched the man at the gate of the city, he suddenly lit up—
He is dressed in white, which makes his temperament dusty, his face is like a crown of jade, his eyes are like stars, his eyebrows are like ink paintings, and he is a strange son like jade.
Yao Yuran's beautiful face was filled with a reassuring smile, and he shouted intimately in a tactful and melodious voice: "Brother Chengfeng!" ”
Mu Chengfeng's eyes lit up slightly, and he greeted Yao Yuran with a smile: "Yuran, thank you for coming to see me off." ”
Yao Yuran couldn't help but think of her mother's resolute and cruel face in her mind, and she became more and more determined, she nodded solemnly and slightly, as if she had something to say: "Brother Chengfeng, can you take me with you to ......"
"It's time for Childe to hit the road." An old voice slanted in.
Mu Chengfeng's dry and warm hand stroked Yao Yuran's hair, as if with a hint of nostalgia: "Yuran, I should go." I'll have something to say when I get back. ”
"It's not! Brother Chengfeng, I'm going to ......" Yao Yuran ignored the girl's reserve, and pulled the corner of Mu Chengfeng's clothes in a panic, pleading with a face.
Mu Chengfeng lowered his eyes slightly to avoid her translucent eyes, and shook his head lightly: "It's not too early, I'm afraid there will be heavy rain later, and you will ...... Let's go back early. ”
The clear voice was dark, as if parting.
Yao Yuran stared blankly at the palm of her hand, and the white robe slipped from her palm and left her world.
"Tick tock...... "The rain gradually turned heavier, and she was wrapped in dampness, watching the carriage carrying her girlish love drive away from her world.
"Why don't you listen to me...... What is it all about? …… I just wanted to ask you, would you like to take me with you? I'm going to...... Married......"
The trance voice was mixed with sadness that was so thick that it couldn't be dissolved, and I couldn't stop choking.
The teardrops on his face were entangled with the rain dripping, and he couldn't tell the difference, Yao Yuran's heart fell straight into the abyss of his heart and sank into the ice lake.
"Alas! Childe, Miss Yao went back, but she didn't look very good. Uncle Qiu's voice sounded again.
Mu Chengfeng's handsome face was complicated, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, and his eyes were like thick ink looking at the shadow in the rain curtain, and his reluctance flashed.
"Childe, you know that Miss Yao is forced to marry into the Hou Mansion, and she wants you to leave with her, how can you bear to interrupt her all the time...... Do you really want to use Miss Yao to get something like Hou Mansion? What do you ...... Miss Yao?"
Mu Chengfeng's cold words interrupted Uncle Qiu's unfinished words: "Uncle Qiu, in the face of my Mu family's annihilation of grievances, everything is insignificant, even myself...... All are available. The grievances of the Mu family have been too long, too long......"
An understatement, but faintly burdened with a huge responsibility, he glanced at the city gate with deep affection, and resolutely lowered the curtain, his eyes were gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Bang ......"
The black clouds on the horizon pressed the city, the rain curtain became denser and denser, Yao Yuran walked on the bluestone slab in a daze, and occasionally a few people ran to avoid the rain around him.
Yao Yuran's eyes were confused, but she didn't know where to go, her heart was a mess, and a sad breath blocked her throat and was waiting to erupt.
"Ouch! We were so lucky to see a beautiful woman rain on this rainy day. Tut-tut, this figure is really good, you say yes, Brother Zhao...... Belch! ”
Lewd and frivolous, with a drunken voice harassing Yao Yuran's ears.
"yes...... Little Beauty......" another muffled voice chimed in.
At this time, a salty pig hand ambiguously put on Yao Yuran's seemingly soft shoulder, her eyes were sharp, and she slowly raised her tender white hand to put it on the salty pig hand on her shoulder, her eyes darkened, accompanied by a force.
She crossed a clean arc from behind her to in front of her, and the whole person lay on the wet floor in a circle, crying out again and again: "Ah...... It hurts......"
The breath that Yao Yuran was holding in her heart dissipated slightly, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if she was a little dissatisfied with this shoulder fall.
"You...... You actually gave this master a hand, and ate this master...... A punch. ”
Yao Yuran sneered in his heart, stood there motionless, and followed the embroidered fist to the arm of this young master, and easily sent this young master to be the companion of the gentleman on the ground.
Apricot eyes inadvertently crossed the young master's face, and a trace of surprise and surprise crossed Yao Yuran's eyes-
The face is like Fu powder, the lips are red and the teeth are white, the eyebrows are clear, the skin is like snow, and she looks like a beauty.
Yao Yuran's gaze slowly moved downward, his gaze touched his Adam's apple, and the disdain on his face became more and more obvious.
"Ah......" unceremoniously kicked the trembling master back on his companion again.
With the aura of Sen Ran, he stepped on the man's most fragile crotch, ignoring the screams that erupted sharply, Yao Yuran mocked awe-inspiringly: "Hehe." With this little white face, he also learned to flirt with a girl from a good family, and it was light if he didn't let you cut off his children and grandchildren. It's your bad luck to let you bump into Aunt Ben today...... Crunch, squeak. ”
Yao Yuran pinched his knuckles and creaked, and his eyes flashed like a wolf.
"Ah......hh Aunt and grandmother spare their lives, kill people, save lives......" accompanied by the sound of "bang-la-la" rain, all kinds of screams and whining came out one after another.
"Whew." With a long exhalation of the blocked breath in his heart, Yao Yuran's mood was a little gloomy.
glanced at the two gentlemen who were hugging each other on the ground with disdain, and walked away with their feet, suddenly ...... Her footsteps froze in place, Yao Yuran lowered her head, and when her gaze touched the extra pendant on her leg, her eyes narrowed slightly.
"Hiccup...... Report your name, I will not let you go...... Don't think about leaving without saying anything...... Belch. With drunken hiccups, the beautiful man who claimed to be the master said intermittently, and the hand holding Yao Yuran's leg was heavy.
"Huh." A sarcastic smile once again spread to the corners of Yao Yuran's lips, and with a neat and hard kick, the beautiful man was kicked a few meters away like a burden, making him grin in pain.
Yao Yuran's unusually clear voice came into his ears word by word, and the contempt was strong: "Aunt Ben will not change her name or change her surname, Yao Yuran!" ”
"Yao Yuran......" The beautiful man whispered the name softly, and watched Yao Yuran's graceful figure disappear into the rain curtain.
The gears of fate began to turn, and Yao Yuran never thought that this person who was beaten by her as soon as they met would be entangled with her for the rest of his life and become an inseparable part of her life.
The spring rain is blowing one after another, the branches are drawn, and the greenery begins to decorate the whole world, inadvertently full of vitality, but the courtyard of the original heart of Shangshu Mansion is a little quiet, as if it is dead and silent.
Yao Yuran paused at the gate of the courtyard for a moment, took a deep breath and walked into the courtyard quickly, his pupils tingling violently-
The courtyard was black, and he knelt there trembling all over, his back straight, motionless.
All the people who are waiting in Chuxin are here. Her heart was suddenly tightened, and it hurt and hurt, Yao Yuran pursed her lips and rushed forward, grabbed the personal maid kneeling at the front, and shouted hysterically regardless of her image: "You all get up for me!" …… Xingyu, Zhuqing, get up, hurry up...... Whoever made you kneel in the rain, you all rise up for me......"
"The girl's family is making a lot of noise, what is Chen's body!" The majestic middle-aged woman's voice sounded with dissatisfaction.
Yao Yuran brushed her gaze at the luxurious woman standing on the corridor, her stubborn gaze was full of dissatisfaction, and she subconsciously stood up straight to meet the suffocating gaze of the head of the Shangshu Mansion.
Mrs. Yao frowned at her unyielding daughter, and frowned: "Yao Yuran, the "Female Commandment" taught you these things!" openly contradicted his mother and went out to show his face...... These minions are damned! ”
Yao Yuran's reflex hidden in her body was completely stimulated, and the idea of the former world that she had carefully hidden exploded at this moment, and her words became more and more sharp:
"Huh...... Mother? How could you ever regard me as your own daughter, in your opinion, I am just a stepping stone on the road of your brother's career. How could a mother who truly loves her daughter push her daughter into the fire pit with her own hands? I can think of something that a mother wouldn't do, you've done it all on your own......"
"Presumptuous!" Mrs. Yao was so angry that her chest rose and fell, her face was as heavy as ink, and she looked at Yao Yuran, who was stubborn, "Yao Yuran, you ...... That's what you think of me as a mother, and you're still not my daughter? Let outsiders see your appearance, and the face of our Shangshu Mansion will be lost by you, it turns out that it is rumored that the well-read, gentle and virtuous daughter of Shangshu Mansion is actually a market shrew like you......"
Yao Yuran listened calmly and almost indifferently to Mrs. Yao's accusations against her, and there was always a cold smile on her lips: "You said that if you are tired, you should go back and rest early, my Chuxin Academy can only be my master!" ”
"You ......" Mrs. Yao stared at the unrepentant Yao Yuran, her brows were tightly locked, and under the reminder of the grandmother beside her, the mother and daughter looked the same indifferently, cruelly and resolutely informed, "Yao Yuran, if you don't agree to this marriage, you have to agree!" Ten days later, the Hou Mansion will come to greet you, and you must obediently get on the sedan chair. In the event of any accidents......"
Mrs. Yao looked around at the servants kneeling on the ground with cold eyes, and said ruthlessly: "I will sell everyone in your courtyard, as for where to sell, you won't want to try!" ”
Yao Yuran gritted his teeth, rubbed his head and collided with Mrs. Yao's cold gaze, and a silent smell of gunsmoke was spreading, dull.
Staring at the noble and majestic figure gradually disappearing, Yao Yuran lowered his eyelids weakly, and the piercing edge around his body converged, leaving only a little tired and weak inside: "Get up." ”
"Miss, ...... you" Xing Yu and Zhu Qing helped each other to their feet and looked at Yao Yuran with concern.
Yao Yuran felt a trace of warmth in his heart, and couldn't help but show a weak smile, shaking his head slightly: "Xingyu, Zhuqing, he left without listening to me, I ......"
"Miss, you need to rest now." Xing Yu, who is like a big sister, comforted, "When you wake up, there may be a solution tomorrow, and tomorrow may be better." ”
"Perhaps." Yao Yuran gently tugged the corners of his mouth, his eyes were blank, as if he couldn't see the future.
Just let me rest and rest, and face this wonderful and not beautiful world tomorrow.