"What's wrong?" Gu Nianbin asked.

"My foot is broken." Xia Xiaowan pointed to her feet and said, "I see that the time is up, I have to go downhill in a hurry, and I will ...... if I am not careful."

Gu Nianbin smiled and said, "What's the hurry, I have to wait for you to come back before starting the meal." ”

Xia Xiaowan saw him joking with herself, but she was slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "Please help me, I can't stand up." ”

Gu Nianbin squatted in front of her and said, "Come up, I'll carry you." ”

"How embarrassing is this, I can still walk with one foot," Xia Xiaowan looked embarrassed.

Gu Nianbin glanced back at her: "When did you become so stingy?" ”

Xia Xiaowan leaned on him and said, "Thank you then." ”

Gu Nianbin said: "I knew that something would happen to you, I should have come up with you." ”

"I don't blame you, I was careless." Xia Xiaowan said: "I still want you to be burdened and carry me." ”

Gu Nianbin didn't say anything more, just silently picked her up and stepped on the stone steps and slowly went down the mountain. Neither of them spoke, and only the sound of Gu Nianbin stepping on fallen leaves was heard on the quiet mountain road. Although it is late autumn, the roadside is mostly camphor trees, which are still lush and lush at this time, and the unfolded canopy blocks out the noon sun, and it is shady along the way. Xia Xiaowan's long hair was flying in the wind, and a strand hung down on Gu Nianbin's face, and she hurriedly brushed it away with her hand. Fingers slid over the man's smooth forehead, Xia Xiaowan's heartbeat seemed to suddenly miss a beat, and instantly jumped up again, she struggled and said, "Forget it, I'd better come down and walk, this road is a bit steep, don't fall on both of them." ”

This is just a straight down mountain stone path, the steps are built higher, as soon as she struggles, Gu Nianbin put her down, and at this time, a few people walked down from the mountain, it was the servants that Gu Nianbin brought up the mountain to find people. As soon as they saw Xia Xiaowan like this, they knew that they had broken their feet, and they didn't wait for Gu Nianbin's orders, so they hurriedly came up to support them.

When they returned to the hall, it was already more than half an hour later, Fang Yaru saw Xia Xiaowan stumble, and couldn't help but count Gu Nianbin: "Look at it, I said that if something happens, it really happened." How nice it is for you to accompany you! Xiaowan is a guest, and she broke her feet as soon as she came back, which is really ......"

"Auntie, don't blame Nianbin, it's me who was careless." Xia Xiaowan saw a maid squatting on the ground, holding medicinal oil to rub her feet, covering her hands, as soon as she exerted force, she grinned and sobbed.

Fang Yaru said, "Ah Ling, you take it lightly." ”

Ah Ling said: "Madam, you don't need to use some force, this medicine can't be mixed in, and it's useless to wipe it." ”

Xia Xiaowan said: "You rub hard, I can bear it." ”

Ah Ling glanced at her, and slowly exerted force in her hand, Xia Xiaowan bit her mouth and didn't say a word. Fang Yaru looked at her worriedly: "Xiaowan, if it hurts, call it out, and if you call it out, it won't hurt." ”

Xia Xiaowan endured the pain and smiled at Fang Yaru: "It's okay, I can still bear it." ”

Fang Yaru looked at it for a while, walked over to Gu Guangxian and sat down, and whispered: "You see how sensible this child is, Xiaowan is not squeamish at all, if our family is Shanshan, it will be like killing a pig." ”

Gu Guangxian smiled: "How can anyone say this about his own daughter." ”

"I'm telling the truth," Fang Yaru turned her head, saw Gu Nianbin sitting on the sofa and was distracted, beckoned him over, and said, "Don't go anywhere in the afternoon, just stay here with Xiaowan, she can't move her feet, you accompany you to drink tea and chat, and do your best to be a landlord." ”

Gu Nianbin said: "Mom, don't you have a good conversation with her?" You're with you. ”

"You young people only have a common language, and besides, I want to accompany your father to rest, obedient, she was invited by her mother, so please be your mother."

Gu Nianbin originally planned to leave after lunch, and his little girl was still alone, but now that Xia Xiaowan has broken his feet, as the master, he is indeed not easy to leave. You can't throw a broken girl to her parents.

So, in the afternoon, Fang Yaru and Gu Guangxian went back to the room to rest, and Gu Nianbin accompanied Xia Xiaowan to sit in the hall and chat. Xia Xiaowan is a master of chatting, no matter who she talks to, she can always talk eloquently, just right and not cold, and Gu Nianbin has always been a humble gentleman, not too enthusiastic, not very indifferent, the two of them seem friendly and harmonious when they chat.

At this time, Xia Xiaowan saw that there were two glass jars on the Bogu shelf on the wall, one black and one white, with a unique shape, looking warm and smooth, glowing with a faint light, she asked curiously: "What is that?" ”

Gu Nianbin glanced at it and said lightly: "It's Go, can you play?" ”

"It's not proficient, but it's a little bit of it." That tone clearly means that I want to kill a game.

Gu Nianbin said: "Since this is the case, it is better to kill time in the next game." ”

"Okay!" Xia Xiaowan said: "You must be a master, let me have five sons." ”

"Only five sons?" Gu Nianbin raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems that the chess skills are good!" ”

Xia Xiaowan smiled and said, "It seems that I overestimated myself, let the ten sons." ”

Gu Nianbin asked someone to put the chess table in front of Xia Xiaowan, sat down by himself, and asked her to pick first, Xia Xiaowan held the black chess jar in her hand and said: "I like black chess, it is as beautiful as Moyu." ”

"Isn't it because black can move first?" Gu Nianbin asked.

"There is also this reason," Xia Xiaowan said: "I like to take the initiative to attack, and I don't like to be passive." ”

"I'm just the opposite, I like white because I can defend first and then attack, luring the enemy deep."

Xia Xiaowan smiled, pinched a sunspot and gently tapped it on the chessboard, making an excellent crisp sound. Gu Nianbin followed closely behind, pinching a white son to occupy the other party's corner. The two of them in front of them went down very fast, as if they didn't have to think about it, but in the back, the falling seeds became slower and slower, Gu Nianbin ate less than ten sunspots, and Xia Xiaowan already had three or five eaten whites in front of her. The current winners and losers are clear at a glance.

Gu Nianbin touched his chin, glanced at Xia Xiaowan and said, "It's not that you overestimate yourself, it's me who underestimates you." ”

Xia Xiaowan laughed, tilted her head and said, "The arrogant soldiers will be defeated, who told you to say that only the five sons will be allowed?" ”

The playful smile and coquettish tone all made Gu Nianbin feel familiar, looking at her, Gu Nianbin was distracted for two seconds. Then he smiled and said, "It's still very early to win, so let's be a little proud first." ”

Xia Xiaowan laughed again, her eyes seemed to be moistened, and her smile became even more gentle.

At first, Gu Nianbin was a little absent-minded when playing chess, thinking that a girl would not have much attainment in Go, so she would just play with her. Unexpectedly, Xia Xiaowan's level was really not as low as he imagined, except for the ten sons who let him, now he is actually at a disadvantage. Only then did he regain his attention and began to play chess seriously.

The sunlight shone obliquely through the window railings, casting the shadows of the flowers on the ground. Countless tiny specks of dust rose and tumbled in the light, staining them into golden powder. On an autumn afternoon, it is already a pleasure to sit in this century-old house to rest, the man sitting opposite is swordsman's eyebrows, his lowered eyes are like a deep pool, his cold face, his deep outline, inadvertently exudes charming charm, time seems to stop there, Xia Xiaowan feels that happiness is so close to herself at this moment.

After a fight, Xia Xiaowan was still slightly inferior to the bottom, but Gu Nianbin was not too easy to win. Xia Xiaowan finally threw her son and surrendered, and Gu Nianbin said: "It's still an opponent in chess." ”

Xia Xiaowan clasped her fists at him and smiled: "Accept and accept." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, starting the second set.

Fang Yaru came out of the room, looked at them from a distance for a while, turned around and entered the room happily, and said to Gu Guangxian: "It seems that I am right to hope, it is difficult to say whether the two of them will succeed or not." ”

Gu Guangxian poured cold water on her: "Didn't Nian Bin already express his stance to you?" said that he and Xiaowan had no drama. ”

"You go out and see, are they no show?" Fang Yaru smiled and pouted towards the door.

"I'm not going." Gu Guangxian said: "Ask someone to make tea, remember to use the spring water in the back mountain." ”

Fang Yaru said hello and walked down the corridor to the back.

The sunlight shifted inch by inch, and finally shone on Gu Nianbin's body, like a faint golden light, the original cold face seemed soft, he dropped the last one, stretched his waist, glanced at the cloisonné floor-to-ceiling clock on the wall, and said with some surprise: "It's so late." ”

Xia Xiaowan smiled and said: "Do you think that playing Go is the easiest way to kill time, we are still playing fast, if you really want to meet your opponent, you have to play a game of chess for half a day." ”

Gu Nianbin said: "You are also tired, rest for a while, I will go out to smoke a cigarette." ”

"You don't care, don't worry about me, I just want to snooze for a while."

Gu Nianbin asked Ah Ling to bring a blanket to cover her, walked out of the hall by himself, and entered a wing room in the south, which was his room here. The furnishings inside were not as antique as in the hall, and he was full of pure French furniture, the milky white furniture was painted with thin gold edges, and glowed softly in the dark room.

Gu Nianbin sat down on the leather sofa, took out his mobile phone and looked through it, there was no text message, he threw the mobile phone on the sofa next to him, fell on his side, and lay on the sofa.

He didn't plan to pursue the last time, so he turned the page and revealed it. But Xia Xiaowan's words made him shake a little. Knowing that he had to choose to believe Du Xiaoxian, his little girl was simple and kind and would not lie to him, but ......

Du Xiaoxian mentioned Cheng Mingchi to him, and even told him about giving a handkerchief. When she said it, he could see that she was very frank, her eyes were honest, and the little girl would not tell lies at all, but why did Xia Xiaowan say that? Does everyone really know that? Or is there some misunderstanding in this?

was looking at the ceiling and was distracted, the mobile phone rang, he sat up lazily, reached out to pick up the phone, it was Du Xiaoxian calling, and asked him when he would go back?

The little girl's voice seemed a little listless, Gu Nianbin temporarily suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and Wen Sheng asked her what's wrong?

Du Xiaoxian sighed very lightly and said that he might be tired. also said that Shao Baiqing would take her and Zhou Ting to eat steak, and thought he could rush back.

Gu Nianbin heard from these words that she had a little regret, but she was a little happier in her heart, saying that he would rush back as soon as possible after eating.

Du Xiaoxian said okay, was silent for a while, and called him again. Gu Nianbin asked her what else was going on? The little girl paused for a moment, and suddenly said, "May I call you by your name?" ”

Gu Nianbin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes!" ”

So Du Xiaoxian called him on the phone very loudly: "Gu Nianbin, you have to go back early!" ”