The train traveled for two days and two nights, and only entered Qingzhou Province at dawn. This way, Shen Yuchen was extremely attentive and cared for Xu Pingyan, and took the food and brought it to Xu Pingyan. Xu Pingyan made a calculation in her heart, and she was not as indifferent to Shen Yuchen as before, and listened to him tell the anecdotes of studying in the United States for eight years.

She remembered her father, a military attache who was feudal but not closed, and promised her on her seventh birthday that when she was older, he would send her to study abroad, so as to have a good look at foreign customs, ideas and culture. But on the day of her birthday the following year, my mother was busy with a large table of dishes as usual, and she was so happy that the first bite of longevity noodles had not yet been bitten, and suddenly many officers and soldiers with spears broke into the door...... In the end, her home burned to ashes in the raging flames.

Shen Yuchen called her several times before she came back to her senses, took out a handkerchief and wiped her sour eyes, and smiled unhurriedly: "There is a lack of people around you to serve, how about I be a girl for you?" ”

Shen Yuchen was surprised, looked at her, and saw that although there was a light smile in those eyes, it was still silent and cold. He knew that her motives were complicated, and he could even vaguely guess the reason, but he responded to the inexplicable softness of the newborn spring grass in his heart, and grinned and quipped: "Okay, but I am very difficult to serve, young master, you have to eat." ”

She breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and finally leaned on the big tree of Shen Yuchen. "Then when I get off the train, I'll go to the young grandmother to get the maid's clothes."

Shen Yuchen raised his eyebrows and raised his cheeks, looking at her from bottom to top. She was wearing a bean-green slanted cheongsam, embroidered with a few red plums, plum petals, extending to her shoulders, lining her complexion as white as snow. He stared at the breath around her neck, his brain trembled, and suddenly he remembered the bare spring moonlight on her chest in the quilt, and he couldn't help but warm his face. He pinched the back of his hand hard, raised his eyes, and the bright sun outside the window hit his face, and even his eyes were starry.

He said: "No, you look good in a cheongsam, let's wear a cheongsam." ”

Xu Pingyan has been crawling and rolling in the drama that is regarded as a ninth-rate drama for many years, and the so-called chaste face has been polished to dispensability in the rumors, so she can naturally see through the young man's innocent thoughts. He hung his head, and all she could see was his red-hot ears in the sunlight. Although yesterday's critical action was shocking, she didn't feel embarrassed and ashamed, but she looked at the sparks in his eyes that had not been extinguished for a long time, but her face was strangely hot and hot.

She smiled and turned her head. The whistle sounded a few times, and the train slowly drove into the platform, she looked at the solemn sentry outside the window, as if she was saying to herself, "Second young master, in the future, you will call me Tao Yan." ”

The dusty and charming name, with the withering of one day. It's very suitable for her to play a bloody feud.

Li Yongti went to Qingzhou to take pictures of the electricity, so as soon as they walked out of the station, there were several cars waiting outside. Coming to greet was Liu Dafu, the captain of the personal guard of Lin Heng, the governor of Qingzhou, who gave a military salute to Shen Dashao neatly and respectfully, and entertained him thoroughly.

The captain of the guard took them to the villa on the outskirts of the city, and after everything was settled,

Then he took his leave.

Qingzhou is near the river and the sea, the spring is cold and cold, and the downstairs is a thick green color, and the rain is dense and oblique, like layers of ethereal green smoke. Xu Pingyan leaned on the white marble railing on the second floor, taking care of herself, and when she turned around, she realized that Shen Dashao was standing behind her. She was stunned for a moment, and in an instant, she learned the posture of the Shen family's maid and blessed him.

Shen Dashao looked at the misty green forest downstairs, and only after a long time did he move his gaze to her, smiled slightly, and said, "Congratulations, you have found a big tree that can shelter from the wind and rain in such a short time." ”

Xu Pingyan smiled indifferently, "In the future, please ask the eldest young master to look at the face of the second young master, so that he can protect my life before my revenge is avenged." ”

The servant passed the meal outside the door, Shen Dashao didn't say anything, turned around and walked out of the door, walked a few steps and turned back, and said, "You do your duty, let me see your value, and I will naturally keep your life." ”

As a maid, she was supposed to wait for her master to finish eating, and then go to the stove room to eat the servants' big pot rice, but she was so tired that she leaned on the rattan chair by the balcony on the second floor, and fell asleep unconsciously. When she woke up, she saw that she was covered with a flannel lattice blanket, and Shen Yuchen was nested in the silk quilt in the spring bed, sleeping soundly.

There was a knock on the door outside the house, she hurriedly got up to open the door, Li Yong stood outside the door, glanced inside the house, and explained something to her. It was Lin Dujun who had just sent someone to send the news, saying that he was going to bring Miss Lin to the villa early tomorrow morning, and Shen Dashao hoped that Shen Yuchen could pick a gift and give it to Miss Lin.

Xu Pingyan walked to the side of the bed and called him softly, "Second young master, wake up." ”

Shen Yuchen moved his legs holding the quilt, turned sideways, his wing-like eyelashes trembled, and his facial features were sleeping peacefully in the afterglow that vaguely passed through the window.

Xu Pingyan felt that this scene was too familiar, and thought hard for a long time, only to remember that on a rainy night eight years ago, a column of officers and soldiers brought a little boy to Xu's mansion, the little boy was soaked by the heavy rain, shivering in bed, his mother fed him ginger soup, and she stayed by the side until he fell asleep, and his curled eyelashes trembled in the light of the candle flame, like two butterflies that stopped among the flowers and flapped their wings idly.

Shen Yuchen didn't know when he opened his eyes, and saw her staring at him blankly, her eyes were foggy, as if she was outside thousands of mountains and rivers. He was puzzled, and wanted to pretend to be asleep, but he was afraid that she would really cry, so he grinned, propped up his head with one palm, and looked at her sideways, "You look at me like this, what are you thinking crookedly?" ”

Xu Pingyan straightened up and stood on one side, and in an instant she was always alienated and indifferent, and even more respectful, and only recounted Adjutant Li Yong's words as they were.

Shen Yuchen has lived in the United States for eight years, his mind is trendy and open-minded, he pays attention to the equality of everyone, and he has never liked to be held high by his family, and he has never regarded Xu Pingyan as a maid who serves him. She always remembered her identity, and refused to be more free and easy to be close to his peers, and she was a little disappointed and lost at the moment, and remembered her motives for approaching her, and this loss gave rise to greater resentment, and she no longer paid attention to her, and took care of her clothes and washing.

The friendship of the older generation continued to the children, and when he was still in his mother's womb, he made a baby kiss with Lin Dujun's daughter. Although he resisted this marriage of his parents' orders in his heart, the Shen family has relied on a lot of help from the Lin family over the years, and his feelings are not in human affection, even if it is perfunctory, he can't be lazy.

There was already a car waiting downstairs, Shen Yuchen went down a few flights of stairs, and suddenly remembered that Xu Pingyan hadn't eaten all day, so he beckoned to her, and his tone was stubborn and stiff, "I'm your master, you are my maid, the young master goes out, shouldn't you serve closely?" ”

Xu Pingyan responded in a low voice, followed behind him, and went down the stairs. Her leather high heels stepped on the wooden ladder, like a spring thunder, knocking not hurriedly, quite rhythmically, listening to Shen Yuchen's ears, he always felt far and near, just like her.

Qingzhou is near the sea, there are many wharves, and foreign trade business is hot. Unlike the closed and conservative Yuzhou, this is a modern and prosperous city, with a blend of East and West. It's night, and the streets are lit up with neon lights, dotted in a thin milk mist. The streets were filled with people of all colors, and the vendors were shouting and selling, and their voices were loud and long.......

Shen Yuchen sat in the co-pilot, leaning lazily. The driver was instructed by Shen Dashao to go straight to the jewelry store, Shen Yuchen looked at the lights outside the car window, and suddenly called 'stop'.

The driver turned to the side of the road and pulled over. Shen Yuchen pointed to a stall selling roasted white potatoes on the side of the road and said to him: "I'm a little hungry, go buy me a baked white potato to eat." As he spoke, he threw him a piece of the ocean.

As soon as the driver took the money and got out of the door, Shen Yuchen sat in the driver's seat, twisted the steering wheel, stepped on the accelerator and left.

"Second Young Master?" Xu Pingyan turned her head to look at the driver who wanted to cry without tears outside the back window.

Shen Yuchen laughed twice, "What are you afraid of!" With me supporting you, I can't blame you. Or do you like to be supervised by Big Brother's people? He took two hard breaths of air and exclaimed, "Freedom tastes so good." The voice was crisp and bright, like spring shoots arching out one by one, full of vitality.

He looked back at Xu Pingyan, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of young and uninhibited smiles, "Sit down!" Before he could finish speaking, the car suddenly jolted, climbed the bridge, and sped away. Xu Pingyan rolled down half of the car window, and the sound of the wind poured in, with the warm breath of March, as if it was about to pour into every pore.

The car stopped in front of a Western-style dessert shop, Shen Yuchen went out for a few minutes, carried a box of beautifully packaged coconut cakes, handed it to Xu Pingyan from the car window, and said seriously: "I often hear people say that desserts can affect a person's mood the most, so I want to try you to see if it is really effective and can make you have some living expressions." ”

Xu Pingyan took the pastry and smiled faintly, with no intention of tasting it. Shen Yuchen sighed, "How do you feel like my master is currying favor with you everywhere?" ”

Xu Pingyan had to sell him a little face, opened the box without saying a word, and took a few bites of coconut cake. The desiccated coconut is like snow particles, popping sweet and crunchy between the lips and teeth. When she was a child, she had to sing and hang her voice and practice her body, but she never ate sweets and didn't miss it much. But when this sweet, soft taste spread on the tip of her tongue, there was still an irresistible joy in her heart, like longing for a peaceful day when her parents were still there.

Shen Yuchen was willing to give up and drove away satisfied. The car drove freely on the sparsely populated street, and he hummed a song and twisted and turned, and after a while, he turned into a foreign garden. Outside the garden is a three-storey small building, the door is hung with three bronzing characters of Fuchunju, the lanterns are flickering, the ensemble of Western musical instruments is faintly heard, the men and women in fashionable clothes go in and out, the girls are smiling and smiling, swaying their waists lightly on the dance floor with the lanterns circulating, and the man dances and laughs.

This is one of Qingzhou's most famous nightclubs.

"Second young master, it's getting late, let's go to the jewelry store quickly and pick out a gift and go back, or the young master will be blamed." Xu Pingyan reminded.

Shen Yuchen's body froze, he got out of the car in an instant, unscrewed the rear door, propped his hands on the edge of the car, leaned down, and covered her whole in a falling shadow, the smile on his lips was graceful, but there was a bottomless gloom in his eyes, and asked, "What, are you also supervising me for my eldest brother?" His voice sank, with a cool feeling of resistance, "When I was twelve years old, my father sent me abroad for eight years, except for giving me money regularly. The reason why I was able to return to China this time was simply to fulfill the family service he promised back then, and to marry the daughter of Lin Dujun. But I didn't let him do it, because I couldn't let him bury my life's freedom. He straightened up, looked at the empty night, sighed self-deprecatingly, and the smile fell unrestrainedly, "So I am no different from the rich boy you imagined, I don't learn and don't know, I spend all day drinking, because only in this way can I drive away the loneliness of countless nights." ”

He looked at Xu Pingyan's unchanged expression, and couldn't help but smile. He himself didn't know why he suddenly had to pour out his heart to this stone-like ignorant woman, sighed alone, and walked out.

Xu Pingyan looked at him with a long body, wearing a white suit like a lonely thin moonlight in winter, and couldn't help but be moved. She was not like this, trying to drive away countless late nights of loneliness. The way he chose was to get drunk, while she was like a silkworm and wrapped herself in a thick cocoon that did not leak, enduring winter after winter. They are all such unfortunate people.