Shen Qingmeng heard what Qiu Gubo said, and she also knew that what she did couldn't hide from Qiu Gubo, after all, he was so smart, but since he was so smart, he should also know why he wanted to be a matchmaker for Cai Qianqing and match him with Xue Niang.

Shen Qingmeng poured himself tea: "I have something to discuss with you, I want to borrow some money from you." ”

Qiu Gubo put down the cup: "Is it to redeem Xue Niang?" ”

Shen Qingmeng smiled: "Look, I can't hide anything from you." ”

Qiu Gubo watched Shen Qingmeng pour tea for herself: "But, is Xue Niang willing?" Even if Xue Niang is willing, is Mr. Cai willing? ”

Shen Qingmeng put down the teapot: "Whether you want it or not, it depends on my ability as a matchmaker." ”

"Really?" Qiu Gubo wrote all his unhappiness on his face, "I'm afraid that what Mr. Cai likes is not plum blossoms, nor flower tea." ”

Shen Qingmeng pretended not to understand, got up and said, "I'll see why Xue Niang hasn't come yet." ”

Qiu Gubo nodded slightly, didn't say anything, just stared at the clear tea in the cup.

He thought, I'm afraid the drunkard doesn't mean to be in the bar?

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Jiang Boqi was smoking a pipe in the study, counting the accounts, and was repeatedly checking an account that seemed to be problematic, when the door of the study was pushed open.

Jiang Boqi was startled and was about to get angry, but when he saw Li Songming walking in, he said angrily: "Don't knock on the door when you come in." ”

"Second brother, is who is here to borrow money again today?" After Li Songming closed the door, he walked quickly to the table while asking.

"Zhang Pei'an?" Jiang Boqi sat there lazily, "Yes, it's here again, what?" ”

Li Songming said: "I heard that you didn't lend it to him, so he came to me." ”

Jiang Boqi closed the ledger: "What do you mean?" Did he ask you to borrow it? ”

"That's right, it will cost two hundred oceans when you open your mouth!" Li Songming sneered, "What is it?" The family is so rich, and they asked us to borrow money. ”

Jiang Boqi thought for a while and said, "Did he tell you why he borrowed money?" ”

Li Songming sat down and said: "He said that it was to run a school, I don't think he looks like him, he is stumbling, he is stumbling, and under the questioning, he recruited truthfully, saying that it is for a girl in the Eight Kings Courtyard, Xue Niang!" ”

Jiang Boqi said with a smile: "I guess he didn't run a school, so I didn't borrow it, I borrowed him four hundred oceans before and after, it's interesting enough, it doesn't matter if I don't pay it back, sooner or later I have to get it back from his father, as long as this matter is exposed, his father will honestly return the money with both hands." ”

Li Songming also smiled: "This kid looks like a dog, and he went to Japan to study, in the end, he is not fascinated by a bitch, if his Zhang family loses Zhang Fuzhi, it will be completely over." ”

Jiang Boqi approached Li Songming and said: "So, you can also lend him it, not much, like me, lend him four hundred, and then find a way to introduce him to some friends who are willing to pay, do you know what I mean?" ”

Li Songming said: "Second brother, of course I understand, if you borrow him four hundred, I will know what you mean, so I will also give it happily today." ”

Jiang Boqi leaned back in the chair: "The loser spends money like dung, the Xing family cherishes dung like gold, the third child, the world's affairs, self-denial is the most difficult, he Zhang Fuzhi can do it, his son may not." ”

Li Songming grinned.

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Although the wine warmer was smoking, the food on the table was as cold as the hearts of the four people at the table.

No one spoke, and only two women were moving the chopsticks, while the two men sitting in a seated position remained seated, staring into each other's eyes.

Xue Niang lowered her head to drink the soup, and from time to time raised her head and smiled softly at Shen Qingmeng opposite, but the smiles of the two of them could not dispel the embarrassment that surrounded them.

This beautiful woman with skin like snow is like Shen Qingmeng, she knows how to figure out a man's psychology too well, and she can judge his likes and dislikes for people and things from a man's eyes, so when she saw Cai Qianqing walking into the osmanthus house and raising her eyes to look at Shen Qingmeng's eyes, she immediately understood what kind of role she was playing today.

At this moment, in this room, whether it is Qiu Gubo or Shen Qingmeng, or Cai Qianqing, they are all drunkards, and Xue Niang is a pot of wine, but today's drama is exactly what the drunkard does not mean to drink.

"I'm full, three slow use." Qiu Gubo got up and walked outside.

As soon as Qiu Gubo walked out, Cai Qianqing also got up and said, "I'm also full, two of you use it slowly." ”

After the two left the house, Xue Niang raised her eyes to look at Shen Qingmeng.

Shen Qingmeng smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry." ”

Xue Niang didn't answer, but while serving herself soup, she asked, "Qingmeng, what does it feel like to redeem yourself and be good?" ”

Shen Qing dreamed: "I don't know, because even if I redeem myself, I haven't left the Eight Kings Courtyard." ”

Xue Niang put down the soup spoon: "Soon someone will pick you up and leave the Eight Kings Courtyard." ”

After speaking, Xue Niang looked outside the house and the two men standing in the courtyard: "It's just that I don't know who it is, because it's not you who makes the choice, but them." ”

"That's right." Shen Qingmeng also turned his head to look at the courtyard, "So, in fact, there is no difference, I used to sit here waiting to be selected, and now it is the same." ”

Xue Niang smiled: "Or, let's change?" ”

Shen Qingmeng just laughed, then shook her head and didn't speak, she knew that Xue Niang was just joking, because she was already content with the status quo.

It's not that Shen Qingmeng can't leave, it's not that she's waiting to be chosen, it's that she's afraid of things outside the Eight Kings Courtyard.

Almost all the girls in the Eight Kings Courtyard are like this, when they were sold, they were full of fear here, and spent every day in torment, thinking that they were born in hell, and they were waiting for someone to take them to redeem themselves. After waiting for a long time, after seeing the face and people's hearts, they don't want to leave, because the people who come here will at least take off their disguises and show their truest side, and when they leave here and return to the original world, they will put on that layer of skin and become a person you can never fathom.

What is the outside world really like?

Do you want to go out on your own?

Or are you waiting for someone to take your hand and walk out together?

Wait......

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"Let's get straight to the point." Qiu Gubo looked at the osmanthus tree and said, "I know you like Miss Shen." ”

"Nope." Cai Qianqing said slowly, "I don't like her, I just want to see her." ”

Qiu Gubo frowned: "Isn't this a liking?" ”

Cai Qianqing said: "There was a time in the past, I told Miss Shen that I once had a love, exactly the same as Miss Shen. ”

Qiu Gubo was very surprised, but his mind also turned fast: "No wonder that night, you said that Hu Shen's purpose was to force us to come to the Eight Kings Courtyard, it turned out that it was because of this, so it was no accident that Miss Shen would be sold to the Eight Kings Courtyard back then." ”

Cai Qianqing said: "There are coincidences in this world, but almost all of these coincidences are man-made. Tang Anshu regarded Hu Shen as his biological father in the past, and he never hid everything about himself, so it is not unusual for Hu Shen to know my existence, as long as he is willing to work hard and spend money, it is not difficult to find out my past. ”

Qiu Gubo nodded: "No wonder Hu Shen is confident, the original layout is so deep." ”

"Even if we know it's a plan." Cai Qianqing said calmly, "We have entered the game, and we can't extricate ourselves, don't look at you and I seem to be calmly dealing with it now, in fact, there has been a gap and cracks between you and me, killing people with love, this is the best policy." ”

Cai Qianqing's analysis made Qiu Gubo speechless, and it was true, after Qiu Gubo noticed Cai Qianqing's feelings for Shen Qingmeng, his heart began to churn, like a river and a sea, and there was no moment of calm.

Qiu Gubo took a deep breath and finally said, "In the future, you don't want to come to the Osmanthus House again." ”

Cai Qianqing shook her head slightly: "I'm afraid I can't do it, because I want to see Xia Yulan too much." ”

"It turns out that your former love is called Xia Yulan." Qiu Gubo walked up to Cai Qianqing, "However, you should know very well that it is Shen Qingmeng who lives in the osmanthus house, not Xia Yulan!" She is Shen Qingmeng! ”

Cai Qianqing was still calm: "I know, she is Shen Qingmeng, she is still the woman you like, and I also know that if this continues, the rift between you and me will expand, which will be out of control, and eventually lead to infighting in Yongcheng." ”

Qiu Gubo lowered his voice: "Since you know, why don't you avoid it?" ”

Cai Qianqing asked coldly: "Why don't you avoid it?" ”

Qiu Gubo grabbed Cai Qianqing's clothes: "You have to talk about everything first, come first, come first, right?" ”

Cai Qianqing stared into Qiu Gubo's eyes: "Yes, this is the Eight Kings Courtyard, a place to drink flowers and wine and play with women, you have to talk about first come, first come." ”

Qiu Gubo was furious when he heard this, and he raised his fist to punch Cai Qianqing.

Cai Qianqing did not dodge, still maintaining his previous posture.

Seeing this, Shen Qing in the house immediately ran out, and Xue Niang chased after her, but she stopped and just stood there and watched.

"Qiu Detective!" Shen Qingmeng stopped him loudly, "If you have something to say, you can say it." ”

Qiu Gubo slowly lowered his hand and let go of Cai Qianqing.

Cai Qianqing didn't tidy up her clothes, but just bowed and said, "The two of you say goodbye." ”

After speaking, Cai Qianqing took two steps, stopped, and nodded slightly to Xue Niang who was standing at the door of the house.

After Xue Niang responded with a smile, Cai Qianqing opened the courtyard door and strode away.

"Don't ......" After Qiu Gubo finished saying two words, he took a deep breath and raised his eyes to look at Shen Qingmeng, "Don't live in the Eight Kings Courtyard anymore." ”

Shen Qingmeng asked, "Then where do I live?" ”

Qiu Gu Bo said: "I'll marry you." ”

Shen Qingmeng said: "Do you really think that now that it is the Republic of China, a good woman like me can marry a wife and teach her children in a righteous and bright way?" ”

Qiu Gubo was silent, Shen Qingmeng just smiled and turned back to the house.

That day, Qiu Gubo's mind became blank, and he didn't want to remember anything, he could only remember that he seemed to have stood under the osmanthus tree for a long time.

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When he saw the light outside, Tang Anshu closed his eyes and stumbled forward, reached out to grab the hole, walked out hard, and then fell to the ground due to exhaustion.

After a long time, when his eyes adjusted to the light outside, he turned over and got up, observing the sea cave he was in, and then he was pleasantly surprised to find that outside the sea cave was the long-lost snow-white sand beach and the blue sea, and from time to time he could see a few seabirds passing through the hole.

"It's finally out." After Tang Anshu said this, he was about to get up, but who knew that because of the nausea in his abdomen, he spit out a mouthful of yellow water.

Behind, Benzoin, who had just come out of the cave and was still exhausted, saw this, immediately stepped forward, knelt in front of Tang Anshu, took out a pill, stuffed it into his mouth, and advised: "Take it, don't swallow it directly, it'll be fine for a while." ”