The light of the fire in the lamp slanted, but the light did not diminish.

Du Jingqing's face darkened significantly, her eyes lowered, and she didn't look at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan still looked at her with her cheeks on her back, and said softly, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Her words were not aggressive, but Du Jingqing still felt the boundless pressure rushing towards her.

Du Jingqing quietly grabbed the corner of his clothes and said with difficulty: "What can I say?" You already know. Whether you want to part ways with me, or tell the old lady who I really are, it's up to you. ”

Xu Yuan was not surprised by this answer, but she still fell silent.

After a long time, she asked softly, "Why?" ”

"I want to please you, please the old lady, that's all."

"What I want to ask is, why are you hurting yourself. If something goes wrong, you'll hurt badly. ”

"I can't think of any other way. As soon as you come, the old lady will give me less heart, and I don't want to go home. ”

After receiving such an answer, Xu Yuan looked at the girl in front of her with a scrutinizing gaze.

Du Jingqing has always been virtuous on weekdays, although this word is a little strange to use on the young lady who has not yet left the cabinet, but Xu Yuan feels that this word is the most appropriate to describe her.

At this moment, calmly facing the truth that has been exposed, she looks sharper, although she lowers her head and pulls the corners of her clothes, but she no longer looks virtuous.

Xu Yuan suddenly felt very pitiful to Du Jingqing.

Everyone likes her because of her virtue, but her virtue is not what she wants, and her label is by no means more than virtuous.

But no one cares.

I don't care if this virtuous girl also has a living self.

Xu Yuan slowly stretched out his hand and covered it on Du Jingqing's clasped hands.

Sensing the touch of his other hand, Du Jingqing raised his head in astonishment, just in time to meet Xu Yuan's serious gaze.

Xu Yuan said attentively: "I don't care. ”

She could feel Du Jingqing's hand tremble after the words fell.

Du Jingqing asked, "Don't care...... What the? ”

Xu Yuan paused word by word, almost in the ear of the girl in front of her, and explained: "I actually guessed what happened before. ”

Du Jingqing slightly turned his head to avoid Xu Yuan's breath, smiled bitterly, and laughed at himself: "Really? Sure enough, I was still asking for myself. ”

Xu Yuan held Du Jingqing's hand that he was trying to break away and said, "I don't care how it started between you and me, I think the relationship between us is not fake." I didn't want to embarrass our relationship before, so I didn't pierce this layer of window paper. ”

Du Jingqing's eyes moved slightly, staring straight at Xu Yuanxiang's eyes, as if he wanted to read the truth of her words from her eyes.

Xu Yuan continued: "But I have figured it out now, and bringing this matter vaguely will make us feel guilty forever and never be able to make a difference." ”

After exploring for a long time, Du Jingqing finally read the answer she wanted from Xu Yuan's eyes - she was serious, she didn't want to settle accounts with herself.

Du Jingqing wanted to say something, but found that his throat was choked, and when he opened his mouth, tears fell first.

Xu Yuan did not interrupt her crying, but looked at her silently and continued to hold her hand.

“…… My mother died young, and my father soon welcomed him through the door, and I didn't even have time to grieve before I had to call another person my mother. ”

Du Jingqing finally spoke slowly, she wiped her tears, but she was talking about irrelevant things.

"Earlier, my stepmother didn't have children of her own, and she was okay with me. Later, when she gave birth to a boy, my father spoiled her and indulged her, and she acted more and more unscrupulously, and she didn't even show me face. ”

"Sister-in-law Du is my sister in the next room, when she was not out of the cabinet, although we were a little far apart in age, but the relationship was quite harmonious. On that day, she returned from Xu's mansion and went to look for me because she had not heard from me for too long. I was pressed by my stepmother to meet me, and I was obviously miserable, but I couldn't say anything. ”

"At the end of the day, I want to thank my brother. He has always been domineering, and at a young age he took pleasure in teasing me. When I met the guests, they also drugged my tea and asked me to make a fool of myself. ”

"I don't know why, the tea went to Sister-in-law Du. She had a seizure after drinking a little, and my brother still didn't admit his mistake, and when my sister-in-law didn't leave the cabinet, she had a lot of complaints about my stepmother's behavior, and she had the intention of fighting with her, so she forcibly took me back to Xu's mansion. ”

"I thought that no matter what, since I had a chance to leave, I must not go back, so 'accidentally' let the old lady know that I had been abused and injured. The old lady was soft-hearted, and when she saw that I was pitiful, she left me behind. Because of the prestige of the Guogong Mansion, Anping Bofu did not dare to make trouble. ”

Seeing that Xu Yuan hadn't spoken, Du Jingqing chuckled lightly and said, "I'm pretending to be pitiful, trying to win your sympathy, won't you interrupt me?" ”

Xu Yuan listened to Du Jingqing's story seriously, and when she heard it, she suddenly changed her painting style, was slightly stunned, and then said: "Why did you interrupt you, you didn't lie to me." ”

Although there were tears in the corners of his eyes, Du Jingqing's face was calm, and he said, "I want to use your sympathy to keep you from leaving me." I've lived for more than ten years, and apart from my mother, you're the person I want to be close to the most. ”

This was said too solemnly and too casually, Xu Yuan didn't know how to answer for a while.

In the embarrassing atmosphere, Du Jingqing pursed his lips and said bitterly: "Okay, since you ......"

Xu Yuan interrupted her: "If I didn't want to get close to you, I wouldn't make this trouble tonight." If you don't dislike it, then we will be the same as before, and we can still be true friends. ”

The word friend is a little distant to Du Jingqing, and when she heard this "friend", she looked at Xu Yuan in a trance.

Xu Yuan is also in a trance, she is now the fourth lady of the Guogong Mansion who is precious and precious and is held in the palm of her hand, but in her bones, she is still the lonely person who was loved by no one in her previous life.

When did someone sincerely look forward to a friendship from her?

Silent.

Xu Yuan let go of his own hand that was placed on Du Jingqing's hand.

Du Jingqing looked at her with some panic, but the next moment he found that he was taken into her arms.

The sudden hug made Du Jingqing's tears roll down again, wetting Xu Yuan's shoulders.

She hadn't cried so insolently in a long time.

"It's okay if you cry." Xu Yuan comforted dryly, but found that the little head on his shoulder was crying even more fiercely.

Xu Yuan was a little frightened, so she didn't dare to speak anymore, and only gently stroked her back.

Feeling that Du Jingqing's crying had eased, Xu Yuan said cautiously: "Okay, the milk tea is going to be cold." ”

Du Jingqing slowly raised his head at this time, his face was crying like a cat, and his words were coquettish: "I want to drink-"