Dinner at noon and half an hour of rest. Master Xia and Second Master Ou chatted with great interest, not paying attention to the movements of the young people. Just because as the head of the two families, they need each other's strength very much, they like this family business very much, and cherish this opportunity to cooperate, but they are very worried that the two rivals still don't look at each other right, the reason why they chose to go back to Xijing together is also to let Xia Ruixi and Ou Qingjin have a little time together, understand each other and ease up, and don't make things out of control.

But the two protagonists obviously don't have this kind of consciousness, Ou Qingjin took a cup of tea and sat by the window, silent. Xia Ruixi, accompanied by the girl, moved her hands and feet around, and the two of them didn't look at each other at all. The episode of those few little flowers is just an inconsequential episode. The person who sent the flowers had no intention, and the person who received the flowers had no intention, all they wanted was a tacit understanding.

Ah Ke took a stool and shrank in the corner, a pair of eyes chasing Xia Ruibei's thin figure.

There are thousands of reasons to hate a person, but you don't need a reason to be tempted by a person, you just need a smile, just a word, or a sudden pity, in short, it can make your heart beat faster, it's enough.

In the early morning of the incense in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, Xia Ruibei confronted him, which made him extremely angry, but when she smiled and put her head in front of him to look at his lot, the faint fragrance on her body filled his nasal cavity domineeringly, making him almost unable to breathe, he was very impatient and angry on the surface, but in fact, his heart beat out of control once in his life. Not for anything else, just for a young woman with Xia Ruibei's identity, no matter where he came from, regardless of his identity, laughing and scolding him.

When Xia Ruibei was covered with sweat and dirt, grabbed his feet in embarrassment, and begged him to save people, his pride and self-esteem as a man were unprecedentedly satisfied and inflated. On that morning, after Ou Qingjin and Mu Fei left, he was in charge of Xia Ruibei's safety, and Xia Ruibei, who was extremely flustered and scared, regarded him as the object to rely on and confide in, and she vented to him about her pain and gray future that her parents did not value.

Maybe it's sympathy, maybe it's curiosity, after knowing Xia Ruibei's misfortune, he increasingly set his eyes on this proud, always against him, and actually naïve girl. He is a disgrace to the Ou family, it seems that it is understandable for them to treat him like this, and she is obviously so different from him, why is she so unfortunate?

He hadn't seen Xia Ruibei for a month or two, and he never thought that she was already thin and pale to this point, the baby fat on her face had completely faded, but she showed the appearance of a beautiful embryo, her eyes were cold, maybe others would feel uncomfortable when they saw it, but he understood that people with such eyes were only afraid of being colder.

Ah Ke hates Xia Ruixi very much, there is no doubt about this, and now because Xia Ruixi wants to marry Ou Qingjin and Xia Ruibei, he hates Xia Ruixi even more. How can a woman like Xia Ruixi be worthy of his fourth brother? Obviously, it was Xia Ruibei who saved Xia Ruixi's life, not only was she not grateful, but she also stayed away from Xia Ruibei as if she was hiding from something, let alone comforting Xia Ruibei, where is there such a sister?

And the chubby, always smiling old man Xia, is also very hateful, he has never seen such an eccentric father, why did he watch his daughter pick up in the fire pit, but he was indifferent? Don't they sympathize with Xia Ruibei's tragic experience? Ah Ke was a little puzzled.

In the morning, when she saw Ou Qing picking a few wildflowers with dewdrops and handing them into Xia Ruixi's car, he inexplicably followed suit, and even picked more. Thrown into Xia Ruibei's car, he was delighted to hear that she had finally stopped crying. He knew that nothing she had done would make a difference, but he wanted to do it anyway.

He carefully concealed his emotions, but he couldn't control his desire to look at Xia Ruibei, and he thought sadly that as long as she was willing to look at him, it would be enough.

When the break was over, everyone was busy packing up their things and going on the road, and no one was paying attention, Xia Ruibei finally looked back at him, coldly, with a provocation.

Xia Ruibei took out the bouquet of wilted wildflowers from her sleeve, shook it at Ah Ke, threw it on the ground with disdain, stepped on it with her feet, and crushed it left and right, "I don't care about your pity." She threw her head up proudly, and got into the carriage without looking back.

Ah Ke's heart tingled, but then he was relieved, no one knew Xia Ruibei's psychology and feelings better than him. Just because he thinks that, in a sense, they are the same kind of people, equally neglected, equally unwilling, and with the same gloomy and unpromising future, and everyone around them seems to take it for granted.

The young man who was just beginning to fall in love repeated his gaze day after day.

Ten days overnight at the small inn, Ah Ke sat in the courtyard, looking at the brilliant stars in the sky stupidly, thinking about Xia Ruibei's every move, her heart was sour and sweet. Xia Ruibei's girl Xiang'er passed by and threw him a ball of paper.

Ah Ke's heart was about to jump out of his throat, his hands were shaking when he picked up the paper, he didn't open the note immediately, and sat in the yard for a long time, knowing that the paper in his palm was soaked with sweat, so he got up and went back to the room to turn on the light and look at the note.

At the third watch, Ah Ke secretly got up, tiptoed a piece of Gu residual tea into the door shaft hole, quietly opened the door, looked at it, and made sure that there was no one outside to cover the door.

"I'm coming." Ah Ke looked at the thin figure not far away with a dry mouth, his palms were full of cold sweat, I don't know what she was asking him out for?

Xia Ruibei turned her head, her sharp chin and sad expression suddenly attracted all of Ah Ke's eyes, her eyes were too dark, so that he couldn't see the emotions on the façade clearly: "Ah Ke, you pity me, right?" Pity me, no one hurts, pity me, I'm going to be a widow right away, don't you? ”

"Yes." Ah Ke replied unconsciously, and then shook his head: "No, I just don't want you to be sad." ”

"Who are you? I'm sad or not, what do you do? My own father and mother don't care about me, who wants you to care about me? Xia Ruibei's eyes were like two pools of black fire, the flames of despair and hope were paradoxically intertwined, burning more and more.

Ah Ke was speechless, and only said after a while: "I'm not from you." ”

Xia Ruibei sneered: "Then what are you doing here?" ”

"Didn't you ask me to come?" Ke rubbed his head at a loss.

"If I ask you to come, will you come? Are you stupid? Why are you listening to me? Xia Ruibei's voice carried a strange and charming hoarseness, which made Ah Ke's whole body tremble slightly.

He said impulsively: "Of course, if you ask me to come, I will come, even if it is a knife outside, I will come." ”

"Why are you listening to me?" Xia Ruibei insisted on proving her conjecture.

Ah Ke thought for a long time before saying, "I don't know. I said, I want you to be happy. ”

Xia Ruibei lowered her head and was silent for a long time, and finally resolutely grabbed his sleeve, "Take me away, Ah Ke?" ”