In the afternoon, Lu Qi came to Shen's house late.

Shen Qiu welcomed him into the house and closed the door and went out, Shen Shuyi was lying on the bed and was distracted, and he came back to his senses after being named by Lu Xianren.

"How?" Lu Qichi asked softly, his tone was extremely flat, but Shen Shuyi knew that this was great care.

He blinked and looked at Lu Qi for a while before he felt the god run back.

"The clothes are clean, you can take them back." He said, I don't know if the energy consumption was too great when he was beaten, but he felt that today's emotions were extraordinarily insufficient, and he couldn't lift his energy.

Lu Qichi knew which dress he was talking about, and poured himself a cup of tea and drank slowly.

"That dress was originally made for you." He said, and then added, "Grandmother said that." ”

Shen Shuyi's eyes widened slightly, this is ...... Shameful and thrown to the Lu family, it turns out that Mrs. Lu also thinks that he is not like a flowery person? No wonder, he was also curious about how that dress was more appropriate than his own.

"This ......," he muttered, but felt powerless to refute, and after a pause, he simply didn't want to say any more, and turned his head to lie on the bed, looking particularly decadent.

Behind him, Second Young Master Lu looked at the tea cup lightly, which was a rare good mood.

"Wanyan, that girl just arrived in Quyun yesterday, and now she is in your mother, and she will come to you in a while." He said.

Shen Shuyi raised up excitedly when he heard this, but unexpectedly pulled behind him, and grinned in pain.

After a while, he hurriedly asked, "Why is she here, isn't she going to say kiss?" Still so fond of running around? ”

Lu Qichi put down the teacup, with a hint of gratitude in his expression, and said: "I ran away, and his father's letter came on the back foot, but it was already like this, so I could only let her stay here for a while." ”

Speaking of the word "sneaking away", Lu Qichi deliberately glanced at him deeply.

Shen Shuyi smiled, and couldn't hide the joy on his face.

"It's okay to run, otherwise I can't tell when I'll see you again." He said, and Lu Qichi, who was on the other side, also gave a rare "um" in response.

This Song Wanyan girl is also a strange fate with them.

The Song family is now located in Wuchang, although it is not too far from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but she has a daughter's family, and I am afraid that she will not have the opportunity to come again in her life.

The acquaintance between them was in the Gregorian calendar in 1902, the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu, that is, in the autumn of nine years ago, when the Song family was still settled in Wuzhong, and the Lu family met in business.

Shen Shuyi went home to meet his father and mother during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and when he went to the Lu family to play with the second young master Lu, he saw the father and daughter of the Song family who had temporarily settled, and that was the first time they had met.

But anyone with a good family background will pay attention to upbringing, and the Song family heard that the control is also very strict, but Song Wanyan is a different little girl. Her mother gave birth to her and died in childbirth, and her father guarded her for a whole decade before renewing the string, and his love for her can be imagined.

When I first saw this little girl, she looked like an ordinary girl doll, not dressed gorgeously, nor wearing gold and jade, with a lively personality but knowledgeable personality, Shen Shuyi dared to say that I am afraid that I will never see such a girl again in this life.

Talented, wise, and never bound by the evils of the world, she is like a grain of gold, shining in the mortal world.

But just two years later, the Song family moved to Wuchang, and the business with the Lu family was interrupted, and they were never seen again except for letters.

If Shen Shuyi didn't have an accident, he wouldn't be able to go to Wuchang in this life, he thought it would be difficult to see him again, but he didn't expect this girl to sneak out.

"She's changed a lot, I remember she was short and thin when she left, wouldn't she be the same now?" He muttered, feeling unreal for a moment.

Every time he received a letter in the past, he couldn't help but imagine what she looked like now, but he didn't think it was suitable, how could such a special girl be applicable from a worldly perspective?

Lu Qichi smiled slightly and said, "You can't guess, she has changed a lot." ”

Shen Shuyi smirked for a while, and said in his heart, it's good if he can't guess, he has always been unable to guess this girl, this is the best.

Between the turns of his mind, a flute sounded in his ears, which was light and distant at first, and slowly seemed to be closer, but it was still vague, and it sounded like someone playing the flute outside the courtyard wall.

This man's flute played well, but it was very annoying, so that his heart swayed, and his train of thought was interrupted.

Shen Shuyi dug out his ears and complained: "This group of people who ask for food is really annoying, and they have to make trouble if they don't give money." He stared intently trying to ignore the voice.

Lu Qichi didn't seem to understand what he said, looked at him for a while and asked, "What?" ”

Shen Shuyi shook his head and sighed: "The world is hard, I hope my mother can say a few words, and we don't have to think about these troubles when we talk." ”

Instead, he asked, "Why didn't you go?" "Second Young Master Lu, someone with such a heavy courtesy, usually doesn't come to him directly.

Lu Qichi said slowly: "Go, my aunt told me to come first." ”

Shen Shuyi let out an unsurprised sigh and moved his sour arm.

"By the way, what kind of family did her stepmother find for her? She didn't elaborate on the last letter. He asked, the most important thing for a girl in her life is to get married, and if she is not good, she will be miserable for half her life.

Lu Qi paused for a long time and replied: "She didn't want to say it, but Uncle Song's letter mentioned that he was a wealthy businessman in Wuchang, with a solid family background, an only son, and his appearance and character were reasonable. ”

Shen Shuyi thought carefully in his heart, but Wuchang was too far away, and all he knew was a little bit of a star, and he had no clue at all.

"If you don't say it, you definitely don't like it." He snorted: "What's the use of having money, you have to like her, otherwise it's all wild." ”

After speaking, I was a little depressed in my heart, after so many years, no matter how hard I tried, it would fade away, there may not have changed between them, but there has been no contact between my parents for a long time, if it wasn't for her coming to Quyun this time, Master Song estimated that he would not take the initiative to contact the Lu family at all.

Now that she is someone else's daughter, such a major event as marriage is a worry in vain, and it does not play a role at all.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help sighing, and said: "It's become too fast, I can't react until now, how good do you say it would have been if the Song family had stayed in Wuzhong." ”

Lu Qichi hummed and didn't answer.

Shen Shuyi continued to chatter: "Why did she come to Quyun suddenly, I still don't believe it." You may not believe it, but I always feel that today is like floating, especially unreal. ”

"I really thought it would be rare to see this side in this life, and I wrote to her during the Chinese New Year to ask her to take a photo to see, but she hasn't replied yet, I didn't expect the real person to come......"

Halfway through speaking, his mind was confused and he heard the sound of the flute in his ears, and Shen Shuyi felt that it must be caused by him being too impatient and distracted.

"My mother doesn't have anything to say on weekdays." He said, and in the middle of speaking, a gentle voice sounded outside.

"Aren't you afraid that I will secretly sue your mother?"

The goose-yellow skirt corner broke into the sight first, and the person who came was a young girl, whose appearance was not excellent, but there was a natural aura in her eyebrows and eyes, and this alone was difficult for anyone to match.

Shen Shuyi looked at her carefully for a long time, as if it was the same as what he thought in the past, but it was different, but it was as different as he thought.

"Yo, it's not a dwarf, I was playing in the alley back then, and I always thought you were too young to take you." He smiled and said, Now the girl is slim, and the whole Quyun is unmatched.

Song Wanyan pursed her lips and replied unceremoniously: "It's you, you're so old and often hit the board, it's not a shame!" ”

Shen Shuyi didn't care about this, and he didn't talk back, looking at him and smiling stupidly for a long time.

Then he raised his eyebrows and said: "I only know that you sneaked out like this, and Uncle Song will not let you be allowed to leave the house for a year in a fit of anger!" ”

Song Wanyan is a girl after all, how can she compare to them, even if she is taken to the street and scolded, there are still girls who are willing to marry, after all, the family is rich, and ordinary people can't think of it. Women are different, married women need to rely on a lot, dowry is one of them, and the reputation before marriage is also very important, otherwise it is easy to be looked down upon.

Although Shen Shuyi was looking forward to seeing her, she also felt that she was really hasty to come here like this, even if she used visiting relatives as a reason, it was far-fetched.

Song Wanyan looked a little unhappy when she heard this, pursed her lips and picked up a chair to sit down, and said: "As long as you can not marry, you can do anything, my father said that the adjutant guarding the armory in Wuchang is good, but he is a soldier, and now the world is so chaotic, I just want to marry an ordinary person and live a life in peace." ”

Shen Shuyi sighed, this doesn't seem to be the same as the version in Uncle Song's letter, and when he looked up at Second Young Master Lu, he was slightly surprised in his eyes.

However, after thinking about it, it became clear, according to Song Wanyan's meaning, her father wanted her to marry an officer, I am afraid that part of it was because of the lobbying of the stepmother, on the one hand, the officer has a military status, and on the other hand, he can have a relationship with the government, but I don't know how Master Song will let go of this matter, and he also gave them an excuse.

If this is really the meaning, in fact, there is no need to hide it at all, it is not a shameful thing to marry an officer in this world, I am afraid that things are not so simple.

Saying this, Song Wanyan was also a little helpless, and sighed: "My father must not have told you that, right?" I knew it, so I didn't dare to tell my aunt the truth. ”

"The officer heard that it was my stepmother's cousin's life-saving benefactor, and he helped my family a lot when he didn't gain a foothold in Wuchang a few years ago, and begged my father for a long time, and my father thought that he was not bad, so he agreed to marry me to him." She said.

That's not bad, Shen Shuyi's impression of the character of a soldier is mostly not guaranteed, and if you marry rashly, you may suffer a loss, if your character is really good, it may not be a good marriage.

"Then why don't you say it directly, the officer who listened to you should be a good person." He asked.

Song Wanyan nodded and said: "He is good, but it doesn't mean that I have to like him, I have someone I like, and my father also knows that he has planned to rely on me, but my stepmother has lobbied several times, causing my father to waver, so I thought that I must have a dose of ruthless material, so I ran out in a breath, and before leaving, I asked the girl to let out the words, and if I didn't let me marry the person I wanted to marry, I wouldn't go back." ”

Of course, this is not that she will not go back if she wants to, but the purpose has been achieved, and the officer must not be able to marry her with a shy face, and her stepmother will not be embarrassed to reluctantly match.

"So you came to Quyun alone?" Shen Shuyi said curiously, the mountains are high and the waters are long, how dangerous a girl should be.

Song Wanyan giggled and said, "Of course not, if I leave alone, can my father let me out of Wuchang?" ”

The consciousness in the words was to tell him to guess what was going on, but Shen Shuyi was now in a mental downturn, and there was a squeaky flute in his ears, and he still had no clue after thinking about it for a long time.

At this time, Lu Xianren made a move.

"So you followed the convoy of the Song family's runners to Quyun." He said lightly.

Song Wanyan has always admired Lu Qichi's brainpower, and he clapped his hands exaggeratedly for a long time on the side, and praised again: "It is worthy of the second young master Lu!" Compared to you, Shen Hua is not even as good as scum! ”