"Sister, do you really want to go to Seaweed?" Lu Xuelan leaned against my desk and looked at me as I was buried in my luggage, as if I didn't know what to say and didn't have anything to say.

I just nodded, but I didn't speak.

Three days ago, the quarrel between me and Lu Xuefeng came inexplicably, and it ended very unexpectedly.

After I yelled at him for a lie, he seemed to have a thousand words to explain, but in the end he didn't say a word. It's as if he can't find a reason at all, he can't deny it at all.

Or is he just a flower heart, a negative man who eats the bowl and looks at the pot......

Although I don't agree with this in my heart.

But after this incident, I suddenly realized that Lu Xuefeng and I, or rather me, needed to calm down. There are so many things that have happened in this short week, many of which I can't adapt to, many of which make me ignorant, and so many of which make me avoid, but I can't turn a blind eye.

An irritability that I could not perceive quickly took root in my heart, spreading, and finally became a deep-seated incomprehension and resentment. I need time to gather my thoughts, and I need time to face the questions that are always in my mind.

Leaving the city and going to a place where Lu Xuefeng is invisible is the best way to calm your heart.

And Kwai Xu's invitation became my best choice at this time.

The only surprise was that just as I was booking a ticket to Zhongxinjiang, Lu Xuelan suddenly appeared in front of my apartment.

"Sister, brother, he...... Uh, actually......"

'Are you here to apologize?' Inexplicably, I don't want to get involved with the Lu family at all, let alone destroy other people's families. ’

Without giving Lu Xuelan a chance to find a reason to convince me, I closed the lid of my suitcase tightly and turned around to walk out the door.

"I've forgotten what happened that day."

It was so complicated that day that I really didn't want to hear about it anymore.

But I didn't expect Lu Xuelan not just to explain to me, he hurriedly caught up and snatched the suitcase from my hand, and said with panicked eyes: "Sister! I, I'm here with you! ”

Together? I did think before that if Kwai Xu was really behind the scenes, then it would definitely be dangerous for me to go to Seaweed Tang this time. If I can ask the Lu family, who is also one of the five major families, to come forward, maybe I can find new clues again without unknowingly being discovered.

It's just that...... Nothing to do, what is it?

I looked at Lu Xuelan suspiciously, of course, it wasn't that I didn't believe his decision, but why did he go with me?

……

The center of the river seaweed begonia――

With some doubts, I didn't stop Lu Xuelan from accompanying me to Haizaotang.

Under the guidance of the old manager of Haizaotang, we successfully entered Aoi's house and saw Aoi Xu sitting quietly in the living room reading a book and waiting.

He was the same as he had been three days before, only this time he was wearing a simple brown-green suit. Compared to the dark green of the last time, there is a little more warm feeling. He was looking intently at the leather notebook in his hand, and from time to time he gently pushed the silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, with a gentle and elegant scholarly atmosphere.

When Lu Xuelan and I walked into the living room, he was not surprised at all that I would come as promised. It was as if everything was expected by him.

It's just that at this time, he always has an inexplicable pathology, is it sick?

Lu Xuelan on the side also noticed that Kwai Xu's mistake was wrong, he hurriedly stepped forward and pointed at Kwai Xu's slightly pale face, and smiled mercilessly:

"Aoi is in charge, the annual meeting is only two days away, and it seems that Aoi has not recovered from the fatigue of the journey. Looking at your face so bad, do you think it was a bit hasty to invite your sister to your seaweed begonito at that time? ”

Being called sister by Lu Xuelan in person, I was really a little unaccustomed to it.

But I'm afraid I'm not used to it, I'm afraid there is also Kwai Xu, Lu Xuelan's words gave him a lot of misdirection.

Kwai Xu's hand shook suddenly, and he suddenly looked at me as if he realized it, and quickly got up and put away the notebook in his hand, and looked at Lu Xuelan again.

Then he smiled at me and explained, "It's the third day, Second Young Master Lu remembers it wrongly. I didn't expect Miss Ying to be the Lu family, and Kui was so closed to the news that she called Miss by her name, and I hope that Miss Lu doesn't mind. ”

"Mr. Aoi misunderstood, it's just that he screamed nonsense......"

"Yes, yes, my sister's surname is Yang, and her name is Yang Ying'er!" Before I could finish explaining, Lu Xuelan interrupted me again.

'Really! Don't you know it's rude to interrupt someone? And what do you mean by looking at people Kwai Xu so arrogantly! Are you here to demonstrate!? Looking at Lu Xuelan's battle that was not afraid of the ground, I couldn't help but glare at him fiercely.

"Oh? It seems that Aoi was really negligent. Kwai Xu didn't seem to realize that Lu Xuelan's words revealed some childish thoughts. He still maintains his usual gentlemanly attitude, probably the same as Lu Xuefeng, all of Lu Xuelan is a child's character, right?

Kwai Xu's modest appearance did not let Lu Xuelan take advantage of it at all. There was not even the slightest hint of self-confusion, so he had to give up the sarcastic trick and snort softly and look elsewhere ignoring Aoi Xu.

I couldn't help but laugh a few times at the remaining embarrassing scenes, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Miss Xiao Tao has been better in the past two days?" ”

"Miss Yang is very worried about her sister, Kwai is very grateful, I believe you will be able to see her soon." Kwai Xu's face suddenly turned from pale to blushing at the moment I spoke of Kwai Xiaotao, and then turned to blue-black. At this time, the eyes were hidden in the reflection of his silver-rimmed glasses.

The rest is okay, but the voice is a little unconsciously weird.

See you soon? What does that mean?

"Miss Yang said earlier that she was interested in the handmade masks of the Kwai family, and Kwai was about to go to the Mask House, why don't Miss Yang go with me?" Perhaps seeing that I was a little confused about his words, Aoi Xu got up and straightened his clothes and walked out of the living room.

The House of Masks, what a fantasy name. It feels a bit old, so it's not a bad idea to see it.

I thought to myself, and looked back at Lu Xuelan, who was putting on an indifferent look, but he didn't mean to follow at all.

'He's not going?' That's right, he just came to Haizao Tang with me, and he wasn't my bodyguard. Besides, it's a house of masks, so what's so scary? Thinking about it mentally, I withdrew my gaze from Lu Xuelan and followed Kwai Xu out. ignored the last glance with Lu Xuelan for a while.

That kind of look doesn't matter on the surface, but in fact, I seem to have only seen that kind of expression for a short time.

The mask house of the Aoi family is located in the northernmost corner of the entire seaweed tang, and along the way I looked at the well-repaired rockery landscape pavilion and the landscape cloister, just like the elegance of the south of the Yangtze River. However, in terms of elegance, the five-step Xuanwu statue makes this piece of elegance a little solemn.

After passing through the gallery, a dark green ancestral hall looms among the flowers and trees between several rockeries. From a distance, I don't know if the dark green is the seaweed growing on the walls or the paint that has been smeared on it. But all in all, it's abrupt, abrupt and a little unexpected.

"Welcome to the House of Masks, I hope you can enjoy Miss Yang here." Aoi Xu walked up the steps in a few steps, looked back at me who was following him, and gently put his left hand on his right chest, and a standard gentleman's etiquette appeared before my eyes.

At the same time, the door of the Gu no House behind Aoi Xu squeaked, and a small crack in the door automatically opened.

I followed him carefully into the door, almost exclaiming by the faint light of the kerosene lamp in my hand.

It's such a scale that it seems that the entire theater world has no face in it.

Sun Wukong's monkey face, Lin Daiyu's tearful eyes and makeup, and Bao Zheng with a black face and white moon, everything is available. This is definitely a museum of the history of the opera world, a huge treasure trove of mask painting.

I carried the lamp and walked under a mask that was somewhat similar to the aqua blue mask of Aoi Xiao Tao, looked at it carefully, and asked, "Did the mask that Miss Xiao Tao was wearing also come out of here?" ”

"That's natural, the Aoi family mask is notoriously exquisitely crafted, but of course Momo's mask won't hang here, because it's unique after all. You'll be able to see ...... in a moment."

Another moment? It's been a few moments.