Regarding Mu Jingchi's question, I said expressionlessly: "What can I say to her, what can we two women say, but it is only in the clothes and jewelry." ”

Mu Jingchi obviously didn't believe it, and he looked at the two maids not far behind me, and the two maids immediately lowered their heads under the gaze of Mu Jingchi.

Mu Jingchi put down the brush in his hand, picked up the teacup on the table and said, "This morning, there was news from Tan Jun's side, saying that Mrs. Tan disappeared last night and has not returned. ”

I was amazed and asked, "How so?" Wasn't it good the other day? But what happened? ”

Mu Jingchi lifted the lid of the teacup, flicked it on the rim of the cup and said, "I heard that he ran away from home." ”

He bowed his head and took a sip of tea.

I said, "How can it be a runaway?" But Manager Tan bullied her? ”

When Mu Jingchi heard my words, he sneered again: "I'm not joking with you this time, she has contact with you." ”

I said, "I'm not joking with you, I really don't know where she went, and I don't know her well in the first place, so how can she contact me where she goes?" ”

Mu Jingchi saw that I was still a dead duck with a hard mouth, so he suddenly threw the teacup in his hand on the table, and then looked at the maids.

Under Mu Jingchi's gaze, those maids glanced at each other, and they didn't know what to do, and two of them knelt down in front of Mu Jingchi together and said, "Sir, Miss really didn't say something to Mrs. Tan that shouldn't be said, the two really just talked about clothes and jewelry." ”

Mu Jingchi looked at them for a long time, and I also stood there as if I was a dead duck who was not afraid of boiling water. Mu Jing couldn't ask anything, so he looked back at me again.

I said, "Who are these maids most afraid of, you should always know that in front of you, are they still telling you lies?" ”

At this time, Steward Zhou walked in from outside, and when he saw the situation inside, he hurriedly said to Mu Jingchi: "Sir, Manager Tan is here and is waiting outside." ”

Steward Zhou glanced back at me again, and Mu Jingchi said to Steward Zhou, "Let him come in." ”

Then he said to me, "Go down." ”

I didn't expect him to let me go so easily, so I naturally left without hesitation, but when I walked to the door, Steward Zhou said there: "Sir, I think it's better to wait for Manager Tan to come over, and then let Miss go back to the room, maybe Manager Tan will have a question to ask Miss." ”

Mu Jingchi glanced at Steward Zhou, did not speak, let alone respond, and Steward Zhou saw that Mu Jingchi's gaze had fallen on those official documents, so he didn't say anything more.

When I got out of Mu Jingchi's study and was about to enter the room along the corridor, I happened to see Tan Jun walking in from outside the hall, and in front of me was the maid who led him upstairs.

Tan Jun, who was far away, saw me standing upstairs at a glance, and his face was particularly heavy

, the pace seems to be a lot faster.

When he was about to go upstairs, the maid behind me reminded me, "Miss, you better go back to your room first." ”

I glanced at the maid and entered the room, and then the maid closed the door.

I never went out after that, and Tan Jun left at 3 p.m.

When he left, I stood at the window and looked out, and the car that sent Tan Jun away happened to leave through the gate of Mu's house.

I sneered a few times and lowered the curtains, when there was another knock at the door, and I paused and whispered, "Who?" ”

The voice of the maid came from outside the door, and she said, "Miss, it's me." ”

It was Ruping, I immediately walked over, pulled the door open, and sure enough, Ruping was standing outside, she quickly rushed in from outside, closed it and said, "Miss, there is someone outside who asked me to bring such a thing to you." ”

Then she stuffed something into my hand, and when I looked up, it was a letter.

I quickly opened the letter, and there was a hairpin inside, the hairpin that Mingzhu wore on her head that day, and there was a short sentence in it: "Miss Lu, gather in the Xian Pavilion for a while, tomorrow afternoon." ”

I immediately accepted the letter, looked at Ruping and asked, "Who gave it to you?" ”

The maid said, "It was a woman at the door who asked me to bring it to you." ”

I pinched the hairpin and looked at it for a long time, and then said to Ruping: "Okay, there's nothing else, you go down." ”

Ruping glanced at me, then nodded, and exited my room, but when she was about to close the door, I said to her again: "Don't tell anyone about this matter, just act as if nothing happened." ”

Then he walked to the dresser, took out a phoenix blood jade bracelet from the jewelry box, walked up to Ruping and stuffed the jade bracelet into her palm: "I heard that your mother's health has not been very good, but now she is better?" ”

Ruping glanced at me, then looked down at the palms we were holding each other, and she was about to speak, but I grabbed her hand again and said, "This thing is not valuable, but it is enough to save your mother's life." ”

Ruping's hand of resistance weakened little by little, and in the end, she put her hand down.

There was a sound of footsteps downstairs, and I raised my eyes to see that Sister-in-law Gui seemed to be coming to my room, so I whispered to Ruping, "Okay, go and get busy with your own business." ”

Ruping replied yes, then turned around and left from here, Sister-in-law Gui didn't pay much attention to Ruping who passed by her, her eyes kept falling on me, after she arrived at me, she hurriedly smiled and said, "Miss, there is a Guiyu tonight, do you want to braise or steam?" ”

I smiled and said to Sister-in-law Gui, "Braised it, I've been a little spicy lately." ”

Sister-in-law Gui smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go and prepare later." ”

I nodded.

After Zhou's mother left, I closed the door.

I didn't go downstairs to eat at night, I kept nesting in the room, it was sent by the maid, and Mu Jingchi didn't say anything.

It's just that at ten o'clock in the evening, I felt a little dry mouth, and I didn't let the maid bring it to me and went downstairs by myself, but who knew before I walked downstairs, and I happened to see Steward Zhou and Mu Jingchi downstairs.

Steward Zhou was talking to Mu Jingchi about the next thing to take Wang Zhizhi from Nanshan Temple, but Mu Jingchi didn't react at all, and sat there playing chess with himself.

Seeing that Mu Jing didn't react for a long time, Steward Zhou even ignored her existence a little, and called out in a deep voice again: "Sir!" ”

Mu Jingchi was probably a little annoyed by his nagging, his hand on the chessboard also paused slightly, and after a while, he turned his head to look at Steward Zhou for a long time and didn't speak, and then took his hand back from the chessboard, and said to Steward Zhou: "Old Zhou, you are not young anymore, this kind of thing is logically my family matter, will it be too inappropriate for you to interfere again." ”

This was the first time Mu Jingchi had used such a calm tone to talk about this matter with Steward Zhou.

Steward Zhou lowered his head and couldn't see his expression.

Mu Jingchi said: "You should know what you should be in charge of and what you should not be in charge of. ”

Steward Zhou bent down and said with a restrained manner: "Sir, you should also know that Lao Zhou's duty in this life is to guard the Mu family on behalf of the master, let the Mu family spread out the branches and leaves, and slash all the enemies of the Mu family." ”

When Steward Zhou said this, his voice paused for a few seconds, and he continued: "Everything else, Lao Zhou can ignore it, but only in the matter of Mrs. and Young Master, I hope you understand that they are the people of the Mu family, and the rest of the people are just insignificant people, since Mrs. went to Nanshan Temple, she has been crying day and night, and she has lost a lot of weight in the past few days, do you plan to ignore the little master for that little thing?" No matter what, he is the bloodline of the Mu family, your son, there is no one in this world who can compare to your bloodline, including the one surnamed Lu. ”

Mu Jingchi heard Steward Zhou's words, but he just stared calmly and did not speak.

Steward Zhou said again: "Lao Zhou knows, it is indeed too much, but you yourself should also understand, if you don't know how close you are, why should Lao Zhou be a lot older, and then come to you so verbose, annoying you, you want to take her in, I didn't object at the beginning, I thought you would know clearly what you want to do and what to do, and you have not forgotten the oath you made in recent years, but when things come to this point, I really don't understand, why do you want to keep her." When she was six years old, you couldn't do it, Lao Zhou thought it was understandable, but now, she is no longer the six-year-old child of the year, it stands to reason that your plan should be to get rid of her when everything is closed, but you not only did not have it now, but you also took back a useless chess piece, Lao Zhou doesn't know what you think, Lao Zhou suspects that you may not be as ruthless to her as you said, although you may not agree with Lao Zhou's words, but I still have to remind you that you can forget the words of the master, You can forget all the blood feuds of the Mu family, but you shouldn't forget the pain of your body, if it weren't for her Mu family, how could your good body be so tormented by the illness? You are only thirty years old now, but you are wrapped in all kinds of drugs every day, and even your life expectancy is still in an incalculable situation, and all this you suffer only you know in your heart. ”

Mu Jingchi stretched out his hand and pinched a white jade from the chessboard and put it on his fingertips, the chess pieces were crystal clear under his white fingertips, shining brightly, and the refracted light fell on the back of his white hand, making the skin close to transparent.

He studied the exquisitely crafted chess piece, chuckled and said, "I should understand everything you said, but so what, wouldn't it be the best gift to the Lu family to raise her here." He squinted his eyes slightly and said: "Death, in my eyes, is not the end of hatred, but the liberation of the other party, if you want to use this way to make the Lu family repay everything, then all this is too light." ”

His fingertips gently stroked the round chess pieces: "She is the only living person of the Lu family, and the only descendant, let her live safely in the life arranged by my Mu Jingchi, and live comfortably, isn't it a more pleasant way to retaliate?" ”

Steward Zhou frowned and asked, "That's what you think?" ”

Mu Jingchi asked rhetorically: "What?" What do you think I think? ”

Steward Zhou was silent at this time, but Mu Jingchi seemed to guess what he was thinking, put down the chess pieces in his hand and said with a smile: "You think I am in love with her?" ”

Mu Jingchi seemed to think that Steward Zhou's guess was ridiculous, and he said, "Do you think I will fall in love with a little girl who has not dried up?" ”

Mu Jingchi shook his head, continued to play chess by himself, and said: "Lao Zhou, you don't know me too well, there are so many women in this world, I can fall in love with any woman, but it won't be her, keep her now, just let the Lu family who is nesting in the underworld at this time take a good look, what kind of scum is their daughter, and how she was trained in my hands Mu Jingchi, hasn't his Lu family always boasted of being ambitious?" Then I want them to see how unworthy their ambition is. ”

Mu Jingchi sneered there, and there was a trace of murderous intent hidden in his eyebrows.

Steward Zhou stood stunned and watched, he seemed to be a little unable to come back to his senses for Mu Jingchi's words, and after a long time, he reacted a little and asked, "That lady——"

Mu Jingchi said expressionlessly: "I will send her to Nanshan Temple, but it is just because she said something that should not be said, and it has nothing to do with anyone." ”

Mu Jingchi continued to lay down the chess pieces there and said: "I will have my own plans for this matter, so you don't have to worry too much, and you don't have to come to me again to talk to me about this kind of thing, I know what I want to do, and I don't like people to be verbose." ”

Steward Zhou heard Mu Jingchi say this, of course, he didn't say more, he saluted Mu Jingchi again and said: "Since you have told Lao Zhou like this, then Lao Zhou will naturally not say more, sir, what the Lu family did to our Mu family at the beginning is indelible, and now Lao Zhou only hopes that you will understand her identity, the deep hatred of the sea of blood between you and you, don't be blinded by that woman, and my Lao Zhou will do his best to make the Mu family prosperous and spread out, then I will go to see the master, I handed over the burden he entrusted to me with the master. ”

Mu Jingchi hummed lightly, and Steward Zhou didn't stop being bored, but straightened up and said goodbye to Mu Jingchi, and cautiously retreated from the hall.

After Steward Zhou left, the hall was quiet again, the lights in the hall were not too bright, and the lights were basically extinguished upstairs because no one was moving, so I was in the dark now, Mu Jingchi couldn't find me, but he was still sitting there with chess, looking at the chess pieces on the chess game and pondering.

I stood in the dark for about two minutes, but I felt cold in my hands and feet, and left the hallway to go back to my room.

When I got inside, I sat on the edge of the bed for a few seconds, then I got up and walked to the light, there was a click, and then there was a lot of darkness, I went to bed calmly, and then put the cold silk quilt on top of myself and fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up the next morning, it was the beginning of a new day, and the sun outside was unexpectedly bright, but the temperature was still frighteningly cold.

The maid came to my room early in the morning, and served me to wash, and I did not show any abnormality, and when I got dressed, I went downstairs to eat as usual.

Mu Jingchi was about to talk to Wang Shuyi at the dining table, when Wang Shuyi saw me coming, she immediately glanced at me and called with a smile: "Miss, good morning." ”

Mu Jingchi also raised his eyes to look at me, and then turned his head and continued to order Wang Shuyi: "Okay, just do what I instruct." ”

Wang Shuyi said, "Yes." Then he bowed to me again, and departed.

As soon as I sat down in front of Mu Jingchi, he picked up the silver chopsticks on the table and said to me: "I'm going to go out later, and I'll go back to the house for dinner, but it's going to be a little late, if you're hungry." asked Sister-in-law Gui to start the meal first. ”

I took a sip of the warm glass of milk on the table, didn't answer him, just numbly ate with a spoon.

Mu Jingchi didn't say much, he took the documents on the table and looked at them, and the breakfast was completed in the sound of Mu Jingchi's paper.

Mu Jing left the house not long after, and left Mu's house by car, and after he left, I sat alone on the sofa and renovated the magazines on the coffee table.

After turning a few pages, he turned his head and glanced at the unsolved chess game that Mu Jingchi had left on the table, and the sunspot was obviously at a disadvantage.

But even at a disadvantage, Bai Zi didn't have much advantage, and this game seemed to be a dead game.

I studied for a long time, trying to fall, but in the end I found that I didn't make any other moves there except for indecisiveness.

I finally gave up on the upward fall, just looked at the chess game coldly, and swept the intricate pieces above me to the ground with force.

Mu Jingchi did not come back at noon, but called from the presidential palace, saying that there was still a meeting, let me eat first, and there was no need to wait for him. He hung up the phone.

This is what the maid came upstairs to tell me.

I didn't react at all, just continued to sit on the sofa and flipped through the book in my hand, and when the maid saw that I didn't answer, and didn't dare to provoke me, she withdrew from the room, and soon brought up lunch slowly.

After that, I finished my meal in my room and left the house by car in front of all the servants of the Mu family.

The servant didn't dare to say anything, so he could only watch there, since Mu Jingchi took me out twice, the people here seemed to have given a lot to my guards, so when I left, the soldiers outside didn't stop me much.

I rushed to the Juxian Pavilion according to the address in the letter, and I asked the driver to park the car far away, and when I got out of the car, I happened to see Mingzhu standing at the pavilion not far away with her baggage.

Today's wind is particularly strong, blowing people's hair with the wind, Mingzhu's face is blown red by the wind, she saw me coming, when even ran towards me, but she ran in front of me, saw the driver not far away and the two bodyguards standing next to the car, she took a few steps back, full of vigilance at me and asked: "Miss Lu, that's ......"

I said, "This is the people of the Mu family, you don't have to worry, they won't do anything to you, they just follow me out." ”

Mingzhu said, "But you know that I came here secretly, if they see me, won't he know where I am?" ”

She was referring to Tan Jun.

Hearing her say this, I did not answer her, but took her hand and led her towards the pavilion, and when I got there, I said to her, "You should know that Tan Jun is looking for you everywhere?" Why did you run away from home without saying a word? How can this be the case for no reason? But what grievances have you suffered? ”

I saw that she looked very haggard, so I pulled her and said, "You better go back to Mu's house with me first-"

Mingzhu grabbed me and said, "No, I won't go back, I will never go back, I ran out on purpose, how can I go back again?" ”

I frowned and asked, "Why?" Wasn't it good the other day? ”

Mingzhu's face was blown red by the wind and her eyes were red and she said: "There's no why, it's just that I don't want to go back to that home, I'm just a maid, but since I became the so-called Mrs. Tan, the maid is not Mrs. Maid, not Mrs., before I thought that Mr. would marry me, at least because he liked me a little, but now I find out that all this is wrong, Mr. doesn't like me at all, the reason why he married me is just because of you, this position was given to me by you, I am a maid good, It is also my honor to be a young grandmother, but the maid is also dignified, since he likes you, I don't want to be this lady anymore, and I don't want to be so pitiful anymore to accept your alms to my husband. ”

I frowned and asked, "Mingzhu, how can you think that?" What is almsgiving? What does it mean to be pitiful? Tan Jun actually likes you, otherwise he wouldn't listen to me and marry you, he is now looking for you, turning the world upside down, don't think nonsense, okay? ”

Mingzhu cried and shook his head and said, "No, I know it in my heart, and I know it very well, you don't need to say anything more, I have counted." ”

She seemed to have made up her mind to leave, and she was afraid that I would persuade her again, so she pushed my hand away from her hand, Mingzhu turned around and wanted to leave, I took her hand again and said, "Mingzhu, don't get excited first, it's not too late to think clearly before leaving, do you really want to abandon him?" ”

Mingzhu looked back with tears in her arms and said: "I think very clearly, don't hesitate, in my life, thanks to the support of the young master, if it weren't for him, I would still be an orphan girl with nowhere to go, my thoughts about the young master are already rebellious, what kind of person am I, I actually came to ask the young master to be loyal to me, these are nothing, the most important thing is that the person the young master likes is you, because I have always occupied the position of the person he likes, so he has no result with you, So in order to repay him, the only thing Mingzhu can do is to leave here, give up the position that should belong to you, and let you have a good result with your husband. ”

What else do I want to say, who knows that Mingzhu knelt in front of me and cried and said: "Miss Lu, just beg you to leave me some self-esteem, I don't want to make myself look so pitiful, I know you are generous, but the more you are like this, the more humble Mingzhu becomes." ”

I looked at her like this because I knew that she couldn't listen to anything from me, and I could only compromise on her pleas and say: "Okay, I promise you, you get up and talk to me first, and Mingzhu you can't escape now, why don't I help you plan the route and how you go?" You're more likely to leave, aren't you? ”