I didn't speak.

Zhou's mother whispered: "It's been almost a year, can't you let go of those things?" ”

Fortunately, at this time, the doctor came over and interrupted the topic that Zhou's mother had just mentioned, and her memory is very poor now, and after being interrupted, she no longer remembered to continue to ask, but just said to the doctor like a child: "Why are you here again." ”

Seeing that she didn't look welcome, the doctor had to smile at me helplessly and said, "Mother Zhou is treating me as an enemy now." ”

Zhou's mother said: "Isn't it an enemy? Every once in a while, I come to toss this old bone. ”

After the doctor handed the medicine box to the maid, he sat down on the side of Zhou's mother's bed and said, "Old lady, this is for medical treatment, if you are well, I will be happier than you." ”

Zhou's mother waved her hand and said, "It's okay, I know, I don't need to treat it, what else can I treat, isn't it a natural thing to get old?" ”

The doctor smiled and said, "That's not the case, isn't it everywhere that you live a long life, ninety, or a hundred years old?" ”

Zhou's mother looked a little confused, she frowned and said, "Oh, doctor, I don't want to live so long, why do I want to live so long, and I can't get out of bed and walk, isn't this a living prison?" ”

After that, Zhou's mother kept talking to the doctor and asked him not to come again next time, she is fine now.

In order to cooperate with her, the doctor could only say yes and yes, and Zhou's mother stopped a little, and after the pulse was diagnosed, the doctor prescribed some prescriptions for the maids to pick up the medicine.

Zhou's mother actually chatted with the doctor again, if she wanted to say that she was confused, she didn't seem to be confused, because she knew that there was a war in Dongjun, she said to the doctor: "I remember when I was young, it was also a war in Dongjun, the Song family army and the old Qin army were fighting, or Jiaqing that year, the whole Dongjun didn't know how many people died, hey I heard that it was a river of blood, but I didn't expect it to be a little better for a few years, the civil war is over, and the foreign war has started again. ”

When the doctor heard Zhou's mother say this, he asked, "How do you know this?" ”

Zhou's mother smiled and said, "Listen to what the maids say." ”

The doctor said, "It's normal to have strife in the world, so don't worry. ”

Zhou's mother shook her head and said: "I'm not worried, that battle will definitely not be able to enter Jinling City, but we are comfortable, but the people over there in Dongjun are really pitiful." ”

The doctor didn't talk to her anymore, but asked the maid to rub her completely atrophied legs.

After the doctor went out, I also followed out of the inside, and when I arrived outside, I asked the doctor about Zhou's mother.

He didn't answer me immediately, but sighed before saying, "It's not this year, it's next year." ”

The doctor patted me on the shoulder, then took the medicine box handed by the maid, and was about to walk outside, when Wang Zhizhi came from the hall and said to the doctor: "You came just in time, I have been a little dizzy recently, please help me take a look." ”

The doctor was invited by Wang Zhizhi again, leaving me to stand there alone, I stood for a long time, and then turned back to Zhou's mother's room, she was still chatting with the maid, it was all about her youth, these words were probably the maid was tired of hearing them, so she responded very perfunctorily, but even so, Zhou's mother still spoke quite energetically.

The maid has been a little drowsy and pressed her legs for Zhou's mother, not light, not heavy, not painful or itchy.

I stood there for a while, and the maid sensed someone coming in, and suddenly opened her eyes to look at me, and she wanted to salute, and I waved at her and motioned for her to get out of here.

The maid glanced at Zhou's mother, hesitated twice, and finally replied: "Yes." ”

I sat down next to Zhou's mother, and instead of what the maid did, I rubbed it for Zhou's mother.

She was leaning on the pillow, and there was a tendency to fall asleep, but after I sat down on the edge of her bed, she looked at me again with great vigor and said, "Miss, are you not leaving?" ”

I smiled and said, "Don't go, stay here and be filial to you." ”

When Zhou's mother heard my words, she seemed to be relieved, so she went down crookedly and continued to doze there, but she still didn't seem to feel at ease, and immediately grabbed my hand and put it in her heart, as if she was afraid that I would leave.

I stayed with her until she fell asleep, and then I quietly pulled my hand out of her palm and went out of Zhou's mother's room.

A maid was waiting at the door, and said to me, "Miss, your house has been cleaned for you." ”

I said, "I'm going to live outside." ”

The maid didn't expect me to answer like this, she was a little embarrassed, I knew she was in trouble, and said again: "When they ask, they will say that I insist on doing so." "I walked outside, but I had only walked a few steps, and before I could get out of the gate of the Mu family, I was stopped by those soldiers.

The soldiers said, "Miss, don't forget, you are now restricted in your movements, and if you don't stay at the Mu family, you will have to go to a place where you are guarded." ”

I stared at the two soldiers for a long time, and I forgot who I was, and I said, "In that case, let me send them to the place where I am guarded." ”

Aunt Gui, who has been working in the Mu family for decades, immediately came out of the kitchen and said to me: "Miss, don't be angry, how long has it been, and Mr. will not come back in the near future, you can rest assured, you can live here with peace of mind and accompany Mother Zhou more." ”

I frowned and looked at Aunt Gui and asked, "He's not coming back?" ”

Aunt Gui said: "Yes, there has been a war in Dongjun in the past few days, and Mr. has been discussing the war with President Huo at the presidential palace every day, and he hasn't come back for three days. ”

I didn't speak.

Aunt Gui said again: "You can stay here with peace of mind, and accompany Zhou's mother more." ”

Aunt Gui said to the maid, "Take the young lady upstairs." ”

The maid was also very clever, so she immediately said beside me, "Miss, please come here." ”

I didn't speak, I walked upstairs, I stayed at Mu's house that night, and then I stayed in Zhou's mother's room for the next few days, accompanied her, and accompanied her for almost three days, and I really didn't see Mu Jingchi returning to Mu's house, but even so, I didn't plan to stay here for a long time, and decided to stay here for three days, accompany Zhou's mother, and leave here on the fourth day.

But I didn't expect that when I was going to leave here on the fourth day, it happened that Mu Jingchi's car drove back from outside, and I just walked up the stairs, when I saw Mu Jingchi, who was wearing a plain white robe, walked in from outside, followed by Wang Shuyi and Steward Zhou, several people seemed to be talking to him about the war, Mu Jingchi did not keep frowning, and walked forward silently.

As soon as I saw him coming up, I turned and walked into the house, without colliding with him head-on.

Soon, I heard Mu Jingchi go to the study first, followed by Wang Shuyi and Steward Zhou, and after the outside was completely quiet, I came out of the house, and I didn't go back downstairs, I didn't leave from the front door, but the back door, I am familiar with every place in this Mu house, so where is it easiest to leave, I know it well, but these seem to be before, because when I left according to the previous route, I found that the guards here have all changed, and the walls of the Mu family are all full of sentry.

As soon as I went out the back door, I was watched by the sentry at the top of the fence, they stared at me, and I stared at them, staring at each other for a while, and I stood there for a few seconds, and after thinking about it, I walked back into the house.

I went back to my room again.

Wang Zhizhi's voice kept coming from outside, and she was having lunch, because Mu Jing had come back after such a long time, and the lunch was naturally more grand and delicate.

About an hour later, the maid came into my room to invite me, saying that the afternoon meal had been prepared.

I said to the maid through the door, "I'm not hungry." I thought for a few seconds, and then I said, "Bring it up." ”

When the maid heard me say this, she stood at the door but hesitated and said, "Sir is also eating in the study, Miss, do you want to eat in the house?" ”

I hummed because I didn't want to share a table with Wang Zhizhi.

The maid saw me answer like this, so she withdrew again, and the next afternoon, I kept hearing footsteps coming and going towards Mu Jingchi's study, and it lasted until seven o'clock in the evening, when the maid came up again to pass the dinner, I thought about it, and it seemed a bit hypocritical to go on like this, so I didn't let the maid bring the dinner into the house, but said to her: "I'll go down later." ”

The maid said, "Yes." Then he left through the door.

When I arrived at the restaurant downstairs, Mu Jingchi had not come down from the study, only Wang Zhizhi was sitting there with the child in her arms, and the maid was quietly eating on the side.

Wang Zhizhi doted on him very much and let him hold it.

After I sat down, I picked up the chopsticks on the table, about ten minutes, Mu Jingchi had not come down from the study, Wang Zhizhi asked that the child's food had been fed, and there was a maid coming down from Mu Jingchi's study, Wang Zhizhi hurriedly asked her: "Okay?" ”

The maid said: "I heard that He Dong was lost, and now it is very precarious along with Dongjun, and the matter over there is not over, and Mr. is very angry." ”

Wang Zhizhi didn't ask any more, and he didn't dare to send someone to urge, but said to the maid next to him: "Take the dish and heat it again, if it's yellow, make it again." ”

The maids said in unison, "Yes." ”

Then he brought down the dishes on the table again.

Mu Jing couldn't come down for a long time, so we naturally couldn't eat first, so we could only sit and wait at the table, Wang Zhizhi and I naturally had nothing to say, she kept holding the child and coaxing, I took the tea on the table, drank cup after cup, and when I almost couldn't drink it, the meal that was hot for the third time was served on the table again.

Wang Zhizhi saw that the time was close to ten o'clock, so he said to the maid beside him, "Go up and see how the gentleman is." ”

The maid said yes and walked upstairs.

After the maid went up this time, Mu Jingchi came down from the study, this is the first time I looked at him up close after half a year, he did look like Zhou's mother said a lot of weight loss, looked a little tired, not as good as before, and his face was faintly sickly.

After he sat down at the dining table, Wang Zhizhi asked, "The matter over there in Dongjun has not been dealt with yet?" ”

Mu Jingchi didn't want to talk about this matter, but asked her, "How is the matter with Mrs. Jiang?" ”

Wang Zhizhi immediately said: "I mentioned it to her today, and Mrs. Jiang said that Enlai Hospital has no problem accepting the wounded from the East County side, and that there is already making rescue arrangements." ”

Mu Jingchi didn't speak.

At this time, the child sitting in Wang Zhizhi's arms stretched out his hand to Mu Jingchi and shouted: "Dad, Dad," as if he wanted him to hug him, Wang Zhizhi hurriedly said to the child: "Dad has been busy for a day, very tired, Feng'er, no." ”

But the child didn't listen to Wang Zhizhi's words, and insisted on making a noise to let Mu Jingchi hug him, and Mu Jingchi saw that the child was like this, so he stretched out his hand to Wang Zhizhi and said, "Hold it over." ”

Wang Zhizhi seemed to be afraid that Mu Jing would be tired, but soon, she still hugged the child, and the child smiled when she arrived in his arms.

Mu Jingchi fed the child something to eat, but he only hugged it for a while, and then handed it to the maid on the side, who seemed to notice me sitting next to him.

Wang Zhizhi's gaze stayed on him, Mu Jingchi didn't say anything, but picked up the chopsticks on the table, sandwiched a crystal dumpling in my bowl and said, "Let's eat." ”

Wang Zhizhi didn't speak, but just hugged Feng'er back again.

I didn't touch the crystal dumplings that Mu Jingchi gave me, but put the dumplings aside without touching them, I didn't eat a lot, after completing the task, I stood up from the table and said, "You use it slowly." He stepped back from the table.

Mu Jingchi didn't say anything, but Wang Zhizhi looked at me for a long time, but soon, she smiled and immediately changed the topic and said, "Wait a while, I'll have someone bring the food up." ”

I didn't care what the two of them said, and the next day, I began to pack my things again, I thought that Mu Jingchi should go out to the presidential palace in the morning, but I didn't expect that when I went downstairs, I saw him sitting on the sofa in the living room drinking tea, talking about something with the people around him, the maid was serving tea on the side, and the atmosphere in the house was quite calm.

I didn't hesitate any longer, but walked downstairs, and when I walked to the staircase, I happened to meet the maid Chun'er, and when she saw me carrying the baggage, she asked me, "Miss, do you want to go?" ”

This sentence made Mu Jingchi, who was sitting there, look over.

I didn't deny it, but said to Chun'er: "I won't go to Zhou's mother's room, you can help me talk to her later." ”

Chun'er looked at me for a few seconds before nodding.

I didn't plan to say anything to Mu Jingchi with the package, and walked in the direction of the gate, and Mu Jingchi, who was sitting there, saw it, so he waved his hand to the person next to him and motioned him to go down.

When the people around him retreated, he said to me in a rare gentleness, "Where are you going?" ”

I didn't stop, I didn't answer his question, but walked straight to the gate with my things in my arms, but when I got to the door, the two bodyguards stopped me.

Mu Jingchi didn't speak, but picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip of tea with low eyes.

I stopped, looked back at him and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Mu Jingchi didn't have any anger at all, and said very calmly: "It's not interesting, it's the most suitable for you to live in the Mu family now." ”

I said, "The most suitable place for me should be the room of the Yuan family." ”

He surprisingly ignored my ridicule and did not look at me again, for soon a call came in, and he answered the call intently, ignoring me, while the soldier at the door did not back down in the slightest.

I stood there for a long time, and then I went upstairs with my baggage, and now I am just powerless, and fighting against him is just asking for hardship.

After going upstairs, I didn't go downstairs again, and in the next few days, I asked the maid to bring food up, and I didn't go downstairs again.

And the Mu family is not the same as before, but now it is very lively, Wang Zhizhi three days and two heads to greet people to come to the house as guests, play cards, I sit downstairs, I can hear the shouts of the rich ladies downstairs, and Mu Jingchi except for that day at home, after a few days I have not seen him in the Mu family.

I didn't count how many days I stayed in the room, and when I went downstairs again, there were some rich ladies I didn't know laughing in the living room.

I was about to go straight to the garden as if I hadn't seen them, when suddenly a lady called me.

I stopped to look at her, I wasn't sure if I knew her, I was very angry.

Even Wang Zhizhi, who was sitting across from her, looked at her, and after a while, Wang Zhizhi introduced to me: "This is the wife of President Di's family, Mrs. Di." ”

I don't know why she stopped me, stared at me for a long time and asked, "Why are you still wearing mourning clothes?" ”

When it came to this topic, Wang Zhizhi didn't speak, and was holding a card on the side.

I was silent for a few seconds and replied, "The dead husband is mourning." ”

After Mrs. Nadi heard this, she suddenly realized that she understood something, and she asked Wang Zhizhi again: "Although there are some things that are not suitable for you to say to Mrs. Mu, but I still have to tell you, can you know the old man near our house?" ”

Wang Zhizhi threw a card and asked with a smile: "But it's Deputy Chief Fu who is one level below President Di." ”

Mrs. Di smiled and said, "Exactly! You remember. ”

Wang Zhizhi asked, "But what's the matter?" ”

Mrs. Di said: "Mrs. Fu's family has a son, and now he is twenty-seven or sixteen years old and has not yet married a wife, I see that Miss Lu and Fu Cichang's son are the same age, and his family is an enlightened person, can Mrs. Mu make up a good marriage again?" ”

Wang Zhizhi didn't react on her face, but focused on raising the card, and after mentioning it for a long time, she said: "I can't do this kind of thing." ”

Mrs. Di said, "Can you help me go to Mr. Mu and ask?" It's not good to stay at home like this, while you're still young, it's the right thing to find someone to marry earlier. ”

Wang Zhizhi said, "I'll ask." Then she threw a card on the table.

Mrs. Di smiled and said, "Okay, wait for your news." ”

A few people started to say a word to you and a word to me, but no one paid any attention to me anymore.

I stood there for a while, then continued to walk towards the garden, turned around for a while, and subconsciously observed the defense of the Mu family, only to find that it was much stricter than before, and there was nowhere to escape.

The matter of escaping was temporarily pressed in my heart, thinking that when the battle over there in Dongjun was over, Mu Jingchi should let me go.

When he arrived in the evening, Wang Zhizhi did not mention what Mrs. Di asked him to say today, but ate in the restaurant as usual, and talked to Mu Jingchi about some small things.

And so the night passed.

On the second day, many people came to the Mu family, but I didn't expect Mrs. Nadi to really bring Fu Xiaowen, the son of the second eldest Fu, and came with gifts, saying that she was a special visit.

Wang Zhizhi was a little embarrassed at the time, probably because Mrs. Di didn't inform her, and she was a little caught off guard.

That Fu Xiaowen was very polite when he arrived at Wang Zhizhi, bowed politely, and called: "Mrs. Mu." ”

How can Fu Xiaowen's father be considered a second senior, so Wang Zhizhi still has to give face, even if he beckoned them to sit down, as soon as they sat down, Mrs. Di looked back and forth in the room and asked, "What about Miss Lu?" ”

Wang Zhizhi reacted, and immediately smiled and said, "People are upstairs now." ”

Mrs. Di said, "Why don't you invite her to come and sit downstairs for a while?" ”

Wang Zhizhi beckoned to the maid and said, "Chun'er, go up and greet the young lady down." ”

Chun'er said yes, and walked upstairs, I was combing my hair in front of the mirror, and I basically knew the movement downstairs, so I was not surprised by Chun'er's arrival, she stood at the door of my room and said, "Miss, Madame asked you to go down, there are guests at home." ”

I didn't refuse, I still combed my hair with a comb, and it took a long time to look at Chun'er from the mirror and say, "You said I'll go down now." ”

Chun'er said, "Yes." And he went down again.

After she went down, I got up and glanced at the woman in the mirror, still in snow-white mourning clothes, the long hair hanging on her wrist like seaweed was as black as ink, and there was no jewelry on her body, except for the white silk flowers on the sideburns, which looked very pitiful.

I picked up my eyebrow pencil and made one last brow stroke on my face, and then I felt like it was a lot more appropriate and went downstairs.

After arriving downstairs, Mrs. Nadi saw me, and immediately said to Fu Xiaowen, the second eldest son beside her, "Xiaowen, this is Miss Lu of Mr. Mu's family." ”

When he saw me come out, his eyes were straight.

I saluted Mrs. Di, and then bowed to Fu Xiaowen, Mrs. Di saw that I didn't reject it, and she was so happy that she couldn't do it, so she pushed Fu Xiaowen, who was still in a daze, and said, "This is Miss Lu, Xiaowen." ”

That Fu Xiaowen reacted, immediately walked over, and said with a smile: "Miss Lu, hello." ”

I glanced at him and replied, "Hello." ”

He was a little at a loss for a while, he didn't know what to do, he just stared at me, or Mrs. Di was smiling there, let's both sit down quickly, and he reacted.

After we both sat down, Mrs. Di began to ask me some questions, all of which were things that everyone knew, what she asked, I would answer, and after a back and forth, Mrs. Di smiled and said, "Xiaowen also went to school, but in Tokyo, the two of you, whether it is appearance or other things, they are very compatible." ”

I didn't speak, just laughed a little implicitly.

Seeing that both of us were a little restrained, Mrs. Di said again, "Miss Lu, why don't you take Xiaowen out for a walk?" ”

Wang Zhizhi also looked at me, I didn't refuse, and said with a generous smile: "Okay." He took the initiative to get up from the sofa and said to Fu Xiaowen, "Master Fu, please come here." ”

Fu Xiaowen immediately stood up, a little flattered, and I led him outside the garden.

When Mrs. Di saw me leading him out, she lowered her voice and said to Wang Zhizhi: "You see what I said is right, who doesn't love handsome men and beautiful women, looking at her shy appearance just now, she has always been in love with Xiaowen, how to say that they are all young men and women, admiring each other, isn't it a normal thing?" Why don't you help me ask Mr. Mu at night? ”

Wang Zhizhi didn't speak for a long time, and Mrs. Di urged her again, and then she said, "Okay, you can see what they think first, and then let's talk." ”

Seeing that Wang Zhizhi always seemed worried, Mrs. Di asked, "What are you afraid of?" If the war on the East County side is not over, will you keep people at home? What kind of system, sooner or later at this age, you will have to get married. ”

Wang Zhizhi still didn't speak, I took Fu Xiaowen around outside, and when I came back again, Mrs. Di smiled and asked how we were talking.

Fu Xiaowen answered first, and said to Mrs. Nadi: "Miss Lu is knowledgeable and polite, gentle and elegant, and we have a very good conversation. ”

When Mrs. Nadi heard this, she smiled and looked at me again and asked, "What about Miss Lu?" ”

I whispered: "Fu Gongzi is a talent, of course, he is also a ......"

Mrs. Di clapped her hands, laughed and said, "Isn't that it?" You are not much different in age, can you make more friends and get to know each other? Wouldn't it be nice to ask each other about movies and literature if we had nothing to do? ”

After hearing this, Fu Xiaowen immediately looked at me and said, "Miss Lu, are you free on Sunday?" Over there at Xinhua Cinema, there is a foreign film screened, are you interested? ”

I said, "The miracle whose name is Eker, isn't it?" ”

When Fu Xiaowen saw that I knew, he smiled and said, "Yes, this is it." ”

I said, "Okay, I'm free on Sunday." ”

He said with a little excitement, "Then I'll pick you up that day." ”

I said, "But...... I don't have to go out. ”

Mrs. Di asked, "Why?" ”

I didn't speak, Wang Zhizhi said on the side: "She is now a special period, so I can't go out privately, but I can ask Jingchi tonight." ”

Mrs. Di said, "Well, you must ask." ”

At this time, it was naturally time for them to leave, Wang Zhizhi sent them away, and I didn't stop and walked upstairs.

After arriving at the room, I sat on the sofa and flipped through the books, Wang Zhizhi actually walked towards my room after sending people downstairs, she stood at the door and asked, "Don't tell me, you really like that Fu Xiaowen." ”

I looked up at her and asked, "What?" Isn't it possible? Who stipulated that I should be widowed for the Yuan family for the rest of my life? And that Fu Xiaowen is very good, he doesn't look bad, his height is enough, there is no reason to look down on it. ”

Wang Zhizhi said: "If you really like it, I will mention it to Jing Chi tonight." ”

I said, "Don't you do it?" ”

I turned my back to her and continued to flip through the book in my hand, and Wang Zhizhi stood there and looked at me for a while, and then stepped back out.

When she got out, I sat there and sneered.

Sure enough, after Mu Jingchi came back in the evening, Wang Zhizhi didn't dare to mention the matter of kissing me at first, but asked Mu Jingchi what he thought of the son.

Mu Jingchi flipped through the newspaper, didn't seem to have any impression of Fu Xiaowen, and asked lightly: "What's the matter, is there a problem?" ”

Wang Zhizhi said with a smile: "Today he came to visit, I saw people, he is really a talent, and he can talk to Qingye very well." ”

Mu Jingchi didn't react at all, but when he heard Wang Zhizhi's words, his hand to turn the newspaper stopped.

Wang Zhizhi saw that he didn't react at all, so he tried to continue: "The other party also returned from studying abroad, I heard that it is in Tokyo, under the disciple of Fujita Famous Master, and Kiyono is the same age as Kiyono, and Kiyono is also ......."

Before Wang Zhizhi finished speaking, Mu Jingchi interrupted impatiently: "What do you want to say." ”

Wang Zhizhi was silent for a while, and then she said cautiously: "That's the case, he invited Qingye to watch a movie at the Xinhua Cinema on Sunday, and Qingye agreed." ”

When Mu Jingchi heard the last sentence, he raised his eyebrows and looked at me and asked, "Is it?" ”

Wang Zhizhi said: "Yes, Qingye himself agreed, so I came today to ask you if you agree." ”

Mu Jingchi tilted his head slightly and glanced at Wang Zhizhi and asked, "What do you think?" He put down the newspaper in his hand and picked up a cup of tea on the table.

Wang Zhizhi didn't expect him to throw the question at her, she smiled and said, "I'm just asking on behalf of Mrs. Di, if you don't agree, I'll refuse." ”

Mu Jingchi drank tea, and there was no emotion on his face.

Wang Zhizhi waited quietly for a while.

At this time, Mu Jingchi put the cup in his hand on the table, and then his eyes fell on Wang Zhizhi extremely sharply.