"Xiao Gongzi, don't come unharmed." Lin Yunrou slowly stepped forward and asked.

It turned out that it was Lin Yunrou who had just called Xiao Minglang.

Xiao Minglang leaned over and saluted, "Miss Lin." ”

Lin Yunrou bowed slightly, revealing a sweet smile, "Xiao Gongzi has lost a lot of weight recently, but what's the trouble?" ”

Xiao Minglang did look a little haggard, he was worried about Huayan's injury all day long, and it was inconvenient to visit him in person, only occasionally learned one or two from Liu Che'er's mouth, so he had no intention of modifying his appearance, and his face had already grown a messy beard.

"Miss Lin, is there something wrong with Xiao?" Xiao Minglang avoided Lin Yunrou's question and said something else.

Lin Yunrou saw that Xiao Minglang intended to keep a distance from her, and she was a little lost in her heart, she didn't understand why Xiao Minglang at this time was completely different from Xiao Minglang who spoke softly to her before the trip to Songshan. She thought about what happened before and after, and finally she put the source of the contradiction on Huayan.

Since Liu Che'er, the dignitaries and nobles she met saw Huayan, and they all transferred their attention to her to her, she was jealous, but she had no choice but her humble status and could not compete with Huayan.

She actually cares about Xiao Minglang in her heart, since she saved him scarred in front of the door of the Forgotten Dust Building that day, until he held his hand in his arms, how could she not be tempted in the face of such a talented, bright and handsome son? But his status is not enough for her to take a fancy to. At least in her existing suitor options. However, when Xiao Minglang stopped paying attention to her, she began to suffer from gains and losses again.

She began to regret that she didn't cherish the opportunity to get along with him, and she slowly tried to give up Huaguan and put on a plain dress to live with him in the mountains. But once the prince Liu Yifu appeared in front of her, all her thoughts were thrown out of the clouds.

But she still refused to let go easily, she tried to get Xiao Minglang to pay attention to her again, so she thought of an excuse to let him stay longer.

"Xiao Gongzi can't wait to leave?" Lin Yunrou complained softly, and seeing that Xiao Minglang was silent, she had no choice but to say: "Last time I was in Songshan, did Xiao Gongzi leave something behind?" ”

Xiao Minglang thought for a while, raised his head and asked, "I didn't notice it, what is it?" ”

"A handkerchief embroidered with apricot blossoms." Lin Yunrou said as she carefully observed the look on Xiao Minglang's face.

Xiao Minglang hurriedly checked his pocket, and found that the handkerchief he had kept was indeed missing, and he further asked Lin Yunrou: "Since Miss Lin said so, can you see it?" ”

Lin Yunrou saw that he was a little nervous, and said tentatively: "It's just a handkerchief, how can Xiao Gongzi be so flustered?" ”

Xiao Minglang looked a little embarrassed by Lin Yunrou's question, and he replied simply: "If Miss Lin doesn't see it, then forget it." After speaking, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Lin Yunrou reaching out.

"When did I say I didn't see it?" Lin Yunrou saw that Xiao Minglang took two steps back indifferently, and took his hand and put it down unnaturally. "There was a fire on Song Mountain that day, you saved me, and the handkerchief fell when I left, I called you at the time, and you didn't hear it, right? So I'll put it away first, and when I see you today, I remember it. I've got it in my room, and you can go with me to get it. She turned around and motioned for Xiao Minglang to follow her and went up to her boudoir on the second floor.

Seeing Xiao Minglang standing at the door and refusing to go in, Lin Yunrou pretended to be annoyed and said, "If Xiao Gongzi dislikes me like this, he won't come to Forget the Dust Building again!" ”

Xiao Minglang couldn't help it, so he had to stubbornly raise his feet and walk in, he didn't go to the back room, but came to stay in the living room, walked to the window and opened the window, and looked at the scene outside the street.

Lin Yunrou didn't want to make any more trouble, she reluctantly took out the handkerchief, walked to Xiao Minglang's side, and handed it to him hesitantly. Unwillingly, he asked, "Is this handkerchief given to you by a very important person?" This handkerchief is embroidered with the pattern of apricot blossoms, which seems to be used by women. ”

Xiao Minglang took the handkerchief and replied briefly: "Yes." "Just get ready to leave.

Lin Yunrou was still unwilling, she suddenly stepped forward and hugged him tightly from behind Xiao Minglang, "Why?" Why are you so indifferent to me? What am I doing wrong? ”

Xiao Minglang was stunned by Lin Yunrou's sudden move, he quickly turned around and pulled away, and said in surprise: "Miss Lin, you ......"

Lin Yunrou's face was red at this time, but since she had taken this step, she couldn't turn back, so she had to take a further step towards Xiao Minglang and said, "Why were you so gentle to me in the past, which made me have illusions about you?" And then they turned a blind eye to me? She walked slowly towards Xiao Minglang, and had to force him to the window, "Is it because of the painting?" You like her, right? I can already tell it from the way you look at her. Why? Am I not as good as her? If it weren't for the painting, or if you liked a normal person, I wouldn't be as unwilling as I am now! ”

Xiao Minglang didn't like Lin Yunrou's tone of words, turned his face to the other side, and retorted flatly: "You don't know her." ”

Facing Xiao Minglang, who always refused to show her feelings, Lin Yunrou was completely desperate, she pretended to be in tears to win sympathy from him, and grabbed his hands again and said: "My parents died when I was a child, and I was forced to come out to perform by the two aunts in the house, I was originally the daughter of a family, and I ended up here, can't it arouse your sympathy?" Won't you put a small part of your feelings on me? ”

Seeing a weak woman, sad and tearful, and said such heartfelt words, Xiao Minglang did start to soften, he did not break free of Lin Yunrou's hands, but comforted softly: "If Miss Lin doesn't want to stay in the Forgotten Dust Building, Xiao can help you get out of here, the head here is a person from Huoda, I believe he will not allow you to leave." ”

"What can you do if you leave the Forgotten Dust Building, no one cares, either starve to death, or be tortured to death by the aunt in the house, what's the difference?!" After Lin Yunrou finished speaking, she was suddenly attracted by the scenery outside the window, but she quickly came back to her senses. hugged Xiao Minglang tightly again, and begged: "Xiao Gongzi, please allow me to hug you quietly like this for a while, and Wan Rou will have nothing else to ask for!" I've been lonely since I was a child, and I never know what it's like to be cherished, so let me feel it for a while! ”

Xiao Minglang stood motionless as a stake, wanting to push her away, but he felt unbearable, even if he couldn't hold anyone in his heart at all, but seeing Lin Yunrou's helpless eyes reminded him of the refugees in Peicheng, so compassion made him unable to be ruthless. He patted Lin Yunrou's shoulder unnaturally, but he couldn't say words of comfort.

This scene happened to be clearly seen by the painting face downstairs! In other words, Lin Yunrou deliberately let the painting face see.

In the conversation with Xiao Minglang, she had already found the painting face coming downstairs, she hugged Xiao Minglang, facing the window, her face showed a different expression from the sad language in her mouth, she deliberately showed a happy and sweet smile, so that the painting really had a misunderstanding.

The picture of Lin Yunrou and Xiao Minglang hugging each other tightly disrupted all of Hua Yan's thoughts, she stepped back step by step, shook her head and said to herself: "Wrong...... Wrong......"

Sheng Lan, who followed behind Hua Yan, hurriedly held Hua Yan and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with Miss?!" What did you say wrong? ”

Hua Yan didn't dare to take another look, turned around and walked back. Sheng Lan looked around suspiciously, and found that Xiao Minglang and Lin Wanrou were hugging each other! At this point they seemed to notice her, and also looked downstairs.

Sheng Lan understood why Miss did that just now, although she never asked more about Miss's private affairs on weekdays, but she sensed a thing or two from Miss's usual mood, and she found that her young lady actually cared about this Xiao Gongzi.

Sheng Lan glanced at Xiao Minglang angrily, then turned around and followed her young lady away.

Xiao Minglang was about to push Lin Wanrou away, when he suddenly heard Sheng Lan's shout, and looked downstairs, the side he didn't want to see the most happened, the scene of him hugging Lin Yunrou made Huayan see it, and there must have been a misunderstanding. Just as he was about to turn to leave, another familiar figure appeared with an umbrella. He saw Liu Che'er and Huayan walking side by side, and he hesitantly stopped chasing out.

As if to understand what was going on, the snow fell in large swaths, intending to hide the same telepathic sadness of its friends by covering the snow marks on the ground that had been soiled by the stampede.

Hua Yan stumbled down Dragon Snake Street, allowing the passing crowd to collide with her at will. She seemed completely unconscious, walking aimlessly in the snow.

Sheng Lan felt the sadness of the young lady, and quietly followed aside, blocking the crowd for her, without disturbing her thoughts, she knew that her young lady needed quiet the most at this time.

"Wrong...... Wrong, the so-called tacit understanding is just my own imagination...... Isn't the friendship of getting along like a beautiful shell? A tear fell from Hua Yan's eyes, and she remembered the first time she saw Xiao Minglang.

"Encounters and encounters are suitable for my wishes." Xiao Minglang's words that day were still echoing in her ears.

Thinking of scenes such as the fire in Songshan and other scenes in the Forgotten Dust Building, Huayan shook his head again, "Yes, he has always taken care of Lin Wanrou." ”

Huayan suddenly felt that he was ridiculous, and he had always been wrong. She stumbled and laughed self-deprecatingly.

An umbrella was placed above the top of the head in time, and a pair of warm hands were held on the shoulders of the painter. Hua Yan suddenly looked back and found that Liu Che'er had appeared in front of her.

Liu Che'er looked at Huayan distressedly and said, "Yan'er, what's wrong with you?" Is your face so pale? I'll send you home, it's too cold outside. ”

Huayan grabbed Liu Che'er's arm to stop him from taking her away, "You can go with me." Hua Yan said weakly. She pointed to the apricot blossoms blooming around her, smiled slightly, and said, "You see, how beautiful that flower is, but after this snow, it will soon wither, and then it will never be seen again." ”

"Okay, I'll accompany Yan'er to enjoy the snow and flowers." Liu Che'er said dotingly. He saw that Huayan was not in a good mood and wanted to spend more time with her.

Hua Yan suddenly felt dizzy and took a step back, but she tried her best to pretend to be calm, held Liu Che'er's hand, and walked forward step by step.

Seeing that Huayan took the initiative to hold Liu Che'er's arm, Xiao Minglang no longer chased forward, and he watched them leave with a gloomy expression. He understood that Liu Che'er had the same heart as him, so he did not want to fight with him. It's been like this since I was a child, no matter what. And he couldn't be sure who Huayan's heart was towards, but now he understood a little.

Huayan looked at the apricot blossoms in the shower, she suddenly remembered the encounter with Xiao Minglang Yuting on the Queen Mother Mountain, and smiled miserably, "Such a beautiful scenery is indispensable without poetry, let's compose poetry, right?" ”

Liu Che'er shook his head and replied with a smile: "Didn't you tell your father that you don't know how to compose poetry?" Okay, Yan'er, you come first. ”

Hua Yan didn't seem to hear what Liu Che'er was saying, and walked straight to the apricot blossom tree, she raised her hand, and let the snow and petals fall into her palm together. She thought of the scene on the rain pavilion, the beautiful apricot blossom rain, the swallows that lost their nests, and the scene in the Huanxi sand of Yan Shu, and then slowly recited: "A new song and a glass of wine, the old pavilion last year, when will the sun set?" Helplessly, the flowers fell, the familiar swallow returned, and the small garden incense path wandered alone. ”

A line of tears fell in the snow, and there was no trace.

Hua Yan looked at the broken petals in her hand sadly, as if she saw her own ending, she broke her heart once in her previous life, and she still couldn't make up for the defects in her heart in this life.

She sprinkled the petals in her hand, looked at the sky and muttered: "That year, the apricot blossoms were slightly raining, and you and I met under the pavilion, was it a beautiful encounter or a disaster?" The flowers bloom and thank you, where did the soul go? Have you ever held a grudge? Snow God, if you can illuminate the world, why don't you show me the way? God of Flowers, since you said that the flowers and leaves will never meet, why did you arrange this misunderstanding alone? That's it, in my life, I can't escape the word 'life' after all."

After speaking, a burst of sorrow came to her, and her physical strength was already exhausted, and she fell down.