Fan Ning came to the gate, and at a glance saw a young woman standing at the bottom of the steps, with a beautiful face and a beautiful face, it was Ouyang Qian, who had not been seen for several years, and she was followed by a little maid, but it was the little maid she saw in Ouyang's mansion.

"Sister Qian!"

Fanning shouted in surprise and hurriedly greeted him.

Ouyang Qian showed a smile on her face, and Ying Ying gave a blessing, "The folk girl Ouyang Qian sees Fan Zhizhou!" ”

Fan Ning was stunned for a moment, and said with some dissatisfaction: "What is Sister Qian talking about, and now that I have resigned, I am not Zhizhou, you still call me A-Ning." ”

"Alright! A-Ning, I read "Tabloid Newspaper" at noon before I knew you were back. ”

"I came back yesterday afternoon!"

Fanning pointed to the front, "In front is the Qingfeng Teahouse, let's go sit there." ”

Ouyang Qian nodded slightly, Fan Ning walked in front, and after a while, the three of them walked into the teahouse and found a private room to sit down, but Ouyang Qian's little maid sat obediently outside and waited.

Fanning ordered a pot of good tea, two plates of snacks, and asked the guy to bring some tea to the little maid to eat.

At this time, Ouyang Qian took out half a jade pendant from the pouch, put it on the table, and pushed it to Fan Ning, "Thank you for your help in the past two years, you have helped me a lot, I spent eight hundred taels of silver, I will return it to you in the future,"

Fan Ning's face sank, and he pushed the jade pendant back to her, and said unhappily: "You think I'm hot-headed?" Everything has cause and effect, today I help you with the effect, but the cause was planted by you back then, maybe those days are not important to you, but they are important to me, I have always thought that I have a responsibility to you. ”

Ouyang Qian's eyes turned red, she hurriedly lowered her head and whispered, "This will make your wife uncomfortable." ”

"What to do, I know in my heart, but you must listen to me and put away the jade pendant for me!"

Fan Ning domineeringly stuffed half of the jade pendant into Ouyang Qian's hand, although Fan Ning's words were very domineering, Ouyang Qian's heart gave birth to a trace of sweetness, Fan Ning still cared about herself and loved herself, she nodded lightly and put the jade pendant back into her embroidered bag.

In fact, Ouyang Qian's stepmother didn't give her a penny, she was only allowed to live at home and eat at home, the accommodation was better, she had her own small courtyard, she could enter and exit from the east gate, everyone was out of sight and out of mind, but she was often blinded when eating, and even several younger siblings born to her stepmother also sneered at her, and her father was relatively cold to her over the years because of the number of children, and several engagements failed, her father was also very unhappy, and he always had a straight face when he saw her.

It is with Fanning's help that she can cook by herself without having to look at the eyes of her family, and if Fanning is really cut off as a source of income, she herself doesn't know what to do.

"Does your stepmother still have a bad attitude towards you?" Fanning asked again.

Ouyang Qian smiled bitterly, "How good can she be to me?" Her biggest fear now is to hear that I'm going to get married. ”

"Why?"

Fanning asked puzzledly, "I think she should want you to marry out quickly!" ”

"How can things be so simple, you don't know the situation at home, although my father is not low, but there is no foreign wealth, he likes to go out to drink tea with friends, spend money lavishly, half of his money is spent on his social entertainment, plus he has many students, students have difficulties at home, he often helps.

What's more, our own family has a large population, and the usual expenses are very large, so that the family has no savings at all, my father used to prepare a dowry of two thousand taels of silver for me, which has been distributed by my stepmother to my two younger sisters, and they will marry in a few years, you say that I will marry again, what about the dowry? In the past, she wanted me to marry quickly, but now it is the other way around, for fear that I will get married, she can't get the dowry, not to mention, and more importantly, she is afraid that the dowry of her two daughters will be gone. ”

"So your stepmother has no objection to you living in the house at all."

"Yes! As long as I don't eat her food, don't spend her money, I can stay as long as I want, she doesn't want to see me, and I don't want to see her. ”

Speaking of this, Ouyang Qian couldn't help but glance at Fan Ning, "Listening to your tone, it seems that you also want me to marry out quickly?" ”

"I don't want you to get married!"

Fan Ning blurted out, and he knew that he had lost his words, and he hurriedly laughed dryly, "Sister Qian, I mean to say ........"

Fan Ning didn't know how to explain for a while, Ouyang Qian was also so ashamed that her face was flushed, she lowered her head and said nothing, neither of them knew what to say, and for a while, the atmosphere was very embarrassing.

After a while, Fan Ning said in a low voice: "Sister Qian, how is your father's situation?" ”

At the mention of her father, Ouyang Qian's eyes suddenly turned red and she wanted to cry, she covered her mouth, turned her head and sobbed silently.

Fan Ning felt a pain in her heart and held her hand, Ouyang Qian was shocked and hurriedly withdrew her hand, but Fan Ning held on, looking at Fan Ning's sincere gaze, Ouyang Qian suddenly had an impulse in her heart, and she couldn't wait to throw herself into Fan Ning's arms and cry happily.

Fan Ning sat next to her and pointed to her shoulder, Ouyang Qian remembered the situation when she went to buy a hat with him back then, she felt indescribably weak in her heart, and gently rested her head on Fan Ning's shoulder, letting him hold her hand.

"Daddy is already so angry that he is sick, the house is like the sky is falling, it is a mess of porridge, the sister-in-law is ashamed and angry, and she goes back to her parents' house, the stepmother has nowhere to vent her anger, she scolds everyone when she sees it, and her younger brothers and sisters are so scared that they hide in the room all day and dare not come out, only I am taking care of my father."

"And what about your father's students?"

"The students are also gone, but Zeng Bu came once the day before yesterday......"

Speaking of this, Ouyang Qian suddenly realized something in her heart, hurriedly sat up, and explained to Fan Ning in a whisper: "I have nothing to do with him, he has already married a wife, you know, after he went home, we didn't contact each other again." ”

Fanning held her hand and said, "You don't need to explain, I know in my heart, I know in my heart what you have suffered in the past few years." ”

Ouyang Qian's pent-up grievances in her heart suddenly came to her heart, and she remembered the despair in her heart when Fan Ning got married, she could no longer restrain her inner emotions, and fell on the table and cried bitterly.

Fan Ning never forgot Ouyang Qian in his heart, Ouyang Qian was a thorn in his heart, hidden deep in his heart.

If Ouyang Qian marries well and lives a happy life, she may gradually forget Ouyang Qian, but Ouyang Qian's marriage is unfortunate, which puts great pressure on Fan Ning, and he feels that he has the responsibility to take care of Ouyang Qian, which is also the reason why he gave Ouyang Qian the jade pendant, at least to ensure that Ouyang Qian has no worries about food and clothing.

Fan Ning didn't bother Ouyang Qian from crying, just held her hand and silently asked her to vent her inner grievances.

After a long time, Ouyang Qian slowly stopped crying, she withdrew her hand, wiped her tears with a towel from the embroidered handbag, and said a little embarrassed: "I have too many tears today, which is not usually the case." ”

Fanning smiled: "It's my luck to be your dependent, I don't think you have many tears." ”

Ouyang Qian's heart swelled with sweetness, and she glanced at him, "Who wants to rely on you, and those who boast about themselves are not ashamed!" ”

At this time, the little maid reminded outside: "Girl, the time is coming. ”

Ouyang Qian was startled, a little flustered and said, "Look at me, I almost forgot about the big thing." ”

"Are you okay?"

"There is a royal doctor coming to see my father in the afternoon, and I must be there."

Fanning nodded, "Don't worry! I will do my best to help your father and restore his innocence, and I will never stay out of it. ”

Ouyang Qian's heart was moved and joyful, she lowered her head and said, "I came to ask you for help today, I can't find anyone else besides you." ”

Looking at her pitiful appearance, Fan Ning wanted to hug her and kiss her bitterly, but he still restrained it, at this time, he crossed that line, and he would be suspected of taking advantage of others.

"Go back! I'll come to you if there's anything. ”

Ouyang Qian nodded, and said to Fan Ning again: "You come to my house and walk through the east gate, knock on the door hard, and my little maid will open the door for you." ”

Fanning laughed, "I remember, if you need money, you can go directly to the money shop to get it, and I left you 10,000 taels of silver." ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Ouyang Qian's mouth, turned around and walked out of the door, and when she walked to the door, she looked back at him coquettishly, and then took the little maid away.

Fan Ning slowly walked to the window with his hands in his hands, watching Ouyang Qian and the little maid get on an ox cart and leave, he suddenly had a realization in his heart, this gentle pit that has been waiting for him for many years, I am afraid that he will not be able to climb out.