The first time Xiao Hechuan saw Youqing was at her father's funeral hall.

She knelt there very quietly, a seventeen-year-old girl dressed in white, with a small white velvet flower pinned to her black sideburns, hearing his footsteps, she raised her head and glanced at him, and at that glance, Xiao Hechuan's footsteps were suddenly fixed there.

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It has always been rainy on this side of the South Pond, and it is even more rainy after entering the plum, which makes people feel unrefreshed.

In the room, Youqing has been sitting on the sofa and waiting for a while, her father was buried yesterday, she also changed her filial piety robe, but the clothes on her body are still white and pure, she saw someone open the door, and several uniformed soldiers walked in from the outside, all of them were very young men, the first one was about twenty-three or four-year-old age, tall, handsome eyebrows, he stood there and looked at her, and said very casually, "Little niece, we met yesterday in the mourning hall." ”

Youqing stood up a little nervously, she looked at the young man in front of her, and knew that he was the younger brother of Xiao Yuanchuan, the overseer of the Northland, and her mother was married to Xiao Yuanchuan after the divorce and became Mrs. Continuation, according to her seniority, she should call the man in front of her uncle.

"Uncle Nine." Youqing's voice was very soft, and she called him very politely.

The man smiled and nodded, Xu is seeing Youqing's somewhat restrained and fearful appearance, he said again, "Don't be sad, you will be a member of our Xiao family in the future, and when you arrive in Jincheng, no one will dare to bully you again." ”

Youqing sniffed, suppressed the sourness in her heart, and asked with some hesitation, "Is my mother asking you to pick me up?" Does she remember me? ”

"She's going to forget you, and she can still let me pick you up?"

Listening to Xiao Hechuan's words, Youqing's eyes lit up, her mother still remembered her and was still worried about her.

"I haven't seen my mother in years, is she okay? Does she have another child? Youqing opened her mouth cautiously, in fact, she had a very vague impression of her mother, she only remembered that she cried when she was a child and grabbed the corner of her mother's clothes, but her mother carried the box and opened her hand, leaving her a back, as time went on, this back was becoming more and more blurred.

Xiao Hechuan saw the hope in her eyes, he paused, and said honestly, "She has added another brother to you, and he is almost eight years old." ”

Youqing sighed softly, the light in her eyes dimmed slightly, she should have thought of it, but she still felt a little sad in her heart, her father also gave birth to a younger brother after marrying her stepmother, and since then, her father's father's love has all been tied to her younger brother, and she has become a dispensable person at home, and her mother ...... The mother also had other children.

Sensing Youqing's distraction, Xiao Hechuan said, "Okay, it's not too early, you rest early, and we'll leave tomorrow." ”

After Xiao Hechuan finished saying this, he turned around and left the living room of the Ruan family, although the rain outside had decreased, it had not stopped.

He stood under the porch and lit a cigarette, looking at the rain and fog in front of him a little distracted, until the driver drove the car over, Xiao Hechuan took two puffs of cigarette and sat in with two subordinates.

"Ninth Master, where are we going now?" The driver in front asked.

"Where else can I go, go back to the hotel." Xiao Hechuan spat out a sentence.

"Ninth Master, we don't usually come to the south much, they all say that Nanchi is a beauty, why don't we go and have a look?"

"Look at what, the person under the rain is slimy, hurry back and take a shower." Xiao Hechuan opened his mouth angrily, he came to Jinling this time to raise military salaries, received a telegram from his sister-in-law halfway, and came to Nanchi on a special trip, he was so tired that he died.

He looked out the window and said that Jiangnan was good, why didn't he think that the smoke and rain were hazy everywhere, how could the north be dry, and they all said that Jiangnan was beautiful......

It's really a beauty.

Xiao Hechuan chuckled, shook his head, closed his eyes and recuperated.

The night was darkening.

Youqing's room was still lit up, she packed a small box, she didn't have many things, there were only a few clothes, although the box was small, there was still a lot of space.

As soon as she sat down on the edge of the bed, she heard the sound of footsteps, and a boy about six or seven years old ran into her room, grabbed the corner of her clothes and shouted, "Sister, are you leaving?" ”

Youqing looked at the younger brother in front of her, although the two are not the same mother, and the stepmother is not good to herself, but the relationship between the sister and brother is not bad, this younger brother always loves to pester her, and shouts "sister and sister" every day.

"Yes, Dongdong, my sister is going to Jincheng tomorrow." Youqing gently stroked the top of her brother's hair and spoke to her brother.

"Will you take me there?" The younger brother looked at her with his head held high.

Youqing smiled bitterly, "My sister doesn't know if she can gain a firm foothold in Jincheng, so how can she take you with her?" ”

"Dongdong, come here," a crisp female voice came in, Mrs. Ruan stood at the door and beckoned to her son, she is Youqing's stepmother, and she is only in her early thirties this year, she took her son's shoulder, looked at Youqing with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner, "Your sister has climbed the high branches, who doesn't know that the Jincheng Xiao family is in the limelight, and she is happy." ”

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Ruan picked the corner of her eyes and said again, "Girl, this is the eldest lady of the Xiao family, don't forget our orphans and widows." ”

"Aunt Mei, don't worry, you love me so much, how can I forget you?" A shallow smile appeared on the corner of Youqing's lips, and her bite was very light, and she met Mrs. Ruan's gaze like that.

Under Youqing's clear gaze, Mrs. Ruan's heart was tight, and she didn't dare to look at Youqing anymore, so she only pulled her son and left Youqing's house quickly.

Youqing stepped forward and closed the door, remembering her stepmother's appearance of running away, she couldn't help but be a little funny, she has been subjected to her stepmother's torture over the years, of course, this kind of torture is not on the surface, but the embarrassment in the secret is not less, and her father will never face herself, fortunately, she is finally leaving here.

As for enjoying happiness, Youqing didn't think about it, she just felt that it was better to be with her biological mother than with her stepmother, not to mention anything else, now that her father has died, her stepmother will definitely not let her continue to study, maybe she will marry her casually, and her own mother, it shouldn't be, right?

Youqing closed her eyes slightly, asking herself to stop thinking nonsense, and when it was dark, she carried a small suitcase, and followed the people sent by Xiao Hechuan to the train to Jincheng.