Chapter XII

Wen Zhen's cheeks continued to heat up, not because of the reaction of the light source projected above her head, but because the eyes of the whole room were all on her alone.

The gifts brought by the two maids and aunts were carried by the two maids, and through the efforts of gift-giving, Yan Chaoyu introduced several elders in the family to her one by one.

A burning gaze has been staring at Wen Zhen from the beginning, and looking at the past, the girl has a bright smile, and she is dressed in a small dress, delicate like a doll.

"Sister-in-law, my name is Qinghao, sister-in-law, you are so good-looking, my eldest brother is so blessed."

In the face of Qinghao's enthusiasm, Wen Zhen was a little overwhelmed, but she really thought she was cute, and the lady sitting next to Qinghao pretended to reprimand her: "There are no rules, your grandfather will come and see you in a while." ”

"No, today's sister-in-law came to the old house for the first time, and my grandfather was asking Aunt Liang to buy vegetables early in the morning, and I was in a good mood, who didn't know, he loved his eldest brother the most." Qing Hao whispered back, and pulled Wen Zhen very enthusiastically to go inside.

Everyone sat down one after another, and the clock hung on the wall, and the hands reached six o'clock, and the bell rang.

As if it was a kind of warning or order, everyone immediately laughed, and an old man came from outside the door, perhaps too old, his back was obviously rickety, his head was full of white temples, and a pair of dark eyes swept through the hall, like a cold wind blowing in the middle of winter in the north, which made people shudder.

In a matter of seconds, Wen Zhen didn't even have time to retract her gaze, but she was caught by the old man's eagle-like gaze, and she immediately got up to say hello to the old man.

"Grandfather." Yan Chaoyu stood up and bowed his head slightly with Yan Lao.

Yan Lao raised his eyebrows instantly, walked to the main seat with a cane, and only after sitting down did he speak: "Tonight is a family banquet, you don't have to be restrained." ”

Someone agreed at the end of the banquet: "Dad is right, everyone at the family banquet is at will, Miss Wen, you are also at will, if the meal is unappetizing, you can order the kitchen to make it." ”

Wen Zhen still remembered that this should be called the second uncle, who was Qinghao's father, she pulled out a smile and said that there was no need to bother, the banquet was good enough.

Yan Lao took over: "You also treat this as your own family, Chao Yu and Qing Hao grew up in this yard when they were young." ”

The most respected words in the family, everyone at the table had a conversation, and they talked and laughed with Wen Zhen, Wen Zhen felt that he was about to practice his smiling lips after this meal.

On the other side, Yan Lao finished dinner, his face was also a little tired, he got up and called Yan Chaoyu over, Wen Zhen was temporarily accompanied by his cousin Qinghao, women love to chat and gossip, just mentioned how the two met, Yan Chaoyu outside the door has already turned back, and smiled gently with them:

"What are you talking about?"

Yan Qinghao's eyebrows and eyes were crooked: "Of course I'm talking about how you proposed to Zhenzhen, brother." ”

After chatting with Wen Zhen, Yan Qinghao learned that she was the same age as her, and she blurted out a nickname because she was familiar with her personality.

Yan Chaoyu raised his eyebrows lightly, "Yan Qing is good, you can't be rude." ”

Qing Hao understood what his brother meant, stuck out his tongue and called again: "Okay, it's not Zhenzhen, it's my sister-in-law." ”

Her tail note was elongated, and her eyes lingered between the two.

When leaving the main hall, the moon was bright, and the pear tree when the two walked side by side.

"Just now...... Haruyo doesn't seem to know about the marriage contract between us. ”

"Grandfather didn't tell them about it."

Yan Chaoyu saw her eyes lowered, and changed the topic: "The royal family banquet, will it make you feel very embarrassed?" ”

Two or three hours have passed since she said that joke, Wen Zhen didn't expect him to remember, Dai raised his eyebrows, "Yan Gongzi inevitably has some grudges?" ”

"Zhenzhen, unscrupulous capitalists hold grudges." He laughed at himself senselessly.

This was the first time he had given up his surname to call her like this, and in the thick night, Wen Zhen felt his heart swaying a few times like the pear blossom on the evening branch.

A gust of evening breeze beside the lake blew by, setting off a pool of ripples, Wen Zhen was retracted, and the inertial movements made her tilt her head slightly, and the moonlight illuminated her pupils.

"Grandpa Yan is resting, I'll go home first?"

He smiled: "Tonight, I'm afraid I have to ask you to stay overnight in the old mansion." ”

Wen Zhen sighed, and remembered the trip he had just gone out, "Is that what your grandfather meant?" ”

Yan Chaoyu nodded: "After we had dinner in the old house, grandfather's rule is that you need to stay overnight, I didn't make it clear before, I'm sorry, if you don't want to, I will arrange for someone to book a hotel now." ”

The surroundings were surprisingly quiet, Wen Zhen didn't answer immediately, only looked at him silently, the sound of water was flowing, as if it was taking away a few rays of moonlight, ripples and twists, lining the contours of her side face, soft and quiet.

In silence, Yan Chaoyu was waiting for her answer, and her gray-blue eyes were slightly dull.

After a few seconds, Wen Zhen spoke before him: "Please lead the way." ”

The two walked side by side around this courtyard, going deeper, every time they passed a hanging flower gate, Wen Zhen was secretly sighing in his heart about the size of this mansion, the nine-song corridor reflected the shadows of the two on the stone wall, the shadows of the trees were sparse, the two walked steadily, facing the carved lanterns on this road, and walked to the brightly lit place.

The place where she is going to live tonight is an attic, Yan Chaoyu explained to her that the female dependents who stayed overnight all lived in the Fuxiang Pavilion, and in addition to her tonight, there were Qinghao and the rest of the female relatives living next door.

Upstairs, Yan Chaoyu opened the door for her, the interior of the house was the same as the decoration of the entire mansion, Chinese style, but there should be electrical appliances, sockets, and sofa furniture, not the ancient boudoir furnishings she imagined all the way, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If the door was really completely Chinese, Wen Zhen would have had trouble sleeping tonight.

"The sheets and quilts are all new, the female dependents stay overnight, my grandfather has always been very particular about this, and there are some of your toiletries, I asked people to prepare new ones, there may be some missing, you first see what is missing."

The skin care products in the bathroom are neatly arranged, from the most basic facial cleanser and lotion to eye creams, essences, and all kinds of masks, each of which is carefully and thoughtfully, and even the brand is roughly the same as the one she uses, and she can't fault it at all.

Wen Zhen suppressed the surprise in his eyes, and only said no.

He turned on all the lights in the room, adjusted the air conditioner and humidifier in the room, and then retreated to the door.

Wen Zhen leaned against the door and window to watch his golden dignity do all this slowly, frame by frame, like the plot of a movie, and he had to look like an old-fashioned gentleman.

Yes, his style of conduct can be called the calm word that his grandfather used to say.

"I've wronged you tonight, tomorrow I'll ask Assistant Chen to make a list and buy some more."

Yan Chaoyu looked back at the glance that bumped into her, and couldn't help but move his eyebrows slightly, and his thick eyebrows were full of doubts on his face.

Wen Zhen: "Tomorrow? But I have all these in my suitcase, and there are really a lot of them. ”

"I know." He said

After dinner, Yan Chaoyu didn't wear a coat, and was putting down the sleeves of his shirt at the moment, "It doesn't matter if you have more things, I just want to know more about my wife." ”

The door was half open, the night breeze blew the lanterns in the corridor, the night was as cold as silk, but Wen Zhen felt a little hot, the hair on both sides of the ears was pinned behind the ears, and the pair of pale red ears could no longer be hidden, in the night, like a pair of small wings.

“…… I didn't think it would ...... so soon."

She explained a little incoherently, but she couldn't help but wonder if the bird's nest she drank tonight was mixed with too much red wine, otherwise how could she feel that her emotions had become a little sensitive.

"I'm in a hurry, I'm sorry." The lights reflected his dark eyes, "Let's take our time after marriage." ”

The moment he stepped out of the door, the room suddenly seemed extremely empty, Wen Zhen's eyes followed him out, but he saw him standing tall outside the door, behind him was the vast night, there was a difference in height between the two, so when she wanted to look at him, she had to tilt her head slightly.

The man lowered his eyes and raised his arm to look at his watch, "It's late, rest early." ”

As soon as his gaze swept over, Wen Zhen lowered his eyes, and his lips were slightly pursed: "Then what time will you see you tomorrow?" I set my alarm in advance. ”

Subconsciously, a sentence was in response to what he had just said, both of them were slightly stunned, and Wen Zhen was a little flustered, wanting to explain that they were originally an agreed marriage.

Yan Chaoyu said first: "Tomorrow Wednesday on weekdays, after breakfast at half past nine o'clock, just miss the peak period, almost ten o'clock to the Civil Affairs Bureau, after getting the certificate I may need to go to the headquarters, in the afternoon I will ask Assistant Chen to help you carry your luggage to me, there is a very good private dish near the Civil Affairs Bureau, how about letting Qinghao accompany you?" ”

Wen Zhen: "Don't bother, I want to go to the theater in the afternoon." ”

Yan Chaoyu followed her meaning: "Okay, I'll come and pick you up that night." ”

This sentence was thrown out coldly, Wen Zhen's pupils shrank, she turned her head, and her eyes fell on the screen not far away: "...... Whatever you want. ”

"Good night, Zhenzhen."

His voice was low, like a cool jade in the breeze blowing through his heart, the second of distraction, the door was closed, Wen Zhen looked at the long shadow outside the house in a daze, and saw him gradually melting into the moonlight through the windowsill, and the uncontrollable strangeness in his heart was taking root.

The carved rhombic window slowly closed, she slept early that night, and woke up at seven o'clock the next day, there was still a lot of time left, Wen Zhen got up and put on light makeup, and was about to turn over a decent dress from the suitcase to facilitate today's certificate and take pictures, just picked out a white shirt, and there was a knock on the door.

As soon as she opened the door, the middle-aged woman standing outside the door bowed to her and smiled, "Hello Miss Wen, my surname is Liang, my lord asked me to send some clothes for you to choose from, saying that today is a big day for you and your son, and you have to pay attention to it." ”

With that, she waved her hand, and several people behind her carried things into the room.

Wen Zhendai's eyebrows frowned slightly, and at a glance swept over were more than a dozen sets of various Chinese cheongsams, each of which was made of materials that could be seen to be precious to the naked eye, and the satin embroidery was artificial.

"These are all made by our master, every stitch and thread are the ancestral inheritance of Suzhou embroidery, because of time, I couldn't ask Miss Wen to measure, but fortunately, I asked the eldest son in advance, the size should not be wrong, you try it first, I have to go down to prepare breakfast first."

How Yan Chaoyu knew about the intimate issues of size, Wen Zhen knew it in her heart, but she still couldn't help but feel embarrassed when she was broken by others, but this Aunt Liang was also very interested in sending things and left.

One of the girls said that she would stay and change her clothes, but Wen Zhen hurriedly refused and stayed in the "palace" for a night, did she really become Miss Gege?

The old man's heart, Wen Zhen naturally couldn't refuse, and finally chose a white cheongsam, embroidered with bamboo branches and peonies, embroidered with gray winged butterflies on the waist, the overall buttons were buttoned, the skirt and ankles, this cheongsam can be called the most dignified one she has ever worn.

Looking at the glasses, Wen Zhen finally chose a pair of stiletto heels.

Walking out of the attic, Aunt Liang in the courtyard immediately led her to the front hall for breakfast.

The breakfast hall was in the front yard, all the way through the long pavilion water pavilion, and there was no one outside the dining room.

"Miss Wen, that's it inside."

Wen Zhen bowed his head slightly and thanked him, and raised his eyes to the old man in the robe in the upper hall.

"Come in." Yan Lao took a sip of the tea bowl in his hand.

"Grandpa Yan." Wen Zhen bowed politely.

"I told you that you don't need to be formal, let's sit down first," Yan Lao looked out of the door: "He has the habit of running in the morning, and the rest of the people haven't woken up yet. ”

Wen Zhen didn't know how to answer this, after all, did she disturb the old man's tranquility like this......

Yan Lao said to himself: "But it doesn't matter to you, I had a friendship with your grandparents when I went south in my early years, and as for the last time I met them later, you were only three or four years old, and you definitely don't remember me as an old man, but I always remember you." ”

"Zhen, this word is very good, mountaineering does not end with hardships and dangers, it will reach its peak. I remember that your nickname is Zhen Zhen, after today, if you register your marriage with Chao Yu, I will also call you Zhen Zhen, and Yan Mansion will also be your second home in the future, Zhen Zhen. ”

Hearing Yan Lao mention his grandparents, Wen Zhen half-lowered her eyes, her eyes were suddenly red, her name was taken by her grandmother, they didn't know that there was another meaning, it was her grandmother who had told her.

Zhen also has the meaning of arrival.

Some memories also broke through the ground, but soon a long shadow walked outside the moon gate.

The man's voice was respectful: "Grandfather." ”

"When the people are gathered, they will eat."

When she lifted her eyes, he had circled to the closest position to her, and their eyes met, and his gaze lingered on her for a few more moments.

After breakfast, they said goodbye to Yan Lao and left the old mansion.

The driver is still the same as yesterday, the two got into the car one after another, Wen Zhen leaned slightly to tidy up the slit of the cheongsam, the slender legs were overlapped, and the smooth body curve of the wire was unobstructed.

There is always a partition in the car, and the driver never pays much attention to his employer's family affairs.

In the confined space, there is a light and an elegant two kinds of breath slowly intertwined.

After all, the one who opened his mouth first: "The cheongsam was sent by the old man?" ”

Wen Zhen: "Yes, Aunt Liang sent it in the morning." ”

Yan Chaoyu raised his hand and pressed the bridge of his nose: "Actually, if you don't like it, you can refuse." ”

Wen Zhen raised his eyelashes to look at him with some puzzlement: "I don't like it." ”

Yan Chaoyu half lifted his eyelids, his eyes fell on her face for a long time, his voice was always good, and there was a little smile in Shen Jin Lengyu, calling her name:

"Zhenzhen, the cheongsam is very flattering to you."