Out of the restaurant, Mu Beiting chose another way back to his home, and introduced the scenery along the way to Xun Daier.

This path is quite secluded, pedestrians are sparse, but there are many fewer disturbances, and the two of them just walked around the flowers, stopping and walking, and it was very comfortable along the way.

When he got close to the Lin Mansion, Mu Beiting turned his head sideways and said to Xun Dai'er, who was still in an unfinished state: "You have been here for a long time, so you will go back to the house today to rest and rest, and then we will go to Qianhu Lake tomorrow." ”

Xun Dai'er looked happy, nodded and responded: "Okay, it's all up to you." ”

After entering the Lin Mansion, Lin Zongbian had already arranged everything, and Xun Daier and Cuiyu were arranged to settle in the west wing of the inner courtyard.

The design of the inner courtyard is ingenious, the courtyard is full of exotic flowers and plants, rockery lotus ponds, but it is somewhat similar to the environment where Xun Daier lives in Xun's mansion, and the miscellaneous servants are also readily available, making her feel at home.

At that time, Lin Zongbian had been married for three years, and his wife's name was Luo Xiangjiao, who was a famous lady in Ningbo City.

Xun Daier saw that Luo Xiangjiao was kind and gentle, and she was very happy in her heart, and she was already intimate after only half a day, and the two talked about the age, Xun Daier was half a year old, so she called her sister, and Luo Xiangjiao became her sister.

Mu Beiting and Lin Zongbian saw that she was on good terms, and their hearts were also happy, and in the next few days, the five of them walked together and traveled to many scenic spots around Ningbo.

During this period, in the first few days, Xun Daier was still full of interest and joy, but in the next few days, she gradually showed a sad face, and the whole person began to become silent, obviously because of the shackles of family affairs.

For these changes, Mu Beiting saw it in his eyes and was worried in his heart, so he found Lin Zongbian in the evening to discuss, and said: "Brother Lin, Dai'er has always been worried about her in the past few days, most of them are worried about my marriage with her, and if she doesn't get the approval of her family, it will be a piece of her heart after all." ”

Lin Zongbian nodded and said: "She has been in Ningbo for seven or eight days, and she has not seen her family come to look for her, so it is difficult to guess what the other party is thinking." After a pause, he said: "Why don't I send Chu Qing to accompany Cuiyu to Gusu, Mrs. Xun can secretly help her daughter here, and it won't be too difficult to learn about Xun Yue's attitude from her." ”

Mu Beiting hesitated and said, "But if Cuiyu goes back, will she be blamed?"

Lin Zongbian said: "There is no need to worry about this, Cuiyu will only let her contact Mrs. Xun in secret when she goes back this time, and will not go back to Xun's mansion to live, just wait for her to find out the situation, and then Chu Qing will bring the news back, and then we will make plans based on this news, big brother thinks this arrangement is good?"

Mu Beiting nodded again and again, and said, "What you said is extremely true, but you have to work hard for Chu Qing to go." ”

Lin Zongyan said: "It's okay, I'll go down and make arrangements." ”

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Chu prepared the carriage early in the morning and waited at the gate of the house, before leaving to say goodbye, Xun Daier cried into a tearful person again, and pulled Cuiyu tightly with both hands to say goodbye, and then there was another admonition, Cuiyu also wept from herself, and only got into the carriage after comforting the little master in front of her.

After that, there was nothing to say, and he spent more than ten days plainly, early in the morning of this day, Zhou Chuqing finally rushed back to the mansion with the news, and after he entered the mansion, he immediately found Lin Mu and the others to a secluded place, and then gasped and said: "Brother Mu, I'm afraid this matter is not good." ”

When Mu Beiting heard this, his heart immediately "chuckled", and he hurriedly asked, "What is her father's attitude?"

Zhou Chuqing said: "Mrs. Xun told Director Xun everything she had done the day after her daughter left, and Director Xun was furious after learning about it, and scolded Brother Mu more than once, and even the prince was taken away and scolded. ”

When Mu Beiting heard this, he turned his face to look at Lin Zongbian beside him, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect to drag you down." ”

Lin Zongbian laughed and said: "Our brothers share weal and woe, scolding you is equivalent to scolding me, so what's the harm in letting him scold two more times." After a pause, he said, "Chu Qing, you go on." ”

Zhou Chuqing continued: "After the shopkeeper Xun sent this fire, he also fell seriously ill, but when I returned, he had already recovered, and it was okay to think about it, but he was angry, but he said some cruel things, saying yes... said that he would never recognize this daughter again from now on, and neither came to look for her, nor let her go back, so that this daughter was completely gone. ”

After hearing these words, Mu Beiting's expression became more and more gloomy, and at the same time, he lowered his head and was speechless for a long time.

Lin Zongbian asked, "What about Jade, where did you settle her?"

Zhou Chuqing said: "Originally, I settled her in a restaurant near Xunfu, but when she went to Xunfu at night to find out the news, she told me that Mrs. Xun asked her to go back to Xunfu to live." I think that since Mrs. Xun took the initiative to ask her to stay, she must have informed Xun Yue, so I agreed to let her go back. This is also a good thing, if things turn around in the future, it will be easier for her to contact us. ”

Lin Zongbian nodded, looked at Mu Beiting again, and said, "Big brother, the current news is really not good, sister-in-law, I have to go to comfort you a lot." ”

He knew that judging from the current situation, it was unknown when Xun Yue would change his mind, Xun Dai'er was now a home and could not return home, and in the future, he could only rely on Mu Beiting to accompany him, so he changed his name to sister-in-law.

Mu Beiting shook his head and sighed: "It's me who is sorry for her, I feel ashamed!" After saying this, no one paid attention to it, turned around and walked away.

Seeing this, Zhou Chuqing wanted to catch up and go to comfort him, but Lin Zongbian on the side stretched out his hand to stop him, and at the same time waved his hand again and again, signaling him not to speak, and only waited for Mu Beiting to go far before he said: "Although this matter seems to be forbidden at the moment, it is not an opportunity. ”

Zhou Chu Qingqi said: "What does Gongzi mean..."

Lin Zongbian raised his eyes to look in the direction of Mu Beiting's departure, and said slowly: "Only the feelings that have experienced twists and turns will last longer!"

Zhou Chuqing thought about it, nodded again and again, and praised: "The son is reasonable. ”

Lin Zongbian said with a smile: "You have been running all the way, so go down to rest first." ”

Zhou Chuqing also smiled: "When you say that, I really feel a little tired, so I'll go down first." After saying that, he bowed, and then withdrew.

After watching Zhou Chuqing's back leave until he was gone, Lin Zongbian silently took out a book from his arms, and saw that the cover was impressively written with the five big characters of "Outline of the History of Silk Progression".

He looked at the book cover, stretched out his hand and rubbed it gently, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Alas, I don't know how long this book will be stored here with me..."