(11) Past life IV
At night, Ji Yan lay on the bed thinking about his son-in-law's cold face, and thought of Miss An, as if Miss An hadn't left Fan's Mansion and his son-in-law in the past few days~
And since his son-in-law and Miss An have known each other for a long time, the atmosphere between the two seems to be wrong, and they don't seem to look like they have known each other for a long time?
Yes, the feeling of being a rival?
Whew, enemies?
What is between Gongzi and Miss An?
Then what did he do? He slapped his forehead, if there was something between Gongzi Zhen and Miss An, he shouldn't, shouldn't tell her about Gongzi and the Miao girl~
If he thinks so, the doubts in his heart can be explained one by one~
He had to take care of the matter.
He remembered that on the way to Luqiao Town, he was a little curious and asked Gongzi, why did he have to come to this town in Jiangnan in a hurry?
But that day, Childe just sat in the carriage, lifted the carriage curtains, glanced outside, and changed the topic.
Now that I think about it, with his understanding of some of Childe's behavior and habits, whenever he doesn't want to answer something, he will deliberately avoid it, and sometimes even say something back.
On that day, it was clear that Childe deliberately avoided his topic and didn't want to answer him.
But why not?
Is it hard to explain why you want to come to this town?
They have a love for growing up together, and in the past, when Gongzi fell in love with that Miao girl, he was the first to know.
Ji Yan carefully brushed it from the beginning.
Things seem to be clear.
On the day they first came to the academy, his son-in-law got out of the carriage and rushed to the backyard in a hurry.
Then he saw him standing in front of the door of a wing room, and knocked on the door of the side room, but the door was closed, and no one responded or opened the door, and then he saw that Childe's face seemed to be a little helpless and anxious.
Now that I think about it, isn't that the same room where Miss An lives now?
And then what?
Later, he followed his son in the backyard for a while, saw Mr. Zhou, and then saw a girl, who was wearing a turquoise dress, with a pair of moist eyes, and was bright and moving.
Then Mr. Zhou called the girl over, and the girl was Miss An~
By the way, he remembered that he still saw that his son's eyes had always been on Miss An's body, and he thought that his son-in-law was seeing that other girls were born beautifully, so he couldn't take his eyes off~
But now that I think about it, what kind of girl hasn't I seen in his son-in-law?
Miss An was born bright and moving, but it is not without a country and a city~
Early in the morning of the second day, Childe woke him up and told him to accompany Childe and Miss An to go outside for a walk, and he would find an excuse to slip away halfway~
And in the past few days, he seems to have seen Gongzi and Miss An arguing, and both of them have a cold face?
And this evening, after Miss An ran back to the house, Childe went to knock on Miss An's door for a long time~
And during the dinner at night, Childe's cold eyes swept like him?
Ji Yan was startled, and suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, no wonder Miss An locked herself in the room, he was~
What did you do, if the relationship between Childe and Miss An was really like what he thought, what was it, he Ji Yan, didn't he personally mix up the matter between Childe and Miss An?
Huh, he shook his head, what a headache, he patted his forehead again, he shouldn't, shouldn't tell Miss An and Miss Miao about it, he has this mouth~
But fortunately, he still hasn't said anything, fortunately, he didn't say anything about the son's marriage and retreat, if he did, I don't know what Miss An would think~
But why would Childe look at himself with cold eyes?
Could it be that after Miss An ran away from his room, he thought he had bullied Miss An? Or did he know that his big mouth told Miss An about him and Miss Miao in front of him?
With the love he and Childe grew up with and the days they got along, when Childe was extremely calm and indifferent on the surface, he actually wanted to cover up his heart that had already set off thousands of storms.
He slapped himself on the forehead again, if it was really as he thought, what if it was good?
If he destroys the good deeds of the son, and destroys the marriage of the son......
It seems that tomorrow he has to explain to Miss An~
On the morning of the second day, An Yue went to teach the students with two panda eyes, regardless of the students' doubts, he was unwell, and he was cheeky and conscientious to teach the students well.
When he was preparing to eat at noon, An Yue didn't come out, so Mr. Zhou was also a little worried, and told Granny Niu to leave food for An Yue, and go to see her later.
After everyone finished eating, Granny Niu went to knock on An Yue's door, An Yue was lying on the bed, and heard Granny Niu's voice, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Granny Niu, I want to sleep for a while, eat for a while~"
When Granny Niu heard her say this, she felt distressed, guessing that she was afraid that she would have trouble with Fan Gongzi again, she knew that she had a hard time in the past two years, and Fan Gongzi was not there, and now she finally came back, they had a cold face all day long, and they didn't know what they were doing, but Granny Niu outside the door didn't say anything, just thinking about things in her heart.
In the evening, Granny Niu was not in a hurry to leave today, she remembered that in the past two years, An Yue was reluctant to say goodbye or marry, all because she was waiting for that Fan Gongzi.
Now Fan Gongzi is finally back~
She saw that An Yue didn't come out to eat again, she felt a little distressed and helpless.
She took advantage of the fact that everyone was about to leave after eating, and stopped Fan Gongzi alone.
In the dim and ordinary stove room, Granny Niu glanced at Fan Gongzi a few times, and pretended to ask him how many people are in the family, but are his parents alive?
At this time, outside the stove room, a woman with weak feet came softly, her mouth was dry, she could not eat, she could starve, but she could not stand thirst.
"Fan Gongzi, the old body wants to ask you something~"
The voice of Granny Niu sounded in the stove room, and the woman outside the door also heard it, she was a little trance and a little confused, and she relaxed her steps even more.
"What is Granny Niu asking about?"
Fan Gongzi looked at Granny Niu and said, he didn't hate this Granny Niu before, but when he saw An Yuexiu's purse into the arms of her third son, he didn't like her anymore.
What's more, for him, Granny Niu is a subordinate.
"What does Fan Gongzi think of Miss An?"
The woman outside the door had pricked up her ears.
"Good. ”
Fan Gongzi frowned, what does this cow mother-in-law mean?
"That's good, that's good, the old body still wants to ask you, do you like Miss An in your heart?"
Granny Niu knew that An Yue had been reluctant to marry in the past two years, in order to wait for this Fan Gongzi, she also asked An Yue personally, and An Yue once told her what was in her heart.
She just wants to ask Fan Gongzi what she thinks now, if he also likes An Yue, then she will be cheeky and say that this matchmaker is good. Even if she doesn't talk about matchmaking, she can be a peacemaker and tell him what An Yue has thought about him in the past two years.
"I don't like it~" Fan Gongzi, who was frowning, said without thinking, he looked at Granny Niu, an old woman he didn't like to ask if he liked a girl?
Why did he tell her?
What's more, he was angry in his heart because of An Yue and Ji Yan's affairs, and An Yue asked him to leave yesterday, he was very angry, and his temperament and emotions were naturally not as good as before.
Fan Gongzi, who looks gentle and polite on the bright side and doesn't mind being humble, is actually just a noble son who was carefully served by a group of subordinates and raised in the rich and prosperous Changshi Mansion.
In this way, he will help Granny Niu do the rough work in the stove because of An Yue.
will be polite to Granny Niu and respect her because of the upbringing in his bones.
But even so, it doesn't mean that he has to tell her his secret?
How could he, a noble son, tell an old woman who is nothing to him what he thinks?
What's more, he himself is still a little reluctant to face the secrets in his heart and doesn't want to admit them.
But he didn't know that there was already a figure outside the door that was a little sluggish, and he didn't like it~ he didn't like it~
That's what it feels like to hear it with your own ears?
She raised her steps, turned around slightly, and ran back to the room, locking the door of the house~
In the night when the wind was high in the dark night, when Fan Wenshu got rid of Granny Niu, he didn't have time to knock on An Yue's door, but Ji Yan, thinking of what he said wrong yesterday, he was worried, he had knocked on An Yue's door several times, he wanted to explain to her, but Miss An didn't open the door at all, and she didn't pay attention to people~
Fan Gongzi stayed in the next room and listened, listening to Ji Yan knock on the door of the next room over and over again, he lowered his eyes.
Yesterday evening, he saw An Yue stay at the door of Ji Yan's room for a long time, and then hurriedly ran back to the house, and then locked himself in the room~
He didn't know what happened to them~
Fan Gongzi remembered again what happened in Mr. Zhou's room this afternoon.
After lunch, the old man sighed, touched his gray beard, and called Fan Gongzi to his study.
Mr. Zhou looked at Fan Gongzi, who was still suave in white, touched his beard, thought of the things between Fan Wenshu and An Yue two years ago, and thought that An Yue had not had a good time in the past two years, as well as the things that An Yue's father entrusted him a few days ago, he sighed slightly, and then said: "Nephew Fan Xian, the old man has something on his mind recently and wants to discuss with you. ”
"Master, please speak. ”
"I'll just say it to the old man~" He touched his white beard and continued.
"Miss An's father asked me a few days ago to show Miss An to see if there is a suitable man. ”
Mr. Zhou paused for a moment and glanced at Fan Gongzi.
"I'm an old master, I'm old-fashioned, and I don't know a few young talents, but I know a few of you. Mr. Zhou paused for a moment and looked at Fan Wenshu.
Fan Wenshu stood up and said calmly: "Master, don't worry, my nephew knows a few good young talents, I can pay attention to Miss An." ”
His face did not change, and he looked a little indifferent, but only he knew that he had already set off a thousand waves in his heart.
Mr. Zhou stroked his bearded hand for a moment, looked at Fan Wenshu again, and saw that his face was calm, and he was still a little indifferent, he sighed slightly.
An Yue, this girl has been with him for a few years, the more he looks at it, the more he likes it, the little girl doesn't talk much, she does things decently and steadfastly, she has a good heart, he really likes it, An's father and he are also considered to have known each other, and when he says it, he regrets that he doesn't have an eldest son.
After thinking about it in a blink of an eye, I thought of Fan Gongzi who came to the academy again.
Two years ago, An Yue and Fan Gongzi saw a lot of things, but after Fan Gongzi left, Miss An didn't want to say goodbye, she must be waiting for him.
Although An Yue's identity is indeed not worthy of Fan Xian's nephew, her appearance and talent are enough to be his good concubine, if he is willing to accept her, it will not be in vain that girl is waiting for her infatuation~
An Yue's life experience is really worse, if it is better, with her appearance, how can she be Fan Gongzi's side room.
But no matter how much he thinks An Yue is good in his heart, he can't ignore the estrangement between the families, the eldest son of the Governor of Deng's Shi family, even if he is old, he will not marry so lowly.
One is the daughter of a poor and talented family in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other is the eldest son of the Shi family, the governor of Dengzhou, and no longer looks up at his ancestors, but even his maternal grandfather also served in the six ministries of the three provinces~
After coming out of Mr. Zhou's study, one afternoon, Fan Wenshu looked calm, but where was his heart calm?
Yes, An Yue is not young, and it is long overdue to say goodbye.
He lay on the bed and thought about it, and then he heard the knock on the door next door, half a sound, and the knock stopped.
He closed and opened his eyes, lay on the bed and thought about it for a while, and suddenly as if he had thought of something, he got up and went out of the room.
In the other room, there was a man lying on the bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, the more he thought about it, the more guilty he became, knocking half-loudly, Miss An didn't open the door, Miss An didn't open the door, the more he felt that it was because of his own talk~
Thinking that if he provoked Miss An like this because of his mouth, he felt very uncomfortable~
After waiting for a while, he got up and went to the stove room to find some pastries and put them in a wooden butterfly bowl, and knocked on An Yue's door, but Miss An didn't open it, he thought about it and had to speak: "Miss An, Ji still has something to say to Miss An, it's about my son-in-law~"
He stood in front of the door and waited for a long time, knocked for a long time, and the people in the room were annoyed by her, and finally there was movement, the door was opened with a squeak, and a woman lowered her head, and her voice sounded, "Say, what else is there about your son-in-law?"
Ji Yan touched his head, handed a plate of pastries in his other hand to An Yue, and said, "Miss An, you eat something first~"
In the moonlight, the figure of a man handing a wooden dish with pastries was particularly dazzling, and Fan Wenshu stood in the corridor connecting the inner and outer courtyards, holding the things he had just bought.
When he went to knock on the door in the middle of the night to buy something, he was told a few words, and he didn't take it seriously, so he had to be cheeky and buy it.
At this time, he glanced at the man, saw that he was Ji Yan, he glanced at the dishes in his hand again, and suddenly felt that the thing he was holding in his hand was very ironic, and he turned around and walked out of the inner courtyard and out of the outer courtyard.
As soon as he left the outer courtyard, he threw the paper bag in his hand outside the academy door.
He looked at the paper bag that had been thrown to the ground and had not yet been broken, and remembered that the girl loved to eat, so he picked up a bag, squatted down, sat outside the door of the academy, opened the paper bag, looked at the candied fruit, and ate it bite by bite, eating and eating, only to feel that his mouth was full of bitterness.
He thought of the bits and pieces between him and An Yue, the things he saw two years ago, and the two years later, she and Ji Yan~
He doesn't understand, what kind of girl is An Yue?
In the academy, An Yue saw that Ji Yan had nothing to say about Fan Wenshu, so he rejected Ji Yan's kindness, and closed the door with his head down.
The man outside the gate of the academy forced himself to finish the big bag of candied fruit, and sat at the gate of the academy until dawn.
The sky was slightly brighter, he got up, took a step, and knocked on An Yue's door, he stood in front of her door and heard the movement in the room, guessing that she should have gotten up, but he knocked a few more times, and the people in the room did not come to open the door, nor did they make a sound.
He was already angry in his heart, he saved up all night, almost full, his face was full of self-mockery, he reached out and knocked on the door, and said: "Yesterday, Mr. Zhou asked me to look at the right man for you, you... What do you think of Ji Yan? He is handsome, has a good temperament, and is quite knowledgeable......"
There was a crackle in the room, and something fell to the ground and spilled all over the ground.
An Yue, who was still in a trance in the room, couldn't believe what he heard, the person outside the door, what did he say?
Yes, he said that Ji Yan is good, but what does Ji Yan have to do with her?
He also said that Mr. Zhou asked him to see the right man for himself, how about Ji Yan?
What does he mean?
He pushed himself to other men?
An Yue took two steps back, her already very haggard face turned a little paler, her eyes were pen holders and books that had fallen to the ground, she leaned on the desk behind her, and tears flowed out of her eyes silently~
Fan Gongzi outside the door heard a sound in the room first, and then there was no movement.
He lowered his head, stared at the closed door, and pushed hard, only to find that the door was locked.
He glanced at the locked door again, and sighed, he was just in a hurry, was he talking too much?
He sighed, knocked on the door again, but when he didn't answer, he waited a little more in front of the door, and when he calmed down a little, and the anger in his heart dissipated a little, he glanced at the door that was still closed, and he turned and went to the stove.
I want to rinse my cheeks with cool water and sober myself up~
An Yue in the room, heard the footsteps of leaving, she slowly stood up straight, opened the door, her face was full of tears, she was a little confused.
Now, she has some desire to escape from here, wants to escape, escapes from here~
Now, she doesn't want to face him, she doesn't want to face ~
There are not many pedestrians in Luqiao Town just now, and there is still some fog in the air, if it is too far away, it may not be able to see clearly, especially on both sides of the river, the fog is more serious.
An Yue lifted her steps and walked out, she didn't know where to go?
Go home?
It's fine, as long as you can escape from this sadness.
All the way in a trance, and a little dazed, I walked to the river and stepped into the air~
Strike~
The sound of water splashing everywhere~
I forgot to say that she An Yue, although she grew up by the river, she didn't know how to water since she was a child.
On the riverside path in the early morning, the pedestrians slowly increased, and when the sun rose from the east, the fog dissipated, and the old man who was hiding on the river to fish also appeared~
After half a ring, there were more pedestrians on the road, and finally someone found a female corpse under the river~
"Dead man, dead man~"
A sound pierced the town's peace, but it wasn't long before it was quiet again.
After all, the dead have passed away, and the living still have to live well.
Except for the one or two people who really care about her and can't let go of her loss, who will be heartbroken and even self-defeating?