It was already dawn, Ye Jinyi opened her eyes in a daze, she subconsciously reached her hand to the side, but only touched the flat bedding.

When she opened her eyes, she didn't see Wei Qing's smiling figure on the bed.

"Tuk tuk. A clear, powerful knock reached her ears.

Ye Jinyi slowly sat up, rubbed her sore waist, and asked casually, "Who?"

"Shaozhuang······ Night ······ The owner invites you to come over. The voice that came was slurring, hesitating, it seemed that he had been thinking about it for a long time, and he didn't know what to call Ye Jinyi, so he finally had to give up and say his intention directly.

Hearing this, Ye Jinyi's movements in her hand paused, and she glanced at the blurred figure outside the door, she pondered for a moment, raised her voice slightly, and said, "Shen Yuan, you wait first." ”

"Yes. ”

When she packed up and walked out of the door, she saw Shen Yuan standing straight at the bottom of the steps with his back to the door.

The weather was dry and cold, and the snow of the previous days had not yet melted, and as soon as she asked Shen Yuan to walk up the steps, she left a deep footprint on the spot.

Ye Jinyi glanced at Shen Yuan's snow-soaked boots, and then moved his gaze upwards, finally landing on his face.

"Jizhu City is only in the back mountain, but I heard that for more than a month, you have been staying there, and you haven't even entered the house, Mo Qi and Mo Li are crying every day to ask for their father. I wonder why. ”

Shen Yuan lowered his head, with great detachment and politeness in his voice: "After all, the affairs of Jizhu City are complicated, and the predecessors of Jizhu are old, so Shen Yuan laughed and didn't dare to be negligent in affairs, and he forgot to come back after being busy for a long time." ”

Ye Jinyi shook her head: "It's so busy, I still don't know how to explain to your sons and daughters, how did their eldest uncle suddenly become a woman?"

Shen Yuan frowned, and his attitude became more and more humble: "That's not the case, the young owner misunderstood." ”

Ye Jinyi smiled and said: "Everyone in the Boundless Villa was surprised when they learned that their previous young owner was actually a woman, even the old man of the Ji Zhuzi was the same, and some of them were inevitably scolding me for being a liar who deceived the upper and lower levels of the Boundless Villa for ten years. But you're not the only one, you're avoiding me. ”

Shen Yuan hurriedly defended: "No, you misunderstood. ”

"You?" Ye Jinyi laughed at herself when she heard this, "No matter what, Shen Yuan, I just asked casually, you don't need to be nervous." ”

After that, she carefully sorted out her clothes, skipped the topic of Fang Cai, and asked, "Do you know what happened to my father-in-law who suddenly called me there?"

"The owner only told you to go, and the rest did not say much. Shen Yuan replied.

"Who had ever seen my stepfather before that?"

"An hour ago, Madame had been there when she was serving breakfast, and had been in it for a while. ”

Hearing this, Ye Jinyi pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "Aunt Ning." ”

"If nothing else, I'll quit first. Shen Yuan saw that Ye Jinyi was thinking about something with his eyes squinted slightly, and felt that he was not very appropriate here, so he gave up his hand and planned to turn around and leave.

"Wait. Ye Jinyi opened her eyes and glanced at him, slowly walked down the steps, and said lightly, "You accompany me, it just so happens that I have something to ask you for." ”

"Yes. ”

Along the way, Shen Yuan just lowered his head and slowly followed the five steps behind Ye Jinyi, every time a maid and an attendant passed by to say hello to Ye Jinyi, he had to subconsciously take two steps back to extend the distance.

Ye Jinyi noticed the change in Shen Yuan's attitude towards herself these days, and she understood that when she decided to be herself again, she would have to give up some of the things she once had.

For example: brothers.

How can a woman have brothers?

"Hello Miss. A few maids passed by and greeted Ye Jinyi respectfully.

Since Ren Xiaoju announced that his righteous son was actually his righteous daughter, everyone called her from son to miss, except for Shen Yuan, who was awkward behind him and didn't know how to get along.

After the maids walked away, Ye Jinyi stopped and turned to look at Shen Yuan: "Shen Yuan, there is something I want to ask you." ”

Shen Yuan nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Ye Jinyi asked: "Do you think that if Wei Qingxiao wants to get married, which girl is the most suitable?"

Hearing this, Shen Yuan raised his head and looked at her with a strange and surprised look, and after a long time, he hesitated: "I think, maybe there is no one more suitable than you." ”

"What about other than me?" Ye Jinyi's expression was as flat as a pool of deep water, and his tone was simple, which made it even more weird.

Shen Yuan looked at Ye Jinyi for a long time before he said slowly: "Wei Gongzi is a man of temperament, I'm afraid it's not what he likes, no matter how good a person is in front of him, he won't take a second look." ”

"Well, I forgot, he is indeed such a person. The corners of Ye Jinyi's mouth were slightly hooked, but there was no trace of happiness or relief, but it made people feel that her expression was a little sad.

"Alright, let's get it here, you can go back and rest. Ye Jinyi turned around again, waved his hand at Shen Yuan, and then slowly walked towards Ren Xiaodu's study, "Remember to change your boots." ”

"Yes. Shen Yuan looked at Ye Jinyi's back and replied stiffly.

Ren Xiaojue was still sitting at the desk reading as usual, and Rong Ling was still standing beside him with his eyes closed and meditating, but the difference was that Ren Xiaodu's brows were furrowed more than ever before

At least Ye Jinyi thought so, so she had just walked in and subconsciously asked, "Father-in-law, what's wrong?"

Hearing this, Rong Ling opened her eyes and looked at her, and replied before Ren Xiaodu: "Something big happened." ”

"What?" Ye Jinyi subconsciously frowned.

"Madame just came and said that Ziqi begged to marry you, so she asked the owner of the village to handle the marriage between you and Ziji. Rong Ling hugged his arms and said.

Hearing this, Ye Jinyi's brows furrowed even tighter.

"Your father and daughter's reaction is really similar. Rong Ling looked at Ren Xiaodu, then at Ye Jinyi, and finally walked slowly to the table, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Ye Jinyi, and said with relief: "Drink a cup of tea and settle down." ”

Ye Jinyi took the teacup, looked at Ren Xiaodu, and asked softly, "Then how did the stepfather reply to Aunt Ning?"

"Of course, your stepfather agreed, and his son wants to marry his own daughter, isn't this a beautiful thing. Rong Ling quipped, "What, don't you want to marry Ziji?"

"I'm not hard-hearted and don't want to marry him. Ye Jinyi put down the teacup in her hand, looked at Rong Ling, and then at Ren Xiaodu, who was looking at her quietly, and finally, knelt on the ground.

"I know that it was my Father-in-law and Master who took pity on me and allowed me to spend the past ten years in Boundless Mountain Villa peacefully, and that allowed me to do what I wanted to do so easily. No one wants to marry Wei Qing more than I do, and do my filial piety under your knees. But I can't. For so many years, I have not told my Father and Master who I am, but I believe that Father and Master know better than anyone who I am, where I come from, what I have to do, and how dangerous what I am going to do. Ye Jinyi lowered her head and told all this quietly, her eyes did not wave, and she was surprisingly calm, "The day of the martial arts conference is the day when I broke off the blood feud of the Yu family, and I am ready to burn the jade stone with the Chu family." Therefore, I can't pin Wei Qingxiao's happiness on my life, which hangs by a thread. Please also ask the father-in-law to retract this decision. ”