Since being assassinated in Shannan Tavern, Xie Tao has followed Qu Manting closely for several days, and this time he dare not relax.
Of course, not only for Qu Manting's sake, but also for the sake of her own life. The parents had already lost Xie Liangchen, their son, and could not lose her, their daughter.
But the current situation is difficult, the country is weak, and major events are ahead, and some things have to be accompanied by sacrifices.
Xie Tao had a sense of consciousness. In her heart, she had already completely forgiven her brother. She used to have love and resentment towards him, but after she experienced many things herself, that resentment disappeared unknowingly.
The murderer's body was thrown in front of the Japanese chamber of commerce, which should have served as a warning. As a result, the Japanese chamber of commerce has settled down a lot, and hasn't made any trouble recently.
Even so, Xie Tao was still very tired. The tense nerves all the time and Qu Manting's daily blind date with her made people feel physically and mentally exhausted.
As soon as she returned to the dormitory, Xie Tao threw herself on the bed regardless of her image. The soft pillow quickly made her relax. She narrowed her eyes, her head was groggy, she lay motionless, and soon became dazed. I was about to fall asleep, and I didn't even hear the sound of the door opening.
The arm was poked a few times, Xie Tao knew who it was in his heart, and moved to the inner side of the bed with half-closed eyes, but he didn't expect that person to persevere and increase his strength, Xie Tao turned his head suddenly, his eyes widened, He looked angrily at the person squatting beside the bed.
Gu Yan framed his hands on the edge of the bed, and put his chin on the edge of the bed. He looked up at her slightly, with a little grievance on his handsome face, and he lightly touched the back of her hand again, this time with a cautious look.
"Where have you been for the past few days? Why did you ignore me when you came back?" Gu Yan's voice was heavy.
Xie Tao has rarely seen his cute appearance. She has been going out early and coming back late recently, and she really doesn't have the energy to care about Gu Yan's frame. She didn't expect him to care so much, and it's rare that he endured it for so many days before saying it. Xie Tao looked at his pitiful expression, and a sense of guilt welled up in his heart.
Gu Yan had just washed his hair, and his short hair collapsed limply, with water droplets flickering in the moonlight, Xie Tao resisted the urge to rub his hair, rubbed his eyes, and got up from the bed Sit upright and tell him the truth about what happened in the past few days.
Moreover, he emphasized that he didn't really want to talk to him, but that he was really busy.
"Really, it will be fine after a while!" Xie Tao said with certainty.
Gu Yan's framed expression instantly became lively, smiles were stained on the corners of her eyes and brows, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and there seemed to be a stream of light in her eyes. Smiles can infect people's hearts. Xie Tao's heart shrank tightly, and the corners of his mouth did not move Consciously ticked off.
Seeing Xie Tao's smile, Gu Yan's heart moved, and she just looked at her quietly for a while, the moonlight came in from the window, Xie Tao felt that he was going to blush from his stare, and couldn't help asking: "Are you still looking at her?" Is there anything to ask?"
The expression on Gu Yan's face is unpredictable.
He suddenly reached out and touched Xie Tao's slightly blue eyes, "You have worked hard these days, I have nothing to ask, but, do you want to wash before going to bed? Otherwise, you will not be at ease when you are half asleep. Get up in the middle of the night to wash up."
When Xie Tao touched his face, he felt that the lower eyelids were burning hot, but Gu Yan quickly withdrew his hand, his movements were very light, and the two usually touch each other, which is not an excessive gesture. So she didn't run away.
It's time to wash up before going to bed. Xie Tao thought that he woke up to wash up in the middle of the night and woke him up a few days ago, and said a little embarrassedly: "Did I disturb you?"
"Why do you think so?" Gu Yan looked at her framed, and suddenly got up slightly, and hugged her. It was just a very light and short hug. Seeing him approaching, Xie Tao had already been hugged by him in his arms. Rubbed against his neck lightly, just about to break free, Gu Yan framed and whispered in her ear: "You have worked hard, I just care about you."
After saying this, he let go of his hand, pulled her out of bed, and even helped her pour hot water and squeeze toothpaste.
Xie Tao couldn't be moved all of a sudden.
She was still a little worried that it was Gu Yanjiao who was getting nervous again, but after she finished washing and found that the bed had been made, she believed that Gu Yanjiao was really understanding. Once, he had already returned to his bed and lay down, and Ask Xie Tao to rest well and not to be too tired.
"Go to sleep, there are still things to do tomorrow, after a hard day, be careful not to wake up tomorrow morning."
His caring voice seemed to reassure Xie Tao, who was full of doubts. After turning off the light, Xie Tao lay on the bed and quietly looked at the figure next to him, feeling very relieved. Care about people.
When I woke up the next day, Gu Yan frame was no longer in the room.
Early in the morning, Guo Shuting sent someone to call Xie Tao to his office. Xie Tao felt that it was not a good thing. When he entered the door, he saw Guo Shuting sitting on a chair, looking at the two people standing side by side in front of him with a sad face. personal.
One doesn't stick to trifles, and the other just knows how to giggle, besides Gu Yanjiao and Huang Song, who else
Seeing Xie Tao come in, Gu Yan blinked at her framely, and when the thick eyelashes fluttered, revealing eyes with a hint of joy and complacency, seeing him like this, Xie Tao's right eyelid suddenly jumped twice.
Guo Shuting knocked on the table and said to Xie Tao: "The two of them volunteered to go with you to be Qu Manting's bodyguards, what do you think?"
Xie Tao doesn't even need to think about it, how about it? Of course not! She shook her head desperately, "One of these two people is too stupid, and the other is too unreliable. If you tell me to take them there, you might as well let me go by myself."
too stupid? Unreliable
Huang Song and Gu Yan looked at each other in disgust, Huang Song muttered: "Who is she talking about?"
"It's not about me anyway." Gu Yan shrugged.
"Yes." Guo Shuting rubbed his chin, nodded and said in agreement: "I think so too, so I just approved the note and asked Shen Junshan to go with you."
"what!"
Gu Yan framed and Xie Tao yelled together, the resistance in his heart was beyond words, only Huang Song scratched his head and smiled innocently.
"Okay, okay, there are so many people." Huang Song said cheerfully.
With a headache, Xie Tao glanced at Gu Yan's frame from the corner of her eye. After a few days of peace, she didn't want to quarrel with this young master again because of Shen Junshan.
Guo Shuting didn't care about their opinions, and asked the guards to bring Shen Junshan over, made a decision, and sent Shen Junshan to drive a few people to the Qu mansion to protect Qu Manting's safety in all aspects.
Xie Tao was complaining all the way. During this period of time, she followed Qu Manting, either going to Palimo to pick up people, or going to the theater for protection. Even when she arrived at Qu Mansion, she was only delivered to the door, and she had never entered.
This time he was able to enter the Qu Mansion, maybe he borrowed the face of Shen Junshan, Gu Yanjiao and others, Xie Tao was very emotional, and walked in with several people.
Mother Qu had already answered the calls from several people who were coming, she warmly greeted them, and brought them into the living room.
The maid brought the fruit and put it on the table, and Mother Qu also sat down by the sofa, beckoned everyone to sit together, and then looked at them kindly.
Xie Tao looked at her from the side, wondering where the temper of a young lady like Qu Manting came from. Qu's mother and Qu Manting's faces were very similar, but the eyebrows and eyes were not as delicate as Qu Manting's. He is also a lot more friendly. Judging by his tone of voice and demeanor, he should be well-educated, which is completely different from Xie Tao's imagination.
Several people chatted casually, during which Qu's mother asked Shen Junshan a lot about Shen Tingbai, Shen Junshan replied one after another, Qu's mother didn't care, and after asking Shen Tingbai, she started to ask Shun again. The situation of the Far Chamber of Commerce.
Xie Tao couldn't understand these business matters, so he turned his head and began to admire the living room of the Qu family.
The living room is not small. There is a sandalwood tea table in the middle, which is filled with tea sets. There is a leather sofa next to it, which is comfortable and soft. There are vases placed around the living room, the flowers inside are full of fragrance, and the leaves of the flowers are still dripping with dew. It seems that they were newly picked this morning. The calligraphy and paintings of famous artists are also hung on the walls, which shows that the Qu master has a good taste. vulgar.
Sitting like this for a long time, Qu Manting didn't go downstairs, Mother Qu smiled, her eyes were full of doting, "This child, I guess she was tired from filming yesterday, any of you can call her for me, she should eat It's breakfast."
Xie Tao finally knew how Qu Manting developed her bad temper. Looking at the three people who were as immobile as a mountain, she stood up helplessly.
"I'll go."
He went up to the second floor and found Qu Manting's door, which was tightly closed. Xie Tao was mentally prepared at the door and knocked on the door.
"It's me, Xie Liangchen."
"Come in." Qu Manting's angry voice came from inside, and she seemed to have woken up a long time ago.
Xie Tao pushed the door open and went in. Qu Manting was sitting on the edge of the bed wearing a suspender nightdress, swinging her legs, looking leisurely.
This rather unrestrained attire was in stark contrast to the way they first met in Palimo.
She was holding a piece of paper in her hand, and she was squinting her eyes. When she saw Xie Tao coming in, she glanced at her indifferently, and raised her thin white neck: "What do you want me to do?"
Xie Tao felt that he was about to grow a needle's eye, "Dinner is ready, my aunt asked me to come and call you."
"Understood, I'll go down later."
Seeing that Qu Manting didn't intend to get up, Xie Tao asked, "Are you going to read the script again?"
"Script?" Qu Manting raised the paper in her hand: "Are you talking about this? This is an invitation to the auction, inviting me to be a guest. I receive more than ten invitations like this every month. No point, don't go."
When the paper was raised, a thin photo fell out.
Qu Manting looked at her with the end of his eyes, Xie Tao had to squat down to help her pick it up, glanced at it casually, saw the thing printed on it, Xie Tao's expression changed, he couldn't control how Qu Manting reacted, picked up the photo Just went downstairs.
Mother Qu was winking, she had already gone to work in the back kitchen, there were only those three people staring at each other in the living room, except for Huang Song who was gnawing on an apple, the other two sat facing each other, without making a sound.
Putting the photo on the coffee table, several people sat around. On the black and white photo, it was the lost gold seal.
Xie Tao glanced at Shen Junshan, and briefly told the twists and turns of the story about Jinyin. This matter can be big or small, but since it happened, she should always find it if it was lost from her hand That's right.
Hearing that this is the emperor's golden seal, several people cheered up, not to mention a young man like Shen Junshan who was indifferent on the outside but passionate in his heart, even the careless Huang Song followed suit: "How can such a precious thing be sold?" It fell into the hands of the Japanese and must be taken back!"
Gu Yan framed Xie Tao with her arm: "How about it, you still framed me that day."
There was some aggrieved look on his face, remembering how Xie Tao was injured that day, he paused for breath, and before Xie Tao could explain, he changed the subject first: "Yes, we must get it back."
Several people discussed it, and finally decided to sneak into the auction to find a chance to get the gold seal back.
It is easy to say, but it is even more difficult to do.
Huang Song scratched his head and raised the first problem: "We don't even have an invitation card, how can we get in?"
The four of them looked at each other for a while, and then tacitly set their eyes on Qu Manting.
Putting on a shawl, she hurriedly followed. Qu Manting, who was keeping an attitude of watching the excitement, looked at the malicious eyes of several people, and quickly stepped back.
"Look, what are you looking at me for? I only have one invitation card."
Gu Yan framed a smirk: "For a big star like Ms. Qu, it should be no problem to bring a few bodyguards on board."
Qu Manting was stunned, "This... this shouldn't be a problem, but it should be very dangerous. Aren't you here to protect me? How can a bodyguard take his employer into danger?"
Gu Yan framed it as a matter of course: "With the four of us here, what are you afraid of?"
Qu Manting was speechless. After all, she was persuaded by several people to get dizzy. In the end, she also became impulsive. She went to change her clothes and got into the car with four bodyguards. She could only eat breakfast. An apple instead.
Mother Qu stood at the door and sent them out, smiling and waving goodbye to them.