When Lin Rufei and Meng Lanruo returned to Meng Mansion, they happened to meet Meng Youyue who was sitting in the garden tending flowers and plants. She was holding a pair of long scissors in her hand, and was fiddling with the flowers and plants in front of her with her head lowered. Two maids stood behind her, holding the flowers she just picked in their hands.
I don't know how the Meng Mansion did it. There are hundreds of flowers in the garden competing for beauty. At the same time, these stamens are either in buds or are in full bloom. I can't see a flower withering. I think it should be a big flower. Take care of yourself.
"Meng Lanruo, I think your skin is tight again." Meng Youyue said that, but her eyes were smiling, "Looking at how fat you look, if you let your mother know where you have been. —”
"Hey, sister, sister, my good sister, don't tell your mother." Meng Lanruo said nervously, "I just went to listen to Xiaoqu'er, how dare I do anything else."
Meng Youyue complained and complained at Meng Lanruo: "It's fine if you go fooling around, and you're still taking someone else, Young Master Lin..."
Lin Rufei smiled and indicated that it was okay, saying that it was actually quite interesting.
Meng Youyue said with a smile, "Young Master Lin, my younger brother is very unreliable. If I offend you in any way, please bear with me."
Meng Lanruo murmured how she didn't have it, but Meng Youyue tapped her finger on her forehead before giving up.
Although Lin Rufei ate the cakes in Hualou by mistake yesterday, she actually slept well, but Meng Lanruo couldn't stop yawning and rubbing her eyes, feeling a little out of spirit. He and Lin Rufei ordered morning tea, and the two of them ate together.
Meng Lanruo's attention was not on the food, she was sitting on the chair twisting and turning, completely absent-minded.
Lin Rufei thought he was sleepy at first, but after seeing him stop talking a few times, he hesitated to put down half of the milk in his hand and said, "Meng Gongzi has something to say?"
"Young Master Lin." Meng Lanruo blinked and said, "Have you seen "The Story of Yang Hua"?"
"Yang Hua Ji" is a very popular novel at the moment. It is widely spread. It is about a story about a girl in a flower building and a poor scholar. Although the content of the story is old-fashioned, the author's writing is good, so occasionally it seems like a pastime. Not bad, but this kind of book is usually liked by girls. The reason why Lin Rufei bought it was because Yurui saw it while visiting the bookstore and wanted to bring it.
If Meng Lanruo had asked this before, Lin Rufei would have thought that he had covered a lot of ground, but after going through yesterday night, Meng Lanruo's question seemed to have other meanings.
Lin Rufei looked at Meng Lanruo and said, "I have seen it."
"Really??" Meng Lanruo got excited when she heard that Lin Rufei had read it, leaned her head closer, and whispered, "My parents said that these are idle books, so let me read less, but also If you talk too much, your brain will become unhealthy…”
For some unknown reason, Lin Rufei really wanted to laugh when she heard Meng Lanruo's words, so she coughed twice, overshadowing the hidden smile in her words, and said, "It's really an idle book." It won't become bad, then I don't know.
Meng Lanruo was excited and continued: "Then what do you think of the story inside?"
Lin Rufei said, "It's not bad."
Meng Lanruo said, "I think Xiao Yu is the girl in the picture book..." He didn't speak loudly, but said seriously, "It's exactly the same as in the book."
The oiran in "The Story of Yang Hua" is indeed soft and beautiful but good at dancing the sword. When waiting in the building for her favorite scholar, even if others wanted to spend a lot of money to redeem her from the flower building, she would not live or die. .
Lin Rufei looked at Meng Lanruo and said with a smile, "But even if she is that Hua Kui, you are not her favorite scholar."
Meng Lanruo sighed and leaned back on the chair in a daze, and said, "Yes, but she has been in Xinzhou City for a year, and I have never seen any scholar she likes, in case..." He whispered, "In case In fact, the person she likes is me, but she is a little reserved and worried..."
Lin Rufei noticed Meng Lanruo's eager heart, and he said, "What kind of concerns will make her not go with you?"
Meng Lanruo scratched her head: "I asked her too, she just said that it's not yet time, although I don't know what it means..."
Lin Rufei looked at Meng Lanruo with a smile on her lips. Meng Lanruo's teenage troubles, with a hint of innocence, did not make people feel bored, but had a childlike splendor. The young son of the Meng family was indeed well protected by his family. Looking at him, he seemed to understand inexplicably the helplessness that the second brother occasionally felt when he looked at him.
Hualou is not an easy place to live, and the wonderful girls who can live in it will not be poor people who don't understand the world. Underestimate them, they will suffer.
Lin Rufei couldn't tell what happened to Meng Lanruo and Xiao Yu, but obviously, Meng Lanruo was deeply involved in this matter.
Meng Lanruo struggled for a while, then became sleepy, yawned and said that she would go to sleep for a while, and when she woke up, she would come to play with Lin Rufei.
Lin Rufei motioned him to go and drank the remaining milk in her hand.
As soon as Meng Lanruo left, Gu Xuandu took his place, leaning on the chair with his arms folded and watching Lin Rufei eat.
"What?" Lin Rufei felt that his eyes were a little strange.
"What do you think of Meng Lanruo?" Gu Xuandu asked.
"How? What do you mean?" Lin Rufei was inexplicable.
Gu Xuandu said, "Do you like it?"
Lin Rufei was at a loss when asked, but she still replied, "I like it..."
Gu Xuandu stopped talking and signaled Lin Rufei to continue eating, but Lin Rufei felt that Gu Xuan would not ask such a question for no reason, and was about to ask, but Gu Xuandu said lazily. : "Yes, who wouldn't like such a cute young master." After he finished speaking, he sat up straight and looked at Lin Rufei seriously, "You can see that I like you a lot."
Lin Rufei: "..." Why did he always feel that Gu Xuan was scolding himself.
But Gu Xuandu didn't seem to want to continue on this topic, and suggested to take advantage of the good weather to walk around and see the scenery of Meng Mansion.
Lin Rufei agreed.
Meng Mansion is indeed very big, but it is not empty. There are servants walking around. Thinking about it, it is not easy to keep the flowers blooming, so most of these servants are serving flowers and plants.
A small river that is not deep runs through the entire Mengfu. The water in the river is clear, and you can see beautiful fish of various colors in it.
But after walking around for a while, Lin Rufei discovered a strange phenomenon, that is, the aroma of unicorn grass could be smelled almost everywhere in Meng Mansion. Apparently it was planted on purpose.
"Why does Meng Fu like unicorn grass so much?" Lin Rufei asked curiously, "It's everywhere."
Gu Xuandu said slowly: "Maybe it's to keep the flowers in this room."
Lin Rufei said, "Is there still this effect?"
Gu Xuandu said: "Yes." He briefly introduced the effect of unicorn grass, saying that this grass is usually used to soothe the mind, but it has other uses, that is, it can be used to preserve things that are prone to decay. There are many flowers, and the unicorn grass should also play a role.
Fortunately, Lin Rufei didn't hate this kind of fragrance, but after smelling it too much, it meant that she didn't smell its fragrance after staying in the orchid room for a long time, and the strong fragrance became normal.
After walking around the Meng Mansion, Lin Rufei planned to go back to her room, but when she passed the corridor that was the only way to go, she saw a familiar person - Qi Yansheng, who was hated by Meng Lanruo, sitting in the corridor. , Holding a fishing rod in his hand, he was fishing leisurely.
When he saw Lin Rufei, he greeted him with a smile, as if he was not the one who confronted Lin Rufei a few days ago.
Lin Rufei nodded in return, and did not intend to talk to him any more. When she was about to leave, she was suddenly stopped by Qi Yansheng.
"If you have nothing to do, Young Master Lin, can you chat with me for a while?" His tone sounded quite sincere.
Lin Rufei said, "What is Young Master Qi doing?"
Qi Yansheng smiled and said, "I have a lot of free time, so I thought about fishing for a while, but unfortunately the fish won't take the bait, so it's even more boring."
Seeing that Lin Rufei was still a little hesitant, he apologized for what happened yesterday, saying that he was indeed Meng Lang, but he had no ill intentions towards Lin Rufei, so I begged Lin Rufei not to mind.
For the sake of saying this, Lin Rufei couldn't refuse any more, so she walked over to Qi Yansheng and sat on the corridor.
"I heard Youyue say that you and Lan Ruo went to Hualou yesterday? How about it? Do you still like it?" Qi Yansheng raised the topic with a smile.
Lin Rufei said, "It's okay."
"Just make it?" Qi Yansheng said, "I've been there before, but unfortunately, now Lan Ruo dislikes me very much and refuses to take me there again." He said this, but his face was full of admiration. drowning.
Lin Rufei was silent for a moment and asked, "How many years have you and Lan Ruo known each other?"
Qi Yansheng said, "It's been many years." There was some nostalgia in his tone, "It's a pity that Lan Ruo was still a fool at that time.
This tone is strange, not like a friend of the same age, but like an elderly elder.
Lin Rufei and Qi Yansheng chatted about something else. After letting go of their hostility, Qi Yansheng felt pretty good. He was well-informed and had his own unique opinions on many things.
The two chatted until it was almost noon, Lin Rufei got up and said goodbye, saying that she would go back to her room to rest first, and before leaving, she asked casually, why there are so many unicorn grass in this mansion, who knows when she heard the word, Qilin Yansheng's expression froze slightly, but it quickly returned to normal. He smiled and said that the people of Xinzhou like this fragrance. , and smells everywhere.
Although Qi Yansheng's expression changed quickly, Lin Rufei caught it. Hearing his explanation, Lin Rufei was puzzled, but didn't ask any further questions, nodded, and turned to leave.
The sound of water suddenly sounded behind him, as if something had bit Qi Yansheng's hook, but Lin Rufei remembered that Qi Yansheng's hook was clean, not even the simplest bait.
When Fu Hua Yurui saw Lin Rufei coming back, Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that the two maids looked frightened, Lin Rufei joked that she was an adult man who had reached the crown, not a child, so they didn't have to worry so much.
Yurui pouted and complained that the young master had a big heart, saying that the rivers and lakes are sinister and there are many bad people.
Lin Rufei pinched her cheek and said with a smile, "Shouldn't the bad guy like a confused little maid like you?"
Yu Rui didn't know how to refute, and went out crying.
As soon as Lin Rufei sat down, a paper crane flew outside the house. Looking at the appearance of the paper crane, she knew that it must have come down from Kunlun Mountain. Lin Rufei took the paper crane and took it apart. Brother's handwriting. The letter was written by Lin Bianyu, followed by two or three sentences from the elder brother and the third sister. Most of the content were greetings and worries. If you just read the content of the letter, it would seem that Lin Rufei was a three-year-old child who was on the side of the road. It was as though a stone could trip him.
After reading the letter, Lin Rufei took out the pen and ink, and wrote back to her family, saying that she had sent the invitation to Meng's family, and planned to stay in Xinzhou City for a few days, so she went to the Central Plains, so that her brothers and sisters didn't have to worry.
Of course, these words are almost in vain, after all, in the eyes of his elder brothers and sisters, he will always be a poor and helpless little man.
When he wrote the letter, Gu Xuandu was watching from the side, his eyes were full of smiles.
After Lin Rufei finished writing, she put it away carefully, released the paper crane again, and turned her head to ask Gu Xuandu laughing.
"It's nothing." Gu Xuandu said solemnly, "I just think the way you frown and drop your pen and ink is cute."
Lin Rufei didn't believe his nonsense, but Gu Xuan also refused to say it, so she had to take the pen and ink to rest.
I have to say that the Meng family is indeed a good place to recuperate. The environment in the yard is good and very quiet, and the maid Zhuyin who is guarding the door is also doing things properly. As long as Lin Rufei might need things, they have always been delivered to the house ahead of time.
Lin Rufei drank the potion and took a deep sleep. When she woke up, her body felt much more relaxed. Although she still had a cough, her body temperature had completely returned to normal.
After dinner, Lin Rufei enjoyed the shade in the courtyard, and Zhuyin lit incense on the stone pillar at the entrance of the courtyard. Lin Rufei watched her movements and did not speak, but felt that the Meng family's obsession with this kind of spice really made her feel uncomfortable. People cannot understand.
Meng Lanruo had slept for a day, and she finally recovered her spirits. She ran to Lin Rufei's yard to drag him out to go shopping, saying that Xinzhou city was very lively at night, and it was a pity not to go to see the night scene.
Lin Rufei refused, but had no choice but to follow him.
Xinzhou City is very big, and it is really lively at night. Although the sky is dark, bright lanterns are hung everywhere on the streets, and the whole street is brightly lit. People walking on it are noisy and noisy. I saw a few performers on the street.
She took out a few silver coins from her sleeves and threw them as rewards. Meng Lanruo smiled and asked Lin Rufei what the night on Kunlun was like.
"It depends on the mountain." Lin Rufei walked beside Meng Lanruo, talking about her home, "The mountain is covered with snow all year round, and there is no spring and no people. The bottom of the mountain is slightly better, and there are many disciples. But Kunlun The rules are strict, and the disciples are usually very restrained. Only during the sword club, there are some small markets. At the foot of the mountain, there is a small town, not many people, but it is still interesting. Next to the town, there is a peach Lin, there are monkeys in the forest who like to bully people..."
Listening to Lin Rufei's words, Meng Lanruo showed a look of yearning, and he sighed, "It's good."
Lin Rufei smiled: "Xinzhou City is also not bad, very beautiful."
Meng Lanruo didn't answer, thinking that after watching it for so many years, even the beautiful scenery was a bit boring.
The two walked down the street. Meng Lanruo suggested to ask Lin Rufei if she wanted to go to the riverside to have a look. She said that Qingming would be in a few days. They had the custom of setting up lanterns to pay homage to the old people during the Qingming Festival, so these few days There should be a lot of beautiful lanterns floating on the river, which is a beautiful scenery at night.
Lin Rufei thinks Meng Lanruo's temperament is really interesting. Ordinary people may feel uncomfortable or afraid when they see such a scene, but he has no feeling, and is even eager to try it, as if the lanterns on the river were not given to ancestors, but A toy with hidden anagrams.
However, Lin Rufei did not resist this, so she accompanied Meng Lanruo to the riverside.
It was getting late at this time, but there were already many people by the river, who were putting down the lit lanterns along the flowing water. The little sparks shone on the dark river surface, and the Taotao River seemed to be a dark Milky Way, with the little stars floating on it.
People not only set off lanterns, but also burn paper money and incense candles on the shore.
Lin Rufei and Meng Lanruo stood on the shore blowing the river breeze, Meng Lanruo didn't speak, as if thinking about something.
"Huh?" Gu Xuandu's voice, who had not appeared for a while, suddenly came from behind Lin Rufei, and there was some interest in his tone, "Who do you think that is?"
Lin Rufei looked in the direction Gu Xuandu said, and saw an unexpected person, Qi Yansheng who had just met in the corridor during the day.
It was very dark, and if Gu Xuan hadn't reminded him, Lin Rufei would not have noticed that Qi Yansheng was squatting by the river with a lantern in his hand.
It would be fine if it was just him, but after he handed out the lantern, he said something to the person standing beside him. The person turned his head, and Lin Rufei happened to see her face clearly, with a little stunned expression in his eyes—then It was Meng Lanruo's girlfriend in the flower building, the very beautiful little girl Yu who danced the sword and dance.
Are the two of them acquainted? Are you still about to meet by the river
"This Young Master Meng's hair is a little green." Gu Xuandu sighed.
The two seemed to have a very good relationship, and during the conversation, they looked intimate, and Qi Yansheng even raised his hand to help Xiao Yu straighten the hair that was ruffled by the Jiang Feng.
Lin Rufei glanced at the young master of the Meng family who was squatting on the ground and threw mud into the river beside her. She didn't know what to say for a while, should he let him take a look, or pretend she didn't have one. It's good to notice.
While Lin Rufei was thinking about this matter, Meng Lanruo suddenly raised her head and looked in the direction he was looking at. In the dark night, he seemed to have noticed the two people who were talking on the edge of the river bank in front of him. , after raising his hand and rubbing his eyes heavily, his expression immediately froze.
It was an indescribable expression, as if he had seen a ghost, and full of disbelief, he straightened up abruptly, saw his lips with a roar, and swallowed hard for no reason. .
Meng Lanruo obviously saw it, saw Qi Yansheng, whom he hated, and Xiao Yu Zhenglang, whom he liked, being in love with each other.
Lin Rufei moved her eyes to the river, pretending that she was looking at the lanterns.
"Young Master Lin." Meng Lanruo squeezed a sentence out of her mouth with difficulty, "I feel a little uncomfortable, let's go back first."
"Okay." Lin Rufei nodded.
Meng Lanruo turned her head and left, her footsteps hurried and panicked, and she almost didn't trip over, but it was Lin Rufei who helped him to prevent him from falling to the ground.
Meng Lanruo didn't speak again until the two returned to Meng Mansion.
However, just when the two of them were about to part, Meng Lanruo suddenly opened his mouth, with a childish cry in his voice, and said, "Young Master Lin, did you see it?"
Lin Rufei was dumbfounded. He wanted to pretend that he didn't see it, but facing Meng Lanruo who looked like this, he couldn't say the lies, and finally turned into a low sigh. He stretched out his hand and gently pressed Meng Lanruo. Ruo's shoulders nodded slowly.
The little boy who had never experienced these things finally couldn't help sobbing. He probably felt a little embarrassed, so he wiped the tears from his cheeks with his hands and choked up: "How can he be like this, how can he... "
Because of too much force, the white cheeks were rubbed crimson, and there were even faint bloodshots.
"This... Maybe it's just a misunderstanding." Lin Rufei felt that although Meng Lanruo said she hated Qi Yansheng, the relationship between the two was not as bad as she imagined, otherwise he could rush over and question Qi Yan on the spot. Why would Sheng be with Xiao Yu? Only in the face of a friend's betrayal can he show such a bewildered look.
"He was in front of me and advised me to stay away from Xiao Yu, saying that she was not a good person, and that the women in the flower building were all hypocritical." Meng Lanruo cried, "Qi Yansheng is a liar, a big liar. , I hate him the most, he clearly likes my sister, yet he still does such a dirty thing behind my sister's back!!"
Lin Rufei was at a loss for words, she really didn't know how to comfort Meng Lanruo.
But obviously Meng Lanruo didn't need him to say anything. After he finished the call, he wiped his face indiscriminately and showed an extremely ugly smile: "I'm sorry, Young Master Lin, I lost my temper, you should rest earlier. ... I'll go back to my room first."
Lin Rufei frowned and said worriedly, "You might as well find Qi Yansheng and talk about it with him..." What if there was a misunderstanding.
Meng Lanruo shook her head heavily, her expression gradually calmed down, and said, "My family doesn't want me to have too much involvement with Xiao Yu, even if this is true, no one will turn to me, besides Xiao Yu ... Xiao Yu has never promised me to let me redeem her life, and I still wonder who she is waiting for, and now I finally know."
After Meng Lanruo said this, she said goodbye to Lin Rufei, turned around and left.
Lin Rufei looked at his lost figure and was really worried that he would do something stupid, she frowned and said to herself: "What can I do, this young master of the Meng family will not do anything drastic. Bar."
Gu Xuandu said lazily, "Could it be possible for him to be able to pierce the sky with his ability?"
Lin Rufei disapproved: "Maybe."
Gu Xuandu said again: "If one day you see your lover having a private meeting with someone else, what would you do?"
Lin Rufei thought for a while: "Maybe the adulterer will be stabbed to death with a sword."
Gu Xuandu: "Don't you blame your lover?"
Lin Rufei said: "How do you know this, maybe it's weird, maybe it's reluctant." He turned to look at Gu Xuandu again, "How about you?"
Gu Xuandu said solemnly, "I will not allow such a thing to happen."
Lin Rufei asked curiously, "But what if there is an emergency?"
Gu Xuandu sneered: "In case? No case."
He even stayed by the side of someone taking a bath, what else could happen.
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