"You like Xiao He?" Cao Yang asked suddenly.
"What?" Xia Rou was confused.
Cao Yang lit a cigarette and put away the lighter with a "snap": "You two seem to be familiar with each other?"
"Brother Cheng Zhe often took me out to play together, and there was the fourth brother, we were together. Later, I was busy in the third year of high school, so I didn't go out to play together much." Xia Rou explained.
Really, so there is He Chengzhe? He used to think that only the fourth child would take her out to play.
He puffed out his cigarette and asked, "You must be ten years old, right?"
"Nine years old. Don't think about it." Xia Rou said helplessly, "Because he and the fourth brother are good friends, I got to know him well."
"It's too big." Cao Yang directly vetoed it, "I've been in the society for several years, and I'm a sensualist with complicated thoughts, so it's not suitable for you."
He patted her on the head: "When school starts, find a boy you like in school, and have a simple love talk."
"You are still young," he said, "don't mix with these social people."
"I told you it's your imagination..." Xia Rou distinguished.
But Cao Yang obviously didn't believe it.
Xia Rou was very powerless and couldn't help muttering: "I'm still young, I don't want to fall in love."
Tsk, I don't know who it is, I feel like I'm eighteen and I want to fly out of his palm and flop around. Do you feel small again now
Cao Yang just thought about it, and heard Xia Rou continue: "It's you, the boss is not young, when will you marry me back?"
Cao Yang stopped and pulled her hair: "Speak clearly, what sister-in-law?"
"Let go." Xia Rou grabbed her hair, and said as a matter of course, "Wang Man, aren't you two talking?"
"Don't talk nonsense, it's nothing." Cao Yang denied it with a cigarette in his mouth.
Xia Rou said with a smile: "I know everything. I heard when uncle and second brother were chatting."
Cao Yang gritted his teeth and said, "It's over."
Xia Rou was stunned.
"What's over?" she pressed.
"Wang Man and I are not suitable. I don't plan to continue." Cao Yang said indifferently.
Xia Rou's forehead was sweating: "Brother, don't talk nonsense! You and Sister Wang Man are so good for each other! If you don't look for her, who will you look for? Did you two have a fight? Please be more generous and give way to other girls..."
Cao Yang glanced at her: "What do you mean if I don't look for her? She is not the only woman in the world. Why are you so nervous? I have nothing to do with her, but just had a few meals."
Xia Rou is all hairy.
"Ke Ke Ke Ke! But Sister Wang Man! We can't find a better-qualified girl than her in our provincial capital!" Xia Rou's voice was raised a bit, and she realized her gaffe, and quickly lowered it The voice said, "Brother, let me tell you that it's normal for couples to quarrel. Don't talk about breaking up as soon as you get angry. Let it go for two days, and then communicate with Sister Wang Man properly when you are no longer angry. No matter what happens, everyone should talk about it. It can be solved... "
Cao Yang looked at Xia Rou and gradually frowned.
"That's why you like Wang Man so much?" He asked.
Xia Rou's concern and admiration for Wang Man has gone beyond the category of "like". Moreover, Cao Yang knew that Wang Man was not familiar with Xia Rou, and Xia Rou and Wang Man had no contact except for the few encounters.
Xia Rou hurriedly said: "Yes, I like her very much. I think she's great, in every way. I've read it all over, and I haven't seen anyone who can be better than her!"
Cao Yang took a breath of the cigarette and let it out.
"Xiao Rou." He said, "Wang Man came from a good background, so she is very arrogant. Many people want to get close to her, but she doesn't treat everyone well. She has the capital of such arrogance."
"So..." He patted her head, "If you like her, just look at her from a distance. Don't get close to her, she is not easy to get along with."
Xia Rou raised her head, stayed for a while, and suddenly asked: "Wang Man, she... doesn't like me?"
Cao Yang did not admit it.
But Cao Yang knew that Wang Man did not like Xia Rou.
When they met occasionally earlier, Wang Man was kind to Xia Rou. But the last time he mentioned Xia Rou, Wang Man's attitude made him understand that she didn't like Xia Rou.
This kind of attitude change before and after can only be because Wang Man later found out that Xia Rou is not his sister by blood.
The sharpness is too exposed, but the Chengfu is not deep enough to restrain its true attitude. And after he clearly communicated his attitude towards Xia Rou to the outside world, he still expressed this attitude indifferently.
It was at that time that Cao Yang felt "boring".
I feel that the mutual temptation between him and Wang Man can be over. Because he probably couldn't find any feelings for her.
As the eldest son who lost his mother at a young age, Cao Yang has always assumed the responsibility of protecting and caring for his younger brothers during his growth. This strong sense of responsibility has shaped his personality of protecting his shortcomings.
What he can't tolerate the most is that the people he has drawn under his wings to protect are being bullied or despised by others.
Xia Rou is the youngest and weakest member of the Cao family. It's not even like his brothers will grow up and become strong on their own, she will probably be weak all her life and need his care and care.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to choose a woman who looks down on her as his wife.
Wang Man was out.
Xia Rou also guessed why Wang Man changed his attitude towards her.
She was a little sad.
Because in this life, she really worked hard to be an obedient and not annoying person. She thought she had made great progress, but the person who despised her the most in the previous life still despised her.
She can study hard, try to be obedient, and try not to cause trouble to others. But there are some things that she can't change even if she tries hard.
Such as birth.
This made Xia Rou, who was full of confidence and thought that everything in this world was developing in a good direction, was deeply hit.
She couldn't help but took a deep breath, trying hard to hold back the tears in her eyes.
Cao Yang was suddenly a little annoyed.
Wang Man's contempt for Xia Rou, at most, he just didn't like it, but at this moment, seeing Xia Rou's slightly drooping eyes and the sadness she was trying to hold back, an inexplicable anger rose from the bottom of her heart.
Why does Wang Man look down on Xia Rou? Even if Xia Rou's surname is not Cao, he is the girl who grew up taking care of her.
With him around for a day, no one can ignore his girl!
He rubbed her head, and said in a low voice: "Don't think about it. She is just like this, and it has nothing to do with you. Didn't you hear Cao An complaining that Wang Man is too proud?"
Xia Rou lowered her head for a moment, calmed down, and raised her head again.
After all, compared with the previous life, she has indeed made a lot of progress in this life. For example, the ability to deal with her own emotions, or the courage to face the contempt of her by others.
"Brother," she asked, looking straight into Cao Yang's eyes, "You and Wang Man, it's not because of me that you're having trouble, right?"
"Who is unhappy with her, we haven't met a few times before." Cao Yang dismissed it.
"Brother!" Xia Rou suddenly grabbed Cao Yang's wrist and looked him in the eyes, "Tell me seriously, are you?"
Cao Yang stared at her for a while, and said decisively: "Of course not. When we met, why did we mention you?"
He clearly saw that Xia Rou's tensed shoulders relaxed after he denied it.
He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
"Why do you think so much?" He smiled lightly and patted her on the head, "What are you thinking about?"
Xia Rou's expression is a bit obscure.
She lowered her head and said to him: "I don't want to be your burden. If you are because of me... I, I will definitely move out. This time... I won't listen to you anymore..."
Cao Yang was slightly taken aback.
"Xiarou, what are you talking about?"
"All girlfriends and wives hate sister-in-law..." Xia Rou said softly, "But there are people who hate sister-in-law more than me..."
She applied what she and her female colleagues said about Hongyan and Qingmei back then to the female students in the class, and told Cao Yang.
She said: "It's normal for Sister Wang Man not to like me. That's how it is between girls... It doesn't mean she's a bad person... So, don't be angry with her because of this..."
She wanted to persuade Cao Yang and Wang Man to make peace, but she didn't think that Cao Yang didn't listen to the second half of her sentence at all.
He looked serious, and the word "Chuan" appeared from his brows.
He interrupted her and asked, "Xiao Rou, it was because of this reason that you wanted to move out before?"
Xia Rou paused, not wanting to admit it. But she has never been a good liar, let alone in front of Cao Yang.
Yes or no, even if she doesn't answer, the answer is already clear.
"Brother..." Xia Rou said slowly, "Do you still remember the talisman I asked for you the year before last?"
"I made a wish at that time, I hope you can be well... have a good wife, and give me a bunch of little nephews and nieces."
"Brother... I, I hope that after twenty or thirty years, I can go to the temple again and fulfill this wish..."
Cao Yang's heart was wrapped in a kind of softness.
He felt that as an elder brother, it was his duty to take care of her and protect her. But he didn't expect that this girl who he thought was so weak that he probably needed him to take care of her for the rest of her life, turned out to have matured beyond her age, and wanted to protect him quietly, silently, and even secretly.
She looked at him now, just like she looked at He Chengzhe just now.
Gentle, like water.
Cao Yang understood in a daze that she didn't have a secret affection for He Chengzhe, but for the familiar people around her, and she wished them well.
With good wishes, she looks soft and warm, with a different kind of tenderness and beauty.
That tenderness touched the bottom of his heart, like an electric current passing through his body, giving rise to an inexplicable throbbing.
Cao Yang suppressed the throbbing and the urge to pull her into his arms, and grabbed her hand with his backhand.
After long-term exercise and no longer picky eaters, her anemia and body cold are much better than when she first arrived at home. When her hand was held, it was not only incredibly soft, but also warm and creamy.
Cao Yang held her hand tightly.
"Xiao Rou, don't think about this. It's not what you should think about." He said to her softly in a gentle voice that surprised him, "With me here, you don't have to think about these things."
You just need to grow up well, don't worry, just mature slowly, wait until you are the most beautiful, and then work hard to bloom.
No matter before or after that, it is my responsibility to take care of you and protect you.
Xia Rou looked up at Cao Yang.
She suddenly felt that this man was very different from her elder brother, yet very similar.
She couldn't tell what was wrong.
The appearances of the two men gradually overlapped before her eyes, and it was no longer possible to tell who was who.
The fair face looked up at him. The pupils are dark and the cheeks are delicate.
Cao Yang's gaze stayed on those pink and soft lips...