The person who came was naturally the second wife of Uncle Sinan's mansion. This lady's surname was Liu and her name was Ruyu. She was brought into the mansion by Earl Sinan more than ten years ago. This wife's family background is quite deep, and there was a prince of the state within three generations. So back then when she was married to Uncle Sinan, she caused a lot of discussion in the capital—everyone was curious about what the Liu family thought, and even betrothed their daughter to Fan Jian. After all, it was only a distant family member of the Fan family - it wasn't until Sinan Bo's family became more and more prosperous and his official position gradually increased in the past ten years that everyone accepted the vicious eyes of the Liu family and this woman.
But the strange thing is that Si Nanbo has never helped her upright. This is absolutely unreasonable in terms of reason and the status of Liu's natal family.
Fan Xian had a lovely smile on his face, and bowed deeply to the second wife: "Xian'er has met my aunt."
Liu's face was also full of smiles, but there was an inexplicable look in his pupils, and he heard that the kid in front of him was holding on to the word aunt, but he didn't call himself the second wife like ordinary people.
The difference between a wife and an aunt is like clouds and mud.
Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "Come in, you are so far away, what's the matter with sitting under the rain canopy all the time and staring in a daze? Let outsiders see us, we can't say that our Fan Mansion is a place that can't tolerate people."
Can't stand people? That was naturally something that he couldn't tolerate, Fan Xian sighed softly in his heart, knowing that his aunt was reminding him of his illegitimate child status, but he also admired the other party's beautiful speech. Originally, he didn't plan to irritate the other party with words. He knew that the other party had been running the house in the capital for a long time, and it was meaningless to take advantage of verbal advantages, but then he thought, since there are irreconcilable conflicts between the interests of the two parties, why bother to tolerate too much?
He thought in his heart, it seems that this aunt is different from what he used to think, she should not be the sinister idiot he imagined—so at this moment, he doesn't understand why this woman used poison four years ago Killing is such a faint move.
Following the second wife into the hall, not too far away from her, the unique fragrance of noble ladies spread into Fan Xian's nose, he sniffed it twice, and thought the perfume smelled quite good.
At this time, he could still think about these things, Fan Xian was somewhat satisfied with his current state of mind, and smiled and chatted with Aunt Liu.
The lady and the young man really acted out a bit of a motherly kindness and filial piety.
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The tea is served, it is authentic Wufeng picking flowers, good tea. The snacks are also served, which are authentic Jiangnan shortbread, delicious. After talking about what I saw along the way, greeting the old lady who was far away in Danzhou, and talking about the scenery by the sea in Danzhou, and what is different about Kyoto, everyone found that there was nothing to say.
So Liu Shi and Fan Xian closed their mouths tacitly at the same time and fell into silence. Both parties realized that neither of them was easy-going, and there was no point in playing this kind of verbal temptation. If this is the case, it is better to just keep silent.
So the atmosphere in the living room was a bit awkward, the maids who were serving were silent, and even walked a lot lighter when changing tea.
Only Fan Xian and the second wife were not embarrassed, occasionally holding teacups and looking at each other with gentle eyes and a gentle knife.
Liu's heart felt a little heavy, she found that the young man in front of her was really extraordinary, he could cope with this situation freely, without any tension and restraint, he was calm and stable, he seemed to be more serious than the old master.
It seems that I really shouldn't have listened to that person's instigation four years ago, and let this young man regard me as an enemy first for no reason, but now it is not easy to handle, and many methods cannot be used.
Just being silent like this, Mrs. Liu suddenly felt that this was weakening her reputation. After all, she was always an elder in name, so she coughed lightly and said: "Your father is now serving as the servant of the household department. Are you preparing for the imperial examination next year, or directly working in the household department?"
Fan Xian replied with a smile: "All according to father's orders." After a pause, he continued: "I just don't know when Father will come back."
To be honest, there were several people he wanted to meet in the capital, and the lady in front of him was naturally one of them, as well as Teacher Fei Jie and Sister Ruoruo, but the one he was most curious about was naturally his father.
He was very curious, how Sinan Bo could make his mother, the richest mistress of the Ye family in the world, look up to him back then. In the back of his mind, he only recognized the dead woman as his mother, but he didn't want to recognize Uncle Sinan as his father. This was probably some kind of strange idea in the man's mind.
"Your father will be back soon."
While talking, there was a slight commotion at the gate of the inner courtyard, and the maids were eager to greet someone, but the voice came so fast that the maids didn't stop her, and a girl walked in.
This girl is not very beautiful, but her brows are extremely clean, with a natural frailty and a slight indifference. This kind of indifference is not the iceberg beauty that most people say, contempt for the filthy things around her, but a kind of indifference based on a certain unknown self-confidence, a feeling of resistance to the surroundings.
Fan Xian's heart twitched slightly, thinking that such a cold feeling appeared on the face of a young girl from a high-ranking family, which was really inappropriate.
The girl looked straight at Fan Xian's face, the indifference between her eyebrows gradually faded, and finally disappeared without a trace, but a few traces of excited blush appeared on her cheeks, she opened her lips to speak, but stopped, and took half a step back, With a very slight movement, he straightened his clothes, bowed and saluted, and his soft voice was very polite and self-confident: "I have seen you, brother."
Fan Xian smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand to help: "Sister Ruoruo, there is no need to be polite."
The eyes of the two collided in one place, they were all so clear, without any impurities, only a faint smile. After several years of correspondence, it seems that this pair of brothers and sisters are the ones who know each other the most in this world.
It's just that the voice of a rather ignorant child rang out, which immediately broke the happy feeling of the two brothers and sisters reuniting after ten years apart.
"Hi, are you Fan Xian?"
Fan Xian turned his face away and looked at the young man who stepped in through the high threshold. The young man was a little fat, with a few annoying moles on his left cheek, and his face was full of resentment. look at yourself.