Gu Shiba Niang's expression moved slightly and her eyes flickered, obviously she was analyzing his unexpected words in her heart.
"Young Master, you are really..." She smiled slowly, "Actually, you don't need to say that at all."
Xin Chaoyang smiled faintly and motioned to Lingbao, who was already dumbfounded, to pour tea.
"There is indeed no need to say it," he smiled perhaps self-deprecatingly, "I also know that Mrs. Gu has never believed me and guarded against me. Whether I say this or not, the result is actually the same..."
Gu Shiba Niang smiled a little awkwardly. To be fair, Xin Chaoyang really had nothing to say to her since they made friends. However, because of the impression of her previous life in her heart, and the hatred in her eyes , there is no true love in this world, only falsehood, so she is alienated and polite towards people from the bottom of her heart. What does it matter to her whether others like or dislike her
If a person wants to be treated well by others, she must have something worthy of being treated well. If she were not Liu Gong's apprentice, it would be strange for Xin Chaoyang to be so polite and friendly to her.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh. In this world, efforts may not always be rewarded. The key lies in whether your efforts are worth the rewards.
Such a simple truth, but she had to go through a lot of hardships.
Xin Chaoyang smiled and stood up to say goodbye.
Gu Shiba Niang followed behind, and the two of them walked out slowly. For a moment, they seemed to have nothing to say.
"Actually, the result is different." When he came to the door, he paused and said, "At least I told Madam Gu clearly and happily, which is better than having Madam Gu tell someone else..."
At this point, he laughed at himself again, as if he didn't know what to say.
Gu Shiba Niang raised her eyes to look at him.
"Whether I am a good person or a bad person in Madam Gu's eyes, at least I am an open and honest person." Xin Chaoyang tilted his head slightly and said calmly.
Gu Shiba Niang's eyes were a little surprised, and she looked him up and down unconsciously.
Do people like Xin Chaoyang care whether the world slanders me or praises me
Xin Chaoyang naturally understood the meaning of her expression at a glance, and the hands hanging down by her sides clenched slightly.
"Mrs. Gu knows what kind of person I am, and I also understand what kind of person I am." He slowly turned his head, and then walked slowly, the spring breeze rolled up his black-and-green-faced cloak, "I I tell Madam Gu so frankly, I just hope that one day in the future, Madam Gu will think of me when she has nothing to do..."
His voice lowered slightly, and his body paused slightly, "I feel a little happy, not disgusted."
He didn't look back, so he didn't know the expression on the face of the woman behind him, but he could guess that the woman's face must be as pale as water, and there would be a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, but this smile would never fade away. In those deep eyes, her eyes and her face seemed to belong to two different people.
"Thanks."
Gu Shiba Niang's voice with a slight smile came from behind.
Xin Chaoyang paused, as if he couldn't believe his ears, and couldn't help but turn his head.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled at him, her expression bright and gentle.
"As the saying goes, think about yourself in the first half of the night and think about others in the second half of the night. The eldest young master can do this, which is worthy of being feared by his opponents, but not worthy of being disgusted by his opponents. I, Gu Shiniang, have no reason to hate the eldest young master, and I should say Thank you." She smiled, a flash of light flashed in her eyes, she breathed out gently and crossed her hands in front of her.
At this moment, Xin Chaoyang lost his composure slightly, looking at Gu Shiba Niang with surprise in his eyes.
Gu Shiba Niang did not avoid his gaze, but smiled slightly again.
Xin Chaoyang's eyes lit up. He understood. He understood what was different about this girl. It was her smile.
Her smile was a real smile, a smile that came from the heart, and was no longer a smile covered with a thin layer of mist that obscured the true feelings in her heart.
"However, please forgive me for not falsely congratulating the young master on his wish." Gu Shiba Niang pursed her lips and smiled, raising her long eyebrows slightly, "To be honest, I don't want my money to go to waste. ….”
Xin Chaoyang laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to caress the bridge of his nose, "Mrs. Gu, it's better not to think about it. This time, you are destined to lose everything."
"Then let's try it." Gu Shiba Niang smiled.
With a smile on his lips, Xin Chaoyang raised his hand to her, turned around and strode away.
"Miss, what did you mean by what you just said?" Lingbao then stood next to Gu Shiba Niang and asked in a low voice.
"We are declaring war on each other." Gu Shiba Niang smiled, took her hand and turned around.
"Oh, I heard it just now. Master Xin is going to deal with Mr. Wang's family, right? Miss, you must help Mr. Wang." Lingbao tilted his head and said seriously.
Gu Shiba Niang nodded, "Yes, Mr. Wang, the shopkeeper, has really encountered a big obstacle this time. If things go wrong, there will be no chance of survival..."
"Yes, I understand this, but..." Lingbao shook his head slightly, his voice filled with confusion.
"Just what?" Gu Shiba Niang turned to look at her and asked with a smile.
"Then you and Master Xin are on opposite sides, aren't you? People say they are heartless when they fall out, and enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other. Why did you both seem so happy just now..." Lingbao looked at her and asked carefully. In fact, in her heart There is another sentence that keeps rolling around in my mouth, but I just can’t say it out.
"Because, although the positions are different, he..." Gu Shiba Niang pondered for a moment, picking up the right words, "He thinks about me, and he treats me honestly, so I am very happy, and he..."
Speaking of this, she remembered Xin Chaoyang's words just now that she only wanted to feel a little joy in her heart instead of disgust. It must have never occurred to a person like him to say such a thing, so her tone was very strange. She couldn't help but chuckle, "Where is he?" The original intention is to make me happy. Since I am happy, then he will naturally be happy, so we are both happy..."
Looking at Gu Shiba Niang, Lingbao was slightly startled. At this time, she couldn't help but have an idea in her heart. The young lady who returned after this year seemed to have something more than before...
Looking at the faint smile on the corner of the young lady's mouth, a trace of bitterness flashed across Lingbao's face, and he forced a smile and said: "He threatened the young lady and scared the young lady not to help Mr. Wang. This is called thinking about the young lady. If he really thinks about the young lady, he will For the sake of Miss, we should stop dealing with Mr. Wang, the shopkeeper..."
Gu Shiba Niang laughed and put her arms around Lingbao's shoulders.
"Silly girl" she only repeated this sentence with a smile.
Lingbao's eyes turned red because of her smile.
"Lingbao." Gu Shiba Niang stopped laughing and looked at her with a bit of solemnity, "If there is a man willing to do such a thing for you in the future, you must not believe him and leave him immediately. Far away…”
"Why?" Lingbao asked puzzledly.
"Because he is definitely not human." Gu Shiba Niang smiled, patted Lingbao's shoulder again, and Shi Ran went first.
Lingbao stood there with confusion on his face.
"Oh, by the way." Gu Shiba Niang stopped, "Has your brother been here?"
A smile suddenly appeared on Lingbao's face. She took small steps and stood in front of Gu Shiba Niang, nodding heavily.
"My brother listened to the young lady and didn't take me to that bad guy's house..." she said hurriedly, "...and my brother hasn't been out in the past few days. He has been staying in Beijing...so...so my brother didn't go out either." To do bad things…”
"He didn't leave the capital?" Gu Shiba Niang asked.
Lingbao nodded heavily, probably because she didn't believe that her brother hadn't done anything bad.
Gu Shiba Niang knew that she had misunderstood what she meant, so she smiled, took her hand and walked into the house, "Lingbao, I haven't seen him for a long time. I asked him to come and sit at home...and* The light is just right, let’s fly a kite together.”
Lingbao's happy brows and eyes widened with a smile, and he could only nod his head again and again.
Hiding behind a big tree, Lingbao looked at the majestic mansion that made people dare not look directly at it. He didn't dare to blink for fear of missing the figure he was looking for. He didn't know how long it had passed before he saw a figure wrapped in pitch black. A tall, thin young man in a gold-trimmed cloak came out, took the horse from the boy's hand, turned over and jumped on it.
Lingbao stood up halfway, then turned around and walked quickly, crossing a street and turning into a small alley. She stopped and turned around, and Lingyuan had already stepped in.
"Didn't I say, don't come to me..." Lingyuan scolded softly with worry in his eyes. He paused for a moment and thought of something, "But is there something wrong, Miss?"
Lingbao exclaimed, "Brother, did you know that the lady is back? I was about to tell you..."
Lingyuan hummed vaguely.
"The lady said that she would invite you to my house for dinner in the evening, and she also said that we would fly a kite together..." Lingbao said quickly, unable to hide his excitement, and shook his brother's hand.
Hearing her words, Lingyuan's eyes overflowed with a smile, but the smile was quickly covered up.
"I...can't go." He interrupted Lingbao and whispered.
Lingbao, who was talking happily, looked up at his brother with astonishment on his face, "Why?"
Without waiting for his answer, his eyes turned red, and he raised his hand and punched Lingyuan's chest bitterly, "Are you...are you going to do bad things again?..."
Lingyuan allowed her to beat him without any objection.
"Miss is so kind to you, but you don't think about her at all... If you... If you do this, Miss will never like you again... Miss... Miss will like someone else..." Lingbao retracted his fist, sadly Coming out of nowhere, he reached out and hugged Lingyuan and cried muffledly on his chest.
The lady is about to like someone else... These words were like a sharp thorn piercing into Lingyuan's heart, almost making him unable to breathe. He clenched his hands and unclenched them. It seemed like a long time before he spoke slowly.
"Bao'er, I'm not going to see Miss, but I'm meeting you just for your own good..." He said solemnly, his voice a little hoarse, "I've already made a lot of mistakes...I can't make any more mistakes..."
"He said that?" Gu Shiba Niang put down the book in her hand and looked at Lingbao.
Lingbao nodded, "Miss, my brother is afraid that those bad people will do harm to us, so he... He can't visit us often in the future... But" she added hurriedly, "But my brother said he will protect us secretly... "
After saying that, he looked at Gu Shiba Niang who looked indifferent and pursed her lips, "Brother...it's not that I did something bad and didn't dare to see the lady..."
The fear in Lingbao's heart was clearly evident to Gu Shiba Niang. She couldn't help but sigh softly, stretched out her hand to invite her to sit down, and nodded with a smile.
"I know, I have always known," she explained to Lingbao seriously, "that's why I don't want you to see him or go with him. I also thought at the time that it was you who made trouble with me and cried with me. I won’t even let you go with him…”
As she spoke, her smile grew wider, and she reached out and patted Lingbao's hand, "I didn't expect that Lingbao believed in me so much and listened to me without asking or making trouble. Lingbao, you believe in me so much, how could I not believe in you?" , don’t believe in Lingyuan