Gu Shiba Niang's figure moved slightly, her expression calm, and she looked at the tall and thin man in front of her. He stood there quietly, exuding a kind of fearful majesty and magnanimity.
Gu Shiba Niang knew that this kind of magnanimity was not something everyone could see casually.
In that life, she was only lucky enough to see him once, and it was also the last time, which was the moment of death.
At that time, he no longer needed to hide everything about himself. The ropes that bound him had been cleared away by him. The person he hated but had to grovel at his knees had also been buried in the loess. He had become successful and famous, between heaven and earth. Wanton life, mighty galloping, unstoppable.
And in his life, he was just an insignificant speck of dust, annihilated in the loess with his casual sweep.
"Master Shen, please speak." She said calmly, raising her hand gently, "You guys, please step aside."
Ah Si and the maid immediately took orders and hurriedly stood under the corner, holding their breath and keeping silent.
Seeing the lantern hanging under the corner of the car reflecting the girl's face that flickered in and out, Shen Anlin stretched out his hand and sat on the frame of the car, very close to her.
Regarding her sudden movement, the girl's expression remained the same, as if she were a wooden person, unaware.
But this was just her appearance. Her heart must be as unfathomable as those pool-like eyes. Shen Anlin looked at her for a moment, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"Gu Xiang..." His voice was a little softer.
"Please tell me." Gu Shiba Niang said calmly.
"I found a good doctor..." Shen Anlin whispered with a smile, looking into her eyes.
"Congratulations to Master Shen for his recovery." Gu Shiba Niang's tone did not change.
It was more than half a year earlier than that life, and the good doctor was definitely not Peng Yizhen. Many things had happened that were different from what he remembered. Gu Shiba Niang was no longer surprised or surprised by what he said.
"I'm leaving and going to the battlefield again..." Shen Anlin continued.
"Oh." Gu Shiba Niang just said lightly.
"Don't bless me?" Shen Anlin asked with a smile.
Gu Shiba Niang finally focused her gaze on his face and shook her head, "You should be glad that I didn't curse you."
The two looked at each other for a moment.
What she said was true. Although Shen Anlin already knew this girl's attitude towards him, at this moment, his eyes still dimmed slightly.
"She came to the capital..." he continued.
"Congratulations to mother and son for meeting and sharing a family together." Gu Shiba Niang replied.
Shen Anlin looked at her, and a smile appeared on his lips. It was really a strange feeling. Although the person in front of him made no secret of his alienation and rejection, he felt that she was so familiar with him, so familiar. We felt like old friends at first sight.
She can see through her true emotions and thoughts at a glance, and can respond smoothly to her sudden words.
"She's checking you out..." he continued.
"I'm honored," she continued.
"She thought you were sending Shunhe Hall to me..." he said.
"I'm honored." She replied, her words were the same, but her tone was different, and the emotions she expressed were naturally different.
Shen Anlin raised his thick eyebrows slightly, with a trace of amusement flashing in his eyes.
"I love you." He said suddenly.
"I'm honored..." she continued smoothly.
Shen Anlin's smile spread across his face.
Gu Shiba Niang's face stiffened slightly, "Is it fun?"
Shen Anlin reached out and rubbed his chin, suppressing his laughter.
"Have Master Shen finished speaking?" Gu Shiba Niang suppressed her rising irritability and asked coldly.
"Are you annoyed?" Shen Anlin asked with a smile. Seeing the girl's eyes getting darker and darker, he coughed, took out a piece of paper with a shaking hand, and waved it in front of her eyes.
Gu Shiba Niang sneered and said with ridicule: "It's just this piece of paper, you really think of it as a treasure..."
Before she finished speaking, Shen Anlin smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to tear the yellow and brittle paper into pieces, raised his hand, and scattered it into the night.
"A true man, how can he act like a man and threaten others with things that are difficult for him to do..." He clasped his hands in front of him and raised his eyebrows.
Gu Shiba Niang's eyes followed the piece of paper and fell into the darkness.
"Master Shen behaves like a man, he does what he says, and there are no jokes..." She said calmly, with a strong sense of sourness in her heart.
Yes, he is still him, decisive in his words and actions.
"Master Shen, please." She raised her hand to see the guest off.
Shen Anlin had no intention of leaving. He put one foot on the ground and swayed the other foot slightly in the air. He clasped his hands in front of him and looked at her with a solemn look on his face.
"Gu Xiang," he said, "I like you, can you ask a matchmaker to help me?"
Gu Shiba Niang's body was slightly stiff. She did not raise her head. She shook her head slowly and did not give him a chance to say anything more. She stretched out her hand to wave.
Ah Si and two nervous and trembling maids hurried over.
Shen Anlin stood away, slowly retreated into the darkness, and watched the carriage swaying forward.
The carriage suddenly stopped, his heart jumped involuntarily, and he couldn't help but clench the hand hanging by his side.
The maid raised the curtain...
The girl leaned out...
She came down….
She came over….
"Master Shen, I want to tell you a story." Gu Shiba Niang looked at him and said slowly.
"Okay, you say it." Shen Anlin nodded, with a hint of joy in his voice that he was not even aware of.
This was the first time she took the initiative to talk to him since they met.
"Once upon a time, a farmer planted a seedling. Before the seedling grew, a vine got wrapped around it and was about to kill the seedling. The farmer pulled out the vine and, in order to prevent the vine from regenerating, Flatten the area around the seedlings so that not a single weed is left..." Gu Shiba Niang said slowly and slowly.
Shen Anlin listened attentively, frowning slightly, but did not interrupt.
"Do you think the farmer did the right thing?" Gu Shiba Niang suddenly asked.
"What's right?" Shen Anlin was startled for a moment, then understood immediately, "Pull out the vines? Of course it's right. Is it possible to let the seedlings die while the vines survive?"
Gu Shiba Niang nodded, "I think so too. If I were a farmer, I would do the same."
Shen Anlin wanted to ask, but Gu Shiba Niang continued, "What about those weeds?"
"Weeds?" Shen Anlin frowned, but did not rebuke her for being ridiculous and boring. Instead, he solemnly replied, "Although it is not as endangering the life and death of the seedlings as the vines, it is natural to remove them as a precaution."
Gu Shiba Niang nodded, "Yes, if I were a farmer, I would do the same thing." She looked at Shen Anlin and changed the subject, "What if I were a weed?"
Shen Anlin frowned slightly and looked at her without speaking.
"Vines are for living, seedlings are for living, farmers grow seedlings for living, weeds are also for living, they are all for living. I can understand the farmer's approach..." Gu Shiba Niang looked at him steadily and said, Say it word by word
Said, "But weeds can't."
Shen Anlin was silent for a moment, looked at her and nodded, "I understand, but innocence is inevitable in this world."
Yes, innocent... She is unlucky but she died innocently in vain...
Gu Shiba Niang took a deep breath.
"Then, please put it down, Master Shen. Since Master Shen's words are so clear, I will also express my views clearly. I, Gu Shiniang, am not someone who refuses to welcome someone, nor is I someone who takes advantage of Qiao. It’s not that my parents are making things difficult for you, it’s just that you remember it well…” Gu Shiba Niang slowly exhaled, “In this life, you and I are destined to be heartless, loveless, destined and separated. I just want to see you, don’t want to ask you. I don’t know.”
After saying this, she once again glanced at Shen Anlin, whose expression suddenly darkened. She turned around and strode away. The door of the Gu family slowly opened. After people and cars entered, it slowly closed again. The lantern hanging high under the door drifted with the wind. It shook and illuminated the ground as white as snow.
Shen Anlin didn't know how long he had stood here, with the words "no see, no want, no question, no know" echoing in his ears repeatedly.
A low night bird call came, and Shen Anlin still stood still. Then two or three night bird calls came again, obviously a little more anxious than the first time, and seemed to be calling the chicks who had not returned home late at night. .
"This little lady is indeed heartless towards me..." He sighed softly, with an indescribable loneliness in his voice. Then he stretched out his arms, his cloak made a huffing sound in the dark night, and his voice suddenly He became calm and powerful again, "How can a man, who has ambitions for the world, be sad for a woman, fine, I'll go."
Accompanied by another night bird song, Shen Anlin's figure was heard in the alley.
The days passed slowly. Since that night, Shen Anlin had not been here again, and Gu Shiba Niang had not deliberately inquired about Shen Anlin as she said.
As for what he said about Mrs. Shen San, Lingyuan had already noticed it and took action.
In Fuyuan Duke's Mansion, four or five maids and servants were busy outside a wing, feeding birds, watering flowers, and sweeping in an orderly manner. Anyone who passed by could not help but admire them when they saw it, "They are from Jiankang." The inconspicuous wife of the third wife from the side branch manages the family well.
At this time, the room was extremely quiet. In front of the sandalwood table, Mrs. Shen was sitting alone, with an old man standing next to her.
"What did you say?" Mrs. Shen San's face turned slightly pale, "This is impossible."
"Madam, it's absolutely true. Although it was scratched on the face, it is indeed fragrant." The old man said in a low voice.
Mrs. Shen San's body was trembling slightly, her chest was heaving, and there was a biting cold light in her eyes.
"Who did it?" She took a few deep breaths to calm down and asked slowly.
The old man shook his head.
"Could it be that little beast?" Mrs. Shen San asked.
The old man knew who the little beast was talking about, so he lowered his head a little, but said with absolute certainty, "No, he definitely doesn't have this ability..."
Mrs. Shen San then breathed a sigh of relief and tapped her fingers on the table, "I think that little beast has lost his soul and can only live out the rest of his life..."
Having said this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but the smile quickly disappeared, "However, Mr. Fuyuan was very kind to him. He was even looking for famous doctors everywhere..."
"It's natural for everyone to care more about a disabled person. Let me tell you, Madam should learn from Mr. Fuyuan, so as not to fall into disgrace..." Laojiayuan said something that was very inconsistent with Laojiayuan's status.
Mrs. Shen San was not angry, but was kind.
"So, there is someone protecting you behind that bitch?" she said with a frown.
"It should be." Laojiayuan replied, hesitating, "And this person has a good background. We can't even find out who he is. Madam, please don't be reckless again..."
The word "reckless" made Mrs. Shen's face show displeasure. She raised her eyes and glared at her hometown, and snorted heavily.
"Madam, what I mean is that although Hanxiang is dead, it has indeed been found out that this humble servant has nothing to do with Master Lin. Instead, it is said that she has an unusual relationship with a new businessman..." Laojiayuan bowed his head and said respectfully, " So, madam, you can rest assured and ignore this bitch."
"This wretched maid." Mrs. Shen San slapped the table hard, her eyes flickering, this wretched maid actually has someone to protect her
"You said she has a relationship with a merchant...?" She looked at her hometown and asked suddenly.
"Yes, madam, you should know that Jiankang has a great life..." Laojiayuan said with a smile.
Mrs. Shen San nodded, "I heard he is very rich."
"He is the eldest young master of their family..." said the old man.
"How old are you? How do you look? What's your temperament like?" Mrs. Shen San asked suddenly.
Lao Jiayuan frowned slightly. Naturally, he had prepared a lot of information about the young master, such as what he had done and what strategies he had devised. However, he did not expect that Madam would ask such... such a superficial question...
Women, no matter how big or small, the only thing they care about is their appearance.
"Twenty-three, he looks good..." Laojiayuan could only use limited words to describe the man, "Very good... He looks good in temperament..."
"What's a good idea?" Mrs. Shen San asked with some dissatisfaction.
The old man went a little crazy and could only stutter: "Just like...just like...even more beautiful than Master Lin..."
Is that little beast pretty? It was average at best. Mrs. Shen Sans snorted and had an impression in her heart, so she no longer struggled with this issue.
However, this bitch...
She suddenly sneered, "Does this lowly servant think that after arriving in the capital and leaving Jiankang, the words I said back then will be forgotten?"
The old man raised his head and glanced at her, not quite understanding what she said.
"I said, she never wants to marry well." Mrs. Shen San knocked on the table, with a sinister smile on her lips, "As long as I live."
The old man on the side frowned. He really couldn't understand why these women were so boring. They resorted to all kinds of tricks that only caused trouble for others, but didn't kill them. It was really laborious and boring.
"When you humiliated me like this, I wanted you to live a miserable life. Don't even think about marrying into a good family. I'm just waiting for you to kneel down in front of me and beg to marry into my family and earn money for me all your life. I am a slave to atone for my sins." Mrs. Shen San sneered and said through gritted teeth, "Isn't it just a merchant? What is a merchant? If you pursue profits and value profits over separation, you can't catch a dog even if you throw out a good bone. "
Seeing the sinister smile on Mrs. Shen San's face, the old man who had experienced the world's love for half a lifetime couldn't help but shudder. The wasp tail, a woman's heart is indeed poisonous.
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Tomorrow is a day off, Saturday. Don’t dwell on men’s issues. Let’s tell the story first and let nature take its course. I’ll let nature take its course and write it down step by step.