Xi Fuwei looked at Yao Zhuosu's nonchalant expression and was not sure for a moment whether she had let go and was simply coming to find him to prepare gifts for Fu Chuoxian's birthday, or whether she still had not given up. She thought about it and nodded: "Don't worry, sister, I remember. Just wait for me to change clothes and leave!"
After a while, she packed up and took Lu Sha down with Yao Zhuosu and Huang Su. Unexpectedly, she met Ouyang Yuanshui just after leaving Fenzhi Tower.
"Miss Qinglei, what a coincidence, are you going out too?" Ouyang Yuanshui asked enthusiastically as if he hadn't seen the other three girls, "Why don't we all go together so that we can take care of you?"
"No, men and women are not allowed to be intimate. Please respect yourself, Mr. Ouyang!" Xi Fuwei had seen his stalking before and knew that it was impossible to get rid of him through ordinary methods.
At this moment, he put on his stepmother face very simply and said coldly, "Otherwise, don't blame us for suing the madam and asking the madam to make the decision!"
Last time Ouyang Yuanshui followed her all the way to Fenzhi Tower. After all, in the Zou Mansion, due to Mrs. Shang's methods of running the government and Ouyang Yuanshui's status as a judge, no one dared to speak nonsense.
This time she and Yao Zhuosu were going shopping. If anyone outside saw Ouyang Yuanshui walking behind him, God knows what kind of unpleasant words they would say.
Xi Fuwei didn't want to fall into the romance rumors about two men competing for one woman before she and Wen Xianyun were over.
It may even drag down Yao Zhuosu.
"..." Her attitude made Ouyang Yuanshui stunned for a while before he followed her again, "Miss Qinglei, why do you suddenly refuse people thousands of miles away today? But where did you offend the girl without knowing it?"
Xi Fuwei said expressionlessly: "Sir, please call me 'Mr. Shen'. I don't think I'm familiar enough with you to let him call me by my maiden name!"
"Sister Shen?" Not only Ouyang Yuanshui was confused by this sudden betrayal, but Yao Zhuosu also felt embarrassed. He quietly pulled her sleeves, motioned for her to calm down, and apologized on his behalf, "Mr. Ouyang, please don't be offended. Sister Shen is like this." I haven't been feeling well for the past two days, so please forgive me for speaking urgently!"
Yao Zhuosu did this because he was naturally afraid of a quarrel between Xi Fuwei and Ouyang Yuanshui. After all, Ouyang Yuanshui had a bright future. Even the Zou Mansion treated him very differently. A lonely person like Xi Fuwei still had to rely on the Zou Mansion to live his life. Girl, what good can come from really offending him
However, Xi Fuwei didn't appreciate it. He sneered when he heard this. He pulled her and quickened his pace. As he walked, he said, "Sister Yao, don't help me apologize to this person. I'm fine! I just saw this." People suddenly feel bad!"
"Miss Shen, please tell me where I have offended you so that I can apologize!" Xi Fuwei had already made it very clear, but Ouyang Yuanshui could be even more shameless, so he was stunned for a moment. He persevered and pulled it up again, and said affectionately, "I have admired the girl for a long time. As long as I can get the girl's favor, I will die without regrets..."
He didn't care about Xi Fuwei's complexion of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, and followed behind him expressing his sincerity.
At first Yao Zhuosu was very moved and whispered: "I think this gentleman seems to really like my sister? Otherwise, he is a decent person, how could he refuse to leave despite my sister's harsh words?"
As I listened, I felt something was wrong, "We are about to leave the house, and he is still following behind, talking sweetly, and letting people outside see him, where can we put our faces?"
Xi Fuwei sighed and said with a dull face: "Now that my sister knows what I just did to not give him a good look?"
"How about, sister, let's not go out today?" Yao Zhuosu backed down in desperation, "Just ask Huang Su and the others to go out and see if there is anything suitable for Sister Fu's birthday gift?"
"That would be too disrespectful to Sister Fu." Xi Fuwei shook his head, stood still, looked at Ouyang Yuanshui who was entangled with him, thought for a moment, and said to Yao Zhuosu and the two maids, "You guys wait here, I'll go there with him. Say a few words behind the tree."
When Ouyang Yuanshui arrived behind the tree with a beaming face, she squinted her eyes and asked directly: "Sir, what exactly do you want to do after you have been deliberately pestering me these past two days?"
Ouyang Yuanshui said: "I would like to be united with the girl forever..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Xi Fuwei kicking and breaking the small tree next to him that was as thick as an arm.
"..." Ouyang Yuanshui was silent for a moment and gave a thumbs up decisively, "The girl is so heroic and heroic, which makes me heartbroken!"
"I am not as beautiful as a willow tree to serve a gentleman." Xi Fuwei said lightly, "Please don't make a mistake, sir... With such sincerity, what's wrong with pursuing the apple of Duke Dingguo's palace? If you really want to be the dragon of the Xu family, A quick son-in-law can save you twenty years of ups and downs in officialdom, right?"
Saying that, he turned around and left.
Seeing that Ouyang Yuanshui still wanted to follow her, she stopped, turned around, and reminded coldly, "Sir, the selection of officials in the country has something in common with the judgment of words and letters in the Tang Dynasty... I am clumsy. , If something happens to your precious body by mistake, sir, I’m afraid you won’t be able to pay for it!”
This time, the young man was finally frightened and he watched her go away pitifully.
The look in his eyes was like looking at a heartless man. Xi Fuwei was indifferent, and Yao Zhuosu felt a little pity for him. After going out, he said insinuatingly: "Mr. Ouyang won the imperial examination at a young age. I'm afraid he was immersed in studying before, so He doesn’t know anything about how to chase girls? Maybe he thinks that he can get what he wants by following his sister all day long!”
Xi Fuwei said without a smile: "The melons that are forced are not sweet."
Looking at her expression, Yao Zhuosu always felt that she had something on her mind, and her mood suddenly dropped and she stopped talking.
As one of the most important docks on the Huitong River, Jining has always been a major capital. It was only during the previous dynasty that it accidentally fell out of the status of the capital... The reasons here are more complicated, but it must be related to the congestion of the Huitong River. Relationship.
However, the shelf is still there, and it is still quite prosperous now.
It's just that the weather was not good that day. Not long after I went out, a dark cloud flew over the sky, blocking the bright sun completely, and then it started to rain.
When the vendors on the street saw this, they packed up their things and took shelter.
Xi Fuwei and Yao Zhuosu, who had just gotten off the carriage, looked at the chaos and were a little confused for a moment: "This... how can we buy things?"
Because Xi Fuwei was prepared when she left the Xi family, she brought a lot of soft clothes with her. After entering the Zou Mansion, she basically didn't have much expenses, so she was not short of money, and she had been the eldest daughter of the family for more than ten years. After doing this, it is impossible to change this temper habit instantly.
Seeing this situation, he said: "Since everyone is out, why not sit in a teahouse for a while and see if the rain stops? After it stops, people may come out to set up stalls again."
If it keeps raining, "let's borrow an umbrella from a teahouse and go to a shop on the roadside to have a look."
The things in the shop must be relatively expensive, Xi Fuwei didn't care. However, considering Yao Zhuosu's ability to bear it, she added, "Maybe there are also high-quality and low-priced ones?"
Seeing Yao Zhuosu and the others nodding, Xi Fuwei found a nearby teahouse that looked relatively clean and walked in. She originally planned to have a pot of tea in the hall, but at the moment, although there were not many guests inside, there were only four of them. Young girls came in hand in hand, Xi Fuwei and Yao Zhuosu were both good-looking, and they all looked at them one after another. Some people even whispered to each other in front of them and discussed whose female family members were coming.
It didn't matter that Huang Su and Lu Sha were maids, but Yao Zhuosu was very embarrassed. He was a little at a loss and whispered to Xi Fuwei: "Sister, how about we switch to another family?"
"Staff, do you have a private room here?" Xi Fuwei frowned and squinted at the few who were whispering, which made them stop talking. She turned to the waiter and asked, "There are partitions on all sides, no?" The kind that will be disturbed.”
The waiter looked at her clothes and felt that although she was not particularly good, she did not look like someone who could not afford the money. He then said: "As for Miss, there is a private room upstairs, and you can lean on the railing and look at the scenery. It is elegant. Tea in the room…”
Xi Fuwei threw a piece of silver over without waiting for him to finish: "Look at the pot of tea and your signature pastries."
After sitting down upstairs, Yao Zhuosu reluctantly negotiated with Xi Fuwei to share the cost of refreshments.
Xi Fuwei smiled and said: "It's rare for us to come out once, so I, as my sister, will treat you to a visit!"
Yao Zhuosu refused several times and finally accepted it.
After a while, the tea was served, and it tasted not bad at all. It was quite different from the cooking skills of the Zou Mansion chef.
The four girls were eating, looking at the rain curtain outside, chatting and laughing, and their relationship unexpectedly became much closer.
Suddenly Huang Su said "Hey", pointed to the street downstairs and said, "Isn't that Mr. Ouyang? He didn't follow us just now, why did he come out again?"
When the other three heard this, they all looked in the direction she was pointing, and sure enough they saw Ouyang Yuanshui standing under the eaves opposite, talking to someone.
His demeanor and behavior at this time did not look like he was entangled in front of Xi Fuwei. There was a bit of undoubted arrogance in his coldness, which was the aura that the world thought a young ruler should have.
"Maybe something else happened." Xi Fuwei glanced at him and asked casually, "Do you know the person he was talking to? I don't think he is a servant of Zou Mansion?"
Huang Su and Lu Sha leaned on the railing and looked at it for a moment, then shook their heads and said, "They shouldn't be from the mansion. We are the children of the Zou family. We are servants of the Zou family. We have all seen those who have just entered the mansion. I haven't heard of Madam recently. Buy people in.”
Huang Su added, "Looking at that person's dress, does he look like a waiter from a nearby restaurant or something?"
When Xi Fuwei heard this and thought about it, she looked exactly like the waiter who had just greeted them upstairs.
"Let's continue having tea!" She was thinking about not leaning over the railing and peeking. What if Ouyang Yuanshui suddenly raised his head and continued to pester
Just after saying this, Ouyang Yuanshui showed a reserved and proud smile, followed the man for a while under the eaves, and entered a gorgeous portal without hesitation.
Xi Fuwei and the others moved their gazes upward, staring at the flower-filled signboard with the words "Mien Hua Lou" in silence for a long time. For a long time...