Song Xuanhe immediately noticed Xiao Yuanmu's bad mood - he didn't hide it.
"What's wrong with you?" Song Xuanhe took a closer look at Xiao Yuanmu's dark and cold eyes, as well as his pale face, something was wrong in his heart, and the smile on his face was put away, replaced by worry: "Is it true?" What happened when I wasn't here just now?"
Xiao Yuanmu pursed his thin lips slightly, seeing Song Xuanhe's genuinely worried expression, holding his warm hand, his mood suddenly improved a little, and he lightly shook his head: "It's okay."
Xiao Yuanmu and Zhou Nan came one step behind. They didn't see any difference in Xiao Yuanmu's mood, because in their opinion, the expression on Xiao Yuanmu's face was always the same, but after hearing Song Xuanhe's question, Zhou Nan still smiled and said, "Didn't you still quarrel when you first came here? You made up so easily after we separated for a while?"
Song Xuanhe's hand held by Xiao Yuanmu froze. In fact, he had indeed forgotten about it. That's why he asked Xiao Yuanmu if he was unhappy just now. Now that Zhou Nan reminded him, he realized it later. I thought that maybe Xiao Yuanmu was not unhappy because of something happened when he was not there just now, but because he was taunted by him in the morning.
Which pot should not be opened and which pot should be lifted, Song Xuanhe narrowed his eyes and gave Zhou Nan a wink. Zhou Nan understood it instantly, and then realized that the two had just reconciled and might be pushed to the battlefield by his words.
So he hurriedly remedied: "You are definitely true love. None of Song Er's previous lovers could make him angry and reconcile."
Song Xuanhe felt that Zhou Nan's words were wrong, but before he could think clearly, Xiao Yuanmu looked down at him and asked, "Which lovers?"
"No lover!"
Zhou Nan also realized that he had said the wrong thing again, he coughed after finishing speaking, turned his head to look at Xiao Shenglin, and hoped that he could help to make up for it.
Xiao Shenglin smiled and said: "The banquet will start soon. Just now after we finished chatting, Xuanhe has been looking for you. Now that we have met, let's go there first."
Zhou Nan was taken aback, and wanted to ask Xiao Shenglin why he didn't help Song Er, but before he could speak, Song Xuan said softly, "Let's go, by the way, Shenglin, don't you need to go over there?"
Xiao Shenglin shook his head: "I'm a distant branch of the Xiao family, and I've already greeted my uncle when I came here, so I don't need to go there again."
Song Xuanhe nodded, and pulled Xiao Yuanmu forward very naturally.
Halfway there, he paused and turned to look at Xiao Yuanmu: "You're holding me so tight."
Xiao Yuanmu relaxed a little bit, didn't open his mouth, and changed to a posture where he took the initiative to lead Song Xuanhe to walk.
However, when he stopped, Song Xuanhe finally realized something was wrong. He held Xiao Yuanmu's hand a little tighter, and felt a coldness in his palm. When he looked up again, he found Xiao Yuanmu's face paler than usual. , asked: "Why are your hands so cold? Your face is also a little pale."
Zhou Nan and Xiao Shenglin all looked at Xiao Yuanmu when they heard the words. At this time, they also noticed that Xiao Yuanmu's face seemed to be a little paler than usual, but other than that, they didn't see anything wrong. Just in case, Xiao Shenglin also asked: "Yuan Mu, is there something wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Xiao Yuanmu's expression was indifferent, his back was straight, his face was a little pale but not sick, it seemed that nothing was wrong.
Song Xuanhe frowned slightly, just as he was about to say something, he saw Xiao Ranyun and the previous young man surnamed Xiao walking in front of them, stopped in front of them and said with a smile: "Brother, Dad asked me to call you and Zhou Nan Brother, they went over there and sat together."
Xiao Shenglin was a little surprised, and said: "Uncle's side is full of guests, we are not suitable to go there."
The young man surnamed Xiao glanced at Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu, and said indifferently: "Uncle has his intentions in telling you to go there, you should go there."
Xiao Shenglin didn't say anything, Song Xuanhe frowned indistinctly, the man looked at him with hostility just now.
"Actually, Dad just heard that you have a good relationship with Brother Guan Zhi, so I let you go there." Xiao Ranyun glared at the young man surnamed Xiao, and said to them: "Brother Guan Zhi didn't come today, it seems Not feeling well, so Dad wants to ask you about his condition."
Xiao Shenglin frowned slightly. Based on his understanding of the Xiao family and Xiao Ranyun's father, he was not someone who would invite a stranger to chat with a guest who was not present. The Xiao family mostly did things with a purpose. Fan, he didn't know what the purpose of his uncle Xiao Nan was.
"It's all right." Xiao Ranyun blinked, "My father is easy to get along with."
This is someone else's banquet, and it would be very impolite for the host to not invite you, so this time, no matter what, Song Xuanhe nodded after thinking about it: "Then I will trouble you to lead the way."
"Xuan and brother are polite." Xiao Ranyun said with his eyes bent.
They followed Xiao Ranyun to the host of the banquet. She walked over and hugged Xiao Nan's arm, and said coquettishly, "Father, I brought Brother Shenglin and the others."
Xiao Nan is a middle-aged man with gentle temperament. Hearing this, he stroked Xiao Ranyun's hair dotingly, and smiled at Xiao Shenglin and the others. He first smiled at Xiao Shenglin, and then looked at Song Xuan He and the three said: "Sorry, I don't know if I have disturbed you. I heard from Ran Ran that you took good care of her on the cruise ship. I should have gone to find you, but the people around me... I really can't leave, so I can only ask the three of you to come over." , thank you in person for taking care of Ran Ran."
Zhou Nan smiled and said: "Uncle Xiao, you are questioning our friendship by saying that. Ran Yun is Shenglin's younger sister. To us, she is no different from our own younger sister, and she is also very well-behaved. Take care of her."
Xiao Nan shook his head with a smile, and said: "My own daughter knows it well, she..."
Before he finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu, and said gently, "If I remember correctly, the two are the Second Young Master Song of the Song family and Mr. Xiao, right?"
Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu nodded at the same time, one with a smile on his face and the other with a cold expression, but neither of them had the intention to answer.
Xiao Nan didn't mind at all, and smiled and said to Song Xuanhe: "Xuanhe, I can call you that, thank you very much for taking care of Ran Ran on the cruise ship, Ran Ran mentioned you many times, when I saw you today, you are indeed a great talent. "
"Thank you." Song Xuanhe said with a smile: "It's just a little effort, Mr. Xiao doesn't need to thank you."
"It's not an excuse not to thank you." Xiao Nan said with a smile: "Ran Ran said before that your bartending skills are very good, and you love wine very much, so I prepared a bottle of wine as a thank you gift, and I have sent it to the Song family. .”
The smile on Song Xuanhe's face remained unchanged, and he said, "Then thank you, Mr. Xiao."
"It's just a thank you gift, so there's no need to say thank you." Xiao Nan said: "But since you are all friends of Ran Ran and Sheng Lin, you can call me uncle."
All three of them nodded, Song Xuan and secretly said that the Xiao family is really not simple. A bottle of wine is very suitable as a thank you gift, but the place to give it is very particular. Presumably Song Guochao will definitely be more jealous when he knows who the wine giver is. There is one more "big backer".
Xiao Nan looked at Xiao Yuanmu again, and said, "When I heard your surname before, I couldn't help feeling a little close, but now I see you and I feel very close. Probably this is the fate of the same surname."
Xiao Yuanmu nodded slightly when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "Thanks to the great love, but my surname was taken by the dean who picked me up at the time. She saw that I used the surname Xiao in the grass, and it has no other meaning."
Song Xuanhe was taken aback, and looked at Xiao Yuanmu in surprise. It was said in the book that when the dean picked up Xiao Yuanmu, he had a jade pendant on his body, and the word Xiao was engraved on the jade pendant, so the dean He didn't let other orphans who don't remember anything have the same surname as his and hers, but named him according to Xiao Yuanmu's jade pendant.
It's impossible for Xiao Yuanmu not to know this, so why is he lying at this time
"So that's the case." Xiao Nan was not surprised when he heard Xiao Yuanmu's background, he said with a smile, "But it's fate to have a surname, Yuanmu, don't you mind if I call you that?"
"Please feel free."
"Since the dean who picked you up has chosen the same surname as our Xiao family's among many surnames, it is naturally also fate." Xiao Nan said this with a smile, and then turned the topic to Zhou Nan: "Just now with your father Talking, I heard that the resort in Nanzhou was managed and constructed when you were in college, I went there once before, it was very good, it’s really a hero out of a boy.”
Zhou Nan also laughed and said, "Uncle's praise is just an internship during study, it's not worth mentioning."
Xiao Nan is very good at communicating, never neglecting anyone, in less than five minutes, he has already thanked them one by one, until the assistant around him came to call him, he said goodbye to them politely, and asked Xiao Ranyun to be good Take care of them.
After Xiao Nan and the young man surnamed Xiao left, Zhou Nan said: "As expected of the Xiao family, I have heard that Uncle Xiao is gentle and elegant, and this time I saw that he is indeed so."
Xiao Ranyun smiled and said: "My father is very gentle, but don't think that everyone in the Xiao family is like this. My brothers and uncles all have their own tempers, and my father's temper is the best."
"But sometimes being good-tempered is not necessarily a good thing." When Xiao Ranyun said this, the smile on his face faded a little, and then he smiled again: "I heard that there is a castle in the sky in this hotel, I have always wanted to see it, Come with me, brother."
Zhou Nan and the others naturally had no objections, and followed Xiao Ranyun into the elevator. This hotel is very famous for its castles in the air, on the eighty-sixth floor of the hotel, because Xiao Ranyun had called in advance, there was no one here at this time.
Xiao Ranyun sat relaxed on the window where she could clearly see only a little bit of traffic and people on the 80th floor. She looked at the city scene excitedly, and asked what some characteristic buildings were used for. , Duzui said: "Hua Guo is very fun, and the imperial capital is also very interesting. Originally, I wanted to stay in Hua Guo for a while, but after a while, it will be Young Master Xiao's coming-of-age birthday party, and all the Xiao family members have to rush back. I don’t want to stay with my father, I don’t want to, I will start school after his birthday party is over, I don’t know when I will come back next time, I really want to stay.”
Xiao Shenglin also knew this, but he was far away from the blood of the Xiao family, and he was considered as a side branch that had declined. He was not qualified to go to the birthday party, so he just smiled and comforted: "When you have another holiday, you will naturally be able to come , when the time comes, you come directly by the plane at home, and I will take you to play."
Xiao Ranyun became happy when he heard the words, and talked about several places that he was interested in. After finishing speaking, he couldn't help complaining: "Obviously Dad can find a reason not to go to Xiao Bocong's birthday party, and he won't be happy if he goes there. What is there in the manor?" It's all the rules, I really don't know why Dad has to go."
"The young master is an adult, it is a courtesy for the Xiao family to go back." Xiao Shenglin comforted with a smile: "The coming-of-age ceremony is only three days away, just bear with it and it will pass."
"I don't want to bear it." Xiao Ranyun pouted: "Except for a few brothers and sisters in the family, Xiao Bocong didn't talk to us at all, and in the manor, only Xiao Bocong was the young master and the prince, and everyone else was his servant. Man, I don't want to be there any longer."
Xiao Shenglin frowned when he heard this, looked at the empty garden outside, and said sharply: "Ran Yun."
Xiao Ranyun also realized that she had said something wrong. She puffed up her face and saw that there was no one outside, she pursed her mouth and said, "That's what it is. I just complained. Brother, why are you attacking me?"
"You should know what to say and what not to say."
"Can't I even complain?" Xiao Ranyun didn't expect her always gentle brother to attack her, her eyes were red, and she refused to show weakness: "I just said that Xiao Bocong didn't talk to us, and he didn't say anything about him. Bad words, why are you attacking me, should I treat him like the people treated the monarch in ancient times, and even talk about it taboo?"
"Ran Ran." Seeing her excited, Xiao Shenglin's voice softened, and he taught: "No matter who that person is, it's not a lady's conduct to speak ill of others behind their backs."
"I'm sorry, brother." Xiao Ranyun calmed down after venting what he had been holding back in his heart, lowered his eyes and apologized softly: "I know I was wrong."
"Don't do it again." Xiao Shenglin sighed, gently patted Xiao Ranyun's head and didn't say much.
Zhou Nan and Song Xuanhe stopped talking since Xiao Ranyun complained about the Xiao family, not to mention the status of the Xiao family, and it was really not easy for them to intervene in the affairs of the family.
Seeing that they finally ended the conversation, Zhou Nan laughed and said, "The dishes in the castle in the air are also excellent, Ran Ran, do you want to try it? Let's order some to try."
"Okay." Xiao Ranyun looked at Zhou Nan gratefully and laughed.
Zhou Nan got up and went to find the waiter waiting outside.
Song Xuanhe took a sip of his drink, lowered his eyes thoughtfully, Xiao Bocong is Xiao Yuanmu's half-brother, but he doesn't appear too much in the book.
It is written in the book that Xiao Bocong was already an adult when Yuanmu returned home, and it was difficult to get close to his brother who had just been found, so he would avoid Xiao Yuanmu most of the time, and it can even be said that he didn't care about this one who was brought home My dear brother, how did Xiao Yuanmu live in the past? After returning home, the two of them seldom even hang out in the same circle.
—There is not much interaction with the protagonist, so Xiao Bocong's roles are naturally very few.
The chapter where Xiao Bocong plays the most is in the later part of the book—actually, Song Xuanhe doesn’t know if it’s considered the later part, because the author is in trouble when he writes that chapter. The heel inherits the Xiao family's judgment that the plot has entered the later stage - in that chapter, Xiao Bocong was accidentally kidnapped, Xiao Yuanmu went to rescue him in person, but it was still a step too late, and the rescued Xiao Bocong was completely crushed. Even the best medical technology in the world can't restore his leg. The best option is amputation.
This book is about the part where the doctor told the Xiao family that Xiao Bocong had to amputate his limbs. The last sentence was that Xiao Yuanmu's mother couldn't bear the blow and passed out with a scream. Afterwards, the author was screwed.
Because of Xiao Bocong's identity, and because he is the supporting role with the most roles in the last chapter, Song Xuanhe has a deep memory of him. Hearing Xiao Bocong's news from Xiao Ranyun's mouth at this time, he felt a little strange in his heart, and couldn't help but He glanced at Xiao Yuanmu.
Xiao Yuanmu lowered his eyes and couldn't see clearly, the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, as if he was thinking about something, Song Xuanhe frowned slightly, he didn't know if it was his illusion or the light here was too transparent, he always felt that Xiao Yuanmu's His complexion was worse than before.
Song Xuanhe called out to Xiao Yuanmu, and seeing that he looked up, he felt relieved and said, "What do you want to drink? I'll get it for you."
Xiao Yuanmu refused lightly: "No need."
"Drink something." Xiao Shenglin said: "I remember that Yuan Mu didn't seem to drink anything since we were together, so it's good to moisturize your lower lip now."
Hearing this, Song Xuanhe noticed that Xiao Yuanmu's lips were also very pale, and when he observed his face carefully, he found that his temples seemed a little wet.
Song Xuanhe stretched out his hand, touched his wet temples, and at the same time felt the coldness of his cheeks. He couldn't help but immediately raised his hand to touch Xiao Yuanmu's forehead. After finding that his body temperature was normal, he said: "Are you It's not that you're uncomfortable, cold sweat is breaking out on your forehead, I'll take you to the hospital."
Xiao Yuanmu gently pushed his hand away: "I'm fine."
Xiao Shenglin also noticed the cold sweat on Xiao Yuanmu's forehead at this time, and couldn't help being a little worried, but Xiao Yuanmu insisted that he was fine, and he was not very good at interrupting, so he could only look at Song Xuanhe.
Song Xuanhe didn't know what to do for a while, it's winter now, the indoor temperature is always very suitable, there is no hot sweating situation, not to mention Xiao Yuanmu's skin is cold, it doesn't look like being heated, Looking back, it seems that Xiao Yuanmu's hands were a little too cold when he was in the banquet hall downstairs.
Thinking of this, Song Xuanhe grabbed Xiao Yuanmu's hand on his lap, and after feeling the almost chilly cold, his expression changed, Huo stood up, and said, "I'll find someone to ask for a hand later." Thermometer, if the body temperature is abnormal, you must go to the hospital."
"I'm really fine." Xiao Yuanmu avoided his hand, frowned slightly, and explained softly, "I haven't had a good rest these days after staying up all night."
"What's the matter?" Zhou Nan ordered to come up, just heard the last sentence, and said: "There is my private room downstairs, if you haven't rested well, you can go down and rest for a while, and I will send food to you later." This is your room."
Xiao Yuanmu nodded, first said to Zhou Nan: "I'm sorry." Then he got up and looked at Song Xuanhe: "I'll rest by myself, you stay here."
After speaking, he nodded to Xiao Shenglin and Xiao Ranyun again, turned and left.
After a while, Xiao Yuanmu walked out of the glass house in the sky, Song Xuanhe pursed his lips, said to Xiao Shenglin and the others, "I'll accompany him", and chased in Xiao Yuanmu's direction.
Looking at Song Xuanhe's back, Zhou Nan sighed, "Song Er, this kid really got hurt this time."
Xiao Yuanmu didn't walk fast, and Song Xuanhe saw him and the hotel manager leading the way after a while.
Song Xuan and Sanbu walked up to them in two steps. Just as he was about to speak, Xiao Yuanmu's expression was slightly cold, and he said in a tone almost commanding: "Don't follow me."
"I just wanted to make sure of your physical condition."
In fact, when seeing Xiao Yuanmu's straight back and steady steps, Song Xuanhe felt that Xiao Yuanmu should be fine. Hearing his clear voice now, he was even more convinced that he should really just rest. Okay, but even so, it is true that Xiao Yuanmu is not feeling well, so it is rare for Song Xuanhe to patiently explain to him:
"I'll take your temperature later. If your body is fine, I'll go up. Don't worry, I won't disturb your rest."
However, Xiao Yuanmu didn't appreciate it at all. He stopped, and his voice was even colder: "I said, I will rest alone, and you don't need to follow."
Song Xuanhe also stopped, looked up at Xiao Yuanmu's frozen eyes, wanted to say something, but when he saw the cold sweat on his forehead, he pursed his lips again, stood where he was and expressed himself with practical actions Impossible to leave the thought.
The manager made a proper rescue at this time: "Master Zhou's private room in the hotel is very large, and there are ten rooms in total including the two master bedrooms. If Master Song and Mr. Xiao want their own private space, they will not disturb each other. .”
Only then did Xiao Yuanmu lift his leg, just entered the room and said: "You can find any room, don't enter my room."
Hearing the sound of the door closing in front of him being locked, Song Xuanhe suddenly laughed out of anger. He kicked the drawer next to him, turned around and entered the master bedroom next door, and found a chair to sit on and play with his mobile phone. , swore with a cold face that he would never intervene in Xiao Yuanmu's affairs again.
Anyway, after Xiao Yuanmu returns to Xiao's house, there will be no more contact between them.
After playing for some time, the butler of the suite knocked on the door and came in to deliver the food. Song Xuanhe ate some casually, and when he was about to ask someone to take it away, he clicked his tongue again, resigned himself to his fate, got up and knocked on the door: "Xiao Yuanmu, eat."
There was no response from the door, and Song Xuanhe knocked on the door louder, but there was no sound for two minutes, and a bad feeling suddenly appeared in his heart, the knocking hand paused, and changed to a hammer. Door: "Xiao Yuanmu! Are you okay? Xiao Yuanmu?!"
The sound of hammering the door was very loud, but the solid wooden door of the hotel did not move, and there was still no movement inside.
Song Xuanhe suppressed the panic in his heart, calmly asked the housekeeper to get the spare key, and then quickly said to the system: [Scan Xiao Yuanmu's physical condition immediately and tell me.]
The system hesitated and said: [I can't scan at will now...]
[Three opportunities.]Song Xuanhe has a calm expression and a calm voice: [Now use one.]
[You have to think about it. These three opportunities can save your life. Xiao Yuanmu is the protagonist. It is impossible for him to have an accident. Are you sure you want to use the opportunity on him?]
Song Xuanhe's complexion was very bad, and he said directly: [sure, immediately.]
Before the system answered, the door in front of him was knocked from inside. Xiao Yuanmu's situation seemed to be the same as when he just entered the room. He looked at Song Xuanhe indifferently, and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"
"Are you okay?" Song Xuanhe opened his eyes slightly, and the housekeeper who was holding the key also came back, and bowed and retreated when he saw this situation.
Xiao Yuanmu's thin lips were tightly pursed, with the anger of being disturbed, he did not speak.
"If you're okay." Song Xuanhe thought of the door that couldn't be opened no matter how hard he knocked just now, the worried expression on his face immediately turned cold, and he said with suppressed anger, "I won't bother..."
Before he finished speaking, he felt his body sink, and Xiao Yuanmu had already fallen on top of him.