Chapter 66 "Does the step-sister you mentioned before still count?"
As the evening approached, the sun shone slightly on the heavy and steady door.
The girl stood at the door of Xie's house, hesitating for a moment, but finally she stretched out her hand.
A slender white hand gently knocked on the black door.
Soon, a servant from Xie's mansion opened the door.
He looked at the girl outside the door and asked politely, "Who are you looking for?"
Song Jin immediately said politely, "Excuse me, is Xie Qiao at home? Please tell him, my name is Song Jin, and I want to meet the head of the Xie family."
Song Brocade?
It was a name he had never heard of.
But the girl in front of him looked well-behaved and didn't seem like someone looking for trouble. Besides, in the whole of Kyoto, who would dare to cause trouble in front of Xie's house?
Maybe the head of the family really knows him.
He whispered, "Madam Song, please wait a moment. The eldest master is teaching in the palace now and will be back in a while. Let me go to the eldest master's courtyard to ask a few questions."
Song Jin nodded: "Yeah, it's okay, I'll just wait for him here."
The servant didn't dare to let the person in without verifying his identity.
He just politely asked Song Jin to wait outside the door for a while and rushed to Mo Anju. However, the eldest son was not at home, and Fu Cang also followed the eldest son into the palace. He didn't know who to ask for a moment, so he could only go to report to the lady first.
At this time, Mrs. Xie was in the backyard, staring at the empty yard in a daze.
She had just received a letter from the Marquis sent back from the border. There were only four words in the letter, which was: everything was fine.
Mrs. Xie sighed slightly.
Her eldest son was just like her husband, and he never liked to say a word.
Not to mention that the eldest son is now the head of the family and a widower, determined to become the widow of the eldest son's daughter-in-law.
After much difficulty, Xie Qiao finally admitted a few days ago that he already had someone he liked. She wanted to ask more questions, but Xie Qiao refused to say anything.
She had no choice but to ask Xie Zheng, but this silly boy couldn't even identify a person properly, and he didn't know who the girl was.
Mrs. Xie could only guess here.
But after guessing again and again, she couldn't guess even a shadow.
Even if she wanted to matchmake someone randomly, no one would let her!
Madam Xie sighed again, and saw Madam Xu rushing over and whispered, "Madam, I have already given the family letter to the old lady."
Mrs. Xie said "hmm".
The old lady has only one son, the Marquis, but she also has a cold personality.
She was the daughter of a general and hated all the things going on in the inner courtyard. She was too lazy to even deal with the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She used to study quietly in her own yard.
The cold personalities of the Marquis and the eldest son seem to be mostly related to the old lady. In the past, when there was something going on, they would send someone to the old lady's yard to pass the message, and then she would respond.
Mrs. Xie could only see the old lady when she paid her respects to her at the beginning of the month. In the past, they lived their own lives.
Madam Xie changed her posture and thought about the girl that day, only to hear Madam Xu continue, "There is one more thing."
Mrs. Xie raised her eyes lazily: "Hmm?"
"Just now, the servant in the outer courtyard said that there is a girl at the door who wants to see the eldest master for something. She wants to see the eldest master, but the eldest master is not at home, and the servant doesn't know how to report it."
"girl?"
Mrs. Xie's eyes lit up and she stood up from her chair instantly.
She was worried that there was no girl for her to think about!
Isn’t this one delivered to your door?
Mrs. Xie stood up and straightened her dress.
"Hurry up, how can you let the girl wait outside! Invite her in! Please come to my flower hall! I want to see her in person!"
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The large and simple carriage moved slowly forward. Fu Cang sat in front of it with the coachman and headed towards the direction of Xie Mansion.
As usual, they would return to the Xie family before sunset.
After getting off the car, the young master first washed and changed his clothes, then ate a light meal. He was busy in the study until late at night, and finally returned to his room for a light sleep.
Day after day, nothing is different.
The young master's life is repetitive and boring.
But even such a life is still fraught with danger.
And here the Young Master was, like a breathing puppet.
Fu Cang felt a little sad.
He thought about it carefully and realized that the young master only had extra emotions when he was with Madam Song.
But……
Why.
Now it seems that Madam Song has no intention of renewing her relationship with the Young Master.
She didn't even look for...
Hey hey hey?
Fu Cang couldn't believe his eyes!
As soon as the carriage turned the corner, when Fu Cang could see the gate of the Xie family, he actually saw a familiar figure.
He rubbed his eyes and found that it was really Song Jin.
He quickly turned around, lifted the carriage curtain, and stuck his head in: "Sir, Miss Song is here!"
Xie Qiao was resting with his eyes closed in the carriage.
When he heard Fu Cang suddenly pop up in the room, he frowned in displeasure, but when he heard the three words "Madam Song", he quickly reached out and opened the curtain.
Then, his brows relaxed and the corners of his lips raised slightly.
I saw Song Jin waiting obediently at the door of Xie's house.
She was wearing a light yellow dress without any exquisite embroidery, and a headscarf and a small flower hairpin on her head. She didn't look like she was dressed up carefully, but rather the attire she wore when working in the past.
She stood at the side of the door in front of Xie's house and waited, so obediently that she didn't block anyone and her presence was very weak.
She clutched her small handbag, kicking pebbles with her toes, and the small pearl earrings on her ears swayed with her movements, which was very cute.
This kind of scene was something Xie Qiao had never dreamed of before.
When she appeared here today, he instantly understood that this scene would become his beautiful dream when he was poor in the future.
The carriage moved forward slowly, and Xie Qiao did not speed up.
He was even a little afraid that this scene was fake.
But when he was sure that all this was true, he frowned.
Who is guarding the door? Why isn't he letting Song Jin in? He actually asked her to wait outside?
Fortunately, his carriage soon stopped at the door, and Fu Cang quickly got out and set up a stool for Xie Qiao.
When the carriage stopped, Song Jin heard a sound. She looked up and saw Xie Qiao getting off the carriage.
Song Jin was stunned.
She had only wanted to wait outside for a while, but she didn't expect to run into Xie Qiao right at the door.
Okay.
This is to avoid the people in the mansion not knowing her and not letting her in.
Song Jin took two steps forward holding her small bag, and just happened to run into Xie Qiao who was already striding up the stairs.
Song Jin suddenly felt a little nervous.
Although they had just met last night, and had even met in various ways, it was still the first time that she had met Xie Qiao in front of the Xie family's doorstep, in such an occasion, and in broad daylight.
The first time I met the head of the Xie family.
Only when she stood at the gate of Xie Mansion did she truly feel that Xie Qiao was the head of the Xie family.
Xie Qiao looked at Song Jin lowering his head, feeling a little awkward. He spoke gently first: "Ajin, why are you here?"
She said in a low voice, "Thank you, Master. I have something to ask you."
Xie Qiao naturally guessed that she came to see him for something.
He even went straight to him like this, without waiting for him to pay his debt in the middle of the night, fearing that something serious had happened.
His first reaction was that something happened in her shop, so he asked, "But something happened in the shop?"
"The shop is fine." Song Jin shook his head, "It's more troublesome."
Xie Qiao knew that Song Jin was not a girl who would easily cause trouble to others. In Chongzhou, this girl did not let him know about those difficult and troublesome things, but just tried her best to solve them by herself.
And now, what on earth made her come here?
Xie Qiao glanced at Song Jin inconspicuously.
I found that apart from being a little worried, there was nothing unusual about her.
He breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "It's okay, we are in the capital now, don't worry about anything, I'm here."
Song Jin nodded.
She thought so too.
Xie Qiao looked at Song Jin and was about to ask her to go in first, when the servant inside suddenly opened the door and said, "Madam Song, my mistress wants you to sit in the flower hall for a while, you..."
Before the servant finished speaking, he looked up and saw Xie Qiao standing next to Song Jin. He quickly said, "Young Master."
"Yes." Xie Qiao said calmly, "Go tell mother that I have returned home, so mother doesn't need to worry."
The servant quickly responded, opened the door, and stepped aside: "Yes."
Seeing the door open, Xie Qiao turned around and said to Song Jin, "Ajin, let's go. Let's talk in my study if you have anything to say."
Song Jin nodded, followed Xie Qiao obediently, and walked into the Xie family for the first time.
Fu Cang followed them not too far away. After they entered the mansion, Fu Cang said to the gatekeeper behind the door: "If Madam Song comes to see the young master in the future, you should respectfully invite her in. If the young master is not here, you can directly bring her to Mo'anju."
The gatekeepers didn't know that Song Jin was so close to the eldest son, so they quickly responded, "Yes! I've made a note of it."
The Xie family is very big, but different from the Lin family.
The setting style of the Lin Mansion is more Jiangnan style and is more updated, but it is different for the Xie Family. As soon as you walk in, you can feel the heritage of this century-old family. Every blade of grass and every tree is old, filled with the sedimentation of years and simplicity.
Song Jin was slightly stunned.
This is a noble family.
She looked up at the figure walking in front of her. Walking in the corridor of the Xie family, his figure seemed even taller. The dark purple official uniform and golden crown made him look extremely luxurious. It was a look that Song Jin had never seen before.
It turns out that this kind of Xie Qiao is the real him.
Song Jin pursed her lips and followed Xie Qiao forward.
After walking a long way, Xie Qiao finally stopped and said to Song Jin, "This is where I used to live. It's called Mo'anju."
Song Jin nodded blankly.
She muttered quietly in her heart.
[This sounds like a lonely name for a yard.] 】
[But it seems like something he would choose.] 】
Xie Qiao listened to the girl's mumbling, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
This was the first time the girl had entered his life, and it felt a little strange, but comfortable.
He led the person inside and went straight to the study.
He opened the door and let Song Jin in first: "Ajin, this is my study. I spent most of my time in the study in the past."
When Song Jin walked in, he saw that Xie Qiao's study was very large, with several huge bookcases neatly filled with many books.
Song Jin had never seen so many books before and was a little surprised for a moment.
Xie Qiao came in, poured a glass of water for Song Jin and put it on the table. He said calmly, "Ajin, sit down."
Song Jin obediently walked to the table, picked up the water cup and took a sip. Seeing that Xie Qiao had already walked to the back of the desk and sat down, she felt that she should behave in a begging manner when asking for help.
So she put down the cup and walked to Xie Qiao's desk.
She said to him, "Xie Qiao, you said before that if we didn't become husband and wife, you wanted me to be your adopted sister."
After Song Jin finished speaking, he lowered his head, feeling a little nervous.
Although she had just done something intimate with Xie Qiao last night, he was too polite to her last night.
Be polite enough to ask her opinion politely whenever you want to do something.
She didn't want to lift the quilt, so he cooperated completely and never even saw her body.
She felt a little pain, so he rubbed it slowly, making her feel extremely comfortable.
Even when she said ok that was enough, he was a gentleman and did not touch other places, but slowly withdrew within the range he could control.
So thoughtful and so completely according to her wishes.
This is different from who he was before.
It's not like they haven't done this before. At that time, Xie Qiao was overbearing and reckless, which was completely different from the restrained and polite gentleman he was during the day.
But now...
Song Jin was a little hesitant.
He was so polite, so polite that it seemed as if they were still somewhat strangers.
Song Jin bit his lip.
That's right.
Although they are doing the most intimate things, every time they show affection, it is not a testimony of the warming of their feelings, but a countdown to the gradual drifting apart.
He was just keeping his promise to pay his debt.
That was the extent of their relationship.
She had no other choice but to come to him today.
That was the King of Qi, a royal relative whom she could not afford to offend.
The girl hesitated.
She didn't hear Xie Qiao's reply, so she could only grit her teeth and ask, "Does what you said still count?"
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