Chapter 030 Chapter 30 (4+5 more)
Xu Duanyi took Bixi towards Linfeng Pavilion, but unexpectedly they ran into someone on the way.
"Safety?"
Xu Duanyi saw Xie Pingan first.
She called out to him in surprise, surprised that he was here.
The yard where he lived was a little far from here, and this road was not the route he usually took.
Xu Duanyi had some guesses in his mind.
When Bixi saw Xie Pingan, her reaction was quite big.
Whenever Bixi thought of Xie Ping'an's attitude yesterday, she felt a little nervous. Compared with the King of Nannan, this hot-tempered Xie Sanlang made Bixi more worried.
Children with bad tempers and who are out of control are truly the most annoying things.
She frowned and wanted to walk up to her master, to prevent Xie Sanlang, who had a bad temper, from doing anything bad to her master.
She looks like this.
Xie Pingan naturally saw all of this.
There was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, but he didn't reveal anything. He came today to apologize to Xu Duanyi.
I'm not here to argue with them.
This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. Just like he said last night -
A real man should take responsibility for his actions!
He blamed her wrongly.
Then he can say sorry.
and……
Just as Xie Ping'an was about to speak, he saw his second sister-in-law, who was of noble status, patted the maid's arm and stopped her from blocking her way.
Then he took the initiative to walk over and talk to him: "Ping An, is there anything you want to talk to me about?"
Her reaction surprised Xie Pingan.
Looking at Xu Duanyi's gentle smile, Xie Ping'an seemed to have an equally gentle but slightly younger smile in his mind, which gradually overlapped with the face in front of him.
That was the former Xu Duanyi.
This made Xie Pingan's eyes become a little confused.
But this confused mood only lasted for a short while. Soon, more malice, cold words, mocking eyes and smiles flooded into his mind like a tide.
His face straightened almost immediately, becoming even more cold than before.
He then took a step back, as if he wanted to stay away from Xu Duanyi.
"I'll give this back to you."
With a cold face, he handed the thing in his hand to Xu Duanyi.
Without looking, Xu Duanyi knew what it was, looking at the boy's tense face and his lips pursed into a cold and resolute straight line.
Xu Duanyi did not ask him why he wanted to return it to her, whether he did not like it. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. She can guess the reason.
Xu Duanyi sighed in his heart, but did not show it on his face.
She just asked Xie Pingan in a gentle tone: "Do you really want to give it back to me? This is just a meeting gift for you and Changning."
There was an obvious struggle between the boy's eyebrows.
Obviously, he really liked this gift. He even couldn't let it go and looked at it for a long time when he got home last night. After finishing his homework, he studied the chess game for a long time.
This is the best gift he has received in these years.
It is also the most attentive.
But this struggle did not last long.
Xie Ping'an's gaze was directed at the chess score, but was coldly withdrawn by him.
He said nothing, but continued to return the chess score to her.
Xu Duanyi knew that he really didn't want to accept it.
She could actually understand his mentality.
Just like at the beginning, when she was taken into the palace by her aunt, even though her aunt and the crown prince were very kind to her and took care of her in everything.
But she still felt guilty and didn't dare to accept it.
It's a feeling of unworthiness.
I am afraid that I will gain good things but not be able to give back the same good things, and I am afraid that one day I will be abandoned by others.
This mentality did not gradually improve until many years passed, when her heart gradually became stronger and richer.
This was Xie Pingan's mentality at that time.
Perhaps she is even more wary and distrustful than she was back then.
Because he had been treated badly, the young man no longer dared to easily trust others' efforts, nor did he dare to easily give his heart to others.
If you don't get it, don't worry about losing it.
If a person has nothing, he naturally does not have to worry about losing anything. But if one day he suddenly has something he loves but is forced to lose it... that kind of pain is far more severe than not getting it.
Xu Duanyi felt sorry for the young man in front of him.
Because I feel bad, I don't want to force him.
She reached out and took the chess record from the boy's hand. Although he was reluctant to let go, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"and--"
Xie Pingan took his hand back while talking to Xu Duanyi.
Seeing Xu Duanyi looking at him, he seemed a little embarrassed, but he did not turn away, as if he was avoiding her.
He is not Xie Qingya!
He clenched his hands, which fell to his sides, and said, looking at Xu Duanyi's face, "Yesterday, I misunderstood that you bullied Changning. It's my fault. I'm sorry."
His reaction caused Bixi, who was originally somewhat dissatisfied with him, to look at him in surprise.
Apparently no one expected that this hot-tempered Xie Saburo would actually take the initiative to apologize.
Xu Duanyi still looked at him and smiled: "It's okay, you didn't do anything."
Xie Pingan didn't expect that this problem could be solved so easily.
There was no embarrassment or ridicule.
This made him a little confused.
"Anything else?"
After a while, seeing that he was silent, Xu Duanyi took the initiative to ask him.
Only then did Xie Pingan come to his senses.
Not wanting Xu Duanyi to see his feelings, he shook his head.
"Then I'll go back first?"
Xu Duanyi held the chess score and talked to Xie Pingan.
Xie Pingan nodded and stepped aside to let others go first.
Seeing the master and servant walking away, Xie Pingan looked in the direction they left. He looked for a long time, until there was no trace of the master and servant there. Xie Pingan did not retract his gaze, but just stared with a frown.
A long time passed.
He turned around and left.
…
"The master treats them as his brothers and sisters. This is great, Sanlang Xie. It's a pity that this is a rare copy. You even sent people to look for it for a long time."
Bixi held the chess manual in her arms, her face filled with regret and resentment.
Xu Duanyi said nothing.
Until Bixi asked her where to put it when she returned.
Xu Duanyi then spoke: "Put it aside for now, no need to put it away."
Bi Xi didn't know what she was going to do, but she didn't want to comment on her either, so she just said yes softly.
Return to Linfeng Pavilion.
Shi Yu was naturally happy to see them coming back.
While Xu Duanyi was drinking tea, he listened to her talk about what happened in the mansion today.
It's nothing serious.
Aunt Deng was in charge of the affairs of the Prince of Nan'an's Palace, and she had only received some visiting cards and invitations.
They were all people she knew well who were going to hold a banquet and wanted to invite her to attend.
When Xu Duanyi lived in the palace, no one except the Xiao family had the face to invite her.
Now that she has married into the Nan'an Palace, even if those people don't have the intention, they still have to put on a show.
Xu Duanyi looked at the thick stack of invitations.
I flipped through a few of them and lost interest.
They were all tea parties and poetry gatherings, just a bunch of people sitting together, tea drinking and chatting. Xu Duanyi had no interest in them.
"You guys go back and pick them out according to their identities. I'm going to take a shower first." After a busy day, she was very tired.
I thought about taking a shower first, then taking a nap to refresh myself.
"I'll ask someone to fetch some water!"
Shi Yu said this and walked out.
Bi Xi went in to prepare clothes and bathing supplies for her.
After taking a shower, Xu Duanyi sat in front of the dressing mirror and let Bixi comb her long hair while she listened to her talk about the main people of the families who invited her today.
"You drafted a reply and rejected them all for me. Just say that I'm a little busy at the moment and I'll invite them to a gathering when I'm free in the future."
Xu Duanyi smeared the jade cream on her face and talked to Bixi.
Bixi said yes.
"That's right."
Xu Duanyi thought of something and asked Bixi, "When will Baozhu's marriage be arranged?"
These trivial matters have always been remembered by Bixi.
Without thinking, Bixi answered, "On the tenth day of next month."
That's only half a month.
"Come with me to visit the Duke of Huguo's Mansion tomorrow." When she got married, her eldest cousin and sister-in-law did a lot for her.
Besides, she hadn't seen her grandmother, uncle and aunt for a long time.
Her uncle and aunt did come to her wedding, but she barely spoke a few words to them.
Although her relationship with them could not be described as very good, there was still a blood relationship between them.
It is reasonable for her to go and see it.
I thought of my father again——
This time my father didn't make it back.
Although the accident was avoided, Xu Duanyi was still afraid that something might have happened to him.
So last night, she wrote a letter to her father.
Asked him how he was feeling.
Fearing that her father would not tell the truth, she privately wrote a letter to her father's confidant, Tan Su, asking him why her father could not come.
She and her father have been separated for many years and rarely see each other.
But her father always treated her well.
There were no male descendants in the family, and a year after my mother passed away, many people were busy arranging a new marriage for my father.
Even my aunt couldn't say anything about this.
After all, she was the only girl in the mansion.
But my father resolutely refused.
He said that in his life, he had only one wife and one daughter.
No descendants, no descendants.
Anyway, he has no father or mother, he was born and raised by himself, so he doesn't care whether he has a son to see him off in his later years.
If something hadn't happened, her father would never have missed her wedding.
I just don't know what happened.
Xu Duanyi was a little worried about this.
Just then Shi Yu came in, and Xu Duanyi asked her, "Did you deliver the letter I asked you to deliver this morning?"
Shi Yu hurriedly said, "It was delivered. When the gatekeeper heard that it was for the Marquis, he immediately sent someone to deliver it."
Xu Duanyi was relieved.
After all the instructions were given, Xu Duanyi's spirit reached its limit.
She yawned and went to bed.
Walking to the bed, Xu Duanyi saw the two pillows placed side by side on the bed and his eyes paused slightly.
But after a while, when Bixi asked her what happened, Xu Duanyi came to her senses and said, "Nothing, I'll sleep for half an hour, call me when it's time."
As Xu Duanyi spoke, he lifted the quilt and got on the bed, without letting anyone remove the pillow next to him.
When Bixi saw that she closed her eyes, she quietly lowered the bed curtain for her.
Maybe I'm really tired.
Xu Duanyi fell asleep quickly.
When he woke up, Xu Duanyi heard someone talking outside.
She didn't hear clearly at first.
I just woke up and my brain is not fully awake yet.
At this moment, Xu Duanyi was the most defenseless. She held the quilt to cover her face, turned over, faced inward, and tried to take a nap.
Until I could faintly hear Xie Changning's voice.
At first, Xu Duanyi thought he had heard it wrong, until he pulled down the quilt and the sounds outside became clearer.
"Ah... Is sister-in-law taking a rest? Then I'll come back later."
“Hey.”
Bixi said, "It's tiring for a girl to walk all the way here. Why don't you sit inside and wait for the master to wake up? The master should wake up soon."
"This……"
Really!
Xu Duanyi immediately became much more sober.
She sat up and shouted outside, "Bixi, tell Changning, I'm awake!"
After saying that, she threw back the quilt and got up.
Shi Yu came in to serve her, and Xu Duanyi simply washed up and left. This book is exclusively organized by the LK team for you. During this time, Bixi had already invited Xie Changning to sit in the house and served her a cup of her favorite almond milk tea.
When Xu Duanyi went out, Xie Changning was sitting on the bed outside, looking quite reserved.
Holding a bowl of milk tea, drinking it slowly.
Seeing Xu Duanyi coming out, she stood up immediately.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law."
Xie Changning greeted Xu Duanyi with a look of self-blame on his face, obviously thinking that he had woken her up because of his arrival.
Xu Duanyi saw this and said to her with a smile, "I just woke up and heard your voice. It's just right. I wanted to find you too."
"Looking for me?"
Xu Duanyi's words made Xie Changning stop feeling guilty.
She raised her head in surprise, not knowing what her sister-in-law wanted her to do.
"Sit down first."
Xu Duanyi pulled Xie Changning and sat back on the bed.
Bixi also served her a cup of Biluochun tea.
This year's fresh Biluochun had a rich aroma even before it was put into the mouth. Xu Duanyi had just woken up and was a little thirsty, so he took a sip first.
Seeing that Xie Changning was looking at her, he seemed to be waiting for her to continue what she had just said.
Xu Duanyi couldn't help but laugh when he saw her like this.
Put down the teacup.
Xu Duanyi subconsciously wanted to raise his hand and touch her head, but when his fingers lifted up, he thought of her uncomfortably avoiding him yesterday.
In order not to make her uncomfortable, Xu Duanyi restrained himself and did not reach out his hand.
"Changning."
Xu Duanyi called her and continued, "Does your third brother still like playing chess?"
How could Xie Changning know what Xie Pingan had just done? Without even thinking, he nodded and said, "I like it!"
To prove the authenticity of this matter and also to express gratitude to Xu Duanyi.
Xie Changning then talked about the chess manual she sent yesterday: "Yesterday, when my brother San San saw the chess manual sent by my sister-in-law, his eyes lit up."
"Thank you, thank you, sister-in-law."
She came here today, firstly to say thank you, and secondly to apologize.
The words of thanks have already been spoken.
Xie Changning wanted to apologize to his sister-in-law again.
Although the third brother said last night that he would apologize to his sister-in-law, after all, the incident was caused by her, so Xie Changning felt that he also needed to say sorry to his sister-in-law.
I just haven't said the words "apology" yet.
Xie Changning then saw his sister-in-law beside him and suddenly handed her something.
"What is this?"
Xie Changning reached out to take it and asked Xu Duanyi with a confused look. After seeing what was in his hand, Xie Changning's expression suddenly changed.
"This, this..."
Because of the shock, Xie Changning's tone became much more anxious, and his face turned red.
She wanted to speak, but her words were incoherent. She was slow to begin with, and now she was even more anxious and could not speak clearly.
She didn't understand how the chess record that her sister-in-law gave to her third brother ended up in her sister-in-law's hands.
I thought of one possibility, and it was the only possibility...
Xie Changning's originally flushed face suddenly turned pale again.
"Don't worry."
Beside her, Xu Duanyi was still comforting her softly.
Xie Changning's eyes gradually turned red. If she had known that her third brother would apologize in this way, she would never have let him come!
My sister-in-law must be very sad.
Xie Changning's heart was filled with self-blame and uneasiness.
She looked at Xu Duanyi, almost crying: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law...I, I..."
She wanted to apologize.
But he was too anxious to speak.
Xu Duanyi hurriedly tried to calm her down: "Don't worry, I'm showing this to you not because I'm angry with your third brother, nor do I mean to blame you."
She asked Bixi to bring her a handkerchief.
After the others brought it over, Xu Duanyi took the handkerchief and wiped Xie Changning's eyes while saying to her, "I know why your third brother is like this. He is not targeting me. He is just afraid, right?"
Xie Changning was speechless.
But his eyes lit up because of Xu Duanyi's words, and he nodded repeatedly to indicate that this was the case!
"So I certainly don't blame him."
Xu Duanyi wiped the tears from her face and put the handkerchief aside.
She looked into Xie Changning's eyes and continued, "Actually, I'm showing this to you because I want to ask you for a favor."
"Help?"
Xie Changning blinked, looking like he didn't quite understand what this meant, but his emotions were finally calmed down and he was able to speak.
She looked at her sister-in-law in surprise.
Don't understand.
What can she do to help her sister-in-law?
Xu Duanyi looked at her and said to her slowly, "I can see that your third brother likes this chess record very much, and I also know that your third brother is quite talented in this field, so I want to give it to you."
"If your third brother asks, just say you like it and I gave it to you."
Although Xie Changning is only thirteen years old this year and has a weak personality, he is very smart.
She didn't understand what her sister-in-law meant at first.
But after hearing what she said, he immediately understood his sister-in-law's intention.
The watery eyes immediately lit up.
She was somewhat happy.
My sister-in-law’s method is very good!
If we do this, the three brothers won't have to worry about each other.
Just as she was about to nod in agreement, Xie Changning suddenly glanced at Xu Duanyi hesitantly: "...Sister-in-law, sister-in-law."
She called her softly.
"Um?"
Xu Duanyi looked at her and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Xie Changning grabbed the hem of his clothes with both hands, and asked hesitantly and softly: "Why are you so nice to us?"
She rarely asks this question.
After saying this, she instinctively wanted to lower her head, but after hesitating for a moment, she still mustered up her courage and forced herself to look at Xu Duanyi.
She saw that her sister-in-law looked at her in surprise after she asked the question, as if she had not expected that she would ask such a question.
Such a gaze made Xie Changning feel unreasonably nervous, and she wanted to lower her head again.
But before she lowered her head completely, a soft hand gently pressed down on the top of her head, and then caressed it lightly as if to comfort her.
Xie Changning was actually not used to such close contact.
This made her feel a little nervous and even wanted to escape.
Just like yesterday.
But maybe it's because this hand is so gentle.
gentle.
It's like... my mother is back.
She couldn't bear to hide away.
After doing this, Xie Changning raised his head again and looked at Xu Duanyi opposite him in a foolish manner.
She saw that the surprise on her sister-in-law's face had long been replaced by a gentle smile.
Then, her voice followed: "Because I treat you as my brothers and sisters. Although you may not believe me, when Xie Qingya brought me to see you, when I held you in my arms, I really treated you as my brothers and sisters."
"Thank you..."
Subconsciously I wanted to say thank you uncle and thank you aunt.
Looking at Xie Changning's young and innocent face, Xu Duanyi changed the topic and said, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law and elder brother have been very kind to me in the past. For this reason, I should also treat you well and take care of you."
"Changning."
She called her softly.
When Xie Changning looked at her blankly, Xu Duanyi continued to speak to her in a gentle voice: "I know you have been through a lot over the years, and I also know that some things cannot be changed overnight."
"But never reject someone's efforts for you because of fear."
"Maybe someone will hurt you in the future, but that's their fault, not yours. Don't use other people's mistakes to punish yourself or imprison yourself."
"You can always believe and then distinguish a little bit whether it is right or wrong, good or bad... You can be grateful to those who are good to you and give you sincerely. You don't have to be afraid that everyone will be like that because of those bad and malicious people."
"We cannot punish ourselves for the mistakes of others."
"We need to look forward and get out of this bad situation."
When Xu Duanyi said these words, he was always looking at Xie Changning.
She reached out to touch her head just now, it was a subconscious action, but she regretted it the moment she let go of her hand. She was afraid that Changning would avoid her like she did yesterday.
I didn't expect it.
When he saw her eyes looking at her again, although they revealed confusion, they also contained a sense of admiration and longing.
Xu Duanyi made a guess.
Perhaps she was thinking of Aunt Xie, so she simply did not take it back.
She spoke slowly to Changning.
Seeing the confusion on Chang Ning's face gradually turn into contemplation, Xu Duanyi said: "These words may not be easy for you to think through all at once. Don't worry, you can take your time."
"But if you have anything, you can tell me. I will be your most loyal listener."
Xu Duanyi withdrew his hand only after he finished speaking.
At this moment, when Xie Changning saw Xu Duanyi taking his hand away, he actually felt a bit reluctant and attached.
But she didn't ask to stay.
She just continued to tug at the hem of her clothes, looked at Xu Duanyi, and whispered, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, thank you, thank you."
After her mother left, no one ever said these words to her again.
Although she couldn't immediately understand what her sister-in-law said and couldn't do anything about it, she was sure of one thing... her sister-in-law was really doing it for her own good and for their own good.
Although Aunt Deng and Fuqiu cared about her, they were of different status after all.
Usually I just take care of her food, clothing and daily life.
What's more, they always treated her like a child and kept her behind their backs most of the time. They had almost never had a heart-to-heart talk with her like this.
The third brother loves her very much.
But the third brother is now living a life that is too repressed and too tense... Every time she sees the third brother, she just wants him to live a more relaxed life, so naturally it is impossible for her to say extra words to him.
Second brother...
She and her second brother haven't had a good talk for a long, long time.
So when her second brother came to her place last night, she was happy but more surprised.
But she wouldn't say anything to her second brother about it.
She seemed to have closed herself off out of habit. She didn't want her two brothers to worry about her, nor did she want them to worry too much about her.
She seems... to be afraid of bothering others.
She didn't want to be a burden or an encumbrance to others, as if this would always be the case.
But her sister-in-law told her...
You can accept other people's kindness, and you don't have to be afraid of other people's malice.
You should not punish yourself for other people's mistakes.
You have to believe that there will always be someone who loves you in this world.
It's so shocking.
Xie Changning only felt that her mind was filled with these words, but she did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, she felt an unprecedented sense of fullness and relaxation.
Xie Changning pursed her lips into a shallow arc and did not refuse the kindness.
Instead, she picked up the book and thanked Xu Duanyi with a bright smile: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, thank you, thank you!"
For the first time, she wasn't nervous about her stutter.
Instead, he faced Xu Duanyi with the most brilliant smile.
Seeing her sister-in-law smiling and raising her hand again, she knew what she was going to do, but she saw that she was holding it back, as if she wanted to put it down.
She also knew why her sister-in-law did that.
After hesitating for a moment, Xie Changning mustered up his courage for the first time and slowly moved his head towards Xu Duanyi.
Suddenly saw her action.
Xu Duanyi was still unsure of what she was going to do until she saw that she looked a little embarrassed and nervous. Xu Duanyi recalled that she didn't seem to mind before, so she touched her head.
I had a vague guess in my mind.
Xu Duanyi tentatively placed his hand on her hairy head.
Seeing the little girl immediately curled her eyebrows happily, Xu Duanyi's eyes also curled up a little.
I was right.
Bixi and Shiyu in the house saw this scene and started laughing.
This meeting brought Xu Duanyi and Xie Changning closer.
Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Xie Changning took the initiative to suggest to Xu Duanyi: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, why don't you have dinner with us tonight!"
Xu Duanyi knew that she and Ping'an had to eat together every day. Although Ping'an didn't like her very much, Xu Duanyi felt that there was no need to reject the child's suggestion.
There is Changning.
Ping An wouldn't be angry because she went over to eat.
It took a lot of effort for Changning to let down his guard and get close to her, which is good, and she shouldn't be disappointed.
I was just about to nod and say yes.
Then he heard Xie Changning beside him say, "I, I'll turn around and go, go, go and call my second brother as well!"
She naturally has her own little thoughts.
She likes her sister-in-law.
She hopes that her second brother and sister-in-law can live together happily.
But when Xu Duanyi heard this sentence, the words that were about to come out suddenly stopped.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law?"
Without hearing Xu Duanyi's answer, Xie Changning looked up at her.
Xu Duanyi looked at her.
The words she had originally agreed to turned into a gentle refusal: "I am a little tired today, so I won't go. I will bother you later, okay?"
Although Xie Changning felt it was a pity, it was naturally difficult for him to say it was a bad thing.
"After that, I will treat my sister-in-law to dinner again!" She said to Xu Duanyi with a smile.
Xu Duanyi naturally agreed.
It was getting dark outside, and Xu Duanyi didn't want to delay her dinner, so he asked someone to prepare a lantern.
But when Shi Yu went to prepare the lantern.
Xu Duanyi looked at Xie Changning again and asked, "Changning."
Xie Changning responded and asked, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what's wrong?" She looked at Xu Duanyi eagerly, her eyes clear.
But Xu Duanyi remembered the moment of uneasiness and panic she felt when she reached out her hand to her yesterday.
Are you simply afraid of contact with people?
Or did someone really do something to her?
Xu Duanyi didn't know.
She looked at Xie Changning and asked, "Has anyone ever bullied you?"
"W-what?"
Xie Changning seemed not to understand, but Xu Duanyi saw a flash of panic across her face after her brief confusion.
But before Xu Duanyi could ask.
She then hastily said, "No, no."
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