Chapter 153 Peeping
In the Xia family, she was often troubled by her picky stepmother, who made her kneel in the ancestral hall and was not allowed to eat. When she was hungry, she missed this orchard very much and wanted to eat red, sweet and crisp apples, sour and sweet. Oranges and jujubes can replenish blood.
God knows, every time she went hungry, she would regret selling the house.
At that time, she thought, if the house had not been sold, would she not be able to stay in the Xia family anymore, and could she still come to live in the Chu family?
But if you sell it, you sell it. If you sell it, you won't get it back.
Later, Song Huai married Xia Ziying, and even her dowry was taken over by Xia Ziying and the Song family. Only she knew how much she hated Song Huai at that time.
If Song Huai hadn't coaxed her into selling the Chu family's property, how could she have ended up in such an end that she couldn't even keep her dowry.
"I seem to smell the fragrance of apples." Chu Jingqi smelled it carefully, "There are also fragrant pears, um, and jujubes."
"Aqi, I'm so jealous of that nose of yours." Why can you smell everything?
Out of revenge, Xia Zihan reached out and pinched Chu Jingqi's nose. Then before Chu Jingqi made a move, he let go, laughed and ran away.
Chu Jingqi was stunned. The warm touch on the bridge of her nose seemed to still linger on it. It was her breath left by Xia Zihan.
"Don't run, Ayu, wait until I catch you and pinch you back." Chu Jingqi ran after him.
Xia Zihan was frightened and ran as fast as she could. When she reached the orchard, she immediately got into the woods.
In September, there are abundant fruits, and the fruit trees are covered with red apples, yellow oranges, red jujubes, green pears, and amethyst-like grapes.
In the garden filled with rich fruit fragrance, Xia Zihan was panting while running. Later, the two of them used Qinggong. One ran and the other chased, from under the fruit tree to the top of the fruit tree, and then flew down from the top of the fruit tree. Under the fruit tree, the two people were like two naughty elves, flying and playing in the fruit forest, chasing Yan Kai.
What Song Huai saw from a distance was this scene.
In the distance, an elf-like girl was smiling brightly under the tree. Her beaming expression seemed to attract the attention of the whole world, making her the only one in everyone's eyes.
It is a delicate and beautiful peony flower in bud, a shining star, a crystal clear, round and colorful pearl, elegant and pure.
Is that Xia Zihan?
Song Huai was stunned, dumbfounded, and crazy. His heart beat like crazy as Xia Zihan's laughter followed him.
Suddenly, Xia Zihan stopped.
Chu Jingqi rushed over, reached out and pinched her small nose, the corners of her lips curved, "I finally pinched you, let's see where you go, girl."
Chu Jingqi smiled, but found someone's eyes staring at a certain place, "Ayu, what are you looking at?" He followed her gaze and looked over.
Is it Song Huai?
He had met Song Huai and although he had not spoken to him, he knew him.
Chu Jingqi let go of her hand, her smiling expression turned cold, and a stream of cold air slowly emitted.
He hated this person who came uninvited and disturbed him and Ayu's rare childlike play.
"Cousin Huai, you are here." A mechanical smile appeared on Xia Zihan's face, gentle and generous, elegant and calm.
But Song Huai clearly felt that Xia Zihan at this moment was different from when he was playing around before.
It's like an elf with immortality suddenly lost his immortality and became an ordinary elf.
"Well, I heard that you were back, so I came to see you quickly." Song Huai came over, his smile narrowed into a slit, and his eyes were full of her, "Cousin Chu Yu, in the past three years, How are you doing?”
"It's very good." Xia Zihan continued to smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes. There was also a sense of alienation in her expression that you would never notice if you weren't paying attention. "My grandmother takes care of me. I eat well and wear well. Sleep well, look at me, have I grown taller and fatter? ”
She held up the hem of her skirt and spun it twice in front of the two teenagers, as beautiful as a little fairy dancing in front of them.
She almost confused the hearts of two young people again, but fortunately, she only turned around twice before stopping, and they came back to their senses in time.
She looked at Song Huai again, "Cousin Huai, what about you, how are you? I heard that my cousin has been promoted, is it true?"
"Well, I've been transferred to Yinlin Guards as a colleague."
When he mentioned this, Song Huai looked proud, as if the person who was the Yinlin Wei Tongzhi was not his father, but himself.
Yinlin Guard Tongzhi is the third in command of Yinlin Guard. All trivial matters of Yinlin Guard are managed by Tongzhi.
Although this position does not have any real power, apart from the capital commander and deputy capital commander, the Yinlin Guard has the highest position among his father.
After a few more years, maybe his father can be promoted to the commander of the capital, and by then, his father will be the leader of the Silver Lin Guard.
You know, the Yinlin Guards are the emperor's personal guards, and not just anyone can enter.
Of course Song Huai would not say that his father was able to enter the Yinlin Guard because Lu Guifei accidentally mentioned his marriage to Chu Yu in the emperor's ears. She learned that Song Baiqing was Chu Yu's future father-in-law, and Lu Guifei boasted about it for a while. Because of his pillow style, the emperor made an exception and allowed his father to join the Yinlin Guards as a high-ranking official. Xia Zihan didn't see the smug look on his face. She introduced Chu Jingqi to Song Huai, "This is my younger brother Aqi." Then she pointed to Song Huai, "This is Song Huai's cousin." She did not mention that he was Song Huai at all. Words from her fiancé.
After Xia Zihan's introduction, the two of them nodded to each other, and they were officially acquainted.
However, the trace of jealousy flashing deep in Song Huai's eyes completely fell into Xia Zihan's eyes.
Chu Jingqi, the second young master of the Duke An's palace, was a young martial arts idiot, extremely handsome, and it was impossible for Song Huai not to have heard of her.
Although we haven't interacted with each other, we have met a few times.
Every time he saw him, he would be jealous of him, and would secretly wonder in his heart, why is it that the second young man who was born in the Chu family of the first-class noble family is not him, but Chu Jingqi?
He asked God many times.
But no one could give him the answer.
Later, he stopped being jealous.
His birth was destined, so there was no point in being jealous of him, and he couldn't stuff him back into his mother's belly and be reincarnated again.
But today, he was jealous of him again, jealous to death.
Jealous that Chu Jingqi can play with Xia Zihan unscrupulously, jealous that he can make Xia Zihan sweetly call him younger brother, jealous that he can make Xia Zihan put aside the difference between men and women in front of him, and treat him as sister and brother.
"Cousin Huai, you must be kind to brother Aqi in the future. Brother Aqi is my savior."
Seeing that Song Huai looked wrong and there seemed to be a hint of evil in his eyes, Xia Zihan put a big hat of benefactor on Chu Jingqi's head while talking and laughing, so that even though Song Huai envied, jealous and hated Chu Jingqi, he did not dare to be disrespectful. Chu Jingqi.
If you don't respect your benefactor, you are an ungrateful person who repays kindness with revenge.
Song Huai would not dare to cherish feathers so much.
Sure enough, when Song Huai heard that Chu Jingqi was Xia Zihan's benefactor, his face became a little brighter, and he bowed and thanked, "Thank you, Second Young Master Chu, for saving cousin Chu Yu. You will be useful to me in the future. Even so, I will definitely be there." No matter what.”
Chu Jingqi responded calmly, "Okay." There was nothing more to say.
He doesn't like talking to strangers. No matter whether the other person is embarrassed or not, he only cares about his own mood.
The atmosphere fell into an awkward place for a while.
As expected of Song Huai, Song Huai quickly talked about this orchard as if nothing had happened, "Cousin Chu Yu and Second Young Master Chu are here to pick fruits to eat. In the past few years, Butler Lu has been sending fruits to Anyang Marquis every year." Man, I have been looking forward to eating the fruits in this garden for a long time this year. How about asking the servants to bring a basket, and we can pick some back and wash them for my aunt to eat?”
Song Huai didn't seem too cold when he opened his mouth, but Chu Jingqi always had a cold face and an expression of 'I don't want to talk to you'. Song Huai was so angry that he really wanted to kick him.
Xia Zihan smiled and said, "Okay, the fruit has to be picked by one's own hands to be delicious." Then he called for a servant and brought a basket over, "Aqi, you go up and pick it. Cousin Huai and I will pick it up on the ground."
Then he ordered two long-term workers working in the orchard to help carry the baskets beside them.
"Okay." Chu Jingqi smiled, jumped up, and quickly climbed up the nearest apple tree like a monkey. He picked a few of the largest and reddest ones and threw them down.
Xia Zihan and Song Huai took turns following below.
The two of them ran happily and happily. The smile on Xia Zihan's face spread again, and her eyebrows were curved and dazzling. Song Huai, who was nearby, looked fascinated and had stars in his eyes. He looked at Chu Jingqi's apple several times. When it was thrown to him, he forgot to catch it.
I don't know whether it was accidental or intentional, but every time Song Huai showed his wolfish nature and Huahua was in a daze, the apple would hit his head. The pain made him grin and he wanted to curse, but he could only hold back the breath. In my heart, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.
He can't show off that he's not beaten in front of his pretty little fiancée, right?
How embarrassing that is, he is a man, a real man, he cannot act more delicate than a girl.
Chu Jingqi, on the other hand, added fuel to the fire, "Cousin Huai, what's wrong with you? Another big apple was wasted. I always pick the best ones."
After being hit by him, he had to teach him a lesson. The tone in Song Huai's heart was rising and falling. He really wanted to curse, but...
How could he blame others? They were throwing the shots towards him one by one, and they were not very fast. He didn't catch them. How could he blame them?
Look at Xia Zihan, a girl who is younger than him. Every time Chu Jingqi throws it at her, she can catch it steadily without damaging any fruit.
What does this mean? It means that he is absent-minded and that he is not as good as Xia Zihan.
Song Huai thought about this and quickly admitted his mistake, "I was the one who made the mistake, Second Young Master Chu, don't worry, I will catch it well next."
(End of chapter)