After the wrong flirtation, I became the villain's favorite

After Xie Tan left, Song Nihuan couldn't sleep for half the night.

Under the candlelight, the red mark on her neck was particularly obvious. She didn't know how to cover it up. It would be best if she didn't see Xie Yunji for the next few days...

Even if she made things clear with Xie Tan tonight, he probably wouldn't bother her anymore...

With such wild thoughts, she fell into a confused sleep. Her dreams were all of dead people. In a trance, she returned to the day when the house was raided. It had just rained, and the ivy in the yard was washed shiny by the rain. The fish in the pond were frightened and ran under the lotus leaves. Before her father left, he looked at her with eyes that seemed to be hesitant to speak.

She knew that her father wanted her to commit suicide to avoid being sent to the Jiaofangsi and bringing disgrace to the family's reputation.

But she doesn't want to die, she has someone to wait for.

who's that person?

Why didn't he come to her?

Song Nihuan had a headache and a heartache. She couldn't breathe properly and choked up, calling her father and mother. But her father and mother were not moved. Instead, they looked at her coldly and disappointedly, and then left her hand in hand.

"Madam, madam!" An anxious voice beside him called out, "What's wrong with madam? Are you having a nightmare?"

She gasped and suddenly opened her eyes, what came into her sight was the carved bed with a phoenix-peony top. The sky was already bright, but the thick clouds blocked the sun, and at first glance it seemed as dim as evening.

The maid Xiangling brought a wet towel to clean her face and hands, and brought a cup of warm water to serve her, "Madam, is everything okay?"

Song Nihuan nodded blankly, "I'm fine, just had some dreams."

She was still immersed in the scenes in her dream. She hadn't dreamed of her parents for many years, and it seemed that she deliberately didn't want to recall the scene of the house search that night.

Seeing that she woke up, the people in the room started to get busy, helping her to do her hair, put on her hairpins, put the elegant and simple brocade on her body, and then pushed her in front of the mirror to look at herself.

Song Nihuan woke up as if from a dream, and used her long hair draped around her waist to cover the red marks on the side of her neck, "Bring me a shirt with a stand-up collar."

The maids were puzzled. Why did they still have to stand up their collars when the weather was getting hotter?

But he still changed into a sky blue stand-up collar shirt as Song Nihuan requested.

Xiangling said, "Today is my wife's birthday. The eldest master specially booked a banquet at Fanlou and said he would go there after my wife wakes up."

birthday?

She really didn't know what birthday it was today, and she had forgotten many things in the past.

Today should be the real Jiang Yao’s birthday.

Xie Yunji is really thoughtful.

Perhaps it was because of the stand-up collar she was wearing, or maybe it was because summer was approaching and the weather was hot and humid, Song Nihuan felt that the air was so stuffy that it seemed like water was about to drip out.

The maids also felt hot. Seeing beads of sweat on the fair face of the maid, Xiangling hurriedly ordered a maid to get a fan.

As a Hanlin, Xie Yunji is currently in mourning. However, since it was his stepmother who passed away, he does not have to stay in the mansion completely. He just does not have to be on duty in front of the emperor. If the Hanlin Academy has anything to ask him, he still has to go.

Song Nihuan looked at the sky. It was stuffy and hot in the house. She thought she might as well go to Fanlou and wait for Xie Yunji before the rain came.

She ordered: "Send someone to the gate of the Hanlin Academy to tell Mr. Lang..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden thunder explosion in their ears, startling everyone. Then there were the sounds of frantic dog barking, chickens crowing and horses neighing, making it very lively.

I think the thunder just now was really scary and frightened the animals.

Fearing that it was going to rain, or even a heavy rain, she hurriedly said, "Let's go, let's go to Fanlou and wait for the young master first."

She was a frequent visitor to entertainment venues, so she naturally knew how difficult it was to book a private seat in a place like Fanlou. Xie Yunji must have reserved the seat long in advance, so how could she let him down because of the weather?

After she finished speaking, she was about to lift her skirt, push open the door and leave, when she saw a strange red light in the sky not far away. Then the sky suddenly darkened, as if night was about to fall, and there was a loud earthquake under her feet!

Song Nihuan didn't react and stood still in front of the door. Some maidservant shouted, "The earth is shaking! The earth is shaking!"

Before she could finish her words, the ground beneath her feet seemed to come alive, making a horrible rumbling sound. She couldn't even run yet because she couldn't stand still. She was swayed from side to side, and everything in front of her eyes was doubled.

The maids ran out crying and shouting. If they couldn't stand up, they crawled away, almost running away with their heads in their hands.

Xiangling came to pull Song Nihuan in panic, and Molan, who was serving in the yard, ran towards her with a pale face, but the earthquake became more violent, shaking the three of them in three directions.

Everyone was in chaos and no one cared about anyone else. Those who could run ran, those who couldn't run found a place to hide, and some simply fainted from fright.

The rain suddenly became very heavy, with occasional thunder. Song Nihuan crawled on the ground, her black hair and clothes were soaked, and her whole body was cold. She looked palely at the crumbling beams above her head and could only leave everything to fate.

Not far away, a pair of thin hands were holding onto the pillar tightly, and they were struggling to stagger towards Song Nihuan.

Xie Tan's clothes were torn at some point, and blood oozed from his forehead, but he was completely unaware. When he looked around, he finally saw that slender figure, as if a ray of light shone into his heart.

The next moment, the crumbling beams of the house fell down with a loud bang. He rushed over and pushed her away, and the two of them rolled into the dust at the bottom of the stairs.

The earthquake finally subsided, and all that was seen were broken walls and ruins. People looked at the scene in front of them in confusion, a scene that would never appear in their nightmares.

The building of Xie Mansion was quite solid, but several walls collapsed. There were people who were crushed to death under the walls because they could not escape. Screams and wails were heard everywhere.

Xie Tan calmed himself down and checked to see if Song Nihuan was injured. He then stood up and walked to a high platform and shouted, "Is there anyone who can still move? Those who can still move, go and gather the injured in the mansion together so that they can be treated. The rest of you go and lock the gate to prevent refugees from coming in during the chaos. And those of you over there, follow me to the courtyard of the master and the mistress. The rest of you, take stock of the damage in the mansion."

After all, Xie Tan was the son of the Xie family and the master. At this time, he stood up and gave calm commands, and the servants present were no longer as panicked as before.

Yes, I have a backbone.

"Thank you." Song Nihuan raised her eyes and said, keeping a distance from him in silence, "Second Master, go and do your work. I'll go back first."

She had already made up her mind to draw a line between herself and him. Although he had also made up his mind last night not to bother her anymore, looking at her like this at this moment, Xie Tan felt that the rain falling from the sky was not as cold as her heart!

She didn't care that he was injured, and she didn't care that he rushed from the remote Tanyuan to Fulanyuan to find her when the earthquake was so violent.

Xie Tan's face turned pale, he gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Do you hate me so much? You only care about Xie Yunji..."

Just as he finished speaking, the ground beneath his feet shook again. A thunderclap struck straight down, and a dazzling white light appeared in the sky. In an instant, screams and cries were heard everywhere.

Song Nihuan was completely frightened by the earthquake just now, and she actually threw herself into the arms of Xie Tan beside her and hugged his waist tightly.

Xie Tan was stunned. He looked down at the person who had snuggled into his arms. His mind went blank and the resolution he had made with great difficulty collapsed in an instant.

Fortunately, the earthquake only lasted for a moment and then everything returned to normal.

He looked at the person in his arms. Just the outline of her lowered head was extremely graceful and moving. Her neck was slender and her thin body was trembling slightly.

Many years ago, she was also so timid, afraid even of insects, and would run into his arms when she encountered danger.

He patted her clumsily, "Don't be afraid, it's okay."