Life is as short as a spring dream

There are thousands of willows hanging outside the building

After a light sleep all night, at dawn, Hua Manzhu heard noises in the courtyard, was shocked, turned over and opened the door.

With a "squeak", Ou Ying who was walking into her room stopped.Li Wangpin followed not far behind her, glanced at Hua Manzhu, and shook his head slightly at him.

Hua Manzhu regained his composure, "Yingying, you..."

"I'll bid farewell to Mrs. Yan in a while." Ou Ying said with her back to Hua Manzhu.

Hua Manzhu stepped out of the door, "Yingying, I... I'm really sorry, but I don't want to keep it from you."

Ou Ying turned around, crying for an unknown amount of time, her eyes were red, not as bright and charming as before, and she was as pale as paper against the backdrop of the pink cloud-like peach blossoms in the yard.

"Huamanzhu." Ouying said with a blank face, "I know, I've been pestering you all this time, so I can't blame you for being like this. But, I also have a heart, and it hurts me a lot. Your heart is all about you." Senior Brother, you shouldn’t be secretive and refuse to tell me clearly. You are men, whether you are afraid of being gossiped or squeezed out, no matter what, you shouldn’t hide it from me.”

"..." Hua Manzhu lowered his head.

"I used to listen to operas, and I always didn't understand why a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman would be heartbroken because of love." Ou Ying smiled bitterly, "Uncle said that I was too young. Now, I suddenly understand that it's okay if the sky is jealous and affectionate. Heartbroken, that person clearly knows it, but just keeps silent watching you torment. Hua Manzhu, you love your senior brother, you get sick and suffer because of him, you know what it's like to be in love, but have you ever thought about it, One day I found out the truth, it turned out that what I had asked for for three years was paid by mistake, how could my heart hurt?"

"I'm sorry..." Hua Manzhu clenched his fists.

"No, I don't want to forgive you," Ouying continued, "I'm leaving. I shouldn't have come."

Ou Ying walked into the room quickly and closed the door.

Li Wangpin stood for a long while before moving to Hua Manzhu's side.

"Xiaozhu," his voice was inexplicably hoarse, "I want to go with Yingying. I don't worry about her alone."

Hua Manzhu hummed.

"You follow her." Hua Manzhu and Li Wangpin looked back, and Ren Pingsheng leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed, standing there for an unknown how long.

Li Wangpin was a little embarrassed.He has always run after Ren Pingsheng, and there has never been a situation where he ran to find someone else when Ren Pingsheng was around.

"Take care of her if you feel distressed." Ren Pingsheng didn't say anything else.

"...Hmm." Li Wangpin blushed, and finally packed his luggage.

Hua Manzhu and Ren Pingsheng looked at each other again, after a while, Ren Pingsheng sighed, "Okay, clean up, we should go out."

"go out?"

"Ouying has already left, how can we have an excuse to live here?"

"Then, Yan..." Hua Manzhu closed his voice, then changed his tone, "What about that matter?"

Ren Pingsheng smiled slightly, "Don't worry, this time, he will come to the door by himself."

Huamanzhu didn't know what it meant, and Ren Pingsheng didn't want to say any more.The two tidied up briefly, thinking that Ou Ying would say goodbye in person, and it would be inconvenient for him to show up again, so Hua Manzhu sent someone to send a farewell letter to Madam Yan.Ren Pingsheng calculated the time when the food deliverers in the market would enter the mansion, and when he came, he slipped out disguised as a vegetable vendor and met Hua Manzhu in the east of the city.

In the bustling Yangzhou, there is still a place where the poor gather, which is Yanluo Changxiang in the east of the city.Yanluo Long Lane is actually a long and narrow street. It used to be a place where people who moved from other places lived together, which means "nostalgia for wild goose falling".These foreigners did not succeed in their ambitions in Yangzhou, and as generations of poverty continued, this area became a slum.Ren Pingsheng had inquired about the situation in Yangzhou City earlier, and he knew that Yanluo Changxiang was the most chaotic and miscellaneous place in Yangzhou, and the government almost never set foot there.When Ren Pingsheng first came to Yangzhou, he wanted to hide his tracks completely, so he settled down in an empty house here, and the news of those vegetable vendors was also obtained by accident in the alley.

The alley was extremely long, and Hua Manzhu followed Ren Pingsheng for a long time before arriving at the place.Ren Pingsheng asked Hua Manzhu to rest for a while, but he turned around and left immediately.

He was going to see where Ouying had gone.This girl is also stubborn, when she left Yan's mansion, Li Wangpin didn't want to beat her, scold her or insist on following her all the time, so she simply ignored her and just found a hotel to stay in, like Li Wangpin was a transparent person.

Sure enough, Ou Ying did not leave Yangzhou immediately.Judging from the reaction of the Yan Mansion, Yu Qingxian should have the same calculation as Ren Pingsheng, waiting for Yan Pinyu to find him.Ren Pingsheng returned to Yanluo Lane, and also told Hua Manzhu about Ou Ying's whereabouts, so as not to worry him.

For several days, there was no movement from Ouying, nor did Ren Pingsheng.On the fifth day, the waiter at the inn that Ren Pingsheng had managed finally sent a message that someone from Yan's residence had been to the inn.

Ren Pingsheng pondered for a while, and went to see for himself. The person who went to the inn should be someone from Yan Pinyu, who just quietly inquired about Ou Ying's situation and left without saying anything.

Ren Pingsheng was a little puzzled, if his guess was right, Yan Pinyu shouldn't be so calm.Just thinking about it, Yan Pinyu actually appeared in the inn at night.

He just had dinner in the hotel lobby.However, going all the way to eat in an ordinary inn, the ulterior motives are too obvious, the boss has been serving him tremblingly, I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse.

He ate his meal very slowly, and Yan Pinyu finally put down his chopsticks until Ou Ying and Li Wangpin went downstairs.

Ren Pingsheng and Hua Manzhu were hiding in a small treasure chest at the corner right now, so they could clearly see what was going on in the lobby.Ou Ying was very surprised to see Yan Pinyu appearing, but she still stepped forward to say hello politely.

Yan Pinyu didn't hide it at all: "Girl, please sit down, I still have some questions to ask you."

Li Wangpin had been silent behind Ouying, but now he was annoyed, and stepped forward a few steps, not polite to Yanpin: "We have already left Yan's mansion, and we have nothing to say to the general. Yingying, Let's go out to eat."

Ou Ying didn't think Yan Pin's language was very strange, so she nodded and wanted to go out with Li Wangpin.

"Miss Ouying, wait a minute." Yan Pinyu looked straight ahead, "I just want to ask, Du Yu, who are you?"

Ou Ying suddenly turned around.

After a while, Ou Ying stared at Yan Pinyu and said, "Who is Du Yu?"

Yan Pinyu chuckled lightly: "Girl, why hide it, your thoughts are written on your face."

Ouying was a little angry, but no matter how clever she was, she couldn't hide her skills from Yan Pinyu.

"To be honest, Du Yu and I used to be old friends. I have been looking for him for many years. You look very similar to him."

Ou Ying's mind turned, and she also put away the politeness to the elders: "You said that you were an old friend, which means that you will not make friends later. Since he refused to find you, you must have done something to sorry him .”

Hearing this, Yan Pinyu suddenly glanced sharply at Ou Ying.Although he usually has no expression on his face, he has never been vicious at any rate, but his expression at this time is really quite scary.

Ou Ying shrank back almost invisible, but pulled herself together and sneered, "What is the general trying to scare me for? Could it be that he poked your sore spot?" Although she was a little scared, now she knew that this person might be her uncle's enemy , Ou Ying can't lose his momentum no matter what.

What's more, Li Wangpin is still there.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Li Wangpin.

Li Wangpong focused all his attention on Ou Ying, just now he saw her shrinking slightly, he was already anxious, although he didn't know the meaning of this look at this moment, but he was very moved, and hurried to Ou Ying's side, blocking in front of her.

Seeing that he immediately stood in front of her like a calf, Ou Ying wanted to laugh.

Yan Pinyu didn't care when he saw that the two of them looked like they were facing an enemy.He withdrew his gaze, stood up with his hands behind his back, and said lightly, "I don't want to fight with you two children. I just want to know where Du Yu is."

"No comment." Ouying replied without thinking.Just a joke, not many people in Jianghu know who the owner of Yunshui is. As Du Yu's family, how could she betray him.

Yan Pinyu's face is getting colder and colder.Seeing this, the lieutenant behind him wanted to go forward to capture Ou Ying, but Li Wangpin swept him away with his long legs.Although the lieutenant general was young, his skills were very seasoned, he turned around and jumped towards Ou Ying again.Li Wangpong quickly blocked it with his fist, and the two of them fought fiercely for a while, almost no one in the lobby dared to stay by the side, only the shop owner either left or stayed, and shrank behind the counter without daring to show his head.

But Li Wangpin came from a family of martial arts, although he was not as flexible as Yan's lieutenant, but after a few rounds, his strength and endurance showed advantages, and he quickly gained the upper hand.The deputy general didn't panic, knowing that Li Wangpin was stronger than him, he still went head-on, but in the end he was defeated, Li Wangpin punched him back with a strong punch.He wanted to go up again, Yan Pinyu waved him back.

"Du Yu," Yan Pinyu stepped forward, facing Ou Ying, "where is it?"

Li Wangpin was furious: "Why should the general force you too much!"

"Presumptuous!" the injured lieutenant yelled while clutching his chest.

Li Wangpin couldn't bear it anymore, he just wanted to rush over and take Ouying away.

Yan Pinyu finally made a move.

At first he just blocked Li Wangpin's attack, after a few strokes, he seemed impatient, he stretched out his right index finger and middle finger quickly, clamped Li Wangpin's wrist and twisted it back.This blow was so powerful that Li Wangpin hurriedly withdrew his fist and narrowly dodged it.

"I didn't intend to hurt her," Yan Pinyu said coldly, "but if you keep messing around, don't blame me for actually doing it."

Li Wangpin was anxious and angry, Yan Pinyu stood between him and Ou Ying, but he was helpless, that feeling was terrible.

"Say." Yan Pinyu uttered another word to Ou Ying.

Ou Ying snorted coldly.

Yan Pinyu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and wanted to slap Ou Ying with his palm.

Hua Manzhu was so startled that he wanted to jump up, but was held down by Ren Pingsheng.

Hearing the sound of "咻", a small branch came through the air, and quickly moved towards Yan Pinyu's palm.Yan Pinyu quickly withdrew his hand, and the branch moved forward with strength, nailing it into a pillar in the lobby.

Yan Pinyu stared at the trembling twig, his eyes were a little dazed.

He is too familiar with this method.

But Ouying was overjoyed, looked around and shouted, "Uncle!"

Huamanzhu's stiff body softened, almost paralyzed on the chair.Looking at Ren Pingsheng, although he had an expected expression, he could also see that he was relieved.Hua Manzhu thought to himself, how many things does his senior brother not want to tell himself?