linked to the collar

On the night after Bai Ye left, Xiao Ran didn't go back to eat, but stayed in Deyilou before returning home very late.

The next day, the weather was fine, and the warm spring breeze was soothing. Xiao Ran didn't ask Shi Er to prepare the sedan chair, and went out a little early on purpose, saying that he was going for a walk to the study. Together with breakfast, he randomly found a bean curd stall on the street. have eaten.

Xiao Ran didn't know what mood he was in now, he just didn't want to meet He Ruhui face to face.If it was possible to pretend that the world was peaceful in the past, if Bai Ye was here, he could hide behind him and not think too much... But when Bai Ye was away, he admitted that he dared not face He Ruhui, let alone He Ruhui. Dare to face her big belly.

This woman was expecting to give birth to her and Bai Ye's flesh and blood, waiting for the early return of her husband from a long journey. She must also hope that Bai Ye could return home before she gave birth to the child, right?She must also be eagerly looking forward to the baby's birth, right?

But... I will be the murderer who destroys her life, her husband and even her children, everything about her will be torn to pieces because of me.

Xiao Ran felt that he could not face the innocent He Ruhui, so he would rather choose to go out early and return late, and wait for Bai Ye to come back.

After breakfast, he went to the study and opened a shop, and the day passed by in the blink of an eye. When Xiao Ran finally remembered to go home, the sun had already set.

Shi Er sent shopkeeper Liu away, closed the door for Xiao Ran again, and asked, "Master, should we go back to eat today, or eat something outside? I heard that there is a new vegetarian restaurant on Zhengsan Street, which is very good." , why don't you treat me to a meal?"

Shi Er didn't know what was going on in Xiao Ran's mind, but he saw Xiao Ran not coming home for dinner for two consecutive days.Xiao Ran is a person with a relatively regular life. He gets up early and goes to the study after eating, and then goes home after a busy day in the study.

Perhaps because of the second master, Xiao Ran hardly even had any entertainment among friends, most of them were just those literati and scholars who came to the store to sit and chat, and then they would leave after a while, so eating out like this for two days in a row was nothing but It means that the third master doesn't want to go back recently.

Shi Er is still a clever person, although he doesn't know the cause and effect, but after a few scrutiny, he understands a thing or two, so seeing Xiao Ran standing at the door of the study with a dazed look, he took the initiative to speak, and when he saw Xiao Ran hearing the words, he laughed, kind of He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Okay, it's rare for Shi Er to speak, if Xiao Ran refuses to agree, he will seem a bit petty."

"Then let's go. I heard that the business is very good. If you go there too late, there will be no seats... Hey, if I knew it, I would ask someone to book a seat in the afternoon. Third master, you like to sit by the window Yes, I don’t know if I still have to go now.”

When the two returned to the White Mansion, they walked into the gate and bypassed the screen wall. They saw Director Liu standing at the entrance of the hall, and immediately went up to meet Xiao Ran. "Third Master, why are you back so late? We're worried!"

"Oh, Shi Er and I had dinner outside, and I didn't get someone to come back to inform me that it was because I didn't think carefully, which made you worry."

Manager Liu shook his head, took a step forward, and whispered in Xiao Ran's ear: "Actually, you have Shi Er following you, and this is the territory of the Xuantian Clan, so we won't be too worried about what happens to you, the main reason is... He pointed to the closed wooden door of the hall. "For some reason today, Madam insisted on waiting here for your return..."

He Ruhui, looking for him?

Hearing this, Xiao Ran's heart trembled inexplicably, and he blinked before forcing a smile and said: "Perhaps you have something to discuss with me, I'll go in and have a look."

While talking, he was about to push the door, and Director Liu immediately grabbed his sleeves.

"Hey Third Master, please be careful yourself. I always feel that Madam's attitude is a bit unkind."

"...How could it be, Ruhui might... Forget it, I'll go in and have a look first." After finishing speaking, she lowered her head and calmed down quietly, took a breath and pushed the door open.

In the hall, He Ruhui was sitting on the main seat that Bai Ye could only take on weekdays, accompanied by two pretty maidservants, He Ruhui's gorgeous face was blown by the wind outside the door and the candles were flickering. At this moment, it looks a little hideous.

With a glance at it, Xiao Ran almost thought that what he had entered was not the hall but the mountain temple on the back mountain when he was a child. Inside, there were dark-faced gods with vicious eyes high above, and guardians who were also not so friendly... ...The two stone statues, also known as good men and faithful women, feel panic every time they see them, Xiao Ran is distracted and thinks, maybe his reluctance to believe in ghosts and gods is caused by seeing such fearful gods since he was a child?

"Xiao Ran, are you back?"

"Ruhui, what are you waiting for when I come back?" Xiao Ran walked to a chair beside him and sat down, took the warm tea from the servants and put it on the small table, looking up at He Ruhui. "Is there anything you need to buy? If so, just tell Manager Liu directly."

"Oh, Bai Ye is my husband-in-law, and the White House is my home. Xiao Ran, if I want to add something to my home, I don't know what to do?"

"...That's right, I forgot that."

Xiao Ran smiled, took two sips of the tea cup, He Ruhui didn't seem to be ready to tell her real intention of waiting for Xiao Ran immediately, so she also picked up the tea cup on one side and held it in her hand silently.

Seeing that his cup of tea was almost cold, Xiao Ran got up and said, "Ruhui, it's getting late, if you have nothing to do, why don't you go back and rest early? You are pregnant now and need to take care of yourself."

He Ruhui didn't bother him, and stared at the lid of the tea bowl for a long time before opening her mouth. "Xiao Ran, it's really surprising that you are such a scholar, you can get so close to my husband..."

"This..." Xiao Ran was thinking about how to reply, when He Ruhui waved his hand.

"You... do you know that Xianggong is outside, is there someone else?"

Startled, Xiao Ran looked up at He Ruhui. "W-how did you think of this?"

"Why? What's so surprising about this? My husband is a man, and a man will have needs... I haven't been with him all year round, and now I'm pregnant again. If my husband has any needs, I naturally need to find a place to solve them. There is a fixed It's better to be with people than to go to those messy places, at least it won't be unclean, Xiao Ran, don't you think so?... Ah, I forgot, you wouldn't understand these things, otherwise you wouldn't have Qionghua gone so You haven't continued for many years. Speaking of which, Xiao Ran, you are really infatuated with Qionghua."

Xiao Ran rolled his eyes away.

Infatuated... How can he bear these four words?Qionghua still has an unshakable and special position in his heart, but... his current love is given to Bai Ye, if he goes down to Huangquan now, he will have no face to face Qionghua.

"If you ask me that, don't you care a little bit? If Bai Ye really... really has someone else outside..."

"What do you mind? Heh, I'm Bai Ye's regular wife, and my position is here. Xiao Ran, no matter how Bai Ye plays outside, he still has to come back, doesn't he?" He Ruhui smiled and put the teacup away. Going back to the small table, playing with the jade ring in his hand. "Men, it's a common problem for men to be happy about the new and dislike the old, but they have to go home. He will be my man and my husband-in-law for the rest of his life, and that's enough. Xiao Ran, my father is a rich man, a young dancer, what? Haven't you ever played? Playthings and the like will get boring one day, but a family will never break up, just like my mother, who will always be the wife of the He family...Xiao Ran, do you understand what I mean? ?”

Xiao Ran looked at He Ruhui, seeing her flickering eyes... Xiao Ran suddenly wanted to ask He Ruhui, why did he suddenly tell him this?Did she...know something?

He Ruhui didn't seem to see Xiao Ran's uneasiness, so he said to himself: "My husband is handsome and has a family background, I know that there are many people who want to get rich or stable through him, huh, let's talk about it Xiao Ran, I'm afraid you don't know it. When Kangcheng was built, there was a young man who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and came to our house to show off his might with a few nights of kindness related to him. He was thrown out of the door by the husband... People Hey, self-knowledge is the most important thing, don’t think that you will be able to enter the world after a few times of sex, and things that don’t make it to the top will be lowly stuff for the rest of your life.”

Xiao Ran sat quietly without making a sound, he already saw that what He Ruhui wanted now was not his answer, but what she wanted to tell him.

"There are some things I can't say. My husband would have wronged me if I had been jealous in the past. Xiao Ran, you and my husband often go in and out together, and you help me persuade him. I don't object to his three wives. Concubine, but don't just pick and choose, everyone will be pulled on the bed, which will lose your status."