linked to the collar

Xiao Ran stood at the head of the bridge and looked at the tall buildings and the setting sun in the distance.

Compared with the rising sun, Xiao Ran seems to prefer this kind of sunset with twilight in the eyes of ordinary people.

Because under the afterglow of the setting sun, it was when he saw Qionghua for the first time.

He thought he would love Qionghua for the rest of his life, and even be together in the next life.

But Qionghua has only passed away for two years, and he already has someone else in his heart.

It turned out to be a brother-in-law of the same gender as him.

Xiao Ran thought, he didn't dare to look at his own reflection in the water, it was so filthy and disgusting.

He sighed softly, tightened the calligraphy and painting in his arms, and was about to walk down the bridge. At this moment, several young men passed him laughing and laughing. One of them accidentally bumped into Xiao Ran's arm and pulled him into his arms All the calligraphy and paintings were turned over on the ground.

"Ah, I'm really sorry, I'm here to help you pick it up!" Xiao Ran heard the boy's voice was very sweet, so crisp, and each suffix had a little upswing, like a casual temptation, looking up, it was a harmonious voice Match pretty boy.The clothes are also rich and noble, the face is covered with white powder, which makes the skin fairer, the lips are curved, and the top of the head is dotted with rouge, alluring as if inviting someone to taste it.The boy stood in front of li xuan like this, and he compared all the big girls next to him.

Xiao Ran hurriedly lowered his head, and while taking the calligraphy and painting handed over by the boy and his companion, he thanked him softly.

There is a faint fragrance on this beautiful boy, with a bit of sweetness, Xiao Ran is puzzled, how can there be such a smell on a man's body... No matter how it smells, it's not very serious?

The last set of scrolls was at Xiao Ran's feet, just as Xiao Ran bent down to pick it up, a pair of tender white hands stretched out and covered his hands.

When the strange sweet fragrance hit, Xiao Ran was startled suddenly, and subconsciously threw it away.

"Ah..." It turned out to be the boy, perhaps because Xiao Ran's movements were a little bigger, which not only frightened him a bit, but also caused the back of his hand to be thrown by Xiao Ran, turning red.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I..." Xiao Ran was also frightened by his own reaction, blushing and bent over to apologize.

"Hee hee, don't be too polite, young master, it was Canxing who bumped into young master first." Seeing that Xiao Ran blushed so easily, Canxing covered her lips with her blushed hand and giggled. His eyes are as bright as stars. "Are these words written by the young master?"

He was referring to a pair of words that had just fallen to the ground and unfolded.

Xiao Ran nodded, not daring to raise his eyes yet.

"My lord is good at calligraphy, can these calligraphy and paintings be sold to Canxing?"

What?Xiao Ran raised his head in a daze, and was facing Shang Canxing's smiling eyes, which still had water vapor faintly, like the rippling blue water of a lake in March.Xiao Ran blushed, and hurriedly lowered his head again. "If the young master wants it, I will give you some pictures."

"How embarrassing, what's more, valuable things are even more rare." Canxing is young, but he has his own opinions.As soon as he said this, several well-dressed boys behind him also coaxed together, Canxing has already taken out the money bag here, and Xiao Ran is also embarrassed to accept the money, these are just when he is alone and bored It's a recreational work, if you take the money, it will feel a little cheating.

"Sir, what are you doing?" Zhang Ting's voice suddenly appeared when he was pushing back and forth, and he rushed to the middle of several people with an ugly expression. "Why, what's the matter?"

Seeing Zhang Ting, Canxing pouted. "My son and I are negotiating the price of these calligraphy and paintings. What is this young master guarding against?"

"Mr.'s calligraphy and paintings are never for sale." Zhang Ting pulled Xiao Ran behind him, and said loudly: "If you want to buy calligraphy and painting, you can go to the market to buy them. There are many masters who are willing to sell at high prices. Why bother to drag my husband around?" Wrap around here."

Seeing Zhang Ting's fierce face, Canxing also sank. "It's my business that I like this young master's calligraphy and painting. Who are you, and you want to stand up for him like this? Young master is such a big man, are you still afraid that someone will eat me?"

"It's fine if it's someone else, but it's really hard to say how proud you are!" Zhang Ting snorted coldly, with contempt in his eyes.

Xiao Ran was also surprised when he heard Deyilou.

He knows about Deyilou, the largest gold-selling cave in Wuzhou City, and the gentle township that men like most.There are fine wines and delicacies from all over the country, as well as all kinds of rare treasures, but the most admirable ones are the beauties in Deyilou.

There are young men, there are prostitutes, there are entertainers, and there are those who are willing to sell everything.

Just now, Xiao Ran only thought that these children were so beautiful and attractive that they were deliberate and unscrupulous, but he didn't know that Canxing and the others belonged to Deyilou.

Canxing's sneer was heard in his ear. "The young master of the Zhang family is also the master who doesn't recognize anyone when he goes out. Why didn't you see the young master so noble when he was buying medicine?"

medicine?what medicine?

Xiao Ran didn't think about it, but felt that it was meaningless for them to argue on the bridge, so he pulled Zhang Ting to smile at Canxing. "Young master misunderstood. Hanwen is my student. I guess I was impulsive just now because I thought I had a dispute with you. Please forgive me. If you like Ziwen's paintings, you can take a copy of it .If the young master insists on giving money, then just give him a few pennies."

Hearing this, Canxing glared at Zhang Ting, and then smiled at Xiao Ran again: "Young master, with his good temper, how can there be such a student as the young master of the Zhang family. Alright, I will listen to you, son, fifteen cents One piece, young master don't want to evade any more."

He moved so quickly that he drew two pictures, took out thirty cents from the purse and handed it to Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran had no choice but to accept it with an apology.

Canxing seemed to be in a good mood, and before leaving, she still smiled seductively at Xiao Ran. "Young Master, if you have a chance to come to Deyilou in the future, Canxing must treat you well!"

As soon as those people walked away, Zhang Ting couldn't bear it and said in a deep voice: "Sir, the kind of people in Deyilou, sir, don't get too close, they are not worthy of being on the stage and worth dating."

Xiao Ran responded a few times.Deyilou and him, Xiao Ran, belong to two worlds. If it wasn't for the boy named Canxing bumping into him today, maybe they would never have any intersection in their lifetime, so how could they be close?

He really wanted to ask Zhang Ting what the medicine Canxing was talking about just now.As soon as Canxing said it, he subconsciously remembered what was in the wine that night.

But in the end, there was no question.

Maybe it's just that I was thinking too much, Xiao Ran shook his head.

In a blink of an eye, Spring Festival.

Bai Ye spent New Year's Eve at He's house, and his daughter-in-law He Ruhui didn't expect to leave since the last time he went there.

That night He Ruhui made love as usual, Bai Ye pushed away the woman who was soft on him, his expression was as cold as ever.

"I've been on my way for a few days, and I'm not interested."

He Ruhui bit her plump lower lip, and went to bed by herself.

Bai Ye did drive for a few days, but he was all in his exquisite carriage. If he really wanted to say he was tired, he was also tired from the sleepless driver.

But He Ruhui actually didn't know Bai Ye - apart from knowing that he was the second young master of Xuantianmen and that he was famous in Jianghu, what else did the He family know?

Maybe they don't know as much about their hobbies as the nerds.

But what does it matter?All the He family wanted was a prominent son-in-law who would give them face. Their own request was simpler, but it was a young lady of the He family who could make their mother rest in peace.

He never wanted to get too involved with this family, and even ignored their explicit hints that He Ruhui would give birth to his heir as soon as possible.

The time he spends with He Ruhui... Maybe counting it now, he hasn't spent as much time with the bookworm.

Thinking of the bookworm, thinking of his kiss that night, on his chin, soft lips, the bookworm was still trembling at that time.

I don't know if it's emotion or heart.

Bai Ye left the He family the next day and returned to Xuantianmen.

The carriage stopped at the back door, and he walked directly from the backyard back to his own yard. He had just changed his clothes when someone came to deliver a message. "Second young master, my uncle invites you to go over, he is waiting for you in the study."

"...Understood, you go down." After a while, I heard Bai Ye's answer.

The servant closed the wooden door, turned around and ran away. He swore that he saw the stiffness on the second young master's face just now. As expected, it was true that the old master and the second young master had a private quarrel. He had to tell others as soon as possible!

When Bai Ye walked to the tall building, the two guards guarding the door bowed slightly to him. "Second young master, the uncle and several stewards of the branch hall are inside."

The implication is, Second Young Master, you can't go in now?

Bai Ye snorted coldly, did they think he was happy?

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, a mellow male voice sounded from inside the door. "Is the second brother here? Come in."

A guard immediately opened half of the door upon hearing this. "Second young master, please."

Bai Ye walked in, walked around the screen, and saw a man in Tsing Yi sitting behind a huge desk. He looked handsome, but his expression was serious. No matter how he looked at it, he didn't feel close to him.There were several men of different ages standing beside the desk. When they saw Bai Ye, they all bowed to him.

"The second young master is back."

Bai Ye ignored them, did not look at the man in Tsing Yi, and directly found a chair and sat down.

The man in Tsing Yi didn't seem to notice him either, he ordered a few more words to the standing stewards and told them to back down, and also told the guards at the door to stay away.

Hearing that there was no third person around besides the two, the man in Tsing Yi immediately stood up, walked around the desk, rushed to Bai Ye, and stretched out his arms to hug Bai Ye, but it was a pity that Bai Ye seemed to know what he was thinking. , and sat on the chair on the other side.

"Second brother, you haven't come back for so long, let elder brother see you quickly..." The man in Tsing Yi is Bai Ye's elder brother, the current sect master of Xuantian Sect, Bai Zhengqing.But this will not be the calm atmosphere just now, with grievances around Bai Ye's eyes. "Look at you, you're dark again, and you've lost weight. Didn't Yuxi take good care of you? I'll just say that a servant is not enough, my second brother..."

"Don't talk nonsense, the three urgently urged me to come back, what's the matter?" Bai Ye put his foot on Bai Zhengqing's body that was hugging him, ignoring the deformed face that was still twisting and trying to get close to him, Gu Zi asked coldly.

"It's Chinese New Year, I haven't seen you for a year, can I not worry about you? You always send back just a few words, you don't know how much I miss you, brother..."

There are only him and Bai Ye in this generation of the Bai family. He is six years older than Bai Ye. He watched Bai Ye grow up from a crying little doll with a chubby face who would drool when poked, to what he is today. This cold-spoken and arrogant personality is a peerless master.

In Bai Zhengqing's words, no matter what, the second brother is a unique brother in my eyes.

So no matter how cruel this younger brother is, how ignorant of his intentions and how unwilling to give him a smiling face...he is his only younger brother!

Thinking of this, Bai Zhengqing became more and more sad when he looked at his dear brother who was close at hand but was unwilling to let himself get closer.

"Three expedited orders are just for me to come back for the New Year?" Bai Ye slammed them coldly, which made Big Brother Bai's heart tremble. "There are a lot of things recently, please don't do such boring things in the future."

"Is Chinese New Year a trivial matter? What's the big deal?" Brother Bai was so wronged that he was almost angry. "Isn't it just that some gang has died and a few people have quarreled again? It's their business if they want to make a fuss, how can it affect your going home for the New Year!"

"The Black Dragon Fort is about to lose control of the north, and the Fire Wind Village is about to be wiped out for a treasure map." Bai Ye reported two major issues to be resolved in the near future.

"If Black Dragon Fort is about to die, we will replace it with the Kamikaze Gang. There is no shortage of gangs in the north who can sit in town; Huofengzhai was destroyed because of the treasure map, and if the map is destroyed, it will be gone." Brother Bai answered quickly, frowning and thinking for a while. They don't give alms.

"The third daughter of the Tang family was betrothed to Mr. Qingfeng, but she eloped with the young master of the Shahe gang. Now the grandpa of the Tang family is furious and wants to arrest the two younger ones." Bai Zhengqing was close, and the two of them met more than a dozen palms in an instant, and the shadows of their palms fluttered like two flying jade butterflies.

"Why would you want you to arrest people? The old man is not afraid that his remaining granddaughters will also be abducted by you? Elope for something, just say that I married those two children, and let them both come to find them if they have problems. Me!" In terms of talent, Bai Zhengqing is far inferior to Bai Ye, and the fact that he has the title of number one in the world is only because someone didn't come to compete with him.After more than a dozen palms, Bai Ye slapped him on the chest with no internal strength, his face was so ugly that he let out a muffled grunt, he gave up the fight and stretched his arms all over his body to hug his dear brother.

Regardless of the glamorous appearance of Xuantianmen, the number one sect in the world and the number one in the world gold signboards are dazzling, but in fact, these trivial things are taken care of every day.Rivers and lakes, rivers and lakes, where there are people is the rivers and lakes, people are always full of emotions, how different is it from the daily noise in ordinary people's homes?Once the word "Jianghu" is tainted with a fart thing, it seems that Xuantianmen has no choice but to make decisions for them.

While fighting, the door was knocked lightly. "Master, the old lady invites the second young master to come over."

The two people who were fighting stopped at the same time, their faces were a little cold.

"Second brother just came here, you talk to mother, I will send second brother to pay his respects before dinner." Bai Zhengqing went to the door and opened the door, and said coldly to the little girl at the door.At this moment, he is the sect master of Xuantian Sect, and the laughter just now seemed to be that one of them was not him.

The little girl was not frightened by his impatience, after saluting, she poked her head inside and said to Bai Ye: "Second young master, old madam please."

Bai Ye flicked his sleeves and stood up expressionlessly. "Okay, let's go."

There was nothing to say along the way, the girl who didn't give Bai Ye any good looks walked quickly ahead, but Bai Ye walked slowly but didn't seem to lag behind.After going around several corridors and courtyards, I arrived at a remote and secluded courtyard.

The little girl walked to the door of the small building in the middle, and tapped twice. "Old lady, the second young master has come to greet you."

Then he turned around and gave a cold snort to Bai Ye. "Second young master, the old lady is paying respects to the Buddha, please don't disturb her for too long."

Bai Ye lowered his head slightly, staring at the girl quietly, seeing that the little girl's face was gradually reddening, and he hesitated to speak again to ease the disrespect just now, when suddenly Bai Ye slammed on the wooden door, and the door was pushed open with a loud bang. Ultimate bounced back and hit the door frame with another loud bang.

Bai Ye raised his lips slightly at the little girl with a blue face, disdainful and cold. "As a girl, remember, don't talk too much in front of the master."

"What's the noise outside? Second son, come in."