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No one ever told her to hold her head up, no one ever actually took her by her side.

Xi Wang was the first.

Lu Ming folded the flower ball that Xi Wang casually folded and gave it to him, and put it in the most beautiful transparent glass vase in the room. The bright light fell on the lavender flower ball, and each small stamen was extraordinarily delicate and tender. brilliant.

Lu Ming rested his chin and engraved the shape of this flower on his heart bit by bit, his joyful face was filled with tears at some point.

She thought she had been numb for a long time, but when she heard what Xi Wang said to her, her heart still couldn't restrain the soreness.

Inferiority and cowardice, cautious, swallowing...

The simple words piled up into a heavy mountain, pressing on Lu Ming's back, making her unable to straighten her back, and always humble.

Lu Ming leaned on the back of the chair and straightened his waist, looking at the reflection of himself in the window.

In the bright and tidy room, sitting tall and straight.

Xi Wang seemed to be the guide of her life, raising her hand to erase all the scribbles in the first half of her life.In the days that followed, she told her to raise her head and walk forward with her head held high.

Lu Ming had mixed feelings, and his eyes were red again.

At the age of 15, she finally had the right to cry.

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly.

The sound of cicadas rang out early in the morning, and Lu Ming woke up in a daze, rubbing his eyes.

The faded dark manor is full of vibrant green, and there are various flowers blooming on both sides of the well-trimmed lawn, and the petals are piled up to fill the eyes of the deer.

Lu Ming looked down from the bay window, the servants at home had already started working, and the boxes for weeds and flowers were piled up to the brim.

She glanced at her dilapidated cell phone, it was eight o'clock.

She rarely sleeps until this time.

Just yesterday she was one of those servants.

"Dangdang."

Two crisp knocks on the door sounded, and Lu Ming hurriedly jumped out of the bay window, put on his slippers and hurried to the door.

The door opened, and Aunt Wang appeared at the door.

She was still as kind as she was yesterday, and greeted Luming with a smile on her face: "Good morning, Miss Xiaolu."

"Good morning, Aunt Wang." Lu Ming also returned the same greeting.

"Miss asked me to sort out all the other clothes in the cloakroom this morning, and brought some clothes that are timeless until now. What Miss means is that she has to be busy with company affairs recently, and she has no time to spare. Miss Xiaolu, let me go." Aunt Wang waved behind her as she spoke, and several servants in uniforms walked into Lu Ming's room pushing a hanger specially designed for hanging clothes.

"There are still a few boxes of jewelry, they are still sorting out, and they will send them to Miss Xiaolu later. They were all chosen by the wife for the lady at that time. They are very beautiful." Aunt Wang added.

Lu Ming didn't expect that Xi Wang would give him such precious jewelry with special meaning. He was very flattered and nodded his head to promise: "Thank you, Aunt Xi, and Aunt Wang. I will cherish it."

"What a good boy." Aunt Wang said as she raised her hand and rubbed Lu Ming's head, and led her to the cloakroom in the back room.At the beginning, the narrow grid that Lu Ming could not understand was filled with all kinds of beautiful shoes.

Aunt Wang: "These shoes are not worn by the lady when I bought them, and they are still very new. Although they are all Miss Xiaolu's size 37, some are custom-made, and there may be discrepancies. Try it on later, and release the ones that don't fit. Go aside, I will call the servant to pick it up."

"Okay." Lu Ming nodded obediently.

"My family took half a day's leave today for some matters at home, and I'm leaving later. Miss Xiaolu, remember to go down and have breakfast later." Aunt Wang looked at this timid little girl, really worried, "What do you think?" Just tell the servants when you eat, don’t be afraid, you know?”

"Well, I know Aunt Wang." Lu Ming's voice was still small, but with a bit more strength.

The sun fell on the flower ball on the desk, and the light purple looked extraordinarily bright.

Aunt Wang didn't know if it was her own illusion. This little girl seemed a little different from the one she saw yesterday morning.

Aunt Wang watched the servants arrange Lu Ming's clothes in the cloakroom, and led them out of the room.After a while, three more servants walked in, each holding a dark red box the size of a book.

The lead servant's clothes looked a little different from the others'. The neckline had more dark lines, and the bow tie was more delicate than theirs. He looked like a master, but his status was lower than that of Aunt Wang and Aunt Xu.

"Miss Xiaolu, this is the jewelry that Miss gave you." The woman's voice was a bit shrill, but her attitude towards Lu Ming could be regarded as respectful.

"Thank you, let's put it here." Lu Ming nodded and said politely.

Lu Ming is still a little uncomfortable with enjoying other people's service with peace of mind.

The dark red boxes were neatly placed in front of Lu Ming, and the leading woman opened them one by one for her, and introduced: "This box is a necklace, this box is a bracelet, and this box is a hair accessory, all of which are good. The precious stones and pearls are rare."

The woman introduced, and got very close to Luming.

No, it's because these jewelry are very close.

Lu Ming felt some resistance from the bottom of his heart, and always felt that her actions were not intentional, but really belittled himself.

"This necklace is so beautiful, Miss Xiaolu, why don't you give it to me." The woman pointed to a thin silver necklace decorated with freshwater pearls in the box and said.She had been eyeing this necklace for a long time, and put it on top.

"No." Lu Ming denied without thinking.

Aunt Wang said that these necklaces were given to Aunt Xi by the late wife, and they are considered relics.

Aunt Xi gave it to herself today, how could she give it to others so easily.

"Miss Xiao Lu can't bring so many necklaces, I'd better share them for you." After finishing speaking, the woman took the necklace out of the box regardless of whether Lu Mingtong agreed or not.

"I've said it, it's not allowed." Seeing this, Lu Ming quickly reached out and grabbed the necklace that was about to be put into the pocket by the woman.

"Why are you so ignorant, child?" The woman refused to give up, and pulled on the necklace, wanting Lu Ming to let go.

Lu Ming was used to seeing such petty bosses in the Lu family, he bullied others just because he had a bit of power, praising the high and trampling the low.

She was often bullied by such little bosses, and they snatched many of the good things that Lu Jianni threw to her that she didn't want.

Now, she has encountered the same thing in Xi's house, but her mentality has changed.

Xi Wang told her to look up.

Lu Ming stood up abruptly, straightened his back, held the necklace tightly in his hand, and said, "I said, no!"

Seeing that Lu Ming was so strong, the servant at the side suddenly realized that she was not a soft persimmon, and hurriedly advised: "Forget it, don't grab it. Be careful that she goes with Miss..."

But before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by the woman, "Why are you afraid of her! The lady didn't even intend to let her enter the household registration of Xi's family. It was obvious that she didn't want her to stay in Xi's family. Could it be that these jewelry are going to be cheap for her? ! Let her take it home?"

The woman's words pierced Lu Ming's eardrums sharply, and ruthlessly penetrated into the softest part of her heart.

The person who just took me to the garden last night and taught me to hold my head high, how can I say that if I don’t want myself, I don’t want myself?

The unexplained pain gripped Lu Ming's heart tightly, making her clenched her fists tightly.

She looked at the woman in front of her in disbelief, and asked, "What did you say..."

The woman didn't care about the feelings of the little girl in front of her, and said sarcastically: "Why, you still want to be the eldest lady of your Xi family? Don't wishful thinking, our Xi family only has one young lady, and she is the master of this family."

Lu Ming has never felt so flustered, she never thought of being the daughter of the Xi family, she is always aware of her identity, and gets along with Xi Wang cautiously.

She only hoped that the Xi family would become her safe haven and take in her, an orphan who had no relatives.

Lu Ming looked at the big shallot on the table, the thriving purple color made her eyes hurt.

She thought this was the beginning of all good things, but now it seems like a short-lived dream?

Lu Ming clutched the necklace tightly in his hand, and this necklace was like the string she was tensing, it could no longer bear it at a critical point and broke.

"It's really bad luck." The woman looked at the broken necklace in her hand, rolled her eyes and threw the chain back on the table, threateningly said: "You broke the chain yourself, and you can't escape the responsibility."

"Okay, stop talking." The two servants at the side looked frightened and hurriedly pulled the woman away.

The room that was bustling just now suddenly fell silent, as if nothing had happened.

The woman's words shattered the beautiful fortress that Lu Ming had just built for herself last night, and instantly turned her into that orphan girl without any support.

Lu Ming stood in front of the table and looked at the broken necklace in front of him, his heart was about to break.

This is a relic left by Aunt Xi's mother, a treasure that should not be broken.

Lu Ming sniffed, resisting the thought of crying and walked out of the room.There was no sound in the empty corridor, infinitely magnifying the loneliness and panic in her heart.She wanted to see if Aunt Wang was gone, and asked her to help find someone to fix the necklace.

"Luming?"

At this time, Xi Wang's voice sounded out of place but just in time behind Lu Ming.

Lu Ming's heart trembled slightly, she wanted to avoid her, but subconsciously stopped.

Lu Ming tried his best to pretend that nothing happened, turned around and smiled slightly at Xi Wang: "Aunt Xi, good morning."

"What's wrong with you?" Xi Wangwang asked.

The pair of red eye sockets in the center of the line of sight are trying to squeeze out a smile, but they are always drooping.

It hurt Xi Wang's eyes at once.