Pretenders are unattainable

Although she didn't sleep well all night, Manli went to the kitchen to help Axiang during lunch time.Her daily life is very regular now. She reads after breakfast in the morning, takes a walk in the garden to restore her body, takes a nap in the afternoon, and continues to read in the evening. Only during lunch and dinner, she must cook with Ah Xiang.Ming Jing persuaded her several times: "Manli, your body has not fully recovered, leave the housework to Axiang, don't tire yourself." But Manli felt that she could not be happier than being able to cook for Axiang every day It's over, in this noisy kitchen, there are all kinds of flavors, lingering heat, surrounded by the smell of food, and she can feel a kind of warmth and happiness called "home" all over her body.After recovering a little bit, she contracted the ironing job for the whole family again. She carefully ironed every piece of clothing for Mingtai, from shirts to coats, and folded her lover's clothes neatly with her slender fingers. When she did this, her heart felt warm, as if just doing this could leave traces of her love for him on Mingtai's heart.

Today, Ming Jing, Man Li and A Xiang are still the only ones sitting around the lunch table at the Ming family's lunch table.Ming Jing only used a small bowl of rice before putting down his chopsticks. Seeing this, Manli also stopped eating, and asked with concern: "Chairman Ming, A Xiang taught me to cook today's dishes, isn't it to your liking? ?" Ming Jing looked at this delicate girl, leaned over and patted her hand lovingly, and said slightly annoyed: "Silly boy, why is it not to your liking? The dishes you cook are getting better and better every day. I ate an extra bowl for dinner for two days! Me, it’s just that I didn’t sleep well last night, so I don’t have much energy. Sigh, I don’t know if Mingtai and Ah Cheng can come back from Suzhou today…”

Manli also remembered the nightmare in the middle of the night last night, and she couldn't help panicking. She lowered her head to cover up, and comforted in a low voice: "I should be able to come back tonight..." Then she cleaned up her emotional expression, raised her head and smiled at Ming Jing: "Chairman Ming, if you're not feeling well, go back to your room and rest. I'll cook you some lily and white fungus soup. Keep calm." Ming Jing pressed her body as she was about to stand up, and said earnestly, "Man Li , don't be so cautious, and don't be so polite. You are a classmate of Mingtai, not a servant of our Ming family. We have never said that such a servant is in our family. I treat you and Axiang as younger sisters Yes, you are so out of touch, I don't know how to get along with you."

Ah Xiang looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "Since Sister Manli came, I feel much more relaxed. Sister Manli, I have always regarded the Ming family as my own home, so you don't want to have a relationship with us like this. I see, both of you are not in good spirits when you woke up this morning, but the days are short in winter, if you sleep long in the afternoon and then sleepy at night, you will go to the living room and chat, I will clean up here. "

Manli smiled embarrassedly, blushed and said, "Well, thank you, Ah Xiang."

Manli walked into the inner hall with the mirror in hand, let her sit on the sofa by the window, made her a cup of tea, and the warm sunshine at noon shone in, warming her body and heart.The bright mirror looked at this girl carefully, the soft light of the sun cast a hazy warm yellow halo on her face, she was sitting on the sofa, her almond eyes were wide open, her slender eyebrows fell into her temples, her skin was snow-white, and the mirror was bright under the light. You can almost see the soft fluff on her face, which is as lovely as a fresh peach.Ming Jing couldn't help reaching out to touch the girl's beautiful face. Thinking of her half-life lost, she tightly held the girl's folded hands on her lap with the other hand, and murmured: "Good boy, bitterness!" It's you."

In an instant, the sensitive Man Li understood: Ming Jing knew, Ming Tai's elder sister knew all about her miserable past! !She couldn't stop trembling all over, her eyes were full of fear and despair, Ming Jing saw the child's eyes and immediately knew that she had frightened her.For a while, she didn't care about other things, and hurriedly opened her arms and hugged the terrified child tightly in her arms, comforting her gently: "Don't be afraid, Manli, don't be afraid, the elder sister is here, don't be afraid. Man Li leaned on Ming Jing's chest, listening to the peaceful heartbeat of this elegant elder sister, she greedily sniffed the pleasant smell of "Ming Jiaxiang" from the cashmere cardigan over Ming Jing's cheongsam, this The warm and elegant fragrance of this mature and elegant woman brought her a sister-like attachment and trust, and she finally couldn't help but hugged Ming Jing with her backhand, and burst into tears in her arms.

While hugging Man Li, Ming Jing stroked her thin shoulders back and forth with his hands, and said with a smile with tears in his eyes, "Man Li, that was all abuse caused by this world. Yes, live well for yourself, you have to live upright!"

Man Li raised her tear-stained face in Ming Jing's arms, weeping uncontrollably, she looked at Ming Jing with hazy eyes, bit her lower lip and nodded vigorously.

Ming Jing wiped away the tear stains on her face with his hands, arranged her hair lovingly, and asked quietly: "I can tell, you like Ming Tai, right?" Man Li's eyes were flustered, and she immediately explained: "Chairman Ming, I know that I am not worthy of Mingtai. I will sort out my feelings and not cause trouble for Mingtai..." Mingjing patted her hand and stopped her explanation: "Man Li, don't worry, I didn't mean to stop you from liking Mingtai. What I want to express is that I don't care if Mingtai likes you or not, and no matter what happens to you in the future, I will treat you as my younger sister. You have always been 'Director Ming Chang''Chairman Ming' called me, I know you are protecting yourself, but at the same time you have shut out everyone who cares about you."

Manli's face was full of disbelief, she trembled her lips and didn't know how to respond, so she could only respond blankly: "Chairman Ming...I..."

Ming Jing frowned and shook his head, pretending to be angry and said, "You still call me Chairman Ming?" Manli looked at Ming Jing with a caring face and a gentle smile, but her smiling eyes were extremely firm. Although her face was no longer young, But full of wisdom and open-mindedness tempered by the passage of time and suffering, Manli finally couldn't help but leaned forward and hugged the head of the Ming family who shielded all the children of the Ming family from wind and rain. This proud, strong but also gentle woman called out willingly, "Elder Sister!"

The two people embracing each other in the living room felt the warmth slowly flowing in the silence, when suddenly there was a loud "bang" from the door of the mansion, and then Ah Xiang's exclamation came: "What are you doing!" And a dull crash followed, and Manli's nerves as an agent immediately tensed up. She pulled Ming Jing from the sofa and quickly retreated, quickly hiding Ming Jing behind the back of the western-style sofa, and rolled on the spot. Behind the other sofa facing the door of the inner hall, he was fully on guard, staring at the door of the inner hall, tightly holding a fruit knife that he grabbed from the coffee table immediately after the incident.