"Girl, what's wrong with you?"

Zhu Yan stood on the porch with a bowl in his hand. After quickly pouring a whole bowl of black rice into his stomach, he looked up and found Surao staring at the bowl in trance, and couldn't help but ask.

Xiaonan also looked up at her.

Surao's thoughts were interrupted. She moved her eyes away and looked at the lantern on the corridor. She said in a vague tone, "I was thinking that time flies so fast. It's already the Si Festival."

"Who says it isn't?"

Zhu Yan shook his bowl, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "We didn't catch up with the excitement of the New Year, but luckily we didn't miss the Shangsi Lantern Festival. At this time every year, Shengjing City is overcrowded, and there are three thousand lanterns... Standing on the city wall, you can see the stars.

Intertwined with lights, it’s a gorgeous and dazzling scene.”

"There are also various acrobatic fireworks and lantern riddles and banquets on both sides of Tianjie, which is dazzling and overwhelming."

"Girl, you really should go and see it."

"I have to go."

Surao lowered his eyes and smiled, "But before that, I have to do one thing."

Su Rao took out her handkerchief, carefully wiped off the dust on the stone tablet, and said casually: "Back then, the Su Xie family broke up, and my father took me out of Beijing to draw a clear line with the Xie family."

Su Rao raised her eyebrows slightly, "No reward for no merit..."

"My surname is Su, there is no reason to enter the Xie family again."

She easily found the place Zhu Yan mentioned.

Su Rao warned Zhu Yan, then turned around and walked slowly towards the path. It was almost dark, so this kind of path was not dangerous for martial arts practitioners.

The man interrupted her words. The cold wind was blowing. He couldn't help coughing twice, and then he said slowly: "You should know that you and that boy from the Yan family have a marriage contract. This was a token exchanged by the old men of the two families.

."

The further you go, the more desolate and remote you become.

"Why go?"

Surao walked to the tombstone, squatted down, and slowly raised her hand to trace the six words "Tomb of Beloved Wife Xie Chan" engraved on the stone tablet. The coldness of the stone penetrated her skin and penetrated into her bone marrow.

"Take it."

"Then why are you here tonight?"

"Since you don't want to acknowledge Xie's family, this thing should be returned to its original owner. It's up to you to do with it how you want."

In front of the tomb, a dark figure stood with his hands behind his back, his back to her. His posture was majestic and upright, as firm as a cypress. He only spoke but did not look back.

Haven't moved yet.

Turn around.

After Zhu Yan left, Xiaonan still looked at Surao in confusion. Surao couldn't help but smile, "Sister is going out later, do you want to go with her?"

"Take good care of him and don't let him get away."

When Surao got out of the car, Zhu Yan handed her the candles and paper money he had prepared in advance and asked, "Do you want my subordinate to accompany you?"

Surao stood up after hearing this, and Xiaonan immediately jumped down from the stool, walked to her side and grabbed her sleeves.

"No."

After saying that, he couldn't help but put the jade pendant into Surao's hand.

"Since you are back in Beijing, today is the night of Shangsi, so you will definitely come to pay homage to your grandma, ahem..."

Surao snorted lightly, stopped what she was doing, stood up slowly, turned around and faced the man, her tone seemed to be mocking, "Why do you want to teach me a lesson?"

"This is supposed to be yours."

Then he slowly took something out of his sleeve.

After getting on the carriage, the carriage went all the way out of the city.

Her eyes moved.

He strode outside, his clothes carrying gusts of wind, and his voice floated slowly, "Maybe your choice is right. We are strangers. It's good for you and the Xie family."

Xiao Nan was keenly aware that her mood seemed a little abnormal. She probably realized something and responded obediently.

"Um."

The man stared at her in silence for a long time, so long that the smile on Surao's face was almost gone, and he moved.

Bamboo Banquet is back.

When Zhu Yan saw her waving, he came over curiously. After the two whispered for a while, Zhu Yan's expression became slightly calm, "Don't worry, girl, I'll take care of it right away."

The carriage stumbled along for an unknown amount of time. The cool breeze rolled up the curtains and blew Surao's hair. At the same time, the carriage stopped.

Su Rao was stunned for a moment, then walked forward slowly, her tone calm, "You know I'm coming?"

The man's tone was cold, "Aluo, in front of your mother, are you saying these words to hurt your heart?"

All the way up the mountain, the road is uneven.

The mountain wind was cold and cold, carrying the chill of spring that had not yet dissipated. It rolled up her clothes. Surao didn't take two steps, and her footsteps suddenly stopped.

Surao took the things, looked at Xiaonan and said: "Sister is going to pay homage. You wait here for a while. I will be back soon and then take you back to the city to watch the lantern festival."

But he never looked back to see the man's face. The man's voice came from behind, "I came here to see an old friend, and also to wait for you."

Not surprised by the result, I picked up a spoon, scooped out a spoonful of glutinous rice balls, and took a bite. They were sweet, soft and glutinous.

"What are you waiting for me to do?"

Su Rao looked at his frowning eyebrows and had to admit that the popular saying that "the Xie family produces beauties" was very well founded. Even though the man in front of her was getting older and no longer as handsome as a young man, he still had a sense of beauty that had accumulated over time.

Elegance and elegance.

After Su Rao asked, the man's breath froze for a moment, and he asked instead: "Why don't you go back to Xie's Mansion to stay?"

She smiled, harmlessly and innocently: "Only those who expect something will hate it. What do I have to hate? Your Excellency is serious in your words."

Xiaonan nodded without thinking.

"You're here."

Passing through the hustle and bustle, exiting the city gate, you enter another world, quiet and silent, as if you are isolated from everything before.

The glow and darkness on the horizon illuminate the mountains and forests along the way, and the occasional sound of birds chirping can be heard.

"What?"

The night has not yet completely sunk down, but the streets are already crowded with people and noisy. Various stalls have opened up. When passing Wanghai Tower, the shopkeepers are still hanging lamp curtains on ladders.

As he spoke, the man covered his mouth and coughed twice, causing his body to tremble violently. Although Surao was not good at medicine, she could tell that he seemed not to be in good health.

The man was silent for a long time before he asked.

"Your Excellency came at night to wait for me here, or do you have other motives?"

"If my mother knew that her husband and young daughter were driven out of the capital while her body was still cold, wouldn't she suffer heartache?"

Like a jar of old wine, it is warm, mellow and has a long taste.

"Girl, go along this path, and within a hundred meters, you will find Mrs. Su's tomb."

This taste spreads along the tip of the tongue, sweet and a bit bitter.

"You hate the Xie family?"

"Girl, the carriage is waiting outside."

As if she didn't realize it, she swallowed one after another. After eating, she had her bowls and chopsticks collected. The sun was setting in the west, and the shadows of the trees in the courtyard couldn't help but move with it, eventually dimming in the glow of the sky.

Surao held the jade pendant in her hand, and his body temperature still remained on it.

The man's back disappeared into the gradually darkening night, the branches around him had strange postures, the wind blew over the tomb, and the chill was overwhelming.

She stood still for a long time, unable to explain what she felt.

Meeting the Xie family here was unexpected. It happened earlier than expected and was more candid.
Chapter completed!