Unable to withstand Morolo's wails day after day, Lin Xiangwan was finally persuaded by her to agree to attend the Baili family's banquet.
Baili Manor is built on the mountain and occupies a vast area. Lin Xiangwan drove on the winding mountain road for who knows how long. From the foot of the mountain, he saw the red and white spire of the manor from a distance, but it seemed that he could not start driving.
"I don't understand. Since you know that other people's treasures are hidden underground, and there are so many mechanisms to protect them. You can't see them or take them, why do you have to come over here?" Lin Xiangwan
I felt dizzy while walking on the winding mountain road and couldn't help but complain. "Are you so greedy?"
Moroluo laughed along with him, pinched Lin Xiangwan's shoulders and said, "It's okay to look at the door. I'm not allowed to steal... No, you're not allowed to look at it, and you're not allowed to look at it? What if I do it in the future?
Once I have money, I also know how to hide it. Oh, sister Wan, it’s here, it’s here.”
There were many luxury cars neatly stacked in the parking lot of the villa. Lin Xiangwan's rented Mazda 6 looked very pitiful and shabby next to a Maserati and Porsche. She really couldn't afford to be embarrassed, so she parked the car a little further away and got out of the car.
Che and Morolo walked to the gate of the manor together.
Someone checked the invitation outside the gate, and Lin Xiangwan handed the white envelope out. The person who took the invitation was a very young but elegant woman wearing a white shirt, a black tuxedo, and elegant makeup.
She looked at Lin Xiangwan's invitation several times, which made Lin Xiangwan feel uncomfortable. She thought that her and Morolo's decorations were too casual and they were going to be invited out. She was about to explain.
At that moment, the woman suddenly smiled and said, "So you are Miss Lin. Feisi did not choose the wrong person."
Lin Xiangwan was confused, "Feisi?"
The woman continued to smile and said, "It's the blood jade bracelet you bought for a sky-high price at the Shen family auction. Its name is Feisi."
It is not unusual to give a name to a bracelet, but if it chooses her...could this jade still have some thoughts? Seeing that Lin Xiangwan still looked puzzled, the woman explained, "I love appreciating and appreciating jade."
Everyone knows that jade is a very spiritual thing. As the saying goes, if people raise jade, jade will nourish people. This is also true. Jade can channel spirits. It has been recorded since ancient times. There is also a saying that good jade can protect the Lord from disasters. Feisi has always been withdrawn.
, doesn’t like to get close to others, so choosing Miss Lin this time can be regarded as your fate.”
The woman talked so much all at once, but Lin Xiangwan just smiled noncommittally. She didn't really believe in these things, so she didn't answer anything.
Perhaps sensing Lin Xiangwan's thoughts, the woman gently changed the subject, "Look at me, I can't stop talking about jade. I haven't introduced myself to you two yet. My surname is Xu and my name is Xu Mingfei."
"Miss Xu is the housekeeper of Baili Manor?" Lin Xiangwan guessed, looking at her neat and neat tuxedo.
Xu Mingfei nodded, "I grew up in the Baili family and have been working here. I was just promoted to housekeeper a few years ago... But in addition to the position of housekeeper, I am also the eldest daughter-in-law of the Baili family."
"Ah? You're the one..." Morolo, who had been quietly listening to the two people talking, couldn't help shouting when she heard this. After seeing Lin Xiangwan's probing eyes, she immediately realized that she had lost her composure.
, quickly stuck out his tongue and closed his mouth.
Xu Mingfei did not feel dissatisfied, and still maintained a modest and courteous attitude. He turned sideways and said, "It's hot and muggy outside. You two are distinguished guests of Baili Villa. Please go in first to attend the banquet. If there is any inconvenience, you can
Come to me anytime."
"What did you just say?" Lin Xiangwan and Morolo walked in the villa for a while, and when they saw no one was around, she asked.
Mololo looked around before replying, "Sister Wan, do you really know nothing? The eldest daughter-in-law of the Baili family... tsk tsk... that's not an ordinary person." Mololo squinted his eyes.
With an enigmatic look on her face, Lin Xiangwan was amused by her demo and tapped her small nose with his finger, "Stop being so secretive. If you have any good gossip, it's better to have fun alone than to have fun with everyone. Tell it now."
share."
Upon hearing this, Morolo leaned forward, put his mouth into Lin Xiangwan's ear and whispered, "There used to be two young masters in the Baili family, the eldest young master Baili Ze and the second young master Baili Tong.
Although the two young masters were both born into the main family, because the eldest was a few years older than the second, he was designated to inherit the family business. Unexpectedly, more than ten years ago, the Baili family was traveling by car. The car lost control and overturned.
On the cliff, the eldest young master died on the spot, and the second young master was also seriously injured. After several days and nights of resuscitation, he finally managed to save his life from the hands of the King of Hell, but his legs and feet were no longer very agile..."
"How can you marry a wife even if you're dead?!" Lin Xiangwan's eyes widened when she heard this.
Moroluo curled his lips, "What's the big deal? It's just a secret marriage. Not only China, but the Wang tribe in many countries still retain this tradition. The person at the door, Miss Xu Mingfei, seems to have been attracted by Baili since she was a child.
She was adopted by her family. Later, after Bailize died, I heard that she carried Bailize’s ashes into the church..."
Lin Xiangwan was completely confused. She was living in the 21st century, right? In an age where science and culture are so prosperous, how could something like this happen?
"Then she was forced?" Thinking that Xu Mingfei, who smiled very gently, would be forced to live in this golden cage all his life, Lin Xiangwan felt uncomfortable in his heart. Why was he sacrificed and killed in front of these powerful forces?
Is it always the woman who is being used?
Morolo scratched his head, "It doesn't seem to be the case. I heard that Miss Xu was voluntary. I have seen photos on the Internet of someone secretly taking photos of her holding an urn and swearing an oath in front of the altar in a church. Look at her expression.
, it doesn’t feel like it’s forced.”
If she was forced, she shouldn't have such a gentle and affectionate look in her eyes. Although the photo was deleted not long after, Xu Mingfei in the photo was deeply burned into Morolo's mind.
At that time, Morolo didn't know Shen Shijun, but she insisted on believing that the light flashing in Xu Mingfei's eyes was what people often call love.
Lin Xiang was speechless in the evening wind. It was true that there were thunderstorms every year, especially this year. She couldn't believe that there was such a feeling in the world, which made people promise each other in life and death, and they would never leave each other in life or death. Or, she couldn't believe it at all.
I don’t believe that there is love in the world.
Lin Xiangwan was stunned to digest this matter alone. Mo Luoluo had already stretched his neck and looked into the manor excitedly. Lin Xiangwan looked at her impatient look and stopped stopping her.
Luoluo went to hunt for treasure, while she herself walked aimlessly in the manor.
I didn't want to enter the banquet hall because I was really afraid of those businessmen who were all polite and smiling, but in fact you didn't know what they were thinking at all, so Lin Xiangwan casually found a path and started
Have your own adventure.
Baili Villa was surrounded by streets and it was already dark. Lin Xiangwan was so dizzy that she didn't know where to go. By the time she realized she was lost, she had already walked some distance away from the main banquet hall.
Lin Xiangwan's mood seemed to have become much calmer now that he could no longer hear the commotion of drinking and drinking, and the sound of changing glasses.
There is a small fountain among the vegetation. The moon goddess in the center of the pool has a face like a silver plate and is graceful. She lowers her head in a peaceful and peaceful way, and a clear stream of water flows from the kettle on her shoulder.
Lin Xiangwan sat by the pool, took off his shoes, and soaked his sore feet in the cold water.
So comfortable...
The cold feeling made her squint her eyes in comfort and support her chin with her hands. She couldn't help but think of when she was in Chicago. Every summer, she would take Ye Nan to the musical fountain near the community.
The small holes dug manually on the ground will spit out a medium-sized water droplet from time to time as the music rises and falls. The water droplet can probably bounce to a position of about one meter, and then fall weightlessly and fall on the ground.
On the ground, it was broken into countless petals. Ye Nan was still young at that time, and he instinctively resisted the outside world. Even if a child approached him and wanted to play with him, he would hide aside in fear and hide while other children laughed.
While running to avoid the water droplets, he could only stand there in a daze, letting the water droplets wet his whole body.
Lin Xiangwan watched with heartache, but didn't know how to comfort Ye Nan.
She could tell that Ye Nan actually didn't hate this musical fountain. He just didn't know how to play. He didn't know when to run and when to stop. Those screaming and running children made him feel confused.
He didn't know how to fit in with them, even though he desperately wanted a friend.
Later, Lin Xiangwan took Ye Nan to the musical fountain again, but he refused to go.
He locked himself in the closet and screamed loudly. When Lin Xiangwan put on his coat, he was like an angry little lion, tearing his clothes crazily, and then pulling his hair.
He felt that as long as he made a mess, Lin Xiangwan could give up this idea.
It was a desperate time.
Lin Xiangwan feels frightened every time he looks back.
If Ye Nan doesn't get better, what should she do? What if Ye Nan goes back to that state again...
Lin Xiangwan closed her eyes and put her hand on her heart, she didn't dare to think.
She always thought that she was not a greedy person, but now, she found that she was actually a selfish and greedy guy. She wanted too much. When Ye Nan was seriously ill, she wanted him to be healthy.
When he was healthy, she wanted him to be happy. When he was happy, she wanted to be by his side to witness his growth...
She was really thinking too much... She knew that all of this... was impossible...
With her eyes sore and painful, Lin Xiangwan covered her face with her soaked hands, stubbornly believing that what fell from her face was just pool water, not her tears...
"Crack." There was a soft sound, the sound of branches breaking.
Lin Xiangwan raised his head in shock, and looked into a pair of familiar and sad deep eyes...