Song Ling and Cheng Yi were arranged to live in the back house of the Su Mansion, which was said to be the original boudoir of the official lady. Because there were more rooms, Song Ling and Cheng Yi lived in one room each. According to Song Ling, Cheng Yi
Yi has always looked gloomy since she entered Runing City. When she got to the room, she closed the door immediately and never came out again.
During lunch, the singer went to call Cheng Yi, but got no reply. The singer and Cheng Yi had only known each other for a few days, and they were not too familiar, so they didn't dare to call again. It was almost time for dinner.
The singer went to call Cheng Yi again and found that Cheng Yi's door was still not open. The singer was afraid that something would happen to Cheng Yi, so she peeked through the crack of the door and found Cheng Yi lying on the bed, shoulders hunched, obviously crying.
appearance.
"Why are you still picking at the door?" Su Hao said disparagingly.
The singer retorted: "It's not that they want to pick at the crack in the door, they are just worried that something will happen to Sister Cheng. If they don't pick at the crack in the door, how will they know that she has been crying all day?"
"This witch, why are you crying?" Su Hao muttered.
In Su Hao's impression, he didn't seem to see Cheng Yi cry very often. This girl had always been calm and calm, always pretending to be a lady in front of him. However, this time he asked Cheng Yi to go into the city with him.
It seemed that Cheng Yi was very unhappy, but couldn't resist, so she had to obey. Could it be that she cried all day just because of this? Isn't this too glass-hearted?
Li Zhi would definitely not intervene in such a child-related matter. Su Hao was led by Song Ling to the small courtyard where the female family members lived. Song Ling pointed to one of the rooms and said, "Sister Cheng lives in this house.
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Su Hao walked to the door of the house and listened. Sure enough, there was suppressed crying in the house. Although his mouth was blocked with a sheet or something like that, Su Hao could tell that Cheng Yi should be crying very sadly.
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"Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi, open the door. I'm Su Hao." Su Hao patted the door.
The crying in the room stopped for a moment, but there was no answer.
"What's wrong with you?" Su Hao asked again.
"Master Su, I'm fine..." The person in the room replied in an inaudible voice, with a bit of sobbing in his voice.
"Open the door. If you have anything to say, just tell me." Su Hao said.
"No, thank you, Mr. Su." Cheng Yi replied. After saying this, she seemed to be unable to bear it anymore. She covered her mouth with the quilt again and began to cry.
"No, I have to go in and take a look." The more Su Hao thought about it, the more something was wrong. Cheng Yi would never behave like this. If something goes wrong, it must be a monster. What exactly made Cheng Yi sad?
Thinking of this, Su Hao stopped saying anything to Cheng Yi in the room. He took two steps back, then rushed forward, pushing his shoulder against the door, and the fragile door latch was hit by him with a bang.
It flew away and the door suddenly opened.
"Why are you so rude!" Song Ling glared at Su Hao.
Su Hao ignored the singer. He rushed into the room and came to Cheng Yi's bed.
Cheng Yi heard the door being knocked open and sat up. Seeing Su Hao rush in, she subconsciously took two steps back and leaned against the corner, holding a bed sheet in her hand. Her face was full of tears and her eyes were full of tears.
They were all swollen from crying and looked pitiful.
"Cheng Yi. Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Su Hao stood one step away from Cheng Yi, waving his hands to comfort Cheng Yi, "I was just worried about your health, so I took this step. Why did you
It’s so sad, can you tell me and let me hear it?”
Cheng Yi opened her mouth to say something. Unexpectedly, tears fell again. She quickly covered her mouth with the sheet to prevent herself from crying, while shaking her head desperately. This meant that this matter had nothing to do with Su Hao.
Su Hao said: "I'm sorry, I know you want to live in the barracks with Yuan Yamei and the others, but it's not convenient for a girl like Song Ling to live in my back house, so I asked you to come over to accompany her. If this matter allows you
I'm unhappy, I apologize."
Cheng Yi continued to shake his head and shed tears, which seemed to be getting worse.
"Well... I know you have a strong personality and don't want others to influence you. If you really don't want to live here, I will arrange for someone to send you out of the city to the barracks. What do you think?" Su Hao added, for this kind of thing
The girl who didn't say anything really gave Su Hao a headache.
"No..." Cheng Yi finally managed to spit out two words.
"Why is that? You have to let me understand, right?" Su Hao was really confused.
"Because... because..." Cheng Yi said two reasons, and suddenly burst into tears and started wailing, "because... this house is my home!"
"This is your home!"
Su Hao and Song Ling were both stunned. They had guessed all the possibilities, but they had not thought of this, and they would never think of it.
Perhaps because she spoke out what she was holding back, Cheng Yi's mood relaxed a little. She sat down on the edge of the bed, sobbing softly, and told her story to Su Hao and Song Ling:
"My father's name is Cheng Wensui. Ten years ago, he was the magistrate of Runing Mansion. Our family sat in this house. This room... was the room I lived in back then. My father was an honest official and only wanted to
In order to do things for the people, he was busy outside every day. When he came back rarely, he would take Xiaodong and me to play in the yard, and he would also teach Xiaodong and me to read.
When my father was handling the case, he accidentally discovered that officials in Runing Prefecture were colluding with powerful landowners to harm the people. I remember that I heard my father and mother talking in private, saying that these people first lured the children of good families to gamble, and then waited for them.
If they lose the bet, they will be given usurious loans. When they can't repay the usurious loans, the creditors will take over their houses and fields, and then sell them to powerful landlords at a high price. These farmers who have lost their fields may be forced to become homeless.
Or you can only sell yourself into slavery and become a servant of a powerful family.
During this period, some people also reported to the government, but the people in the government were originally on the same side as those people. When these complaints came into the hands of the government, they would be suppressed until the people who complained were killed, and the case was naturally closed.
After my father learned about this matter, he began to investigate and deal with it. However, he was unable to do anything alone. He was no match for these people. In the end, my father failed to bring these people to justice. Instead, he was framed and dismissed from his official position. He could only
Returning home sadly.
These evil people did not stop just because my father was dismissed from office. They bribed strong men to block and kill us on our way back home. My father and my mother both died violently, and I took advantage of the chaos to escape with Xiaodong. Because
I had no way to file a complaint, and I was worried that my enemies would continue to pursue me, so I hid in Fengcheng until I met you, Mr. Su..."
"So that's it...Sister Cheng, why didn't you tell me earlier?" The singer's eyes were filled with tears as she listened to Cheng Yi's narration. She held Cheng Yi's hand, as if she wanted to use this method to comfort Cheng Yi.
Cheng Yi shook his head and said: "It's been 10 years since this happened, and I don't want it to disturb Mr. Su's business. When Mr. Su asked me to come to the city, I was timid about being close to home, and I didn't want to see this sad person again.
land, so I refused to enter the city. In the end, because Mr. Su insisted, I couldn’t refuse. But...but, I never expected that the mansion they arranged for Mr. Su would be my own home back then."
At this point, Cheng Yi couldn't help crying again. The singer patted her back gently, glared at Su Hao and said, "You are such a dog official, why do you have to let Sister Cheng go through her sad situation again!"
Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"
"I said... can you please be reasonable?" Su Hao really has no choice but to be a singer. This girl is also 17 or 18 years old. She acts completely in her own way and is extremely emotional. She is almost like a younger sister in future generations.
generally.
In the past few days, Li Zhi also had some information with Su Hao and introduced the background of Singer. It turned out that Singer's grandfather was an imperial doctor at Nanjing Imperial Hospital and had a high status. Singer studied medicine with his grandfather since she was a child.
, because of her intelligence, she has gained some true heritage, and was regarded by her grandfather as the successor who can pass on his legacy. Due to her grandfather's doting, the singer became more and more unrestrained, otherwise she would not have been able to go to Huguang to listen to Li Zhi's lectures, and even later
He ran out and tried to rescue Li Zhi single-handedly.
"Master Su, I'm sorry, Cheng Yi really didn't mean to bring up the past..." Cheng Yi had finished crying, raised her head, and said apologetically to Su Hao.
Su Hao patted her shoulder and said: "Cheng Yi, if you still regard me as a friend, then you should tell me if you have something to do and share it with us. Since this house reminds you of so many sad past events, why don't you stay here?"
Now that you are here, I will arrange for someone to take you to the camp outside the city."
"No need." Cheng Yi said, "I have cried before and I feel much better. In fact, it feels good to go home. Looking at the plants and trees here, I can remember the good times in the past."
"It's great if you think so." Su Hao said. He saw that Cheng Yi had indeed calmed down, so he felt relieved, "Well, you are the master here, how should we live and how should we arrange things?
, it’s all up to you, you will be the mistress of this house, what do you think?”
"This..." Cheng Yi's face suddenly turned red. Fortunately, she had been crying for so long and her face was a little red. Others couldn't tell the difference. This house was given to Su Hao by the Runing Mansion. Su Hao let
Cheng Yi is the hostess, so these words feel ambiguous no matter how you hear them.
Su Hao was unaware. He didn't feel that he was the owner of this place at all. When Cheng Yi said that this was her home, Su Hao felt that this house had nothing to do with him. He should just be a guest at Cheng Yi's home.
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"Come on, let's go eat. Are you starving since you haven't eaten all day?" Su Hao said, "Since you grew up in Runing, let's go out to eat on the street. Please introduce you to us all."
How about Ning’s delicious food?”
"Cheng Yi obeys your order!" Cheng Yi stood up, bowed to Su Hao Yingying, and said.
"Let's go, singer. Don't stay here. Let Miss Cheng freshen up. You go and call your grandfather, as well as Daochang Chen, your grandfather Xu, and Zhou Juren. Let's go shopping in Runing City together."
Su Hao laughed and encouraged the singer. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to