In the afternoon, Qing Lan was sitting in the editor-in-chief's office, looking out the window at the cloud-covered sky, holding a pink peony flower in her hand, counting the petals with boredom.
"……meeting."
Qinglan looked at the last petal, picked it off with great care, and placed it in the notebook on her right hand side. She thought for a moment, picked up the ink pen, and opened the notebook to record the major events that happened today - all the important things.
Write it down with a pen.
Qing Lan knew that she was not a smart person. Although Xiang Xuehai asked her to study, it was only to increase her worth and create a 'confidante' persona. Naturally, she did not learn any practical knowledge, and what she saw was not
Poems about the spring and autumn are just articles that echo the praises, as well as the skills to seduce men. In the final analysis, they are just to please men.
The reason why she knew a little bit about arithmetic was that her original purpose was to make money on her own to redeem herself and leave Xiangxuehai. When it came to making money, she naturally had to be able to do arithmetic. She worked hard to find business opportunities, and she did find several profitable ones in those years.
idea, but because she didn’t have the capital to cooperate with other sisters, those sisters either turned away after making money, or lost their temper with her after losing money.
Qinglan was almost desperate at that time: she had no capital and no one she could trust, but if she wanted to make money, she needed initial capital, and there was only one way to earn initial capital from the beginning to the end, and it was profitable.
Very quickly, you make a lot of money.
Because she is one of the oiran candidates that Xiangxuehai is preparing to launch.
When Qing Lan came out of the palace, Xiangxuehai was crowded with wealthy businessmen and young talents from Xuanzhu. She was wearing gorgeous clothes that she had never worn in her life, with elegant and charming make-up, and she was standing in the highest pavilion in Xiangxuehai, like a queen.
Looking down at the handsome young masters below, she knew in her heart that they just wanted to drag her down and sink forever in the muddy sea.
For a moment, Qing Lan thought that she might as well just jump down and fall to her death in the Xiangxue Sea to give Xiangxue Sea a good look, which would also be a way to vent her anger.
There were shouts of bidding one after another. Xiang Xuehai had a nice name for the money spent on the first night as a pauper. It was 'Enli', which meant thanking Xiang Xuehai for raising her daughter. It was obviously a very ironic gift.
The auction ceremony, but Qinglan knew that many sisters were competing with this - in fact, whoever received more gifts when leaving the court would have more status in Xiangxuehai.
Suddenly, a price that was dozens of times higher rang out in the fragrant snow sea, and the surrounding area fell into silence. Qing Lan looked over and saw a young man with a calm face and a sinister appearance occupying a large table by himself and raising a glass to say hello to him.
She turned pale with fright.
The plot of the next story was also within her expectation: she was ransomed, Aunt Hong squeezed out a few crocodile tears, and sent her away with tears, but before leaving, she couldn't help but wish her to take care in a low voice;
A few sisters came over to congratulate me, but their eyes were either sympathy or pity.
This was not the first time she met Jing Zhengwei.
As early as a few years ago, Qing Lan, who was still studying art, discovered that the eldest young master of the Jing family, who spent a lot of money, was one of Xiangxuehai's important customers. He almost never stayed in Xiangxuehai. Whenever he made a move, he paid a premium to redeem the girl.
Qinglan thought he was the savior of girls at first. But along with his reputation for being heroic and generous, there were also rumors of his being mysterious and terrifying.
Jing Zhengwei would come to Xiangxuehai once every two or three months on average to redeem the life of an innocent girl who had not yet left the court;
No one knows where those girls went;
When he comes to Xiangxuehai, it means that the girl he redeemed last time is no longer there.
This information alone is enough for these human beings who grew up in Xiangxuehai to deduce the truth. If Daoge is just a road of depravity that cannot be turned back, then being redeemed by Jing Zhengwei is a dead end - and it is a road that can only be
A dead end for two or three months!
This is real despair, visible to the naked eye, unexpected, and heart-breaking despair. When Qing Lan saw Jing Zhengwei, she almost wanted to kneel down and beg him to let her go.
But unexpectedly, Jing Zhengwei did not treat her roughly. Instead, he met her various requests and spent a lot of time traveling with her, reading books and listening to music with her, and did not even touch her - 'Qin Ri'
Although his behavior is weird, it is still within Qinglan's acceptance range.
However, the more Jing Zhengwei acted like an ascetic and looked at her with affectionate eyes, the more frightened Qinglan became. Sometimes, she couldn't even tell whether Jing Zhengwei's eyes were filled with deep love or love.
Strong murderous intention.
She also wanted to deceive herself, for example, Jing Zhengwei fell in love with her at first sight, for example, he was tired of playing and wanted to find an honest girl, for example... But she couldn't convince herself in the end, because she couldn't find out the names of the girls that Jing Zhengwei had redeemed before.
whereabouts.
Instead, she heard a sensational rumor among the servants of Jing Mansion.
Just when Qinglan was entangled and tormented by hope and despair, Jing Zhengwei suddenly wanted to take her to the Red Moon Fortress to check the accounts. When he was leaving, he had a whim and asked Qinglan to wear men's clothes while he wore women's clothes.
Qinglan became more and more frightened - he actually showed this kind of interest that even his future wife could not express in front of him. He obviously did not intend to spare his life!
However, on that night, everything changed.
After Jing Zhengwei killed the white-haired assassin, his temperament suddenly changed drastically.
He no longer looked at her with affection, only ordinary admiration and lust, and a hint of disgust - this was the first time Qing Lan saw a man dislike her.
All in all, he didn't seem to like himself, and Qinglan was very happy.
He no longer accompanied him in the romance, but instead asked himself to help him check the accounts, while he ran to play cards - if he hadn't killed the housekeeper Shen Hong with the cruel reason of "why are you wearing a hat today", Qinglan would have thought that
Has he really become a good person?
He will also cry.
Qinglan still doesn't know why he cried that night. She later heard that a maid who ran away died that night. Did he have a good relationship with that maid?
Later, when the newspaper was opened, there were more and more changes. The most incredible thing was that he made himself the general manager of the newspaper.
Even now, sitting in the editor-in-chief's office, Qing Lan still feels like a dream.
Although it is not uncommon for women to hold important positions, it refers to high-ranking or amazingly talented talents - talents are not divided into men and women.
Qing Lan is very clear about her position. She is just a plaything, her status is no higher than that of a servant. When Jing Zhengwei no longer wants to maintain his good person mask, it may be the time of her death.
But he forced himself into this position, and even came to the newspaper office in person to sit down for her and suppress the dissatisfaction of the editors and writers of the newspaper. Except for occasionally writing a few popular articles that were sure to become popular, she handled everything else.
She goes to work every day, has meetings, plans, goes home with him after work, and occasionally goes to Damen Stone Street to buy some snacks. Every issue of "Youth Daily" achieves new highs, and she and other newspaper members will celebrate happily, and even have the power to reward the members.
of hard work.
Everyone also recognized her ability and looked at her no longer with contempt and disdain, but as a capable editor-in-chief.
It's like...
She can also live a normal life.
Qinglan wrote three lines in her notebook:
"Second attack on half of the city"
"The head of the Jing family, Jing Qingfu, died, and Jing Zhengwu committed suicide out of fear of guilt."
"Young Master becomes the head of the Jing family"
He finally sat in that seat... Qinglan felt a little melancholy. She stood up and looked out the window, and found a car passing by on the rain-curtained street outside.
She counted one, two, three silently in her mind, and when she counted to three, the car happened to stop.
Qing Lan couldn't help but feel a little excited that her childish guess was successful. She felt that she had become a little strange recently: odd number of petals, even number of stairs, the car that stopped on the count of three, and the constant peeling of apples...
She likes to do some childish things and make wishes to these inexplicable things, just to find out ten thousand possibilities for her dreams to come true.
Suddenly, she recalled the conversation about the White Night and the Silver Blood Society in the car that morning.
Young Master, no matter what you do, no matter who your enemy is, no matter what happens, I will...
Ta. Ta.
There were footsteps outside. Qinglan turned her head in surprise and found that it was the guard Mi Die.
"Aunt Mi, what's the matter?" Qing Lan calmed down, sat down and asked, "Is there any news again?"
"...That's right." Mi Die said: "Someone came to report that the young master sent someone to escort the concubine to the patrol guard and accuse her of assassinating the former head of the family, Jing Qingfu."
Qinglan pondered for a moment and said: "I probably know what the young master wants to do..."Youth Daily" will help build momentum together."
"What's more," Mi Die paused: "The young master has become the head of the family now, and he will live in Jingyuan from now on."
"Okay." Qinglan was not surprised at all: "Then let's go back early today and move some necessary items there -"
"Young master said, you don't need to go to Jingyuan."
Qinglan tilted her head and looked at Mi Die with flashing eyes, as if she suspected that she heard wrongly.
Mi Die was silent for a moment and said again: "You continue to live in Jing Mansion. This is the Young Master's arrangement."
"Yeah, that's right." Qing Lan lowered her head, twirled her fingers, and said in a brisk tone: "The young master has become the head of the family, and it's time to talk about marriage and marry his real wife. It's really not suitable for people like me to go there.
, I just want to stay in Jing Mansion. But Jing Mansion is so big, it seems too big for me to live alone - "
"Jing Mansion belongs to you now."
"ah?"
"Young master said that I will give Jing Mansion to you. Now you are the owner of Jing Mansion."
Qing Lan suddenly raised her head, her eyes lit up with hope, and her voice trembled slightly: "Really, really?"
Mi Die nodded silently: "He still made the decision and revoked your contract of betrayal."
"Yes, really." Qing Lan twisted her fingers, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and her eyebrows were full of joy: "Young Master is so kind and kind that I can't repay you. I will definitely work hard to repay you in the future -"
"Young master also said that you are free."
Qinglan tilted her head, looking at Mi Die with dazzling eyes, and the smile faded from her face.
