The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

Huanhuan and Xu Qu walked at the end of the crowd. Huanhuan was a little absent-minded because she was thinking about the things in the Rouge Shop. Xu Qu soon noticed this and asked her, "What are you thinking about?"

He slowly raised his head to look at the sun above his head, then looked at Xu Qu and whispered, "I left early yesterday, and now I've been delayed for another half a day. I'm worried about the shop, I wonder how it's going now."

She looked at the group of people walking in front of her and said, "Since Manager Cao and his men will not be in the mansion this afternoon, I can neither help you nor learn anything. Why don't I go and apply rouge now?"

Xu Qu asked, "Not eating anymore?"

Huan Huan replied simply, "Just eat in the shop as usual."

Xu Qu nodded and said, "Go ahead, I'll explain to mother later."

So she slowly turned around and left Xu's house, going to apply rouge.

Today, the Rouge Shop needed Huanhuan to entertain guests from time to time as usual, but when she was free, she thought about the birthday party for Miss Shen San. Because she remembered that Cao and his friends would go back to Xu's house in the evening, Huanhuan also went back to Xu's house before dinner today. Before leaving the Rouge Shop, she also told Suzhu and his friends to close the shop early after dinner today and go back.

When he returned to Xin Garden and saw Xu Qu, Xu Qu told Huan Huan that Manager Cao and his men had only stayed at the governor's place for a short while before coming back, and that they had already discussed the matter with Madam Xie and the others.

He asked slowly, "Then will we still talk tonight?"

Xu Qu said: "Maybe we can still talk about it, but it's not convenient for us to go over there."

Huanhuan felt a little disappointed after hearing this, after all, she came back early on purpose. But she quickly said to Xu Qu, "Then tell me how their conversation went?"

Xu Qu's expression was not relaxed, and he said, "It's not going well. In my opinion, this shopkeeper Cao is really shrewd and experienced. They saw that my mother really wanted to buy their Xiangyunsha, so now they are not very active. They should be retreating to advance. Who knows, they went to Lord Su's house in the prefecture today to deliberately delay and wear out our patience."

He listened carefully and then asked, "What is mother's plan now?"

Xu Qu replied, "Mother still wants to treat them with courtesy so that we can get closer to them. Then it will be easier to talk to them. Tomorrow I will take them to Qingshi Mountain for a trip."

She listened slowly and nodded, and finally asked, "Will I go again tomorrow?"

Xu Qu looked at Huan Huan, thought for a while, and asked, "Do you want to go?"

Huanhuan hesitated and frowned, "I want to learn, but I didn't do anything before. Isn't it a bit abrupt to suddenly get involved now?" In addition, Huanhuan had a little thought. She really wanted to know whether Xie Jin would go. She muttered in her heart: Maybe he won't go, but there is a high probability that he will go, right? However, Xu Qu didn't seem to think about these trivial matters at all, so she was afraid that Xu Qu would find out about her little crooked thoughts.

Xu Qu smiled and said, "You want to learn something, so why are you afraid of these? If you want to go, let's go together."

He shook his head slowly and said, "Miss Shen San's birthday party is coming soon, and I am mainly focusing on this now."

Xu Qu looked puzzled and asked, "Isn't business good now? Why are you going to so much trouble for a birthday party?"

Speaking of this, Huan Huan became very interested. Her eyes sparkled with longing. She said, "I've figured it out. Our Shi Shi Rouge cannot be compared with the Xue Lian Tang. Those have been carefully managed for many years, and they have accumulated a lot of wealth, a good reputation, and a long history. They are the things that the rich and powerful ladies use to compete with each other. But we have our own characteristics, that is, cheap, rich and bright colors, delicate and easy to use. The color is obviously more suitable for young ladies, and they are more likely to accept new things, which is a perfect match for our Shi Shi Rouge. Therefore, I have to plan this matter carefully, targeting the young ladies in Shanghuai City, and strive to establish the credibility and reputation of Shi Shi Rouge among them. If I can make them use Shi Shi Rouge as a trend, it will also be able to influence others."

Xu Qu's eyes sparkled softly, and he chuckled and asked, "Oh? So ambitious?"

"Yes!" Huanhuan nodded proudly and asked again, "Do you think I'm right?"

Xu Qu answered without hesitation: "That's right! Go ahead and do it. If you are interested in Mother and Manager Cao, I will tell you about it when you come back."

Xu Qu's words were undoubtedly a strong support for Huanhuan. In fact, Huanhuan did not expect Xu Qu to have such a reaction. After recovering from the excitement, she looked at Xu Qu with gratitude in her eyes - she had always been grateful to Xu Qu.

Xu Qu didn't avoid her gaze at all, and just asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"Thank you!" He said this slowly from the heart.

Xu Qu did not reply, but just looked at Huanhuan with a smile on his face. Huanhuan felt his eyes were somewhat familiar, just like that morning in Heyang when he saw his brother and sister-in-law gazing at their baby niece in the cradle together, full of beauty, kindness, love and care.

Suddenly, Huanhuan's stomach growled, "gurgle, gurgle, gurgle" because she was hungry, breaking the affectionate eye contact between the two. Huanhuan suddenly felt regretful and embarrassed, and her face blushed as she covered her stomach.

Xu Qu looked at her and asked calmly, "Do you have a stomachache?" Huan Huan then remembered that Xu Qu couldn't hear her. She felt relieved when she thought of this and said openly, "I'm hungry. Let's eat."

Then the young couple went to the side room and had dinner while chatting and laughing. After dinner, they sat in the study and were busy with their own things.

Before he knew it, the night had deepened. Xu Qu looked at her tired face and asked slowly, "Did you take the medicine today?"

When this was mentioned, he nodded slowly and solemnly and replied, "I drank it yesterday. It was very effective. I slept very well without nightmares."

Xu Qu asked again: "I see you always have trouble sleeping, do you often have dreams?"

He sighed quickly and imperceptibly, and said nonchalantly, "Yes."

Xu Qu frowned and asked again: "What do you dream about?"

He blinked slowly and said, "That's all-encompassing."

Xu Qu kept asking, "What did you dream about most recently?"

After thinking for a while, he said, "I dreamed that my cousin from my uncle's family scolded me fiercely."

Xu Qu frowned and asked, "Is your cousin very mean to you?"

After hesitating for a while, he slowly said, "Actually, when I was a child, my grandparents and uncle had not yet separated. My aunt didn't like me living in my grandparents' house, so my cousins were strict with me and sometimes even fierce."

Xu Qu sat upright, his eyes darkened, and he said to Huan Huan: "I remember you said before that you lived well at your grandparents' home."

After slowly looking at Xu Qu's expression of being ready for a great enemy, she actually laughed and said in a relaxed tone: "Don't be so solemn, okay? Although my cousins are much older than me, they were just children at that time. After my grandparents and uncle separated, I hardly saw them anymore. When I saw them occasionally, they became much kinder to me."

Xu Qu looked at Huan Huan with deep eyes and said calmly, "But it can't change the fact that they embarrassed and hurt you, right? You were an orphan away from your parents at the time, and they were the close relatives of this child, and they were the ones who should have been expected to care for her."

After thinking for a while, he looked at Xu Qu and said seriously, "To be honest, I was indeed depressed about this and suffered a lot in my heart. But then I thought about it carefully. In fact, including ourselves, we are just ordinary people. We have different likes and dislikes for people and things. They are the same. They are just ordinary people with their own preferences. I am just a part of their likes and dislikes. In this way, I feel that they are not evil people with ulterior motives and vicious hearts, so I am not so obsessed with their attitudes."

Xu Qu didn't comment, but just frowned and groaned, but in the end he couldn't help but say: "It sounds like you don't care about right and wrong, it's just a compromise, escape and self-consolation. When you encounter a problem that you are unable to solve, you can only endure it. If you force yourself to find the reason and solution from your own side, but don't face the problem, you will only hurt yourself and the problem will not be solved."

Xu Qu's words also made Huan Huan ponder. She was silent for a while, and then said, "What you said makes sense, but tolerance is also a solution. In addition to the seemingly clear standards of national justice and fairness and justice, many things are not black and white. It is true that mothers are kind and children are filial, brothers are friendly and respectful, and relatives are friendly and helpful to each other. But many times even the closest parents can hardly give equal love to each child even if they want to. Occasionally, we encounter relatives who are not in harmony with us, such as aunts and cousins. If we have idealized expectations of them, we will suffer, but if we put them aside and think more about those loving relatives and friends, think about those beloved demeanors in the world, we will find that they are actually not important. Since it has passed, we should forget them appropriately. This is not to let others go, but to avoid imprisoning and tying ourselves down."

After she finished speaking slowly, she saw Xu Qu remained silent, but looked at her with deep eyes. She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you think what I said makes sense?"

Xu Qu looked at him for a while and said, "But you still remember it and have nightmares because of it."

After a brief silence, she whispered, "Because it takes time to forget. Although I remember, it doesn't mean that I have any resentment in my heart."

Xu Qu asked with a deep smile: "How can I not feel resentment?"

The first thing that caught Huanhuan's eyes was the suspicion in Xu Qu's eyes. And in the smile that Xu Qu, who always kept his emotions hidden, showed, Huanhuan actually saw some sadness.

She looked directly at Xu Qu and said, "Receiving and giving care and love will bring me warmth. I can't use my limited energy to get entangled with people who don't love me. I can't give up my ability to love. I want to maintain this strength and pursue this beauty. If you think in that way, you can do it."

"You can gain warmth when you receive care, but how can you gain warmth when you give care?" The light that flashed in Xu Qu's eyes showed disapproval and he found it difficult to agree.

"As long as there are still people you want to care for and love, if you pay attention to them and care about them, then you won't be alone." He answered slowly, staring at Xu Qu.

Xu Qu was silent. He looked at Huan Hu's eyes, which were moving and surging, very complicated.

After a long while, Xu Qu looked very relaxed. He smiled and said, "Well, it's getting late. Let's go to bed early."

Huanhuan looked dejectedly at Xu Qu, who had turned around and was about to rest, guessing that he was thinking of something about himself. Huanhuan really wanted to hear him tell her. She felt that she and Xu Qu had not finished talking, but Xu Qu did not seem to want to continue.

To Huanhuan at this moment, Xu Qu was like a quiet lake, magnificent and mysterious. Huanhuan wanted to explore it but could not, so she could only choose to guard it silently.

So be it. Fortunately, I feel much better after slowly expressing my feelings tonight. I hope that tonight I will not have a nightmare, but a beautiful dream, about Shi Shi Yanzhi, and also about her and Xu Qu.