The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

The next day, when Huanhuan opened her eyes, she saw rays of bright sunlight shining into the room. Xu Qu was not in the room. She didn't know whether he was practicing sword or eating breakfast.

After washing up slowly, she sat in front of the mirror and let Xiaoyu do her hair. She was thinking about the conversation with Xu Qu last night and stared at the mirror in a daze.

Xiaoyu asked Huanhuan: "Miss, are you wearing a pearl hairpin or a jade hairpin?" Xiaoyu asked several times but Huanhuan didn't respond. Finally, Xiaoyu shook her head and shouted "Miss! Miss!" twice before she brought the absent-minded Huanhuan back to her senses.

Xiaoyu asked curiously: "Miss, what were you thinking about all morning?"

He slowly sighed and told Xiaoyu what happened last night. Xiaoyu exclaimed, "Miss, how can you say that?"

Huanhuan asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

Xiaoyu said, "Uncle-in-law is on your side and considers things from your perspective, so he criticizes your cousins. But you still make excuses for your cousins, which hurts Uncle-in-law's heart."

He slowly explained: "I am just stating my thoughts. I have no intention of defending my cousins."

Xiaoyu frowned and said, "But it just sounds very ungrateful."

Slowly looking at Xiaoyu in the bronze mirror, he asked hesitantly, "Is that so?"

Xiaoyu said indignantly: "That's right! Others are helping you, but you don't follow their advice. Who wouldn't be angry?"

Then Xiaoyu casually picked up a pearl hairpin and inserted it into Huanhuan's hair, and added: "When I was a child, there was a cousin aunt in my family who was very popular with my cousin uncle and grandmother. The older girls and younger sisters-in-law in the family all asked her for advice. After much persuasion, she was willing to tell us that the secret was to speak and act in accordance with the wishes of the head of the family. Although I was young at that time, I still remember these words deeply."

Slowly and silently looking at Xiaoyu frowning in the mirror, he said a little aggrievedly: "But if the people closest to me are not sincere to each other, what's the point of living like this? For the sake of false harmony, I say unreasonable things against my will. I don't want to do this."

Xiaoyu sighed and said, "Miss, you are so stubborn sometimes! What can I do? I can only watch my uncle get angry and ignore you!"

These few words gradually made him look unhappy.

Huanhuan came to the side room with a heavy heart and saw Xu Qu who was having breakfast. Xu Qu acted as if everything was normal and even handed Huanhuan a spoon.

Huanhuan was in a state of confusion. She ate two mouthfuls of porridge without tasting the food. Seeing that Xu Qu was almost done, it would be too late if she didn't ask. Finally, she couldn't help but ask Xu Qu, "Um, yesterday when we talked about my cousin, you considered me, but I didn't agree with you. Were you angry?"

Xu Qu just finished the last mouthful of porridge, looked at Huan Huan, and said calmly: "No."

Huanhuan was about to say something, but Cheng came in and urged him, "Young Master, hurry up, the doorman came again to report that the carriage is waiting at the door! We can't keep them waiting today."

Xu Qu turned his head and looked at Huan Huan, saying, "Don't forget to take your medicine. Come back early if you have nothing else to do. Have more rest. I'm leaving first."

Listening carefully, the concern in these words seemed to answer my question indirectly. I felt at ease and nodded quickly with a smile in response.

Then Xu Qu left, and the one who stayed behind slowly and obediently finished her breakfast, and rested for a while before applying rouge.

Not long after arriving at the Rouge Shop, Xiangyue came to find Huanhuan, and the two of them discussed the birthday party in detail in the inner room. After a long time, the two finally came to an end. Xiangyue let out a long sigh, leaned back on the chair and stretched.

Looking at her childish appearance, he reached out and touched her head, smiling, "What's wrong? Are you tired?"

Xiangyue put her arms around Huanhuan's arms, leaned on Huanhuan's shoulders and said coquettishly: "Sister-in-law, we are so dedicated, this time we will definitely be a hit, right?"

Slowly covering up her inner uneasiness, she said with a smile, "Of course! Do you remember what your sister-in-law told you? Our Shishi Rouge is most suitable for young girls like you."

Xiangyue raised her head from Huanhuan's shoulder, looked at Huanhuan and corrected her, saying: "Sister-in-law is also very young, one of us young people."

Huanhuan said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, it's us!" Then Huanhuan said thoughtfully, "It's not easy to start a business. Mother has managed many businesses in our family successfully over the years. It's really rare."

Xiangyue was stunned after hearing this, as if she had never thought about it this way before. She pondered for a moment and nodded seriously.

He smiled slowly and murmured, "I wonder how their conversation with Mr. Cao and his wife went today."

Xiangyue heard this and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you talking about the trip that mother and her friends are going on with Cao and his wife today?"

He smiled slowly and said, "Yes, I heard that the previous discussion was not very smooth. Miss Xie Jin also told you about it, right?"

Xiangyue asked curiously, "Why did Sister Xie Jin tell me this?"

After a pause, he said, "I thought Xie Jin would tell you about it since he lives with you."

Xiangyue blinked and said, "Well, Sister Xie Jin doesn't live with me."

Huan Huan asked curiously, "Didn't mother arrange for Miss Xie Jin to stay at your place yesterday?"

Xiangyue shook her head and said, "My eldest aunt came to my place yesterday and said that since my eldest uncle is gone and my place is small, it would be better for Sister Xie Jin to live with her."

He nodded slowly and silently and said, "It can be seen that the eldest aunt really likes Miss Xie Jin."

Xiangyue lowered her eyes and curled her lips, saying, "Well, they do have similar interests." Then Xiangyue raised her eyes and said, "And even if Sister Xie Jin lived with me, she probably wouldn't tell me these things."

This made Huanhuan very curious, and she asked, "Why?"

Xiangyue asked solemnly, "Why would you say that? Sister Xie Jin probably wouldn't waste her energy on someone like me who is of no benefit to her. Why is she telling me all this? Is she going to help me do business like my sister-in-law did?"

Huanhuan was speechless for a moment after hearing this, Xiangyue blinked and asked: "What are you thinking about, sister-in-law?"

Huan Huan joked, "How come Miss Xie Jin, this thoughtful and considerate cousin, makes my little cousin unhappy?"

Xiangyue still said seriously: "My cousin has done her best to show off, but I am not stupid and can tell the difference between perfunctory and sincere. My cousin Xie Jin, you came to the Xu Mansion mainly for my brother, and nothing else..."

Xiangyue realized she had said something wrong before she finished speaking, so she stopped and looked at Huanhuan nervously. When she saw Huanhuan's gloomy face, Xiangyue also became at a loss.

Just when Xiangyue didn't know what to do, she suddenly heard Huanhuan trying to ask in a normal tone: "Xiangyue, did Xie Jin often come to see your brother in the past?"

Xiangyue hesitated and said, "I came here often when I was a child, but less often later on." After that, Xiangyue added, "Most of the time, I came with Brother Xie Shen."

She nodded slowly, indicating that she had received Xiangyue's explanation, but she then asked, "So, what do they play and do?"

"This..." Xiangyue carefully observed Huanhuan's expression and replied, "I am a few years older than them, so I usually don't play with them. I only remember that sometimes they played chess, sometimes drank tea, but more often they just sat and chatted."

After hearing this, Huanhuan felt very sad. She also wanted to sit and chat with Xu Qu often, but the result of yesterday... Huanhuan couldn't help but let out a sigh of helplessness. It took her a long time to weakly utter an "oh" as a response to Xiangyue.

Xiangyue looked embarrassed, and she said awkwardly: "Sister-in-law, it's almost time for today, why don't I go back first."

He slowly looked at Xiangyue, forced a smile and responded, "Okay, we'll discuss it tomorrow."

Huanhuan sent Xiangyue to the door of the shop. Xiangyue's beautiful eyes were full of apology. She looked at Huanhuan reluctantly, then smiled gently at her. Then Xiangyue turned and left.

Then she slowly returned to the inner room and tried to sort out the things she had just discussed with Xiangyue, but she found that she was too upset to calm down. So she simply put everything aside and told Suzhu that they could close the shop and go back after dinner. After explaining everything, she went back to Xu's house.