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Manager Geng introduced all the jewelry on the second floor, but Mrs. Cao didn't find anything she liked so much. She only picked up a gold-inlaid gourd pendant, while the eldest aunt and Xie Jin didn't buy anything.

Finally, when the six of them were invited to sit down and drink tea, Manager Geng asked hesitantly, "I wonder what kind of jewelry the Duke's wife and the Crown Prince's wife would like? We can also keep an eye out for you."

Seeing that Madam Cao didn't choose anything she liked, the eldest aunt and Xie Jin looked at each other. The eldest aunt said, "Our guest today is also a distinguished guest who knows a lot about jewelry. The things here are indeed not presentable. We need to go to the private storehouse in the back house."

"This..." Manager Geng hesitated for a moment. He glanced at the two waiters, who looked at each other and lowered their heads in silence.

"How come we are not qualified enough to go to the private vault?" Xie Jin pressed on.

"Qualified, qualified, absolutely qualified! If you guys are not qualified, I'm afraid there is no one else qualified in Shanghuai City." Manager Geng lowered his head and sighed, then raised his head and smiled and said, "You guys are not outsiders, I will tell you the truth. It's not that I don't want you to go to the private storehouse in the back house, but the back house is in chaos now."

"What do you mean?" Xie Jin asked.

"You may not know that our shopkeeper Xiao's youngest daughter is very naughty. Our shopkeeper Xiao is afraid that she will not be able to get married in the future, so we will not tell anyone. She especially likes to raise poisonous creatures. She has a lot of scorpions, centipedes, lizards, and snakes. Not to mention other things, there are even ants that are half an inch long. On weekdays, shopkeeper Xiao loves his daughter very much and has specially prepared three rooms for her to raise them. But at noon today, she lost her temper and broke the containers and opened the doors of the rooms in a rage. Those creatures crawled all over the yard. People in the mansion who have a little courage went to catch poisonous creatures. They haven't caught them all yet. Shopkeeper Xiao is directing in the backyard, so I didn't come to receive you two. Now that you go, I'm afraid you will be bitten by the poisonous creatures."

This statement was indeed beyond everyone's expectations. Everyone was so shocked that they were speechless. Xie Jin was so frightened when he heard it that he shrank back in his seat, holding his right wrist with his left hand.

After being stunned for a long time, the eldest aunt cleared her throat and said, "We don't want to come here in vain, why don't we ask this guy to go and have a look. If it's almost done, we can take the risk and go and have a look."

Manager Geng didn't dare to neglect it, and hurriedly followed the instructions given by the aunt. The one called Acai shook his head and said he was afraid, so he asked the other one to go. Soon the waiter came back and said, "The backyard has been cleaned up almost, but these things can crawl and hide, and occasionally they will pop up."

Chief Steward Geng then looked at his aunt and asked, "Madam, do you want to go?"

The eldest aunt looked at the others and said, "Go ahead. You can't come here for nothing."

Shopkeeper Cao and his wife didn't seem to be afraid, so the others didn't say anything.

When she reached the door, Huanhuan took another look at the ice agate bracelet on the counter. Seeing her expression, Xu Qu picked up the bracelet and the Buddhist beads necklace of the same material next to it, and said to Huanhuan, "Put them on."

Huanhuan was very happy. She looked at Xu Qu and said, "Do you think it looks like the rain of petals falling from the sky on the crabapple path in Yonghe Village?" Huanhuan still remembered the scene when she was looking at the handsome Xu Qu among the colorful falling petals.

Xu Qu smiled and nodded.

Huanhuan also thought: Look, this is the unique memory of her and Xu Qu.

"Is it still the double-petaled crabapple?" Xie Jin's voice suddenly came from behind. It turned out that she was afraid, so she changed her previous leading position and walked slowly to the end.

Huanhuan and Xu Qu looked back and saw Xie Jin's face was pale and she looked very flustered. She seemed to have said this unconsciously and naturally in a nervous situation. After saying this, she hurriedly caught up with her aunt and the others.

Huanhuan suddenly felt extremely lost. By the way, Xie Jin must have been to Yonghe Village over the years and walked under the crabapple path planted by Xu Qu's parents. Suddenly, Huanhuan's heart seemed to be weighed down by a thousand-pound stone, which made her breathless.

Xu Qu looked at her calmly and asked, "What's wrong with you? You were fine just now."

She thought slowly that he probably didn't hear what Xie Jin said, so why should she bother here? Although she thought so, she still blurted out, "Has Xie Jin also been to the Begonia Trail?"

Xu Qu looked at Huan Huan, was silent for a while, and nodded. Huan Huan suddenly regretted saying those things so much. She said nothing, lowered her head and walked forward regardless. Xu Qu had no choice but to follow her.

After passing the main hall on the first floor, I discovered that the aunt in the courtyard was talking to a white and fat middle-aged man. The man also had the same mustache as Butler Geng and looked older than Butler Geng. He must be Shopkeeper Xiao.

Seeing Xu Qu and the others coming over, the eldest aunt waved and said, "Qu'er, come here quickly."

Huanhuan was afraid that Xu Qu couldn't see clearly because they were too far away, so she said it again facing Xu Qu: "Eldest aunt asked you to go over, probably to introduce you to Shopkeeper Xiao."

Huanhuan understood the hidden meaning of her aunt and did not call her. However, Xu Qu pulled her sleeve and asked Huanhuan to walk behind him and follow him closely.

After standing still, the eldest aunt introduced him to the shopkeeper Xiao: "This is my nephew, Xu Qu. Qu'er, this is Uncle Xiao from Jinqi Pavilion." Xu Qu then bowed to the shopkeeper Xiao and greeted him.

Shopkeeper Xiao was originally waiting for the eldest aunt to introduce Huanhuan next to Xu Qu, but seeing that the eldest aunt had no intention of doing so, he just said to Xu Qu with an understanding look: "Mr. Xu is really a handsome man, hahahaha."

This was not the first time that Huanhuan had experienced this deliberate trick of her aunt, but she really didn't care. The only thing she cared about was Xu Qu's heart!

Huan Huan was hiding behind Xu Qu and thinking with his head down when he suddenly heard Xie Jin, who was always reserved and elegant, shouting, "There are ants!"

Hearing the sound, he looked up and saw Xie Jin holding Xu Qu's sleeve tightly. He was so frightened that he showed Xu Qu an ant on his sleeve and moved closer to Xu Qu, almost hanging on Xu Qu's right arm. When Xu Qu saw the ant, he quickly and naturally slapped the ant off Xie Jin's sleeve. The whole process was done in one go and they were very tacit.

Then, Xu Qu seemed to remember that Huanhuan was standing beside him. He looked at Huanhuan with a confused look, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

The shopkeeper Cao and his wife were both surprised and showed an expression of good news. Mrs. Cao lowered her head and raised her eyebrows to give the shopkeeper Cao a meaningful look. The shopkeeper Cao understood and returned a meaningful look.

Shopkeeper Xiao also looked at Xie Jin and Xu Qu with interest, then looked at Huan Huan with a searching look, then turned around and shouted, "Come over here, have a look at what's going on, is there anything that's not cleaned up!" After that, he turned around and said quickly, "This is not a place to talk, let's go."

Shopkeeper Xiao walked quickly to the backyard, followed closely by Shopkeeper Cao and his wife. The eldest aunt also pulled Xie Jin, who was closest to her, and followed closely, and they fled from here.

Huanhuan still stood there in a daze. She didn't care about the look in Shopkeeper Xiao's eyes or the good-natured expressions of Shopkeeper Cao and his wife. She just suddenly remembered that when she asked about Bihua before, the thin nanny in Xiangyin's house said: Xie Jin had asked Xu Qu to dust ants for her since she was a child. She kept asking herself: "They are full of memories, and how can I create memories?"

Slowly, all kinds of feelings came to my heart, and my breathing became rapid, as if a heartstring was pulled out, and I felt like crying.

"Madam, there's a centipede over there!" Huanhuan heard Xu Qu's voice and looked up to see Xu Qu reaching out his hand to catch the centipede. Huanhuan had already seen the centipede following Xu Qu's gaze. She reacted very quickly and reached out her hand at the same time. Since she was closer, she caught the centipede before Xu Qu. In the end, Xu Qu's outstretched hand was awkwardly suspended in the air.

She slowly grabbed the centipede and held it in front of Xu Qu, smiling sadly, and said, "I'm not Miss Jiao, I'm never afraid of these little bugs, and I don't need your protection." After she finished speaking, she thought for a moment and added, "Not only that, if you are afraid, I can still protect you."

After saying this, Xu Qu didn't say anything for a long time. He just lowered his head slightly and stared at Huanhuan with a complicated look in his eyes.

Suddenly, Huanhuan saw a scorpion crawling near Xu Qu's feet and shouted, "Be careful! Scorpion!" As he spoke, he pulled Xu Qu behind him. Xu Qu also saw the scorpion at this time, and after hesitating for a moment, he hid behind Huanhuan. Huanhuan took a step forward and kicked the scorpion far away.

Then, she turned around and looked at Xu Qu, took a long breath and said, "Okay, it's okay."

Xu Qu still said nothing, and looked at Huan Huan with sharp eyes.

Huanhuan, who had relaxed a little, teased Xu Qu with a wry smile: "I just said that I can protect you, and it turned out to be true. I didn't expect that a big guy like you is really afraid of these little bugs..." Before she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and froze. The smile on her face disappeared instantly, and she became listless.

At this time, the guy who was ordered to catch insects said to them in a trembling voice not far away: "Sir, Madam, let's go quickly, there may be poisonous insects hiding here! It's getting dark, and it will be terrible if we don't pay attention and get bitten." After that, the two guys ran away.

Xu Qu and Huanhuan were the only two people left in the yard. Xu Qu pulled Huanhuan forward. Just after taking two steps, Huanhuan felt the sadness in her heart burst out and she could hardly suppress it. She couldn't help but stop and pulled Xu Qu's hand tightly from behind.

Xu Qu obviously didn't expect Huan Huan to be like this. He turned around and stood there in a daze.

Her eyes slowly moistened, she lowered her head, and said in a choked voice: "Should I lie appropriately? Pretend to be afraid of these little bugs so that you can protect me? Just like you are obviously afraid of these little bugs, but you lied to Xie Jin that you are not afraid since childhood, and you drove away the bugs for her and silently protected her for so many years?"

Xu Qu raised Huanhuan's hand, and with his other hand, he gathered up the hair on Huanhuan's temples, saying, "It's not what you think."

Huanhuan was a little emotional. She looked up and faced Xu Qu. At this moment, she blinked her sore eyes and two tears fell. She sobbed, "But you know what? I don't want to, I don't want to, and I won't lie to you. Treating each other sincerely is the way we have always gotten along, isn't it? I know you are the same. You will never lie to me no matter what, right?"

Xu Qu was speechless for a moment by this sudden question and remained silent.

Huan Huan couldn't wait for Xu Qu's answer, so he shook his head and said to himself, "Forget it, I won't force you."

But she quickly wiped away her tears with her fingers, and asked with a confused look in her eyes: "Tell me, which one can better express a person's true feelings, the truth or a lie with a good purpose?"

Xu Qu lowered his head and looked at him silently, looking like he was worried about something.

She looked at him expectantly and said to herself, "I choose the truth, what about you?"

Xu Qu was silent for a moment and then whispered, "Of course it's true."

Huanhuan burst into laughter after hearing this and said, "I knew that you and I are the same. Maybe you used deception to express your love for others in the past, but I officially tell you today that I will not pursue the past. But I am different. I only speak and only want to hear the truth! Don't think that I usually have a good temper. If I find out that you lied to me, I will be very sad and very angry! Maybe I will leave, you know?"

Xu Qu opened his eyes wide in shock, and looked at Huanhuan in confusion, remaining silent.

After a while, he silently took Huanhuan's hand and walked towards the inner courtyard.