get married first, fall in love later

In the west courtyard of Qian Mansion, in the room of Qian Xiaobao's second uncle Qian Kaiyuan, the father and son are drinking tea leisurely.

"Shu'er," Qian Kaiyuan put down the teacup in his hand, looked at his son seemingly unintentionally and asked, "Although you are a few years older than Xiaobao, you often played and played together when you were young. Yes, have you noticed that he has What's the difference?"

"Strange?" Qian Wenshu looked at his father puzzled, "What does father mean by that?"

During dinner, he found that his father always cast his eyes on Xiao Bao who was sitting across from him intentionally or unintentionally.He was puzzled in his heart, so he tried to understand why his father was so abnormal by drinking tea after the meal, and he didn't want to ask such a puzzling question before he opened his mouth.

Qian Kaiyuan looked at Qian Wenshu's confused face, thought for a while and said, "Have you ever noticed that Xiaobao's body is different from ordinary people, otherwise how could you have been married for several months without any happy event?"

"Father," Qian Wenshu's face flashed with inexplicable embarrassment: "How can outsiders know about the affairs of their young couple's room? You, as an elder, don't seem to be paying too much attention to it."

"Silly son, what are you thinking?" Qian Kaiyuan blushed, and patted Qian Wenshu's forehead with feigned anger: "I overheard some suspicious things in Zuixianglou a few days ago, so I came to you Come and ask."

"Zuixianglou? Why do you always go to that kind of place? If mother finds out..."

"So what if your mother knows about it?" Qian Kaiyuan took a sip from his teacup, with a proud expression on his face: "We men will choose those places for most of our work. She is a woman, how dare she have any opinions?"

Qian Wenshu showed some dissatisfaction on his face: "Little Treasure is in charge of the family business, what business can you talk about?"

"Although he, Qian Xiaobao, is the person in charge of the Qian Mansion, I am also his second uncle after all. If outsiders don't know the real situation in our mansion, whoever wants to give me a little favor. Although these small businesses I do secretly are not considered in the Qian Mansion. No matter what, but slowly accumulating, it is also a considerable fortune.”

Qian Wenshu looked at his father, frowned and asked, "What are you doing behind your back, if grandma finds out..."

"What grandma?" Qian Kaiyuan interrupted him loudly: "The old lady is just giving us a treat. After all, my surname is also Qian, and I am the biological son of the deceased old man. Why should I just say something because of her?" , this life will not be able to enter the family tree of money, and even this huge family business does not have a single bit of mine?!"

"father……"

Qian Wenshu still wanted to speak to persuade him, but Qian Kaiyuan suddenly changed his expression, grabbed his hand and asked mysteriously, "Shu'er, do you know what news Dad overheard in Zuixiang Tower?"

However, Qian Wenshu was not interested in this at all, and just asked casually, "What gossip did you hear?"

Qian Kaiyuan didn't care about Qian Wenshu's reaction, and said excitedly: "It is said that even though Xiaobao hung around the place of fireworks every day before he got married, he never really slept with anyone, and they all slept with their clothes on. Ying, I have never seen him undressed before."

A trace of surprise flashed across Qian Wenshu's face when he heard the words, but after thinking about it, he still retorted: "Perhaps it's because Xiao Baojie is taking care of himself..."

"Come on, you silly boy. Among the men in the world, who can really sleep with a woman every night without being impulsive, even the rumored Liu Xiahui can't do it. If you can do it Come on, unless he is not a man at all!"

Qian Wenshu's right hand trembled in shock at his father's words, and most of the tea in the cup spilled out immediately.

"Father, what are you talking about?"

"This is what dad really heard. How can it be nonsense? If you don't believe it, you can go to Zuixiang Tower and ask Chuntao, the girl who serves Lanying."

"It's all the words of the servants who are gossiping behind their backs. Thankfully, you can really believe it." In fact, because of what his father said, Qian Wenshu was also full of doubts in his heart, but he still put on a look of complete disbelief, trying to dispel Qian Wenshu's words. Open source your thoughts.

"Well, even if you can't believe all of these words. But Xiaobao has been married for almost half a year, and her wife's belly has never moved. I think back then, after I married your mother, I had your eldest sister within a month. "

"Father..." Qian Wenshu has been studying poetry and books all year round, and he is inevitably contaminated with some pedantic spirit of literati. He openly discussed with his father what happened in the house of his younger brother and sister-in-law. not go down.

However, the more Qian Kaiyuan talked, the more he felt that there were too many strange things about this matter.He thought about it carefully, when his sister-in-law gave birth to Xiao Bao, it happened to be a hot summer day, so he specially went to Qian Mansion's other courtyard in the suburbs to avoid the heat.So at that time, only his elder brother and sister-in-law were the only ones who saw the birth of the child with their own eyes, and even the old lady rushed over after receiving the news the next day.

After Qian Kaiyuan told Qian Wenshu what was in his heart, he still did not forget to remind him: "Shu'er, you must pay more attention to see if there is really something wrong with Xiaobao."

Qian Manjusri has always been filial, although he was unwilling in every possible way, he still nodded in response: "Okay."

The two father and son talked about other insignificant things, and Qian Wenshu went back to his room to rest after finishing the pot of tea.

On the second day, Qian Xiaobao and his wife slept until the sun was up, and called Mo Xue to bring the food to the room to eat. Just about to go for a walk in the garden to digest food, the servant girl reported that Master Wen came to visit.

Although Qian Xiaobao and her cousin often played together when they were children, they seldom got together when they grew up.Especially after she took over the business in the mansion, she was busy every day and had no free time, so the chances of the two meeting each other became less and less.Now that she suddenly heard that her cousin was visiting, she felt a little strange for a moment.

When Qian Wenshu entered the door, the three of them exchanged pleasantries first.Mo Xue knocked on the door and came in, filled the teapot for several people one by one, put down several plates of delicate pastries on the tray, and then left with a loud voice.

Ouyang Xi didn't eat dim sum in the mansion for a few days, and he really missed it. Turning around, Qian Xiaobao and the two had no intention of eating, so he was not polite at the moment, first picked a piece of crab cake, put it in his stomach, and then Picked up a piece of red bean cake.

Qian Wenshu saw that Ouyang Xi was so straightforward in eating, so he laughed and teased: "I heard that my brother and sister eat a lot, but I was skeptical when I saw your slender figure. When I saw you today, it was as expected. When I entered the door, I saw that the maid was about to eat. The food is withdrawn, why is it eaten again?"

A girl is said to be edible by others, which is not a compliment in ancient times.Although Ouyang Xi has never concealed it in front of Qian Xiaobao, Qian Wenshu is an outsider after all, so he still wants to save some face.

"I'm not that good at eating. I don't know what happened recently, but I suddenly started eating too much." After Ouyang Xi finished speaking, he looked down at his round belly with some guilt, and laughed at himself: "Ha ha, You should be more restrained, otherwise you will become a pig, and you will not be able to lose weight in the end, then you will not be a swimming ring."

The speaker had no intention but the listener intended. This was originally just an excuse for Ouyang Xi to excuse himself, but it changed completely in Qian Wenshu's ears.He followed Ouyang Xi's gaze towards her slightly bulging belly, and hurriedly avoided it with just one glance, and then he hesitated for a moment before blushing and said, "Uh...I have a question, I don't know if I should ask it or not."

Qian Xiaobao saw that Qian Wenshu reacted abnormally, but he couldn't think of the reason, so he just replied: "Cousin, if you have something to ask, just ask."

As soon as these words came out, Qian Wenshu's face turned redder, and after some hesitation, he opened his mouth and said, "I see the reaction of my brother and sister, could it be that she is really pregnant as said last night?"

ah?Why are you talking about pregnancy again?Qian Xiaobao didn't understand, so Ouyang Xi blurted out in surprise, "Who said I was pregnant? Who told my cousin that?"

"No, no." Qian Wenshu avoided Ouyang Xi's gaze and waved his hands: "I just heard my younger siblings talk about those symptoms, and they seem to be very similar to what my elder sister and the others talked about earlier, so..."

What symptoms, I am all nonsense, okay?Ouyang Xi rolled her eyes helplessly in her heart, just about to tell him categorically that she was not pregnant, but Qian Xiaobao secretly held her hand under the table, and signaled her not to speak with his eyes.

Ouyang Xi obediently swallowed back the words she was about to say, turned her head to see Qian Xiaobao frowned slightly, and asked Qian Wenshu, "Brother, I don't know why this topic was brought up for no reason. In my opinion, it doesn't seem like it was unintentional."

Now that the words have come to this point, Qian Wenshu immediately stated the purpose of this trip directly: "To tell you the truth, Xiaobao, last night..."

"You said Second Uncle suspects that I'm not a man?" Although his heart was turbulent, Qian Xiaobao still looked at Qian Wenshu with a light smile and asked: "I just heard some rumors in the market, why did Second Uncle come up with such a ridiculous idea? "

"Although it is nonsense, my father firmly believes it. Xiaobao, I have no intention of spying on you this time, but to remind you that although the release of this news seems to be unintentional, it must be intentional. Although I don't know what their purpose is, but you should also be careful in dealing with it."

Qian Xiaobao nodded and said, "I certainly won't doubt my cousin's intentions. But Second Uncle is too..."

"Don't worry, I will persuade my father not to be deceived by villains."

"In this way, there will be cousin Lao."

After Qian Xiaobao finished speaking, he got up and saluted Qian Wenshu. Seeing this, Qian Wenshu hurriedly got up and returned the salute, "You are welcome, Xiaobao."

Now that the purpose of this trip has been achieved, Qian Wenshu didn't stop any longer, looked at Qian Xiaobao and said: "You guys have traveled a long distance and need to rest more, so I won't bother you."

Hearing this, Ouyang Xi hurriedly got up and sent people outside the door together with Qian Xiaobao. After saying goodbye to each other, Qian Wenshu walked towards the outside of the courtyard, but after walking a few steps, he stopped at the same spot for a moment, then turned around He glanced at Ouyang Xi meaningfully and said, "Perhaps it's best for my brother and sister to ask the doctor to check their pulse."

After saying this, without waiting for the two of them to say something, they turned around and left without looking back.

Qian Xiaobao and Ouyang Xi walked back into the room, just about to sit down and discuss what Qian Wenshu said, but Mrs. Qian stepped in.

"Mother?" Qian Xiaobao looked surprised: she always went to the south courtyard to pay her respects, her mother never came to look for her, why did she suddenly come here today without saying anything in advance?

Mrs. Qian was in a hurry, and after entering the door, she dispatched a group of maids and servants first, then closed the door tightly, took Qian Xiaobao's hand, sat on the edge of the bed and said in a low voice: "Xiaobao, I was talking with your father in the room just now. It's because your second uncle heard something that shouldn't be heard."

Second uncle again?Qian Xiaobao immediately frowned, looked at Madam Qian solemnly and asked, "What did you say, and how do you know that Second Uncle eavesdropped?"

"Oh, it's true when you say it." Madam Qian couldn't hide the regret on her face: "Didn't I tell your grandma yesterday that I would come to have a casual chat with Xiaoxi to see if she is pregnant? In the morning After dinner, I was chatting with your father in the room. At this point, I casually said, "The two of them can't even have the same room, how can they get pregnant?", but suddenly there was a strange noise outside the door, and I opened the door and went out. Then I saw your second uncle leaving in a hurry."

"At first we didn't think there was anything wrong, but after thinking about it, we realized that something was wrong. You said that your second uncle came to eavesdrop on us outside the window, so he might have doubts about your identity? Otherwise, last night's At the dinner table, why did he suddenly mention about Xiaoxi's pregnancy?"

Madam Qian's face became more and more anxious, she grabbed Qian Xiaobao tightly and asked, "I just met Manjusri outside your courtyard, but he has never been to your East courtyard, why did he come here for no reason today?" What? Did I ask you something?"

"Mother, don't worry." Qian Xiaobao patted the back of his hand to comfort Madam Qian and said, "Cousin just came here casually, there is nothing special."

"Really?"

"En." Qian Xiaobao responded and said again: "Second Uncle probably just passed by your door, and he didn't come to eavesdrop on purpose, so don't scare yourself."

"But..." Madam Qian still had doubts: "Both your father and I feel that something is wrong with this."

"You are worrying too much. You haven't noticed it for so many years. How could Second Uncle know it all of a sudden?"

"You're right."

"So you're right to trust me."

It was only by Qian Xiaobao's good words that he dispelled Madam Qian's doubts and uneasiness, and ordered her to be sent back to the South Courtyard.