Xia Qiu gave the signed document to the assistant.

The sudden jerky feeling about the wheelchair had disappeared. Xia Qiu was already used to using the wheelchair, and she slowly slid out.

After dealing with official business for a day, Xia Qiu felt a little irritable. The indescribable restlessness made her a little bit unable to control her desire to smash something.

She endured.

It is seven o'clock in the evening, Lu Hui should go to eat.

Following the long ramp with gentle lights, Xia Qiu exited the ramp.

Because it was night, there was no such bright light at the door, and there was no one who looked at her while holding his chin and biting a lollipop in the brightest place that day.

The temperature on the mountain dropped sharply, and goosebumps crawled up densely, but Xia Qiu didn't feel cold, but she felt even more uncomfortable.

That feeling of anxiety after suddenly coming to an open place.

On weekdays, she usually doesn't come out, she just sleeps in the basement, and someone brings her food.

But this time, she didn't know why, so she figured it out.

She felt dazed and irritable as if she didn't know where to go.

Under such annoyance, looking around, she quickly found something different at the door.

There is a pot of... Chlorophytum.

Although the entrance to the basement is on the garden side, generally no one hangs things like orchids here.

They all know their rules.

Those who can do this... Or, those who don't know her "rules", in the whole villa, it seems that only Lu regrets.

Xia Qiu looked at the lonely pot of orchids hanging at the door, and suddenly saw the shiny plastic candy wrappers hidden under the leaves of the orchids.

Xia Qiu's thinking suddenly diverged a little.

Candy wrappers... Did Lu regret it?

... Did Lu Hui hide the candy wrappers in the flowerpot after eating candies?

Do you think that if you put the candy paper in a flower pot, new candies will grow like flowers?

……

No wonder I like watering flowers so much...

Xia Qiu felt that her thoughts were so scattered that she couldn't hold back, she shook her head, thought about Lu Hui's age, and laughed a little at her childish thoughts.

The mood is inexplicably much better.

Xia Qiu turned the wheelchair over there.

This pot of Chlorophytum is at the right height.

You don't have to bend over to pick it up, and you won't be out of reach.

It's just right, you can touch it as soon as you reach out.

The sense of anxiety that had no place to rest seemed to be soothed a little.

Xia Qiu's hand paused, and before he could think more, the leaf had been pulled away, revealing the two mint candies wrapped in shiny sugar paper under the leaf.

They are hidden in flower pots, hidden under the leaves, still holding the pipa half-hidden.

"..."

Ah, it's not sugar paper, it's sugar.

Was it... put here on purpose?

Xia Qiu held the candy and looked at it for a while, thinking of Lu Hui's words yesterday, she was a little lost in thought.

Xia Qiu stopped next to Chlorophytum, subconsciously holding Tang in her palm.

But then there is no way to push the wheelchair.

Someone next to her saw her and came over after a moment of hesitation, "Mr. Xia, let me push it for you."

They were all shocked.

Mr. Xia didn't get angry when he saw the flowerpot hanging there.

In the past, a gardener accidentally placed a rose pot at the door, and there was a distance of nearly one meter. When Xia Qiu accidentally saw it, he lost his temper and fired that person on the spot.

From now on, although the entrance to the basement is on the garden side, the nearest flower should be about five meters away from here.

"Need not."

Xia Qiu frowned. It was her assistant who pushed the wheelchair for her. She hated letting other people approach her.

But now the assistant has delivered the materials, and she usually doesn't come out at this time, so she is alone.

Those people were about to leave, Xia Qiu suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

The servant stopped, a little puzzled.

Xia Qiu: "Where is Lu Hui...?"

After learning that she was eating in the living room, Xia Qiu slowly tore off the candy wrapper in the slightly cold night wind, and put both candies into her mouth.

The mint refreshes the mind, and the cool sweetness spreads on the tip of the tongue, which seems to suppress the feeling of anxiety very well.

She turned the wheelchair and walked towards the living room.

She walked silently, without disturbing others. The road from the garden to the living room was neither long nor short. She passed quietly by herself, and there was still a distance. When passing by the utility room, Xia Qiu heard someone talking.

"I really think of myself as a young mistress..."

Xia Qiu paused slightly.

"I don't even piss to take pictures of what I look like... It's just a little thing for joy, and I really think how capable I am."

Some impatient tone.

"Hehehe, let me tell you, she must be unlucky. I saw her hang the spider plant on the steps of the basement today. Mr. Xia will definitely be angry. Then... tsk tsk tsk."

This is schadenfreude.

"Actually, there are a lot of people who don't like her. Let me tell you, the dishes in the kitchen are deliberately short of meat and vegetables. They put eye drops on the young lady. Guess what, that little soil turtle didn't even look at it at all." When I came out, I still thought that Xia’s food should be so little..."

"So it's a little soil turtle, hahaha..."

They seemed to be chatting while packing their things, and their tone sounded pleasant and a bit malicious with desire and dissatisfaction.

"I told her those words," the clear and vicious voice sounded again, "I said that Mr. Xia made the young master kneel down and she just wanted to use her, maybe he wanted to use the young master's hand to drive her away." Get out, let her not think too much, do you know what she said?"

When Xia Qiu heard them talking, she had already stopped.

The wheelchair actually has an automatic transmission, but she has no sense of security, so she is always pushed by someone. If there is no one, she will push it by herself.

But she seldom pushes the wheelchair for such a long distance, and her hands hurt a little.

Maybe it's because the journey was too long, the irritable anger, even if the tip of the tongue was accidentally bitten, and the suddenly cold sugar, there was no way to completely suppress it.

—what are they talking about?

--what did she say?

"What did she say?" someone asked curiously.

"'It doesn't matter'," He Ran smiled sarcastically, venting his grievances wantonly behind his back, "What a lunatic, she actually said that she wanted to protect Mr. Xia, who did she think she was, an ancient general? ? Just like her, has the sparrow's feathers fully grown..."

"Hahahahahaha..."

"Is that what she said? Pfft, it's so funny."

"I'll teach you a little." He Ran cleared his throat.

——"It doesn't matter."

——"I want to protect her."

He Ran squeezed his throat deliberately.

——"I'm not afraid of being used, I'm just afraid of being useless... Hahaha."

"It's so sensational, tsk tsk..."

Maybe they finished cleaning up, they opened the door happily, and when they saw the back of the wheelchair at the door, their smiles froze on their faces.

In the entire villa, there is only one person who can walk around in a wheelchair.

Under the icy moonlight, the vine trellises cast vague shadows on the ground, and the woman quietly turned her wheelchair around and looked at them.

She was wearing a light silk shirt, her black hair was rolled up, and she just looked at them expressionlessly, her lips were slightly pursed, and her black pupils were slightly tinged with hostility.

Xia Qiu looked at them, and there were three women who were talking, about the same age, all in their 20s, and they were all wearing Xia's maid outfits.

He was looking at her in embarrassment at this time.

He Ran reacted very quickly: "Mr. Xia, why are you out? It's cold outside, you don't wear much..."

Xia Qiu could tell that this was the woman who told Lu Hui to hang the spider plant on her place on purpose without reminding her.

It was also the one who recounted Lu Hui's words in a sarcastic tone.

——It doesn't matter.

——I want to protect her.

For a moment, Xia Qiu felt a little inexplicable pain in his heart, that kind of delicate feeling that was suddenly poked by something——

It’s like a child who has always been lonely and miserable, who faced the warmth of the world for the first time and was scalded all over his body, and lost all his courage. When his own world was completely hopeless, suddenly there was another person who was more lonely than her. The child rushed into her world through many thorns, and in spite of the malicious ridicule and indifference of the world, he shouted loudly and innocently to her——

I want to protect you! !

The wounds on her body are so deep, the blood on her body is so thick, but her voice, innocent and brave, is like a thunderbolt from the sky, rushing into her world without refusal, regardless of the consequences, just like her name, without complaint regret.

"Who is that in the kitchen?" Xia Qiu asked.

He Ran suddenly stopped laughing.

Xia Qiu would ask such a question, obviously they could hear what they just said clearly.

After Xia Qiu asked a question, he stopped asking and just stared at her.

He Ran couldn't bear Xia Qiu's gaze, and after a moment of embarrassment, said, "It's that female chef named Li Lu..."

Her voice lacked confidence, and she was timid and hesitant, without the half arrogance just now.

"Pack up your things and go tomorrow." Xia Qiu glanced at the three people, "You three."

So irritating.

He Ran panicked, the work here is easy and the salary is comparable to that of a corporate executive, Xia Qiu doesn't care about things, he can do whatever he wants, and he can even drink afternoon tea. If he leaves, where can he find such a good one? Errands?

And once she was kicked out by the Xia family, with the Xia family covering the sky with one hand, basically there would be no place for her anymore.

He Ran tried to explain, "President Xia, we were just now..."

"What is it?" Xia Qiu tilted his head slightly, "It's nothing, just scold your legitimate master?"

It's so annoying, I want all the people in front of me to get out of here, so far away that they all disappear.

Why is she a cripple.

Why is she a cripple who can't do anything without someone to take care of her? !

The corner of Xia Qiu's mouth twitched into a sneer.

"Do you still feel that I really don't care about anything?"

He Ran shut up immediately.

For some reason, she immediately remembered what the gray-haired girl said just now.

She was wearing overalls and a white shirt, which were not noble at all, with pockets in them. She looked like a knife out of its sheath in front of her, with innocent eyes but a sharp insight into the world.

"The person you are standing here talking about unscrupulously is the one who gives you meaning."

"She gave you a satisfying job, and also gave you the ability to stand tall in front of me."

——She is not lame, nor humble, she is high above.

At this moment when Xia Qiu took control of her life and death.

Only then did He Ran truly understand the true meaning of "high above" in that sentence.

No matter how much potential the young master has, the one covering the sky with his hands is still the "cripple" she secretly despises.

"What the young lady said."

"Is it ridiculous?"

Xia Qiu looked at He Ran, waiting for her answer.

He Ran muttered, the previous arrogance disappeared completely: "It's not ridiculous..."

"It's not funny, why are you laughing?" Xia Qiu's voice was soft, and her eyes swept over the three people, "Is it funny, so funny, it seems that all the ridicule in this life is used on this day?"

He Ran hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry!"

"I'm a useless cripple, why don't you say I'm sorry." Xia Qiu's eyes were loose, "You should go and say sorry to Xia Shi, for failing to live up to his expectations of you."

He Ran opened his eyes wide in fear, "No, it's not..." Boss Xia actually knew about Master Xia Shi——

"Those who talk nonsense." Xia Qiu's voice was very slow, "I will find them out one by one."

The last trace of cool sweetness on the tip of the tongue also disappeared.

The anxiety and anger in my heart slowly condensed to the peak, and was suppressed by Xia Qiu again.

"There's also that one named Li Lu." Xia Qiu said, "Let her go together tomorrow."

A girl named Liu Yu next to He Ran whispered, "But Mr. Xia...she is the only chef in the villa..."

Xia Qiu was suddenly furious: "Let her go!!"

Her eyes were cold: "My Xia family, can't afford a chef?!"

……

When Xia Qiu found Lu Hui, she had already finished her meal and seemed to have taken a bath. She was wearing a soft white rabbit pajamas, holding a soft beige pillow and playing with her mobile phone. On the sofa, only a small gray head was exposed.

Appears small, warm, soft, healing.

She was talking to the phone, muttering something in a low voice, which could be vaguely heard: "I can't do it today... I don't have tools..."

With the sofa on its side, she nestled in a small corner and was so focused on her phone that she didn't notice Xia Qiu who came in silently.

Xia Qiu's strange sense of restlessness gradually faded away after staring at Lu Gui for a while.

Her head was full of words from that man named He Ran, who was a bit eccentric, but lingering in her mind.

——I want to protect her.

——I am not afraid of being used, I am only afraid of being useless.

Such words sound naive, but it takes courage to say them.

...lots and lots of courage.

She wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say.

He could only stare at the back of her head in a daze.

Then saw her fingers.

Lu Hui seemed to be tired of one posture, put the phone on the small coffee table, crossed his hands and stretched his waist, ready to change his posture and play again.

She stretched out her right hand to get the phone, she glanced at the door out of the corner of her eye, paused, and subconsciously wanted to retract her hand.

However it was too late.

"...your finger, what's the matter?"

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