Chapter 8 Lu Qian

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Lu Hong stood there for a long time.

A familiar voice interrupted his thoughts: "Brother!"

Lu Hong came to his senses and called "Second brother" with a smile.

The young man standing in front of him was about eleven or twelve years old, with fair skin and delicate features. It was Lu Qian, the second young master of Lu's family.

Lu Qian was born less than eight months old and has been frail and sickly since childhood. I don’t know how many expensive supplements and decoctions I took before I grew up safely. His body was far smaller than that of other young men of the same age, and he was not tall either. He only reached Lu Hong's chest.

Lu Hong has a distant relationship with his stepmother Ling, but he loves and cares for his younger brother very much. The two brothers have a deep relationship.

"I just finished lunch and there was no sign of you." Lu Qian complained with some dissatisfaction: "I've been looking for you everywhere. Why are you standing here alone in a daze?"

Lu Hong subconsciously didn't want to mention his encounter with Ling Jingshu, so he said casually: "Peonies only bloom in April, and the Ling family's garden has multi-colored peonies that bloom in March. I have nothing to do, so I just came here Open your eyes.”

Lest Lu Qian keep asking questions, he quickly pointed to the blooming peonies not far away and said, "Look, this is Luoyang brocade. It has flowers of different colors, and the branches and leaves are also different!"

Lu Qian followed Lu Hong's gaze and looked over.

The huge flowers are hidden among the green branches and leaves, and they are delicate and beautiful.

"It's really beautiful." Lu Qian smiled and exclaimed: "I heard from my grandmother that it was planted by cousin Shu. Cousin Shu is really smart and ingenious, but it's a pity that she has been recovering from illness. I haven't seen her yet... ..."

"Cousin Shu left not long ago!"

Lu Hong blurted out.

Lu Qian's eyes quickly flashed with an eager light, and his voice had a strange tremor: "Brother, have you met cousin Shu?"

Lu Hong didn't notice Lu Qian's strangeness, nodded and replied: "Yes, I saw it. When I came to the Peony Garden before, she happened to be there."

The surprise when we first met was deeply imprinted in my heart. I will probably never forget it in this lifetime.

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, Ling Jingshu's first impression of him seemed not to be very good... To put it mildly, it was very bad.

There must have been some misunderstanding that he didn't know about. Next time I see my cousin Shu, I have to ask her and explain the misunderstanding.

Lu Hong's mind was wandering with thoughts, and it took him a moment to come back to his senses.

When he regained consciousness, he met Lu Qian's inquiring gaze: "Brother, what are you thinking about? Are you thinking about cousin Shu?"

Lu Hong coughed with some guilt: "It's nothing, don't talk nonsense."

Lu Qian blinked and suddenly asked with a smile: "Brother, is cousin Shu beautiful? Is she gentle?"

Lu Hong suppressed the turbulence in his heart and nodded: "Yes, it is indeed beautiful." The beauty of life is not really gentle. His eyes are so cold that they can freeze you to death.

Lu Qian continued to ask: "What did you just say to her?"

Just as Lu Hong was about to answer, he suddenly felt something was wrong and couldn't help but laugh: "Why are you asking so much? When we first met, we just exchanged names and greeted her, and we didn't talk at all."

The overtures of kindness but being rebuffed were of course ignored.

Lu Qian smiled unnaturally: "It's nothing, I just asked casually." He quickly changed the subject: "The lunch break is almost over, let's go to the Ling family's home school now! Before it's too late."

Lu Hong responded with a smile. Before leaving, he subconsciously looked at the blooming Luoyang Brocade.

Lu Qian took in all Lu Hong's subtle actions, and a trace of gloom that was inappropriate for his age flashed across his eyes.

...

Bai Yu waited all the way, and after returning to Qiushui Pavilion, she couldn't help but asked tentatively: "The young master of the Lu family is very handsome, and he knows etiquette, and there is nothing rude. Why does the young lady make the young master so embarrassed?" "

The young lady is usually gentle and kind, and rarely has a straight face even when dealing with servants. Today, I am extremely cold and inhumane towards the young cousin I just met, which is really puzzling.

Ling Jingshu met Ling and Lu Hong one after another. Her heart was ups and downs, and her mood was unstable. It was far less calm than she appeared on the outside. She responded a little impatiently: "There is no reason, I just don't like him. Do you need a reason to hate someone?" ?”

Bai Yu: "..."

Ling Jingshu choked Bai Yu once, feeling secretly annoyed and blaming herself. Bai Yu asked a few questions out of concern. How could she turn her anger on Bai Yu?

"Bai Yu, I'm sorry." Ling Jingshu softened her tone, with an apologetic look on her face: "I didn't mean to ridicule you. I just don't like people from the Lu family. I feel disgusted from the bottom of my heart and don't want to have anything to do with him."

Bai Yu felt moved in her heart.

At this time, the status of the slave is low, the master is in a bad mood, and it is common for him to beat and scold him to vent his anger. How can any master apologize to his maid? The lady was so generous to her!

"Since the young lady doesn't like the young master of the Lu family, just ignore him in the future."

Bai Yu quickly changed her mind and began to make suggestions for Ling Jingshu: "My aunt will definitely stay for a while when she comes back this time. The young master of the Lu family lives in the Ling Mansion, and there will be opportunities to meet in the future. It is better for the young lady to get closer to the eighth young lady. If it is young master Lu, If you take the initiative to speak, Miss Eight will definitely stand in your way."

That's a good idea.

Ling Jingshu smiled and nodded.

Bai Yu was very pleased to see that his suggestion was adopted, and continued with a smile: "If the young master of the Lu family comes to Qiushui Pavilion, the young lady should pretend to be sick and not see him."

Ling Jingshu smiled and agreed, but she didn't agree in her heart.

Bai Yu said this because she didn't understand Lu Hong's temperament.

If he was determined to get close to someone and please him, there would be endless ways to do it. Simply avoiding him was definitely not the solution. However, she had already been cold-hearted and would never be moved, so there was nothing to worry about.

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The next morning.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Yonghe Hall, I met the brothers Lu Hong and Lu Qian.

"Cousin Shu," Lu Hong's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise: "My second brother and I came to pay our respects to my grandmother. I didn't expect to meet you here by chance."

Lu Hong wore a light blue Confucian shirt today and tied his hair up with a square scarf of the same color. Compared with yesterday, he was less luxurious than a nobleman, but more elegant and graceful. A perfect smile appeared on his handsome face, and a pair of dark eyes gazed at her gently.

Which young girl in love could refuse such a handsome boy?

What a "chance encounter"!

He had been waiting nearby for a long time, secretly ordering his servants to keep an eye on his movements, creating such an unexpected encounter.

Ling Jingshu pulled the corners of her lips, her eyes were cold, and she called out "Cousin Lu" lightly.

Lu Hong took great pains to "chance encounter" Ling Jingshu, so he would not back down because of this little setback. He smiled and said, "Cousin Shu, there is no need to be so unfamiliar. I am two years older than you. Just call me Cousin Hong."

Ling Jingshu's expression was still calm: "I will go to Yonghe Hall to pay my respects to my grandmother first. If Cousin Lu is not in a hurry to go in, please make way and don't block my way."

Lu Hong: "..."

Bai Yu looked at Cousin Lu Hong, whose face was red and white, and a trace of sympathy inexplicably emerged in her heart.

It was really strange. The gentle and kind lady seemed to be particularly disgusted with this cousin, and even refused to be polite. She had a cold face and cold words, and she almost said "I hate you, get out of here."

Lu Qian stood aside, and had not spoken a word. His eyes were fixed on Ling Jingshu's cold and pretty face. No one knew the shock in his heart.

That look was like a substance, which was hard to ignore. It quickly brought back some long-standing unpleasant memories.

Ling Jingshu's heart moved quietly and she looked at Lu Qian.

"Cousin Shu," Lu Qian almost immediately returned to normal, smiling and clasping his fists and bowing: "I am Lu Qian, cousin Shu, you can call me cousin Qian or Ah Qian."

The slightly thin and frail boy was not tall, even a line shorter than her. He had a pleasing smile on his fair face, and his delicate eyebrows and eyes looked very much like Ling.

Ling Jingshu frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed her brows and bowed her head in greeting: "So it's my cousin Qian."

The attitude was not very warm, but at least it was better than the indifference when facing Lu Hong.

Lu Qian said with a smile: "Since we are here together, let's go to Yonghe Hall together to pay respects to our grandmother! It will be more lively with more people. Cousin Shu, please go first."

As he said that, he made way and looked polite.

But Lu Qian looked immature and immature, and he had to do such a thing, which made him look a little ridiculous for pretending to be an adult.

Ling Jingshu wanted to refuse, but she had no way to refuse, so she simply responded calmly and walked in first.

A trace of joy flashed in Lu Qian's eyes, and he smiled and called Lu Hong: "Brother, let's go in too."

Lu Hong's enthusiasm was hit by a wall, and he was frozen from the inside out. He also felt that he had lost face in front of Lu Qian, and he couldn't recover for a while. He nodded randomly, and his heart was so depressed.

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