auspicious time has come

In the days to come, whenever he had some free time, Vice General Wang would definitely go to the casino to find someone.

Gu Tingnan didn't want to see him, so he stood outside the casino.

If things go on like this, the effect is really eye-catching——

The business in the gambling house has visibly become deserted day by day.

The cold-faced door god is already very scary, not to mention the one who leads soldiers and knives.

On the day of Laba, Gu Tingnan had a headache looking at the accounts with his abacus.

"The shopkeeper...or, or you..." The guy beside him hinted frantically.

Now, the entire Yingzhou city knows what General Wang is thinking!

At first, everyone was worried that the shopkeeper had offended General Wang, and they secretly asked if they needed help—of course, even if they needed it, they couldn't help.

If you ask, why ask—of course it is to satisfy curiosity!

Until one day, the shopkeeper scolded Vice General Wang who had stood in the snow for an hour and backed away again and again, and the people who were hiding in the hall and peeking suddenly realized—oh!So that's what happened!
But this General Wang is also...

People try to make the little lady happy, and they always use tricks. Fortunately, he will only pretend to be a wooden stake and stand to the end!
And that face, no matter how people look at it, he doesn't want to marry a wife at all, but just wants to compete with others here, vowing to stand as old as ever——

Others are big lovers, devoted to each other.

He is a big stubborn and will never give up.

Hey.

The waiter faintly hated that iron could not be made into steel, but when he saw that his shopkeeper didn't lift his eyelids, he shut up wisely.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside the hall.

"General! What's wrong with you, General!"

"...The general didn't sleep a wink after handling official business all night! This is because he fainted from exhaustion!"

Hearing the sound, Gu Tingnan dropped the abacus and went to look at another abacus.

The abacus fell into the snow nest, its lips were black and blue, and it was just lifted up by two subordinates, one on the left and one on the right——

"Help him in quickly!" Gu Tingnan said anxiously.

The two soldiers exchanged a look of "is this appropriate" and "whether the general's reputation will be damaged", and after "hesitating" for a moment, they finally complied.

Wang Jingyong was helped in and placed on the bed with two thick quilts on his body. Gu Tingnan asked the staff to bring a brazier.

Seeing that the man still showed no signs of waking up, Gu Tingnan asked the man to add an extra quilt.

This time it was a quilt, not only thick but also hard, with a hefty [-] jin of cotton.

"..." The two soldiers guarding the side hesitated to speak, exchanging eyes frantically.

How is the general?
Then he looked quietly, and saw the general with his eyes closed tightly pursing the corners of his lips, revealing a hidden sense of fortitude and stubbornness.

They were such strong generals in their lifetime...

The two had no choice but to secretly shed tears in their hearts.

"All the quilts in my gambling shop are here." Gu Tingnan walked to the bed, looked at the man with beads of sweat on his forehead: "Otherwise, you should carry him back, it's the end of the year, It’s unlucky for me to open the door to do business—”

Hearing the words "carry back", the person on the bed opened his eyes, not as much as the two soldiers were embarrassed.

Those eyes opened anxiously, but they were weak and dazed enough with all their strength: "...Where is this?"

Gu Tingnan sighed: "Hey, who knows."

"..." Wang Jingyong sat up "difficultly" under the pressure of death on the blankets.

Gu Tingnan sat down at a table beside him and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

After quietly exchanging glances, the two soldiers tiptoed back out.

There was a moment of silence in the room that was warmed by the brazier.

Until Gu Tingnan drank a cup of tea and looked at the person sitting on the bed.

After staring at each other for a moment——

"I pretended." Wang Jingyong said.

"Who taught it?" Gu Tingnan asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Jingyong said, "Yin Hai..."

Gu Tingnan raised his eyebrows: "Didn't he go back to Qingniu Mountain to be ordained, and he is about to become a real monk, why is he still so worried about worldly affairs?"

"I wrote a special letter to ask him to help him—" Wang Jingyong answered truthfully.

"Why are you troubled?" Gu Tingnan always had a decent smile in his eyes: "You have a bright future, but you are so heartless, it is most suitable for you to form a good marriage that will benefit you, so convenient Live up to your fighting on the battlefield over the years, after all, the choice is in your hands, why are you in trouble."

"You said it the wrong way." Wang Jingyong corrected: "It is precisely because I have fought hard on the battlefield these years that I have the right to choose myself. If I fight for my future, it will become a bondage for me. In the cage of worldly prejudice, wouldn't my blood be shed in vain all these years?"

Gu Tingnan was startled when he heard that, and he asked after a while: "Why, is this also from the Yinhai sect?"

After a moment of silence, Vice General Wang nodded truthfully: "...um."

Gu Tingnan: "..."

Oh, she just knew it.

This abacus bead can't say anything like that—

Fortunately, she was still a little dazed just now.

"It doesn't matter who said it. The important thing is that this sentence really hits my heart. Even if I copy it, I copy it with feeling." Wang Jingyong clenched his fingers tightly, and his meticulous expression showed anxiety and seriousness: "Gu Tingnan, I want to marry you out of my heart and after careful consideration."

Gu Tingnan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the fingertips of the fingers that were holding Kongzhan tightly turned white.

Seeing that she was silent, Wang Jingyong hurriedly said: "It's really not possible...you can marry me!"

Anyway, he is not the only one who gets married!

Then he made up his mind and said: "Don't you have no family? Then I will be your family. From now on, you and I will be a family. You don't have to get along with my family... Big deal, I will take care of your family." Just pass it on to the next generation!"

Words could not be more straightforward.

Gu Tingnan held back his smile, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Will your family agree?"

"Didn't you just say that the power to choose now lies with me?"

Gu Tingnan said indifferently: "...Then I don't feel relieved, what if you are greedy for my money."

Wang Jingyong couldn't help being anxious.

After a battle between heaven and man, he resorted to the last trump card, closed his eyes, and said——

"If you really don't want to get married, then it's okay if I don't want the title!"

A voice popped out of Vice General Wang, who was about to cry in his heart—it's all the general's fault!
The leader of an army has not been able to support his husband from the very beginning, and these people under them naturally cannot stand up, and they are getting worse and worse!

Looking at the face full of sincerity and determination, which could be called no hesitation, Gu Tingnan looked away, lowered his eyes and poured himself another cup of tea.

The tea soup poured into the cup, and there was a pleasant sound.

"Why did my father and brother kill people? You should know, right?" Gu Tingnan asked.

Wang Jingyong nodded slightly, "I know."

"I really think..." Gu Tingnan's eyes turned red at some point, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "They died for me, but I really think their death is like... a farce."

Her wording seemed very indifferent: "They killed that person by mistake. There was a reason for it, but it was for my so-called reputation. I didn't want me to be ridiculed by others, and I couldn't accept that my family's reputation was damaged because of me. Instead, you want to cover up the evil deeds for that person, and attribute all the crimes to yourself—"

"They actually think...a woman whose innocence has been defiled is far more unable to hold her head up a hundred times and a thousand times more than a pair of father and brother who killed each other because of disputes."

"Since I was a child, I have never doubted my father and brother's protection of me, but when I went to the prison to beg them to change my mouth that night, my father actually slapped me and told me to keep my mouth shut, otherwise I would not be a ghost." Let me go--"

"I have never seen such a father... For a moment, I couldn't tell whether he was protecting me or protecting his 'dignity and decency as a father'."

"They were executed just like that... I lost my father and brother, and I always feel ashamed that they died for me. I had nothing when I was 12 years old except for the 'name festival' that they took their lives to protect. "

"Even though I can gradually understand my father's feelings later, I still can't agree to accept it. I always blame him in my heart, blame him for being pedantic and old-fashioned, and blame him for thinking he is for my own good..."

Speaking of this, Gu Tingnan's voice was choked up, and tears fell on the side of the cup.

Wang Jingyong was so anxious that he didn't know what to do: "I can understand, I understand your mood... So you opened this casino just to prove to your father that the world's criticisms and prejudices always exist no matter when and where. Now, but this is not important at all, and it is not worth sacrificing yourself to fulfill those stupid prejudices!"

When he finished speaking, Gu Tingnan immediately let go of the teacup, covered his face with his hands, and began to cry in a muffled voice.

"I... did I say the wrong thing again?!" Wang Jingyong was so anxious that his head was about to drop.

Gu Tingnan cried even louder.

After a while, she cried unbearably and said, "I said... can't you leave that bed!"

Those quilts gave him some kind of immobilization method!

Wang Jingyong suddenly realized - yes, yes!
As if the beads on the abacus were moved, he immediately lifted the blanket and walked towards her.

Gu Tingnan stood up abruptly, turned around and hugged him tightly, crying louder and louder.

From being panicked, Wang Jingyong slowly tried to raise his hand and pat her on the back to comfort her.

For the first time in these years, Gu Tingnan cried so heartily.

Although Abacus Zhuzi was dumbfounded, he just happened to understand her impartially.

She seems to be free and easy, but because of her father and brother's past, she has always had thorns in her heart, never showing her scars in front of others, lacking the courage to really go out, and has never been able to reconcile with that past——

So, she escaped.

Fortunately, he came after him.

It's a bit late to catch up, but it's just too late - everyone likes to be chosen without hesitation at the first time, but a deliberate decision without hesitation is far more suitable for them than an impulsive decision.

and so--

"Then I agree..."

"which one?"

"Just the one in the middle."

"Oh, okay..."

Outside, the snow kept falling.

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