chapter 1

Girl Haicheng, in front of a mansion in a high-end residential area, a taxi stopped, the rear door opened, and a girl got out of the car.

  He is about 1.68 meters tall and has a well-proportioned figure. He is dressed in a white T-shirt, nine-point black cloth trousers and white sneakers. His long black hair is tied up in a high ponytail and reaches his waist.

  It was noon when she got off the car, and the sun was shining brightly. She raised her hand slightly to cover the sunlight and glanced at the mansion in front of her. Under the fierce sunlight, the girl's face could not be seen clearly, but she couldn't hide her temperament.

  There is a quietness in the elegance, giving people a feeling of being a lady in ancient times.

  She glanced at the mansion in front of her, then retracted her gaze, and went around to the back of the taxi to open the trunk to get her luggage. It was a big suitcase, and the taxi driver thought that a little girl with small arms and legs couldn't handle it. As soon as she got off the car and was about to help, she saw that she easily took out the suitcase.

  "The little girl is very strong!" the taxi driver praised.

  The girl smiled lightly in response.

  Only then did she see her face.

  She is very beautiful, but not the kind of publicized beauty. She is very introverted and special.

  After thanking him and paying the fare, he was about to drag his suitcase towards the mansion not far away when a person came across him.

  "Excuse me, is that Miss Shi Yan?" The

  visitor looked like a very kind old man in his fifties.

  Shi Yan smiled slightly: "I'm Shi Yan, hello." The

  old man was obviously stunned when he saw Shi Yan, but he was very good, and quickly recovered: "My name is Jiang Hai, the housekeeper of the Jiang family in Haicheng. , The old lady is going out temporarily, and she is not in Haicheng these days, so let me receive Miss Shi."

  "I'm sorry to bother you."

  "Don't bother, don't bother, I learned that Miss Shi was admitted to Haicheng University, but the old lady has been talking about you for a long time, and has been looking forward to your coming. If it wasn't for the sudden illness of an old friend, the old lady would visit, I'm afraid she wouldn't say anything. Leave when you came here."

  Shi Yan smiled lightly: "I'm worried about the old man."

  "It's right to miss you, you saved the life of the old lady."

  "It's just a coincidence, you shouldn't be one ." "Save the word."

  "Miss Shi is too modest. You saved the old lady, which is a great kindness for the Jiang family in Haicheng. Let me help you with the suitcase."

  Before Shi Yan could answer, the suitcase was taken away by him. .

  Shi Yan didn't argue with him either. Although the suitcase was a bit heavy, it didn't take much effort to drag it along on a smooth road.

  She smiled lightly and thanked her.

  The Jiang family in Haicheng is worthy of being a big family in Haicheng. The house is very large, and the gate is a long stone road. The flagstone road is very wide and can accommodate two cars side by side. On both sides are a row of big trees that can only be hugged by one person with open arms. It looks like a lot of years.

  The flagstone road was swept clean, and there were basically no leaves.

  "Usually cars drive in directly. Miss Shi, if you don't let us send a car to the airport to pick you up, the taxi can only go to the door, so we have to walk for a while." Jiang Hai explained patiently.

  "Thank you." Shi Yan said with a smile.

  "You're welcome, Miss Shi, I should be more active as an old man. It's okay to walk a little bit. I'm afraid you will find it difficult to walk."

  "I'm fine. Come down."

  Jiang Hai smiled and said, "Since you rescued the old lady three years ago, the old lady has to take care of you at your house for half a month. When I came back, I kept talking about how good and sensible you are. Now that I see you, I will Only then did I realize that the old lady didn't exaggerate."

  "You won the prize." He smiled lightly, neither humble nor arrogant.

  Jiang Hai appreciated it in his heart.

  No wonder the old lady kept thinking, who doesn't like such a sensible, well-behaved and decent child who is neither humble nor arrogant?

  Just looking at it like that, it's hard to believe she's a country kid.

  From words and deeds to behavior to smiles, everything is inappropriate, and it is more like a lady than a real lady.

  "Let me introduce the members of the family to Miss Shi."

  "Okay." He

  listened quietly with a faint smile.

  "In addition to the old lady, Haicheng Jiang's family also has an uncle and an uncle, but since the eldest young master officially took over the family's business and the uncle gradually retired, he and the eldest lady don't often live in the old house. Only the uncle lives in the old house. A pair of children with the eldest wife, namely the eldest young master and the eldest young lady."

  "The second master and the second wife do not have any contact with the family's business. They are engaged in scientific research work, often working overtime or on business trips, and do not often live in the old house. There is only one of them. My son, the second young master in the family, lives with them and rarely returns to the old house."

  "The third master is an actor who is determined to devote his life to acting, but is not married. He is very busy with work and is often full of The world is running, and he rarely lives in the old house."

  "Only the fifth master lives in the old house. He is not in good health and has been recuperating at home."

  "The composition of the family is almost like this. Miss Shi doesn't need to remember it deliberately. Just count." The

  uncle, the second master, the third master and the fifth master have all, but what about the fourth master?

  Thinking so, Shi Yan did not ask rudely.

  "Thank you for letting me know."

  "Miss Shi, you're welcome, even if I don't say it, you can figure it out after staying in the old house for a few days. The family members are not complicated. I'll tell you something when I suddenly think of it. Say it, so that you know what you know, so that you don't feel too unfamiliar and scared when you first came here."

  He is really a careful and kind person.

  "You are bothered."

  Jiang Hai smiled and continued: "The eldest miss is one month older than you, and just like you, just finished the college entrance examination and got the admission letter, so I can't stay at home, so I accompany the old lady to visit an old friend. Speaking of which, the eldest miss is also admitted. After you go to Haicheng University, you will still be in the same school."

  "I heard this from Grandma Jiang on the phone."

  Shi Yan smiled and said, "But in terms of grades, I'm not as good as Miss Jiang, I just stepped on my major. On the admissions line, Miss Jiang's professional admission threshold is much higher than mine, and she is several points higher than her professional admission threshold, and she has passed the admission threshold of Kyoto University. I heard from Grandma Jiang that she did not want to leave home too much. Haicheng University was chosen by Yuan Cai."

  "Everyone has their own strengths, our eldest just happens to be good at learning, maybe what Miss Shi is good at is what our eldest is not good at." Since he is only a housekeeper, Jiang Hai does not Judging the host's lady too much, but he is already very good at talking like this.

  "You look up to me."

  "The old lady and the eldest miss are not at home. The eldest young master is in the company, but he will be back in the evening. Miss Shi should be able to see him by then. As for the fifth master, he usually stays in his own yard. If you don't go out, Miss Shi should have little chance to meet her, but he doesn't like being disturbed by others, so Miss Shi will try to avoid the fifth master's yard in the old house and walk a little." The

  last sentence was calm, but in fact it was for Shi Yan remind.

  I have to say that Jiang Hai is indeed a very talkative person.

  "Is there anything else I need to pay attention to in the old house?" Actually, I want to ask if there are any taboos.

  It's just that Jiang Hai said it euphemistically, so Shi Yan asked more euphemistically.

  "No, it's just that the eldest young master always talks less, and people are more deserted. If he is too indifferent to you, I hope you don't take it to heart, just pretend he doesn't exist." At the

  end Jiang Hai added with a smile: "It's the old lady. Let me tell you so."

  "The old lady said that she managed to coax you to live at home for a while before school started, and she didn't want you to live unpleasantly, and she didn't want you to be unable to live after two days. She said that during the half month she lived in your house, you Take care of her as a grandmother, she once regarded it as her home, and I hope you can also regard Haicheng Jiang's as your home."

  Shi Yan listened to his words, without a long speech of gratitude, only smiled and said: " Grandma Jiang is a very loving old man who deserves respect." Don't be

  arrogant or impetuous.

  Jiang Hai looked at her a little higher.

  More and more she doesn't feel like a child who grew up in the country.

  But she is.

  According to the old lady, during the half month she lived at Miss Shi's house, she heard from neighbors that Miss Shi used to live with her grandmother, and when her grandmother died at the age of thirteen, she had been living alone.

  From the age of thirteen to nineteen, from the first year of junior high school to the third year of high school graduation, I lived alone for six years.

  A miserable child.

  But her demeanor really doesn't look like someone raised by a poor family, let alone someone who is an orphan who lives alone at the age of thirteen.

  Maybe some people are just naturally good-natured?

  From the tree-lined stone road, there is a large garden. In addition to all kinds of flowers, there are rockery lotus ponds in the garden. This season is when lotus flowers are in full bloom, which is very beautiful.

  Jiang Hai pointed to a building over there and introduced: "There is the main building, there are no people there, the first floor is the main hall where guests are usually entertained; the second floor is the restaurant, where everyone usually eats; the third floor is more elegant and generally If the ladies and the eldest need to treat elegant guests, they are all there, usually holding some tea parties or the like."

  "Everyone in the family will live in a yard alone when they are ten years old, and everyone has their own yard in the old house. , even if they don't live here often. The yard that the old lady arranged for Miss Shi is right next to her yard, and the yard of you and the eldest lady is the closest to the old lady's yard."

  "I will take Miss Shi to the old lady to prepare for you now . yard placement.”

  "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

  Jiang Hai was surprised again.

  According to the old lady, Miss Shi lived in a brick house with earthen walls in the countryside, and all the vegetables she ate were grown by herself on a plot of land in the yard, and the conditions were very difficult. How could she not react at all when she first entered such a mansion?

  Her expression didn't look like she was deliberately pretending to be calm for fear of being looked down upon.

  She is really calm. It seems to her that this huge house is no different from the earth-walled and tiled house in her house.

  It is rare to have such a heart at this age.

  No wonder the old lady loved her so much.

  After dragging the suitcase all the way for more than 20 minutes, I finally came to the yard arranged by the old lady for Shi Yan. The yard is independently separated by a fence. It is not big, with only a small two-story western-style building and a small garden.

  After sending her into the yard, Jiang Hai did not follow up with the house.

  "It's not convenient for me to go in, so Xiao Zhao will take Miss Shi next. If you need anything, Miss Shi can just tell Xiao Zhao, she will arrange it, or you can call me directly. This is my business card."

  Xiao Zhao It was a maid called by Jiang Haigang, who was in her thirties.

  Shi Yan took his business card with both hands and smiled: "Thank you, thank you for picking me up in person."

  "Miss Shi is welcome."

  After Jiang Hai left, Xiao Zhao said, "Miss Shi, I will help you bring your luggage to the building. Go up. The room and study are on the second floor, and the first floor is the living room. You can sit on the first floor and rest for a while. I'll pack up before you go upstairs."

  Shi Yan smiled and refused: "No need, I'll just pack it up myself. Leave me a phone number, if you need me to call you again. I've been on the road for a long time, and I want to take a bath and rest after I pack up."

  "Then I'll help you carry your luggage upstairs."

  "No need . , I'll do it myself."

  Xiao Zhao still wanted to insist, but saw that she easily lifted the suitcase up the stone ladder and entered the house.

  This Miss Shi Yan looked thin, but she didn't expect her strength to be quite strong.

  "Then Miss Shi called me for something, and I left her phone number on the coffee table in the living room."

  "Okay."

  Xiao Zhao was suddenly dazzled by her smile.

  This is too beautiful!

  The temperament is also very good, and it is not inferior to the eldest lady...

  Well, it seems that Miss Shi and the eldest lady are not the same style, but anyway, she actually thinks that Miss Shi is like a lady from an orthodox family.

  Is this the country girl who saved the old lady in the legend?

  Nothing like coming from the country.

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