The actors on the stage were singing loudly, gongs and drums were beating, and Ren Bin was standing at the far end of the stage with Shuyao on his shoulders.
The little girl held his head and watched the play obediently, occasionally cheering loudly along with the audience around her.
Ren Bin stared at the stage with his eyes fixed, his expression dull and without any fluctuation, as if he was deeply thinking about something.
“Brother?”
“Brother?”
Seeing that Ren Bin did not respond, Yu Xian pushed his shoulder, “What are you thinking about?”
“Sorry, I was distracted.”
Ren Bin rubbed his eyes and forced a smile: “Just thinking about some small things, what’s the matter, ma’am?”
“…I just saw you were in a daze.”
“Sorry.”
Ren Bin apologized again, then lowered his eyes.
“Are you thinking about Hua Wenyan?”
“Hmm? Can my lady read minds?”
“Tsk…you can guess it with just a little thought.”
Yu Xian snorted.
“I just feel a little strange.”
He sighed and looked at Yu Xian, “Madam, are you thinking about it too?”
“Um.”
Yu Xian nodded helplessly, “Since it’s already been mentioned, how can I not care?”
“I always have a bad feeling.”
Ren Bin was silent for a while, “Me too.”
He was subconsciously a little panicked.
When the script still existed, every time the heroine had a bad premonition…mostly something bad would happen.
The purple ticket in his hand, Hua Wenyan’s experience, and Wei Haowen’s true face… putting these things together is so weird.
There is always a feeling that something is going to happen, but the person involved absolutely cannot let himself get involved.
He looked into the distance, where there was a pavilion with bright lights.
Standing on the top floor of the building, he could see the entire Moon Lake.
That is Mengjiang Tower, the tallest building in Yuehu Park.
At this moment, high-ranking officials and nobles are gathered there, preparing to party all night long.
Ren Bin withdrew his gaze.
If anything was going to happen, he would rather stay out of it.
He is no longer the playboy who loved to join in the fun and meddle in other people’s affairs, nor is he the swordsman who was chivalrous, just and kind.
Whether it was Hua Wenyan or Wei Haowen, they were just passers-by to him.
They might not meet again after tomorrow.
What they were going to do, what would happen, and what impact it would have had nothing to do with him.
…I hope it has nothing to do with me.
Following the sound of gongs and drums, the actors on the stage thanked the audience and slowly left the stage.
The originally crowded crowd dispersed the next moment.
“Is the play good?” “nice!”
Shuyao seemed reluctant to come down.
She held Ren Bin’s head and shook her legs up and down: “It’s the sister in the drama. Her ending is so tragic.”
“Hmm? Tell Daddy about it.”
Ren Bin was just distracted and didn’t look at it for even a minute.
“After that sister was rescued by someone else, she was sold to someone else by her benefactor.”
Shuyao puffed her cheeks and looked a little unhappy.
“The most important thing is that the sister seemed to know from the beginning that she was being used…” “It could have had a better ending.”
Ren Bin was stunned for a moment, then he put the little girl down from his shoulders and rubbed her head.
“That’s a play. Some people like to watch this kind of plot.”
“Yes, Shuyao knows.”
“…Here, hold daddy’s hand. There are so many people here, don’t get lost.”
Shuyao obediently held Ren Bin’s hand.
Ren Bin pursed his lips and smiled, swallowing the words that he had not said.
Because the sister in the drama had no choice.
He couldn’t express the despair of having his fate held in the hands of others, feeling helpless and unable to struggle.
It is too early for Shuyao to understand this despairing truth.
Shuyao is already sensible enough.
She will naturally understand these things when she grows up and has certain experience.
“Shuyao, is there anything else you want to play?”
“Wow…..Can we go watch the circus again?”
Shuyao touched her lips with her fingers and asked with her head tilted.
“No,” Ren Bin rubbed the little girl’s head helplessly, and then tidied her messy hair, “The show is over. Daddy will take you to see it next time when he has time.”
Is it true that children all like those exciting performances?
He remembered that when he was a child in his previous life, he went to watch a circus and cried and insisted on watching another one at night.
“Okay.”
But Shuyao is very sensible and doesn’t cry or make a fuss.
“Let’s go boating on the lake,” Ren Bin suggested.
We have already visited most of the lantern festival, and the remaining children are not interested, so we might as well go and take a look at the famous Moon Lake Night Tour in Dayan.
Although the purple ticket in my hand looks a little strange, Shang Mengrui said it was okay, so it was probably okay and I might as well use it. “good!”
Shuyao responded happily, then held Ren Bin’s hand tighter.
—at the same time— Hua Wenyan sat in front of a round mirror, with two maids standing beside her, helping her to dress up.
Her long hair was tied behind her head, revealing her snow-white neck, and she had light eye makeup under her eyes.
“Is your makeup done?”
She looked at herself in the mirror, who was both strange and familiar, with a calm expression.
“Just put on some rouge.”
The maid beside her carefully picked up a piece of red paper and handed it to Hua Wenyan’s lips.
Hua Wenyan slightly opened her red lips, pursed her rouge paper, then opened her mouth and pursed her lips again, making her originally cherry-red lips look even more rosy and attractive.
“It’s all right now, Master Hua…” The two maids stepped back, lowered their heads respectfully, and said nothing more.
Hua Wenyan stood up silently and threw the mink coat draped over her shoulders onto a chair beside her, revealing her dark red dress.
Although only a little bit of white was visible at the neckline, it was enough to arouse desire and make people unable to stop.
“I think I’ve seen you before.”
As she walked past the maids, she suddenly stopped and asked one of them.
The maid trembled and spoke in panic: “My Lord…I once did your makeup seven years ago…” “Seven years ago… It’s been so long, no wonder I can’t remember it.”
“It’s amazing that you can still remember something that happened so long ago.”
“No, no… the slave did not remember it on purpose.”
The maid’s body trembled even more violently.
She was just an ordinary mortal, and she knew that this beautifully dressed girl was a practitioner of noble status.
If a mortal remembers the negative information of a practitioner, he will probably suffer a miserable fate… “Don’t be afraid,” Hua Wenyan suddenly smiled, “Although you have practiced before, aren’t you going to play the piano for others now?”
“But, but…” “Practitioners are not as noble as imagined.”
She touched the maid’s cheek and wiped away the tear hanging from the corner of her eye.
“The world of practitioners is also filled with deception, lust, and power.”
“Haha, what can I tell you? You don’t understand.”
She patted the maid’s head like a kitten, “Anyway, don’t be afraid.”
“This is what I wrote. Take it.”
She handed a piece of paper to the maid and said, “We ordered a lot of plum wine from Baiweiju. Go there and help.”
“Go ahead.”
The maid quickly agreed, looked at each other in confusion, and then turned and left.
Hua Wenyan watched the two people leaving and closed her eyes.
I hope tonight goes by faster.
She thought silently.
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Wok, some idiot edited it at noon but didn’t send it out, could it be me?
No way, no way?!
(slaps himself)
(Sliding on knees) Red bean paste private Marseille!!!!
I didn’t update at noon, I’m a minter!!!!!