Chapter 1 I wrote down this promise 2
Seeing that I didn't say anything, Wen Jinliang continued to smile and said, "I'll ask He to give you the door card later, so you don't have to worry about the inconvenience of entering and exiting."
I turned to look at Wen Jinliang beside me, and was speechless for a moment. The most critical defense gate should be very strict in terms of the door card. Although I am his personal bodyguard, I am a newcomer after all, so I always have to be on guard...
I stared at Wen Jinliang's gentle smile, his smile was so beautiful. I was stunned unconsciously, and a part of my heart suddenly softened because of his words.
The person in front of me believes in me from the bottom of his heart.
"You keep staring at me. Is there something stuck on my face?" Seeing that I didn't answer and kept staring at him, Wen Jinliang couldn't help but reach out and touch his face and said to me.
I shook my head and answered truthfully, "There's nothing stuck on your face. I was staring at you because I thought your smile was so pretty and I was stunned for a moment."
Wen Jinliang didn't expect me to answer like this. He was stunned for a moment, and then smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes: "Xiao Qi, you are such an interesting person."
I couldn't help but laugh along with him: "If this is a compliment, then I will accept it without hesitation." Xiao Wu once said that what I lacked the most was a smile, but I didn't expect that I could smile so easily with Wen Jinliang. It was incredible...
Wen Jinliang saw me smiling, narrowed his eyes, smiled brightly and said: "You should smile more in the future. You look very beautiful when you smile."
Wen Jinliang's sudden praise made my face flush, and I subconsciously turned my head away from his eyes that were as bright as the moon. Then I heard Wen Jinliang's crisp and joyful laughter, as if he was amused by my shy reaction.
"How long are you two going to waste time? Hurry up and catch up."
He's voice broke the slightly ambiguous atmosphere between Wen Jinliang and I in a cold and indifferent manner. I looked up at the direction where the voice came from and found that He and several men had already entered the gate and were some distance away from us.
Wen Jinliang smiled and replied to He, "Coming." Then he entered the space behind the iron gate with me.
After entering the iron gate, there is a five-person-wide marble sidewalk, next to which are tall and dense trees. The lush leaves cut through the morning light, casting fine light and shadows all over the ground.
After I followed them for more than ten minutes, I finally saw a few buildings that looked like houses in the distance. During this time, I followed them and walked around some strange paths before returning to the main road.
At first I didn’t quite understand the meaning of those paths, but when I saw some formations, I suddenly understood - those were the Bagua formations.
The Wen family is really thoughtful. With an electric switch and these formations, I'm afraid those killers will never come back. At the same time, I know more clearly that the lives of the Wen family are indeed extremely unsafe. Don't these extremely strong guards mean that too many people want to kill them? Is it because they are rich and powerful? I can't help but sympathize with Wen Jinliang, who is as gentle as jade beside me.
While I was thinking, they had already brought me to a building. Wen Jinliang stopped and saw that I was still walking forward in a distracted manner, so he reached out and grabbed my arm: "What are you thinking about? If you walk any further, you will hit the wall."
I stopped walking as if waking up from a dream, and when I looked up, I found a thick red wall in front of me. I would bump into it if I took two more steps. I said to Wen Jinliang gratefully, "Thank you for holding me back, otherwise I would have hit my head." After that, I turned my head to the left and saw a crimson door. The bright red made me close my eyes in extreme discomfort.
I opened my eyes and took a few steps back, looking at the building in front of me. Wen Jinliang silently let me go, keeping quiet so as not to disturb my observation.
This is a Chinese-style building, which is very similar to ancient buildings in both specifications and shape. The only difference is that this building is built entirely of solid materials such as bluestone and iron. There is not a single piece of wood, and even the door is made of bluestone.
"Although you are Jin Liang's bodyguard, you are a girl after all, and there are differences between men and women, so you cannot eat and sleep with him. I have arranged a separate room for you to live in, just opposite Jin Liang, so that you can protect him at all times." Just as I was staring at the house in front of me in a trance, He Qingleng's voice rang out again.
I turned my gaze to He's expressionless face and asked, "Why can't I eat and sleep with Wen Jinliang? What do you mean by the difference between men and women? I can't protect him well if we separate, so you should let us live together."
When He heard my question, his expression suddenly darkened, as if my question and suggestion were strange and annoying.
Wen Jinliang coughed and said, "He, I think Xiaoqi really doesn't know. Don't misunderstand her."
I looked at He whose face turned gloomy and Wen Jinliang who was looking at me with a smile , and I felt at a loss.
After a moment, I looked at the silent Crane and said, "Did I say something wrong? Don't look at me like that. If I am wrong, just point it out and I can change it."
He looked at me in silence for a few seconds before saying, "You said the wrong thing, but you are the right person." After a pause, he looked at me meaningfully and said, "It seems that you still have a lot to learn."
I listened to He's words with a vague understanding and nodded: "I will study hard." Although I didn't know what I needed to learn, but since he said so, I would definitely study hard.
Wen Jinliang smiled at me gently: "Xiao Qi, don't be nervous. There is a long way to go, I will teach you well."
When I saw Wen Jinliang's warm smile, the tension in my heart subsided unconsciously, and I smiled back: "Well, thank you for your help."
Then, I followed the crane into the house in front of me, and he took me to my room.
The room was large and elegantly decorated. After I put away my luggage, He said goodbye to Wen Jinliang and immediately took me around the entire Wen family mansion.
I spent a day with He to learn about the various secret mechanisms in the house. He's original words were to prevent me from being tricked by accident. But when he told me these important mechanism points so straightforwardly, I was really a little surprised.
Do he and Wen Jinliang trust me so much? I'm a new person they just met today...
The next day, He took me to see all the houses in the mansion and let me know their uses.
The Wen family's house consists of 6 houses in total, each of which is different in size and appearance, but without exception, all of them adopt Chinese style. However, only the house where Wen Jinliang and I live has a bright red wall, while the others are all very normal bluestone color.
In the following days, I followed He to meet other people in the mansion. They were always in awe of He, but looked down on me. After watching me and He practice fighting, their attitudes completely changed. When they saw me, their expressions were even more horrified than when they saw He...
After finishing all this, I can finally start the work of protecting Wen Jinliang. Wen Jinliang is a very quiet person. He likes to sit on the open balcony to read books and drink tea most of the time. And I stood quietly beside him, concentrating and alert to the surroundings.
Wen Jinliang put down the book in his hand, looked up at me and said, "Xiao Qi, come here."
I heard Wen Jinliang calling and immediately walked to his side and stood: "What's wrong, young master?"
At first, I liked to call Wen Jinliang by his full name. Later, after being corrected by the housekeeper, I started to follow him and call him Young Master Wen Jinliang. But He never cared how I called him Wen Jinliang.
When Wen Jinliang heard me calling him like that, he frowned slightly: "Can't you just call me by my full name like before? There are already many people calling me Young Master, and it won't matter if you're one less."
When I heard Wen Jinliang say this, I immediately said, "I don't like calling you Young Master either. It makes me feel awkward. It's so nice to call you Wen Jinliang. Your name is beautiful. I like it when I say it."
Wen Jinliang smiled gently when he heard my answer: "Really? Then you should call my name more often in the future. My name sounds really beautiful when it comes out of your mouth."
"Wen-Jin-Liang--" I deliberately stretched out the sound, and his name seemed to have a different taste in my mouth.
Wen Jinliang's eyes lit up slightly, and the smile on his lips was as warm as the winter sun: "It really sounds good." After a pause, he looked at me and said, "You've been standing for a long time, sit down and have a cup of tea."
Without hesitation, I sat down in front of Wen Jinliang: "Thank you, I'm a little thirsty." After saying that, I drank the tea he pushed to me in one gulp.
"Xiao Qi! You are so unruly again! How many times have I told you that you must stand when the young master sits!"
As soon as I put down the teacup in my hand, the voice of the housekeeper suddenly sounded like a ghost outside the balcony. I stood up immediately in fear and found the housekeeper standing under the balcony with an angry face.
When Wen Jinliang saw my reaction, he smiled happily. But I looked at the housekeeper with a sad face.
Alas, I’m going to be nagged again tonight.
When I rested that night, the housekeeper lectured me for a long time, but after that, he gave me a lot of desserts to comfort me for my hard work. Although the housekeeper looked fierce, he really cared for me. Later, I heard from Wen Jinliang that he treated me as his granddaughter who died young. But even so, I am very grateful to the housekeeper. After all, in this mansion, apart from him, only He and Wen Jinliang were a little better to me.
In a few days, it will be the big day of the Wen family's regular family dance. Everyone is very busy these days. The housekeeper has no time to teach me these days.
The night before the dance, Wen Jinliang chatted with me.
"Xiao Qi, do you know what a dance is?" Wen Jinliang asked me as he closed the book in his hand.
I thought about it and answered, "I know. It's just a gathering where a group of people get together to eat and drink. It's very boring." This is the answer Xiaowu told me, and it should be correct.
Wen Jinliang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Xiao Qi is right to understand it this way. It is indeed a very boring thing." After a pause, he continued, "Many people will come tomorrow, and the security in the house will be stricter than before. You should also pay more attention."
I looked at Wen Jinliang and said, "I will protect you."
Wen Jinliang paused and said, "Not only must you protect me, you must also protect yourself."
I was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I will."
The next evening, a grand dance was held as scheduled in the third house. This was the first time I saw a so-called dance.
There were many long and exquisite tables in the spacious and luxurious hall, which were filled with delicious food and fine wine. The hall was full of people, who were holding up their glasses and joking with their companions. Everyone was dressed gorgeously and had a big smile on their face .
Wen Jinliang in front of me also changed into a white suit, which was elegant yet a little distant, making people unconsciously feel a sense of distance.
As Wen Jinliang and I entered the hall, many people who were talking stopped and looked at us. Their expressions were a little hesitant and a little excited, but no one dared to come forward and talk privately.
Suddenly, a beautiful girl came up to him. She smiled brightly and greeted Wen Jinliang, "Hello, Mr. Wen."
Wen Jinliang smiled slightly: "Hello."
The girl rolled up the hair that fell by her ears and continued to smile brightly, "I have always heard that the young master of the Wen family is as gentle as jade. Today I see that he is indeed extraordinary. I wonder if I have the honor to ask you to dance with me?"
Wen Jinliang nodded slightly and smiled as usual: "Of course." After that, he took the girl's hand and walked into the center of the hall.
Then, music started playing and the hall suddenly became quiet. Everyone silently turned their eyes to Wen Jinliang and the others.
I saw Wen Jinliang and the girl walk into the center of the hall, so I followed them. I saw the two of them spinning in circles in strange poses, so I had no choice but to follow them.
"Where did this wild girl come from? How could she behave so rudely? Find someone to kick her out!"
"From the way he's dressed, he looks like a bodyguard?"
"How can a girl like this be a bodyguard for the Wen family? Don't talk nonsense! Find someone to take her out quickly. She is really bringing shame to the Wen family!"
But after a while, I heard the guests' discussion. Although their voices were very low, my extraordinary hearing ability still made me hear their words clearly.
Did I do something wrong? I stopped following the two people's steps and looked at the guests who were looking at me in a daze. Their cold eyes made me feel like I was in an ice cellar.
Soon the dance was over, Wen Jinliang let go of the girl, came to my side and asked, "You don't look very good, what happened?" It seemed that he didn't hear those words. But it was also true that a normal person couldn't hear such a quiet discussion.
I turned my head to look at Wen Jinliang beside me, and was about to answer when the girl who was dancing with him came up to us and said with a smile to herself, "This girl kept following us while we were dancing. How rude. I'll find someone to kick her out so she doesn't embarrass herself here." After saying that, she looked at me with disdain.
After hearing what the girl said, Wen Jinliang's eyes darkened. He looked at the guests watching from a distance, and then looked at me with a gentle smile: "Did they say something?"
I nodded. "Did I do something wrong by following you? I'm sorry, I didn't know this wasn't okay. Please don't be angry, okay?"
Wen Jinliang's expression suddenly softened: "Xiao Qi, I won't get angry because of this kind of thing. You just did what you should do, it's not wrong." After that, he found a bodyguard and ordered: "This lady is a little tired after dancing with me, you should send her out to rest, and don't send her back again."
The girl looked at Wen Jinliang in astonishment. She wanted to say something but was taken out by the bodyguards. Before leaving, she glared at me fiercely, her face full of reluctance, and I just gave her a puzzled expression in response.
Wen Jinliang asked someone to start the dancing music again. He looked at them with a smile on his face and said, "The music has started, why don't you dance?" His voice was not loud, but everyone present was shocked and they all pulled their partners to dance along with the music.
Wen Jinliang took my hand and smiled at me: "Come."
With that, he led me around the dancing guests, moving around them just as I had done before, occasionally following them in circles.
The guests stared at Wen Jinliang and my behavior in amazement. Those who questioned and disliked me quickly turned their eyes away and stopped talking.
I stared at Wen Jinliang beside me, and he also looked at me with a smile. At that moment, my heart seemed to be hit hard by something. At that moment, I suddenly realized that the person in front of me was worth protecting with my life, not for the master, but for myself!
After the dance, I was so tired that I fell asleep. After that, such dances were held several times in the house, and I always got into trouble at the dance. Wen Jinliang never got angry because of my recklessness, but would help me out in his own way. Of course, I would still be lectured by the housekeeper afterwards.
In a blink of an eye, it was the beginning of a new semester. I had been in the Wen family for more than a month.
Wen Jinliang was studying at C College, the best college in City A, and the Wen family funded the college. Because the college was far from the Wen family's house, Wen Jinliang had to move to the college dormitory after school started, and I naturally had to follow him.
This is my first time at the college, and I couldn't help looking around. The spacious grounds, exquisite gardens, and tall buildings are all so beautiful.
Seeing my rare excitement, Wen Jinliang asked with a smile, "Does Xiaoqi like school very much?"
"I like it!" I answered as I looked at the students coming and going on the street.
"Where did Xiaoqi go to school before?" Wen Jinliang asked casually after hearing my answer.
"Go to school? What does it mean to go to school? I have never been to school." I turned and looked at Wen Jinliang beside me and asked.
Wen Jinliang paused with a smile: "Going to school means studying in a place like this."
"It's great to go to school. I want to go to school too." I tilted my head.
"You want to go to school?" Wen Jinliang smiled gently, "Okay, it will be more convenient for you to stay with me this way."
Later I found out that he had actually fulfilled my wish...
