early morning,

Almost as soon as dawn broke through the darkness, bursts of pigeon whistles came from the capital. Compared with the cockcrows in the countryside, perhaps for most people in Beijing, these pigeon whistles are equivalent to getting up in the morning.

Alarm clock.

After being awakened by the pigeon whistle, she got up with some annoyance. Thinking about yesterday's dream, Lu Qiyu looked a little annoyed. She actually dreamed of that hateful guy again, but thinking about that dream, her cheeks still turned slightly red.

After leaving Lianyungang last year and returning home, although under the persuasion of her uncle, her father no longer forced her to marry that young master Ma as he did in the past, the family could not tolerate the second young lady who "ran away from marriage and ran away from home".

Therefore, she had to stay at her uncle's house as she did in the past.

Compared to home, she prefers to be at her uncle's house. Unlike her mother and little girls, Aunt Peide never forces her to do anything, but is like a friend, without any airs of elders. This is why

, she lived in her uncle's house when she was ten years old. If it hadn't been for someone from the Ma family coming to propose marriage, perhaps she would have gone abroad to study as Aunt Peide suggested.

But now, even if she has this wish, it may be difficult for her to make the trip. Europe is at war, and she doesn't have much interest in studying in the United States. Compared to the United States, she would rather go to France or England, Aunt Peide's hometown——

Belgium can also be considered, but now, at least until the end of the war, there is no possibility at all.

Sitting on the terrace. Although it was just dawn, the temperature was abnormally high. Unlike other ladies, she did not change into formal clothes, and was only wearing a red silk pajamas and white slippers on her feet.

It was already 10 o'clock in the morning, and the housekeeper had already served her breakfast, cinnamon buns, and fresh milk.

Perhaps because of Aunt Peide, the breakfast at home is usually Western food. She has long been accustomed to this after living with her uncle for five years. Just like in the past, she took her uncle to watch while eating.

She was concentrating on reading the newspaper she passed. When reading the news, she deliberately did not look at the front page. Without looking, she could guess that the front page must be about the news about that person's return to the capital last night. I'm afraid there will be more

Plus one of his speeches, maybe she had paid attention to the news about him in the past. But now, she didn't want to read the news, especially not that face.

When she went upstairs, she saw Miss Biao reading the newspaper. Xiaoping was afraid of disturbing Miss Biao too much, so she deliberately coughed in the distance. Lu Qiyu turned around.

"Miss Cousin, Master Ma is here."

Upon hearing this name, Lu Qiyu frowned slightly, wondering why this person was so annoying.

Seeing the young lady's expression, Xiaoping knew that this "bold" cousin probably didn't want to see the young master Ma, but that was also true. Back then, the young cousin had run away from home in order to escape from marriage, so how could she be so mad now?

The young master is still stubborn and stubborn. He is really too thick-skinned.

"Miss Cousin, Master Ma said that he, he is here to discuss breaking off the engagement!"

break off an engagement!

Hearing these two words, a smile appeared on Lu Qiyu's face. The reason why she ran away from home back then was because her father accepted someone else's betrothal. She didn't have any good feelings for that young master Ma, so she had

The act of running away from home.

"Hmm. Then...please come in. I'll be down in a minute."

A few minutes later, when Lu Qiyu was halfway down the building, he saw a man with hair wax on his head, wearing a white thin suit, white trousers, and white leather shoes, with a frivolous look on his face. Ma Chengyuan took a look

When Lu Qiyu came downstairs, a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

"Xiaoyu..."

"Is that what you called Xiaoyu?"

Lu Qiyu interrupted him with a snort, but Lu Qiyu didn't give him a good look...

"Lu, Miss Lu..."

Ma Chengyuan, who was a little embarrassed, smiled dryly.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, and Miss Lu is even more radiant!"

Facing other people's compliments, Lu Qiyu said nothing. She even stopped there when she was still four or five steps away from the stairs.

"You are here to break off the engagement."

"This...this..."

This is just an excuse. Ma Chengyuan murmured in his heart. He has never understood why, as the eldest son of the Ma family, the richest man in Beijing, some women would look down on him and even run away from home because he came to propose marriage.

In order to see her, he even needed to use the excuse of breaking off the engagement.

"Miss Lu, I think it's time for us to be honest. I know there is no place for me here. I think, I think now - if we break off the engagement..."

While talking, Ma Chengyuan took a few steps forward and tried to go upstairs.

"Stand there!"

A sweet shout made Ma Chengyuan flinch. He stood at the foot of the stairs and looked up at the girl on the steps. He knew that this woman, who was completely different from other women, could never belong to him, let alone

Become the wife of the Ma family.

But precisely because he figured this out, he wanted to...

"Miss Lu, you know that I never want to hurt anyone."

Taking a deep breath, Ma Chengyuan said casually.

"But, you have to know that your actions at the beginning made our Ma family lose face."

He stood there, looking at the woman on the stairs, thinking about the ridicule his friends had made on him in the past few months, and he still felt annoyed.

"Those things have passed, Master Ma. There is an idiom called "asking for one's own humiliation."

"Okay, I am the one who brought this humiliation upon myself. But for the sake of the Ma family's sake, if we want to break off the engagement, you, the Lu family, need to publish an apology in the newspaper!"

"What?"

She took two steps forward and stared into this man's eyes. What was he saying?

"Master Ma, let me tell you, it is impossible for the Lu family to publish an apology in the newspaper!"

She didn't need to think about it, she knew that it was impossible for her father to apologize for this incident in the newspapers.

"You, you, you don't want to break off the engagement, don't forget, as long as the Ma family doesn't break off the engagement, you will always be the Ma family's unmarried daughter-in-law!"

"Hmph, Master Ma, thank you for reminding me, Xiaoping."

He turned around and shouted to Xiaoping.

"Master Ma is leaving." When Lu Qiyu was speaking, she had already turned around and walked upstairs.

"Please take him out."

Looking at the girl, after walking a few steps, Ma Chengyuan stopped at the door. Turned around and said:

"Okay, Miss Lu, let me tell you, in one and a half months, I will marry the young lady of the Han family. The fourth lady of the Han family is my wife, Ma Chengyuan, and you,"

With a cold snort, a trace of revenge flashed across Ma Chengyuan's face.

"She is just the second wife of the eldest young master of the Ma family who has not yet married..."

Listening to the words coming from downstairs, Lu Qiyu took a deep breath and told this man to go to hell.

But in the end, after going upstairs and entering the room, she felt extremely aggrieved and couldn't help but shed tears when she lay on the bed. It was all her money-grubbing father, otherwise, otherwise, she wouldn't have been killed.

So humiliating...

When Peide opened the door, he saw his niece lying on the bed. For Peide, who has no children, the first time he saw his niece eight years ago was almost as if she was blinking her long eyelashes and using her voice.

When those big innocent eyes looked at her curiously, she fell in love with this extremely beautiful girl. She even considered asking her to come over and become her daughter, but in the end she was rejected by her uncle.

Whenever this matter was mentioned, she and her husband always felt regretful. She had no idea what the underlying reason was in the past, but after staying in China for so many years, she had more or less understood it. The uncle hoped that someone of his would

A son will pass over and inherit the property in the future...

Almost as soon as she returned home, Peide, the female housekeeper of the presidential palace, learned about her niece's experience from the servants. Although she was extremely angry, in her opinion, the most important thing now was to comfort herself.

The niece whom she regarded as a child.

Gently opening the door, Peide saw his niece sitting on the bed holding her legs. Her pretty face was filled with a look of grievance, and her big eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes.

"Xiaoyu!"

"Aunt……"

As soon as she saw her aunt, Lu Qiyu felt her eyes heat up, and tears immediately flowed down again.

"Xiaoyu!"

He hurriedly came forward and sat on the bedside, hugging his niece, and Peide comforted her softly.

"Okay, don't cry. Otherwise, if I ask your uncle to come forward later, I still won't believe that the niece of the Foreign Minister can be bullied by the Ma family!"

Mrs. Peide, who had never thought of "bullying others", was also furious. After learning everything from the servant, she never thought that as a man, he could be so graceless, otherwise she would not have said this.

Use your power to bully others."

Shaking her head vigorously, Lu Qiyu didn't want to trouble her uncle. After all, she... was not his daughter.

"Xiaoyu, dress up well and hold a dance party at the Presidential Palace tonight..."

Before Mrs. Peide could finish her words, Lu Qiyu shook her head and said.

"Auntie, I don't want to go..."

"Then, Auntie has to go alone!"

Peide said in a very disappointed tone that because her husband went to Nanyang to express his condolences to the Chinese expatriates, she could only attend such a dance alone.

"Ah... Then, I'll go with Auntie!"
To be continued...