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要將言曇岫接進黎家,不會是容易的事。45Please respect copyright.PENANAQXBW4MqUq1
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雖然不足以難倒黎絳洵,只是他後來也很訝異,自己竟還有餘裕完成這件事。45Please respect copyright.PENANA15FZaIwKI4
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黎絳洵事前探詢過父親對言府的看法,兩家之所以有婚約,原本是祖輩的意思,按理來說,父親離開了祖家,婚約也會由黎絳洵的堂兄弟繼承,不過當時,父親的其他兄弟,不是尚未成親、就是未有男孩誕生,於是暫且還是黎絳洵,更後來,母親的生意蒸蒸日上,言府也暫時沒有提出換人,就這樣拖著。45Please respect copyright.PENANAF4iWGW7ihK
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幸虧如此,言府跟父親本身並無私交,母親那邊則是義務性應酬,更無所謂。45Please respect copyright.PENANAd8NmkS7KGV
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他和父母談過想讓一位朋友的朋友暫住府中,母親露出訝異的神色,黎絳洵不是沒想到母親為何疑慮,自己以前來往的都是些紈褲子弟,讀書科考不會、五穀不分、四體不勤……士農工商,沒有任何擅長的,只會玩樂、不知物價,雖已無來往多年,黎絳洵也未再提過任何朋友的事情,倘若雙親懷疑他沒有朋友,他也不意外。45Please respect copyright.PENANABtsyRvLJpe
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「洵兒說的朋友,是哪位啊?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAKbgXUl0v2u
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「年幼時的知交,」黎絳洵頓了頓,「主要並不是因為這位朋友,而是他認識的姑娘,那位姑娘身世坎坷,年紀輕輕便香消玉殞,產下的孩子也無人照料,偏偏孩子的父親是勳貴之家,這才託人輾轉問了我。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAbRGmLs6YOP
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「你之前問的那些,這孩子是指言家那位公子嗎?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAlLVbqKZybx
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「是。若爹娘認為不妥,孩兒會再將他安頓他處,不會讓這件事牽扯到爹娘。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAKFbxCkdbM1
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一直沉默得宛如全然不在意的父親難得發話:「你認為正確的事,就去做。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAo1d7wTQULZ
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黎絳洵笑了笑,「爹的意思,孩兒明白。想必當年爹也是這樣,才選擇帶走娘。」45Please respect copyright.PENANACZsBVXC11g
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瞅見父親難得的笑容,黎絳洵在心裡呼出一口氣,如果不是妻子的話給了自己突破口,讓他能理解父親的想法,大概父親只會不置可否,這段期間,按照父親的思路說話,看來頗有成效。45Please respect copyright.PENANADhPLXM424E
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其實他要做的事情,要說正義也不是,其中充滿不能見光的交易以及利用人性弱點等,要說完全問心無愧嗎?那也不是,只是人總要選擇出更重要的事情,毫不作為、隨波逐流的代價是無法預測的失去與別離,前世他已經經歷太多。45Please respect copyright.PENANALy8m8IVDrV
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黎絳洵自然沒有將詳細的做法上秉父母,後來也不曾向言曇岫提過。45Please respect copyright.PENANA2YZXaoT9HM
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半年後,設下的局總算能在最安全、保險的狀況下收網,言曇岫輾轉來到黎家。45Please respect copyright.PENANAjNpeumh675
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言曇岫被僕傭們洗得乾淨的皮膚,白白淨淨的,甚至帶著一點紅,可能是搓洗而致,他縮著身子,不敢大步走路,好沒容易才在侍女退往一旁後,看見了黎絳洵。45Please respect copyright.PENANAPcsoryjsXc
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那雙頓時亮起來的眼眸,凸顯了言曇岫面部輪廓的精緻──與妻子過於相似的容貌,讓黎絳洵被撲了滿懷時,都沒能反應過來,差點就往後跌了。45Please respect copyright.PENANAkIHo8x7Bqg
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也不曉得這孩子到底受了多少苦,連他一個陌生人,都能讓言曇岫露出這種過於喜悅的神情。45Please respect copyright.PENANAeTo4Hg5ZQc
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黎絳洵無奈地將以為做錯事而又退開的言曇岫抱回懷裡,他輕拍言曇岫的背部說:「從此之後,這裡是你的家,好嗎?」45Please respect copyright.PENANA8LBIZAonk6
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他也不確定言曇岫沒有馬上回應,是因為什麼,反正最後他點頭了,反正來日方長。45Please respect copyright.PENANAjMLDmfldhe
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後來真的花了很多時間,在矯正言曇岫的行為跟態度上,原本母親躍躍欲試,只是言曇岫他暫時只相信黎絳洵,黎絳洵若是離開,言曇岫見到旁人就會跑得沒影,直到黎絳洵去找他,他才會帶著做錯事的小心翼翼,偷瞄著黎絳洵,並走到他面前。45Please respect copyright.PENANAGqhPUaaFcT
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就連基本的在桌上吃飯、使用熱水洗澡等,都要一步一步教,說話或者識字、禮儀、常識、觀念等,就更難了。45Please respect copyright.PENANAlQlrpfKYgC
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母親有天甚至感慨道:「原以為娘會有第二個兒子,怎麼更像孫子?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAzou6BMUppU
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黎絳洵為難地笑笑。45Please respect copyright.PENANAud2vlHOz8U
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並不是言曇岫真的造成了黎絳洵處理不來的困擾,而是他發現,言曇岫只親近自己,不曉得為什麼,竟讓他感到喜悅。45Please respect copyright.PENANASQQyGacxIZ
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好像很久沒有這麼輕鬆了。45Please respect copyright.PENANATfRJxbOgWw
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或許也跟父親快被他說服到辭官有關。45Please respect copyright.PENANAvCc62WXrLF
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黎絳洵雖然一直在試著潛移默化父親對官場的價值觀,不過要讓貴族嫡子出身的父親,接受從最上等的讀書人,一下子成為商人,或者讓髮妻負責養家,黎絳洵並沒有太大把握。45Please respect copyright.PENANANbZnNLOg2w
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難得不在書房或臥室的父親,出現在靠近他房間的湖心亭時,黎絳洵還以為自己看錯了。45Please respect copyright.PENANAIQGZXecrr1
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走近一看,父親正一本正經地教言曇岫發音與句法,一遍遍反復唸著幾個常見稱呼的父親,或許也在黎絳洵童蒙時這樣教過他,這個想法,讓黎絳洵感覺自己可能又更靠近父親了一些。45Please respect copyright.PENANAbwPfDPRhTR
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原本齜牙咧嘴的、實在看不懂是在學發音還是散發怒氣的言曇岫,一察覺黎絳洵,立刻就起身撲進自己懷裡。45Please respect copyright.PENANAj6DjZnRRCQ
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儘管黎絳洵嘴裡說著:「你啊,不能這樣莽莽撞撞的,你力氣可比小孩子還大上許多,之後我都不一定能接得住你。」言曇岫還是抱著他不放。45Please respect copyright.PENANAjmU6JtH4ll
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黎絳洵也隨他,言曇岫那明明只要營養充足就會抽高的身體,都快追上他的身高了。45Please respect copyright.PENANAFJufz7Y8io
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「洵兒,你是不是第一次……跟人關係這麼親近?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAHetpc8WpmY
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「爹?」45Please respect copyright.PENANApd3vr3658w
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父親解釋說:「你以前總和其他人有隔閡,別人一靠近,你就會退開,這孩子來了以後,爹才知道,原來你也有不會推開的對象。」45Please respect copyright.PENANA3NoEGK5oE6
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黎絳洵不曉得聽見這句話,心虛以及其他過於強烈的感情是什麼,所以把話題帶開:「那爹覺得,讓他繼續待在我們家裡,可以嗎?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAuXIQIU4DeW
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「爹倒是沒意見,都把你養這麼大了,岫兒和你也沒真的差很多歲,爹還怕嗎?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAY1GK3BSv9h
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「……什麼?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAX5jpCvAXew
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「你訝異的地方是什麼?」45Please respect copyright.PENANADk7BsPwOCy
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「曇岫不是孩子嗎?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAMDrahLmjF2
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「對爹而言你們都是孩子。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAhnEGrMoO2V
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「孩兒是指年紀的部分,他不是十三歲嗎?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAspXwZlyZPT
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父親眼珠子往上挑,撇嘴說:「你是真的不知道嗎?言家的兩個孩子,對外說的年紀都不是真的,女孩子那個,年紀比你大不少,男孩子這個,自然和你年紀差不多。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAjWXkZi3aUP
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「這……孩兒確實不知。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAnSO0I4SHpI
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父親嘆了口氣,望向湖面說:「就你這樣,還想說服爹致仕,沒人幫扶你,你怎麼辦啊?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAxfAxBvpleT
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黎絳洵一噎,閉了閉眼後才回:「原來爹都知道,那孩兒想詢問爹的意願……請爹辭官,也是希望保護娘,皇城那邊,局勢將會更為詭譎複雜,還請爹慎思。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAdbxzzzqPMY
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父親站起身,拍了拍恭敬朝自己行李的黎絳洵,「行了,需要一點時間處理,你再等等。」45Please respect copyright.PENANACGUqxYIZZ8
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黎絳洵看著父親的背影遠去,不顧言曇岫已經快把他的衣服扯下來了,忽然緊緊抱住言曇岫。45Please respect copyright.PENANA8WlS0MA9Wv
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「唔?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAzl1ZmI9ZF1
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「你們都要好好的,誰都不能有事。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAaNZj2RCJtL
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言曇岫支支吾吾很久,才下定決心說:「絳、絳洵。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAfCmijk5Xgi
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「你學會我的名字了啊?」黎絳洵鬆開手,撫平言曇岫衣服上的皺褶。45Please respect copyright.PENANAnoCVIWUxkQ
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「絳洵!」言曇岫彷彿被感染到一般,做出很接近笑靨的表情,「喜歡你。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAaEQBS3arDd
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黎絳洵頓了頓,腿邊突兀地被輕輕地撞來撞去,言曇岫抿了抿唇,紅著臉蹲下來摸了摸正在襲擊他們的貓:「你壞。」45Please respect copyright.PENANACCqHoCgvNW
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「是餓了吧。」黎絳洵抱起貓,走向廚房,言曇岫站在原地看著他很久,才輕聲說:「你壞。」45Please respect copyright.PENANAcYk0IJluB5
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言曇岫的底子雖然不好,不過黎絳洵和父親原本就都有書香世家的基礎實力,實際上又都曾為官,言曇岫自己也肯學,所以很快就不需要隨時有人盯著,時時為他解答了。45Please respect copyright.PENANAQ19byP9zk2
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而黎絳洵,依然緊抓所有機會,只為了在茫茫人海裡找到妻子。45Please respect copyright.PENANATUsxFxhplk
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大約每半年,黎絳洵就會找有名的繪師,畫下言曇岫的樣貌,藉著畫像找尋妻子的蹤影,然而總是徒勞。45Please respect copyright.PENANABSCd8CuTFE
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畫像隨著年歲增加,言曇岫還是會抽出時間,靜靜坐著讓繪師畫他,言曇岫的五官逐漸長開,這原本應該是好事。45Please respect copyright.PENANAx4Ri7QCc6Z
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黎絳洵低頭看著腰間玉珮,原就溫潤的玉被他摩娑得更光滑,言曇岫有次趴在他大腿上問他:「你很喜歡這塊玉珮嗎?為什麼?」45Please respect copyright.PENANAF2DH1y0k97
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「因為是我娘送的啊。」黎絳洵笑笑,儘管是假的。這塊玉珮,除了是提醒自己,如今這個家沒有分崩離析,都是苦心經營而來,而非理所當然的事以外,還是關於很久很久以前,妻子第一次縫了荷包,猶豫很久,原本想拆了,拿那些布做補丁用,結果先被黎絳洵發現,趁她不注意,從她背後搶走,然後一直繫在腰間同一個位置。45Please respect copyright.PENANA2PTRd2kfNj
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言曇岫,應該越來越肖似妻子了。45Please respect copyright.PENANAESArAfiNkP
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這讓黎絳洵難受,以為會永遠記得的面容,在記憶中早已模糊到無法辨認,關於言曇岫的記憶卻越來越多,黎絳洵很久沒有把言曇岫誤認為妻子了。45Please respect copyright.PENANAbd447xvQbJ
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是不是一切都……是不是沒有任何存在、能證明前世的存在?45Please respect copyright.PENANA4JPuoxCpZX
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他無法自拔地深陷在這個想法之中。45Please respect copyright.PENANAa1xPWO3SaK
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