1. An accident turned Du Ruoyi into a tiny gardener in the Second Young Master's courtyard. Being a small gardener had its perks; all she had to do was plant flowers and tend to grass. Wasn'...
Chapter 73
Jun Qingmo pursed his lips and stared at Zhang Yunniang with his eyes. He couldn't hold back his tears and they fell down in strings.
He didn't say anything, but he looked like he had been wronged, which made people feel very distressed.
"Ah, um, you, what's wrong with you?"
Zhang Yunniang was at a loss and sat closer on purpose.
Jun Qingmo threw himself into her arms, holding back tears. He felt deeply wronged and wanted to cry loudly. But outside the carriage was the street, so he couldn't be too presumptuous.
He hugged Zhang Yunniang's waist tightly, and his tears soon wet her clothes.
God knows how worried he is.
If anything happened to Zhang Yunniang, he would not live either.
"It's okay, it's okay."
The person was crying uncontrollably, and Zhang Yunniang could only hug him and comfort him.
But the more I comfort him, why is he getting more and more outrageous?
The carriages were specially designed to accommodate wheelchairs, with the space between the seats on both sides just wide enough for a wheelchair.
The wheelchair can be moved in and fit in perfectly.
The height of the wheelchair is exactly the same as the height of the bench, which means that the bench and the wheelchair in the carriage can be completely connected into one piece.
Jun Qingmo crawled and crawled from the wheelchair to Zhang Yunniang's side, and then moved further and further until he was in her arms.
Zhang Yunniang held him like a child, and for a moment she couldn't understand how things had turned out like this.
The person is just crying in the nest, and she has no idea what to do, and it is impossible for her to throw him out.
He patted her shoulders and back as if she were a child, and coaxed her softly.
As for the rest, let’s talk about it after we have coaxed this young lady.
They were silent along the way. When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, the person in his arms was motionless, and it seemed that he was asleep.
Just as she was about to carry the person out of the carriage, the person got up by himself, sat back in the wheelchair, wiped away his tears, and looked as if nothing had happened.
Lin Wu knocked on the car wall, and after getting a response, he carried the person out.
Lanzhi received the news and was waiting in front of the mansion gate.
Seeing everyone return home safely, I was finally able to let out the breath I had been holding.
Lanzhi pulled the man up and down to look him up and down, and found no injuries. She relaxed her brows and gave him a beating while laughing and scolding him.
"I'm usually timid and afraid of trouble, but I get into big trouble when I provoke you. I want to scare someone to death."
Jun Qingmo's brows were stern, and he spontaneously walked into the mansion first, "Go in and talk, and have someone bring the food."
I guess everyone hasn’t eaten yet, as eating is a big deal.
The three of them sat in the dining room and the meal was served quickly.
Jun Qingmo ran to the princess's mansion and then to the imperial palace. As his worry subsided, he began to feel hungry.
Lanzhi was also running around looking for someone and was hungry at the moment.
Zhang Yunniang looked at the whole table of food. If she didn't eat something, she would seem out of place. She scooped a bowl of soup and drank it slowly.
She enjoyed a luxurious meal at the princess's residence and was not hungry at all.
She lowered her head in silence. She had always been afraid of causing trouble to others, but now she felt guilty because she was making others nervous.
Lanzhi saw that she didn't look hungry. If she didn't want to eat, then she could do something serious. "Tell me, what's going on?"
Zhang Yunniang summarized the key points of what happened on Shuyu Street. "There's a river not far from Chaoxi Tower. It's not big, but the water is deep. Although there aren't any blocks, it's still within the business area of Shuyu Street. We need to add more security personnel. If something happens to any of our distinguished guests, it would be terrible."
"You did the right thing. Lan Qier is already working on this matter."
"I'm sorry." Zhang Yunniang put down the soup bowl and apologized solemnly, "I made you worry."
Jun Qingmo: "You are considering Shuyuxuan, what's wrong with that?"
Lanzhi: "It's a good thing that you discovered the shortcomings of management."
Jun Qingmo: "Did you encounter any difficulties in the princess's mansion?" He didn't look like he was being troubled, but I still had to ask.
Zhang Yunniang recalled the scene at that time. The most serious injury should be Aunt Cuizhu's hand. She told the story one by one. The other two put down their bowls and listened to her detailed explanation.
At that time, in the princess's mansion.
Aunt Cuizhu had a wonderful expression on her face when she received the princess's order.
Jun Lingyue raised her head, her eyes cold as she said arrogantly, "A mere commoner dares to teach me how to do things. I will punish her severely."
Aunt Cuizhu: "Those who disobey their superiors will be punished by slapping them. If they do not repent, they will be beaten with a stick in the court. If they still do not repent, they will be imprisoned in a dark room and punished by being dripped with water."
Jun Lingyue: "When she wakes up, I'll punish her completely. Let's see if she dares to be so bold again."
The person kneeling on the ground was still sleeping. Jun Lingyue yawned and lay back on the couch.
Cuizhu and Moju exchanged a glance. Was this a punishment or not?
When to implement the punishment or do we have to wait for the criminal to wake up on his own?
"What are you doing? Pull steady. Are your eyes on top of your head? You can't see that your head is about to hit the ground. How can you be comfortable?"
A fruit was thrown out angrily. The two aunts steadied their movements and became more and more confused.
Apparently, there is no punishment?
I thought there would be no punishment, but when everyone woke up, the princess didn't even pretend to do anything and just ordered a slap in the face.
Cuizhu didn't dare to really hit him.
It seems that although punishment must be imposed, no one should be hurt.
With Zhang Yunniang's fearless look on her face, she slapped her left hand with her right hand, and her right hand with her left hand, and slapped herself with her hands, completing the slapping act.
After the princess lifted the curtain, she deliberately put on a coquettish and angry expression, and it seemed that her guess was correct.
Then, when carrying out the caning, they put a thick cotton pad on the person's buttocks.
He was confined in a dark room in Hengwu Garden, and then tortured by dripping water while his body was covered with gold, silver, and jewelry.
"Why don't you come back here?" Jun Qingmo glanced at the person. If he came back here, even the princess would not be able to take him away secretly without making any sound.
"Why don't you come to Chaoxi Tower to find me?" On the surface, Shuyuxuan is their property, but what outsiders don't know is that it is actually backed by Jun Daiyi, and most of the money actually goes into the pocket of the current emperor to make up for the deficit in the national treasury.
Even if something unexpected happens, they can't protect anyone openly, but they can quickly call for help.
Faced with the aggressive posture of the two men, Zhang Yunniang crawled under the table, her body becoming shorter and shorter, her hands clinging to the edge of the table, leaving only the upper half of her face on the table.
His wet eyes blinked, making him look like a little animal.
Jun Qingmo/Lanzhi: "Give me a reasonable explanation."
"I, I'm tired from playing, so I want to go back to Lianchi Lane to rest for a while before coming back."
"Oh? Chaoxi Tower is even farther away than Lianchi Lane. How come I only found out about this today?"
"I'm sorry."
Zhang Yunniang was in the wrong and looked like she was letting herself be beaten and scolded, and she looked very honest.
The two also knew that she might have realized that she had gotten into trouble and was afraid of being implicated, so she didn't dare to come back here.
This is also what makes them angry.
Jun Qingmo: "Lanzhi, you are tired today, go back and rest early."
Seeing his serious expression, Lanzhi knew that he had something to say to Zhang Yunniang alone. She nodded, stood up and walked out.
"Wait for me, I'll go back to the yard with you." Zhang Yunniang felt uneasy and always felt that she was going to be scolded. She wanted to go out with others.
"Yunniang, wait a moment."
"Oh." His steps, about to leave, froze in their tracks. He recalled being detained in class at school, his scalp tingling.
The door of the dining hall was closed, and the bright candlelight stretched the shadows of the two people very long.
The atmosphere at this moment made Zhang Yunniang want to escape.
She had spent quite a bit of time alone with Jun Qingmo, and as she watched Jun Qingmo slowly sliding towards her, she felt oppressed.
It was a distance that could be covered in the blink of an eye, but it seemed like he had to travel a great distance.
Just get scolded.
It's not that you get beaten.
Just take the beating.
She can handle it too.
She wasn't afraid of being beaten or scolded, so what was she afraid of? But she simply felt an invisible pressure, like in those immortal cultivation novels, where the mighty's pressure suffocates the lesser ones.
Jun Qingmo calmed his mind and slowly closed the distance. He seemed calm, but his heart was actually beating like a drum.
I wanted to be more assertive, but when I got up to her and saw Zhang Yunniang's confused and frightened eyes, the words I wanted to say instantly died in my throat.
He gasped, took a deep breath, but still didn't dare to speak.
No, this step must be taken.
In a state of nervousness, he reflexively put his arms around Zhang Yunniang's waist and buried his face in her arms.
Very good, he cried like a loser.
The more I want to express my love, the more afraid I am to say it.
What to do, I can't stop it.
Cry for a while first?
No, I won’t dare to say anything after I finish crying. I have to do it now.
I opened my mouth tentatively, but no sound came out.
Ah, what should I do, ah, what should I do.
Stop crying, speak, speak. Jun Qingmo cried helplessly in his heart.
The more you encourage yourself, the less effective it becomes.
Just now, in the carriage, after all, not at home, I could still consider my face and suppress my emotions. Now, at home, with no one else around, the more I tried to suppress my tears, the harder I cried.
With a "woohoo", he completely gave up struggling. "Cry, cry," Yunniang said, "cry if you want to."
Just cry first.
Zhang Yunniang's tense nerves relaxed.
She reached out and embraced Jun Qingmo, patting his shoulders gently to comfort him.
He wouldn't treat her as his mother, would he?
Today in the carriage, when someone leaned into her arms and cried, she felt very uncomfortable.
She had taken care of him for so long and had been in all kinds of awkward situations. Just thinking about that intimate gesture gave her goosebumps.
Until she realized that the hugging posture was not the posture of holding a child? Slowly, she had the illusion of holding a child, and the embarrassment disappeared immediately.
Look at the man who is hugging her and crying without restraint. No matter how majestic, noble and elegant he is outside, in front of her, he is still the crybaby and naughty person.
Many animals have imprinting behavior. When they see something for the first time, they will think it is their mother.
Jun Qingmo had fallen to the bottom at that time, but later on it could be understood as a rebirth.
Her intervention is like the first person a baby animal sees after hatching from its shell, so it becomes psychologically dependent on it?
Goddess, this guy wouldn't really treat her as his mother, right?