Chapter 18 Someone is looking for you

Chu Yian couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth. Hua Shi never came to her yard before, so why did she suddenly come today?

Could it be that he sensed her unique charm as a married woman? Did he want to pay her more attention and, by the way, get closer to her?

This... Chu Yian looked at Xiaofu, and Xiaofu gave her a look that wished her well.

Chu Yian looked at Hua Shi again. Hua Shi's face was gloomy and she scolded him in a low voice: "Why are you still riding on it? Get down quickly."

Hua originally thought that she didn't understand Chu Yian very well. Chu Yian spoke boldly, but he was actually on her side and trying to stand up for her, so Hua didn't know what to say.

I never expected that she didn't even know Chu Yian.

She was saying, "Why is this girl so rebellious? It seems like she's always going out to play over the wall these years. I don't know who led her astray."

Only she treated Chu Yian as a rich lady who never left the house, but Chu Yian was having fun and enjoying herself.

Chu Yian touched his nose guiltily, knowing that Hua was really angry. He didn't dare to act rashly and jumped down from the wall and landed in front of Hua.

Hua was shocked. She came down from such a high place like that?

Her face changed, and she was about to curse, but the shameless Chu Yian came up to her with a playful grin, holding her arm and shaking it.

"Mother, mother, why are you here? Why didn't you send someone to tell me in advance? If you had sent someone to tell me in advance, I would have waited for you in the yard and not kept me waiting for too long."

"It's all my fault. I kept you waiting for so long. You've worked so hard."

Hua sneered and pulled back her hand to stop Chu Yian from hugging her and acting like a spoiled child: "I think you don't think I'm working hard, but you think I've ruined your good fortune."

Chu Yian quickly shook his head: "No, I don't think so."

Hua snorted coldly: "If I hadn't come here suddenly, I wouldn't have known that my daughter, who is about to get married, actually dared to disguise herself as a man and climb over the wall to leave the house."

"I underestimated you. I thought you were a coward, but I never thought you were so brave."

Hua looked at the men's clothing on Chu Yian and felt really displeased with it.

After finally getting a cozy little cotton-padded jacket, Hua Shi found out that it was leaking air everywhere. He couldn't accept it.

Can't Chu Yian just stay at home and be a well-behaved lady waiting to get married?

Chu Yian denied again: "No, mother, I'm actually very timid and I don't even dare to speak loudly."

Hua sneered, "I think you've forgotten that you just yelled at your father in Zhuangyuan Building today. It's not that you're afraid to speak up, it's that you think your voice isn't loud enough."

"Tell me, how long ago did you start sneaking out of the house?"

The corners of Chu Yian's mouth twitched. Hua Shi had changed and was no longer easy to coax.

Glancing at Hua's expression, she said firmly, "This is the first time."

Fahrenheit: ...

Is this a first time? This isn't a repeat offender. She twisted her head off.

Very good, you have also learned to lie and cheat.

Hua Shi looked directly at Xiao Fu, her eyes suddenly becoming extremely sharp: "Tell me, when did the young lady start sneaking out of the house?"

Xiao Fu shuddered, her mouth full of bitterness. As expected, no matter what the master did, the servants were the ones who suffered.

She looked at Chu Yian cautiously, and Chu Yian glared at her. She looked at Hua Shi again, and Hua Shi's eyes were even more terrifying, as if she would sell her out immediately if she said something wrong.

Xiao Fu was caught in the middle, feeling extremely pitiful. She whispered, "Madam, about... a month and a half ago."

Chu Yian breathed a sigh of relief without making a sound. Even though Xiaofu had betrayed her, she didn't say that it had been going on for three years, which meant that Xiaofu was still on her side.

Alas, life is not easy. What's Xiao Fu's fault? She just wants to live.

Just after she finished sighing, Hua turned her head and glared at Chu Yian: "You better behave yourself. From now on... at least before you get married, stay in the mansion and wait for your marriage. You are not allowed to go anywhere."

Thinking about the kind of person Chu Yian married, Hua Shi regretted being so harsh on Chu Yian and softened her tone: "It's only for more than half a month, just bear with it."

"If you really want to leave, go through the main entrance. Just tell me and I'll arrange for more people to follow you to avoid being discovered and criticized."

"Don't wear this outfit anymore, it's so inappropriate."

"When you marry into the Duke's Mansion, the Duke's wife is not a rude person. If you want to leave, talk to her nicely. She won't hold you back."

"That Qin Sheng... although he's a bit unorthodox, he's not a bad person. He will definitely treat you well and won't let you suffer any injustice."

Are you not angry anymore?

Chu Yian ignored Hua's words and put her heart back in her stomach. The upturned corners of her mouth were forced down again.

It's good that she's not angry. She doesn't want to be constantly talked about. Chu Yian quickly changed the subject: "By the way, mother, why did you suddenly think of my yard today?"

At this point, Hua's expression changed again. "What are you talking about? You made the driver drive around half of the capital city on our way back from Zhuangyuan Building today."

"Those headmasters and some students wanted to know who said what you said today, so they came here."

"They found the mansion and realized we hadn't returned yet, so they searched everywhere for us. When they finally came back, they were heading this way, and you sneaked out."

"Those headmasters have been waiting for you all afternoon, and now you're still staying home and refusing to leave."

Speaking of this, Hua Shi also found it a little unbelievable.

She thought what Chu Yian said was quite powerful, but she didn't know how powerful it was.

I never thought that several knowledgeable headmasters would be so attracted to it.

She tried to find many excuses to get rid of them, but they refused to leave and insisted on knowing who had said that.

Hua sent someone to call Chu Yian, only then did she realize that her good daughter was never at peace for a moment.

What the maid said was probably false. Her stepdaughter had probably been out of the house for at least a year.

It’s just that Chu Yian is about to get married, and Hua didn’t want to cause any more trouble, so she didn’t make a fuss about it.

If it were any other time, such a servant would definitely be severely punished by her.

Those people refused to leave, and finally Hua had no choice but to say that Chu Yian was not at home, that he had gone out for something and would need some time to come back, so she asked them to go back first.

As soon as Chu Yian comes back, I will send someone to deliver the message to them as soon as possible.

But they didn’t, no matter how late it was, they had to wait for Chu Yian.

Fahrenheit was both angry and helpless.

Not wanting to just stand there and stare at those old men, he left Chu Xiuyuan, who had just woken up and hadn't figured out the situation, there and then brought his men to block Chu Yian.

This wait lasted for more than half an hour.