Chapter 509: The Femme Fatale in the Double Life Story (8)

"Why are you here?" Su Yu couldn't believe it.

Xie Qinglan's eyes were as dark as ink, staring straight at her: "Why can't I be here?"

Thinking of what she had just said, Su Yu looked flustered.

Xie Qinglan's face was extremely cold, and his voice was like frost: "Is it because I should be poisoned by the medicine now, and I am with the young lady?"

Su Yu dodged his gaze and lowered her head hastily: "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Don't understand?" Xie Qinglan held Su Yu's hand, suppressed the sweet taste in his throat, and spoke word by word, "Su Yu, you don't really want to marry me, do you?"

Su Yu's face turned pale.

"You are plotting against me to get out of this marriage?"

Xie Qinglan had been looking at her, and seeing this, he no longer needed to get an answer from Su Yu.

By now, Xie Qinglan finally accepted the fact. No matter in this life or the previous life, Su Yu didn't want to marry him. She was just forced to do so in the previous life. But in this life, she had other choices.

"You, you let me go first!"

Su Yu seemed to be frightened. She stood up, shook off his hand, took a step back, and accidentally bumped into the antique shelf, causing the vase to sway and fall down.

Su Yu was right below the vase.

In an instant, Xie Qinglan's pupils shrank. Without bothering to question, he quickly stepped forward and pulled Su Yu into his arms, using his back to block the falling vase for her.

…

Su Miaoer's personal maid didn't know about her mistress and Su Yu's plan, and came to find the marquis's wife as Su Miaoer instructed.

"Madam." Cui Liu found Madam Hou who was talking to a group of ladies.

The Marquis's wife was chatting and laughing with the wife of the Duke of Xin, talking about their children's marriages. She was a little unhappy when she was interrupted. When she saw Cui Liu, her displeasure turned into suspicion. She frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

Cui Liu lowered her head and said, "Madam, the young lady is not feeling well. I have asked this servant to come find you and ask you to come over."

"She's not feeling well?" The Marquis's wife frowned. "The birthday banquet is about to start. Where is she? Has she called a doctor?"

Cui Liu hesitated and said, "The young lady is resting in the guest room. Before I came here, the young lady had not yet sent someone to call the doctor."

The Marquis's voice turned cold: "Young lady didn't tell you, can't you go and invite them yourself?"

Cui Liu knelt down and said, "My servant is stupid, please forgive me, Madam."

With so many people watching, Madam Hou couldn't get angry in public: "Okay, stand up and lead the way."

Cui Liu quickly stood up and led the way: "Madam, please come this way."

Lady Xin Guogong didn't want to get involved, but Su Miao'er was her future daughter-in-law after all, so she followed along: "I'll go take a look too. I heard that Miao'er was sick a few days ago. She was pitiful."

The wife of Duke Xin followed, and the other ladies looked at each other and followed as well.

So a group of people walked through the back garden of the marquis's mansion and came to the secluded guest room.

Cui Liu led the way in front.

The Marquis's wife frowned. She had felt something was wrong on the way here. Why were there no servants serving here? It was abnormally quiet.

"Wait." Madam Hou stopped Cui Liu and said in a cold voice, "Are you sure the young lady is here?"

Cui Liu was at a loss: "Yes, the young lady was still waiting in the room when I left?"

At this moment, the sound of porcelain breaking was suddenly heard in a room.

The Marquis's wife's face changed slightly. She subconsciously took a few steps towards the room where the sound came from, then quickly stopped. The expression on her face changed several times.

She suspected that this was a conspiracy against Su Miaoer and even the Marquis' Mansion.

But she couldn't find a clue.

One thing is certain, the other party's plan was to lure him and the ladies here.

In the room, Su Yu fell limply in Xie Qinglan's arms, her hands and feet were weak, her cheeks were red as if burning. The heat in her body eased a little when Xie Qinglan hugged her, but rose again in an instant.

No matter how slow Su Yu was, she realized that something was wrong.

Especially Xie Qinglan didn't look like he had taken any traditional Chinese medicine.

Su Yu grabbed his collar and held it tightly, her wrists shaking from the force, "You didn't drink that glass of wine?"

The next moment, she overturned this guess herself: "No, I saw you drink it with my own eyes."

Xie Qinglan glanced at the broken vase on the ground, frowned, endured the pain in his back, put his arm around Su Yu's waist and walked towards the bed.

"Don't step on the fragments." Xie Qinglan's voice was cold and emotionless.

The pair of big hands on her waist exerted a little force, and the fingertips clicked into the soft flesh on her waist. Su Yu couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

Suddenly realizing something, she opened her eyes wide: "You changed the wine!"

Xie Qinglan didn't say anything, but he didn't deny it either.

He said that all of this was Su Yu's own fault.

This glass of wine was given to him by Su Yu in order to escape the engagement. What about the glass of poisoned wine in his previous life? Was it because Su Yu wanted him to die?

Xie Qinglan unconsciously exerted a little more force on his wrist.

Su Yu leaned weakly in his arms, her hands still clutching his collar, her cheeks flushed with sweat, she couldn't stop panting: "It hurts, be gentle."

The words were somewhat ambiguous, and Xie Qinglan's eyes dimmed. After a moment, he let go of her hand as if it was burned.

They sat on the edge of the bed.

The sweet smell of powder and the fragrance of soapberries on Xie Qinglan's body mixed together. Su Yu could also vaguely smell the scent of ink. She could imagine a man standing in front of the window, holding a book of classics in his hands, his figure thin and straight, as upright and aloof as a pine or bamboo.

Xie Qinglan didn't move, and Su Yu didn't have the strength to move either.

The room was silent.

It was also at this time that the two heard the noise outside.

Su Yu's breathing was slightly stagnant: "It's the Madam who is here."

Su Yu regretted it as soon as she finished speaking and almost bit her tongue. She shouldn't have said it at this time.

A cold sound came from my ear.

Xie Qinglan now completely understood what she was planning.

First, she tricked him into drinking the drugged wine, then sent someone to dirty his clothes and took him to the guest room. Su Miaoer had been waiting in the guest room early, just waiting for him to come in. When the drug took effect and he couldn't control himself, she sent someone to bring the wife of Marquis Yongchang and other ladies over. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he couldn't deny himself even if he wanted to.

It's so interconnected, you really think highly of him.

Xie Qinglan felt a dull pain in his chest, and vaguely recalled the pain that made him tremble all over when he died of poisoning in his previous life.

Xie Qinglan pinched Su Yu's chin, stared at her evasive eyes, and gritted his teeth: "Su Yu, you really tried your best to get rid of the engagement."

No one knew that Su Yu was in a panic.

The plan failed, and even backfired. Now I am the one sharing a room with Xie Qinglan.

What's worse is that Xie Qinglan knew what he was thinking.

Once the engagement goes ahead, I will definitely have no good days after marrying him.

When Su Yu thought about the future, she panicked. Her mind raced, tears started falling. She raised her head and cried, "No, it's not like that, Master Xie. I have my reasons."

Xie Qinglan didn't believe a single word of Su Yu's words.

At this time, the sounds outside the door were getting closer and closer. It seemed that a large group of people were approaching. The door was not locked, and they could be seen with just a slight push.

The Marquis's wife was hesitant, wondering what if she was wrong.

Slowly approaching the guest room, the marquis's wife stared at the room where the sound had just come from, thinking about what reason she could find to send away the ladies who followed her.

At this moment, the door to the room next to that one suddenly opened.

"mother!"

Su Miaoer came out from next door with an unhappy look on her face. She didn't understand what Su Yu was doing. Her mother was here, but Xie Qinglan hadn't shown up yet.