Chapter 289: Concealing the Truth

"Cousin, I am also worried about your safety. I heard that the old house in the county town was sold, so I rushed over here to make sure you are safe."

This manager Li, who has gray hair on his temples, knows how to speak skillfully and always says half and keeps the other half.

Lian Yi had already sat down, but she had no intention of letting Manager Li sit down. She held a handkerchief in her hand and said with red eyes:

"I asked the housekeeper to sell the old house in the county town. When my father passed away, there were rumors in the city that my father had left me a fortune. I was a twelve-year-old girl. I went through my father's funeral in fear and could only hide in the farm to spend my days.

If there was really so much money in the family, even if he bought one ginseng a day, it would be enough to keep my father alive. Why did he leave me so early?

I even sent someone to report the death to the Li Mansion in the capital, hoping that my uncle would come to support me. However, it has been three months since my father's funeral, and you are the only one who came to visit. You immediately said that my Wu family's housekeeper was incompetent, and you even wanted to add to the rumors. What kind of ability is it to bully an orphan like me?"

After saying this, she began to wipe her tears with a handkerchief.

After hearing this, Manager Li's face changed and he immediately knelt down to apologize.

"I deserve to die. I didn't see my cousin, and I don't know if you are okay. I spoke without restraint and made my cousin sad. I will be punished when I go back.

My cousin has wronged the master. When the master learned that your father had passed away, he sent Master Jizu to lead people to Jiangnan to attend the funeral."

"Really?"

Lian Yi stopped crying and asked in surprise, then frowned and said:

"What about him? Why didn't I see him?"

After saying this, he turned and looked at Butler Wu.

"Miss, if my cousin came to attend the funeral, how could I dare to hide it? Besides, you have seen all the mourners in the mourning hall."

"Yes! I didn't see my cousin."

Lianyi threw the question to Manager Li again.

"This is also the reason why I came this time. The young master disappeared on the way here to attend the funeral. We have already reported it to the police."

"Is there such a thing?"

Lianyi pretended to be surprised and opened her mouth slightly, then said with some doubt:

"Are you telling the truth? Are you kidding me? Did my cousin go somewhere else?"

Steward Li immediately cursed and swore, saying that everything he said was true, but unfortunately Lianyi and Steward Wu were skeptical.

Lianyi didn't want to listen to Manager Li's nonsense and started coughing. Luo Ying raised her eyebrows and said unhappily:

"Manager Li, you have also seen my young lady. She is already ill, and you have made my young lady come out in person. What if the cold gets worse?"

"It's my fault."

That was all Steward Li could say.

"Luo Ying, help me go back and rest!"

"Yes, Miss!"

Lianyi waved to Steward Li and was helped away by two maids, leaving Steward Wu and Steward Li staring at each other.

Manager Li also knew that he was in a good position. It was obvious that the other party didn't like him and didn't even ask him to stay overnight. He could only take the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

He wanted to ask the people in the village, but although they were very respectful to him, they didn't get any useful information out of him. They only said that Miss Wu was kind and treated them very well.

After returning to her own boudoir, Lianyi immediately returned to her original state. Minmin, who was following beside her, then asked curiously:

"Miss, why are you so polite to that Steward Li?"

"He represents the Li family in Beijing. Although the Li family is a declining family in Beijing, they are still useful to the small county town in the south of the Yangtze River. They can deter some scoundrels. Although the young lady does not want to get too close to them, she is far from breaking up with them."

Luo Ying explained patiently.

"Luo Ying is right. After the three-year mourning period is over, perhaps they will come to take me to the Li Mansion in the capital."

Lianyi wiped the white powder off her lips and said with a smile.

"If you know the other party has bad intentions, why do you still go?"

Zhou Minmin asked with a frown.

"I, your young lady, will be coming of age in three years. This will require the elders to take care of it. This will be a good opportunity for me to leave here with a legitimate reason. Then I will take you to the capital to broaden your horizons."

Ripple said with a smile.

Luo Ying shook her head, but she knew that her young lady knew what was going on, so she didn't say anything more.

When Steward Li came again the next day, Steward Wu's face was very long. Before the other party could speak, he spoke first:

"Manager Li, if you have anything to say, just tell me. Yesterday you insisted on seeing the young lady, and she came to see you despite her illness. As a result, she caught a cold and has a fever again this morning."

Manager Li was so confused that he could only pretend to be concerned and asked:

"But have you asked a doctor to come and see?"

"I invited you early in the morning. The young lady just took some medicine to reduce fever and calm her nerves and went to bed. It's inconvenient to disturb her now."

Butler Wu said calmly.

"That's good, it's nothing. On behalf of the Li family, I invite you to live in the capital, so that you don't have to be alone here and be missed by others."

"That's not necessary. The young lady said that this place is close to the master and the mistress, and she can go to the grave anytime. Besides, it's not appropriate to observe mourning without being with relatives!"

Manager Li knew that this proposal was rejected, so he did not insist on it any further. He came here mainly to find the young master, so he said goodbye and left after a while.

After Manager Li left, Zhuangzi returned to its former tranquility. While Lianyi was learning martial arts, she also had to learn other skills and had no free time at all.

However, Wen Lu became more and more excited the more she taught. She found that her young lady was too amazing. She only had to teach the sword moves once and the other party would remember them. When she taught for the second time, the young lady could already imitate them. Although she had no internal energy, the sword moves were still very intimidating.

Minmin encountered the same situation when she taught her young lady boxing. She once suspected that the boxing style that Miss Lianyi used was the authentic Vajra Subduing Demon Fist, except that it was a little lacking in strength.

Of course, this is why Lianyi is reserved. She won't let anyone know all her cards.

In the second month after moving to the manor, she had already used the spiritual essence of the space to draw the energy into her body. Originally, she was just trying it out, after all, this was not the world of cultivation. However, to deal with the evil energy that came out of nowhere, she felt that there must be some way to restrain it.

After drawing the Qi into her body, Lianyi felt the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, but it seemed that the Heavenly Dao was giving her a break.

"Nineteen, the heaven here allows me to practice Taoism."

“This is the agreement reached between our Spacetime Administration and this side of the Heavenly Dao. We sent people to eliminate the threats that entered this interface through the space gap, and he turned a blind eye and allowed you to have the corresponding strength.

It's like you've entered an ancient world, but the enemy has guns and ammunition. In order to destroy the enemy, you also need matching weapons, but in order not to disrupt the entire world, you can only have weapons that are beyond the development of the plane."

Shijiu explained it very clearly.

"Understood!"

Since she had been recognized by the Heavenly Dao, she devoted herself to cultivation. Three years later, she successfully cultivated to the late stage of Qi Refining, but there was no thunder tribulation to help her break through the Foundation Establishment Stage.

At this time, the person sent by the Li family in the capital to pick her up also arrived at the villa.

(End of this chapter)