Chapter 64 Parents' Orders

After leaving Qianlin Garden, she still couldn't figure out Mu Jin's intentions. What exactly did he mean? Did he see through her disguise? The Sixth Miss's tricks were so skillful that they wouldn't be easily seen through.

What's more, Shao Feng didn't seem to notice anything, so Mu Jin probably couldn't see it either.

Jiaoran was lost in thought, and after walking a few steps, she suddenly recalled what happened to her senior sister. Oh no, she was so distracted by this incident that she had forgotten about her senior sister.

I turned around to go back, but in the dark night, a slender willow branch came with the wind, like a whip.

Jiaoran dodged to the side and avoided the willow branch.

Looking again, I saw something climbing on the willow tree that looked like a monkey. Who else could it be but Chai Hui?

"What are you doing here so late at night instead of sleeping?" Jiaoran said impatiently.

Then he thought, "No, you followed me from Jinlin Garden to Qianlin Garden?"

He came down from the tree and patted the dirt on his clothes. "You're smart."

"You are sick, follow me, believe it or not, I will beat you into a pig's head"

He spread his hands and patted his face, "I'll wait here for you to hit me."

Jiaoran didn't bother to pay attention to his provocation. He turned around and went back to Qianlin Garden, regardless of what nonsense Mu Jin was still talking to Chai Che inside.

"Hey, are you going back to Qianlin Garden?" Chai Hui stopped her. He didn't follow her so closely just now, so Jiaoran didn't notice him. But he stared here for a while and saw Mu Jin and his maid enter Qianlin Garden with his own eyes. When she saw Mu Jin, she felt completely unwell.

No, he couldn't just sit there and wait for Jiaoran to have the chance to return to Mu Jin.

She came to his Jinlin Garden, and from then on she was his.

"Don't block the way." Jiaoran pushed him away.

He pointed at Yuannei and said, "Are you here to see the unconscious woman?"

Jiaoran ignored him and had no idea what he was trying to do day by day. None of the men in the Chai Mansion were normal. Only Miss Chai Liu looked gentle, polite and helpful.

"What's it to you? Get out of here!"

He imitated the tone of the young masters from the aristocratic families when his eldest brother took him to the brothels to comment on the women, "What's your relationship with that woman? She also appeared in Huiying Tower. Oh, she is your senior sister, right? Tsk tsk, she is unconscious, I don't know why my second brother is so interested in her. She has a nice complexion, with white skin, fresh and elegant. It seems that my second brother likes that kind of look. But you have to make plans for your senior sister too. When she wakes up and my second brother gets tired of playing with her, what will she do then?"

He carefully recalled the expressions on those people's faces and made faces that could anger Jiaoran, just to delay her. Mu Jin came by water, and would leave by water in a while. If he stopped her now, she would leave and she would not meet him again.

She immediately pulled out the dagger and thrust it hard into his palm. She then took a few steps back and pinned his palm on the willow tree.

Chai Hui felt like he was stung by a poisonous scorpion, and the pain made cold sweat run down his forehead.

She didn't say a word or make a sound during the whole process of teaching him a lesson, but her knife pierced his palm accurately in the dark night.

Jiaoran's expression was normal. She was extremely calm, neither angry nor contemptuous. She just looked at him quietly, watching his blood flow down the tree trunk and the dagger bit by bit.

Then she left without looking back.

Chai Hui felt that all the blood in his body was flowing to the painful spot on his palm. Strangely, he actually felt a kind of pleasure from the pain, an unprecedented pleasure that made every pore in his body feel comfortable.

This comfort made him reluctant to remove the pain that Jiaoran had given him, so he waited for a moment.

A moment later, he had just pulled out the dagger and put it into his sleeve when he saw Mu Jin walking out of the door.

Mu Jin smelled the blood keenly, but before he could pretend to speak, Chai Hui swaggered away. He had always disliked Mu Jin to the extreme.

In mid-June, Senior Sister's injury gradually healed. During this period, Mu Jin did not come to see her. He suddenly became quiet as usual, just like the year when she first entered the Governor's Mansion, when he was lurking and planning something.

Jiaoran didn't know whether he had figured out who she was that night, and she didn't want to think about it anymore. After all, there were few people in the Governor's Mansion whom she could trust. As soon as her senior sister got better, she wanted to take her away.

However, something happened that she had never expected. Her senior sister hid from her for many days and refused to see her again.

She felt that Chai Che was lying. How could her senior sister not want to leave with her after waking up? This Governor's Mansion was full of spies and conspiracies. What good was there?

She and her senior sister are the closest sisters.

One day, she secretly came to Qianlin Garden to see her senior sister, but she saw her senior sister sitting alone, not saying a word, just sitting there blankly.

She didn't know what her senior sister was thinking, but she was eager to see her.

Suddenly, she lowered her head and sobbed, her shoulders trembling. Jiaoran felt very uncomfortable. She must have thought that Chai Che insisted on imprisoning her here after her injury healed. She felt humiliated.

She cried for a while, grabbed the sword on the table, and swung it a few times in the simplest way, but the sword flew out of her hand and fell to the ground.

Zhuxing held his wrist and finally burst into tears.

She has now become a traitor to her master's sect, and her senior brother will never come back. For a moment, she has nothing.

Even her hand was disabled. Just as my senior brother said, she was already a useless person. Apart from getting married and starting a family, she had no other use except to rely on a man.

She had nothing and didn't know where her future would lead.

She was completely abandoned, with no one left behind.

The man who promised to be with her for the rest of her life is no longer there. He ran into the arms of another woman.

She knew she couldn't blame him, how could she blame Bu Yue? He made the choice to save her.

It's all her own fault. She is incompetent, cowardly, and doesn't live like a human being.

From childhood to adulthood, everything that happened to her was always taken care of by others. The only time she stood up to protect her junior sister, she broke her hand and from then on she became a useless person who couldn't even hold a sword.

She stood up, struggled to lift the teapot filled with hot water, and shakily tried to pour herself a glass of water.

The spout of the kettle kept moving, and the hot water flowed all over the table, and the cup of water was finally filled.

Zhuxing stretched out his hand towards the teacup, and his disabled right hand was shaking like a sieve, and the whole cup of tea was spilled.

Jiaoran didn't dare to move forward.

She suddenly understood a truth: unless you walk in someone else's shoes, you will never notice the stones stuck in the shoes of the people around you.

The senior sister broke her sword-holding hand in order to save her. What should the senior sister do in the future?

If a woman in the martial arts world loses one of her hands, she will no longer be able to protect herself.

She was scared, extremely terrified. She was afraid that her senior sister hated her.

If she hadn't stood up that day to buy her some time to catch her breath, would her hand not have been disabled?

Senior sister's tears were like a sharp knife cutting through Jiaoran's heart. She turned around, her face covered with tears.

The people from Qianlinyuan might not have lied, and it wasn't Chai Che who signaled them to stop her, but the senior sister really didn't want to see her anymore.

She walked in the Governor's Mansion and felt that this place was very unfamiliar for a moment. Why did she come here? Was it for the book "Gao Shan Shou"? Or was it for her senior sister?

But now the whereabouts of the secret book are unknown, and senior sister also... doesn't want to see her again.

Jiaoran was reluctant to return to Jinlin Garden immediately. Chai Hui's various tricks made her extremely exhausted. Sometimes he cooked for her and fried a plate of black stuff. She suspected that he wanted to poison her. Sometimes he made tea for her and said that he wanted to serve her... Who knew what was in his mind and what he wanted to do? Two days ago, he even wanted to take her to meet his mother and asked Chai Xiao to give her a woman's face. He said he wanted to marry her.

She didn't know how much evil he had in mind, so she didn't want to go back and compete with him. She just wanted to find a place to rest.

It would be great if I could go back to Siyuyuan.

When this thought came to her mind, even she was shocked. Why would she want to go back to Siyuyuan?

It must be because I had such a comfortable life in Siyuyuan back then. I ate well, slept well, had fun, and there was also Mu - it's better not to mention him.

However, why don’t I see Sister Xiaoju? I saw Shao Feng last time, but I haven’t seen Xiaoju for a long time.

As I was walking, I looked up and saw Si Yuyuan not far away.

She was out of her mind, why would she think of going here?

Several years have passed, and she is still walking this path smoothly.

Jiaoran changed the direction of his walk and walked away from this place.

After a while, we arrived at Pisces Garden.

Fortunately, it’s okay. Let’s go play with Miss Six. It’s much more interesting than going back and arguing with Chai Hui.

Jinlin Garden is not peaceful, and Shuangyu Garden is even more restless than Jinlin Garden.

Jiaoran hid behind a tree and saw the governor's wife and a group of people walking away in a crowd. His face turned black and he was furious.

She was still hesitating whether to enter the Pisces Garden. When she walked out from behind the tree, a maid looked at her sharply and asked, "Miss Xiaoyu?"

She had changed this face some time ago. Before she came to Shuangyu Garden, it was the face of a woman chosen for her by Miss Chai Liu.

"Oh, yes." She had no choice but to respond.

The maid saw her coming and hurried forward to pull her, "Miss Xiaoyu is the second young master's friend, and also the sixth young lady's friend. The sixth young lady likes you very much."

Why are you touching me? Jiaoran was embarrassed and immediately broke away, "What's wrong?"

"Well, Miss Six is ​​crying. Luckily Miss Xiaoyu is here. Please help comfort her."

How could Jiaoran say no? He was immediately dragged forward.

When the two men walked to the outside of the Sixth Miss's room, they suddenly saw a white jade bracelet flying out and heading straight towards them.

Without thinking, Jiao Ran leaped up and caught it. "Why did you lose the bracelet?"

The frightened maid quickly asked her to return it, "This is a gift from your fiancé. If you really break this token of love, how will you explain it to the Lu family?"

Chai Xiao came out noisily, "Is it broken? If not, I'll throw it farther away."

When Jiaoran saw her, her eyes were swollen like walnuts from crying.

Words like dazzling and rare beauty are not suitable for this little girl with swollen eyes. She is just a little girl with a bad temper at this moment.

When she saw Jiaoran coming, she was stunned for a moment, and then felt even more aggrieved.

Jiaoran couldn't bear to see her cry, so he patted her shoulder and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chai Xiao said, "Mother said that I am a guest of this family and cannot stay any longer. She asked me to agree to the marriage as soon as possible and marry into the Lu family."

This was really hurtful, but Chai Xiao was still young, so why was she so anxious? "Otherwise, talk to your mother and tell her that it wouldn't be too late for you to get married in three or four years."

Chai Xiao asked, "Did you see my mother just now?"

Jiaoran nodded.

"She came here to force me. There's no time to lose. They forced my fifth sister to death, and now they're trying to force me again."

Jiaoran was in a state of confusion, "What do you mean by forcing your fifth sister to death?"

She sobbed and said that after the fifth daughter got married, she was often beaten and scolded by her husband's family. She was a soft-tempered person, and after a few years, she became depressed and committed suicide by jumping into the water.

Parents' orders and matchmaker's words can really drive people to death.

Jiao Ran was indignant. "What about the governor? Didn't he settle the score with his son-in-law?"

"What's the point of calculating? He's already trying to win over the Cui family, saying they're a noble family of scholars. The Cui family holds a high position among the noble families. My father wants to have roots in the Central Plains, so of course he won't offend them."

She cried even harder as she spoke, "I'm just a tool for my father to arrange marriages. I have no control over my emotions."

Jiaoran wanted to persuade him, but she didn't know where to start. How should she persuade him about such a thing?

Those who ruin people's marriages will go to hell.

"Not necessarily... He may not have the same miserable life as your fifth sister. Maybe the young master of the Lu family is a man as considerate as you, and will never hurt you." Jiaoran thought for a long time and could only say this.

After hearing this, she felt even more depressed. "You go first. I want to be alone for some time."

Jiaoran knew that these words really could not comfort anyone, so he left in disappointment. "Then if you need to find me, come to Jinlin Garden. I'm always here."

She did not agree with this and turned her head to look at something unknown.

Jiaoran walked out of Shuangyu Garden and walked slowly. There was no peace anywhere. Alas, everyone had their own troubles, and she could not help at all.

Her senior sister didn't want to see her anymore, and Miss Chai Liu seemed very dissatisfied with her comfort.

She was always powerless.

"No, I have to go back."

When she returns, she will teach her some tricks starting today so that she can protect herself in the house and avoid being bullied by the Lu family.

Hadn't she wanted to learn martial arts for a long time? Then she could teach her secretly without her parents or brothers knowing.

Some boxing and kicking skills are also good.

Quickly arrived at Pisces Garden.

As soon as I stepped in, I heard crying and shouting in the garden.

"What's wrong? What happened?" She asked, grabbing a panicked maid.

"Sixth Miss... Sixth Miss jumped into the river!"

"What!" Jiaoran hurriedly ran after them, and when he saw Chai Xiao's position clearly, he jumped down with a plop.

Chai Xiao looked like she had choked on water several times, her little face turned pale with fear, but she stopped crying and making a fuss for a while.

Jiaoran was furious. "You're already so depressed before you even get married? No one can predict what the future holds. The most precious thing in this world is your own life. How can you joke about it?"

She was stunned for a moment, and then burst into tears.

Jiaoran held her in his arms, surrounded by a circle of maids. The leading maid ordered everyone to keep the news secret, "Don't let the guards outside hear anything, otherwise the mistress and the master will be furious if they find out."

"yes."

She patted Chai Xiao's back and picked her up. "She's soaked all over. Let's change her clothes."

The maids serving Miss Chai Liu hurriedly brought Jiaoran to Chai Xiao's bedroom and found a set of clean and refreshing clothes.

After a short rest, Chai Xiao finally came back to his senses.

After washing her face and re-making herself up, all her tears disappeared. She stepped forward and bowed to Jiaoran, "Thank you so much, sister. If it weren't for you... I..."

Jiaoran was just about to tell her that he would teach her martial arts starting tomorrow. She had been watching from the side before and had no chance to learn. It was all because of Chai Hui's meddling. Every time Chai Xiao said she wanted to learn, she would be scolded by Chai Hui, who said how could a lady from a noble family learn martial arts and laughed at the fact that the Governor's Office had no rules.

The maid came over in a hurry and announced, "The master and his wife are here, and the eldest and second sons are here too!"