Chapter 12: The Dandy and the Lady Part 5

Chu Wang shuddered, opened the window, rushed to the balcony, and looked down...

Between the roses and the fence downstairs stood a tall man in a black windbreaker.

Yes, it is definitely that Oxford accent.

But it was not quite the same as Chu Wang had imagined.

These days, I've only heard him talk but never seen him in person. And I keep hearing from various people that he's the son of a knight named Zoe or something like that.

Plus, his English was quite authentic, so Lin Chuwang gradually imagined a picture of a British playboy: a British man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a face that could be as pleasing as Watson's, a cucumber-like face like Benedict Cumberbatch, or perhaps even the classic British restrained elegance of Tom Hiddleston. Possibly mixed-race, with eyes that could be brown, blue, or even a drab green. His skin was pale from lack of sunlight, and in his black trench coat, he looked like a vampire in the fog.

But when Chu Wang discovered an Oriental man with black hair and black eyes standing in the moonlight, who looked pure natural and without any additives, she was puzzled for a long time.

He was indeed tall, wearing a gray trench coat, pale, with deep-set eyes and sharp features. Standing before the roses in the night, didn't he look like a vampire straight out of a medieval Eastern European story? Only this vampire had an oriental face.

Chu Wang thought for a long time, then asked tremblingly in English: "You...you are that Zoetse, right?"

The man smiled and replied to her in Cantonese.

Chu Wang saw that he was talking nonsense to her, so he couldn't help but interrupt him in Cantonese, "My Cantonese is very poor. If you don't believe me, listen to me: Black ice fruit in a hen's nest?"

The man laughed. Then, in his broken Mandarin, he answered her three questions in a row, "I don't speak Chinese very well, or Shanghainese. I'm Xie Zeyi, and I know who you are."

Chu Wang nodded hurriedly and said, "Wait for me, I'll go find my sister."

Before the man could stop her, the little girl on the balcony had already run away.

Chu Wang knocked on his door carefully, thinking that Die'er would come, but unexpectedly it was Zhao Ma who came over.

Chu Wang was busy clutching his stomach, "Aunt Zhao... could you please call Sister Die'er over for me?"

After a while, Die'er came and asked, "Miss, I heard that you have a stomachache?"

Chu Wang waved his hand: "Die'er, please go find the elder sister and tell her, ichliebedich is here with me."

"What do you have here?"

Chu Wang: "A northern pear mat." Lin Chu Wang thought for a moment, and to help her remember, he added, "A northern pear mat."

After a while, Dier came back and said, "The eldest lady said that the mistress has a headache and is in her room. She has to take care of her and can't leave. Then she asked me to tell you, just write to her if you have anything."

Chu Wang thought in a daze, what a pity.

After Dier left, she closed the door and ran to the balcony. Seeing the man still standing where he was just now, she said, "Come back another day. I can't leave."

Xie Zeyi asked, "Do you have a pen and paper?"

Chu Wang nodded. It turned out that he wanted me to hand-deliver the love letter. "Wait a minute, I'll get it for you."

She took the pen and paper her aunt had just given her, but before she could even hand them over, Xie Zeyi asked again, "Can you write?" Then, as if afraid she wouldn't understand, he gestured with his hands, "Write in Chinese?"

Chu Wang nodded. Bullshit, of course.

Xie Zeyi said, "That's great. I'm not very good at writing Chinese. I'll dictate and you can write it down for me, okay?"

Chu Wang: "..."

I am a future flower of the motherland, but for no apparent reason I became your love god. Why do I have to hand-copy love letters for you? It is so heartbreaking.

Chu Wang blinked and thought for a moment before saying, "How are you going to thank me?"

Xie Zeyi tilted his head and asked, "Would you like some soda?"

Ever since Chu Wang came to this world, she'd been craving a carbonated drink the most. Without even thinking, she raised two fingers and said, "Two bottles of Coca-Cola."

Xie Zeyi couldn't help but twitch the corners of his lips, "Okay."

Chu Wang was very satisfied with this bargaining chip. However, the two of them talking so blatantly upstairs and downstairs seemed a bit too ambitious.

She immediately held out her hand, "Please take the paper and pen first."

Xie Zeyi took the paper and pen she handed over with his long arms and legs.

Chu Wang immediately stood on tiptoe, looked down at the balcony, and estimated the height.

Xie Zeyi understood her intention and felt helpless.

Chu Wang sighed and clung to the balcony railing like a coward. Halfway outside the fence, she glanced sideways to see Xie Zeyi still looking indifferent. She cursed him inwardly, "You stupid teammate!" She muttered, "Can you pick me up for a minute?"

Xie Zeyi was amused by her again. He hurriedly took two steps forward, grabbed her collar, and lifted her to the ground like a bag of vegetables from the supermarket.

Chu Wang: "..."

If he lived for a hundred years in two nights and was photographed by enthusiastic netizens and uploaded to the Internet, then this series of actions and the combination of these two people would be said to be very funny.

Chu Wang stood on the ground, but still felt a little unsafe, so he found a dark and secluded place and squatted down with Xie Zeyi.

After squatting down, the pressure caused by the height difference was reduced a lot, and the man looked much softer.

Xie Zeyi asked with a smile, "You jumped down from the second floor of your house like this, aren't you afraid that people will find out?"

Chu Wang thought for a moment and said, "If anyone sees me, I'll say you robbed me. After all, I'm just a ten-year-old kid who can't even lift a finger."

Xie Zeyi didn't expect her to answer like that, so he shook his head and smiled.

Chu Wang immediately said, "Turn around and face away from me."

Xie Zeyi squatted down and turned around, then he felt a piece of paper on his back.

There was a ready-made desk, and the height was not bad, so Chu Wang asked, "Tell me, what do you want to write?"

"Dearmarlin..." Xie Zeyi narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking with some difficulty, as if he didn't know how to put it. Then the little man behind him began to write quickly. The touch of the pen tip could be felt through the clothes, itching.

Chu Wang hurriedly wrote: Dear Ma Ling.

While Xie Zeyi was thinking, Lin Chuwang asked, "Can I add the four words 'seeing words is like meeting in person'?"

Xie Zeyi agreed without thinking.

After Chu Wang wrote these four words, Xie Zeyi asked, "What did you add?"

"It's like meeting you in person," Chu Wang said, "adding this makes me look more cultured."

"What does it mean?"

Chu Wang's education level had been declining since he arrived in this world. He'd been looked down upon all the way until he finally met someone even less talented than him. His mood instantly brightened as he explained, "What I mean is: when you read this letter, I'll no longer be human... Pah. Reading this letter is like seeing me in person."

The author has something to say: This duo has a very low level of education.

She did this to please the only person in the house she was capable of pleasing (it would be a shame to explain it here, but it was just to avoid anyone making inexplicable comments about the heroine being a saint).

Also, there's a small foreshadowing in Si Yansang's letter. I wonder if any history experts have noticed it...

Also: I will try my best not to drag out this story or rush the timeline, and ensure the plot and daily updates as soon as possible while ensuring that it conforms to historical materials.

I hope everyone is still watching it by then.

Another thing to add: Before Lin Zhi came through, when the Si family father and son came to visit, the original Lin Chuwang had no chance to be there.

Originally, Lin's father had no plans to send her to Hong Kong (he only planned to send Lin Yunyan). Originally, Lin Chuwang was kept in the old house in Shaoxing until she was 16 years old. And because of this...she grew up freely and became a fat girl, and then was abandoned.

But by chance, Lin Chuwang arrived and won the appreciation of Si Yansang and Si Ying.

So, Lin's father's decision to send her to Hong Kong was made when Si's father proposed "sending her and Si Yansang to England together"—to win her over, to act as a safeguard. He wasn't sure if she would harbor resentment if she later learned about her mother's life. So, if it was Lin Yunyan who married, Lin's father's hand would have been more secure. So, he rejected Si Ying's request to "send Chu Wang and Yansang to England together," and instead sent both daughters to Hong Kong as a delaying tactic (? I'm not sure if that's the right idiom to use).

As for the eldest aunt, she also saw Si Ying's admiration for the third girl, so she temporarily agreed to Lin's father's proposal. So for now, she didn't dare to touch Chu Wang rashly, but she also placed her hopes on Yun Yan and would devote more time to his cultivation in the future.

That's about it.

Also, the current ages of the three girls are: Lin Yunyan (almost 12 years old) > Xue Zhenzhen (over 11 years old) > Lin Chuwang (10 years old)