I have already decided not to marry
Fu Xuechen frowned and thought for a while, "Miss Su, are you afraid that you can't pay me back?"
Su Qingli was a little surprised. Why could he understand her thoughts so well?
"To be honest, Master Tan, I do think so." She twisted the handkerchief in her hand. "I don't know why Master Tan gave my mother so many jewels. Master Tan, you know it's difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. I'm afraid I won't be able to support my mother in the future."
"I'm sorry, I just want your family to live a more comfortable life." Fu Xuechen knew that Su Qingli valued her family very much, so he loved her as well. He clenched his fist and trembled slightly. "Don't worry about the difficulty of going from luxury to frugality. I will support your mother in the future."
Su Qingli's breathing stagnated slightly, and her eyes trembled when she looked up at him.
"Mr. Tan, why are you so nice to me?"
"You know very well that this is beyond the boundaries of friendship..."
Fu Xuechen avoided her gaze and simply explained, "I don't have many friends. With a friend like Miss Su, I will naturally help her more."
Is it just like that?
Su Qingli saw that he was evasive and stopped asking.
She said firmly, "I'm afraid this isn't right. Besides, if you marry in the future, what will your wife think? It wouldn't be fair to her."
She smiled and said, "Thank you very much for your kindness, Mr. Tan. I would like to thank you on behalf of my family."
"If you are worried about my future wife, that's not a problem. I have already decided not to marry for the rest of my life." Fu Xuechen's eyes darkened. He had already planned to accompany her for the rest of her life as Tan Xi.
If she meets a good man, he will give her the highest betrothal gift and marry her off in a grand ceremony.
The candlelight flickered in Su Qingli's eyes, turning into two clusters of dark flames. "Why has Mr. Tan never married?"
Is such a good person really determined to live out his life alone?
Fu Xuechen hadn't expected her to ask so directly, so he could only make up an excuse to evade her, "You also know my heart disease, I'm afraid I don't have much time left."
Hearing him say this, Su Qingli felt a sharp pain in her heart.
She pressed her chest to calm the inexplicable feeling.
Fu Xuechen didn't want to discuss this topic any further, so he changed the subject and said, "Miss Su, please stay here for now, at least wait for a while before discussing it."
After that, he pointed to the zither beside him and said, "Miss Su, could you please help me play a piece of music?"
Su Qingli did not refuse again. She did not have enough income now and still relied on playing the piano for Tan Xi to make a living.
If you really want to take your family away, you have to find a job to make a living.
Because they were both preoccupied with their own things, they didn't notice that each other stood up at the same time and accidentally bumped into each other.
Fu Xuechen quickly reached out and held her in his arms to prevent her from falling towards the heater beside him.
Su Qingli rested her forehead on his chest, her heart beating as fast as a deer's, like a young girl in love.
Before she could react, the man had let her go and walked straight to Qin.
Su Qingli stood there, inexplicably longing for the warmth in his arms.
She couldn't believe it. Could it be that she really fell in love with Tan Xi?
…
After playing the piano, Su Qingli returned to her room. She thought carefully for the whole night and decided to find a job as a servant in Zuichunlou, specifically to serve the top courtesans.
This way, he would only have to deal with women, and probably wouldn't cause so many troubles.
The next morning, Su Qingli sat in front of a bronze mirror, dipped a special brown paint and drew spots of varying depths on her cheeks.
Looking at her ugly self in the bronze mirror, she was very satisfied with her face, which was enough to scare away anyone.
She walked into the corridor and accidentally met Tan Xi who was coming towards her.
Su Qingli's heart was beating rapidly. For some reason, she didn't want him to see her like this.
Seeing her lowering her head and saying hello coldly before leaving, Fu Xuechen thought he had said something wrong last night, so he grabbed her and asked for an explanation.
With this pull, her face came into view clearly.
Fu Xuechen choked up and was stunned for a few seconds before asking, "Why are you dressed like this?"
"Are you scared?" Su Qingli curled her lips secretly and told him her intention.
When Fu Xuechen heard that she was going to that kind of place of prostitution, he felt a little repulsive, but it was difficult to stop her directly, so he could only persuade her gently: "Miss Su, that kind of place is full of good and bad people, you should think carefully about it."
"I know, but I can't make a living by playing the zither for Mr. Tan all my life. Besides, I have no special skills and I really don't know what to do." Su Qingli sighed in frustration, then raised her tone, "Mr. Tan, don't worry, I only serve the Oiran. Besides, the way I dress will only scare people away and won't attract any men."
Fu Xuechen glanced at her exposed white neck, and his eyes unconsciously fell on her graceful figure, feeling very worried.
He racked his brains and said awkwardly, "It's just Miss Su's figure... You know, the men in the brothel don't just look at the face."
Su Qingli blushed. She didn't expect that Tan Xi, who was in such a beautiful mood, would actually look at her figure.
But there is clearly another problem, one that is even more incredible.
She was surprised and asked, "How does Mr. Tan know what the men in the brothel are like? Could it be that Mr. Tan often goes there?"
Fu Xuechen's pupils suddenly shrank, and he felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.
But if you think about it carefully, he is just Su Qingli's friend in the identity of Tan Xi, so what is there to feel guilty about?
Thinking about it, he said generously: "I have been there a few times with my friends. That place is really filthy and not suitable for a woman like Miss Su."
In fact, he had only been there once, and that was because he learned that Su Qingli was playing the piano there.
But in order to dissuade her, he could only act as if he was extremely familiar with the place.
Su Qingli felt a little depressed, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that as a normal man who had no plans to get married, it was reasonable for him to have some normal needs.
She suppressed her displeasure and said, "If Mr. Tan can go, why can't I go?"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Fu Xuechen stood there, looking a little disheveled in the wind.
When had Su Qingli ever treated Tan Xi this way? Could it be because he said he'd been to a brothel?
He raised his hand and called his subordinates. Since they couldn't persuade her, he could only secretly send someone to follow Su Qingli and protect her.
Qian Jue heard everything and couldn't help but laugh, "Sir, is Miss Su jealous?"
"Jealous?" Fu Xuechen denied it as if he had heard some fairy tale. "She just treats Tan Xi as a friend, how could she be jealous?"
"That means Miss Su thinks Tan Xi is dirty and dislikes him." Qian Jue continued to guess.
Fu Xuechen had a headache, and was a little confused and puzzled. "We're just friends. Does she have such high expectations of her friends? Besides, I just wanted her not to go to that kind of place. It's not serious..."
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