"I heard that he is General Rong's cousin. He came to Kyoto last year. General Rong is interested in promoting this cousin."
After learning about Gu Lin's identity, the crowd around him changed the subject.
"Miss, you must have misunderstood. How could Mr. Gu be such a mean person..."
"Yes, yes, there must be some misunderstanding."
Some people also began to think that the villain they had just felt pity for had other intentions.
"This girl is the same. Master Gu has been explaining things to her, but she refused to listen and even made it known to everyone. Isn't this deliberately trying to discredit him?"
"I think this girl was most likely sent by someone with ulterior motives to discredit General Rong. Since they couldn't harm General Rong, they went after his relatives..."
"I don't think so. Didn't that girl say that Master Gu would be responsible for her? She must be trying to curry favor with the General's Mansion..."
There are many speculations and different opinions.
The situation was reversed, and Gu Lin suddenly became the object of everyone's slight pity.
“…” Qiao Sisi was speechless for a while.
She looked at the girl who had just turned her head and wanted to defend herself, but she was hesitant to speak. She didn't know whether to leave or stay.
At this time, Rong Xuqing also saw the girl's face.
It’s Qiao Jiaojiao, the real daughter of the Qiao family.
Since the day she returned to the Qiao Mansion, Qiao Jiaojiao has been wearing eye-catching clothes in red, golden yellow, etc., and her hair is always tied up in a high bun, giving people a feeling of wealth and luxury.
Today, she was wearing a crescent-shaped white dress, with her hair half-loose, and a white jade hairpin and several light yellow pearl flowers on her head.
The daily bright makeup was also replaced with peach pink floral makeup.
Every movement is as soft as if it has no bones.
If someone didn't know her, they would definitely think that this beautiful person came from a scholarly family.
Qiao Jiaojiao seemed a little bewildered and explained to everyone, "I have no intention of discrediting General Rong. I just want justice for myself..."
Rong Chaoxi looked at the man, pursed his lips, puffed out his cheeks, frowned slightly, opened his eyes wide, and rolled his eyeballs around.
Looked very confused.
[Someone in Sister Qiao's family died? Aside from being a bit wicked, her family hasn't experienced any sudden crises, right?]
The little fellow pursed his upper lip, wondering if his abilities had deteriorated since he became a human, and that he could no longer fully predict the fate of others?
Just like my own family.
I clearly saw just a moment ago that my second brother would be tripped by a stone in a few moments and fall into the pit with a mouthful of mud.
But the next moment, he suddenly slowed down and stepped over the stone steadily? ?
Rong Xuqing: ...
I can describe it. Qiao Jiaojiao's outfit at the moment really has some of that feeling.
If you dress fresh and elegantly on a daily basis, it will look natural and nothing will seem out of place.
But for someone who is always dressed in red and golden colors, suddenly becoming plain will give people the feeling that someone has died in the family and he is in mourning.
"Did someone in your family... pass away?" Rong Xuqing looked at Qiao Sisi and asked without thinking.
The corners of Qiao Sisi's mouth twitched slightly, and she was speechless again.
She would have felt the same if the family had not eaten at the same table last night.
"Heh..." Qiao Sisi curled her lips. "She's probably... imitating the famous scene where Daiyu buries the flowers in Concubine Ning Jia's storybook."
"Pfft..." Rong Xuqing couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Sisi, you have a dry sense of humor."
"Really? This is dry humor?" Qiao Sisi scratched her head with a smile.
At this time, Qiao Jiaojiao met He Qiao Sisi's eyes.
"Sister..." Qiao Jiaojiao called out to Qiao Sisi in a tender voice and walked over weakly.
"Sister, please explain for me. I really don't mean to discredit General Rong. You are Miss Rong's good friend, how could I do such a thing?"
"Ah... Miss Rong." Qiao Jiaojiao then noticed that Rong Xuqing was there too, and suddenly exclaimed, not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional.
She and Qiao Sisi were standing so close, how could it take so long to see each other!? ?
"Don't listen to what they say, I really didn't..." As she spoke, Qiao Jiaojiao's tears fell, as if she had suffered great injustice.
This caused some of the onlookers to change their minds.
He began to defend the two parties, saying that it was just a small misunderstanding between them, but it was speculated into this way.
Although the Qiao and Rong families didn't interact much, Miss Qiao and Miss Rong were close friends. How could the daughter of the Qiao family do something that would offend General Rong...
Anyway, let them say everything good and bad.
After a while of chattering, the excitement wore off and the crowd slowly dispersed.
Gu Lin finally freed himself from the noise, and they entered the bookstore together.
Today's matter must be explained clearly, otherwise he will not be able to read or sleep.
"Xu Qing, do you know this girl?"
“…” Rong Xuqing nodded.
Although we have only met once or twice, we can still be considered acquaintances.
"This is Qiao Sisi, my good friend, she is..."
Given their situation, Rong Xuqing couldn't introduce them.
They are sisters and not sisters, they are not even family members.
Although they seemed to get along well on the surface, Rong Xuqing could tell from some of Qiao Sisi's words when she talked about Qiao Jiaojiao that this person was not simple.
In front of others, Qiao Jiaojiao is obedient, sensible and submissive.
If Qiao Sisi gave her a slightly cold look, she would subconsciously avoid her.
At first glance, people who know her past would think that she has been living in exile for many years, suffering abuse and contempt since childhood, which has caused her to have a stress response.
The identity that Qiao Jiaojiao announced to the public was that she was a rich lady who was raised in a farm outside because of her frail health.
Therefore, in the eyes of those who didn't know the truth, her behavior became a reflection of the beatings and humiliation she had suffered at the hands of Qiao Sisi since childhood, and her subconscious fear of her.
Because she would never act like this in front of Qiao's parents and brother. If they were angry, Qiao Sisi would act like a spoiled brat to make them happy.
This is the most obvious contrast.
People who are thoughtful tend to think too much.
After Rong Xuqing reminded her, Qiao Sisi noticed this.
In front of outsiders, she tried her best to act like a gentle and kind sister, so as not to let Qiao Sisi discredit her invisibly.
"She is my sister. She has been raised in my hometown and was brought back last year." Qiao Sisi said.
At first, she didn't recognize that the person who had a dispute with Gu Lin was Qiao Jiaojiao, so she unilaterally thought that Gu Lin was shameless.
Now that she knows it's Qiao Jiaojiao, Qiao Sisi believes that Gu Lin is innocent.
Although the two did not interact every day, they noticed something about Qiao Jiaojiao's sudden change in dressing style and the fact that she didn't like reading and came to the bookstore.
She roughly knew what Qiao Jiaojiao was intending.
Want to catch a rich husband!
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