He truthfully stated this shortcoming of his, then looked at Shen Qiqi and asked for confirmation: "Miss, have we met somewhere before?"
Shen Qiqi had already recovered from her embarrassment, but after hearing Wu Qingchen's words, a new wave of emotion suddenly arose in her heart.
The city lord's wife said that he sensed a familiar aura from her, so what about her?
Otherwise, when the storyteller suddenly attacked and killed someone at the door of the bookstore, she would not have impulsively cut off the storyteller's head with a knife.
However, to say that she and the City Lord's wife had crossed paths before today... Shen Qiqi couldn't help but look at Wu Qingchen a few more times, then shook her head decisively in her heart.
It's impossible. The other person has such an outstanding face. Once you have seen it, you will probably never forget it in your life.
But two people who clearly met for the first time were unconsciously influenced by each other... This is too strange.
Shen Qiqi frowned slightly and denied having ever had any contact with Wu Qingchen. She was hesitating whether to tell Wu Qingchen about her strange reaction. Xie Beiming, who was standing beside her, seemed to know what she was going to say and interrupted her calmly.
This is not for her to say.
Since Xie Beiming didn't allow it to be said, then Shen Qiqi didn't say it either. Wu Qingchen also put the topic aside and said, "Anyway, you two helped me today and are indebted to me. I wonder where you two live so that I can give you a thank you gift."
Deliver thank you gifts at home?
The two outsiders exchanged a glance, and Xie Beiming spoke first: "In reply to Madam, we live in Xicheng District, but no need for a thank-you gift. I'm not afraid of being laughed at by Madam. My wife and I eloped."
Shen Qiqi, who was still thinking about where to settle down, said: "..."
Eloping?
That's a good excuse!
Eloping is good. Not only does it avoid the possibility of being exposed after making up a random place to live, but what does elopement mean? Eloping means that they have nowhere to go at the moment.
The benefactor has nowhere to go, so can't the city lord's wife arrange accommodation for them?
Once they followed the city lord's wife into the city lord's mansion, it was equivalent to actually entering the lair of the giant monster.
Thinking of this, Shen Qiqi quickly followed Xie Beiming's words and said, "Yes, Madam, you have just seen it. I have a rather impatient temper and I get angry easily. My husband's father-in-law wanted to find a docile daughter-in-law. He took a fancy to a docile and well-behaved girl from the opposite house and wanted to marry her to be his daughter-in-law. My husband disagreed, so he eloped with me."
Shen Qiqi didn't know whether Xie Beiming's father had taken a fancy to the gentle and well-behaved girl from the opposite house.
However, she had angered Xie Beiming's father so much before and even painted a turtle on the Xie family's gate. It was certain that Xie Beiming's father disliked her now.
So what she said was not wrongly accusing Xie Ruze, right?
At this moment, Xie Ruze, the Xie clan leader who was far away in Lin'an, suddenly sneezed loudly for no apparent reason. This startled Madam Xie, who was resting her chin on her hand, wondering when she would finally be able to hold her grandson. She gave him a sideways look and said unhappily, "Why did you sneeze so loudly? You scared me... couldn't you have given me a heads-up beforehand?"
"..." Sect Master Xie was speechless, thinking, can something like sneezing be controlled? And she even gave him a heads-up... Women are so unreasonable.
His eyes swept over and he saw the bracelet in Madam Xie's hand. He asked suspiciously, "Isn't this the bracelet your mother gave you? Why did you take it off?"
Madam Xie said, "I was thinking, when Ming'er and Qiqi come back this time, I'll give this bracelet my mother passed down to me to Qiqi, so we can arrange a marriage for the two children..."
Before he could finish his words, Sect Master Xie glared and said, "No, I don't agree. The girl from the Shen family is too wild. She is not a good match for Ming'er, let alone a daughter-in-law of our Xie family!"
After saying this, Sect Leader Xie sneezed twice more, even louder and brighter.
Meanwhile, on the other side, in Jiuyou City, Shen Qiqi was looking depressed. "My father-in-law didn't agree with my husband marrying me, but my husband refused to abandon me and marry someone else, so we eloped. If my father-in-law knew where we were, he would definitely come over and break us up."
The implication is obvious: You must not come to my house to give gifts, otherwise my husband and I will be exposed.
Upon hearing this, Wu Qingchen expressed his understanding and asked with concern, "So, do you have a place to stay now?"
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