Chapter 490: Apologize
After saying that, she took out a light silver note from her bosom and stuffed it directly into Hu Xiner's sleeve.
Because the distance was too close, Mu Qing didn't even have time to stop him.
Xiao Cui said coldly, "Today, our daughter accidentally disturbed your son, and I came here to apologize. As for helping you, it was only because I couldn't stand Zhao Si's disgusting face when he attacked a pregnant woman."
Hu Xiner was a little embarrassed. Xiao Cui's acting was so realistic just now that she thought those bloody stories were true. She didn't expect that Xiao Cui had acted out such a drama specifically to help them.
She wanted to thank him, but Xiao Cui waved her hand to stop her, then walked out in a leisurely manner.
Hu Xin'er pulled out something from her sleeve and saw that it was actually a 100-liang silver note. She quickly said, "Miss, please stay."
But when Xiao Cui heard her voice, she ran even faster. Mu Qing dodged and grabbed her sleeve.
I originally thought that Xiao Cui would surrender like Zhao Si, but I didn't expect that this woman was so fierce. When she realized she was captured, her first reaction was not to retreat, but to fight back directly.
"Swish!" The force on both sides was too great, causing the sleeves to be torn apart under the weight.
Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, feeling that this was not appropriate, and quickly let go of her hand.
Xiao Cui took two steps back and cursed angrily, "You have a wife, yet you still act so frivolously. You and Zhao Si are really not good people!"
After she finished speaking, she walked away without looking back. Mu Qing opened his mouth to explain, but he could no longer find any trace of her.
Without the excitement, the crowd gradually dispersed.
Hu Xiner returned to her room and found Lu Yunjue and others were also in her room, looking at her with worried eyes.
"What happened just now?" Jiang Yao asked first. "Do we know that girl? What's with the one thousand taels?"
Hu Xiner then explained the matter briefly.
Everyone unanimously agreed with her extortion: "Although there's no clear legal sanction for his actions, who, let alone an aristocratic official, would want someone using their name to cause trouble?"
Hu Xin'er also allowed Zhao Si to continue running the comic book shop, which was considered a kind act.
Xiao Cui's background made everyone frown.
Mother Lu asked in surprise, "Why did her daughter come to apologize? Jue'er, did you encounter anything when you went out today?"
How could Lu Yunjue tell this to his sick mother?
He shook his head and said, "It's not really offensive."
The more Mother Lu listened, the more puzzled she felt: "Are you hiding something from me?"
Seeing her become suspicious, everyone's heart skipped a beat.
Hu Xin'er reacted the fastest, and showed a hesitant look: "Mom, actually, we didn't want to tell you about this!"
Now, not only Lu's mother, but even the others became nervous, fearing that Hu Xiner would let the cat out of the bag.
Mother Lu asked anxiously, "What happened? Good boy, tell me quickly!"
There was even a hint of crying in her voice.
Hu Xin'er changed the subject and said, "It was that Miss Du was anxious to get married, so she threw her handkerchief at our Yun Jue. She felt a little offended, so she came to apologize."
"So that's how it is." Mother Lu breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily, "Why are you still keeping me in suspense and scaring me, kid?"
Hu Xin'er said with a smile: "I just wanted to play a little joke on you."
Mother Lu said angrily, "Don't make jokes like this again. Oh, and that young man downstairs just now, why does he look familiar to me?"
Everyone was stunned.
Only Lu Yunjue nodded: "I think he looks familiar too."
Since he is someone they both know, then he must be some famous person in Beijing?
If he was a servant from one of the families who came out to do business, that didn't seem likely. After all, he was too young, handsome, and capable. Every family considered him worthy to serve the young master. Which family would let him go easily?
Moreover, business activities are usually left to experienced elderly people.
The two thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out anything. After all, Mother Lu was physically and mentally exhausted due to the poisoning recently, and her memory was inevitably deteriorating.
She didn't even remember much of what happened in recent days, let alone the unimportant servant from other families in the past.
As for Lu Yunjue... the focus of his life had long since moved away from socializing at home. The days of attending banquets with friends and reciting poems and writing were as vivid as a dream. Even if he thought of them, it could only bring about unspeakable bitterness in his heart.
After finally coaxing Lu's mother away, Hu Xin'er called Lu Yunjue out alone and showed him a hundred-liang silver note.
When Lu Yunjue saw the banknotes, he pursed his lips into a straight line and looked very unhappy.
This banknote would bring back painful memories of his day.
Seeing him like this, Hu Xin'er understood what was going on. "Don't worry, Yun Jue. Your sister-in-law will pay the banknote back for you tomorrow. You don't have to do it yourself."
"Sister-in-law..." Lu Yunjue hesitated to speak.
Although 100 taels of silver is not a large sum, it is extremely rare for the Lu family now.
He was worried that if he refused the money, the Lu family would suffer with him.
However, he really didn't want to forgive Miss Du for hurting him just for a silver note.
The moment he fell to the ground was the weakest in his life, and at this moment, the lady surnamed Du arrogantly took off his mask, exposing his ugliest and most feared face to everyone.
There seemed to be needles hidden in those eyes, pricking him painfully.
Mu Qing knew what he wanted to say from his expression and comforted him, "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about making money. We just got a thousand taels of silver notes, which is more than enough even for us to return to Shuangxi Village."
"This is too much trouble for my sister-in-law." Lu Yunjue looked at Hu Xiner with some guilt.
Hu Xin'er was both angry and amused: "Why are you being so distant with your family? Go back to sleep. You're exhausted today too."
In fact, judging from Xiao Cui's style of helping others when she sees injustice, Miss Du should not be as hateful as the legend says.
However, she caused Lu Yunjue to get hurt today, so Hu Xiner certainly wouldn't take her money.
Early the next morning, Hu Xin'er and Mu Qing went out together.
The streets outside were covered with silvery-white frost, and the fog in the air was so thick that it could not be dissipated. Only the eaves of the houses were vaguely outlined in the fog, and the restaurant's flag was blown by the wind and fluttered inside the house.
Because she couldn't see the road clearly, Hu Xin'er's heart was beating fast. At this moment, she suddenly kicked something soft under her feet.
That thing was very strange, not like any ordinary plant, and the weirdest thing was...
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