Chapter 596 Toad
The green sedan chair moved forward. The four servants carrying it had no expression on their faces, as if they could not hear anything.
Pedestrians saw this scene and moved away, their voices unconsciously becoming lower: "This is Miss Zhou..."
"I heard she just went to apologize, why is she back so soon?"
"Miss Zhou is a famous beauty in our Qingzhou city. I said she would not do such a despicable thing." A man dressed as a knight among the passers-by deliberately raised his voice. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he wanted to attract Miss Zhou's attention.
After hearing this, several women in front of the rouge shop covered their mouths and laughed: "You don't understand this, women's jealousy is very scary."
"Miss Zhou is not bad, but Miss Du is not bad either. I prefer Miss Du's bold personality. Miss Zhou is the kind of person who is calculating and scheming."
The man snorted coldly, "Du is a scoundrel who robs men. He's a playboy, and his heart is even more vicious..."
The women hesitated to speak, and only whispered after watching the cyan sedan go away, "Actually, although Miss Du's daily behavior is a bit dandy, she is looking for a man because Master Du and his family are anxious to have grandchildren."
The lady next to them couldn't help but join in their discussion: "Even so, Miss Du's style is too loose."
The chivalrous woman wearing a gauze hat said disdainfully, "How can she be considered debauched when she's seriously looking for a husband? She's not going to a brothel!"
The quarrel between the young ladies of Zhou and Du is now big news in Qingzhou City. Now that they have seen one of the real culprits with their own eyes, the onlookers are talking about it and their impression of this young lady has unconsciously changed.
In fact, Miss Du has suffered a lot of slander in the past.
As her family was eager to continue the family line, she neither visited brothels nor took concubines, but instead focused on looking for a marriage partner.
If she were a man and could do this, she would probably be praised by everyone as a unique good man, right?
But unfortunately, she is a woman, so her active pursuit of others becomes a sin.
When Miss Zhou returned home, she did not send her servants to inquire about the public opinion outside as she did in the past. Instead, she put everything aside and sat quietly at the desk.
Although the Zhou family runs a martial arts school, her clothing and appearance are more noble than those of ordinary young ladies from official families.
Even the seemingly simple bun on her head would take the most skillful maid a full half hour to comb. The tassels hanging casually from the simple and elegant hairpin were worth a fortune, and the pearls hanging on it were only the size of rice grains, but they were extremely bright.
"Zhou Chenghe said that he is usually very cold, but he spoke to me so gently and helped me... Has he liked me for a long time?" Zhou Qingyan thought to herself.
Her hand couldn't help but touch her white veil.
Everyone who knows the Zhou family knows that Miss Zhou is extremely beautiful, like a fairy, but she has never taken off the veil on her face in front of outsiders.
Now, this mysterious veil is being gently lifted by her delicate hands.
I saw that under those beautiful eyes that were looking around lingeringly, where the fingertips as tender as the roots of spring onions touched, there were spots all over!
The spots were densely packed, some black and some brown, and very numerous and fine, just like so many insect and ant eggs. Just one look at them would make people feel infinite terror in their hearts.
Her skin is so soft and tender, but because of this, the spots look particularly scary in contrast!
The spot started from the tip of the nose and spread to cover half of the face!
According to legend, the eldest daughter of the Zhou family is as beautiful as a fairy, but in reality she is uglier than a toad in the ground.
On the dressing table, the place where the mirror was supposed to be was empty, and the inexplicably empty hole looked quite funny.
"Bring me the mirror." Zhou Qingyan came back to her senses and said suddenly.
The servant walked in trembling, holding a bronze mirror.
This was a ten-year-old maidservant, so thin and frail that even holding the bronze mirror seemed a bit difficult for her.
The moment Zhou Qingyan saw her face in the mirror, her eyes became extremely distorted. She screamed and pushed the servant to the ground.
The bronze mirror shattered with a loud crash, and then the little maid's cry and pleading for mercy could be heard: "Ah! Miss, please don't, please forgive me, please forgive me——"
The crying gradually subsided, and blood was flowing on the wooden floor like a scroll. The little maid stared with big eyes, as if she couldn't believe that her life would be snuffed out in such a painful way.
Zhou Qingyan slowly wiped her hands and put on her veil.
"Sister Du, you're so beautiful." She smiled sweetly, not knowing what she was thinking. "I heard you also like Mr. Lu. If I use your face to marry him, you'll definitely be very happy, right?"
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At night, Hu Xin'er and Mu Qing accompanied their mother.
There was a strong wind outside, and the bright moon in the sky was obscured by clouds, making it difficult to see clearly.
The grass and trees rustled in the wind, covering up the sound of footsteps that were deliberately made light.
After learning that nothing had happened to their daughter, Du's father and mother returned home in a grand manner. Everyone thought that Miss Du had been taken to Dr. He's clinic.
They created this illusion to prevent anyone from coming to bother Miss Du again.
However, it also left an opportunity for those who were interested.
Several men in black came to Miss Du's yard, took out the smoke that had been prepared long ago, and poked open the window paper.
No one would have thought that although Miss Zhou appeared to be submissive on the surface, she actually arranged a killer in the middle of the night!
Miss Du was in a daze and instinctively felt that something was wrong. She tried her best to open her eyes, but she only saw the man in black in front of the bed grinning at her.
"Who... are you..." She asked with her last bit of strength, trying to take out the medicine bottle in her arms, but fell into a coma.
At the Lu family's house, separated by a wall, Hu Xin'er had already fallen into a deep sleep. Mu Qing covered her with a quilt and looked at Lu's mother lying on the hospital bed, his eyes full of worry.
His mind was focused on the two most important women in his life, and he had no time to care about anything else, so naturally he didn't hear any unusual noises.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Mu Qing asked vigilantly.
Lu Yunjue stood outside the door and said, "Brother, my sister-in-law asked me to deliver two baskets of charcoal to Miss Du today. I'm going over now, so be careful."
He took two steps, turned around, and said with concern: "Sister-in-law, why are you sleeping here again? Why don't I take charge tonight?"
Mu Qing naturally would not agree.
What the two brothers didn't know was that while they were pushing each other, Miss Du had already been stuffed into a sack by the men in black...
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