Chapter 67 Let’s not set off yet (asking for double monthly tickets)
The wound on the girl’s face has been treated, and medicine has been applied after the bleeding has stopped, but it is still very eye-catching.
But Yao Ran didn't seem to care about the wound and did not try to cover it up.
At this moment, she was looking at Chang Suining, waiting for his answer.
Chang Suining nodded.
The two went to the tea room nearby.
Chang Suining entered the tea room and sat cross-legged on the cushion. Xier brought in a pot of tea, filled two cups, then bowed and left.
"Madam Yao, please sit down too." Chang Suining raised his hand to indicate the seat opposite him.
Yao Ran looked at Chang Suining subconsciously.
The girl changed into a clean and tidy dress, and the many scratches on her face were covered with light brown ointment. Her beautiful face looked quite mottled, but her every move revealed a neatness that could not be ignored...
There is even a feeling of being superior to others.
But this is completely different from the depressing and arrogant attitude of her mother Pei.
Her mother's so-called nobility was like a shiny coat that had stuck to her flesh and blood and could never be taken off. The inside had long been bloody and rotten, always making people feel suffocated and afraid, and they just wanted to stay away from it.
However, the aura of the girl in front of him was completely different and natural, which made people dare not underestimate her from the bottom of their hearts.
Yao Ran was absent-minded for a moment.
Until she saw the girl's eyebrows twitch slightly, as if reminding her.
Yao Ran suddenly came back to his senses, and then whispered: "I came here to apologize to Madam Chang. I really don't have the face to sit down and talk to Madam Chang."
I usually don't say much.
Yao Ran lowered his head and continued, "Before this... I already knew that my mother had evil intentions and might harm Madam Chang... But I did not stop or remind Madam Chang in time, causing Madam Chang to almost lose her life... This was extremely cowardly and selfish, and was a big mistake."
After a moment, Chang Suining said, "That's wrong."
Many times, keeping silent is being an accomplice.
She could certainly imagine Yao Ran's struggle and the reason why he didn't speak out in time -
But A Li is gone.
At this moment, she was sitting here instead of A Li, so she couldn't use "it's human nature, and it's understandable" to forgive or even comfort Yao Ran.
No one can forgive anyone on behalf of Ah Li.
Yao Ran's eyelashes trembled, and he tightened his fingers in his sleeves: "Yes, I was wrong, I was wrong... I never thought of seeking forgiveness."
Chang Suining's eyes fell on the scar on the girl's face that was destined to never be erased: "Then what Madam Yao did today was just to make up for the debt in her heart?"
Yao Ran was silent for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "Perhaps I just want to be relieved... I have been suffering for a long time, and today I know that if I don't stand up, I will never have the chance to stand up again."
As she spoke, she finally had the courage to look at Chang Suining, and said with a little self-mockery: "The result today has been decided. Whether I stand up or not, it won't change anything. I did this... just to seek a self-deceiving redemption for myself, so Madam Chang, don't take it to heart."
"Since you've done it, it doesn't count as deceiving yourself." Chang Suining looked at her and said calmly, "Madam Yao and I cannot reconcile, and you don't have to insist on reconciling with me. You just need to find a way to reconcile with yourself."
What this girl really couldn't get over was herself.
When he met those eyes at this moment, Yao Ran felt as if something in the deepest part of his heart was struck, and he was stunned for a moment.
After a while, she nodded with a complicated expression: "Thank you, Madam Chang, for your words."
Chang Suining said nothing more, lowered his eyes and went to drink tea.
The tea room was silent for a moment. Yao Ran tightened and loosened his fingers several times before he asked tentatively, "Mrs. Chang...are you willing to go home?"
Chang Suining put down the teacup and looked at her: "I'm already home."
Yao Ran stared at the girl in a daze.
Chang Suining: "I have nothing to do with Yao Tingwei or your mansion."
The girl's voice was not loud, but clear and firm.
Yao Ran was stunned.
Actually...isn't it?
She pursed her lips slightly, revealing a hint of sad and sarcastic smile: "It turns out that my mother's inner demon... was just a non-existent obstacle from the beginning to the end."
How sad the mother is.
How innocent is Madam Chang?
Chang Sui Ning does not make any comment.
She had no intention of discussing Pei's mental confusion with Yao Ran. In her opinion, compared with A Li's life, there was no need to discuss the state of mind of the evildoer.
Those who do evil only need to bear the consequences and accept punishment.
As for Pei’s inner demons and confusion, there will be someone in Jingye Temple to help her “eliminate and resolve” them.
Yao Ran also realized that she shouldn't mention her mother in front of Chang Suining, and she didn't seem to have anything worth saying -
"In this way, we won't disturb Madam Chang from resting up."
Chang Suining nodded slightly: "Madam Yao, take care."
Yao Ran could feel that the other party did not have any hostility towards her, but it was just as he had just said - there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two of them.
Yao Ran bowed, turned around and left the tea room with a forced smile on his face.
Why should she expect Mrs. Chang to forgive her? It was a fact that her mother had done such a thing, and she chose to be a silent accomplice.
Apologizing should be used to express one's apology, and should not be used as an excuse to force others to forgive... She should understand this.
Yao Ran took a deep breath with red eyes, and the girl's words just now seemed to ring in his ears again - you just need to find a way to reconcile with yourself.
She walked out slowly.
Chang Suining sat where he was, looking down at his blurry reflection in the tea.
From Zhoujia Village, to Zhouding, and then to Pei's——
Ah Li's revenge has been fully avenged.
The reflection in the tea soup changed in her eyes, sometimes it was her original old appearance, sometimes it was Ah Li's smiling face when he was a child.
Finally, all the illusions disappeared, and clarity and reality returned.
From then on, this was the real "her".
Chang Suining raised his eyes, turned his head slightly, and looked at the clump of green bamboo outside the tea room window.
The matter of A Li is over.
Then, she would go about doing her own thing.
Xier walked in from outside and saw the girl sitting cross-legged in front of a small desk, looking sideways at her back outside the window. For some reason, she slowed down her movements, stood quietly aside, and did not make a sound to disturb her.
After sitting quietly for half a minute, Chang Suining stood up and left the tea room.
The Yao family members outside had already left. When Chang Sui'an saw his sister coming out, he went to greet her: "Ningning, are you hungry? Do you want me to find you something to eat?"
Chang Suining shook his head, his eyes happened to fall on the black cloak hanging next to the screen, and he said casually: "Brother, if you have time later, please help me return this cloak to General Cui, and thank him on my behalf."
Chang Sui'an followed her line of sight and nodded in agreement: "Okay!"
…
After the old lady of the Yao family and her group returned to their residence, after Yao Ran had finished drinking the medicine, Zeng asked softly, "Although the blessing ceremony is over, you still need to fast in the temple for seven days. It's only the second day now...Ran'er, do you want to go back to the mansion to recuperate? If you want to go back, we will go to the saint to ask for grace. I think the saint will grant it."
This happened suddenly, I lost my mother and my face was ruined...
Zeng sighed in her heart, her eyes filled with heartache.
"Thank you, auntie." Yao Ran shook his head gently: "But I'm fine. I want to stay and continue to pray for Dasheng."
Zeng was a little hesitant, and was thinking about whether to persuade him again when the old lady of the Yao family spoke up: "Since Ran'er has this intention, then just stay."
"But the doctor told me that my cousin needs to rest more now." Yao Xia said, "My cousin has taken the medicine, why don't you take a nap?"
Yao Ran did not try to be stubborn and nodded.
She also needs to be alone.
After Yao Ran went to the bedroom to rest, the old lady of the Yao family and Zeng couldn't help but sigh for a while.
“Retribution…”
"This Pei..." Zeng gritted her teeth and pressed her handkerchief against her eyes: "It's just a pity for our Ran'er."
After saying that, he paused, raised his tearful eyes and looked at the old lady, and asked tentatively: "But speaking of which... Uncle... Is the lady from the Chang family really Uncle's child?"
As soon as these words came out, the old lady saw her grandchildren all looking at her immediately.
"This matter..." The old lady shook her head: "I really don't know, but it seems that... the boss doesn't seem to be that kind of person."
"But since Pei has done such a vicious thing..." Zeng said, her voice inexplicably lowered. It was because Pei's tyranny in the past had left her with an indelible shadow. Now she could suddenly stand up and curse, but she didn't have the courage to do it for a while: "I don't think there is no evidence, right?"
"Yes, Grandmother, please think about it carefully." Yao Xia said earnestly, "Before Uncle came to Beijing, did he have any female confidantes?"
The old lady gave her a glare and asked, "Where did you learn these words?"
At this time, footsteps and the sound of servants greeting were heard outside. The old lady raised her chin and said, "Well, the man is back. You can ask him in person."
Yao Yi walked in and asked about Yao Ran's situation first. When he learned that his daughter had gone to rest, he breathed a sigh of relief with mixed feelings.
Then he noticed something strange in the atmosphere.
From his younger brothers and sisters to his nieces, they all looked at him with an expression of implicit expectation.
It was his nephew who spoke up: "Uncle, is the Chang family's wife really... a member of our Yao family?"
As these words fell, Yao Yi clearly felt the expectation grow from dark to bright, so hot that it could not be ignored, and even made him feel like he was being roasted on a fire.
It was rare that his family needed him so strongly, but he was unable to satisfy their wishes.
Forced by the atmosphere, Yao Tingwei reflected in silence.
First of all, Mrs. Chang is definitely not his daughter.
Secondly, it is obviously too late in this life.
Then, I can only choose to be honest: "That's not the case. Pei misunderstood."
Yao Xia immediately looked like she was crying.
This is the first time in my life that I am so disappointed in my uncle!
"Then... why did Pei have such a misunderstanding?" Zeng still did not give up: "Is your uncle really in a common family?"
The old lady also looked at her son.
After a moment, Yao Yi explained: "I am looking for the daughter of an old friend who passed away many years ago."
Zeng's eyes lit up again, and she hinted strongly, "Did this old friend ask you to do anything? For example, ask your uncle to find the person and bring him back to take care of him? Right?"
In a word, can you rob her? Although she is not yours, if you have a legitimate reason and work hard, maybe she can become yours! Yao Gui was terrified. His mother, who had always been timid, actually wanted to rob General Chang of her. The words "lust and courage" are so terrifying! Yao Yi sighed and sat down: "Don't think too much, sister-in-law. I found the wrong person before, but I don't know how Pei found out, which brought misfortune to Madam Chang."
He was indeed careless in this matter, and he didn't realize that he was being secretly watched by the Pei family.
This Pei family almost ruined a very important matter...
The last ray of hope was shattered, and Zeng couldn't help but sigh.
Yao Xia couldn't help but sigh after being overjoyed for nothing.
Yao Gui looked around and sighed in order to fit in.
These three sighs seem to represent respectively - disappointment, frustration, and let's go.
Yao Yi: “…”
How come he suddenly became the sinner in the family? Even after what he went through today, he couldn't even get a word of comfort?
"You've been busy all day, uncle, you should rest early." Zeng forced herself to comfort him, but to Yao Yi, it sounded more like "You useless thing, just go to bed."
Apparently there was no further comfort, and Zeng, suddenly overcome by fatigue due to a lack of energy, left with her two children.
"Mother, sister...you don't have to be so depressed." Yao Gui suddenly whispered, "It's not impossible for us to become a family..."
Yao Xia turned around and saw that his brother looked embarrassed, so he couldn't help but put up his guard: "Brother, what do you want to say?"
"My sister is so close to Madam Chang, but Madam Chang has not yet been engaged..." The young man lowered his head in embarrassment and scratched the back of his head: "I just happen to be about the same age as Madam Chang-"
Yao Xia's eyes widened: "What, brother, are you attracted by my beauty?!"
Yao Gui looked at her in shock: "Ah Xia, how can you say that about your brother! As the saying goes, a gentleman loves a beautiful lady..."
The atmosphere in his family was relaxed, so it was not difficult for him to say some things in front of his mother.
"A Que..." Zeng called her son by his nickname and sighed, "You should know that when a gentleman is looking for a date, he can't just look at the girl's appearance."
Yao Gui nodded and was about to say, "Son, I understand. It depends on a person's character. But the Chang family's wife is resilient and courageous, which shows that she is extraordinary." However, he heard his mother continue to say -
"You have to look at your own appearance, too."
"?" Yao Gui turned to look at his mother, and was unexpectedly met with a pair of eyes that contained a hint of pity.
"A Niang wants to be a family with Madam Chang. I know your intention is good." Zeng said earnestly, "But you better not leave yet."
There is no need to set out.
To avoid a lonely ending.
Yao Gui: “…”
Okay.
From liking to giving up, it often only takes an overly clear-headed mother.
…
As it was getting dark, Chang Sui'an went to look for Cui Jing.
However, a sneaky figure was discovered outside the Zen temple where Cui Jing was.
When the figure saw someone coming, he quickly hid behind the rockery outside the Zen temple, leaving only a trace of his clothes.
Seeing that the other party was not hiding very well and was obviously a rookie, Chang Sui'an did not bother to catch him and asked directly: "Who is hiding there furtively?"
【Yao Xia: It was not used by my uncle.】
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