Testing Su Yuexing
Su Yuexing's smile froze, and her expression turned to disgust as she said, "I never thought you were this kind of person! You're shameless!" With that, she left him behind.
Li Jinghe laughed loudly, "I was just joking with you to test your loyalty to Young Master Li."
Su Yuexing paused, turned around and looked at him, saying, "Then you really are childish!"
Li Jinghe continued, "My payment is for you to take me back to my room."
She really wanted to harden her heart and leave him here, he was such a nasty guy, always playing tricks on people.
Su Yuexing returned and said, "If it weren't for your mobility issues, I would have really abandoned you and left you to fend for yourself here."
Li Jinghe pointed and said, "Turn that corner, and it'll be the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before you reach my residence."
Su Yuexing followed his directions, exclaiming, "Where am I? It's so big!"
“The Li residence,” Li Jinghe said.
Su Yuexing's lips twitched, she rolled her eyes, and said, "Of course I know this is the Li residence. I just want to know where this is in the Li residence."
Li Jinghe's eyes flickered as he said, "I haven't left the Li residence since I came here."
"However, all I know is that this place is the westernmost part of the Li residence, while your Xinning Garden is the easternmost part of the Li residence."
"Why did the young mistress walk from the far west to the far east?"
Su Yuexing was shocked; she hadn't realized she had run so far without even noticing.
Should I tell him the truth?
She said she was being harassed by her husband's cousin, so she ran here in a panic.
Although he is Li Jinghe's good friend, my matter doesn't seem to be something to be proud of, so it's best not to let him, an outsider, know about it.
"I was just wandering around and ended up here without realizing it," Su Yuexing said evasively.
The further they went in, the stronger the smell of Chinese medicine became, and Su Yuexing's nose was filled with the bitter smell of Chinese medicine.
Su Yuexing pushed Li Jinghe into the room. "Thank you, young mistress," he said calmly.
Su Yuexing clapped her hands, looked around the room, and asked, "What happened to your leg?"
Li Jinghe looked down at his legs and said, "A few years ago, I was wounded by the enemy on the battlefield, and I've been like this ever since."
Su Yuexing looked at him with a hint of pity; he was truly an unfortunate man.
Li Jinghe was disgusted by the pity in her eyes. "I don't need your sympathy," he said coldly. "There's a small path to the left after you go out. It takes about 45 minutes to walk there and you'll reach Xinning Garden."
Su Yuexing said gratefully, "Thank you." Then she turned around.
Watching her departing figure, Li Jinghe's lips curled up, and the monotonous days seemed to become more interesting.
By the time we returned to Xinning Garden, it was already dark.
Following Li Jinghe's directions, Su Yuexing walked through a desolate courtyard, opened the wooden door, and her face lit up with joy.
The words "Xin Ning Yuan" are right in front of us. This Li Mansion feels as big as our whole village.
The Li family truly deserves to be one of the wealthiest families in Pingchun County.
Su Yuexing walked into the courtyard and saw Cao Lü eating fruit.
The moment she saw Su Yuexing enter, she walked over with a stern face and said arrogantly, "Young Madam, where have you been all this time instead of in the courtyard?"
Su Yuexing explained with a smile, "I just strolled around the mansion."
Cao Lü's expression changed, and she said nervously, "Young Madam! You've only just arrived here; there are many rules of the Li family that you don't understand!"
"This Li residence is not like the outside world, where you can just wander around!"
Seeing how nervous Cao Lü was, Su Yuexing asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Cao Lü stepped forward, took Su Yuexing's hand, and said, "There are several places in the Li residence where you will be punished if you enter without the master's or young master's permission!"
Hearing how nervous she was, Su Yuexing asked, "Which places?"
Cao Lü's cunning eyes darted around, and she said, "The master's and the eldest son's study!"
"Is there anything else?" Su Yuexing asked.
“No more,” Grass Green replied.
"Thank you," Su Yuexing said gratefully.
Where Su Yuexing couldn't see, Cao Lü's lips curled into a sinister smile. "Of course there's more, but how could I let you know!"
Su Yuexing lay in bed, recalling what Xie Xuanye had said to her during the day.
In the future, when I encounter Li Jinghe, I need to be more careful and never do anything inappropriate in front of him.
Suddenly hearing a noise inside the house, Su Yuexing frowned, got out of bed, and followed the sound.
The sound came from the window, and Su Yuexing slowly walked over.
The window opened from the outside, revealing Zhou Yong's ugly face. "Little beauty! Were you waiting for me on purpose?"
Su Yuexing retreated step by step, quickly hiding behind her.
Zhou Yong climbed in through the window. Su Yuexing quickly ran to the door and tried to open it, but Zhou Yong stopped her.
"Where is this little beauty trying to escape to?" Zhou Yongyi asked with a sly smile.
Su Yuexing shouted, "Help..."
Zhou Yong tightly gagged his mouth and body, saying, "Scream! Scream as loudly as you can!"
"Call everyone over! They saw you hugging a man like me in the dark, let's see who comes out on top!"
Su Yuexing glared at him angrily, and Zhou Yong thoroughly enjoyed her gaze, leaning closer and saying, "I love this kind of energy in you!"
Su Yuexing raised her leg and kicked Zhou Yong in the groin. "Ah!"
He clutched his groin in pain and collapsed to the ground.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Su Yuexing opened the door and ran outside.
Hiding in the shadows, Cao Lü looked gloomy. "Young Master Zhou is so useless! He couldn't even seize such a good opportunity; she still managed to get away."
Su Yuexing ran desperately, running as fast as she could, terrified of being caught up at any moment.
She leaned against a corner of the wall, hugged her arms, and slowly squatted down.
She didn't know what to do. Her mind was in complete chaos.
All she knew was that she absolutely must not go back, otherwise that thug would definitely attack her.
She slowly forced herself to calm down. If she told Mr. Li about this, would he believe her?
Although I am nominally a daughter-in-law of the Li family, to them I am ultimately just an outsider.
But I, Su Yuexing, cannot swallow my grievances again and again. She stared firmly at a certain spot.
Perhaps I should try to fight back. "Achoo!" Su Yuexing sneezed coldly.
She looked around, wondering where I had wandered off to this time.
She walked into the courtyard and pushed open the door to the room.
Hearing the noise, Xie Xuanye, who was lying on the bed, quickly grabbed his clothes and jumped from the bed onto the roof.
Su Yuexing looked around suspiciously. It seemed to be an empty courtyard. She touched the table with her hand.
Looking at the dust on her hands, she thought, "It seems like no one has stayed here for a long time." Seeing a set of bedding still on the bed, she said happily, "I'll sleep here tonight."
Xie Xuanye was puzzled when he saw that the person who came was Su Yuexing. Why would she be here in the middle of the night?
Didn't Li Jinghe arrange for her to stay at Xinning Garden?
If she had known I existed, I would have thought she was attracted to my good looks and came here on purpose.
Su Yuexing threw back the covers and lay down, but immediately got off the bed, her face pale, and looked around in horror. "Why is it warm inside the covers!"
Xie Xuanye, hiding on the eaves, felt helpless, because that was where I had just slept.
Su Yuexing looked around the room suspiciously. "Could this place have been haunted before?"
Upon hearing her words, Xie Xuanye, who was hiding above, couldn't help but sneer.
He suddenly realized.
Upon hearing the voice, Su Yuexing asked, her head trembling, "Who is it?"
Oh no! We've been discovered! Xie Xuanye swiftly climbed down from the roof and escaped through the window.
Xie Xuanye was incredibly fast, and in the pitch black, Su Yuexing only saw afterimages. "A ghost!" she cried out, and fainted, collapsing to the ground.
The sun slowly rose from the east. In Changshou Garden, Xie Xuanye paced back and forth in front of Li Jinghe. "That's what happened last night!"
Li Jinghe's eyes were thoughtful. Why did she not stay in Xinning Garden in the middle of the night, but went to another courtyard?
"I feel that your young lady has been wronged," Xie Xuanye said, stroking his chin.
Li Jinghe raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, saying, "What? Feeling sorry for her? How about I give her to you?"
Xie Xuanye pursed his lips helplessly, "You really are generous, willing to give your wife away to someone else."
Li Jinghe said quietly, "You are no one else."
Upon hearing this, Xie Xuanye suddenly had a wicked idea pop into his head, and said with a smirk, "How about I test your wife's loyalty to you?"
When Li Jinghe heard his idea, he found it interesting and said with a playful expression, "Okay."
Su Yuexing lay on the ground, slowly opened her eyes, and suddenly sat up, her eyes scanning her surroundings warily. Where was the ghost? She swallowed nervously.
This house is unclean! The thought popped into Su Yuexing's mind, and she immediately ran outside.
A man suddenly walked towards him, but because he had been running too fast, it was too late to stop.
Xie Xuanye deliberately bumped into Su Yuexing, hoping to save her from falling and catch her by supporting her waist.
That way she would develop feelings for me, but an accident happened. As Su Yuexing fell, she also grabbed her own clothes.
This caused him to fall to the ground as well, and to the surprise of both of them, Xie Xuanye's hand was on Su Yuexing's soft chest.
So soft, that was the only thought in Xie Xuanye's mind.
Su Yuexing's face flushed red, and she raised her hand to slap Xie Xuanye across the face. "Smack!"
"You pervert!" Su Yuexing pushed him down, stood up from the ground, and patted her dirty clothes.
Xie Xuanye covered his slapped cheek, staring at the woman in front of him in shock.
I didn't want this to happen either; it's not what I expected.
But what's done is done, and there's nothing he can do about it; he can only play it by ear.
Xie Xuanye smiled frivolously and said, "Miss! You are so beautiful."
"And I'm so handsome! You and I are a match made in heaven."
Su Yuexing looked at the man who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, spouting nonsense, and backed away step by step.
Xie Xuanye pressed closer, his eyes filled with affection, and said, "Miss, why don't you come with me and we'll live happily ever after?"
These people in the Li family are all abnormal. Su Yuexing looked him up and down, a sly glint in her eyes. "If you want me to elope with you, then you have to tell me, who are you?"
What is her relationship with my husband?
Li Jinghe hid in the shadows, staring at her with a sinister gaze.
Hearing her say that, Xie Xuanye felt there was a chance and smiled, "My name is Xie Xuanye, and I am a good friend of Young Master Li."
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