Seeing her like this, Wan Qingmiao felt much more pleasing to the eye. He asked the servant to add more tea and then asked, "Did you really tell your mother what you said just now?"
Lou Yunchun said, "I dare not say a single word of falsehood."
"That's good." Wan Qingmiao sent the servant away, looked around, and warned Lou Yunchun, "Although my sister's last name isn't Wan, we already treat her as a family member. Even though you're an official and we're businessmen, we're not afraid of you. Don't think of bullying her just because you're from a wealthy family, or I'll make sure you don't get away with it."
Lou Yunchun looked at him, and Wan Qingmiao's eyes flashed, but did not move away.
He thought Lou Yunchun would be angry or unhappy, but he heard Lou Yunchun slowly say: "I am very happy that you can say this to me, Zhenji, but don't worry, that day will never come."
Wan Qingmiao was a little surprised, then snorted, "You'd better do what you say."
"A true man stands in heaven and earth, and his words are his due."
Wan Qingmiao offered him tea, and the two drank back and forth. Then Wan Qingmiao asked curiously, "Why did you say you were happy just now?"
"Because you are the first brother to treat her as a family member." Thinking of the so-called brothers and servants of the Xu family, a layer of frost covered Lou Yunchun's face. "Did she tell you how she found this place?"
"It's said that Uncle Xu's former servant got caught in a crime, and he offered his mother's whereabouts in exchange for ransom."
"Then do you know what Xu Twelve did?"
"She never said that."
Lou Yunchun briefly informed Wan Qingmiao of the actions of Xu Twelve, Xu Four, and Xu Five. He knew that Xu Jiang hadn't spoken out of fear that they would worry, but if he didn't let them know how hard-earned this relationship was, what Xu Jiang had endured and given up for it, the relationship would inevitably become distant over time.
He wanted the people she cared about to love her more.
"How ridiculous!" Wan Qingmiao slapped the teacup, sending it crashing to the ground, shattering and spilling tea everywhere. "These people are so vile and shameless. I shouldn't have tried to redeem that traitor. He should have been kept in jail forever, suffering until death."
"But if she doesn't agree, she won't recognize her aunt, and she won't have a brother like you."
"That being said, how aggrieved is this? That damn slave harmed Uncle Xu, harmed her, and indirectly harmed her mother, but in the end he redeemed himself and escaped justice. Is there any justice in this?" Wan Qingmiao was so angry that he wished he could catch Xu Twelve and chop him into pieces himself.
When he thought that even he hated her so much, and yet Xu Jiang endured the hatred and redeemed him from his home just to find his mother, his heart felt as if it was being pinched by someone, and it was depressed and painful.
She shouldn't have been allowed to leave like this.
But she just left like that, without asking for a status, nor forcing her mother to leave with her. Before leaving, she smiled and comforted her mother and him.
What was she thinking at that time?
Wan Qingmiao suddenly remembered watching the sunrise on the Shanhai Pavilion, and Xu Jiang said she was very happy to have him as a brother.
He didn't realize how heavy this sentence was at first, but now that he knows and understands it, he feels that he can't bear it.
"Sister." He covered his eyes, his palms wet with tears.
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