Chapter 547: Can’t I show it off?
Housekeeper Meng looked at Wen Yan and smiled: "There will be a small gathering at the mansion the day after tomorrow. Madam specifically asked me to come and inform you personally."
"Please go back and tell my stepmother that I will be there on time." Wen Yan was also polite to Butler Meng.
Steward Meng took out another stack of banknotes and a booklet and handed them to Wen Yan. "Madam is planning to host a banquet for her close female relatives in the middle of the month. We'd like to have it at Qingfeng Xiaolou. There will be about forty or fifty people. Can Miss Yanyan arrange it?"
Wen Yan flipped through the booklet and had an idea in mind: "Please rest assured, stepmother, I will take care of this matter."
In the evening, Wen Yan and Ying Zhilin talked about this matter: "I may not come back the day after tomorrow. I have to go to the Meng family for a party."
Ying Zhilin was stunned for a moment before asking, "You want me to wait for you at home?"
Wen Yan: "I mean, you don't have to wait for me, I should stay at the Meng family."
Ying Zhilin looked at her, pursed his lips into a straight line, then lowered his head and said nothing.
Wen Yan noticed his mood change: "What's wrong with you? Are things not going well in the government office?"
Ying Zhilin raised his eyes and looked at her.
'snort! '
Wen Yan: “…”
It seems that this anger is directed at me.
Wen Yan thought carefully and realized that she didn't offend him today.
Why are you suddenly angry?
Wen Yan glanced at him twice and said nothing more.
Until he went to bed at night, Ying Zhilin tossed Wen Yan back and forth.
It made her sweaty and limp.
Wen Yan was so tired that she felt sleepy.
Ying Zhilin pinched her chin and forced her to look at him: "Am I so incompetent?"
"Ah?" Wen Yan was so tired that his brain couldn't work at all, and his face was blank.
"Am I too ugly?
Or is it because my background is not good enough?
Or maybe my official position is too low, and you would feel embarrassed to take me out."
Ying Zhilin asked a series of questions.
Wen Yan's slow brain finally started to work.
"What are you imagining? I never said anything like that."
She turned over and lay beside Ying Zhilin.
Gently stroked his eyebrows, eyes and nose.
When she gently touched his lips, Wen Yan swallowed her saliva, leaned forward and pecked his plump and rosy lips: "If I disliked you, how could I still be unable to stop wanting you? I would have found a new love long ago."
Ying Zhilin suddenly turned over, pressed her under him, pinched her chin, and asked in a rough voice: "Are you going to leave me and find someone else?!"
"I'm just using an analogy."
"Don't make such comparisons." Ying Zhilin looked fierce and his eyes looked like he wanted to eat someone.
Wen Yan wrinkled her nose: "Why are you so fierce?"
Ying Zhilin's demeanor softened. "Anyway, you can't have those weird ideas."
A smile appeared in Wen Yan's eyes. She pulled his long hair and kissed him on the mouth: "Do you know that you look both fierce and cowardly right now?"
Ying Zhilin: “…”
"But you're pretty cute like this."
Ying Zhilin blinked: "Is this the cuteness you like?"
Wen Yan nodded: "I think so for now."
Ying Zhilin groaned twice and turned his head away angrily.
Wen Yan held his face and turned it back: "Tell me, why are you unhappy?"
Ying Zhilin's ears suddenly turned pink.
He lay down next to Wen Yan and said, "The Meng family is your other mother's family! You went back to your mother's family the day after tomorrow, but you refused to take me with you."
She took Pearl with her wherever she went, but never thought of me.
Wen Yan was completely speechless: "Just because of this matter, you are taking revenge on me and tossing me around?"
Wen Yan rubbed his battered waist and said, "I was careless. I'll take you back."
Ying Zhilin was satisfied and fell asleep quietly with his arms around Wen Yan.
**
The next day.
Wen Yan still went to the Marquis of Jinping's Mansion to pay his respects.
Huo Yaoxing was hiding from people and did not show up.
Wen Yan didn't show off either.
Arrive at the mourning hall in a low-key manner.
After burning paper money, she came to the coffin.
The old woman standing in front of the coffin was stunned for a moment.
Only then did I understand what Wen Yan was going to do.
She shuddered, a look of fear on her face.
Until Wen Yan urged: "Don't you want to show it?"
The old woman then suppressed her fear, removed the paper money from Wen Ruyue's face, turned her face away and stepped aside.
Let Wen Yan slowly admire the deceased's remains.
Seeing Wen Ruyue's dead look, Wen Yan raised his eyebrows.
No wonder the old woman guarding the place was so scared.
It turns out that Wen Ruyue died with her eyes open!
Wen Yan only took a glance and then looked away.
She sneered: "Just keep your eyes open. Don't be blind when choosing a man in your next life."
After Wen Yan finished speaking, he turned and left.
When the old woman went to cover Wen Ruyue with paper money again, she found that her wide-open eyes had actually closed.
The old woman was overjoyed and hurried to report to her master.
Of course, from her mouth, this matter had nothing to do with Wen Yan, and all the credit became hers.
The masters of the Huo family heard this but did not doubt it.
This old woman was famous for her boldness in the mansion.
I think she took the risk just for the reward money.
Wen Yan didn't know about this little thing.
However, even if she knew, she wouldn't care.
The next day was the day for the Meng family’s small gathering.
Wen Yan calculated the time when Ying Zhilin would go to the yamen and drove a carriage to pick him up.
After the carriage stopped for a while, Ying Zhilin walked out of the Dali Temple.
He was wearing a dark robe with wide sleeves and a red sash tied around his waist.
He walked with the wind, and his clothes fluttered up and down, making him look like a banished immortal who had fallen into the mortal world.
He quickly locked onto his own carriage and strode over.
He stepped onto the carriage with his long legs, lifted the curtain and entered the sedan chair.
His series of movements were so smooth and flowing that not only was Wen Yan confused, but even the passers-by on the street were impressed by his appearance and temperament.
Wen Yan stuffed a hand warmer into his hand and said, "Why are you wearing so little? Aren't you cold?"
"I knew you were coming to pick me up, so I wore it specially for you to see." Ying Zhilin raised an eyebrow. "Why? You don't like it?"
Wen Yan hooked her finger at him.
Ying Zhilin leaned over.
Wen Yan whispered in his ear: "I prefer to see you without clothes."
Ying Zhilin's ears suddenly turned red and even his breathing stopped.
Wen Yan raised his chin proudly and laughed wantonly.
If you want to seduce her, you need to practice for a few more years.
**
Soon, they arrived at the gate of the general's mansion.
Several carriages were parked on the street outside the door.
Meng Chifei and Mrs. Bai stood outside the door to welcome the guests.
Beside them was Ning Tan.
Mrs. Bai held Ning Tan's hand and solemnly introduced every guest she met: "This is my Xi Yan's daughter-in-law!"
Wen Yan put on her cloak, then took out a spare one from the carriage box and put it on Ying Zhilin: "Wear it well, don't let the wind catch you and make you sick."
Ying Zhilin: “…”
The cloak was gray and when he put it on, it covered up all his careful dressing.
"Can I not wear a cloak?" Ying Zhilin and Wen Yan bargained.
Wen Yan glared at him: "You are dressed up so fancy, who are you trying to seduce?"
Ying Zhilin cried out in injustice: "I only have this face to show off now. I have to let General Meng and Madam Bai see my strengths and think that I am worthy of you."
"They value character more. Don't mess around with these things, or you'll end up with something that backfires."
Ying Zhilin then behaved himself and stopped causing trouble.
Wen Yan took Ying Zhilin's hand, lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.
Meng Chifei had sharp eyes and was the first to notice them.
He immediately ran over and pushed Ying Zhilin away.
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