Chapter 628 Aren't you ashamed?
After Jiao Niang left the alley, Lin Yuesha went out and told the coachman to follow her and keep an eye on her. He was to come back and pick her up when he found out where Jiao Niang was staying.
The coachman was a servant of the Lin family, but he was a subordinate of the pockmarked man, so he was trustworthy to work with.
In some ways, Lin Yuesha envied the pockmarked face. She had always wanted to train a few loyal and reliable subordinates. She had maids, but lacked a few servants to run errands. After all, it was inconvenient for women to handle some things.
"Miss, should we ask that old man?"
Bai Cha saw that the old man had entered Jiao Niang's courtyard, and that he would probably stay there for the next few days.
"No need."
The old man shouldn't have been sent by outsiders; he must genuinely be searching for his relatives. If Jiao Niang is his daughter whom he lost more than twenty years ago, it's quite a coincidence that the location he suggested sounds so familiar. She needs to confirm this.
If it gets involved with the Lin family, that would be really interesting.
"It turns out that Jiao Niang was sold by her gambling father and then went to live with the master."
Bai Cha thought that Jiao Niang had fallen in love with Lin Shusheng at first sight and therefore admired him, willingly becoming his mistress for almost ten years. But it turned out that this was not the case.
"Let's go to the teahouse and wait for someone."
Lin Yuesha memorized the key place name the old man mentioned and dragged Bai Cha straight to the teahouse.
It was already noon, and the streets were less crowded than usual.
As soon as the two sat down on the second floor, Lin Yuesha spotted her father, Jia San, loitering nearby through the window. It seemed they were heading straight for the mansion in Taipingfang.
"Miss, will the master see that old man looking for his relatives when he arrives at the mansion?"
Bai Cha had a feeling that the two shouldn't meet, but she didn't know why. There was no basis or reason; it was just her intuition.
"meeting."
Today, my beloved is moving house. My scumbag father must be going back to the mansion to check on the move. If he runs into the old man, he'll be exposed.
The reason why Jiao Niang arranged for the man to stay in the mansion was because she was certain that Lin Shusheng would not come again, and this place was also a quiet place. What exactly was she trying to hide?
"Let's help Jiao Niang and hold her off."
Lin Yuesha whispered a few words in Bai Cha's ear, and Bai Cha immediately understood. Following her mistress's advice to pay attention to details, she deliberately ruffled her hair to make herself look somewhat disheveled.
The white tea slammed into Lin Shusheng's chest, nearly causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Which blind bastard is that!"
Lin Shusheng was about to burst into a tirade when he saw the newcomer and immediately froze, asking uncertainly, "White Tea?"
"Sir, what are you doing here?"
Bai Cha was very surprised and immediately grabbed Lin Shusheng's sleeve, saying in a tearful voice, "Master, did you come by carriage? Miss is not feeling well, she has abdominal cramps, and I was just about to go and fetch a doctor for her."
"Waaah..."
Bai Cha was very flustered and pointed to the teahouse, saying, "The young lady is in the teahouse."
"Where is the driver?"
It's quite a distance from the Lin residence to Taipingfang. Did you walk here barefoot instead of taking a carriage?
Lin Shusheng shook his sleeves, knocking away the white tea. Seeing her with snot and tears streaming down her face, he felt quite disgusted.
"I heard that a new Shuangfuji restaurant has opened, which sells roast duck. Miss heard that there is a long queue and that they will be sold out if you are late, so she sent the driver to queue up so that she could take the duck back to the old lady's house."
Whenever his young mistress wanted to eat roast duck from Shuangfuji, the pockmarked man would offer it to her.
"Yue Sha is a filial daughter."
Upon hearing that Lin Yuesha was buying roast duck for the old lady, Lin Shusheng immediately stopped his harsh criticism and asked with concern, "Did you eat something bad? Why are you having stomach cramps?"
"I'm afraid... my period is coming soon."
Bai Cha blushed and whispered.
"We have a doctor in the manor, a highly skilled physician whom I invited. Let's go back to the manor for treatment."
After Lin Shusheng finished speaking, he took Jia San upstairs, carried the pale-faced Lin Yuesha back to the carriage, and showed her great affection.
"Thank you, Father. I'm sorry to have troubled you."
She didn't let the servants carry her. Lin Shusheng's strength was like that of a little chick, and Lin Yuesha was terrified that she would be thrown out. Her pale face was definitely a natural performance.
"Yue Sha, your mother should teach you more about women's matters. You're a grown girl now."
After Lin Shusheng finished speaking, he asked Jia San to run errands and buy nourishing brown sugar, red-skinned peanuts, and goji berries, saying that he wanted the kitchen to make Five Red Soup for Lin Yuesha.
After finally managing to drag out the midday hour, Lin Shusheng returned to the Jingzhao Yin's office to handle the case, while Lin Yuesha gloriously assisted Jiaoniang.
When you go to Old Mrs. Lin's courtyard, you're bound to get a scolding again.
"As the daughter of the Prefect of the Capital, you must not cause trouble for your father. He delayed his journey to the yamen in order to send you back to your residence."
Grandma Lin opened a booklet and started rambling on. She couldn't read and couldn't understand it at all. "Women usually experience some abdominal pain when they have their period. Why are you so precious?"
For Old Mrs. Lin, her son was paramount. No matter what she said, Lin Yuesha listened in one ear and out the other, paying no attention to it at all.
If she had truly considered Old Mrs. Lin as family, she would probably have been very upset, but unfortunately, there are no "ifs".
“Grandmother, I didn’t want to trouble Father either. Father and I met by chance in Taipingfang.”
Lin Yuesha offered an explanation, then took the initiative to ingratiate herself with Old Madam Lin, helping her read the account books.
"Alright, it's just that Grandma's eyesight is failing and she can't see clearly."
Grandma Lin only knew a few simple words, and she didn't want to reveal her ignorance in front of the steward for fear of embarrassing her son. When Lin Yuesha volunteered, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The account book was purchased and delivered by the mansion, mainly for the expenses of the Qin and Lin families' remarriage, wedding candles, wedding cakes, window decorations, etc., and each item was explained in detail.
Lin Yuesha took out paper and pen and added and subtracted, finally confirming that the numbers in the ledger were correct.
"You are just like your father back then. Your father was the same way. He'll be fine in a little while."
After receiving the benefits, Old Mrs. Lin began to praise Lin Yuesha, and Lin Yuesha immediately seized the opportunity to talk about the Lin family's past.
“Grandmother, I’ve never been to the south. Tell me about it.”
With nothing else to do, Lin Yuesha stayed in the old lady's courtyard and sent Longjing to the Pang family, as she was going to break her promise.
"Your father could recite poems at the age of three; he was a child prodigy in the surrounding villages..."
If Lin Shusheng's rise to power were to be described as a long and tedious tale, like an old woman's foot-binding cloth, Lin Yuesha would be too lazy to listen. However, the Xiaogangzi Village that the old woman mentioned matched exactly what the old man had said.
So, is Jiao Niang actually Lin Shusheng's cousin?
Logically speaking, if her own sister's daughter is missing, Old Mrs. Lin should at least mention it. After all, the Lin family is powerful and influential now, so finding someone shouldn't be difficult. But she didn't mention it at all, which is very suspicious.
"Grandmother, why did Father get married so late? He only met my mother when he arrived in the North."
Lin Yuesha continued to inquire from a different angle, saying that it is good for relatives to marry into each other, so does Old Madam Lin's family not have a suitable candidate?
"You little brat, talking about marriage all the time, aren't you ashamed?"
With one sentence, she struck at Old Mrs. Lin's hidden sore spot, and her expression immediately changed, becoming very angry.
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