Chapter 97
Chapter 97
The Xie family’s property is still there, but it has moved to a new place, Dongdu.
The house next to Xiangguo Temple was not bought with his bounty, but originally belonged to the Xie family.
The young lady knew it all from the beginning to the end. She just watched him suffer and was driven to desperation by money...
She is indeed a good wife who can manage the household.
His heart was in turmoil, but his face remained calm. He turned around and asked the Second Madam, "Where is she?"
"I went to the Ming family and said I would be back later." The Second Madam glanced at his face and advised, "Don't make trouble for yourself. If you can't handle it, you will have to save face yourself."
Every time Wen Shuse was with Ming Wanrou, time was always running out and he would still be at Ming's house when it got dark.
Ming Wanrou had been locked up in the palace since arriving in Dongdu. Today was her first time in the downtown area. Everything was new to her, especially since she knew that she would have fewer opportunities to go out after entering the palace. She wanted to see all the excitement in her life. She took a quick look at the clothing shops, jewelry shops, and restaurants. Their calves were sore. It was dusk when they got on the carriage. Ming Wanrou insisted that Wen Shuse go to the Ming family's house with her to get to know the place first so that they could walk around next time. "Don't you say that the Third Young Master is very easy to talk to? He will listen to you in everything. It's just that we will go back later. The Third Young Master will definitely understand. Why are you so anxious?"
The last time I showed off to that idiot, I unintentionally caused a big misunderstanding and ruined my husband's reputation. I felt somewhat guilty and wanted to make up for it. In front of Ming Wanrou, I wanted to praise him to the fullest.
After hearing what she said, Wen Shuse had no choice but to follow her to the Ming family.
Now that everyone is here, we have to go in and sit down.
The Second Young Master Ming had people prepare wine and food. After the three of them finished two pots of wine, the Second Young Master Ming walked in front carrying a lantern, and together with Ming Wanrou, he sent them to the door.
The people from the Ming family came a few days later, but the sisters in the family had never been close to Ming Wanrou. Ming Wanrou repeatedly reminded Wen Shuse, "The day before the wedding, you must come, Jiaxian. I'm afraid no one will talk to me and it will be very lonely."
Wen Shuse's ears were callused from her nagging. He nodded and said, "Don't worry. I promise to come early."
"It's a pity that you got married in such a hurry last time that I didn't even receive any letter from you, let alone be with you..."
These words reminded the Second Young Master Ming of a past memory. He felt it was inappropriate to continue listening, so he quickened his pace and distanced himself from the two men, intending to wait at the door first. As soon as he went out, he saw a carriage parked outside the alley. Next to the carriage stood a young man holding a lantern in his hand, his official uniform still on. A hazy halo cast on his face, as if covered by a layer of moonlight, making him look handsome and graceful.
The second young master Ming was stunned and said, "Thank you, Commander."
Xie Shao nodded in return, "Second Young Master."
When he first heard that the Second Lady had married the Third Young Master of the Xie Family, the Second Young Master Ming was sad and felt sorry for the Second Lady.
He had met Xie Shao before. Although he was smart, he was not serious about his job and spent his days in debauchery. He was worried that she would have a hard time in the future. Now, looking at him again, he realized that he was blind and failed to see the talent and courage hidden behind him.
He and the second lady are a match made in heaven, with their talent and beauty.
He can't help but feel something for someone he once loved.
His heart ached slightly, but he quickly suppressed it. He thought that since he found this place, he must be worried about the Second Madam. He explained, "Third Madam and my sister have been close since childhood. Today, my sister was willful and kept her for a while longer. I am really sorry for making Commander Xie worry."
"No problem. I just got off duty and came over to pick him up."
The two young ladies were still talking in the back and had not come out yet, so the Second Young Master Ming politely invited them, "Thank you, Commander, for coming to the door. Why don't you come in and have a seat and a cup of tea?"
Xie Shao did not move, but smiled politely, "It is getting late, I will come to bother you again when you are free tomorrow."
The Second Young Master Ming did not force them anymore. The two of them looked at each other in silence, standing awkwardly in the night wind for a while before the young ladies came out.
Ming Wanrou raised the gauze lantern in her hand and said, "Be careful with the threshold. It's really not possible for the Third Young Master to go back so late..." She raised her eyes and saw the people beside the carriage outside the door, and immediately stopped talking.
Wen Shuse was also stunned for a moment as he did not expect Xie Shao to come to pick him up. He hurriedly said goodbye to Ming Wanrou and the Second Young Master Ming, walked up to the young master, and asked in surprise, "Why is the young master here?"
Xie Shao did not answer. He nodded and said goodbye to the Second Young Master and Ming Wanrou behind her. Then he turned around and took the young lady's arm and helped her into the carriage.
Knowing that he was late, Wen Shuse felt a little guilty. As soon as he went up to her, he hugged her husband's arm and admitted his mistake. "I was talking to Yuan today and accidentally forgot the time. It's my fault. There won't be a next time. Are you worried, husband?"
These words sound like those of a drunkard who stayed out all night. The more assurances he makes, the less credible they become.
Xie Shao glanced at the young lady sideways. She had a harmless face and anyone could believe what she said.
He thought that he was in the officialdom and there was nothing that the gods and ghosts could not see through, but he was repeatedly fooled by her and was deceived one after another. He would never know how many things she was hiding from him in her head.
Grandmother was right. She was sincere when she lied to people. Who knows if she had other intentions today? She was afraid that she was fake when she met Ming Er Niang and her old lover was real. She said sarcastically, "Well, I'm afraid you won't come back."
"How could I not come back?" The young lady's mouth was full of lies, and she had a lot of tricks to coax people. "I am your Xie San's person in life and your Xie San's ghost in death. No matter how late it is, I have to come home."
If she were a man, she would have had many wives and concubines with her eloquence. He felt powerless and suddenly didn't know how to deal with her soft and hard nature. He got stuck in a dead end, "I don't have a name?"
Wen Shuse was slightly startled, and leaned closer to him, and whispered: "My dear, my dear..." The young lady smiled, clearly mocking his narrow-mindedness, "Idle?"
When talking about serious matters with the young lady, he couldn't look at her evil face at all. It was easy to forget what he was going to say. Xie Shao stretched out his hand to pry her face open, "Wen Shuse, do you have a word of truth in your mouth?"
Wen Shuse didn't understand what he meant by that, and covered her chest, "With a sincere heart, what truth do you want to hear, my dear?"
It was really hard for her to tell the truth with her fake sincerity, so he reminded her, "Think carefully about what else you are hiding from me."
The young lady thought about it seriously, and after a while asked, "What do you mean, sir? I really can't guess."
Xie Shao's eyelids twitched slightly.
"Are you jealous?" He came home so late, and the place he came to was the Ming family, and the second son of the Ming family was there. He must have felt uncomfortable, so he said in a comforting voice: "Don't worry about this, my dear. I am small-minded and can only accommodate one young man."
The young lady's sweet words came out of her mouth, which made him doubt, "Have you said this to the second young master Ming before?"
His question was too unreasonable. Wen Shuse understood that he was jealous, but he couldn't slander her, let alone look down on her. "Do you think I'm that kind of person, my dear?"
Anyone would know how to answer this question, but Wen Shuse looked at him for a moment and heard a sentence, "I don't know."
If there had been no marriage exchange, the young lady would have married the Second Young Master Ming. The Second Young Master Ming is a steady and reliable person, so she wouldn't have needed to bother trying to coax or deceive him.
Wen Shuse was stunned, "How could my husband miss me so much?" She let go of his hand, and the smile on her face disappeared, "Mr. Ming and I are innocent. Although we have feelings for each other, we have never crossed the line. Let alone such love words, we even deliberately avoided being alone together. Although I am not from a famous family, I still have good family education. If you mind..." She paused and thought, "Even if you mind, you have no choice."
He didn't bother to correct the young lady's distorted words. His mind was full of the words that they had feelings for each other, and densely packed fine needles were piercing his heart little by little.
Feeling uncomfortable, the words she said were naturally unpleasant to hear, "You finally told the truth. You are interested in Ming Er, and you are interested in me too. You are very philanthropic, and you will say the same thing no matter who you marry."
The young lady looked at him in astonishment, not understanding where his temper came from. "Don't always pick on me. No matter what I am, I am clearer than your childhood sweetheart. She calls me brother so affectionately. She doesn't know you are a husband. Don't you know? I haven't made a fuss with you, but you are getting ahead of me. I am philanthropic and like everyone. If you don't want to hear it, I'm too lazy to say it." It has been a long time since she was so angry with him. She had a severe heart attack and couldn't breathe. She opened the window and asked the coachman to stop the car. Before the car was stable, she jumped out and walked back quickly, holding up her skirt.
The man behind him followed closely and said, "Let me talk to you, why do you want to get off the car, where do you want to go?"
Wen Shuse didn't even turn his head back. He was extremely angry and his rationality was gone. "I don't want to talk to you. Why do you care where I go? Go back to your home. I'm going to find Ming Er and ask him if he is willing to listen. I will tell him. Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain that I have been slandered by you, Xie Shao?" He added, "You didn't have no choice at the beginning. It was you, Xie Shao, who first proposed to make do with it. You should have found out about my ancestors before you said that, so that you won't regret it now and settle accounts with me."
"Wen Shuse!" She is a white fairy hedgehog. When she is in good health, she can drive away all diseases, bring wealth and ward off disasters. But if she gets angry, she can stab you full of holes.
The young lady turned a deaf ear and walked as fast as the wind. There was no light in the dark alley, but she could see clearly. She walked faster and faster, but her legs were not as long as the man's, so she was soon grabbed.
Xie Shao grabbed her arm and asked, "Would you like to try?"
The young lady was a soft-hearted person who would not give in to hardness. Tears welled up in her eyes but refused to fall. "I'm on my way there. How can I try if you hold me back?"
He knew that if he offended her one day, she would immediately turn back and would not have any attachment to him. He did not have the toughness of the young lady, and he could not afford to take the risk. He held the young lady tightly and said, "You said you liked me, don't deny it."
"My dear, you don't want it."
"I don't care about your lies."
He was acting strange from the moment they met tonight. Wen Shuse didn't know what was wrong with him, and didn't want to guess. "My dear, just say what you want to say. Don't treat people's hearts as beans."
Xie Shao looked at her and asked directly, "Is the Xie family really bankrupt?"
Wen Shuse finally understood his abnormality. He paused, knowing that Old Madam Xie had probably told him, and said truthfully, "No."
But if you think about it carefully, he didn't suffer any loss. If it weren't for me and Old Madam Xie hiding it from him and pressing him step by step, he wouldn't have achieved what he has today. I don't understand why he is so angry. "Isn't it good that the Xie family didn't go bankrupt? Your husband is now an official and has money to support himself. You should be happy."
Talking to a heartless person will make your heart burst. "You have never thought about whether I am in trouble or not."
He had indeed suffered a lot. Wen Shuse softened his tone, "This idea was not mine alone. My grandmother had repeatedly told me to cooperate with her, hoping that my husband would become an official. My husband had suffered a lot, but after the storm there is a rainbow. He has made it through now, hasn't he?"
"Why did I enter the government? Was it for myself and the Xie family?" He hated her for wasting her eyes. "I don't want to see you starving with me, I don't want to see you live worse than other young ladies, I want to give you the best in the world. When you took a fancy to a few clothes in the shop that day and I couldn't afford them, do you know how upset I was? I wanted to rob them for you."
She just couldn't bear to make him feel uncomfortable.
"I can risk my life for you and our future children, but I can't do it for anyone else. Only you, Wen Shuse, have the ability to do this."
This confession was sincere and straightforward. Compared to what she had just said, she suddenly became petty. Tears were still welling up in her eyes. She had already run out of breath. Wen Shu looked at her husband blankly, "I..."
She said those words in anger.
His entire life's reputation was lost in the hands of the young lady, so he didn't care about this time. He slowly let go of her hand and asked her, "Do you still want to look for Ming Er?"
The young lady shook her head violently.
He didn't expect to get the same affection from her. Could he still be angry with her and question why she wanted to find another way out when they had a disagreement? Could she not be a little patient with him?
Absolutely not. The young lady handed over a wooden ladder, and he could only climb down. "Can we go home now?"
Wen Shu nodded, "Yes."
The man saved his last bit of dignity by not holding her hand. Instead, he turned around and walked in front of her to lead the way. He had long been accustomed to the situation where people came to him in anger and returned in defeat.
Afraid that the young lady might not be able to see the road clearly and trip, he walked very slowly. After a few steps, the young lady behind him suddenly came forward and hugged his waist.
She put her hands from his back to his abdomen, hugged him tightly, and said with her face against his lower back guiltily: "My dear, you are so kind. I didn't think it through."
She can see the good in him, so there is still hope.
In order to make herself successful, she was willing to bear the stigma of a loser. All the suffering she had experienced with him was real. How could he blame her? "Don't blame you. My wife can be like this because I failed to make you feel at ease." He gently pried her hands apart and squatted down. "Come on, I'll carry you."
The young lady did not move, and said considerately: "My dear, you are tired after a day, I will go by myself..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Shao turned around and held her in his arms, and pecked her lips gently with his mouth, "I have already told mother that we will be back late tonight, so there is no need to leave the door open. We will stay at the Wen family's house."
If we lose this account, we have to get it back in another one.
The groom was still watching from behind, Wen Shuse dodged, "There are others..."
The young man could not hear anything. His lips touched the young lady's earlobe and he took a bite of it as if to vent his anger. The faint starlight half-obscured the view, and it was unknown whether it could be seen by anyone. He returned to the carriage, hugged the young lady in his arms and put her on his lap. The lattice windows on both sides were lowered and closed tightly, blocking out the spring night scenery.
After the two moved to the Xie family's new house, the Wen family's house remained.
No one disturbs him, he can do whatever he wants tonight, he is determined to take revenge.
The young lady's clothes were already loose in the carriage. As soon as the carriage stopped, the young man couldn't wait to hug the young lady and kicked the door directly into the yard.
"My dear, please don't do anything rash, don't touch..."
"There's no one here anyway, so what's there to be afraid of?"
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, the ignored blurry figure standing in the courtyard had to warn, "Ahem——"
The two people who were hugging each other were stunned at the same time. They turned their heads and looked over in astonishment, only to see a person standing behind the hidden wall. Even the night could not hide the embarrassment on Wen Huai's face, "Second sister, brother-in-law."
With a buzzing sound in her head, Wen Shuse wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. She hurriedly jumped off Langjun and hid behind him, saying in a sobbing voice, "Brother, can't you cough earlier?"
My dears, it's late today, woo woo woo. (One hundred red envelopes~)
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