Seeing her cousin smile, Yu Sirou assumed he was touched, and then asked with an expectant look, "Cousin, why did you suddenly smile?"
Liu Shaoyi didn't treat his cousin like an outsider. He smiled helplessly and affectionately, and blurted out, "I just suddenly remembered a lazy girl."
Upon hearing this, Yu Sirou's expression changed. The words "lazy girl" were clearly not used to describe her. Her cousin's face showed a doting affection that he himself might not even realize when he said this.
The smile on her face grew increasingly stiff.
Yu Sirou tried to make her smile less stiff, and then said, "What kind of person is she that makes my cousin talk about her so much? Can you tell me about her?"
Liu Shaoyi came to his senses at this moment and realized that there were some things he couldn't say, so he said, "You will naturally know in the future."
Yu Sirou then realized that the person her cousin was talking about must be Tong Gege.
That person is truly blessed; she seems to have all sorts of good fortune: a dazzling family background, parents and brothers who dote on her, and even her cousin, the only person she can hold onto, who is also deeply in love with her.
The very existence of such a person is enough to inspire envy.
Yu Sirou felt a bitter taste in her mouth, but her smile became even gentler: "Is that so? Then I'll wait."
Liu Shaoyi smiled and said nothing more.
Since then, Yu Sirou has taken even better care of Liu Shaoyi, doing everything herself but making sure to be involved in every single thing.
In Liu Shaoyi's eyes, her cousin's actions put her mind at ease, so she didn't think much of it, but others couldn't help but overthink it.
The servants in the Liu family had all witnessed the interaction between the two.
It was common for cousins to marry. Liu Shaoyi usually focused on his studies, and Yu Sirou made all the decisions and orders for the household affairs. Although she was an unmarried girl, she acted like the head of the household.
As servants, they dared not ask their masters what they thought, and only believed what they saw. So, although they didn't say anything, everyone already regarded Yu Sirou as the future mistress.
Outsiders were unaware of the inside story and therefore did not know that Liu Shaoyi had someone he loved. However, Liu Shaoyi's page knew about his young master's situation and wanted to say something, but as a servant, he could not say anything.
That day, Tong Xuean received orders from his mother to meet Liu Shaoyi, and he brought his younger sister along as well.
Tong Cheng'er then remembered Liu Shaoyi, the blind date her mother had introduced to her, whom she had completely forgotten.
So Tong Cheng'er came out with her.
The agreed meeting place was a teahouse, which reassured Tong Cheng'er, as long as it wasn't a restaurant.
It had been almost half a month since Tong Cheng'er had seen Liu Shaoyi. When she pushed open the door to the private room in the teahouse, she saw that besides Liu Shaoyi, his cousin was also inside.
Tong Xuean was surprised that Liu Shaoyi had brought his cousin along, but he was only slightly surprised and didn't say anything.
Liu Shaoyi explained, "My cousin has been in the capital for a while now, so I brought her along today to show her around."
Tong Xuean: "It's alright, I can understand Brother Liu's love for his cousin."
Actually, the situation is not quite as Liu Shaoyi described. This story begins last night.
Last night, Yu Sirou went to the study to bring Liu Shaoyi some soup and saw the note on the desk. She casually asked, "Cousin, what's this?"
Liu Shaoyi explained, "The invitation was sent by Xue'an, inviting me to go to the teahouse together."
Yu Sirou looked at him with a somewhat expectant smile as he spoke. Tong Xuean was Tong Cheng'er's older brother, which made her feel uncomfortable. She then said, "Is that so? I've been in the capital for so long, but I haven't had a chance to go out and see if the teahouses in the capital are different from those in Jiangnan. You must tell me when you come back, cousin."
Liu Shaoyi felt a pang of sympathy upon hearing this, as she hadn't left the capital since arriving. He then said, "You can come with me tomorrow."
The capital city had a large Manchu population, so the control over women going out was not so strict.
Liu Shaoyi said it without thinking twice.
Yu Sirou looked at him with surprise and delight: "Cousin, can I really go out with you? What will Third Master Tong say?"
Knowing Tong Xue'an's character, Liu Shaoyi naturally wouldn't say anything, and said, "You can rest assured, Xue'an is kind-hearted and won't have any opinions about women going out. Besides, the Tong brothers are always thinking about how to get their sister to go out more."
Therefore, there would be no prejudice or bias against women going out.
Upon hearing this, Yu Sirou felt uncomfortable; it was Tong Gege again.
However, she maintained a good composure on the surface, still wearing a smile, appearing gentle and virtuous.
"That's true, the Tong family's daughter is indeed lucky to have such a good brother and a harmonious family, unlike me..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Shaoyi felt that she was probably thinking about her own background again.
So he quickly comforted her, saying, "Cousin, what's past is past. Now that your brother is here, I will never let you suffer any injustice."
He will shoulder the responsibilities of being an older brother.
Upon hearing this, Yu Sirou thought to herself, "He said he wouldn't let me suffer any injustice. With such a heart, I feel even more confident about what I'm about to do."
Yu Sirou: "I was wrong. My cousin is right. I really shouldn't keep thinking about the past."
Upon hearing this, Liu Shaoyi was finally satisfied: "That's more like it."
That's why Yu Sirou accompanied Liu Shaoyi to the appointment today.
Although Tong Xuean didn't say anything, he couldn't help but have some thoughts about it because Yu Sirou was there.
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