Chapter 531: The Femme Fatale in the Double Life Story (30)
Lin Xiuxiu's face froze for a moment, then she raised her tearful eyes and said firmly, "You deliberately let me pick up that box of rouge. You mixed oleander powder in it and deliberately made my face rotten."
Su Yu laughed out loud and said sarcastically, "Miss Lin, you don't even blush when you say this?"
Lan Ying followed up and asked, "That's right, Miss Lin, what makes you say that the rouge you found belongs to my lady?"
Lin Xiuxiu subconsciously asked, "It's at your doorstep. If it's not hers, whose is it?"
Lan Ying: "Then why didn't you return it to my lady if you found it?"
Su Yu: "Yes, Miss Lin, since you thought it was mine, why didn't you return it to me and use it yourself instead?"
Lan Ying: "Come to think of it, Miss did lose a box of rouge before, and I thought it was stolen by a thief. Now it seems that the thief might be Miss Lin."
Lin Xiuxiu anxiously retorted: "I'm not a thief!"
Su Yu curled her lips coldly and suddenly looked at the crowd on the side: "Fellow villagers, did you all hear what Miss Lin said just now? She said that the box of rouge was lost by me, but she didn't return it to me, but took it for herself. How is this behavior different from stealing?"
There was a buzz of discussion among the crowd.
Lin Xiuxiu panicked and quickly changed her words: "No, I found it, but I'm not sure who it belongs to. I want to return it to the owner after I find it."
Su Yu caught the loophole in her words and said, "That is to say, Miss Lin is not sure that the box of rouge is mine?"
Lin Xiuxiu opened her mouth, but in the end could only reluctantly utter the word "yes".
Su Yu pressed on: "Then why did Miss Lin say that I was the one who disfigured you?"
Lin Xiuxiu: “I…”
"Miss Lin picked up some rouge, but she didn't know whose it belonged to. It turned out that the rouge was mixed with oleander powder, and it rotted her face. Is that right?"
Lin Xiuxiu: “…Yes.”
Su Yu: "In this case, Miss Lin should go find the person who really hurt you instead of coming to my house to cause trouble and frame me."
Lin Xiuxiu's words were stuck in her throat for a long time: "But besides you, who else would use such expensive rouge?"
Su Yu raised her eyebrows slightly and said in a colder voice: "Ms. Lin, whose rouge does this belong to? Do you know or not?"
Lin Xiuxiu struggled for a long time, and finally gave up: "I know! I know it's yours, but I was just curious and used it. It's not that I won't give it back to you, but it was you who deliberately mixed oleander powder in it to disfigure me."
"Brother Xie, you have to make the decision for me." Lin Xiuxiu said in a crying voice.
Xie Qinglan was called out and glanced at her coldly: "What does Miss Lin want me to do?"
Lin Xiuxiu looked up at him in a daze.
A trace of annoyance flashed across Xie Qinglan's eyes. These days, Lin Xiuxiu really caused him too much trouble.
"First of all, you found something and claimed it as your own even though you knew it already belonged to someone else. You are a thief, and no matter what happens, it is your own fault. Secondly, you have no evidence to prove that this box of rouge belongs to my wife. Your subjective assumptions are slander. Finally—"
In everyone's mind, Xie Qinglan has always been a gentle and polite gentleman. He never thought that he would be so intimidating when he turned cold. He said coldly: "Why do you think you are qualified to compare with my wife in my eyes?"
Lin Xiuxiu was stunned.
Su Yu was also stunned for a moment and looked up at him.
Xie Qinglan held Su Yu's hand and gave her a reassuring look: "Lan Ying, go report to the police."
"You can't report it to the police! You can't report it to the police!" Aunt Lin's face turned pale with fright.
What ordinary people fear most is reporting to the police.
Sister Lin's face was also pale, and she was worried. Madam Xie was the daughter of a marquis. Would she abuse her power to send her whole family to jail? If she had known this would happen, she would have stopped Lin Xiuxiu no matter what.
"Yes, we can't report it to the police." Sister Lin pulled Lin Xiuxiu and said, "Xiuxiu, quickly apologize to Madam Xie and say you didn't mean it."
Lin Xiuxiu stood there stubbornly without saying a word.
Mrs. Lin pushed her from behind and accidentally caught the veil straps.
Coincidentally, a cold wind blew, and the veil on Lin Xiuxiu's face loosened. The wind blew it down, revealing a festering, red and swollen face.
"Ah!" The people who were nearby were startled and screamed.
"Don't look." Lin Xiuxiu was terrified and quickly covered her face. She squatted down to pick up the veil and put it back on in a hurry. However, it was too late. Most people saw her like this.
Lin Xiuxiu covered her face in embarrassment, tears falling. She was too embarrassed to face anyone, so she turned around and wanted to run home.
Su Yu would not let her go so easily: "Grandma Sun."
Mrs. Sun was quick to act and grabbed Lin Xiuxiu and wouldn't let her leave.
"If you don't want to report it to the police, that's fine. Ask her to apologize to me."
The Lin family breathed a sigh of relief and helped to hold Lin Xiuxiu back and asked her to apologize: "Quick, apologize to Madam Xie, and this matter will be over."
The Lanying Qulai cloak was draped over Su Yu, and the soft white fur made her face look pretty and delicate, but her eyebrows were noble and arrogant, and a hint of sarcasm flashed across her face: "Since it is an apology, it must be sincere. Miss Lin, kneel at the door of my house for two hours."
The Lin family members froze in their tracks, their expressions stunned. They obviously didn't expect Su Yu to make such a request.
"Mrs. Sun, watch her kneel for two full hours. If she gets up before the time is up, go report to the authorities and ask my father to make the decision for me."
Grandma Sun: "Yes."
Lin Xiuxiu also turned pale, her lips trembled, and she was unable to speak.
After giving the order, Su Yu glanced at Lin Xiuxiu with contempt, not taking her seriously, and turned back to the house.
Xie Qinglan followed behind Su Yu and when he turned around, he glanced at the rouge box in Lin Xiuxiu's hand. Judging from the pattern, it was not the one Su Yu usually used, but... it seemed to be bought from the same store.
Xie Qinglan suppressed this discovery deep in his heart and said nothing. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be implicated and Su Yu would vent her anger on him when he returned. He had to think carefully about how to coax her this time.
In the afternoon, I heard that Lin Xiuxiu knelt in the cold wind for two hours, her breath was weak, and she could not even stand steadily when she stood up. She was helped back home by the Lin family.
…
It was not until the end of the year that Su Yu was willing to give Xie Qinglan a good look.
Lin Xiuxiu has finally calmed down. I heard that the Lin family has arranged a marriage for her in a distant place and she will get married after the New Year.
On New Year’s Eve, every household sets off firecrackers.
Su Yu covered her ears as Xie Qinglan hugged her, wishing she could shrink into Xie Qinglan's arms.
"You're so old, but you're still afraid of firecrackers?"
Su Yu muttered: "It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I don't like it."
Xie Qinglan: "Were you afraid in the Marquis' Mansion before?"
"It's not fear, it's dislike." Su Yu corrected, and then said, "At that time I was in the backyard and could hardly hear it. Lan Ying would also help me cover my ears."
Xie Qinglan is funny, just like a little kid.
He raised his hand to cover Su Yu's ears.
Su Yu dodged for a moment: "Don't move your hands, hold me tightly."
Xie Qinglan hugged him again and asked, "Will Lan Ying hug you too?"
Su Yu shook her head and said as a matter of course: "You are my husband, so you must hold me tight and protect me."
Xie Qinglan's heart skipped a beat.
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