Chapter 776: Ancient Noblewoman in the Ancient Text (18)
After coming to this world, Su Yu intentionally or unintentionally revealed a lot of her past to Shi Yingjin, but there was one thing she would never tell Shi Yingjin.
On that stormy evening, she left Huang'en Temple and returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
No one knew that she didn't go to Huang'en Temple to pray to God.
Instead, he went to see the Prince of Huai, the only person who could possibly save him from the quagmire.
Su Yu and the Prince of Huai had known each other since childhood. If it weren't for the arranged marriage between the Prince of Huai and the Princess of Anyang, she would have had the opportunity to marry into the palace.
But she didn't want to be a concubine.
Even though Prince Huai later promised that she would be treated the same as the principal wife after entering the palace, Su Yu did not give in.
If something hadn't happened in the Marquis' Mansion, she would never have contacted the Prince of Huai, let alone asked him to meet alone at the Huang'en Temple.
If she had to choose between exile and being a concubine, she would rather be a concubine. Besides, the principal of Anyang County was weak and sickly, so she might have the opportunity to become the principal in the future.
This is the most beneficial decision Su Yu can make within the range of options available to her.
She had very few choices.
Having missed the Prince of Huai, she was not sure if anyone could save her, and she might die on the road to exile.
The prince of Huai was named Lu Chi.
Looks exactly like the person in front of me.
That's why when Su Yu saw Lu Chi, she was so shocked that she was speechless.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Lu Chi spoke again: "This lady?"
Su Yu was called back to her senses by this voice. After a moment of trance, her eyes flickered slightly. She avoided the gaze of the person in front of her and denied it: "No, I don't know him."
She knew that the person in front of her was not the Prince of Huai.
Just like Ying Jin was not her husband at the same time.
Lu Chi was not fooled: "But I seemed to hear you calling my name just now."
Su Yu wanted to say that he had misheard, but as soon as he glanced, he was captured by those gentle yet insightful eyes.
She knew she couldn't fool him, so she asked back with a flicker in her eyes, "How do you know I'm not the person that person was looking for?"
Lu Chi paused and replied, "I saw you and A Jin come in together."
It turns out that this person knows Shi Yingjin.
Su Yu's mind worked quickly, her eyes rolled around, and she said cleverly, "I also know about you from my husband...Ajin."
Su Yu only called Shi Yingjin "husband" in front of him.
Lu Chi chuckled, perhaps accepting this statement, and did not ask any more questions.
"I see."
Su Yu looked at him, thought of something, raised her chin slightly and asked, "You have been here all the time?"
Lu Chi said in a gentle voice: "If by just now you mean when you were lying by the window, I have indeed been here the whole time."
Su Yu opened her eyes slightly: "How do you know..." She paused, "Did you see me?"
Lu Chi nodded and asked with a smile: "Are you looking for someone? Looking for Ah Jin?"
Su Yu pursed her lips: "It's not him."
Lu Chi always looked like a modest and gentle gentleman, with a smile in his eyes, but the smile was not deep, as if he was just used to it. It seemed very fake and made people feel uncomfortable.
He looked at Su Yu with gentle eyes, as if encouraging her to continue speaking.
Su Yu didn't want to say anything, and looked away: "Forget it, I want to go back."
The smile in Lu Chi's eyes froze for a moment, then returned to normal: "This is your first time here, do you know the way? Do you need me to take you there?"
"No, thank you very much, sir."
Su Yu rejected him, bowed subconsciously, turned around and ran back to the previous building.
Everything in this world subverts Su Yu's cognition, but the habits formed over the years are difficult to change for a while.
Lu Chi recalled the girl's subconscious squatting behavior when she left, and felt it was a bit weird.
Away from Lu Chi, Su Yu's shoulders relaxed.
She thought back to her performance just now and thought there should be no problem.
In the original plot, Lu Chi is a relatively important villain. He competes with Shi Yingjin in everything. When they were young, they compared their grades. When they grew up, they compared their careers. He likes to interfere in anything Shi Yingjin wants to do.
He even didn't let go of the woman that Shi Yingjin liked.
When the original owner was with Shi Yingjin at the beginning, Lu Chi approached the original owner unnoticeably and eventually snatched her away from Shi Yingjin.
Later, Shi Yingjin fell in love with the heroine, and Lu Chi focused his attention on her again.
Seeing that Lu Chi ignored her, the original owner panicked and went back to find Shi Yingjin. Unfortunately, Shi Yingjin turned her away. The plot did not explain her whereabouts afterwards, but it should not be good.
…
On the other side, Shi Yingjin finally got some free time and planned to go back to see Su Yu.
As soon as I reached the stairs, someone called me.
"Brother!" Shi Mufeng ran over happily, "Brother, why are you running so fast?"
Shi Mufeng is the son of Shi Yingjin's uncle, one year younger than him.
Shi Yingjin stopped and turned to look at him. Suddenly, his gaze paused and looked at the girl next to Shi Mufeng.
It was clearly summer, but she was wrapped up tightly. Fortunately, there was air conditioning at home, otherwise she would have fainted from the heat with her outfit.
For some reason, Shi Yingjin thought of Su Yu.
The girl was also looking at him, with an expression in her eyes that seemed to be either surprise or joy. She stared at him straight, and gradually, tears filled her eyes.
Shi Yingjin had a bad feeling.
Just as this premonition arose, the girl stepped forward and cried, "Son-in-law!"
Shi Yingjin: “…”
Ten minutes later, Shi Yingjin leaned on the sofa with his eyes wide open, looking at the two people hugging each other and crying not far away, with a confused look in his eyes.
Are all the mentally ill people gathering together?
Shi Yingjin subconsciously ignored the most likely guess.
But no matter how much we ignore it, we cannot explain the origins of these two people. Two undocumented persons, a young lady and a maid, it's as if they really traveled through time, which is too ridiculous.
Is this world still the world he knows?
The two people here had no idea of Shi Yingjin's collapse and they hugged each other crying with joy.
"Miss, I finally found you!"
"Tong Yue, I thought I would never see you again!"
"Miss!"
"Tong Yue!"
Like a pair of sisters who finally meet again after being separated, they hug each other tightly and no one can separate them.
Shi Yingjin felt so annoyed when he saw this that he looked away silently.
Shi Mufeng looked at his cousin beside him, then at the two people opposite him, his face full of confusion.
"Brother, what are they doing?"
Shi Yingjin's voice was full of fatigue: "Children should stay out of adult matters."
Shi Mufeng: “…”
Not long after, the birthday banquet officially began, and the Shi Yingjin brothers were called away, leaving the room to the master and servant who had reunited after a long separation.
Shi Yingjin had originally planned to take Su Yu downstairs for a walk, but now it seems there is no such opportunity.
He told Su Yu: "I will pick you up after the birthday party, don't run around."
At the moment of leaving, Shi Yingjin saw Tong Yue bowing to him and said, "Goodbye, uncle."
Shi Yingjin was tired and didn't want to say a word.
He deeply suspected that the two men came from the same mental hospital.
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