Chapter 010: Run away
Qin Xue felt that her master had been acting a little abnormal in recent days.
It was obvious that when he was teaching her how to make desserts two days ago, no matter how difficult the movements were, he could complete them perfectly by himself without any hesitation or delay.
These days, she is always needed to help. For example, when weighing, she is asked to stand aside to increase or decrease the amount of the objects being weighed; when kneading dough, she is asked to stand in front to help add water; and when dividing the dough, she is asked to take over one by one and put them aside.
And what she wore these days was not the narrow-sleeved robes she wore in the first two days, but wide-sleeved shirts with flowing sleeves that made her look particularly fairy-like.
Every time the two of them got a little closer, the fluttering wide sleeves would accidentally float onto her.
It's in the way and very annoying.
The same goes for foreign language classes in the afternoon.
In the first two days, I taught her the content of the class seriously. In recent days, in addition to teaching her the content, I also recited a lot of Buddhist sayings, as if she needed to calm down.
It was quite similar to the time when she couldn't sit still in class and her father took her to see a doctor, who diagnosed her as "restless" and "disturbed".
Seeing him finish chanting Buddhist scriptures again, Qin Xue asked him cautiously, "Master, have you been suffering from excessive liver and heart fire recently? Or kidney yin deficiency?"
After a few days of various small actions, the silly girl in front of him not only did not get any inspiration, but the way she looked at him became more and more wrong, which made Liu Zhiyan very anxious.
After reciting a lot of Buddhist teachings, I finally calmed down.
Then he heard the stupid girl asking about his health. Being suspected of kidney problems was something no man could handle. He gritted his teeth and said, "How can you tell that I have a bad liver and bad kidneys?"
The more ferocious he was, the more Qin Xue felt that her guess was correct.
After all, his master was completely different in the first two days.
Straightening her body, which was trembling with fear from him, she explained to him in a tone that could not be more sincere, "I've noticed that you've been making a lot of small movements recently. It seems like you've been restless and agitated as the doctor said. These are all signs of excessive liver fire and poor kidney function."
"The doctor said that there's nothing to be afraid of when you're sick. What's scary is hiding your illness and avoiding treatment."
"So if you're really feeling unwell, see a doctor right away, take medicine if necessary, and rest if necessary."
Thinking that he had only been in Yangzhou for a short time, Qin Xue added, "If you don't have a doctor you're familiar with, I'd like to introduce you to the one I usually see!"
Seeing that the other party really thought that he had a health problem and kindly advised him to see a doctor, Liu Zhiyan felt for the first time like a punch on cotton.
When he ruthlessly rejected the girls who admired him, his brothers and sisters all said that his heartless and hurtful behavior would sooner or later bring retribution.
At that time, he thought he would never fall in love, so he didn't take it seriously.
Now I suddenly feel a pain in my face.
Since that day when his mother enlightened him and he realized that he felt differently towards this girl, he decided to be the one who gets the most out of it.
So, from that day on, he not only changed into the wide-sleeved long gown that girls liked more and dressed himself up like a peacock every day, but also deliberately created opportunities for "intimate" contact with her every day, hoping that in this way, the girl would realize his feelings.
Even when teaching her a foreign language, he abused his power for personal gain by first teaching her how foreigners express their love.
As a result, every time the two of them talked, he felt very anxious and had to chant Buddhist mantras to calm down. However, this girl looked like a good student who was studying seriously, which was so infuriating.
According to his previous behavior, he should have directly told the other party what he was thinking.
But when I think about what his mother said, this is still a little girl who has not yet fallen in love and is as innocent as can be.
He was afraid that if he confessed, he would scare the person away.
I never thought that Liu Zhiyan would one day be trapped by love.
It’s not that I won’t take revenge, it’s just that the time has not come yet.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhiyan swallowed all the words he wanted to say. He just looked at her deeply and said, "Are you so stupid?!"
Qin Xue was frightened by his strange look and was about to say to him, "If you have any opinions, just say it directly, don't look at me with such strange eyes."
Just then, she heard him calling her stupid again. She immediately put her hands on her hips, her eyes wide open, "You called me stupid again. I'm telling you, if I'm really getting stupider, it must be because of you. If I can't get married because of my stupidity, be careful or I'll hold you responsible, hmph!"
Liu Zhiyan, who was extremely angry with her but couldn't do anything about it, smiled widely when he heard her last words, where she couldn't see him.
If saying a few more stupid words would lead to marrying a stupid wife, he would definitely say every day, "It's really stupid, I'm not wrong."
Unable to argue with him, Qin Xue decided not to waste time talking to him anymore and lowered her head to review the dialogue he had just taught her.
Listening to her fluently reviewing the daily conversations about expressing love that he had just taught her, even though he himself had a great talent for languages, he had to admit that this girl's talent for foreign languages was even higher than his.
From this point of view, this girl is indeed not stupid.
It's good for a person to be good at one thing and be a little stupid in other things.
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Ever since Qin Xue realized that she didn't like making desserts that much, she basically just slacked off when Liu Zhiyan was making desserts in the morning. It just so happened that Liu Zhiyan didn't want to teach her this kitchen killer.
So now in the mornings, while she was slacking off, she would ask him about some knowledge points that she had learned the day before and had not fully grasped.
Because his time and energy are spent on foreign languages, Liu Zhiyan teaches much faster in the afternoon.
Then he discovered that Qin Xue's ability to absorb foreign languages was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much he taught her, she could basically remember it.
This made him more and more excited as he taught.
Even though he has to adjust his teaching syllabus every day, he doesn't feel annoyed.
Qin Xue didn't know that what she had learned these days was supposed to be a month's learning task.
Someone made adjustments based on her talent, which is why she learned faster and faster.
Anyway, she liked foreign languages and had a five-month agreement with Ye Qinghan, so she was full of energy every day. Except for eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping, she was studying.
She could even quickly apply the daily expressions Liu Zhiyan taught her to eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.
In short, it can be said that I devoted myself to it.
These days, she was immersed in her favorite studies, and every day was fulfilling. She completely ignored the invitations from the ladies she used to interact with. Little did she know that the rumors outside were spreading like crazy.
Some said that the Qin family had really fallen on hard times, and she no longer had the means to eat and drink as usual.
It was said that in order to save the Qin family's fortune, Qin's father agreed to the Wang family's marriage and wanted to marry her to the Wang family's concubine who had just returned to his ancestral home.
Some even said that she had been making a fuss at home recently because her father Qin had broken his promise and had promised to find a husband for her, but now he wanted to marry her off. She disagreed, so she had been making a fuss at home for a while.
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Qin Xue was stunned as she listened to Su Shan repeating all the rumors outside to her one by one.
She looked at her eldest daughter in disbelief, "Where did you hear all this?"
"I heard all this from the maids in the past few days when I was delivering the replies for you. In the first few days, they were asking what you were busy with. We said you were studying hard, but in the past two days, they've been telling me what I just said." Su Shan said with concern, "Miss, this isn't normal."
Qin Xue knew something was wrong, "Do you know where these rumors came from?"
"It is said that the purchasing staff of each company heard it from the market." There are people coming and going in the market every day, so it is not easy to find out who started the rumor.
As soon as Qin Xue heard it, she knew that the person who spread the rumor didn't want her to know.
Anyway, she already had a reputation as a fool who only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, so adding a few more of these didn't seem to matter much.
Thinking of this, she pondered for a while and ordered, "Keep an eye on it and see if there are any more extreme cases. Let's leave the others like this for now." Then she put the matter behind her.
After two days of hearing no more rumors, she thought the matter was over.
Who would have thought that this morning, just after her carriage stopped at Fang's Dessert Shop, she was stopped by someone who got out of a carriage parked nearby. "Sister Qin, please stay. I have something to say to you."
The unfamiliar voice made Qin Xue unsure if the other party was calling her. She looked around and saw no one else around except herself. She pointed at herself and asked, "Calling me?"
Seeing that Qin Xue didn't recognize him at all, Wang Xingsheng's gentle and polite demeanor was almost ruined.
She was clearly invited to attend his ancestral recognition banquet, and their eyes met briefly at that time. He thought that his outstanding face could at least leave some impression in her heart.
He didn't expect that the other party had no impression of him at all, which really caught him off guard.
However, no matter how complicated the matter was, he had experienced it before. She was just a young girl who was not very worldly-wise. There was no reason why he couldn't win her over.
Thinking of this, Wang Xingsheng quickly adjusted his mentality, and his expression became more gentle. "Yes, I am calling you."
"But I don't even know you."
The man in front of me has eyebrows like distant mountains and affectionate eyes. He looks exactly like a boy or a girl.
She loves all things beautiful.
But she inexplicably disliked the face in front of her, even though the other person was looking at her with a smile in his eyes.
"I'm Wang Xingsheng, who just returned to the Wang family. You and your uncle once attended my family recognition banquet."
As soon as Qin Xue heard what he said, she knew who he was.
All the men in the Wang family are fickle. Her father has warned her in every instance to stay away from all men in the Wang family, young or old.
"It's the illegitimate son who came back to fight with Sister Sidi for the family inheritance. I'm sorry, Sister Sidi really, really hates you. As her good sister, I can't have too much contact with you without her knowing. I'm sorry, I can't accompany you anymore."
After throwing a few words at him, Qin Xue lifted up her skirt and ran towards Fang's dessert shop.
She didn't look down on the other party's concubine's family background, she was just afraid that she would be sold without knowing it.
After all, a person who can be born, grow up safely, and be recognized as an ancestral figure under the strict supervision of the mistress of the Wang family is definitely not a simple person.
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