Chapter 11 We have a long way to go
From ancient times to the present, most men have a weak nature in their bones.
Compared with Zhou Yao, Su Rui's beauty is more aggressive. Even if there is nothing wrong with her words, as soon as Zhou Yao looks pitiful, Shen He immediately protects her.
"Sister Yao calls you sister out of respect, but you blame her. This shows that you have been bullying her in the mansion all the time."
Su Rui glanced at Chen He, "Who are you?"
"I am the eldest son of Prince Ping, Chen He." While introducing himself, Shen He raised his chin high and looked down at Su Rui from top to bottom. He was looking forward to how she would curry favor with him after knowing his identity, and whether she would offer herself to him.
Unexpectedly, Su Rui sneered disdainfully, "So it's Master Shen. How come Master Shen is now an official in the Imperial Household Department?"
Neifusi is a joking term used by the people to refer to those who like to interfere in other people's homes and take charge of their affairs. It is often used to refer to gossipy women who stir up trouble.
Su Rui had actually humiliated him in such a way that Chen He blushed and argued, "I'm standing up for Sister Yao. She was born to the Marquis' wife and moved into the Yong'an Marquisate with her. She's your stepsister, and there's nothing wrong with calling you sister. You've been bullying her by relying on your status as the Marquis' daughter. You shouldn't have done that in the past, and given your current status, I'm only speaking to you out of respect for the Yong'an Marquisate."
Listening to Shen He angrily scolding Su Rui, Zhou Yao felt very relieved, but she gently pulled his sleeve with her hand and pleaded pitifully in a low voice: "Brother He, don't say that to me...cousin, it's all over."
"You are too soft-hearted, that's why you are bullied like this." Shen He frowned and scolded lightly with heartache.
Zhou Yao said in a weak voice that it was okay, but she looked at Chen He with a look of hesitation in her eyes, as if to say, he is here.
This greatly satisfied Shen He's desire to protect, and the thoughts that had been put aside due to Su Rui's arrival came back to life.
"Seek justice? Who is Master Shen to my cousin that he can interfere in her family affairs?" Su Rui's sharp voice struck again, cutting through the romance between the two.
Although the two of them were just a thin layer of window paper away from being engaged, they were not engaged after all. Shen He also had no status or position, and he could not be intimate in front of others.
She could only awkwardly lower her raised hand and stubbornly said, "I... I just can't stand seeing someone like you bullying her. You're a shameless person who thinks everyone is as despicable as you."
"Prince Shen is so polite, then you two, a single man and a single woman, living together, are also..." Su Rui's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, with a pointed look. "Pity her?"
Shen He couldn't find any eloquent words to explain this.
They came here on purpose and never thought they would be seen by Su Rui.
"Cousin, please don't say that to Brother He. It's me, it's my fault. I was so focused on the lotus I planted blooming that I invited Brother He to come here to see it. I forgot all the etiquette in the mansion."
Zhou Yao rushed to take the blame on herself, and her small body was protected with tears, which made Shen He feel soft-hearted.
This is the one who should be married as the wife, but unfortunately, her status is not good enough.
Seeing the change in regret in Shen He's eyes and his lust for Zhou Yao, Su Rui walked forward and said, "What did I say? I was just curious. I'm also curious about how beautiful the lotus flowers are blooming. My cousin is so uncomfortable that she has to go out in the sun. Could it be that she has recovered?"
Her steps were fast, and her beauty and fragrance were approaching rapidly. Shen He was completely attracted by her and forgot to protect Zhou Yao.
Zhou Yao looked at Su Rui's sharp eyes staring at her veil, her hand reaching forward. When she thought of what she was going to do, she was so frightened that she quickly stepped back.
In a panic, his left foot tripped over his right foot and he fell backwards due to weightlessness.
She wanted to protect her veil, but something flew over first, hit her floating veil, and took it away.
"How could you hurt..." Shen He, who had reacted, had not yet finished blaming Zhou Yao when he saw her face full of bruises and disgusting face like a toad, and he froze.
Just now he was being affectionate with this person with pus-covered face, and almost hugged her in his arms?
Thinking about Shen He made his stomach churn and his whole body feel dirty.
"I didn't even touch her, how could I be the one who hurt her? Master Shen is too protective of his wife..."
As soon as Su Rui uttered the word "wife", Shen He interrupted her and said, "I didn't say anything. Mother is waiting for me to go back home together. I will visit her another day."
Shen He almost escaped.
I was afraid that if I was a step slower, I would be entangled by the toad spirit.
Looking at the figure who avoided her like the plague, Zhou Yao finally started to shed tears. She turned her head and looked at Su Rui and asked, "Sister, why did you hurt me like this?"
"What have I done to you? You should know better than me why you are like this." Su Rui leaned over and stared at Zhou Yao oppressively. "It's just the two of us now, why bother pretending?"
Zhou Yao's eyes flashed with panic, but she still pretended to say, "I don't know what you mean, sister."
Su Rui never thought she would admit anything, so she smiled deeply and said, "It doesn't matter. We have a long way to go."
After saying that, Su Rui stood up and led Xier away. Hongxiu, who was waiting in the distance, ran over and met Su Rui's face. She was a stranger.
She remembered that this maid was not by Zhou Yao's side before.
He whispered a few more words to Xier.
Zhou Yao was still sitting on the ground. Su Rui's words "there is a long way to go" made her feel flustered.
What does she mean by this?
Won't you let her go?
So she came here on purpose to ruin her plans today?
Will he destroy and block everything she does in the future just like today?
Why does she have the right!
Thinking of how Shen He had immediately cut ties and ran away when he saw her face, Zhou Yao clenched her hands tightly in anger, and her nails dug into her flesh but she still felt unsatisfied.
She wants Su Rui to die!
It is said that Princess Ping and Shen He left without having lunch that day, which made the Marquis' wife, who had prepared a table of delicious food, feel embarrassed. Zhou Yao locked herself in her room and cried for several days.
Two other pieces of news came back along with it.
One was that the maidservant who originally served Zhou Yao died of illness three years ago, and the other was that Su Ye, who was enjoying himself outside, learned the news that Zhou Yao was disfigured and was rushing back on horseback.
Looking at his courtyard door, which was wide open without a wooden door, Su Rui frowned and ordered, "Go and fetch two buckets of manure."
Xier looked at Su Rui in confusion, trying to decide whether she was qualified to be a maid.
Su Rui was helpless and pointed to the vegetable patch where the seedlings had already been planted. She explained, "Fertilize."
After hearing this, Xier picked up the wooden barrel next to her and went out.
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