Su Nuannuan and Xu Ranyun both had embarrassed expressions. Even Duan Tingxuan couldn't stand it anymore. He held his forehead and groaned, "Mom, when did your imagination become so powerful? I burned it? This is thunder and fire, thunder and fire falling from the sky. Do you think your son, I, have any relationship with the Thunder God? Can I get through to him and let him send down thunder and fire to burn down Meiyue Tower?"
"Hmm! Is it really thunder and fire?" Madam Yang was still a little unconvinced: "Didn't you set the fire when it was thundering and raining, and then deliberately said it was thunder and fire?" No one knows a son better than his mother. She still knows her son's cunning and unscrupulous nature. Duan Tingxuan rolled his eyes and snorted: "I wanted to, but the Thunder God didn't give me the chance. Before I could set the fire, he struck me with a thunderbolt."
"Yes, ma'am, I can testify to this. Although our grandfather is not a good guy, he certainly didn't do this. I saw with my own eyes the lightning strike, and a big fireball entered the house, and it turned into a big fire in a blink of an eye." No matter what, the scumbag saved her, and Su Nuannuan believed that she still had the obligation to help Duan Tingxuan clear the suspicion of arson.
"You stupid woman, you saw the fireball entering the house and didn't know to run away. You almost got burned to death in there. Why are you so stupid?" The young marquis glanced at Su Nuannuan, his contempt coming from the bottom of his heart.
Su Nuannuan immediately became angry and said, "Madam, please forget what I just said. In fact, I didn't see any thunder and fire falling. Maybe our grandfather set the fire to force me to go back to the backyard. He is really too much. He is unscrupulous and worse than an animal."
Madam Yang: ...
Duan Tingxuan: ...
Xu Ranyun: ...
"Ah, I didn't expect that Chunfeng Garden is quite big, but it's too luxurious. It seems that the previous owner of my body was really arrogant and extravagant. This is a bad habit that I developed since I was a child. No wonder the Duke of Pingguo's Mansion is now bankrupt. Based on the level of education they gave their children, it is not unfair for them to fall, although my nominal father was indeed wronged."
Su Nuannuan held the big cat Zhaocai in her arms, sitting in the corridor and talking to herself softly at the famous flowers and plants in the yard. In just two days, Zhaocai no longer looked as thin as before. But his fierce nature remained the same. His cat eyes looked at everyone with caution except Su Nuannuan.
"Eh? Why is the second young lady here? Are you going in to look for our grandma?"
The voice of the little maid Cong'er came from outside the courtyard gate, and Su Nuannuan raised her head. After a while, Cong'er walked in by herself. Seeing her, she smiled and said, "I saw the second young lady outside the door just now. I thought she was here to look for grandma, but when I asked her, she said she was not. I don't know what to do?"
"Second girl?" Su Nuannuan was stunned. She had never met this second girl in her memory. Although she had met her at Old Lady Fang's place last time, she didn't see her face clearly. The little girl always lowered her head and was timid. She didn't even say a word to her.
"Meow……"
Zhaocai's cry came from her arms. Su Nuannuan knew that the big cat didn't like being on her anymore, so she put it down, and then she suddenly remembered what the maid Shi said outside the kitchen that day: it seemed that Zhaocai was originally kept by the second girl. Later, because of a fight with Shi's Persian cat, Shi wanted to skin it. The second girl was as cowardly as her mother and couldn't protect it, so Zhaocai ran away and became a stray cat outside for a long time before she met him again.
After figuring out the whole thing, Su Nuannuan stood up and walked to the gate of the courtyard. Sure enough, she saw a blue-gray figure flash by behind a big tree not far away. She laughed and shouted, "There are bugs on the tree. If you are not careful, they will fall down..." Before she finished speaking, she heard a scream, and then a thin girl jumped out like a frightened rabbit.
Su Nuannuan laughed loudly, walked out, held the girl's hand, and said with a smile: "Second sister, why don't you come in when you come? I'm feeling bored and want to talk to someone."
Duan Xinqi's face turned pale. After she realized that Su Nuannuan was deliberately trying to scare her, she couldn't help but feel angry and anxious. However, she was used to being weak and didn't dare to get angry at Su Nuannuan. At this time, she heard the other party say this, and there was an obvious sense of intimacy in the words. The anger in her heart disappeared, and was replaced by a bitterness: She had lived in the mansion for thirteen years. Apart from her mother and brother, when had she ever been treated so affectionately by others?
For a moment, the little girl's eyes were wet. She looked up at Su Nuannuan, who was smiling, but she didn't know what to say. She could only call out, "Sister-in-law."
"I know, you are here to attract wealth, right?" Su Nuannuan pulled the little girl's hand and walked into the yard: What a pretty girl, but it's a pity that she was born in such a family. Look how thin she is, as if only a bag of bones is left. If she were in modern times, she would be a child cared for like a treasure by her parents, but in this deep and sea-like mansion, she has become a poor little ghost. Apart from her mother, she probably won't get much family love, and that mother is weak and can be bullied.
Duan Xinqi couldn't help but follow Su Nuannuan into the yard, and saw the big cat lying leisurely under the porch. The little girl's tears welled up all of a sudden. She ran forward crying, picked up the big cat, put her face against it and cried out with sobs: "Mimi, Mimi... I really missed you, I was worried about you, now I can see that you are fine, I feel relieved."
Su Nuannuan stood aside and watched the man and the cat leaning against each other, as if they were talking about their feelings after they parted. She sighed softly and said to Cong'er, "Go get a basin of water and wash the second girl's face."
Cong'er agreed and went, and soon came back with a basin of water. Duan Xinqi then raised her head, put the big cat on the ground, and said uneasily: "I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I... I saw Mimi for a moment, and I... I lost my composure."
"It's okay, I understand how you feel." Su Nuannuan said softly, pulling the little girl to the basin: "Come, wash your face and wipe it, your eyes won't be red anymore."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Duan Xinqi thanked her in a low voice, then washed her face, took the towel handed to her by Cong'er and wiped it clean, then looked at the big cat under her feet awkwardly and whispered, "I... I just wanted to take a look at the cat outside, I didn't mean to let sister-in-law see it..."
"It doesn't matter even if you mean it." Su Nuannuan found that this pretty girl was probably too cowardly. She almost lost the most basic ability to communicate with others. She was timid to an outrageous degree. She was angry and reluctant. Anyway, she had a lot of time. Apart from studying food, the rest was just bored. It didn't take much effort. If she could help Duan Xinqi, why not?
As soon as he thought of this, he pulled Duan Xinqi into the house and sat down. He said to the little girl Huaer, "Go to our kitchen and get a plate of fried snow cotton bean paste from last night. Give it to the second young lady, and brew a pot of the Da Hong Pao that Master just sent over a while ago."
Huaer put down her work, stood up and said, "Grandma, I gave all the fried snow cotton bean paste to my father last night. This morning he came over and took away the remaining plate in the cupboard. He also forbade me to tell you. He said that I would only tell you if you asked and I really had no way to explain."
"This guy is getting more shameless." Su Nuannuan stroked her forehead and said, "It doesn't matter. Go to the cupboard in the kitchen. I left a plate there. I knew he would steal some. How could I not be on guard? Humph!"
Huaer smiled and said, "After all, it's grandma who knows grandpa's temperament. This is what they call the higher the Tao, the higher the devil." Before she finished speaking, Su Nuannuan snorted, "What do you mean? Who is the Tao and who is the devil?"
"Yes, I was wrong. The devil is one foot high, but the way is ten feet higher." Hua'er covered her mouth and laughed. As she ran out, Su Nuannuan said to Duan Xinqi, "I'm sorry to make you laugh. These two little girls just followed me here yesterday. Who would have thought that they were led astray by Xiangyun and Honglian in just one day? Look, they don't care about the hierarchy. But I think it's good this way. I live a good life, but the girls treat me like a mouse seeing a cat. What's the point? Don't you think so?"
Duan Xinqi was already confused by the conversation between the master and servant. Not only was Hua'er so bold that she was shocked, but Su Nuannuan dared to say that Duan Tingxuan was shameless. This was beyond the girl's cognition: his majestic and heroic brother was just a thief in the eyes of his sister-in-law? This was incredible.
Upon hearing Su Nuannuan's words, Fang came to his senses and said quickly: "Sister-in-law is right. Actually, I...it's already very bad of me to come here like this. Sister-in-law, you don't have to...you don't have to treat me like this..." As he spoke, he lowered his head, twirling the corners of his clothes with his hands, looking more and more uneasy.
"What kind of hospitality is this? It's just a little interaction between us. Do you think I'll just talk to you in vain when you come to my place?" Su Nuannuan smiled and shook her head. She slowly decided on her plan to get in touch with this girl. She looked Duan Xinqi up and down and asked casually, "How old is your sister this year?"
"Thirteen." Duan Xinqi's voice was still very soft, only slightly louder than the buzzing of a mosquito.
"Thirteen years old, this is the age of a flower bud, why are you wearing such colorful clothes? Don't blame me for being nosy, after all you are the daughter of a marquis, and you are in your prime, you should wear bright and colorful clothes."
"I...I don't usually care about dressing up." Duan Xinqi's head almost drooped to her chest, tears welled up in her eyes: Marquis' daughter? So she was also a Marquis' daughter? If it weren't for this sister-in-law, she would have almost forgotten this fact. Not only her, but also everyone in the Marquis's mansion, including her parents, who would treat her as a rich lady? At least the clothes she was wearing were still silk, so she should be content with that, right?
Su Nuannuan felt a little distressed when she saw Duan Xinqi's appearance, but she pretended to be puzzled and said, "The clothes you wore when you went to the old lady's room that day were fine. You should dress like that on weekdays. If a girl doesn't care about her clothes and appearance, what else can she care about?"
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