"Miss Xie, that's not entirely true. Third brother and I have known each other since childhood and have had a friendship for many years." Luo Yining sighed to her.
The sound of footsteps on the stairs was much faster than before, and then it stopped in an instant.
Yining sent Xie Yun away and was stunned for a long time.
She thought about what Luo Shenyuan had just said. "If she weren't my sister, if the arranged marriage hadn't happened, I'd be the one she'd be dying to have."
Is that what he wanted? How long had Third Brother liked her? What a secret and heavy feeling this was.
Yining turned around to look at him. Luo Shenyuan was holding the teacup and shaking it slowly, his profile handsome and calm.
After a long while, she asked, "Third brother, did you often invite Xie Yun out for tea?"
Luo Shenyuan shook his head and said, "After I met her, Xie Yun told me that if I had something to do, I would meet her at Xiangyun Restaurant. Today is the first time." He reached out and helped her stand up. "If someone bullies you in the future, you don't have to deal with it yourself. Just come and tell me."
Yining was held by his hand, and she felt a sense of cherishment and caution.
She smiled secretly in her heart and thought, If I don't deal with something, it will be too late for you to come.
He thought he was leaving, but when he walked outside, he ran into Yang Ling and his group. Seeing him holding hands with a little girl, Yang Ling stopped him with a smile: "I just saw our Lord Luo's guards downstairs. I came up and found it, and it must be her. Is this my sister-in-law?"
The three accompanying people were all a little curious. This little girl was only as tall as Luo Shenyuan's shoulders. She looked about fourteen or fifteen, and her face couldn't be seen under the cloak. How could she be the wife of Minister Luo?
But they were different from Yang Ling, who was Xu Wei's disciple and dared to speak to Luo Shenyuan like that. They didn't dare to do that. They respectfully bowed and called him "Lord Luo" and then stood aside.
Luo Shenyuan put his hand on her shoulder and patted her: "Wait for me for a moment."
Yi Ning nodded and retreated to the inner room to listen to the opera. Through the marble screen, she could see his tall and graceful figure. As he spoke to Yang Ling, he would occasionally frown and press his lips together in thought.
She leaned back in her chair and looked at him quietly. In fact, Xie Yun could handle it herself, but when he handled it, she always felt like she was being protected.
*
After Jing Yining's persuasion, Luo Yiyu may have really thought it through, and went back after two days.
Luo Yixiu was not in a hurry. When Yining asked her, she said, "If I go back, I will see him being intimate with Wan Niang. I am too lazy to go back. I will stay for a few more days." Wan Niang is Luo Yixiu's maid.
Luo Yining lit sandalwood in the room, covered it with a lid, and fanned it with his hands, and the smoke rose in curls.
She put down the incense spoon and asked her, "Do you have a chief cook in the mansion?"
Luo Yixiu shook her head and said, "That's not entirely true yet."
Yi Ning smiled and continued, "If you were the one in charge of household chores, the family wouldn't be able to survive a single day without you. So if you go back to your parents' home the day before, he can come find you the next day. How dare he delay?"
Luo Yixiu seemed to be lost in thought after hearing this. She poked her arm and said with a smile, "Why do you have so many tricks up your sleeve? Even Luo Yiyu was persuaded by you. My mother secretly praised you several times after this incident. Brother-in-law Liu also seemed to have sent you a thank-you gift, right?"
Luo Yining patted her and said, "What a stupid idea! You should think about it carefully when you get back."
After Luo Yixiu left, Yining took out the letter sent by the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion.
Old Madam Wei wrote to her, saying her father was willing to marry Duke Xu's younger sister. This young lady was only seventeen years old, and had been taught to read and write by Old Madam Xu since childhood. She managed the affairs of the household for her sister-in-law, and was very organized and disciplined. This was the reason for the delay; she hadn't even found a husband at seventeen.
Although Duke Xu was a noble of equal rank, he ultimately lacked the real power of the Duke of Ying. Hearing the matchmaker come to propose marriage on behalf of Wei Ling, and knowing that her sister would be the wife of a Duke, she readily agreed. Old Madam Wei asked her if she wanted to go back and take a look.
Yi Ning also wondered whether to go back. This candidate was worthy of the Duke of Yingguo's mansion, but she didn't know what kind of character this Miss Xu had.
She picked up the second letter and opened it, only to find that it was not from the Duke of England. However, the handwriting was very familiar to her, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.
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