Chapter 95: Restoring Order
The long streets of Xiutu City are extremely lively at the end of the year. As the New Year is approaching, the streets are crowded with all kinds of vendors and passers-by.
Everyone coming and going is happy.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon. No matter how difficult the past year was, people believe that things will get better with the arrival of the New Year.
The New Year goods shops are full of business.
The hooligans on the street are all getting ready for the New Year.
Jiaoran was tending to a young girl selling flowers. Picking up a snow orchid, he couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this flower only in early spring? How did you find it?"
The little girl, who was only a little over ten years old, smiled and said, "Miss, the snow orchid is very delicate. I specially placed the flower near the stove to grow it, but I was afraid it would wilt from the heat. After a few hours, I moved it to a sunny place without cold wind. I repeated this over and over again. I finally grew a pot and cut three or four bunches like this."
Snow-white petals, glittering golden stamens. Jiaoran was afraid of damaging the flowers, "I want a bouquet."
The little girl had a good start, "Two hundred wen."
"Two hundred coins?!" Jiaoran couldn't help but be surprised. One dou of Shaodaozi was only fifty coins, and a bunch of snow fragrant orchids like this would cost four dou of Shaodaozi. But these flowers were really beautiful. Mu Jin hadn't come out yet, so if I took them back to show him, he would definitely like them.
"Okay, I'll take it." She took money out of her purse.
She and her senior sister accompanied Lu Xieying out to relax. Chai Hui and Lu Xieying quarreled every two days and fought every three days, causing chaos in the entire governor's mansion.
A few days ago, the two men fought again. This time, Lu Xieying lost and was hit on the head by Chai Hui with a teapot.
When the incident reached the governor, he was about to teach Chai Hui a lesson. However, his wife saw the wound at the corner of Chai Hui's eye and hurriedly tried to stop him, saying that it was common for young couples to fight and that it would heal after some time.
He also carried a lot of boxes from his private warehouse to Jinlinyuan to compensate his daughter-in-law.
The beggar had fallen asleep in the warm winter sun.
Chai Hui was forcibly taken out by Chai Che and asked to accompany Lu Xieying to relax.
In addition to Zhuxing and Jiaoran, there was also a young lady from the Lu family who came from Shangyu and stayed at the Governor's Mansion to accompany Miss Xieying.
The person escorting this young lady was Lu Xu.
Realizing that her senior sister was trying to match her up with Lu Xu, Jiaoran deliberately avoided her.
She held the bouquet tightly, afraid of being bumped into and damaged, so she avoided crowded places. Zhuxing saw her basking in the sun alone outside and asked, "What were you laughing at just now?"
Jiaoran wanted to laugh when she thought of the little girl calling her Miss, "Not many people call me Miss. When I hear others call me Miss, I find it funny." She had never seen so many young ladies and ladies in the small town.
After listening to this, Zhuxing asked, "Do you want to be a lady or a young lady?"
Before Jiaoran could reply, Lu Xu bought the two remaining bouquets of snow orchids from the little girl.
Zhuxing covered his mouth but still couldn't hide his smile, "It seems someone bought what Miss Jiaoran wanted." After saying that, he went to the cosmetics shop with Lu Xieying and the others.
Lu Xu was generous and such a small amount of money was nothing, but Jiaoran lost interest.
She made up her mind to buy such rare flowers for Mu Jin, but he just bought all of them casually. People are really incomparable.
"Miss Jiaoran, this is for you. These bunches of snow orchids are in full bloom and are a perfect match for you."
"What? Are you saying that I'm as delicate as this flower and can't stand the wind?"
Lu Xu was a little embarrassed because he didn't know why his flattery hit the horse's hoof. He held the bouquet helplessly and said, "That's not what I meant. The girl is as healthy as a tree, not like this delicate flower."
"Then what are you sending me for?"
"I saw that the girl liked them, so I bought them all."
"If someone shows off their kindness without any reason, he's either a traitor or a thief," Jiaoran said bluntly. She remembered how the Lu family had shot so many arrows at her and how they had tripped her up on the Cuju field, especially that bastard Lu Hong.
The Chai family is not a good group of people, and the Lu family may not be either.
"Young lady, you misunderstood me. I gave you flowers to thank you for helping me the last time. When Miss Chai Liu tried to stab me the second time, it was you who helped me. I heard everything you said while sitting on the beam at that time."
Even after she fainted, I could still hear her whispering to herself. Who knows if she was pretending? Thinking about it this way, it seems that she has ulterior motives.
"Go away!" Jiaoran said these two words in his terrifying voice.
But Lu Xu laughed recklessly.
"What are you laughing at?"
Lu Xu obviously couldn't accept Jiaoran's words for a while. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Young lady, please take these flowers. Since you like them, I'll give them to you."
"I don't like it, but someone else does. I bought it for the person who likes snow fragrant orchid."
Lu Xu was not surprised. He nodded and said, "That person is Master Mu Jin, right?"
"You—you knew?"
Lu Xu said, "Last time at your sister's wedding, I saw you two arguing at Qianlin Garden, and I noticed it."
"Since you know this, why are you still trying to be nice to me? Aren't you afraid that I might get angry?"
Lu Xu handed the flowers to her and said, "I just want to repay your kindness. Miss, don't take it to heart. I won't pester you like Mr. Chai San."
He saw all this?!
"If Master Mu Jin asks, you can just tell him straight away that there's nothing ambiguous between us. You have a clear conscience."
He even thought of a good excuse for her, which was impressive, but Jiaoran still said, "I'll give this flower back to you."
"Why? Do you feel guilty?"
Jiao Ran was stunned. "Of course not. I just felt that if I wanted to give it to someone I like, I should buy it myself. I don't want to borrow flowers from Mu Jin to offer to Buddha."
Suddenly, there was a scream and five or six people ran out of the cosmetics shop. Jiaoran looked back and saw that Lu Xieying had already drawn a knife and was about to stab Chai Hui to death.
Lu Xu was originally talking to her with a smile, but when he saw Lu Xieying draw his sword, he immediately stopped smiling.
The two men hurriedly went in against the crowd to stop them.
Seeing this, Chai Hui took a few steps back, exerted force on his feet, and jumped up suddenly.
The shop owner who just thought he had welcomed the God of Wealth now realized that he had welcomed the God of Death.
The jugglers on the street stopped performing, and the passers-by who used to watch the jugglers on the street corners stopped watching the jugglers.
They were all several feet away from the cosmetics shop, talking about it from across the street, and were excited to see the excitement.
At this moment, Zhuxing suddenly stood in the way. Lu Xieying ignored her obstruction, suddenly flew into the air, and kicked her husband's throat.
The crowd burst into exclamations, "Wow——"
"Look how high that girl is jumping!"
"She was holding a knife and trying to chop people!"
"That's her husband or her brother, why did he start pulling out a knife after just a few words?"
"He's not a husband, brother. I consider him an enemy! A mortal enemy!"
Jiaoran hurriedly threw a few coins into the beggar's bowl. The beggar, who was basking in the sun just now, saw a fight breaking out inside and ran away with his bowl.
When this man and woman fought, they were far more ferocious and agile than cheetahs and lions.
As soon as he saw Jiaoran come in, Zhuxing quickly pulled her aside and said, "Ache has gone to the street and will be back soon. Go and stop him."
At this time, the two men were cursing and fighting each other, their voices were hoarse and their throats were hoarse.
Jiaoran had indeed never seen such a confrontational couple.
As soon as I thought of this, I recalled the time when my mother stabbed my father in the back, and I couldn't laugh anymore.
"I want you to see the King of Hell, do you believe it?" Chai Hui said.
Lu Xieying's body flew up like a bird. As soon as her body flew up, Jiaoran flew over and snatched her knife away. She didn't even see how Jiaoran snatched it from her hand.
Suddenly, she lost her weapon.
With a flash of silver light, Chai Hui threw his sword towards Lu Xieying.
The flash of cold light still remained in the eyes of several people.
Jiaoran flew up so fast that his figure could not be seen clearly and grasped the hilt of the sword.
She picked up a knife and a sword and slammed them together, leaving many fragments on the ground.
Then she smiled gently, "Fight again, and you will be like these swords. You can try."
Lu Xieying and Chai Hui were fed up with each other and walked away.
Zhuxing breathed a sigh of relief, "Luckily I have you, I can't stop these two kids."
Jiao Ran said, "Don't worry, Senior Sister. It's okay. I'm here. But don't accompany them next time. They're really making a fuss. Look, they can't even do business anymore."
As soon as she opened her mouth, Zhuxing remembered that there was a boss trembling with fear beside her, and whispered to the maid Yuji beside her.
Yu Ji then stepped forward and handed over a heavy ingot of silver. The owner smiled heartily upon seeing this and said, "Thank you very much, dear guest. Thank you very much."
Jiaoran didn't feel anything in Qianlin Garden, but now that she had left the Governor's Mansion, she saw that her senior sister didn't have to step forward to solve any problems herself. She just gently instructed the people around her, and someone would do it for her immediately. Then Jiaoran began to realize that she was no longer the beautiful waitress in the inn, but the second young lady of the Governor's Mansion and the beloved wife of the second young master.
Lu Xu had walked up to Jiaoran at some point. "Your skill just now was truly the most amazing martial arts I've ever seen. How did you do it, Miss Jiaoran?"
She said, "I just took two weapons, it's nothing."
As he said this, he walked out of the door and saw that the crowd had gradually dispersed and there was nothing exciting to watch.
Jiaoran suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd.
Shao Feng.
How come she is here?
Jiaoran's eyes rolled and a plan came to his mind.
"Lu Xu, come here."
"Well, what's wrong?"
"Come closer."
Lu Xu didn't understand what she wanted to do. As soon as he got close to her, Jiaoran leaned on his chest, which scared him so much that his whole body froze and he dared not breathe.
"Miss Jiaoran, you...what's wrong with you?"
Jiaoran glanced at Shao Feng out of the corner of her eye, and she was indeed looking at her.
"Don't talk, just stay here."
"Why?"
"Why are you asking so many questions? Didn't you say I did you a favor? Then repay me with this." Jiaoran whispered in his arms.
His ears turned red. "I said I would repay you, but I didn't say I would repay you with my body."
Jiao Ran gritted his teeth and lowered his voice, "Who said you should repay me with your own body? Just stand there for a while."
Seeing Zhuxing glance at him, Lu Xu couldn't stand any longer. He was about to push Jiaoran away when Jiaoran pinched his arm fiercely. "Ouch!"
He cried out in pain.
"Shh, be quiet."
After Shao Feng walked away, Jiao Ran pushed him away and said, "Okay, it's done."
"What's done?" Lu Xu didn't understand what she meant.
"You don't need to know."
Lu Xu followed closely, "But this is not good, it will damage the girl's reputation."
Jiao Ran pointed at him and said, "Hey, if you don't follow me, I won't hurt you."
He continued to follow behind, and Jiao Ran said, "Is it possible that I pinched you and you fell in love with me? Oh, please don't. I just... had a fit and borrowed your chest for a moment. Don't take it to heart."
Lu Xu quickly said no, no, "I followed you because I wanted to tell you, don't pinch me next time, just tell me. It hurts so much when you pinch me, I'm numb from the pain."
After getting the flowers back, she wanted to send them to Mu Jin immediately.
But then she thought again, since she was so eager to give it to him, he must be feeling proud, thinking that she was thinking about him all day, and she couldn't let him feel so proud.
I'll send it tomorrow.
She found a porcelain vase and filled it with clean water to keep the flower there, but it couldn't keep it there for too long. The flower had no roots and couldn't survive in the water for a few days.
I had just closed my eyes and was half asleep when I heard a slight noise from the doors and windows.
She didn't open her eyes, but the corners of her mouth were raised in the darkness.
She waited until he was right in front of her before she opened her eyes. "What are you doing here? Instead of being with your wife Cheng, who you want to spend your life with, you come to see me, especially in the middle of the night. Isn't that too much of a stunt?"
He said, "Didn't you buy me flowers? Where are they?"
Jiao Ran was helpless and pointed to a vase of flowers on the table against the wall. "There."
He walked to the vase and suddenly pulled out all the flowers, and water dripped all over the floor.
Jiao Ran was startled, but it was already late at night, so she didn't want to wake up her senior sisters and the others by shouting too loudly. So she got out of bed, suppressed her anger, and asked, "What are you doing?"
He crushed the flower and threw it into the corner without even looking at it.
Jiaoran was furious. "This flower is so expensive. I bought it because I thought you liked orchids. Why did you..."
Mu Jin said bitterly, "You also bought some for the young master of the Lu family, didn't you? You even bought two bouquets."
Jiaoran was stunned. When did she give it to... Then she thought again and couldn't help laughing. "Shao Feng said so. I bought it for Lu Xu too, right?"
She must have mistakenly thought that the flowers in Lu Xu's hand were also bought by her, so she went back and told Mu Jin.
"Did she also say that I leaned in Lu Xu's arms?"
Mu Jin said sourly, "Yeah, are these all fake?"
"It's true."
He was so angry that he almost vomited blood and was about to throw the vase on the ground. Jiaoran was quick to catch it and put it back in its place.
"Stop making noise. It's the dead of night. Do you think everyone else is doing things secretly like you?" Jiaoran said.
He turned to leave when Jiaoran hugged him from behind. "You'd be angry, wouldn't I be too? You let Cheng Yuan hold your hand in front of me, and you were holding her child, and the child called you daddy. Wouldn't I be angry?"
"So you're going to give him a taste of his own medicine?" He was stunned for a moment.
Before Jiaoran could answer, he turned around and kissed her.
Jiaoran hissed and tried to push him away. He not only kissed her, but almost bit her hard. Tears welled up in her eyes. "You can't do that to me," he said.
It was he who bit her until she bled, yet he said such pathetic words.
Jiaoran wiped her lips with her finger. He had bitten her lips and broken the skin. He was so cruel.
"You can use Cheng Yuan to piss me off, but why can't I use Lu Xu to piss you off? Can you please be reasonable?"
Mu Jin held her face and kissed her again. Jiao Ran had learned her lesson this time and didn't respond. She just refused to let him get close. He said, "I won't hurt you anymore. I won't bite you anymore."
"real?"
That was fine. She was hugged tightly by him, trapped in his airless kiss. She was feeling very excited when she suddenly felt dizzy and Mu Jin in front of her turned into several figures.
"Mu..." She couldn't hold on any longer and was about to faint on the ground.
Seeing this, Mu Jin hurriedly grabbed her by the waist, carried her to the bed, and heard her ask with all her might before she fainted, "What are you going to do?"
Mu Jin simply said four words, "Set things right."
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