Chapter 42 Ineffective Communication
Wen Wan: "...Master, why do you think I'm buying this for my sweetheart, and not for my elders?"
The old master said with an experienced look, "This jade ring is suitable for young people. If I were to give it to an elder, I wouldn't choose this."
He really has good eyesight.
Wen Wan admired him very much, but she still explained that it was just a gift for a friend.
"Whether we are friends or not is not my business. But the jade rings in my shop are famous in Border Town for their quality. Many girls have bought them as gifts for their loved ones."
The old master took the jade ring off the shelf and said, "I'm not bragging, but if you give this to someone, even an ordinary friend will become your ideal partner."
The people in the border town are open-minded, and the old master has seen many cases of men and women giving each other tokens of love.
Since no one believed her explanation, Wen Wan simply gave up.
The jade ring originally cost five taels of silver, but the master gave it a friendly price, a discount of one tael.
So Wenwan happily took the brocade box containing the jade ring and walked out of the shop.
Not far away, Gao Ling, who had just gotten off the carriage, glanced in this direction.
"Hey, isn't that Miss Xiaowan?"
Gao Ling thought for a while and gave instructions to his attendant behind him.
"Go to that shop and ask what Miss Xiaowan bought. I also have several jewelry shops. Given our relationship, she didn't even go to my shop to buy anything. There must be something fishy going on!"
The attendant took the order and left. After a short while, he came back with the information clarified.
"The shop assistant said that Miss Xiaowan bought a jade ring as a gift for her lover."
Gao Ling's eyes widened. "Sweetheart? Are you sure?"
The attendant nodded. "That's what the shop assistant said. And I know the shop assistants here. The jade rings made by their craftsmen are famous as tokens of love in our border town."
Gao Ling sighed for a while after hearing this. "She must have given this jade ring to Chen Yu. This woman is so duplicitous. She just rejected him a few days ago, and now she's eager to give him a token of love. She's really scheming."
His brows knitted together, and he murmured, "I'm afraid my brother has met a powerful enemy this time."
*
After Wen Wan returned to the side courtyard, she went straight to the mute woman.
She didn't know where Shen Yu was, but the mute woman must have a way to contact him, so she told the mute woman straight away that she had something important to see Shen Yu about.
The mute woman was a very honest person. She took her directly out of the back door of the side courtyard and walked to the end of a small alley.
There turned out to be a dovecote.
The mute woman used the key to open the door of the pigeon shed, took out a carrier pigeon from a small cage, and stuffed the pigeon into Wen Wan's arms.
Wen Wan asked in surprise: "Is this how you usually communicate?"
Although the mute woman couldn't hear, she guessed what she was asking and nodded with a smile.
So, Wen Wan got a carrier pigeon that could contact Shen Yu.
She was really not used to this way of communication, and her divergent thinking always made her think of the four words "hongyan conveys letters".
It seems a little ambiguous.
At the desk, she pondered for a long time before she mustered up the courage to write a letter to Shen Yu.
*
Half an hour later, the pigeon carrying the letter box landed on the windowsill of Shen Yu's study.
Kaneki looked at the number on the carrier pigeon and took down the mailbox.
"It's a carrier pigeon from the side yard. It must be the mute woman."
Kaneki opened the letter and his expression froze as soon as he took a look at it.
Shen Yu was still reading the document. He heard the first half of his sentence, but didn't hear the follow-up. He couldn't help but look up and glanced at him.
"What happened? Could it be that ungrateful bastard has done something again?"
What an ungrateful little bastard. He was worried about her safety and came to her house to help her test the slave, but he didn't expect to be beaten up by her.
Jinmu was embarrassed, "That's right, I didn't understand the meaning of the letter."
"Don't understand?" Shen Yu raised his eyebrows.
As his deputy, although Jinmu's literary skills are not as good as those of a serious scholar, he is definitely not someone who can't even read a letter.
Jinmu couldn't explain it clearly, so he simply handed the letter to him and said, "General, please read it yourself."
Shen Yu opened the letter suspiciously, and after just one glance, he threw it away.
"Who can understand this ghostly drawing?"
There were many words densely written on the letter, and he could only barely recognize a few of them.
Kaneki: "I think this letter was not written by the mute woman."
"Nonsense." Shen Yu put the letter down irritably. "Who else but her could write such crap? The other kids in the yard are all better than her."
Jin Mu didn't respond to this, but just suppressed his laughter, "General, I wonder if Miss Xiaowan is apologizing to you."
Shen Yu remained silent.
Jin Mu: "Miss Xiaowan is a smart person. Even if she said a few harsh words in anger, she will definitely be able to think it through later."
"I think that maybe you are too shy to say it even if you know you are wrong, so you asked the mute woman for a carrier pigeon to write to you."
The analysis makes a lot of sense.
At least, Shen Yu was satisfied with this analysis.
However, he still looked disgusted.
"In that case, I'll just take a look."
Shen Yu bent down to pick up the letter on the ground. It was inconvenient for him to sit in a wheelchair. His fingertips touched the letter, but he couldn't pick it up.
When Kaneki saw this scene, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
Shen Yu: “…”
I regret that I was too quick and threw the letter too far.
He glanced at Kaneki with sharp eyes, and Kaneki quickly helped pick up the letter.
Unfortunately, reality is always contrary to our wishes.
Shen Yu read it carefully for a long time, but still couldn't understand what was written in the letter.
Kaneki: "General, is Miss Xiaowan apologizing?"
The corners of Shen Yu's mouth twitched, and he replied with a wooden face: "Of course."
Jin Mu nodded with relief and asked, "Will you write her a reply?"
Shen Yu's eyes were dark and difficult to understand. "No. Go to the side courtyard and tell her... I understand what she meant."
"good."
Jinmu didn't dare to delay and immediately set off for the side courtyard.
*
"And then?" Wen Wan lay in the rocking chair. "After he said he understood, he didn't say anything else?"
Kaneki didn't understand what was going on and looked bewildered.
Wen Wan sat up straight, "Did he agree to what I said?"
Kaneki was confused, and according to the general's habit, not refusing meant agreeing.
Besides, if it was something Miss Xiaowan wanted to do, the general should agree.
"I agree." Kaneki answered after careful consideration.
Wen Wan showed a surprised expression and whispered, "I didn't expect him to be so reasonable this time."
She paused, then smiled and said, "Okay, since he agrees, Winn and I will go look for a yard tomorrow. We will find a yard and move out as soon as possible."
"Looking for a yard? Moving out?"
The more Jinmu listened, the more he felt something was wrong. "You wrote in the letter that you wanted to move out?"
Oops, it seems there was a big misunderstanding.
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