Chapter 133 Yu Ziyuan panics and covers her face
Wen Nuo took out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote the words "Wen Shu" on the paper. "Little brother, this is your name, Wen Shu. Do you like it?"
The young man looked at the big words on the paper, reached out to touch it, and then quickly retracted his hand.
"Why? You don't like the name Wenshu?"
The boy shook his head hurriedly.
Wen Nuo raised an eyebrow, "So you like it?"
The boy looked at the name on the paper and nodded.
His name is Wen Shu, he has a name.
A faint smile appeared in the corner of the boy's eyes, but it disappeared quickly.
Wen Nuo was distracted by the smile just now.
He must have seen it right just now, the little brother smiled faintly.
This smile looks like a person.
Like who?
Just as he was thinking about it, Pinggu knocked on the door and said, "Master, the lady wants you to come over."
"Little brother, my mother is looking for me. Please wait here. I will be back soon."
Wen Nuo was worried that Wen Shu would slip away, so he arranged for servants to guard the yard.
Wen Shu watched the figure disappear into the distance. When he looked away, he caught a glimpse of several servants in the yard. They looked terrified and subconsciously hid in the corner with their hands covering their heads.
"Mother, I'm here. Is there something important you want to tell me?"
Li Yuejiao looked worried. "Just now, the concierge reported that the family was using your portrait to try to find out your whereabouts."
"Ah?" Wen Nuo was dumbfounded. "How did they get my portrait? They suspected me of kidnapping the little brother so quickly?"
"It's easy for people to guess it's you. We asked for that child that day."
Wen Nuo hurriedly tried to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, Mom. They're not sure which family it is. Besides, the neighbors haven't seen me, so they won't be able to find me for a while. Even if they come looking for me, they have no evidence to prove that I took little brother away. Can they really break into a private house and search? Even though we are outsiders, we can't be afraid of trouble."
Li Yuejiao looked at Wen Nuo's fearless appearance and felt a headache. "That family is an official. Although their official position is not high, they are not something ordinary people can mess with. We are also foreign merchants. If we confront them, we will suffer no good consequences. How do you know that there is no one in their government office?"
Wen Nuo leaned over and rubbed Li Yuejiao's arm, "What should we do? My little brother can't travel a long distance to Jiangnan now."
"What else can we do? That day, everyone except mother was watching you. You should just stay in the mansion and don't go out. If anyone comes to our house, let mother deal with them."
Wen Nuo blinked, "Isn't mother afraid?"
Li Yuejiao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Mother has seen all sorts of ups and downs. Just be careful not to fight for justice and save me some trouble. Otherwise, don't have a sister."
"Yes, yes, yes, I want my sister, just this once! I won't meddle in other people's business anymore."
Yu Mansion.
"Madam, there is news."
"Have you found the little fool?"
Chuntang Weiwei shook her head. "The little fool hasn't found it yet. Two new families have arrived two blocks away from our house. One is the Wen family, and the other is the Song family. Judging from the doorman's accent, they are from Jiangnan. The original two families were wealthy merchants who put their houses up for sale because they lost money in business. These newcomers, the Wen and Song families, also look like merchants."
Yu Ziyuan frowned, "Can you confirm which family that young master comes from?"
"Our people took the portrait to the concierge, but they all said they had never seen it. The other day, I heard the young master speaking in an official tone, and now I think it's a bit awkward and not pure official. I have a hunch that the young master is either from the Wen family or the Song family."
Song family?
Yu Ziyuan's expression changed drastically. "Jiang Yunwan's husband's surname is Song, right?"
Chuntang was stunned. "It seems... it seems to be the surname Song, but it can't be such a coincidence. The old lady said that Jiang Yunwan only has one daughter, and her face is disfigured. Now the three of them are living in the Jiang Mansion. It can't be the wealthy merchant Song Mansion."
Yu Ziyuan pressed her brows, the anxiety in her heart becoming more intense. "Have the people from the Cheng family returned to report?"
"I've already gone back. The old lady should have received the news in half an hour. Oh, and by the way, the old lady sent someone here to see if there are any outsiders nearby."
Yu Ziyuan's heart sank. "It seems that Meng Guangde's medical supplies have been found to be defective. The Jiang family has become suspicious of him. The Jiang family will definitely suspect that there is a hidden reason behind Jiang Yunshu's eldest son's untimely death."
"Madam, that shouldn't be possible. The old lady has already given the Jiang family a reasonable reason. Meng Guangde has changed over the years since he came to Beijing. He has been blinded by the prosperity of the capital and has lost his simplicity and become greedy."
"Then why would someone come out to defend the little fool?"
Chuntang: ...
"This...this might just be a coincidence."
Yu Ziyuan took a sip of herbal tea to calm herself down. "We must not treat this as a coincidence, as if the Jiang family discovered my existence and are looking for my whereabouts."
"This...this can't be possible?"
Chuntang felt that her wife was too sensitive and too serious.
"Did you meet Jiang Yunshu and her daughter when you went to the Cheng Mansion?"
"I've never run into Jiang Yunshu, but I have run into Cheng Qingmeng a few times. Cheng Qingmeng came uninvited to the old lady's courtyard to give her embroidery, cakes, and calligraphy works..."
Yu Ziyuan said, "You've told me all these things. Now I think we were careless. Meng Guangde's medical skills are poor. Before the Jiang family discovered it, Cheng Qingmeng might not have thought about your abnormality. After all, you're not working in the Cheng Mansion. Now it's hard to say."
"I remember Cheng Qingmeng is a good painter. Do you think she will come looking for you with your portrait?"
Chuntang looked panicked, "It's impossible for them to suspect the uncle and the mistress."
"I'm very uneasy about the little fool disappearing. My intuition tells me that Jiang Yunshu might have some suspicions. Regardless of whether the Jiang family has any suspicions or not, we must assume the worst."
"Suppose the Jiang family continues to look for us, then... what should we do? Could it be that the Jiang family has secretly seen my appearance?"
Yu Ziyuan's hand, holding the teacup, trembled. "Apart from last night, have you noticed anything unusual in our mansion these days?"
"I didn't find anything unusual."
Yu Ziyuan lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, "Go get a new set of rouge and powder, and ask the people below and the gatekeeper on the way to see if there's been any activity outside the mansion these days."
Half an hour later, Chuntang returned with rouge and powder. "Nothing unusual happened. It's just that the old woman guarding the back door of the mansion next door said her youngest son's wife is vomiting a lot because of pregnancy. She came to ask Old Woman Li, who guards the back door, if she has any folk remedies for vomiting."
Yu Ziyuan's face turned pale. "Could it be that the Jiang family sent someone to spy on me?"
"Madam, don't overthink it. I just saw the gatekeeper next door. She is not from the Jiang family. Her daughter-in-law is pregnant. She is over a month pregnant. Even if the Jiang family suspects something, they can't know our plan."
Yu Ziyuan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. She had overthought it. "Just in case, put on some makeup and change your appearance now. I'm worried that the Jiang family will come looking for us."
"Okay, okay, I'll draw it now. I guarantee Cheng Qingmeng won't recognize me."
"I also have to cover my face so that no one can see that I'm wearing makeup."
Chuntang was helpless. Her wife was pregnant and was becoming more and more sensitive.
"Okay, Madam. I will dress you up nicely and make sure that even the master won't recognize you."
"Everyone who goes to the Chengfu Mansion must cover their faces and cannot take off their makeup at night."
"yes."
When Old Lady Cheng learned that two outsiders had come there, one of whom was from the Song family, she almost fainted from suffocation.
"Madame Niu, arrange for someone to keep an eye on the Song Mansion to see if there's any connection with the Jiang family..."
"yes."
That night, Wen Can led his men into the Yu Mansion again.
The servants guarding Yu Ziyuan's courtyard were knocked down with sleeping pills.
He waited for half a minute and made sure that everyone in the room was asleep before sneaking in.
The painter in black was stunned by the beautiful woman on the bed.
Bang!
The painter was slapped and said, "Draw quickly and don't look around. You only have a quarter of an hour."
"It's Master Chan."
Wen Can blushed as he looked at Yu Ziyuan lying on the bed. She was the most beautiful pregnant woman he had seen tonight.
Li Yuejiao's face appeared in front of Wen Can's eyes, and he was so scared that he quickly looked away.
He is a gentleman, and his subordinates are even more so.
If she had gone out of the yard during the day, he wouldn't have sneaked in at night.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Wen Can left the room with a portrait that looked 80% like Yu Ziyuan, and led the painter to the head maid's room.
The painter carefully examined the faces of Chuntang and other maids, then followed Wen Can out of the Yu Mansion.
Only after returning to the Wen Mansion did he draw Chuntang and several of the maids, and they looked 70% like.
"A Feng, the portraits of more than a dozen pregnant women are finished. Tomorrow morning, the staff will deliver the other portraits. You can stay here tonight and return the complete set of portraits tomorrow."
"Okay, Mr. Chan."
Wen Can returned to Li Yuejiao's room, "Jiaojiao, I'm back."
Wen Can quickly took off his clothes and pushed Li Yuejiao down.
"Go away! I'm annoyed."
Li Yuejiao kicked him off the bed.
"Jiaojiao, you are trying to murder your husband."
Wen Can patted his butt and pounced on him again.
"Get away from here!" Li Yuejiao rolled over and into the bed, and casually pulled out the feather duster hidden under the bed.
Wen Can was so frightened that he dared not move. He looked at Li Yuejiao and said aggrievedly, "Jiaojiao, I am your biological husband. You are not really going to hit me, are you? I want to cry."
Li Yuejiao lost her temper instantly upon seeing this. "You want to cry, and I want to cry too. You haven't been seen all day and you're back so late at night. Did you know that the Yu family has come to the area with Xiao Nuo's portrait to inquire about her?"
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