Chapter 141: Dreaming of Wen Shu
"Lan'er, you and Qinghe go guard outside the courtyard and don't let anyone else get close."
Qinghe glanced at Cheng Qingmeng, turned around and followed Bai Lan away.
"Cousin, don't tell me that Wen Nuo called you away halfway, and on the way back you passed by a mansion and discovered my grandmother's confidant, right?"
Jiang Shiyun was very excited. "That's great! We haven't found the secret room yet, but we accidentally discovered the mansion where the secret room is located."
Song Yu: ...
"You two are really good at imagining things. I haven't said anything yet."
"Then cousin, please tell me quickly. I'm so anxious."
Song Yu glanced outside the courtyard and lowered his voice, "Your elder brother might still be alive."
"What? Where is he? Take me there."
Cheng Qingmeng instantly lost interest in eating and stood up as he could no longer sit still.
"Cousin Meng, why are you so excited? What my cousin said is possible. Calm down, sit down and eat first, and listen to my cousin slowly."
Song Yu, on the other hand, was no longer in a hurry. He quickly ate a few mouthfuls of food and said, "As for Madam Yu's portrait, now think about whether she has been in and out of the Chengguo Mansion."
Cheng Qingmeng said affirmatively: "No! She is not."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. I wouldn't fail to recognize that concubine or her confidant if she came to the Cheng Mansion. After all, I've run into her several times when I went to my grandmother's yard."
Song Yu was very confused, as she had just looked at her aunt carefully.
Could it be that Wen Shu just looks similar?
"Then let's eat quickly. I'll take you to see someone. You can see for yourself if he is your eldest brother."
"I'm full and can leave now."
Song Yu said, "If it really is your elder brother, we should be more cautious when we go there. Are the maids around you reliable?"
"My two maids are absolutely reliable."
"To be on the safe side, leave one person at the Cheng Mansion to keep an eye on your grandmother, and take Qing He with you. Your grandmother might send someone to secretly watch us, and we'll have to find a way to get rid of them when we go outside."
"clear."
"Madam, the eldest lady sent someone to tell me that Madam Jiang asked the three sisters to return to the Jiang Mansion."
Old Madam Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Cheng Qingmeng had returned suddenly for some purpose.
She really thought too much. "Then let's go back. Oh, and come with me to the Jiang residence to bring some nourishing supplies for Shushu. I can't let the Jiang family think that I don't care about Shushu at all."
Niu Ma Ma smiled and said, "Don't worry, old lady, I will definitely take care of this matter."
Cheng Qingmeng didn't expect that Nanny Niu would follow her. She didn't want to go back to the Jiang Mansion to act for a moment. She wanted to see her elder brother immediately.
On the way, Cheng Qingmeng stopped the carriage and Qinghe quickly got off. "Madame Niu, the young lady wants to take the two young ladies to the Mafang Market to buy fresh seasonal fruits and see if there are any loquats. It's almost autumn, so make them for our old lady and old lady Jiang in advance. You go to the Jiang Mansion first. Don't tell the two old ladies about this. The young lady wants to give them a surprise."
Nanny Niu didn't think much of it. In previous years, Cheng Qingmeng would do it herself. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. However, there are many people at the Mafang Vegetable Market, and it would be dangerous for the young lady to go there."
"Don't worry, there are people from Jingzhao Prefecture and the City Defense Battalion patrolling there. I'm also quite skilled in martial arts, and my two cousins' guards are with me."
Nanny Niu didn't say anything else. When she saw Song Yu and others heading towards Mafang Caishikou, she told the coachman to rush to Jiang Mansion.
"Miss, Nanny Niu has already gone far away, and there are no suspicious people behind her."
Cheng Qingmeng nodded: "Cousin, we can go now."
As they got closer to the Wen family's cloth shop, Cheng Qingmeng felt very nervous.
What if it’s not the eldest brother? Wouldn’t she be happy for nothing?
The words of that vicious woman came to mind:
I'm telling you, your eldest brother's life is truly awful and unyielding, no matter how hard you try! Even if his life was tough, wouldn't he still have gone with your younger brother? What a pity, he died without knowing who his biological parents were. Now, you're the only one missing. Do you want me to show mercy and reunite you four?
"Cousin, the person Xiao Nuo took you to see a doctor this morning, is he... seriously injured?"
Song Yu looked at her and was silent for a moment. "You'll know when we get there..."
Wen Nuo woke up from his nap and somersaulted a few times in the yard. After a while, he noticed some movement in Wen Shu's room.
"Little brother, are you awake?" Wen Nuo raised his foot and was about to go in.
"Master." The cloth shop owner's voice suddenly sounded from behind. "Miss Song is here again."
Wen Nuo turned around and was shocked. "Why are the two sisters here too?"
"Xiao Nuo, is Wen Shu awake?"
"He should be awake by now. Why are you all here? Is there something wrong?"
Jiang Shiyun was impatient and pulled Cheng Qingmeng towards the closed door. "My cousin said you picked up someone. Let's go take a look."
Wen Nuo was so frightened that he quickly stopped the two of them. "Don't look! The little brother is weak now and needs to rest and can't be disturbed. He is also timid and afraid of people. Now he only stays close to me. There is nothing to see. Come back in half a year when the little brother has recovered."
"Master Xiaonuo, let my cousin Meng go in and take a look. She'll be right back out."
"No." Wen Nuo refused, "You will scare the little brother if you do this."
"Xiao Nuo." Song Yu said, "Take us to the accounting office."
"Ah? Oh, please come this way, sisters."
When Wen Shu saw someone enter the accounting office, his tense body relaxed.
"Xiao Nuo, I suspect Wen Shu is my eldest cousin."
"What?" Wen Nuo was stunned. "How is that possible? When did you get a cousin? Isn't your cousin in your aunt's belly...ah!"
Wen Nuo exclaimed, he suddenly remembered who Wen Shu looked like when he smiled.
Isn’t she just like my sister’s aunt?
"This... little brother does look a bit like Aunt Shushu when he smiles... But, Sister Meng, doesn't your mother only have you as a daughter? How come there's another brother?"
Cheng Qingmeng was delighted. She thought Wen Shu was most likely her twin brother whom she had never met before. She said excitedly, "This...this...it's hard to explain. Can you let me go see him and confirm whether he is my eldest brother?"
Seeing Cheng Qingmeng's excited face, Wen Nuo intuitively felt that the little brother might really be her elder brother.
"Don't worry, you guys wait here, I'll go comfort the little brother first, he's shy after all."
"Okay, okay, I'll wait here, you go quickly."
Wen Nuo didn't dare to hesitate and quickly went to Wen Shu's room.
Cheng Qingmeng couldn't sit still, holding the door sill, ready to rush into the room where he was studying at any time.
"Cousin Meng, you're too nervous." Song Yu handed her a cup of cold tea. "You'll scare him. Calm down first."
"Yeah, I'm calm, I'm calm." Cheng Qingmeng drank the cold tea handed to her by Song Yu but still couldn't suppress the excitement in her heart.
"Little brother, the two little girls, one tall and one short, following me just now are my cousins. They are both very nice people. The one who is about the same height as my sister is Sister Meng. She has beautiful handwriting. If you want to be my book boy, your handwriting must be beautiful. I invited her to teach you how to write."
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