Chapter 417: Tangled
The rumors intensified.
It soon reached Liu Qing's ears.
Hearing those harsh and unpleasant rumors about his own daughter.
Liu Qing was so angry that he was shaking all over.
These rumors spread, and she had no idea how her daughter Xu'er would get married.
Liu Qing controlled his emotions and planned to go talk to Qi Xu first.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you? Is it Qi Dahai and Qi Wangshi who come to visit again?" Qi Xu put down the work of preparing herbs in his hands, quickly stood up and pulled his mother's hand, his pretty little face full of worry.
The first thing that came to my mind was that that scumbag Qi Dahai was causing trouble again.
"It's not them, it's you. Mom is worried about you." Liu Qing felt more and more distressed as she looked at her precious daughter who was so sensible in front of her.
"Me? What's wrong with me?" Qi Xu recalled her life over the past few days. She ate and drank well and didn't encounter any troubles.
"Xu'er, do you know what the rumors are about you and that young man named Cheng?" Liu Qing held her hand and spoke anxiously.
Qi Xu shook his head blankly: "Me and Cheng Qingyan? What's there to spread between him and me?"
Yun Fu didn't need her help, so Qi Xu spent almost all her time in her own yard reading medical books and preparing medicinal herbs.
I didn't know about the rumors about me outside.
"They said that you are now Mr. Cheng's woman, and that you and Mr. Cheng did something you shouldn't have done when you were trapped in the mine."
Liu Qing is conservative in his thinking and speaks implicitly.
But Qi Xu still understood.
He sighed and said, "Mom, nothing happened between Cheng Qingyan and me. The reason I came back wearing his clothes was because it was too cold in the dark cave, and he lent me his clothes to keep warm."
"They also said that you went to Master Cheng's courtyard late at night, and the two of you locked the door and stayed there for several hours. That's also false, right?"
Qi Xu was about to nod and say yes, but suddenly she remembered that she seemed to have stayed in Cheng Qingyan's room and closed the door, but she definitely did not stay there for several hours.
"He saved me. I gave him medicine and applied medicine on his back. I did all this just to thank him. That's all."
Qi Xu didn't expect that he had only met Cheng Qingyan twice in these days, and they had only exchanged a few words, but such rumors had already spread.
"Mom believes you, but these rumors..."
"I don't care about these rumors. As time goes by and other things happen, everyone will slowly forget about them." Qi Xu comforted.
She didn't say this to comfort her mother, but she really didn't care about the rumors.
"But mother doesn't want you to suffer any injustice. You are obviously a good girl! If your future husband hears these rumors, he might have bad thoughts about you." Liu Qing said worriedly.
Qi Xu twisted her beautiful lips and raised her chin: "If someone can be swayed by these rumors and has no judgment of his own, then he is not worthy of being my husband, Qi Xu."
Although it had been a long time since the incident with Qi Zhen, Qi Xu still remembered how terrible it felt to be suspected and distrusted.
So, she secretly told herself in her heart that the man Qi Xu was looking for must trust her and stand on her side no matter what happened.
Otherwise, she would rather be alone for the rest of her life.
Liu Qing observed carefully and saw that Qi Xu's little face looked natural, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and his mood had eased slightly.
"Mom also hopes that you can find someone who truly treats you well."
"Well, I'm such a good person, I will definitely find a good man."
Qi Xu comforted the man.
After watching my mother leave, I was about to close the gate when I saw Jin Lu's tall figure as big as a hill not far away.
The expression on that black face looked as if someone owed him money.
Qi didn't want to have too much interaction with him and didn't want any more rumors to start.
He paused for a moment and then continued to close the door.
Just before Qi Xu closed the door, a big hand pressed against the door panel.
"etc."
"Master Jin wants to see me about something?" Qi Xu tried to defeat him with all his strength, but he could only let go of his hand. However, he used his body to block the door and had no intention of letting him in.
"If you have something to say, let's go inside and talk about it." Jin Lu said in a deep voice.
"Let's talk about it here. My yard is full of drying medicinal herbs. It's too messy. If you go in, there will be no place to stand." Qi Xu made up an excuse without caring whether it made sense or not.
"Speak here?" Jin Lu frowned, as if considering whether to speak here or not. Soon, he spoke again, saying in a deep voice, "There are a lot of bad rumors about you and Cheng Qingyan. From now on, you should stay away from him."
"What did you say?" Qi Xu was a little bit unbelievable.
Unexpectedly, another person came to find me because of that unreliable rumor.
"I said, stay away from that Cheng Qingyan."
Qi Xu chuckled and raised his lips: "Isn't the Jin leader meddling too much?"
Her mother didn't even order her to stay away from Cheng Qingyan, so why did this man in front of her ask her to do these things?
Jin Lu heard the displeasure in her voice and realized that his attitude had been too cold and harsh.
Then, she softened her voice: "I'm not trying to control you. Cheng Qingyan is definitely not a good person, and he's not someone a little girl like you can handle. Getting too close to him and continuing to tangle with him will do you no good."
Upon hearing this, Qi Xu was overwhelmed. Apart from being forced to stay in the mine for a while, she and Cheng Qingyan also met alone once when she came back to deliver medicine to him. They usually didn't even talk to each other. How could they become entangled?
Qi Xu didn't like his commanding attitude and immediately replied coldly, "I'll be close to whoever I want to be close to, and I'll get involved with whoever I like. Master Jin doesn't need to lecture me as if it's all for my own good. I don't need it."
What does it mean to be absolutely not a good person?
She is not blind, she has eyes and can distinguish between good people and bad people.
Also, what identity does Jin Lu use to restrict her from interacting with others?
"Are you saying this on purpose because you're angry with me?" Jin Lu looked at her with inquiry in his eyes, unsure how much truth and falsehood her words were.
Qi Xu raised his chin towards him and raised his voice, "Master Jin is such a jokester. Why should I be angry with you? You think too highly of yourself. As for me, I just like being close to Cheng Qingyan and want to get entangled with him."
Qi Xu admitted that he was really angry at Jin Lu's self-righteous attitude, so he said that on purpose to go against him.
But when her gaze passed Jin Lu and saw Cheng Qingyan's thin and bamboo-like figure not far away, the expression on her little face suddenly froze.
Cheng Qingyan?
Why is he here?
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