Chapter 15 Visit Can you write?
Zhou Linjin clenched his right hand tightly on the table.
He was no longer afraid of being discovered by her.
He didn't let go until the slender hand was clenched until it turned pale.
"Ever since I lost my sight, I've been unemployed at home and haven't been in contact with my former colleagues and friends," Zhou Linjin let out a sigh and said slowly to Shen Lianxiu, "I don't want to see them again. I'm afraid they'll see me like this, and I'm also afraid that I'll... get jealous of them."
Blind and without a future, he was too ashamed to admit what had happened to him, so he simply locked himself up at home. He neither took the initiative to see them nor declined their visits. He even never saw his best friends again except on his wedding day.
He thought that if he could go on like this, maybe one day he would be able to see again, and then he would be able to leave the house naturally. Maybe he would never be able to see again, and then he would stay at home for the rest of his life.
But since there are right and wrong in this world, Zhou Yishao's matter forced him to come out and face and resolve it.
If it were in the past, it would not be a difficult matter for Zhou Linjin to deal with, and even the Cheng family would not dare to come to his house and make trouble so unscrupulously.
But now it is difficult.
It's his incompetence.
"I need a favor from them because of my sister's matter. I want to write a visiting card for them. I can clearly pick up a pen, but I can't write a single word clearly." Zhou Linjin's mouth curled up with a trace of bitterness, and finally he could only smile helplessly. "I started learning calligraphy when I was three years old, but now I can't even write a single word."
Chen Lianxiu asked, "Why don't you let your followers write?"
Although what Zhou Linjin said was indeed helpless, but as far as Chen Lianxiu knew, Zhou Linjin's writing and studying were now all done by a few servants, so why was he so concerned today?
"I haven't had any contact with them for a long time, and sometimes I even rejected them. Now they come to me to ask for something, and I can't bear it if they can't even write the visiting card myself." Zhou Linjin said.
Chen Lianxiu understood now. Zhou Linjin was a little arrogant in nature. Others wouldn't think it was a big deal, but for him, he would have to think twice.
"My dear, if they were truly friends, they would surely understand you and know what you're thinking and suffering, and wouldn't hold it against you," Chen Lianxiu couldn't help but say, "If they can't even notice your suffering and instead are nitpicking, then they're not my dear friends. It's not necessarily a mistake for you to not associate with them."
Hearing this, Zhou Linjin actually chuckled.
He said, "You're quite right. I know my friends, of course. I know them, and they know me too. They even sent me a letter earlier, saying that if I needed anything, I could send someone to ask for them, and they would come to see me. I'm grateful, but I have to let them down."
Chen Lianxiu continued, "If you don't invite them, they will just think that you are doing well and don't need them to worry about you. They will be happy."
"You're talking nonsense." Zhou Linjin shook his head, but his expression was obviously lighter than before. "But for something like this, I won't ask them to come to my house. This is not the right way to ask for help. Even if someone is dying, they should go to their house in person to ask for help, let alone someone who is just blind."
Chen Lianxiu asked, "What should my dear husband do then? Should he learn to write again in the next few days?"
Zhou Linjin sighed and didn't say anything for a while.
Chen Lianxiu was not in a hurry, but went over to tidy up his desk a little, leaving him to think it through on his own.
The comfort from others is only temporary. Although it can make him feel better, in the end he still has to figure it out on his own.
A candle beside the table was dim. Shen Lianxiu couldn't find the scissors, so she took out the hairpin on her head and picked the wick, and the candlelight came into view again.
Zhou Linjin couldn't see, but as if he could sense it, he suddenly asked, "Can you write?"
Chen Lianxiu replied, "Yes." as she put the hairpin back into her bun.
After arriving at the Shen family, Chen's discipline of her could be said to be laissez-faire, but Shen Lianxiu had already begun to learn when she lived with her mother, so reading and writing were not a problem for her.
Zhou Linjin stood up and gave his seat to Shen Lianxiu.
"What to write? Just a visiting card?" Chen Lianxiu asked.
As soon as Zhou Linjin answered "yes", she started writing, and all she could hear was the sound of the pen tip wetting the rice paper.
He didn't have that many requirements, so he just accepted whatever she wrote.
Soon, Shen Lianxiu finished writing. She put down her pen and said, "I only wrote that I have something to ask of you, but I didn't say what it was. Is that okay? Would you like to listen to me read it again, my dear?"
Zhou Linjin shook his head, and Chen Lianxiu didn't ask any more questions. He closed the post and immediately sent it out.
Zhou Linjin calmed down for a while and went to the hall to have dinner.
But when I went out, I found that it was raining again.
Although there was a corridor to walk on, the rain was quite heavy and it was easy to get the corners of clothes wet.
Chen Lianxiu was wearing a floor-length pleated lilac skirt embroidered with wisteria flowers today, which she loved very much. Thinking that the hem of her skirt would inevitably get wet, she complained with some annoyance.
Zhou Linjin was walking forward with her, and paused when he heard this.
He couldn't see how beautiful the dress she was talking about was, but it must be special when worn on her.
Zhou Linjin didn't mention the skirt, but simply said, "It's rainy this spring. When the rain stops in early summer and the weather is fine, I'll take you out for an outing."
The raindrops drifted into the corridor with the wind and hit Shen Lianxiu's face. She reached out to wipe them away, but her cheeks turned red.
The next day, Zhou Linjin informed Chen Lianxiu early in the morning and asked her to accompany him out.
Ever since Chen Lianxiu married Zhou Linjin, she had not seen him go out except for the day when he returned home three days ago. This time he went out naturally because of Zhou Yishao's matter. The visiting invitation had been sent yesterday, and the Cheng family was pressing him hard, so there was naturally no time to delay.
Chen Lianxiu and Zhou Linjin got on the carriage. There was still some time on the way, so Zhou Linjin had a brief conversation with her. The person he was going to meet today was his old friend Shang Ran, who was now the Left Prime Minister of the Dali Temple. The Shang family had been noble for generations and was very famous in the capital.
Chen Lianxiu already knew the name of this good friend when she wrote the visiting card last night. Now when she heard Zhou Linjin talking to her about these things, she listened carefully and kept them in mind.
They soon arrived at Shangjia's house. Zhou Linjin was naturally eager to see Shang Ran. Since Chen Lianxiu was not able to go with them, she was accompanied by the maids of Shang's house to sit in the flower hall in the garden.
Chen Lianxiu has always been quiet, so it was nice for him to sit there and drink tea and feed the fish. However, he was a little worried about Zhou Linjin's condition. He was clearly very concerned about his current condition yesterday, but he had to come out. I wonder if he had come to his senses last night.
However, Shang Ran seems to be his most trusted friend. Since he can come out to see him this time, maybe Shang Ran can comfort Zhou Linjin, at least he will not make Zhou Linjin feel uncomfortable.
At this time, the merchant's maid brought several plates of snacks. Chen Lianxiu picked up a piece of yam cake and was about to put it in her mouth. When she looked up, she saw a tall and slender woman with a beautiful face standing not far away.
Across the pool of water outside the flower hall, she was looking at the flower hall from the rockery on the shore, her eyes fixed on Shen Lianxiu's face.
Chen Lianxiu couldn't help but put down the yam cake in his hand, and his heart suddenly beat twice.
She didn't recognize the woman, so she asked the maid beside her, "Who is that?"
The maid replied, "This is our lady. I think it was the master who asked her to come and keep him company."
Mrs. Shang had already noticed that Chen Lianxiu was looking at her, so she started walking towards the flower hall.
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