Chapter 66 You Explain
"What are you mumbling about?" Chen Zhi frowned and looked at Bai Qinglan.
In the past, she liked this lifesaver very much. When they met for the first time while sober, he was so gentle and kind, and he exuded the faint fragrance of white orchid. Although he was poor, he was very tough... In addition, he had saved her and left without asking for anything in return. Chen Zhi had a very thick filter for Bai Qinglan and once thought that he was the best man in the world.
It was nothing more than a cliché drama of a rich girl falling in love with a poor boy at first sight. Thinking about it now, the time when we first met was like being bewitched. Every day I wanted to climb over the back wall of Xiaoshan Academy to peek at people reading and practicing calligraphy.
When Chen Zhi looked at Bai Qinglan's pretty face again, she could only immediately think of the way he smiled submissively and flatteringly at that fatuous man that day.
Flattering and... disgusting.
Chen Zhi turned away and stopped looking at him, and asked coldly, "Do you know why I am looking for you today?"
Bai Qinglan's expression remained unchanged, and she even smiled easily: "Aren't you here to see me?"
"......" If he had said something like this to express his intimacy normally, Chen Zhi would have been so happy that she lost her mind. But today, she remained calm: "Where were you the day before yesterday?"
Bai Qinglan said calmly: "That day I was in Furong Building and played the song "A Hundred Flowers Falling"."
Chen Zhi was furious: "Well, now you don't even want to pretend anymore?! Didn't I redeem you before? Why do you want to go back to that place and flirt instead of studying hard in the academy?"
He was even trying to please a man! That middle-aged man with countless concubines, ugly and fat...
"Bai Qinglan, why didn't I know that you don't care about meat or vegetables?!"
Bai Qinglan's eyes immediately turned red when Chen Zhi said this. He asked in disbelief, "Young Miss doesn't trust me so much that she didn't even want to listen to my explanation and made up her mind?"
Xichun and he were playing a double act, half blaming and half persuading: "Miss, what did you say before you came? Did you listen to the explanation before making a conclusion?"
Chen Zhi took a deep breath and said coldly: "You explain."
Bai Qinglan turned her head away and touched her eyes, trying hard to hold back her sobs as she said, "That day, Aunt Xin from Furong Building asked me for help, so I just went up on stage to make up the numbers... I knew that the eldest lady had spent too much money on me, and Aunt Xin promised to give me ten taels of silver afterwards. I also wanted to lighten your burden, but Ah Zhi came up and said this to me, and I felt very uncomfortable."
As he said this, he took out a silver hairpin carved with an exquisite and lovely jade fox head from his sleeve, turned his head and handed it to her, then turned and left: "The ten taels of silver are all here. If you dislike its dirty origin, just throw it away."
Chen Zhi was stunned and grabbed his sleeve: "You...are you serious? You did this for me..."
"No, I am a shameless person who pretends to obey but actually disobeys. I did everything just to deceive Miss Chen."
Chen Zhi looked at the handsome young man with red eyes and angry, and the doubts and hesitations in her heart disappeared a lot: "Hey, don't be angry, I misunderstood you, okay?"
She stared at the fox hairpin in her hand and whispered, "So you earned money to buy this for me. It's really beautiful. Thank you."
Bai Qinglan still didn't speak, her expression was cold and indifferent: "If there's nothing else, I'm leaving."
"Don't go," Chen Zhi said hurriedly, "I-Isn't it enough for me to apologize to you? Can you not be so stingy?"
Bai Qinglan was probably the only person in Moyun City who could make the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion say such a thing. But he was not satisfied with this and continued to press the issue, "I am stingy. Pei Xuanqing, who Azhi is taking care of, is arrogant and proud. Go find him!"
After saying this, he left without waiting for Chen Zhi to say anything else.
"......" Chen Zhi now felt that she had misunderstood others. She shouldn't be angry when being scolded by others. She was even a little worried: "Xichun, did I say something wrong again?"
Seeing how she was being controlled, Xichun knew that Chen Zhi really didn't dislike Bai Qinglan so quickly, so she pursed her lips and said, "You should change your temper. What you said is so sad."
"What should I do?" Chen Zhi said helplessly, "I didn't mean to do that. Who made him suddenly appear in Furong Building that day? Isn't the money I gave him enough?"
Xichun automatically ignored the last sentence: "Just try to coax him. You finally made some progress with Mr. Bai, but now that this happened, he's ignoring you again, right?"
"I told you that you had a misunderstanding that day, but you insisted on listening to your cousin's wife and questioning her. Now look what happened." Xichun pretended to complain casually: "Now you know who knows you best, right?"
Chen Zhi was lost in thought and did not answer, but this time she was not distracted by Xichun's words. The other cold and aloof figure mentioned by Bai Qinglan inexplicably appeared in her mind.
She was the one paying for it too... Although Pei Xuan's expression and reaction were a little cold, he had never made a fuss with her like this before.
In this comparison, Bai Qinglan is really a little too spoiled.
Chen Zhi had her own way of judging. She didn't listen to Xichun's words and tried to make people happy. Instead, she turned around and said, "Let's go and grab Mr. Yi Guang's new work."
Xichun: “......?” Are you really going? Isn't this an excuse?
"My eldest brother is away these few days, and my cousin's wife must be bored by herself, so I'll bring her a set later."
The words of sowing discord didn't work. Chen Zhi actually wanted to bring good things to Shen Wangshu. Xichun asked tentatively, "The girl likes the general's wife very much?"
"It's okay. She's a bit mysterious, like she can read minds. Anyway, I can't offend her." Chen Zhi said, "What's wrong with you today? Why do you keep bringing up the topic of my cousin's wife?"
Xichun's body stiffened: "No, let's go, girl, there will be too many people and we won't be able to queue up soon."
Chen Zhi glanced at her thoughtfully: "Hmm."
Xichun's attitude was a little strange whenever it came to Bai Qinglan. Chen Zhi didn't think much about it at first, but Shen Wangshu's words that day always lingered in her mind. The ice beauty Lily in the yard who was mistaken for Bai Lan also reminded her from time to time.
Perhaps some things are not as simple as they seem, and the people who seem to be closest to you... may not necessarily be completely trustworthy.
"You don't recognize it yourself, and no one around you recognizes it?"
Perhaps it was the people around her that prevented her from discovering the truth? Thinking about it carefully, from the moment Bai Qinglan appeared, many of what he did were influenced by Xichun's words.
Shen Wangshu is a mysterious person, and he knows her troubles. Maybe she can ask her for advice later.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhi glanced at Xichun, who seemed to be lowering her head and looking docile, and strode forward.
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