Chapter 165: The end of Su Li again...
It was early summer when Su Li met Mrs. Wu Chen and her eldest sister again, just five days before her fifth sister Su Tao's wedding.
When they came back, they had all lost a lot of weight and were wearing linen clothes that they hadn't worn for a long time. They looked no different from refugees. Fortunately, they were in good spirits and had no injuries on their bodies.
Chen was still a little frightened as she talked about what had happened in the past few days. At that time, the victims surrounded the county town, and later they all rushed in, looting all the restaurants and food stores like a swarm of locusts. The county government was short-staffed, and the county magistrate ran away early. For a time, the entire county town was in dire straits.
At first, the victims just robbed food, but later they started to act like bandits, not only killing and setting fires, but also doing all kinds of evil. Later, they even ate alive those they captured. Chen had never seen such a horrible thing. They were trapped in the house and were in a panic all day long. Fortunately, they were in large numbers, and the Wang family and the eldest brother were strong, so they managed to survive. But soon there was no food or drink in the house. That night, listening to the noise outside, Chen almost thought she would never come back.
"We were able to return safely this time thanks to Erlang." Chen said. She remembered that day, if Song Ling had not brought people with him, they might have become food for those victims.
Hearing Chen's words, Su Hong also agreed, "Yes, it's all thanks to Young Master Song." If Song Ling hadn't blocked that attack for Lian Gu, Lian Gu might not be here anymore. But because of this, Young Master Song was also seriously injured. Thinking of this, Su Hong felt very guilty.
After hearing that Song Ling was injured, Su Li directly handed over the task of settling her two uncles and aunts to Awen and Awu, and went to the Song Mansion herself.
At this time, in the Song Mansion, Song Ling was lying on the bed with a pale face, and Li Heng was sitting beside him peeling peanuts and eating them.
"Look at you, you're just going to pick up a few people, but you have to go there yourself? You have to make yourself look like this."
Song Ling sat up and applied medicine to the wound on his chest without changing his expression.
"You came here just to laugh at me?"
Li Heng said helplessly, "I didn't." He just didn't understand why the other party did this, and he was just expressing his confusion and wanting to see the joke.
However, when the servant reported that Madam Su had come to the mansion, Li Heng was stunned.
Wow, wow, this turns out to be a self-torture trick?
The look in his eyes when he looked at Song Ling changed instantly.
However, before he could say anything, Su Li came in, and then Li Heng saw Song Ling suddenly start coughing, coughing as if he was going to cough up all his internal organs, and the wound on his chest was also compressed and bleeding.
"Mr. Song, are you okay?" Su Li saw this scene when she came in and hurried forward to ask with concern.
Unexpectedly, it was fine when Su Li didn't speak. As soon as she spoke, Song Ling coughed even more violently. After a long while, he raised his pale, fragile, yet exceptionally handsome face.
"It's okay, don't worry, Sister Ali."
Su Li looked at the other person like this and felt that it didn't look like nothing happened.
At this moment, Shu Jiu came in with a bowl of medicine and interrupted, "Madam Su, you don't know, the young master's injury this time is very serious. The doctor said that he is almost beyond saving..."
Su Li felt even more guilty. If it weren't for her, the other party wouldn't have been injured so seriously.
Song Ling, "Stop talking."
Shu Jiu, "Master, why didn't you let me speak? It was originally..."
"Shu Jiu!"
"Young Master..."
The two of them sang in unison, which made Li Heng next to them almost applaud.
It's like the master and servant are performing a double act.
So wonderful!
Su Li knew nothing about all this. She felt guilty and wanted to do something to make it up to him. Then she took the medicine from Shu Jiu.
"No need to be so troublesome, I can drink it myself..." After Song Ling said this, he started coughing again.
Su Li's originally hesitant heart suddenly became firm, "Let me feed you."
Song Ling finally stopped coughing and smiled fragilely, "Then I'll trouble you, Sister A-Li."
Then Su Li began to feed Song Ling the medicine one spoonful at a time.
Li Heng, who was standing by, saw this and quietly and consciously retreated.
Su Li and Song Ling were the only ones left in the room. After feeding the medicine, Su Li remembered the purpose of her visit.
"Mr. Song, thank you so much this time. If you need anything in the future, just let us know. Our Su family will do our best."
Song Ling was silent for a moment, "I don't need you to try your best."
Su Li buried her head, not knowing what to say.
Song Ling, "Can I know the reason?"
The reason why she rejected him.
Su Li thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to quarrel with anyone."
"Do you think I will quarrel with you?" Song Ling frowned. He had thought of many reasons, but he had never thought of this, a somewhat inexplicable reason.
Su Li shook her head. She knew that the other person was not that kind of person, but... she didn't know how to say it. She was just a little scared.
Yes, she has actually always refused to admit that she is actually afraid of marriage. She does not want to be like her parents, quarreling and blaming each other all day long. She does not want to live that kind of life, and as a result, she is unwilling to fall in love or enter into an intimate relationship.
Perhaps she also thought this reason was too ridiculous, so Su Li thought about it and then gave a few other reasons.
However, knowing what kind of person Song Ling was, he knew as soon as he heard it that those were just superficial reasons. The real reason was probably the one that seemed absurd but was true.
Could it be that Madam Su's parents used to argue so often at home, making her fearful of relationships? But logically, that shouldn't be the case. Song Ling had also come into contact with the Su family, and they all had good personalities, not the kind who liked to blame each other.
I have to say that Song Ling is quite smart and guessed half right.
The other half, of course, is that Su Li has more than one pair of parents.
But for this reason, perhaps he will never know.
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Over here, Su Li fled out of the Song Mansion as if escaping. After leaving the Song Mansion, she felt a little lost. For some reason, she suddenly remembered what her former best friend had said, "Su Li, you are an avoidant personality. People like you and pursue you, so why are you running away?"
Yes, why was she running? She didn't know, she just felt very scared, but she didn't know what she was afraid of.
This was not the first time she had rejected someone who liked her. There were people pursuing her when she was in school, but every time the other person confessed his love, she would run as far away as possible, as if the other person was a monster. But if they were just friends, she would feel very comfortable. This is why Su Li wanted to find someone with decent character who would not restrict her freedom too much. She did have an avoidant personality. Even with her grandparents, Su's father, Chen and others, Su Li only really let down her guard after spending a long time with them.
Just when Su Li was daydreaming, a male voice suddenly came.
"Madam Su..."
Su Li turned around and found that it was Zhao Fu. She was quite surprised to see him here.
"Lord Zhao."
Su Li was a little curious about why the other party called her.
Zhao Fu said, "I just heard about what happened at Madam Su's house. I wonder how Aunt and the others are doing? Are they all right?"
"I'm fine now. Thank you, Mr. Zhao, for your concern."
Zhao Fu smiled and said, "I'm glad you're okay."
"By the way, I wonder if Madam Su likes apricots. I got a basket of them the other day. Should I send them to Madam tomorrow?"
"No need, Mr. Zhao, keep it for yourself." Su Li refused without thinking.
Then Zhao Fu said something that made Su Li completely confused.
"In that case, Zhao will have no choice but to give it to his fiancée."
After hearing this, Su Li finally understood why the other party suddenly called her. It turned out that he came to show off to her that he had a fiancée.
No way, just because I rejected him? He's like this? He's too petty, isn't he?
But Zhao Fu acted as if he didn't notice Su Li's expression and continued to talk to himself, "That lady Qu is the youngest daughter of the rice shop..."
One hundred words of Zhao Fu's praise for the lady are omitted here.
Su Li: Then what does it have to do with me?
Su Li was really confused. Did he think that she would regret it after telling her this?
"That's great. Congratulations, Mr. Zhao." Su Li smiled, said this, and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Zhao Fu quickly said, "If Madam Su is willing to be with me, I can go and cancel the engagement."
After saying that, he looked at Su Li with those eyes that he thought were charming.
Su Li felt like she had eaten a fly, and she couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Ms. Qu. How could she be so blind to meet such a person? Then Su Li didn't even look back and continued walking forward.
Zhao Fu followed behind, saying, "Do you really think Song Ling will marry you? He's just playing with you..."
You really think you are a rich lady, bah.
Zhao Fu looked at the girl walking away with a look of contempt. Didn't she reject him because she was looking for a high-ranking woman? Why pretend to be a chaste and heroic woman? Don't you consider the other person's status to be interested in you?
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"Are you back?" Chen rested for a while, but couldn't sleep, so she went to the yard to help Wang pick vegetables.
"How is it? Is Erlang okay?" Chen asked with concern.
Su Li thought about the young man's appearance just now and felt that he was not fine, so she told him the truth. Chen became worried when she heard it, and immediately said that she would make chicken soup the next day and asked Su Li to bring it over.
Su Li naturally agreed, because the other party was injured for the sake of their family.
"Okay." Chen looked at Su Li and said happily, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Su Li pretended to know nothing, said she was going to the shop to check it out and left.
In the following days, Su Li sent nourishing soup to the Song Mansion every day for Song Ling to drink, and Song Ling's injuries gradually healed.
During this period, Song Ling never mentioned what happened that day again, as if nothing had happened.
Seeing this, Su Li breathed a sigh of relief shamefully.
"Madam Su, can we be friends in the future?" Song Ling suddenly asked that day.
Su Li paused as she put the bowl into the box and said, "Of course you can."
Song Ling gave a bitter smile, "That's good."
Su Li didn't know why she felt a little guilty when she saw the other person smile.
"Mr. Song, you are so good. You will definitely meet someone who likes you very much and you like her too." Su Li said sincerely.
As for her, she'd better not hurt others.
Song Ling lowered his head and laughed at himself, "But what if I like you?"
Su Lixin missed a beat and didn't know how to answer, so she could only pretend that she didn't hear it and walked out.
Song Ling looked at Su Li's back and sighed, "How heartless."
Could this be retribution? It must be because he had rejected too many young ladies in the past, so he was rejected when he was truly moved. It was also at this time that Song Ling realized how heartless he was in his youth and how he had hurt others' hearts. If he could go back in time, he would definitely... well, he would still refuse, because he didn't like the other person, and since he didn't like her, it was natural to refuse.
So, Madam Su doesn't like him either? A look of confusion flashed across Song Ling's eyes. He walked over to the bronze mirror and stared at the face reflected in it, silently observing it for a long moment.
Only then did he turn away when he realized what he was doing.
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"Fifth sister, what are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping yet?" Su Hong looked at Su Li sitting in front of the dressing table doing nothing and spoke.
Su Li came back to her senses and shook her head, "No, I didn't do anything."
She remembered what Song Ling said about her love during the day. For some reason, she still couldn't calm down and her heart was beating wildly.
"Fifth sister, come to bed."
The three sisters finally get to meet again, so naturally they want to sleep and chat together.
Su Hong, "What's wrong with you? Why have you been so absent-minded since you came back this afternoon?"
Su Li, "No, no."
Su Hong smiled and said, "Then there is none."
"By the way, how are things going between you and Mr. Song?"
Su Hong naturally also knew recently that Young Master Song was interested in her younger sister. It should be said that now the whole family, except Yuanbao and Heihu, even Lian Gu knew about it.
But Su Li acted as if nothing had happened, and Su Hong was a little unsure of what her younger sister meant.
Su Li, "Nothing happened."
However, Su Hong felt something different from what Su Li said.
"It's not easy to meet someone you like and who also likes you in this life. I hope you can think it over carefully and not regret it later."
Su Hong got married without thinking much, and there was no question of whether she liked him or not. At that time, she thought that life was like that. But until she was with Wang Ergou, she realized that being with someone you really love is a different feeling. The feeling is hard to describe in words, but it is just that you feel that life has direction and hope, and you feel at ease and happy when you see each other every day.
She has experienced this, so she also hopes that her two younger sisters can find someone they truly love and who also loves them.
Originally, Su Hong saw that Su Li didn't seem to like Mr. Song, so she didn't say anything. However, after observing her for a few days, Su Hong felt that her younger sister Su Li didn't necessarily really dislike the other person. She might just not be clear about her own heart. At least in these years, Su Hong had never seen Su Li have such hesitation and entanglement with other men.
"I understand, sister. I will think about it carefully." Su Li replied.
Su Hong, "You are the smartest among us sisters. No matter what decision you make, I will support you."
"What are you talking about? Who is the smartest?" Su Tao came in from outside.
Su Hong, "Nothing, just said you are the smartest."
Su Tao snorted.
Talk in private without her.
"Sister, what else do I need to prepare for the wedding?" As a bride who is getting married next month, Su Tao felt overwhelmed. She felt that she had to prepare so many things and even embroider her own wedding dress. It was really too troublesome.
As someone who had been married twice, Su Hong naturally knew what to prepare, but she knew too well that Su Tao said this just to be lazy.
"Is your veil embroidered?" Su Hong asked. Not to mention the wedding dress, it would probably take her several years to embroider the veil. Besides, she didn't have to embroider the wedding dress herself, she could just hand it over to an embroiderer. But she could embroider the veil herself for good luck.
Su Tao nodded when she heard Su Hong's words, "The embroidery is done."
"Show it to me."
Su Tao suddenly became embarrassed, and after a long time she took out the veil from the box and handed it to Su Hong.
Su Hong took it and was stunned for a moment, "Is this embroidered with mandarin ducks?"
Why does it look so much like a mouse?
Su Li also looked over and was dumbfounded. This... Puchi... Su Li couldn't help but turned away and laughed.
Seeing their reactions, Su Tao curled her lips, took the veil back and folded it up so that they couldn't see it.
"Yes, it's a mandarin duck." It was neither right nor justifiable.
Su Hong...
In order to prevent her fourth sister from being laughed at when she got married, Su Hong immediately decided that she still had time to help change it.
Su Tao felt a little depressed when she heard this. Is it that bad?
She took a quick look and realized that it didn't look good...
How could this happen? She even asked her third sister-in-law for advice. Su Tao was a little depressed.
So, under the candlelight, Su Hong changed Su Tao's veil, while Su Li lay on the bed thinking about what her elder sister had just said. She couldn't help but wonder if she would regret it if she really missed it, would she?
After seeing Song Ling the next day, Su Li got the answer. Yes, she would, and she would regret it if she really missed it.
If it was because of the other person's character or other reasons, she would not regret it. However, if it was simply because of her own cowardice, Su Li felt that she would definitely regret it.
After thinking it through, Su Li felt that everything suddenly became clear. She also decided to be brave for herself once, just once. Maybe the result still wouldn't be very good, but at least she had tried.
"Let's give it a try?" Su Li said to Song Ling that day.
Song Ling didn't know what Su Li meant by "give it a try", but his first reaction after hearing this was to agree.
However, after he agreed, Su Li turned around and ran away without saying anything.
It was not until the following year that Song Ling understood what Su Li meant by "giving it a try".
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A year later,
"Li Niang, how long are we going to keep doing this?" Song Ling felt a little aggrieved. He held Su Li's hand tightly and refused to let go. Why did he feel like someone who was not allowed to be seen in public?
Su Li felt a little guilty, but she quickly regained her composure. Hadn't he agreed when she said she wanted to give it a try? So, isn't trying just dating? Shouldn't they just get married without dating? Su Li felt like her thinking was fine! Right?
"Well, let's wait until the restaurant opens?" Su Li asked uncertainly. Maybe wait a little longer? Anyway, she felt that being in a relationship was pretty good now. When they were free, they could see each other and hold hands. When they were not free, they could do their own things without disturbing each other. How wonderful, what a perfect state. For a moment, Su Li did not want to change!
"Okay, then let's wait until the restaurant opens." Song Ling silently noted this date in his heart.
"You won't lie to me, will you?" Song Ling half-closed his eyes and looked at Su Li dangerously.
Su Li nodded, drank a sip of water, and said soothingly with curved eyes, "No, don't worry, I will definitely be responsible for you."
Song Ling: …
"Okay, remember what you said."
"Um."
Su Li, "Then I'll go first."
"I'll take you back."
"No, I can go back by myself." Although the two are now in a relationship and have a normal boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, this may not be the case in the eyes of others.
So, Su Li refused the other party's request and left secretly under Song Ling's gaze.
Song Ling...
Why does he always feel like he is having an affair with the woman he loves?
It must be an illusion...
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