Qu Qing followed Qu Li to the guest room anxiously.
After sitting down, his hands curled up due to nervousness, and his fingertips even turned a little white.
Qu Li's sharp eyes glanced at her indifferently. Although her face was calm, Qu Qing didn't dare to look at her. She always felt that those eyes seemed to be able to see through her, so she could only lower her head as much as possible.
She couldn't understand how the person who was so stupid that people couldn't help but tease and bully him could become so powerful and so strange.
"Speak!"
The two words that suddenly reached her ears made Qu Qing's pupils dilate, and she wanted to peek at her. "What, what did you say?"
"Tell me about your injuries, how you happened to run in front of my carriage, and what you want to do."
"Big sister, I didn't mean to do anything! I..."
"I am no longer the Qu Li I used to be."
There was a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth, but the smile did not reach her eyes. She looked like a sword that could be unsheathed at any time.
Qu Qing felt as if her heart was being strangled by a pair of hands, and even breathing became difficult.
"I……"
She had just opened her mouth to say a word when Qu Li interrupted her with a serious face: "Don't lie!"
"After my eldest sister and father fell out, the family had almost no spare money, so my mother wanted to arrange a marriage for me! She had her eyes on the nephew of Yang, the wife of the Minister of War. Yang's family was a wealthy merchant family in Jiangnan, and she thought she could get a generous betrothal gift! But I didn't want it."
Qu Li raised the end of his eyebrows.
This is indeed Fang's style of doing things!
Moreover, during the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, Bai Ruowei did tell her that Fang wanted to use the occasion to find someone for Qu Qing.
Qu Qing has always been a proud and arrogant person. Even if she were to marry into a wealthy family and become his wife, she would never agree.
so……
Thinking of the day when she unexpectedly saw Qu Qing getting on Xiao Zhao's carriage, a hint of darkness appeared in her eyes.
Qu Qing glanced at her and immediately lowered her head.
After calming down a bit, her eyes reddened: "In fact, with the current reputation of the Yongshun Marquisate, even the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan might not be willing to marry into the Yongshun Marquisate! But my mother always sticks to her word, and she simply won't listen to any advice.
"This marriage hasn't even started yet, and my mother is already forcing me to agree! When I refused, she confined me to my room and denied me food."
Tears rolled down like beads that had broken off the string.
Qu Li looked at her and handed her a handkerchief.
Qu Qing wiped the tears from her face and sobbed.
Qu Li's eyes were dark and unclear.
She once discussed with her senior brothers and sisters what the highest level of lies was.
She remembered her senior sister saying that the highest level of lies is half truth and half lie.
It is obvious that Qu Qing has grasped the essence.
As if she noticed Qu Li's gaze on her, Qu Qing stole a glance at Qu Li from behind her handkerchief.
However, she didn't see anything, and she couldn't help feeling uneasy.
"Then I escaped and was found by my mother, who beat me."
Qu Li nodded to show that he understood.
"So, you went to the restaurant on purpose today?"
Qu Qing subconsciously wanted to deny it, but her aggressive gaze made her scalp tingle, and she finally had to nod.
"You are quite honest!" Qu Li stood up, his movements graceful and his temperament extraordinary. "You will live here for the next few days. As for Wen Zhao and Chang Le, you can avoid them if you can! But after all, you have hurt Wen Zhao in the past."
Qu Qing also hurriedly stood up, "Big sister, I, I know what to do! I will definitely not embarrass you!"
Qu Li said "hmm" lightly and walked away.
Looking at the graceful figure bathed in the sun, Qu Qing raised her hand to press her wildly beating heart.
The elder sister is really oppressive now.
When dealing with her, you really need to be extremely careful.
I don’t know if she can get things done!
Qu Li ignored Qu Qing's gaze on her back and walked towards Qu Wenzhao's room in the sunshine.
In the room, Changle was still comforting him, but the boy didn't say a word, as if he was isolated from the world.
"Qu Wenzhao, what do you mean? My seventh cousin must have her own reasons for doing this. Before we figure it out, can you please stop putting on such a sour face?"
Her response was still silence.
Changle was an impatient person to begin with, and when he saw Qu Wenzhao's stinky face, which looked as if everyone owed him hundreds of dollars, he was so angry that smoke was about to come out of his head.
"Qu Wenzhao, if you do this again, I will ignore you!"
Qu Wenzhao slowly raised his eyes, the whites of his eyes were red, and because he was suppressing his emotions, his hands were tightly gripping the armrests of the wheelchair, and the veins on the back of his hands were knotted.
Changle suddenly choked up and could no longer say any harsh words.
Qu Li pushed the door open at this moment. The young man glanced at her, pursed his lips, and turned his face away.
Changle looked at Qu Li with some worry. Qu Li gave her a calming look and walked up to the young man who was surrounded by sadness and gloom.
"Angry?"
Qu Wenzhao lowered his head.
They had been bullied many times in the past. Qu Qing always looked kind, but those vicious methods of bullying came from her!
He was not a child who knew nothing, but he was worried that his elder sister would be deceived by Qu Qing's hypocritical appearance and hurt herself.
He was about to say something when he suddenly felt a weight on his head.
Qu Wenzhao suddenly looked up and met Qu Li's bright eyes that seemed to have crushed a pool of stars.
His throat was so dry that he couldn't speak.
"You're already grown up, if you have any dissatisfaction, don't take it out on Changle!"
"That's right!" Changle snorted twice in agreement, expressing his dissatisfaction.
Qu Wenzhao's eyes were red. "Sister, Qu Qing is just a beautiful snake. She definitely has no good intentions!"
The smile on Qu Li's lips deepened a little.
That smile was beautiful and gentle.
It seemed to have the magic power to soothe bad emotions, and Qu Wenzhao slowly calmed down.
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
This question made Qu Wenzhao and Changle both stunned.
"How is that possible? Before..."
The boy was a little angry.
My eldest sister might have been stupid in the past, always believing others easily, especially Fang’s sweet words.
But now, as the eldest sister, she is the only one who can bully others.
"I was indeed very stupid and a little blind before, which is why I was often deceived and bullied by others. But now I have come to my senses!"
She still remembered the first time she met Qu Wenzhao. The boy's face was clearly full of worry, but he pretended to be indifferent.
"To lure a snake out of its hole and catch a fox by the tail, you need both a snake and a fox, right?"
They are all smart people with a keen mind. There is no need to say much, they understand it instantly.
The boy pursed his lips slightly, the worry in his eyes even darker than before.
"Eldest sister, you promised me that you would be careful and not act stubbornly!"
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