C46 (1/2)
Lin Shu frowned when she heard the first half of the sentence, who would come and say that the other's wasn't good? However, when she heard the latter half of Yao's sentence, her brows relaxed a little, ”The capital is under the feet of the Emperor, and every inch of land is worth a fortune. Naturally, it cannot compare to Yangzhou … I know that the Brother Yao has good intentions, but I hope that you can be cautious when you speak of it in your Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion. ”
Even though he was the youngest son of Lian Family, he had followed his father into and out of the shop since childhood. He knew best what he should say when he was in the shop, but now that he saw his chubby cousin, he only wanted to test out her reaction.
All these years, when his father and mother talked about his aunt and cousin, their words were filled with sighs. He didn't know when it had happened, but he had always felt sorry for his cousin.
If she wanted to become his wife, she would have to see if this cousin of hers had the ability to do so. After all, in his mother's mouth, although this cousin of his was not a bad person, she was a proud one.
However, these words didn't have the slightest bit of arrogance in them. The smile on Yao Yao's face grew even wider, ”What, are you afraid that I'll lose face for you and your aunt?”
”Face?” Do you think that face can be eaten, or do you think it can be spent like silver? ” ”But compared to First Aunt and Second Aunt, whose families were born, mother's life in the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion is indeed not that good. Especially with Grandmother's side, they would occasionally pick on Mother's mistakes, and the thing I'm afraid of is that Cousin would say the wrong thing, and would cause a ruckus in people's ears, and at that time, Mother would still be the one who suffers.”
After saying that, she gave a deep look at Lian Yao and said in a low voice, ”Brother Yao said just now that my mother and I are not having a good time at Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion. I hope Brother Yao can think of Mother's behalf more.”
How was his cousin arrogant? He was clearly a considerate person.
For a time, even Yao was rendered speechless by that pair of clear eyes. Just as he was about to speak again, an exclamation rang out from not too far away, ”Sister Shu, Sister Shu, wait for me …”
Lin Shu turned her head to look, who else could it be other than Lin Hui?
Lin Hui jogged all the way while panting heavily, she spoke out: ”Just now, I went to the Linglong Pavilion to look for you, and the servant girl there said that you went to the Fanghua Garden, and waited for me to go to the Fanghua Garden, and then there was a maid that said that you went out, you sure made it easy for me to find you …”
Now that he and Lin Shu had become close friends, and had to meet once or twice a day, Grand Madam was naturally happy to see his granddaughter in harmony, but First Madam wasn't too happy anymore, and even asked Lin Hui to spend more time with Second Branch Lin Qian.
But Lin Hui was also a stubborn one. Not only did she not get close with Lin Qian, she even became distant from her. First Madam doted on her, and every time she returned from the Linglong Pavilion with a smile on her face, she would stop talking for a long time.
”What are you doing looking for me in such a hurry?” Lin Shu smiled as she looked at her. Before she could say anything, she introduced her, ”This is my cousin who came from Yangzhou, please call him Brother Yao along with me.”
With that, she looked towards Yao Yun, ”This is my daughter from First Aunt, my third cousin, Lin Hui.”
Even Yao Yao nodded his head and kept his indifferent attitude and arrogance towards Lin Shu, smiling as she greeted, ”Third Miss.”
Lin Hui shot a glance at him, but her ears had started to turn red. She who had always been carefree did not even greet him, and had instead pulled Lin Shu to the side. Didn't your cousin say that he was waiting for the end of New Year's Eve at Yangzhou and the beginning of spring to come back to the capital? ”
Lin Shu said with a smile: ”My aunt thinks that Brother Yao's studies are the most important thing. If I were to send my cousin to the capital earlier, I would be able to learn a few things from the masters.
After saying that, she turned her head and asked, ”Brother Yao, do you think …”
However, where could he find Yao Yao?
Lin Hui pursed her lips and laughed, ”Just now, he already left, and it was fortunate that you didn't know anything.”
However, Lin Shu felt a little embarrassed, ”I think Brother Yao must be thinking that since he is an outsider, it is inconvenient for him to stay here when we are young ladies. That's why he left first.”
On the other hand, Lin Hui looked at his figure that was walking away, and laughed: ”This person, is different from the others.”
Although she was very carefree, she wasn't unaware of anything. Her father was a trusted general, and her mother was a direct descendant of the Jin'ling Kong Family. Whenever they went out to socialize, both men and women would greet her.
Lin Shu did not think too much into it, and only pulled her sleeve: ”You came looking for me in such a hurry, is there something urgent?”
”Aiya, if you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten!” Lin Hui slapped her forehead, and smiled: ”I just found out from Grandmother, they said that the National Duke Ning's Palace sent a message to our family, they said that it was the birthday of the Grand Madam's Palace's Grand Madam, and invited us to congratulate them. The moment I received the news, I came over quickly to tell you.”