Chapter 104 (1/2)

Chapter 104

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Since that day, Lord Xu had not come to find Yu Linglong again, nor had anyone sent her gifts or letters, but the news about Lord Xu’s troubles has gradually disappeared. As if he hadn’t been a maverick in the capital for more than ten years, the prodigal son left just like that.

Even Yu Linglong felt a little weird. Could it be that this guy had really changed his temper? Was it that he had really moved his mind away from her?

After more than ten days of such calm, an unexpected guest suddenly came to Pinlan Garden.

She was an uninvited guest, but in fact, this person was also a member of the Yu house, but she hadn’t had any dealings with Yu Linglong for a long time, so she was considered a rare guest.

On this day, Yu Linglong had just woken up after a nap in the afternoon, Ling’er came in and said, “Miss, the Third Lady is here. She has been waiting outside for a long time.”

Yu Linglong was a little surprised. Yu Qianliu? What was she doing?

Since the last time Yu Qianliu tricked her into a remote courtyard by helping Yu Qianjiao to lure her into being surrounded by fierce dogs, she was turned against the general. Yu Qianliu, a tricky girl, had never dared to provoke her. Even if you accidentally met her in the garden, she would obediently escape with her tail between her legs. Why did she suddenly come to visit her today?

Yu Linglong slowly got up from the couch. Xuan Cao put on a coat for her, and said, “Miss, do you want to go out and see her?”

Yu Linglong sneered, “Naturally I want to go.”

Everyone had come to the door, did she want to call someone out without saying anything? Yu Linglong wanted to see what this little girl was going to do.

Outside, Yu Qianliu wore a homely silver-red hibiscus narrow-sleeved short coat, tied with a rose and purple fine pleated skirt, with a fallen horse bun on her head, and a gilt hairpin with a gra.s.shopper. She looked very neat and tidy sitting upright on the stool, sipping a cup of tea.

Seeing Yu Linglong coming out, Yu Qianliu hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: “How are you?”

Yu Linglong looked at her a few times and only felt that Yu Qianliu was a little bit more provocative than before, with the popular drunken makeup on her face, which made her look a few years older. She did not look like a young fifteen-year-old girl; on the contrary, she was more charming than a young girl.

It seemed that after Mu s.h.i.+’s death, Yu Qianliu’s life was very good. She had a lot of energy, and she was even more articulate. At least seeing Yu Linglong, Yu Qianliu didn’t keep her head down like before.

It’s just that Yu Linglong didn’t care about Yu Qianliu’s living conditions. She just glanced at Yu Qianliu, then went straight to the seat of honor and sat down. She took the small white cup from the hands of Xuan Cao, and asked faintly: “Why did you come?”

Yu Qianliu walked towards her a few steps, walked a proper distance, stopped wittily, and said with a smile: “The day before yesterday, I got top-quality makeup and satin, the colors and patterns of which are all excellent. I can’t use these materials alone, because it’s almost the end of the year. It’s better to distribute them to the sisters so we will all be on good terms.”

Yu Linglong heard these words numbly, and she couldn’t help feeling a chill in her heart. Be on good terms? Who would want to be on good terms with her? When Yu Qianliu opened her mouth and scolded, she didn’t mention any sisters. When she tricked her to go to Yu Qianjiao and be besieged by a bulldog, she didn’t think of being on good terms with her sisters!

Yu Linglong sneered secretly in her heart, but she still remained calm, wanting to see what Yu Qianliu wanted to do.

She must have an ulterior motive. This Yu Qianliu used to bully her and tease her, or hide far away, so how could she come to her to show her favor?

Seeing Yu Linglong’s skeptical look, Yu Qianliu added a few more words: “I have just been to the Second Sister. She already has them. I left this one specially for my sister.”

As she spoke, she pointed to the gorgeous cloth on the table, with a flattering smile on her face.

Yu Linglong was silent and looked at her deeply. Yu Qianliu only felt that her eyes were like two cold knives, and her eyes were kept cold from the back of her spine.

After a while, Yu Linglong said faintly: “Xuan Cao, put the fabric away. Don’t lose the goodwill of others.”

This was accepted, and Yu Qianliu was greatly relieved. She deliberately pretended not to hear the meaning of Yu Linglong’s words, and said, “What is my sister doing at home these days?”

Ignoring Yu Qianliu’s empty words, Yu Linglong took a sip of tea and said, “What else do you have?”

Yu Qianliu shut her mouth, and her face couldn’t help but feel sour. She originally thought that with a good piece of cloth, she could ease the relations.h.i.+p with Yu Linglong a little bit. She talked to her, but it was a pity that people just take things and don’t give a good face.

Smiling embarra.s.singly, Yu Qianliu said: “The weather has been cold recently. I’m afraid my Fourth Sister will get bored at home. I want to ask my sister to go to the temple fair together.”

Yu Linglong raised her eyebrows. Yu Qianliu’s courage really grew, and she dared to ask her out?

Seeing Yu Linglong’s scrutinizing gaze, Yu Qianliu looked away with a guilty conscience and cleared her throat: “If it’s too troublesome, then you don’t need to go to the temple fair. I know that a tailor shop just opened at the front door. I heard that the embroidery work there is very good. We could go cut a few sets of clothes together instead? It just so happens that the fabric is ready.”

An imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Yu Linglong’s mouth. Yu Qianliu changed her way and wanted her to go out!

It seemed that she must have made a lot of preparations before she came. She found another reason for her failure. She gave fabrics to show her diligence, and she could also create opportunities for going to the tailor shop. It’s really difficult for Yu Qianliu, she thought about it a lot.

Yu Linglong snorted coldly. The last time she lied for Yu Qianjiao and she hadn’t had time to settle the account. This time, would she take her somewhere else?

Now that you have visited, don’t blame the sister for being polite!

A faint smile appeared on her bright face, and the whole room suddenly became warmer. Yu Linglong’s cherry lips lightly opened and she said, “Okay, let’s go together tomorrow.”

Hearing Yu Linglong’s affirmative reply, Yu Qianliu seemed to be greatly relieved. She stood up with a smile on her face and said goodbye: “Then I will come over to pick up my sister tomorrow morning.”

After Yu Qianliu left, Yu Linglong said, “Take out the fabric and have a look. Is there any problem with it?”

Xuan Cao and Ling’er quickly took out the piece of fabric that had just been put into the cabinet, took a look at it, and cut a small piece, and burned it to smell it. She said “Miss, I didn’t find anything. It’s strange.”

Yu Linglong nodded. Since the materials were okay, it meant that things going on were tedious.

Yu Linglong said in a low voice, “Go and ask people to watch her.”

Knowing that the young lady was suspicious, the two maids rushed down, and Ling’er left the door immediately.

In the evening, Ling’er came back, taking advantage of the maids’ efforts to prepare meals, and reported the news to Yu Linglong.

Listening to Ling’er’s words, Yu Linglong twitched the corners of her mouth, revealing a cold smile.

This Yu Qianliu was really dishonest. On such a cold day, she will go to the tailor’s shop again tomorrow morning, but this night, she actually called the carriage to go out again.

It seemed that last time she didn’t clean up Yu Qianliu. This little girl thought she was a good bully, and actually wanted to set her up again?

Did she think she was a little rabbit, jumping obediently into the trap over and over again?

Yu Linglong put away the smile on her face, gracefully picked up the chopsticks with her slender hand, took a mouthful of the mushrooms and duck feet, and ate slowly.

This time, she won’t be merciful anymore.

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Early the next morning, Yu Qianliu came to Pinlan Garden.

Before entering, she smiled and called to the room: “Is the Fourth Sister getting up?”

Xuan Cao raised the curtain. Yu Qianliu entered the room and saw Yu Linglong sitting at the table, Ling’er helping her rinse her mouth.

Yu Qianliu stepped forward and said with a smile: “The Four Sister has been waiting for a long time, let’s go now.”

Yu Linglong looked up at her and smiled slightly: “Well, let’s go.”

Some people are really impatient, even so impatient to find death.

The cold winter sun shone on the two of them. Yu Linglong was wearing a Xiangfei golden brocade moiré short coat, and a turquoise green double-ring belt was tied around her waist, which hung over the lake-blue moonflower skirt. The upper part is covered with a sable wind collar, trimmed with silver-gray fox hair, which looked like hibiscus on the cheeks, dotted with stars, and pink lips as soft as stamens, looking extraordinary.

Even though Yu Qianliu, who was wearing a lush green brocade leather jacket, had also deliberately dressed up, she was suddenly overshadowed by the unparalleled Yu Linglong.

The two walked in tandem in the garden. Yu Qianliu was always a step away from Yu Linglong. From time to time, she asked for gossip, and Yu Linglong nodded occasionally as a response.

Today was destined to be an uneasy day. After the two walked a short while, they met another lady from the Yu family.

Yu Qianyun was wearing a small homely green satin coat and a plain white silk skirt, with only a little maid beside her, and she walked over from the corridor.

Seeing the two of them, Yu Qianyun stepped forward slowly, lowered her eyes, and smiled and said, “Good day Third Sister, good day Fourth Sister.”

Since the death of Lady Yu, Yu Qianyun was living in the Yu house. Originally, Lady Yu wanted to speak to Yu Qianyun about arranging a marriage, since her aunt handed her over, but she had not had time to find a suitable family. After that, many things happened in the Yu Mansion one after another, and everyone was overwhelmed. No one remembered Yu Qianyun, the Fifth Lady who had just returned to the mansion.

Yu Linglong heard Ling’er mention it several times, but Yu Qianyun remained at the front door and stayed in the yard working or reading and writing. She was very obedient. The people next to her were all the old people of Lady Yu. This Fifth Lady had a fairly comfortable life.

When Yu Qianliu saw Yu Qianyun, her slumped shoulders straightened up unconsciously, revealing a meanness that Yu Linglong hadn’t seen in a long time: “Fifth Sister is really leisurely, not staying inside in the cold weather. What are you doing outside?”[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

It seemed that Yu Qianliu was still the same; she wanted to step on her feet subconsciously when she saw her sister.

As if she hadn’t heard the contempt in Yu Qianliu’s words, Yu Qianyun smiled softly and said: “I just came back from the backyard to see if the plum blossoms there.”

Yu Qianliu glanced at the two dead branches in the hands of the little maid behind her. There were a few small buds dotted on them. She couldn’t help but sarcastically said: “You are really leisurely to be in the mood to do this!”

Yu Qianyun’s mouth had her usual smile, and her voice is still gentle, but the words seemed to have no deep meaning: “I picked flowers to wors.h.i.+p the old lady.”

Yu Qianliu was choked. A pair of eyes with slightly raised corners looked straight at Yu Qianyun, but they didn’t know what to say to each other.

Yu Linglong looked at the two sisters coldly, and she suddenly felt a little funny.

Yu Qianyun looked soft and weak, but she was not a fool who allowed people to bully her.

Yu Qianyun obviously did not want to be entangled with Yu Qianliu more, and gently changed the subject: “Where are the two sisters going?”

Suddenly Yu Linglong felt interested, and replied leisurely: “We are going to the front door to stroll around.”

It was rare to see Yu Linglong speaking so peacefully. Both Yu Qianyun and Yu Qianliu were slightly startled.

Yu Qianyun immediately recovered, and looked at Yu Linglong’s face with a soft smile: “There are many fun places in the front door, and the two sisters will definitely have a good time shopping.”