Chapter 130 - Contact Secretly (1/2)

Shi Qingxue was unable either to laugh or to cry after hearing Dong Hui’s naïve reason.

She certainly knew that Mo Juyang was not a good person, and she was not, either.

But facing Dong Hui’s serious expression, she stopped joking and said solemnly, “Mother, we are not good people. Your reason is not proper. And…”

Shi Qingxue paused for a while and there was gentleness on her face that she didn’t notice. Then she said slowly, “And I won’t fall in love with anybody in all my life. If there is somebody, it will be him only. Do you understand?”

She was unwilling to disobey Dong Hui’s decision, but she had gradually found what she really wanted from the bottom of her heart. If she would have to obey her parents and marry somebody else, ignoring Mo Junyang’s love for her…

Sorry, she couldn’t do that.

Maybe she couldn’t treat Mo Junyang like he treated her for now, which was why she still refused to love him back even if they had vague feelings. But she was willing to make effort for their future.

However, Dong Hui wasn’t moved by her daughter’s rare sincerity and showed a weird expression with surprise, fear and regret on her face. She grabbed Qingxue’s wrist forcefully, stressing each word. “No. You can’t be with him.”

What she said was decisive, with no chance to change.

“Mother!” Shi Qingxue was anxious.

But Dong Hui waved her hand and interrupted her. She turned away and avoided seeing her daughter while saying, “I am your mother. Since I have given you a chance to choose a man, but you don’t want it, you should let your parents decide your marriage. Don’t worry. The guy from the Leng Family didn’t show up, but there are many good men in the capital city wanting to marry you. I will find another one tomorrow.”

“What? Another one?”

Shi Qingxue felt lucky that the people from the Leng Family didn’t come today, but she realized that Dong Hui meant to make a blind date for her every day till she found a husband.

She was annoyed. “I don’t want to see them. Stop joking. Why would I have to meet the men that I have never seen before?”

Dong Hui totally ignored Qingxue’s wish and arranged everything forcefully as she locked up Qingxue in the Luotong Boudoir like last time. At the same time, she had an appointment with a Rank-2 official’s wife to meet next day.

Shi Qingxue looked at Dong Hui who seemed to have changed and felt depressed, but even if her mother made an appointment for her without asking her, she couldn’t stand up anybody regardless of her mother’s dignity. She was so angry.

What could make her feel happy was that the blind dates made by Dong Hui in the following days didn’t go on well for different reasons. A man broke his leg by accident on the way to the restaurant, and another had taken an order from the emperor at the previous night and disappeared, or…

And Dong Hui didn’t cut off her connections with the outside world like last time. After locking her up for several days, she let Dong Shuang go back to serve Qingxue.

As soon as Dong Hui left, Shi Qingxue couldn’t wait to ask Dong Shuang. “What’s going on? What did Mo Junyang say? Does he have a way to prevent me from seeing those men?”

Dong Shuang smiled slyly. “My Lady, you haven’t met them yet, right?”

Shi Qingxue was distressed. “I can avoid it one day, but I can’t escape forever. I won’t be lucky every time as the man happens to be too busy to see me.”

“Maybe! Perhaps you will be lucky every time, My Lady!” Dong Shuang tried her best not to laugh and the smile in her eyes which couldn’t be concealed scared Shi Qingxue.

Shi Qingxue trembled and patted Dong Shuang’s head crossly. “Stop joking around. The news that my mother forces me to have blind dates must spread in the capital city. I don’t believe that Mo Junyang would be completely indifferent.”

She was not sure about others, but Mo Junyang, the man who was willing to sleep with her skeleton after she died, would never stand by and do nothing.

Dong Shuang finally couldn’t control herself anymore and burst into laughter. “Of course he did something. Otherwise why would the men who want to meet you these days be so unlucky?”

“…Uhh!” Shi Qingxue was astonished and soon realized what had happened. She opened her mouth wide instantly, which could swallow an egg.

But then she was worried again. “It can’t go on like this all the time. It appears that my mother wouldn’t stop until she finds me a good husband. I don’t want them to fight because of me.”

Xia Mang and Dong Shuang looked at each other and prayed for their lady for a second. Then they raised their heads at the same time and reminded, “Just now, Madam told you to dress up. You will go out to see Duke Wu’s heir later.”

“Wu Su?” Hearing this name, Shi Qingxue frowned.

Because the elders of the two families were friends, Shi Qingxue had connections with Duke Wu’s heir, Wu Su, when she was a child, but because of their relationship, she put that guy on the list of the people that she would never make friends with. She didn’t want to see Wu Su at all, let alone developing any special relationship with him.

“I don’t know what my mother is thinking. Dose she think that nobody wants to marry me? She actually likes Wu Su, that coward. It pisses me off!” Shi Qingxue thought her taste was insulted for the first time.

As soon as Mammy Zheng entered the room, she heard Shi Qingxue complain about the man, but she didn’t show any expression on her face. She just said formally, “My Lady, Madam has to deal with the family affairs today and has no time to go out, so she told me to meet His Excellency with you.”

Shi Qingxue heard the first sentence and was about to grin, but she was frustrated by the last words. She rested her hands on the table with displeasure. “I won’t go.”

Mammy Zheng said, “Madam has made an appointment with Madam Wu. My Lady, if you refuse to go, Madam Wu would wait for you there.”

Seeing that Shi Qingxue hesitated, Mammy Zheng pushed harder. “Madam has said if you are still unwilling to go, she will go to Duke Wu’s mansion to apologize after she finishes her work.”

Hearing that Dong Hui would apologize, Shi Qingxue had to give in.

No matter how much she resisted Dong Hui’s arrangement, she wouldn’t make her mother lose face in front of outsiders, which would only give Mo Shujun more chances to spite Dong Hui.

She sighed helplessly. “I am going, okay?”