The medicated oil given by Lu Mingyu was indeed miraculous. I still had a slight pain the next day, but after applying it for another day, I fully recovered on the third day!
Bookstores usually open early, but Lin Wanyu didn't want to go out too early, so it wasn't until nearly noon that she called Bai Lu to invite Lu Mingyu.
"It's not like we went out to see each other for so long?" Lu Mingyu marveled at the time Lin Wanyu spent putting on makeup and dressing up: Women are really troublesome!
Bai Lu thought to herself: I can't tell you that it's a girl who sleeps in bed, right?
That's so embarrassing.
The two of them went out without asking anyone for instructions. When the news came to Jinlanyuan from the concierge, the exhausted Lin Jinlan threw down a tea set.
"They went out to have a good time and let my son stay in bed to recuperate?" Lin Jinlan couldn't bear to see her son suffer while Lu Mingyu acted like a normal person.
Nanny Lin, who had been following Mrs. Lin, said warmly: "You and I are incompetent. They indulge in beauty whenever they have free time. Madam, you don't need to take them to heart. The old slave looks at Brother Sheng's bride and she is very good." , but that face when I said hello yesterday..."
When the bride served tea yesterday, Lin Jinlan saw the faint bruise on Chu Yao's face at a glance, and she applied a thick layer of powder to cover it up.
But the smile on her face was really stiff, and Lin Jinlan, who had always cared about her, noticed the clues.
Lu Zhang was more careless. He only said a few high-sounding words of blessing and left, leaving Lin Jinlan holding Chu Yao's hand and saying a lot of personal words.
What made her happy was that Chu Yao was very obedient and basically didn't say anything resentful, but her low-brow look was still different from before.
When talking about this, Lin Jinlan couldn't help but sigh: "Sheng'er must have been dissatisfied with Xiao Liu for making things so ugly on the wedding day, so he attacked the bride. Chu Yao is so well-behaved, she definitely wouldn't mess with her on the wedding night. Sheng'er is unhappy."
In short, in her eyes, her son was right, and others were wrong.
Nanny Lin repeatedly said: "Why don't you give me another courtesy to return to Ning tomorrow? Firstly, you can comfort the young lady. Secondly, you can express to the Chu family how much you value the young lady. Thirdly, the master can't help but praise the madam after knowing it." A word of caution."
Lin Jinlan felt it was reasonable and agreed: "You understand me best. Many people in this house still miss my sister and think it was me who occupied the magpie's nest. Haha, they forgot that I was the first to enter the house."
Nanny Lin continued to comfort Lin Jinlan in a familiar manner.
Over the years, Lin Jinlan's favorite things to talk about are nothing more than "Where did Xiaoliu go wrong?" and "Whatever happened to my sister back then, I am the woman balabala he loves most."
She thought she could successfully hide it today, but then Lin Jinlan resorted to a counterattack: "Do you think Lin Wanyu should ask the master for it and give it to Xiao Qi?"
Although Xiao Qi was scolded by Lu Zhang that day, when he came back to his senses, he realized that the reason why his father did not punish Xiao Liu severely this time was all because of Lin Wanyu!
The woman was eloquent and calmed her father's anger with just a few words. If such a smart woman could be put into his yard, Xiaoliu would have nothing!
Nanny Lin also saw it clearly that day. She pondered for a while and chose an answer that was not right or wrong: "It sounds like Concubine Rong arranged for that girl to come here. If King Xuan dies one day, Concubine Rong may not die well. If If someone with intentions finds out about Lin Wanyu, then our young master will also be punished. For such a hot potato, I think it is most appropriate to put it next to the sixth young master. I think the master thinks the same way and does not want our young master to take this risk. .”
Lin Jinlan suddenly realized: "It makes sense, I guess a woman can't influence Xiao Liu's opinion of the master, so just let him be."
On one side, Nanny Lin comforted Lin Jinlan, and on the other side, Lu Shengming tried her best to comfort Chu Yao with sweet words, promising her to return home tomorrow and make her famous!
Chu Yao then forgave her husband for what he did on their wedding night, but the sadness in her heart could not go away.
In fact, on the day when Lin Jinlan saw her talking to the Sixth Young Master of the Lu Family at Jing'an Temple, she had no idea that she had also met the Sixth Young Master of the Lu Family by chance. But what surprised her was that he came to persuade her not to marry into the Lu Family.
It was really abrupt for a foreign man to talk about marriage to a woman she had never met. She originally wanted to leave immediately, but the words the Sixth Young Master of the Lu family followed made her change her mind.
He talked about Lu Shengming's first wife.
She was a capable woman who met Lu Shengming in a shopping mall. She was very good at management and built her own business into a prosperous business, not inferior to the man in the slightest.
Lin Jinlan just took a fancy to her ability and felt that she would be able to assist Lu Shengming and make the Lu family's business prosperous.
But who would have thought that she was a shrewd person with a blind eye. Whenever it came to important decisions, she insisted on making her own decisions, gradually ignoring Lu Shengming. Lu Shengming had nothing to do and became addicted to gambling, and his temper gradually became irritated during the trial and error.
Chu Yao was so scared that she couldn't help asking: "I heard that she died of illness? How could such a fiery woman die of illness?"
But at such a critical moment, Lu Mingyu did not say any more, and only said: "The Lu family is a pit of fire. If you insist on jumping, I can only remind you here. Whether it is a blessing or a curse, you can decide for yourself."
Chu Yao smiled bitterly: "I have no role to speak when my parents order a matchmaker."
After finishing his bad words, Lu Mingyu used his skills to coax girls and made Chu Yao laugh. Inadvertently, Lin Jinlan saw the illusion of intimacy and friendship between the two of them.
Although Chu Yao had no intention of getting married, the matchmaker described the Lu family as being like the best in the world, and the betrothal gifts she gave were very generous. Whatever doubts the Chu family's parents had, they were all dispelled and were happy. Send a girl to get married.
Forget it, who should you marry? Now that she knows how her husband left her last marriage, she will not make the same mistake again and just follow her husband's orders.
Here Chu Yao chose to accept her fate.
On the other side, when Lin Wanyu arrived at the bookstore, she first selected all the books she had liked in the past, and then saw Lu Mingyu on the other side, reading something.
I remembered that he said he didn't like reading, but at this moment he was clearly fascinated by it.
Lin Wanyu couldn't help but wonder what he was looking at, so she walked over quietly and slowly, planning to catch him by surprise. But when he was only two or three steps away, Lu Mingyu suddenly turned around: "What are you doing sneakily?"
"..."
Lin Wanyu was so discouraged: "How did you find me?"
Lu Mingyu laughed and pointed at her shadow and feet: "First of all, I'm not blind. Secondly, your footsteps are too heavy and I'm not deaf."
"It's boring." Lin Wanyu put down the hem of her skirt and patted it twice in an exasperated manner. From the corner of her eye, she saw the title of the book in his hand: "Hey, is this what you're looking at?"
"Oh, it's just a weapon book." Lu Mingyu put down the book nonchalantly, "Have you made your choice?"
Lin Wanyu shook her head: "I want to buy more. I'm always bored by myself. I want to read books I haven't read before."
"What did you read before?" Lu Mingyu took two books from the books she had selected, including the Four Books and Five Classics, a collection of classics and history, and the like.
"Can you read such a sophisticated book? Are you going to take a scientific examination?" Lu Mingyu couldn't believe that a woman could read books related to scientific examinations.
Lin Wanyu smiled helplessly: "I have an older brother. My family wanted him to take the imperial examination, but he didn't want to. He wanted to join the army, so he threw these books he brought back from the academy to me. When I got tired of playing the piano, I would read them. I turned it over and over and finished reading it.”
Hearing what she said, Lu Mingyu felt that it was a bit redundant for him to send people to the capital to inquire about her life experience. She was clearly Lin Wanyu, and the brother she was talking about was probably Lin Jinyu, the eldest son of Prime Minister Lin who was most proud of.
Realizing that he had touched on her sad story, Lu Mingyu quickly laughed twice and changed the subject: "What are the good books about these old scholars? Come here and I will find some interesting ones for you."
Lin Wanyu knew that the deceased was gone and the past could not be forgotten, so she cheered up and followed Lu Mingyu to another corner of the bookstore. There were many female customers here, talking in groups, and even snickering at the contents of the book. .
"The storybook?" Lin Yunyu looked at the few books Lu Mingyu thrust into her and couldn't help but frown: "These are all stories about talented men and beautiful women, and they are all fake."
"Hey, isn't this something that every girl likes to watch, but you don't like it?" Lu Mingyu said in surprise. He thought that Lin Yunyu liked to watch the opera Yunxianglou before, so he should also like this kind of script, but he didn't expect it to be the case.
"I'm not saying I don't love you. It's just that this twists and turns of love story makes me feel unreal. Would anyone really give up his life and family honor for a man?"
Lin Wanyu's education was different from that of ordinary women. She could think calmly when looking at the world, but she knew that she was very emotional. When her emotions reached an uncontrollable critical point, it would be useless for her to be calm and self-possessed.
In the final analysis, no one is a saint, and emotions and desires cannot be separated.
As soon as Lin Wanyu said these words, the female guests closest to them raised their heads. One of them stood up directly and said to Lin Wanyu: "This girl has unique insights. Is she not married yet?"
When Lu Mingyu asked this question, a grown man stood next to Lin Wanyu, as if they were a couple. However, Lin Wanyu did not comb her hair into a bun, and she looked like a girl who had not yet left the court.
When a stranger asks such a tricky question, anyone can hear the unkindness in his tone.
But Lin Wanyu only smiled, pushed the storybook in her hand to Lu Mingyu, and replied generously: "Whether one is married or not is not directly related to a person's concept. Does it mean that the girl here who likes talented people and beautiful women needs to be married before she can read the storybook? ? Then may I ask if the girl is married?"
The woman didn't expect Lin Wanyu to fight back like this. She often came to this bookstore, but she couldn't lose face because of a single word, so she forced a smile:
"Young lady is really sharp-tongued. She deliberately misunderstood my meaning. I wanted to say that being unmarried means being unloved. Why not read the text and have a look at it? There is no need to be picky about the content of the story."
"I just expressed my thoughts. I didn't attack the script itself, and I didn't mention others. Then why did you jump out and talk to me? Since you told me, why is there a needle in the cotton? Oh, by the way, do we know each other?"
As soon as these words came out, the woman's smile could no longer be maintained, but she didn't want to quarrel with others in public, so she snorted and handed the selected storybook to the maid. Before leaving, she didn't forget to turn around and say harsh words: " Just wait for me!"
Lin Wanyu, who was so angry that she was so popular, looked indifferent and shrugged: "Who is she? Just let me wait. She is such a boring girl."
Lu Mingyu, who was watching the show on the sidelines, stepped forward and said, "You seem to have gotten into trouble."
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