Duan Yunlang was surprised and excited when he saw Xin You: "Cousin Qing, is it really you who bought Qingsong Bookstore?"
Xin You walked out and asked, "Does your second cousin know?"
Duan Yunlang nodded: "I heard what my classmates said, but I didn't believe it, so I found an opportunity to sneak out."
Xiaolian on the side opened her eyes wide: "Second Young Master, are you skipping class again?"
"Who skipped class? It was originally the time for rest after class." Duan Yunlang glanced behind him and said, "Well, isn't the eldest brother coming out too?"
Xin You looked at Duan Yunchen who was walking towards him with an expressionless face, knowing that unlike Duan Yunlang's pure curiosity, this person was probably asking questions.
Sure enough, when Duan Yunchen came closer, he said with a serious face: "Cousin Qing, I want to say a few words to you."
"Cousin, please tell me."
"Go and talk over there." Duan Yunchen pointed to the big tree not far away.
Xin You pursed her lips and said, "You can tell others everything you want, so what does the eldest cousin have to say while avoiding the second cousin?"
Duan Yunchen's face darkened after hearing this, he glanced at Duan Yunlang, and said calmly: "That's the case, then I'll say it. I know cousin Qing has been wronged these days, but no matter what, we are all a family, Qing My cousin should not harm her own interests and take advantage of others just for the sake of quick gain."
Xin You smiled: "How does my eldest cousin come to me and say these things?"
Duan Yunchen was startled when he was asked.
Although Xinyou had done many amazing things in the past few days, Duan Yunchen was not present. In his impression, she was still the quiet and timid cousin.
But now the cousin who was shy when talking to him disappeared and turned into a sneering girl.
Duan Yunchen felt strange and surprised, and after these emotions he became annoyed.
If Cousin Qing usually gets along with her sisters in the family with this kind of temperament, it's no wonder that the second sister is dissatisfied.
Different from Duan Yunchen's irritation, Xin You felt impatient and her tone became colder: "Yu Li, if I don't do something right, I will be educated by my grandmother. If not, I will be educated by my uncle and aunt, and you are just a cousin." Yu Qing, Mrs. Qiao was divorced for harming me. When my eldest cousin came to tell me these things, I couldn't help but suspect that you were venting your anger. In terms of emotion and reason, my eldest cousin didn't have the right to say these things, right?"
Duan Yunchen had been loved and valued by his elders since he was a child, and respected and admired by his peers. He had never heard such sarcastic remarks before, and he was choked up for a moment.
Xin You nodded slightly to Duan Yunlang and strode towards the carriage parked on the roadside.
Duan Yunlang watched the carriage move in shock, then slowly turned to look at his brother with an ice-like expression, racking his brains to come up with a reason to comfort him: "Brother, Cousin Qing's memory has not been completely restored, so she can't remember you. You Don’t take it personally.”
Duan Yunchen didn't feel comforted at all, and said calmly: "Go back."
In another inconspicuous carriage on the roadside, Qiao Ruozhu lifted a corner of the curtains and stared intently at the retreating figure.
"Girl, go back." The maid advised softly.
Qiao Ruozhu ignored it until the figure was no longer visible, then lowered the car curtains and shed tears.
"girl--"
"What do you think Kou Qingqing said to his cousin?" Qiao Ruozhu murmured.
"My maid looks at it. Miss Kou and her cousin seem to have broken up on bad terms. Don't worry, miss."
"Don't worry? So what's Kou Qingqing's plan for buying the bookstore next to the Imperial College?" Qiao Ruozhu raised her eyebrows and almost broke her silver teeth.
God knows how she spent these days. She and her cousin were in love, and her aunt was also satisfied with her. Unexpectedly, her aunt was suddenly divorced, and the Qiao and Duan families were embarrassed to have any contact with each other, let alone get married again.
She knew that she and her cousin were no longer possible, but asking her to give up on her cousin was like a knife cutting out her heart, and life would be worse than death.
This was all thanks to Kou Qingqing, who turned around and bought a bookstore where her cousin studied.
Seeing her like this, the maid advised: "My aunt was divorced because of Miss Kou. No matter how much Miss Kou puts up with her, my cousin will not like her."
Qiao Ruozhu sneered: "So what if my cousin doesn't like it? The old lady in the Shaoqing Mansion is the one who can really make the decision!"
Marriage is a major matter, which is what the parents ordered the matchmaker to say. If they are in love, they can get married, how could she and her cousin wait until today.
It's sad that she used to make her aunt happy, but her hopes were in vain.
Qiao Ruozhu thought clearly. Feeling aggrieved, desperate and resentful, she held her hand on the car wall and cried silently.
Xin You didn't know that another cousin witnessed the scene where she was talking to Duan Yunchen. She returned to Shaoqing's Mansion to see the old lady and proposed to move to the bookstore tomorrow.
Originally, the old lady couldn't bear to see a girl from her boudoir living outside, but after struggling with it for the past few days, she became a little frightened. She always felt that if she didn't let this girl out, she would cause other troubles.
That's all, when this girl suffers setbacks outside and understands the importance of reputation to a woman, she will learn to behave. When the time comes, when she comes back, she will know that her relatives still tolerate her.
The old lady intended to let her granddaughter experience some setbacks. After a few words of advice, she nodded: "Then we can't just live outside like this. During the holidays, we still have to come back on the first, tenth and twentieth days of the lunar month. Don't stay with the family." Alienated.”
Xin You responded obediently: "Of course I will come back often to pay my respects to my grandma."
The family property that Xiaolian was promised to get back for Miss Kou has not yet been achieved. What if we suddenly cut off all contact with him.
I don't have to get stuck in the quagmire of Shaoqing's Mansion. I can come back several times a month to understand the situation, which is perfect.
"As for the people in your yard, Nanny Fang and Xiaolian will go with you. As for the others, let Jiang Shuang and Hanxue follow you to take care of you. The two servants will stay to guard the yard for you. What do you think? "
"It all depends on grandma's arrangements." Xin You would not argue with the old lady about these trivial matters.
Back at Wanqing Residence, Xiaolian and Grandma Fang happily started to sort out the things they were going to take to Qingsong Bookstore. Xinyou walked to the courtyard and silently swept through the plants and trees.
The courtyard where Miss Kou had lived for four years had actually lost its real owner long ago.
The courtyard is a main house with wing rooms on both sides. Xiao Lian took Jiang Shuang to clean up the belongings, while Grandma Fang directed the two maids to open the room that was used as a warehouse and move in some valuable and rarely used items.
Xin You casually walked to the door of the courtyard and saw the little maid in charge of guarding the door sitting blankly with snow in her eyes, wiping away tears.
"Hanxue." Xinyou shouted.
Hanxue hurriedly turned around and called out to the girl with a nervous look on her face.
"Why are you crying?"
"No, it's nothing."
Xin You thought about it for a moment and came up with a guess: "Do you not want to go outside?"
Hanxue hurriedly denied it.
"There is no need to deny it in a hurry. If you don't want to go outside, I will tell the old lady that we don't need so many people. But if you go out now, you will have to waste a lot of time if you regret and want to come back. So you think about it, don't worry that I will Blame.”
When Hanxue heard what Xinyou said, she couldn't help but look at her face. Seeing that she didn't look angry, she mustered up the courage to kneel down: "My family members are all in the house. I want to stay..."
(End of chapter)
