Xiao Guo pretended to be amazed and praised.
"It's not as exaggerated as you said." After hearing Xiao Guo's praise, the shopkeeper responded with some embarrassment.
But even though she was embarrassed, the smile on her face and her hand happily stroking her face, all these honest behaviors showed her inner joy.
"What I said is true. If you don't believe me, let's go back to your room and look in the mirror." Xiao Guo said quickly and firmly.
Xiao Guo is worthy of being the only person in Tongfu Inn who can lie without drafting. Her decisive look made the shopkeeper believe it.
"Really?" The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Guo.
Xiao Guo nodded firmly.
"I'll go to your room to get a mirror and look at it."
The shopkeeper, who was so praised by Xiao Guo, was so happy that she couldn't find her way around. She quickly wanted to walk to Xiao Guo's room.
But Xiao Guo held her back.
"Hey, no, the mirror in my room is too small, so I have to use the mirror in your room."
With that said, Xiao Guo took the shopkeeper to her room.
The two of them had just gone upstairs, and Xiucai, who had already bought the medicine, ran back in a hurry.
"What's wrong, Xiucai? Just buy some medicine and run away like this?"
Looking at the scholar who was breathing heavily, Lao Bai, who was cracking melon seeds in the lobby, couldn't help but asked curiously.
As he spoke, he poured a bowl of water for the scholar. Anyway, the scholar went to buy medicine for him.
The scholar took the tea and took a sip. After taking a breath, he asked:
"Where's Guo Furong?"
"Come up, what's wrong? Do you have anything to do with her?" The big mouth on the other side, who was also chewing melon seeds, pointed upstairs and asked curiously.
Xiucai glanced upstairs and then at Dazui. Dazui always had a big mouth. If he knew about this, he would probably leak it to the shopkeeper.
"Nothing, I'll go up and take a look." Xiucai shook his head, then handed the two large bags of medicine in his hand to Lao Bai, and went upstairs alone.
Lao Bai and Dazui looked at Xiucai's back curiously.
. . .
On the second floor, in the shopkeeper's wing, the shopkeeper was sitting in front of the mirror, carefully admiring his makeup. The more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became.
Xiao Guo on the side looked on with a smile, finally calming down the shopkeeper, and then he had to find a way to escape.
The shopkeeper looked at herself in the mirror. The more she looked at it, the more satisfied she became. However, the more satisfied she became, the more disappointed she became. She couldn't help but sigh and said:
"Hey, you said such a beautiful woman, how come some people just turn a blind eye to her?"
Xiao Guo was stunned when he heard this and didn't react.
But then, she suddenly realized:
"Oh~, I was just wondering why some people suddenly started wearing makeup today. It turns out it's a woman who wants to please her appearance!"
Xiao Guo looked at the shopkeeper with a smile and asked:
"Come on, tell me who the other party is?"
The shopkeeper didn't expect that he would unintentionally express his inner thoughts, and he quickly pretended to be innocent and replied:
"What are you talking about? Why can't I understand you?"
Looking at the shopkeeper who was planning to pretend to be stupid, Xiao Guo smiled and patted her shoulder and said:
"Come on, I heard everything. There's no one else here. Speak quickly."
"What I said is true. I can't understand a word of what you said." The shopkeeper continued to pretend to be stupid.
Looking at the shopkeeper who was still pretending to be stupid, Xiao Guo narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Actually, even if you don't tell me, I know who it is."
Seeing Xiao Guo's evil smile, the shopkeeper's heart couldn't help but tighten. "Who?"
"It's the old man... uh uh uh..."
Before Xiao Guo could say the second word, the shopkeeper stretched out his hand and tightly covered his mouth.
"My Miss Guo, you must not talk about this kind of thing casually." The shopkeeper said nervously.
Xiao Guo broke away from the shopkeeper's hand and asked puzzledly: "What are you afraid of? We are all children of Jianghu, and the men are unmarried and the women are unmarried. Is there anything we can't say?"
As he said this, Xiao Guo suddenly paused.
The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Guo resentfully.
"Sorry, I forgot." Xiao Guo apologized to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper also sighed. "Well, maybe this is life."
Seeing the shopkeeper sighing sadly, Xiao Guo quickly comforted him: "There is no such thing as life, happiness is earned by oneself."
The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Guo with some inferiority complex. "But I'm like this."
"What's wrong with you looking like this? You, the dignified eldest lady of Longmen Escort Agency, are beautiful and kind. Are you not worthy of his little..."
The shopkeeper quickly made a shushing gesture to Xiao Guo, telling him to keep his voice down so that no one could overhear him.
Xiao Guo also quickly stopped speaking and changed his words:
"Anyway, your conditions are so good, there's nothing to be afraid of."
"But I have been married after all." The shopkeeper expressed the biggest pain in her heart.
But her pain was nothing to Xiao Guo.
"Please, you haven't walked in, you haven't paid a visit, and you haven't even seen his face. This doesn't count at all."
Although the shopkeeper and Xiao Guo were both born in Jianghu aristocratic families, they had different views on etiquette due to their different educations since childhood. Xiao Guo is a Jianghu chivalrous woman who only abides by the most basic etiquette between men and women.
The shopkeeper is different. She has been taught the harsh Three Guidelines and Five Constant Rules since she was a child. Even though she does not agree with that view, she even wants to escape from the home without freedom. However, the education she has received since she was a child has left a deep impression on her. The psychological shadow even affected her education methods.
"That's what you say, but you don't care, but others don't think so." The shopkeeper said still feeling a little inferior.
"Sister, don't do it to yourself. We, the people in the world, are not as superficial as you think." Xiao Guo retorted.
And at this moment, "Knock, knock, knock!" the sound of knocking on the door rang.
The two people in the room stopped arguing. Xiao Guo felt a little thirsty. She picked up the tea on the table and poured herself a cup to drink. The shopkeeper asked: "Who is it?"
"Me." The scholar outside the room responded quickly.
When the two heard that it was a scholar, they couldn't help but wonder. Why did the scholar come to the shopkeeper?
Xiao Guo's heart tightened, he wasn't here to snitch, was he?
"What's the matter?" the shopkeeper asked curiously. She didn't want to go out or see other people right now.
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask if Xiao Guo is in your room. I have something I want to ask her about."
When she heard that she was looking for Xiao Guo, the shopkeeper looked at Xiao Guo. Xiao Guo also stood up quickly. At the same time, she made a gesture to the shopkeeper that she would wait for me to come back and continue to provide you with psychological counseling.
