The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 42: One wave higher than the other

After sending Xue Pan away, the mother and daughter looked at each other in bewilderment.

It was Xue Baochai who spoke first: "If we had known that he had taken a fancy to Xiangling, we should have taken the opportunity to put forward our request. Now that the person has been sent, I wonder if he will..."

"Alas!" Aunt Xue also frowned and sighed, "Your aunt praised him so much. This is the first time we have met him. We never thought that he was such a lustful and lecherous man with so many evil intentions. I'm afraid that he will succeed in his evil plan and want more..."

At this point, she was already in a state of confusion and rubbed her hands unconsciously.

Yesterday, in a hurry, he lost his composure and grabbed Zhang Yunyi's hand. Now thinking about it, he not only never let go, but also patted his hand meaningfully.

However, if such a shameless act were to become known to others, it would not only ruin his own reputation, but also his daughter's.

What's more, there is a generation gap between them, how can she do it?
I was in a dilemma for a while.

However, Xue Baochai misunderstood Aunt Xue's meaning and thought she was talking about her.

"Mother, don't worry about it. If he is really willing to help the family, it would be a permanent solution. It would be fine for my daughter to marry him."

At this point, she paused, frowned and said, "It's just that I'm afraid he will think he has found our weakness and come up with some unreasonable ideas."

After hearing the first sentence, Aunt Xue knew that her daughter had misunderstood, but after hearing the second sentence, she couldn't tell whether Xue Baochai had seen anything, and she couldn't help feeling guilty.

Seeing this, Xue Baochai said anxiously, "If he wants to take advantage of the situation and force my daughter to be his concubine, mother, you must not give in!"

Aunt Xue finally let go of her worries and breathed a sigh of relief, saying hurriedly, "Of course, our Xue family is a big family after all. We can't just abandon you for life just to keep the title of the Imperial Merchant."

"Mom!" Xue Baochai hugged Aunt Xue like a swallow throwing itself into her arms, burying her head in her arms, "There is nothing in the world that cannot be overcome. Let's work together and we can get through this."

The mother and daughter comforted each other and hugged each other for a long time.

Xue Baochai offered a suggestion, saying, "Although we have already sent Xiangling away, he was the one who deceived her first. Since he made up that story, he must have been a man of integrity. Yesterday, in front of the old lady and my aunt, he was very sure about Xiangling's fate. We might as well start from here."

Aunt Xue knew her daughter was resourceful, so she asked quickly, "Tell me, how do we start?"

"Didn't he swear that Xiangling was from Gusu and asked us to find her family? Why don't we go with the flow and send people to Gusu to search carefully. If they come back empty-handed, if he still pretends to be deaf and dumb, we might as well speak frankly."

Baochai was cautious yesterday. When asked, Zhang Yunyi said that the fire was too big and he couldn't see clearly, so he didn't take the matter of finding Xiangling's family to heart.

But now, he hopes to use this as an excuse to expose Zhang Yun逸’s true face so that he will have some concerns.

Aunt Xue hesitated and said, "But wouldn't that be a breach of trust?"

"Of course we can't make it public. As long as we produce evidence and have my brother's words to back it up, he will know he is in the wrong and won't want to make a fuss. We can make a big show of it, and as long as he agrees to help us, we can give him some benefits. What's the harm?"

In ancient times, people valued favors, and no one wanted to be known for cheating their relatives and friends. Aunt Xue agreed with this and nodded immediately, saying, "Then let's arrange it now."

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Not to mention that the mother and daughter of the Xue family made a big fuss to find Xiangling's relatives.

After Zhang Yunyi finished his work, he returned to Ning Mansion and said to Youshi who came forward to greet him, "Sister-in-law, please send someone to Xue's house to ask my concubine to come early tomorrow."

Although we have the Xue family's weak spot and are not worried about them causing trouble, we must not be lenient in striking them down in order to prevent them from mistaking the situation.

Yu Shi didn't know the hidden truth and reminded her, "The concubine is an elder. If you don't visit her but invite her over early in the morning, I'm afraid people will gossip about you."

"No problem! Just send someone to tell them to come before I go to the yamen!"

Youshi didn't know what he really thought, so she thought he was using the excuse of going to the government office, so she said, "This is also a reasonable reason."

Zhang Yunyi did not explain and said bluntly: "I just took Xiangling to my room yesterday, so I won't go there tonight."

"Oh!~" Yu looked at him with resentment and lowered her head.

Zhang Yunyi ignored him and said, "Remember to come here tomorrow morning."

He knew people's hearts very well. The more she felt sympathetic today, the more grateful she would be tomorrow when she found out that he gave her 10% of Baitang's revenue. On the contrary, if he told her the Baitang's revenue first and then told her to take Xiangling as his wife, it would make Youshi arrogant.

Even next time something similar happens, there will be a psychological gap. This is human nature.

After sending Youshi away, he returned to Dengxian Pavilion, only to see Ruizhu sitting on the doorstep, lost in thought.

"Why are you sitting here?"

"Uncle..." Ruizhu hesitated to speak.

"Master is back!"

Hearing Xiangling's cheers, she lowered her head and asked, "Master, do you want to eat?"

"Ok!"

Zhang Yunyi nodded, turned to look at Xiangling, stepped into the room, and asked with concern: "Are you feeling better?"

"I'm...better now!" Xiangling seemed to be still in shock and said timidly, "Do you want to do it tonight too..."

Zhang Yunyi patted her head and interrupted, "Eat first!"

After dinner, he did not rush upstairs like he did last night, but instead asked the maid in the ear room to fetch some water.

He chatted with her for a while, and only let Xiangling go upstairs to take a bath after the water was fetched.

Before leaving, he instructed Ruizhu to wait until Xiangling finished washing and change the water as soon as possible before going out for a night run.

A full man does not know the hunger of a hungry man, and a hungry man does not know the weakness of a full man. Although this is the age when one is full of vigor and vitality, one will have immediate worries if he does not plan for the future. If one wants sustainable development, he still has to keep his body in good shape.

I didn't waste any time on Youshi tonight. After exercising for more than half an hour, I was already covered in sweat.

When I returned to Dengxian Pavilion, I saw the door was wide open and Ruizhu was sitting on the threshold in a daze again.

He smiled and said, "It's not the first time that you go out for a night run. Are you afraid that I will get lost?"

Hearing Zhang Yunyi's voice, Ruizhu stood up suddenly.

Zhang Yunyi stepped into the house and was about to go upstairs when he heard Ruizhu's trembling voice behind him: "Master... do you dislike Ruizhu?"

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Yunyi turned around and asked in confusion, "When did I ever say that? Don't let your imagination run wild."

"Then... that servant has been serving Master for more than half a month. Why didn't Master let me into the house to serve you? Instead, when Sister Xiangling came, he... he..."

Her voice became lower and lower, and her head was almost buried in her chest. After talking for a long time, she could not utter another word.

Zhang Yunyi originally thought that she was psychologically averse to having a roommate, but he didn't expect her to ask this.

However, this was an opportunity to establish his own personality, so he said sanctimoniously: "After all, you have served in the room of my nephew's wife. If I ask you to stay with her again, I'm afraid it will cause gossip."

After hearing this, Ruizhu suddenly raised her head, raised her pretty face which was very purple, and said in a muffled voice: "This slave... This slave also wants to serve you like Sister Xiangling."

As if afraid that Zhang Yunyi would refuse, he quickly added: "This is also what grandma meant!"

Ok?
Hearing that Qin Keqing had given the order, Zhang Yunyi couldn't help but get excited. Without thinking, he quickly stepped forward, picked up Ruizhu and strode upstairs like a victorious rooster.

In a short while, the evil dragon from last night started causing trouble again.

However, as the tides rose higher and higher and repeatedly beat against her, Ruizhu became the one who could not bear it any longer.

Xiangling, because of what she had experienced last night and the fact that it happened so recently, was actually suffering more than Ruizhu the night before.

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(End of this chapter)