Horse-head Wall Reflects the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 30: The love is long and the ink is priceless. Merchants always seek the scholarly family.

"Um……"

Guan Yin felt that Sanheng had been avoiding him since this morning, intentionally avoiding any contact with his eyes.

"Sanheng, what's the matter?" Liu Jiaoan saw the evasiveness in Sanheng's eyes, and the latter roughly guessed the cause and effect. This kind of thing was obviously not the first time Liu Jiaoan had to face it.

"Madam... this..." Sanheng hid in the shadows and spoke, still hesitating. His right hand approached his left sleeve and he went to the door while speaking, intending to avoid the question that he had to answer by going out. "It's not a big deal."

This kind of behavior of trying to cover up one's own guilt couldn't even fool Sanheng himself, so who else present could it fool?

"Just say it here if you have anything to say." It was rare for Liu Jiaoan to use a commanding tone, which clearly showed his dissatisfaction.

Sanheng knew why his wife was angry without Liu Jiaoan's explanation. He sighed and said, "Madam, Sanheng didn't mean anything else. Sanheng was just afraid that if my husband knew about it, he would feel uncomfortable."

Liu Jiaoan did not directly respond to Sanheng's helplessness, her eyes only fell on the latter's left sleeve that he had just covered.

Sliding his hand into his sleeves little by little, Sanheng hesitated for a long time, then suddenly pulled it out and handed it to Liu Jiaoan: "Madam, someone went to the Liu family and said that as long as you are willing to divorce Mr. Guan, they are willing to marry you..."

The half-opened letter in her hand became a little hot. Liu Jiaoan raised her hand slightly. Guan Yin was tactful at this time. He took the half-opened letter from Liu Jiaoan, unfolded the paper inside, and intended to find out what was inside.

"You don't need to bring back such letters in the future." Guan Yin was thinking about whether to read out the contents of the letter, and Liu Jiaoan's eyes had already returned to Sanheng, "Otherwise, you might as well take this letter back to the Liu family."

Thinking back, when Liu Jiaoan severed her father-daughter relationship with her father in order to marry Yin Yunshan, it was Sanheng who said that he would follow Liu Jiaoan until death. It was no wonder that Liu Jiaoan got angry with Sanheng today because of a letter.

"How can you be sincere when you see someone in trouble and then kick him when he is down? You are just taking advantage of him." Liu Jiaoan knew that Sanheng was doing this for his wife's good.

But this goodness is clearly based on the judgment of the "value" of the person you choose. Everyone says that those who are involved are confused, but they don't know that outsiders can never empathize with the emotions of those involved.

"Madam, Madam knows that Sanheng is not..."

"Then why hide it?"

San Heng felt guilty after all. He glanced at Guan Yin, then stood silently in the shadows with his hands hanging down, and said nothing for a while.

"How do you think we should handle this matter?"

After leaving Sanheng alone for a while, Liu Jiaoan did not continue to make things difficult for him. She took the initiative to give him a way out: "You go and have a rest. Your husband and I will take care of these things."

"Yes, Sanheng understands."

The surroundings remained silent until San Heng half-closed the door. Guan Yin, who had read the words on the letter, finally spoke: "Madam, if they can treat you with respect, it would be better than me now, who can't remember the past and can't handle the trivial matters at home. Everything has to be done by you personally..."

After pondering for a long time, Guan Yin thought that his final words would be full of temptations. He did not expect that his words would be so messy and illogical in the end: "What I mean is, Jiaoan, maybe you should think about your future."

"future?"

"Have you ever thought about why they would marry me if my father wasn't an official in the court?"

"Of course it's because of you, Jiaoan..."

"Because I'm clever and deft? I'm good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting?" Liu Jiaoan frowned, but forced a smile. "I serve people with music and calligraphy every day in my own little world. What's the difference between that and the music school?"

"It's nothing more than an additional title of wife and room."

"But Jiao'an, you are talented and virtuous, and you are also beautiful." "Peony flowers fade away early in spring, and there are always talented women. With just such a title, without any emotion, do you think you can cultivate so-called feelings only after having children?"

After the conversation, Guan Yin couldn't tell whether Liu Jiaoan was being too realistic or too idealistic. "But now that we are here, how can Sanheng and I protect you?"

Rather than saying that Guan Yin and San Heng are protecting Liu Jiaoan now, it would be more accurate to say that Liu Jiaoan is protecting herself, standing in front of Guan Yin to protect this family.

After Guan Yin finished speaking, the two of them seemed to have no common topics worth discussing.

So Guan Yin couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Liu Jiaoan could live like this with her original body. The so-called feelings in her heart must have never been love, but someone who could stand firmly behind her at the critical moment and accompany her to make choices.

What I just said should be very unlike my original self.

"What's written in the letter?" Liu Jiaoan suddenly spoke, bringing Guan Yin back to his senses.

"The letter, the letter..." Guan Yin looked at the letter and realized that he had already held the letter upside down while talking. "The letter mentioned the betrothal gift and some words of admiration for Madam Yu."

"If it's something hard to say, there's no need to read it."

"Not really." However, most of the words in the letter have been summarized by Liu Jiaoan's previous words, and Guan Yin was unable to read them out loud for a moment.

Hearing this, Liu Jiaoan's smile became even more tired: "Did I hit the nail on the head about them?"

"Yes."

There were many women from scholarly families who were good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and had beautiful faces. It was also not uncommon for wealthy people to sell tea in Huizhou.

Logically speaking, these merchants and the Liu family are not a good match. Now they come to propose to Liu Jiaoan simply because they feel they have more capital because they rely on the latter's "second marriage".

"Forget it, let's not mention them. Let Sanheng burn them." Guan Yin felt that what he had just said was probably too unlike his original self. If Liu Jiaoan heard it, he didn't know how chilled she would be.

At this moment, Guan Yin would rather Liu Jiaoan had known long ago that she was not her original self.

Liu Jiaoan remained silent, so Guan Yin had no choice but to continue to make his own decision: "Sanheng!"

"What did my husband want to ask me for?"

Looking at Liu Jiaoan again, Guan Yin confirmed that he had not received a negative answer, so he turned around and handed the letter in his hand to Sanheng: "Take it to the stove and burn it."

"This……"

"it is good."

Sanheng learned his lesson. Without waiting for Liu Jiaoan to speak, he took the letter and ran to the kitchen, leaving Liu Jiaoan and Guan Yin alone in the small room.

"This is not the first time. If I want to be rich, I can stay in the Liu family or find someone to marry. Why didn't I leave earlier?"

"You may have forgotten what happened in the past, but the words on paper were meant to express your feelings, not to negotiate prices like doing business in the market... Unfortunately, not everyone understands this."

Guan Yin didn't know why he thought of the test papers. When Sanheng came back into the room, he called him "husband" several times before he came back to his senses.

(End of this chapter)