Volume 1 Chapter 59: A Chance Encounter

  Huang Shuizi spoke as she walked in, uninvited. Lu Xuan's lips curled slightly, seeming a bit displeased, yet also somewhat reluctant to refuse. Huang Shuizi took note of the changes in her expression and smiled even more warmly.

  With two maidservants, they entered the courtyard. Huang's wife looked around the small yard and said, "Ayun, this place is quite good. It's just that after Ayun gets married, it will seem a bit cramped."

  She was telling the truth, Lu Xuan looked like he wasn't good at dealing with people, lowering his head in the kitchen to boil water, and only said after a while: "Let's talk about what happens next later."

  "Heh heh, indeed." Huang's wife took a look at Lu Yue and thought that in just a few months, this cousin of hers had become so beautiful that it was dazzling. However, her personality was also a bit stubborn, and she wouldn't lower herself to flatter others. Would she really be able to hold onto such wealth and bring honor to the Han Yang Ping family?

  Thinking of this, Huang Shu sighed secretly and thought: If it's not possible to change people, I really wish I could change Biao Guzi and let San Guzi Ayan go instead. Even if Ayan doesn't go, any of the girls in Pingfu is more likable by men than this Biao Guzi.

  But this is just a thought, who let others think highly of this taboos only?

  Just as Huang Shu was lost in thought, she heard Lu Yuan's gentle voice, "Sister, has Ah Yin's wedding date been set?"

  She mentioned Pingyin!

  Huang Shu raised her head and carefully observed Lu Yue's expression. Seeing that she seemed to be truly calm, she said: "This, sister-in-law is just a servant girl, there are some things I don't understand."

  Lu Xuan nodded and suddenly asked directly, "Did you get the permission of Old Madam Ping when you came here?" She raised her head, her black pupils staring unwaveringly at Huang Shu.

  Huang Shu couldn't quite grasp her thoughts, and after a brief moment of hesitation, she accompanied a smile and said: "A Xuan, among relatives, who has overnight grievances? Last time Old Lady didn't help you was her fault, but isn't she your elder? Besides, she's old now, occasionally being a bit muddled is normal."

  As a servant, Huang's wife said this "treasonous" remark and then sighed and continued: "Ah Yuan, you don't know, your maternal grandfather actually scolded your maternal grandmother."

  After some thought, Huang Shu's wife stared at Lu Yue and said in a serious tone: "Ah Yue, it's not that I'm criticizing you. You're not young anymore, and you can get married anytime now. Are you going to spend the rest of your life like this? Without any support or backing? Yes, you have a younger brother, but is his help really enough? Not to mention anything else, if you were closer to your maternal grandfather's family, at least you wouldn't have to work so hard selling words to make money."

  Unlike before, this time when Huang's wife persuaded Lu Xuan, Lu Xuan looked very serious. She tilted her head and listened intently, under the sunlight, those black pupils shone with complex light, as if she was really thinking about what she said.

  Seeing her able to hear, Huang's wife let out a big sigh of relief, and the smile on her face became even brighter.

  After drinking a little of the white water cooked by Lu Yu, Huang Shu turned around the small courtyard and said: "A Yu, you are always staying in the house as a single girl, it's not good, why don't you go out with your sister?"

  Shall we go for a walk? Lu Xuan had this intention.

  She smiled and said, "Good."

  Having obtained Lu Yu's consent, Huang Shu was overjoyed. The four of them walked out together. When they arrived on the street and saw the occasional nun, Huang Shu sighed and said: "Which of these nuns is as beautiful as my Ah Yuan? No way, I have to help Ah Yuan buy a few sets of clothes, so that my daughter-in-law can also be radiant."

  This time, she emphasized the three words "representing Ping Fu", which clearly meant that she was representing the Ping Mansion to give her a dress. Therefore, as soon as the words were spoken, Huang Shu waited for Lu Xue's reaction.

  Lu Xuan didn't react, and as she spent more time with Huang Shu, the feeling that had just arisen became increasingly apparent.

  Perhaps it was her maternal relatives, the Hirano family, who wanted to destroy her younger brother!

  After Huang's words came out, seeing that Lu Xuan did not refuse, she felt relieved again. She smiled and said: "Let's go, we'll make clothes now." She pushed Lu Xuan into the largest clothing store in Hanyang.

  The woman who had just been called to the store, measured Lu Yue's figure in a compartment on one side. Several people heard a clear and sweet girl's voice coming from outside, "Fifth sister, come in quickly."

  That girl was obviously a chatterbox, and after rushing into the store, she called out several times "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?", then said to her companion: "Fifth sister is so beautiful, we must buy her a few new clothes. Hehe, I forgot, sister will be married to the Zeng family soon, when she becomes a bride, she'll have countless beautiful clothes to wear."

  It's actually Pingyin who came.

  At this time, the girl outside was still shouting: "Fifth sister, in my opinion, you just like to think wildly. What's so special about Lu Shi Ayue? Your husband now is infatuated with her, but once he marries you and sees your goodness, he will naturally forget that fallen woman." Saying this, the girl angrily shouted: "If father didn't forbid me from causing trouble for Lu Ayue, I would have someone slash her face!"

  At this time, Ping Yin finally spoke up, her voice no longer as clear and bright as before, with a hint of sharpness, "Don't mention her!"

  Her face turned blue with rage, and she said in a shrill voice: "In what way is she better than me? This shameless cheap woman, if it weren't for her constantly flirting with Zeng Lang, Zeng Lang wouldn't have become increasingly cold towards me, and he wouldn't have said that I'm not as good as her!"

  "The five words 'I am not as good as her' are obviously a heart-wrenching pain for Ping Yin. As soon as she uttered them, she couldn't help but sob uncontrollably. Hearing the sound of Ping Yin's stifled sobs from outside, the shopkeeper's wife, who had just reached the doorstep, hesitated for a moment before stopping in her tracks."

  It was Huang Shu who couldn't help but glance at Lu Xuan. As she examined Lu Xuan's expression, she thought to herself: This Ah Yuan is elegant and beautiful, but actually a cold person, I don't know how he managed to win over those men? In an instant, she thought again: Not good, just now let Ah Yuan have a good impression of the host family, with these two girls talking like this, perhaps she will have resentment in her heart again.

  Thinking of this, Huang's wife looked at Lu Xuan again. However, the little girl standing in front of her had a beautiful face that was calm and peaceful, and she really couldn't see any resentment on it.

  The anger on her face seemed to have been stirred up, she gritted her teeth and said: "Let's go, we're going to find that cheap person, I...I want to scold her."

  "But fifth sister can't go, grandma said no."

  After a while, Ping Yin suddenly shouted: "Don't mention grandma! She doesn't care about me at all. She and grandpa are the same, only thinking about how that cheap person can bring honor to our ancestors."