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Chapter 288: It’s better to stick to people
"Yeah, it's just a joke, don't take it seriously, sister." Shen Jiaojiao glanced at Meng Wan, with a smile on her lips.

Meng Wan was filled with resentment, but still buried his head in Madam Meng's arms. He did not dare to look back at Shen Jiaojiao, for fear that he would not be able to control his emotions.

"The innocent are innocent, Wan'er has nothing to say."

Seeing that the atmosphere in the main room became awkward again, Master Meng sighed inwardly and shouted to the door.

"Why hasn't Ah Hun come back yet?"

It was not appropriate to continue the argument at the moment, so Mr. Meng could only awkwardly change the subject.

Qing Ke walked in from outside and answered respectfully, "Master, the eldest young master has already returned home. He just sent someone to tell him to go back to Qinghui Courtyard to change his clothes first."

Master Meng was delighted and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "That's great. Tell the kitchen to serve the food."

Qingke obeyed the order and slowly retreated.

Hearing that Meng Hun was approaching, Meng Wan's back stiffened and her crying gradually stopped.

She had been tormented so much by Meng Hun in the past two days that she trembled with fear when she heard his name.

She just hoped to shrink into a corner and not attract the attention of her eldest brother.

"Wan'er, don't be afraid. Mother is here." Mrs. Meng gently patted Meng Wan's back.

Noticing that Meng Wan's body was trembling slightly, she felt distressed and angry.

She felt heartbroken that her beloved daughter was tortured so miserably, and was angry that her eldest son treated his sisters from the same mother in such a cruel way, without any regard for family affection.

Meng Wan stopped crying soon, wiping her tears with a handkerchief, and said embarrassedly, "Mom, my makeup is all smudged from crying. Can you accompany me to wash up?"

Mrs. Meng nodded immediately, "Hey! Mom will go with you!"

As he said this, he stood up, took Meng Wan's hand and walked towards the wing room.

After the two left, only Shen Jiaojiao, Mr. Meng and Chen Yuanli were left in the main room.

Shen Jiaojiao straightened her back and nonchalantly played with the teacup in her hand, seemingly not caring about the departure of Mrs. Meng and the other person.

Mr. Meng and Chen Yuanli looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

The atmosphere was still stagnant and there was no sign of easing.

Fortunately, at this time, Qingke came in again from outside with a smile on his face.

"The young master is here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Hun appeared at the door.

"Didn't you say that we were having a family dinner? Why aren't everyone here yet?"

The man walked in as he spoke, pulled out the chair next to Shen Jiaojiao and sat down, with no intention of avoiding suspicion at all.

The two people opposite did not find it strange. The relationship between this pair of sworn siblings has always been good, and they have long been accustomed to Meng Hun's protection of Shen Jiaojiao.

Instead, Shen Jiaojiao turned her head and glared at him unhappily, her eyes seemed to say 'don't get close to me'.

"Wan'er and your mother went into the house." Master Meng explained, and then looked at Qingke who followed him in, "Serve the food, why are you still standing there?"

Qingke responded, opened the curtain and walked outside.

After a while, a group of maids came in carrying food boxes, placed the food plates according to the regulations, and then left one after another, leaving only a few maids who served the dishes to wait on their masters.

Meng Hun glanced at the empty seat opposite him and turned his head to look at Shen Jiaojiao.

"How do you feel? Are you feeling better?"

This was when she was asked about her physical condition after Mr. Qian gave her acupuncture.

She nodded. "I'm much better now. Thank you for your concern, brother."

"You've suffered a lot in the past two days. If you have nothing to do, just stay in the yard and your name is Yulan..." Meng Hun paused and didn't continue.

I originally wanted to ask Yulan to help me take care of my body, but then I remembered that this maid had behaved inappropriately and angered her.

She sent a message saying that there was no need for such a maid and asked Meng Hun to keep her for himself.

How could Meng Hun's courtyard have any use for Yulan? So he simply sent her out of the house.

Hearing the name 'Yulan', Shen Jiaojiao smiled at him and said, "Brother, don't worry. Elder Qian left a prescription. I asked Keying and the others to make the medicine according to the prescription. Just continue to drink it."

"Okay, do as you say."

"Brother, are you out of the house this afternoon?" she asked.

"Well, I have to go out for something." "To go for what..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chen Yuanli on the opposite side.

"Jiaojiao, stop asking nonsense questions. My brother-in-law must have things to do when he's out of town. How can he report everything to you?"

She frowned and looked over. "I was chatting with my brother-in-law, and he didn't say I couldn't talk about it. Why are you butting in?"

Chen Yuanli choked and closed his mouth angrily.

When Chen Yuanli moved into the Meng Mansion three years ago, the relationship between the brother and sister was not very good. He just thought that Meng Hun disliked his adopted sister.

Later, when he heard the old people in the mansion talk about how they had a close relationship when they were young, he still didn't believe it.

After all, in the past three years, he found that when Shen Jiaojiao saw Meng Hun, she would hide herself like a mouse seeing a cat.

Why did Shen Jiaojiao suddenly change her personality now?

Could it be that the misunderstanding between the brother and sister was resolved and they became as close as before?

"Yuan Li should have heard of it. They have had a good relationship since they were young." Master Meng hurriedly tried to smooth things over. "Although they have become more distant in the past few years, Ah Hui still cares about Jiaojiao very much."

"I've heard about it. It's fine as long as you don't mind me being clingy." Chen Yuanli went along with it and fulfilled his previous words.

Shen Jiaojiao was so angry that she almost laughed.

Clingy?

I just asked a few more questions, why did she become clingy?

If she hadn't suspected that her brother's sudden departure had something to do with her, she wouldn't have bothered to ask.

Before she could retort, the indifferent voice of her brother-in-law rang out beside her.

"I don't mind. It's good that she wants to stick with people."

Hearing this, Shen Jiaojiao's ears turned red and she almost buried her head in the teacup.

Meng Hun's eyes flickered slightly, and he continued, "I'm a little uncomfortable with Yuan Li suddenly following Jiaojiao in calling me brother."

He didn't want to hear others call him brother.

Only Shen Jiaojiao can call her by this name.

Chen Yuanli didn't expect that he would bring up this matter at this time. He opened his mouth again and again, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.

At this time, Mrs. Meng came over from behind, supporting Meng Wan.

Seeing Meng Hun sitting next to Shen Jiaojiao, Mrs. Meng's smile became even brighter.

"Ahui is finally back!"

As he said this, he smiled and pulled Meng Wan to sit down.

Until everyone picked up their chopsticks, Meng Wan didn't dare to look up at Meng Hun sitting opposite him.

After dinner, everyone gathered in the main hall. Master Meng sent all the servants away, obviously having something to say.

Shen Jiaojiao accidentally wet her sleeves, so she went to the side room to change clothes.

When she came out, she saw a tall man standing in the corridor with his back to her, as if waiting for her.

She recognized the man as Meng Hun at first glance.

"Brother, what are you doing standing here? Aren't you cold?"

As he said this, he walked forward and stood side by side with him.

Outside the corridor is the small garden in the main courtyard. The white snow covers all the green plants, and snowflakes are constantly falling from the sky, day and night.

When has it ever snowed so heavily in Lin'an?
She sighed and expressed her worries, "Brother, it snowed so heavily, many families must have been affected, right?"

"Yeah." Meng Hun nodded, with worry between his brows.

"Are you leaving the house to deal with the Jiang family's affairs?" Shen Jiaojiao asked again.

"Well, Lord Jiang is very angry, but the Jiang family was in the wrong first. I am just giving him a taste of his own medicine."

The man turned and looked at her, but his eyes glanced at the corner not far away.

"How do you plan to deal with Meng Wan?"