Lihoumen

Chapter 40 Perhaps He Was Wronged

Qingqing shed tears, then spread out the paper and wrote the divorce letter.

She had just written halfway when Lingzhi rushed in without even knocking on the door, and said in surprise and joy, "Madam, please go and have a look. The girl named Honglian has been taken away by Brother Ajiang."

"Took her away?" Qingqing asked, "Where did Ajiang take her?"

"I don't know. I saw that Ji girl had packed her luggage and was crying. I didn't have time to ask more questions, so I hurried to tell Madam." Lingzhi happily walked forward and pushed Qingqing and said, "They haven't left the courtyard yet, Madam, go and take a look."

Qingqing was pushed by Lingzhi to the door of the house. She was about to step out, but then she turned back and quickly walked to the front window facing the yard. She raised her hand to open the window and leaned out to look out.

She didn't want to stay out. If Shen Han saw her, he would think she cared about him a lot.

Fortunately, the main room where she lived was high up, and standing at the window, she could see everything in the yard.

As expected, the girl followed Ajiang. She was carrying a small package and followed behind Ajiang. Ajiang was talking to her in a mumbling voice and it was unclear what the girl was saying. While listening to Ajiang's words, she was wiping her tears intermittently, looking aggrieved and reluctant.

"Madam, do you think she offended the young master and he drove her out?" Lingzhi then lay on the window, looking gloating.

"Who knows? She just served him, how could she have angered him?" Qingqing unconsciously sneered and snorted, "It can be seen that this Third Young Master is not easy to deal with."

"Who is not easy to get along with?"

The master and servant were leaning against the window looking at the scene outside. Shen Han had entered the room at some point and was standing not far behind them. He spoke slowly.

Qingqing was frightened when she heard his voice and turned around immediately. When their eyes met, she frowned and asked in surprise, "When did you come in? Why didn't you knock on the door?"

"The door was open, so I came in."

As he said that, he walked to the window, stretched his neck and looked out, then turned to look at Qingqing, with a playful smile on his face, and deliberately asked: "What are you watching? You were so focused that you didn't even notice someone entered the room."

Qingqing blushed when she heard this, and quickly raised her hand to close the window, hesitating and saying, "I was just looking around."

Lingzhi glanced at Shen Han and saw that he was in a good mood today. She plucked up her courage and couldn't help asking, "Third Master, where did Brother Ajiang take Honglian?"

"I'll find her another place." Shen Han replied indifferently, then sat down on the armchair and poured himself a cup of tea.

Change place?

Where did that go?

Was he driven out of the house? Or was he kept somewhere else?

Lingzhi was overwhelmed with curiosity, as if a hundred little ants were crawling in her heart, making her itchy unbearably. However, she did not dare to say anything more. She had to suppress her curiosity, left the house, and ran to the yard to inquire impatiently.

Only the couple were left in the room, and no one spoke, falling into silence. After a long while, Shen Han spoke first, "Tomorrow is the birthday of Zhou Ning's mother, Princess Chongyang. I prepared some jade and antiques as birthday gifts. The princess loves singing and dancing, and that Ji girl can dance, so I sent her and those jade and antiques as birthday gifts to the princess's mansion."

"My husband, why are you telling me this? That girl is for you. Whatever you want to do with her is your business." Qingqing said this, but a smile unconsciously appeared on her little face like a lotus.

"Now you are finally willing to call me 'husband' again?" Shen Han held the cup in one hand, with a playful tone in his voice.

After hearing this, Qingqing tried hard to recall the scene when they met outside a few days ago. She suddenly realized something, so she raised her eyes and quickly glanced at Shen Han, then half-closed her eyes, twisted her handkerchief and said hesitantly: "Husband, why do you say that? Haven't I always called you like this since we got married?"

Shen Han looked at his wife's coy look and couldn't help but chuckle. He then fiddled with the teacup in his hand and sighed, "I don't know who it was, but he kept calling me 'General' a few days ago. It sounded like he wanted to alienate me. Oh! I've been thinking about it for several days, but I don't know how I offended that person."

"Whoever wants to be estranged from you, don't wrongly accuse others." She said it without confidence, and her voice became lower and lower.

Shen Han was happy. He stood up and walked towards her, standing in front of her. The cool masculine scent from his body hit her face directly. Qingqing's heart couldn't help but beat like a rabbit in her heart. She wanted to step back in embarrassment, but was firmly grasped by his big hands.

She had nowhere to escape, so she simply turned her head away and stammered, "What are you doing?"

Shen Han pulled her closer with a little force, lowered his eyes and looked at her and asked, "Tell me, why are you angry with me? Did I not take good care of you? Or do you feel wronged in this mansion? Or are you angry with me because I adopted the child of Lin's cousin as my adopted son without consulting you? Please tell me clearly, what is the reason?"

When asked this by him, Qingqing didn't know where to start. She raised her eyes and glanced at Shen Han, then lowered her head and muttered, "You blame me for being angry with you, but you are also angry with me."

Shen Han nodded frankly and replied, "I am indeed angry with you for bringing Ji girl back without permission." Then, he frowned and looked at Qingqing, and asked, "You actually put someone in our room behind my back. What do you think of your husband? A lecher? Or do you simply not recognize me as your husband?"

"You still blame me for being mad at you?"

Shen Han really cared about this matter. When he mentioned it, he couldn't help but increase the strength of his hands because of excitement. Qingqing shook off the hand that was pinched by him and said angrily: "Be gentle, you hurt me."

Shen Han rubbed her hands and his expression softened. He said, "I was indeed angry with you because of this, but on second thought, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on you."

He sighed: "This is all because of mother's confusion. As a daughter-in-law, you naturally can't disobey her."

Although Qingqing was afraid of the old lady, she was not the weak type who could be manipulated by others. When the old lady rewarded Ji Nu, the other daughters-in-law either pretended to be nice or turned against her directly, but Qingqing was the most proactive.

In this matter, she was angry with Shen Han, and also wanted to test his intentions.

Who made him prefer to visit prostitutes than touch her?

But now that she saw that Shen Han could remain calm in the face of Meiji, Qingqing began to doubt her original arbitrary decision.

Perhaps she had wronged him.

(End of this chapter)