Lihoumen

Chapter 71 Look away

After returning to Lan Yaju, Shen Han waved his hand to dismiss the servants in the house, and then said: "The case in which the Zhao family sued Ruoqing may be a bit troublesome."

Qingqing thought that Shen Han was upset because he didn't like her going to the clinic in public, but she didn't expect that he was angry because of Lin Ruoqing.

Even if the Zhao family's son was gone, Hao'er should have stayed in the Zhao family. It would have been fine if Lin Ruoqing herself didn't want to stay in the Zhao family as a widow, but she insisted on taking her son out with her. This was Lin Ruoqing's fault.

The Xuanping Marquisate and Shen Han insisted on fabricating faults against the Zhao family, but they were just favoring Lin Ruoqing.

"Their family still won't let my cousin go? They want Hao'er back?" When Qingqing asked this, she glanced at Shen Han lightly, without showing any extra emotion on her face.

Shen Han looked at Qing Qing after hearing this. He frowned slightly and asked, "Are you angry?"

Qingqing then raised her eyes to look at him and replied, "No."

She tried to calm down and asked, "What's so difficult about the case? What exactly does the Zhao family want?"

Shen Han did not respond immediately. He sat down on the chair opposite Qingqing, raised his hand and poured two cups of tea for himself, and pushed one cup in front of Qingqing: "The Zhao family actually falsely accused Ruoqing of killing Zhao Heng."

It's just a simple case of seizing a child, why did it involve human life?

Qingqing was surprised and asked hurriedly, "Didn't Zhao Heng die of illness? Why is the Zhao family bringing this up again after so many years?"

"They just don't want my cousin to have an easy life. They take advantage of the Lin family's decline to bully others." Shen Han said.

"The government can't convict someone based on one-sided testimony alone. There needs to be evidence," Qingqing said.

Shen Han replied: "There is a witness, a maid who used to serve my cousin."

Shen Han's face was solemn: "This matter is a bit tricky."

The couple was talking in the room when a maid came in and said, "Madam, the fourth lady is here."

Lan Yaju was a place where few people came to visit. Seeing Qingqing's puzzled expression, the maid continued, "Fourth Madam had already come here once at noon with the Second Young Master. Madam was not there, and now she heard that Madam was back, so Fourth Madam came again."

Qingqing understood. She had saved her second brother yesterday, and Wang Zhenzhen must have come to thank her.

After hearing the maid's report, Shen Han said, "I'll go and get busy first. I won't be home for dinner."

When Shen Han went out, he bumped into Wang Zhenzhen who was coming in. Wang Zhenzhen glanced at Shen Han, walked into the house, and said to Qingqing: "I saw that Third Brother looked unhappy. It must be because of the matter of Lin's cousin again."

Without waiting for Qingqing to answer, she leaned forward and whispered, "Third sister-in-law, do you know that the Zhao family actually sued my cousin for killing their son? Oh my God! Murdering your own husband is punishable by lingchi."

"The matter has not been settled yet, Sister-in-law, don't say that."

Qingqing didn't want to gossip with her, so she said perfunctorily.

"I just came back from my aunt's place. She was crying and complaining to her aunt. Humph! This woman is very scheming. I think she is capable of anything."

Seeing Qingqing smiling but not saying anything, Wang Zhenzhen changed the subject and said with a smile: "Don't talk about her. I came here today to thank Third Sister-in-law." "If it weren't for Third Sister-in-law yesterday, my son would have been in danger." Wang Zhenzhen was still frightened when she mentioned this. She stroked her chest and said repeatedly: "It was a close call, a close call."

"It was a close call, but nothing serious happened. It shows that my second brother is a lucky man." Qingqing said lightly.

Wang Zhenzhen looked at Qingqing, a trace of guilt on her face, and said, "I was disrespectful to you in the past, please don't take it to heart."

Although Qingqing didn't like Wang Zhenzhen, she knew that she was a straightforward person. To be honest, apart from being a bit gossipy, she didn't have any bad intentions.

"It's inevitable that there will be some bumps and bruises when living under the same roof. I won't take it to heart."

If she was really that kind of petty-minded woman, she would not have come to the rescue of her second brother yesterday. Even if she had been a moment later, the child would have suffocated.

Wang Zhenzhen naturally understood this. She grabbed Qingqing's hand and said with emotion: "I know that Third Sister-in-law is a generous person. In fact, Third Sister-in-law is better than those sisters-in-law."

Qingqing smiled but said nothing. Wang Zhenzhen dragged her to chat for a long time, revealing many things about Lin Ruoqing, most of which Qingqing knew. She didn't listen carefully, but just said a few perfunctory words. Wang Zhenzhen looked enthusiastic. After leaving the house, she still warned Qingqing: "That cousin of the Lin family is thinking of marrying San San. A woman with such a heavy mind is not something that San's sister-in-law can handle. You have to be careful."

After Wang Zhenzhen left, Grandma Sun asked worriedly, "The Zhao family is pressing so hard, what are your plans, young lady?"

Qingqing smiled faintly and replied: "I don't care about the affairs of the Zhao family and Lin Ruoqing."

"I am worried that the Zhao family is pushing too hard, and that the son-in-law will be soft-hearted. What if..." Grandma Sun sighed and said, "Fourth Madam is right. The girl from the Lin family is not a good person. Young lady, you must not let her in."

Qingqing looked out the window and murmured, "Whether she can come in or not is not up to me. If she has this intention, I can't stop her even if I want to." Seeing that the old lady was about to persuade her again, Qingqing stopped her and said, "Grandma, don't say anything more. Anyway, I will not share a husband with others. If my husband wants her to come, I will leave."

After saying this, Qingqing went to the inner room, took out a medical book from the bookshelf, and began to read it attentively.

Shen Han returned in the middle of the night. Qingqing was already asleep. Hearing the sound of his return, she was too lazy to move. After Shen Han got on the bed, he came close to her and looked at her, then went back to sleep. When Qingqing woke up the next day, Shen Han had left without her knowing.

Although he was busy with government affairs, he got up early and came back late because he was busy with Lin Ruoqing's affairs.

Qingqing was not in good spirits today, and she asked someone to ask for leave from Aunt Yu. Aunt Yu noticed that Qingqing had been acting strangely for the past two days, and advised her, "Young lady, you have asked for leave three times. If you take a break, I'm afraid you will forget what you learned before."

Qingqing smiled faintly: "I was so diligent before, but those ladies still looked down on me from the bottom of their hearts."

The old lady knew that ever since what happened at the old lady's birthday party that day, the master had become somewhat disheartened.

"Don't be discouraged, young lady. In fact, your current manners and etiquette are no worse than those noble ladies. As long as you give yourself more time, you will definitely do better than them." Grandma Sun encouraged Qingqing.

Qingqing knew that the old lady was really doing this for her own good. She raised her hand and pulled the old lady to sit down, saying slowly, "Grandma, you are wrong. I can't fit in with those noble ladies. It's not because I don't follow the rules, but because they look down on my background from the bottom of their hearts."

As she said this, she smiled frankly and said, "Now I have let it go. Why should I force myself to cater to them?"

The old lady couldn't understand Qingqing's thoughts and was about to persuade her again when a maid came in and said that the cousin of the Lin family was visiting.

(End of this chapter)