pretty lady in disguise

Chapter 38

In the Meiyuan Hall, a square pear-blossom table with the Eight Immortals was placed in the middle, and the Zhan family brothers sat separately.

On the table, in addition to the dishes that the brothers usually like to eat, there is also a golden and glossy lotus leaf steamed pork with fragrant and delicious fish soup.

Zhan Huaichun looked at the eldest brother who was tasting the soup elegantly, and felt that his decision to let the kitchen make two servings was very wise, because he had no appetite for this person.

"Second brother, why doesn't he eat?" Zhan Zhihan put down the spoon, his movements were natural and casual, the thin white spoon didn't make any sound when it touched the porcelain bowl.The other side was too quiet, Zhan Zhihan raised his head, and saw Zhan Huaichun turned his head to look out the window with a sullen face, and personally picked up a piece of lean pork belly and sent it to Zhan Huaichun's bowl, "Taste it, the lotus leaves I picked by myself, it tastes good It should be more fragrant."

"I can pinch myself." Zhan Huaichun glared at him angrily.

"Why don't you eat it? I thought you didn't eat it on purpose and waited for me to pick it up for you." Zhan Zhihan responded calmly.

Zhan Huaichun was so angry that he didn't bother to pay attention to him, picked up the bowl and quickly cleaned the bowl of rice, then put down the bowl abruptly, got up and walked towards the side room.

Zhan Zhihan sent him in with his eyes, glanced at the pork belly left in his bowl, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.This second brother, in front of outsiders, looks like a cold second young master, but in fact he is still a child, and he will even get angry with him about eating.

Zhan Huaichun's departure did not affect Zhan Zhihan's appetite, he ate slowly amid the occasional footsteps from the next door.After the little maids packed up their things, Zhan Zhihan ordered Changgui to go to Evergreen Garden to call Ayu over.Chang Gui responded and turned to leave. Chang An wanted to lead him the way, but Zhan Zhihan stopped him and punished him to run around the lake.

"Just listen inside, so as not to wink at her secretly." After punishing Chang'an, Zhan Zhihan said to the side room.

Zhan Huaichun didn't say a word, he stood in front of the window, looking out the window bitterly.If she lives up to his good intentions and chooses to go to Zhuangzi, he will no longer care about her life and death, and it will be a waste of kindness and a waste of being a good person!
No one spoke inside or outside the room, and the surroundings were completely silent.

In Changqingyuan, Ah Yu has finished taking a shower, and is waiting outside the upper room for Zhan Huaichun to come back.I don't know if there are those two dishes hooked, she is a little hungry.The feeling of being hungry is not good, A Yu clutched his stomach, feeling a little uneasy.When will the young master come back?Don't forget about her?How about she go back to her room and eat some walnut crisps first?
"Miss Ayu is inside?" A strange man's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

looking for her?
A Yu hurriedly responded, walked out to greet him quickly, went out the door, and saw a man dressed similarly to Chang An standing beside him.He looked older than Chang An, tall, with a straight figure. After glancing at her, he lowered his eyes and said expressionlessly, "Miss Ayu, the young master sent you over."

A Yu didn't know him, and he was so cold, she panicked: "Where is the second young master?"

"Second Young Master and Eldest Young Master are together. Let's go, don't keep the two young masters waiting." Chang Gui went down the steps after speaking.

A Yu looked at his back, remembering what Zhan Huaichun had told him not to contact the man next to him, she didn't move, but asked him uneasily: "Who are you? I haven't seen you before, where is Chang'an? The second young master has something to tell me It’s all for Chang’an to come back to me.”

Chang Gui paused, and turned around in disbelief. He has been serving the young master for more than ten years, and he has passed on so many words. No one has ever asked this kind of question. Does she think he is falsely passing on the young master's orders?

"Chang An didn't serve the Second Young Master well, and was punished by the Eldest Young Master to run around the lake. Why, do you want to be punished with Chang An?"

He stared, A Yu was startled, and when he heard that Chang An was being punished, he stopped doubting him immediately, turned around in a hurry, closed the door, and went down the steps.

Changgui immediately strode towards the plum garden, he walked fast, A Yu chased him in fear, and he was a little out of breath when he arrived in front of the main hall of the plum garden.

"The two young masters are inside, you go in." Chang Gui stopped at the door of the main room and pointed inside.

A Yu poked his head in quietly, and sure enough, he saw a tall man standing in front of a painting with his back to this side, and his clothes looked like a young master.Since the Eldest Young Master is here, the Second Young Master must also be there, A Yu walked in with confidence, bowed his head and saluted: "My servant has seen the Eldest Young Master." She remembered the mammy's instructions firmly.

Zhan Zhihan turned around leisurely, went back to the chair and sat down, and then began to look at Ayu.

She changed into a small white shirt with an apricot yellow dress, all made of high-quality silk and satin, and the beige cap on her head was ingenious, making her look lively and pretty, and she couldn't be seen as a nun at all, let alone a maid.Zhan Zhihan squinted his eyes slightly, he had never seen his second younger brother pay so much attention to a girl, this nun named Ayu was really capable.

"Your name is Ayu?" He squinted at the soap locust boots that suddenly appeared under the door curtain of the side room, and asked.

Ayu nodded, looking at the ground.

"I heard that you were driven down by the abbot of Yuquan Nunnery because the second young master forced you to break the precept. Don't you hate the second young master? Look up and answer."

Ayu raised her head obediently, her eyes were still a little dazed. When she met the man's sharp gaze, Ayu didn't dare to look at him. Later, the young master sincerely admitted his mistake, and his back was also because of me... the servant was injured, so the servant will not blame him."

"He was injured?" Zhan Zhihan asked in surprise.

"Well, I hit a branch on my back, and then carried me for a while. I didn't know he was injured at the time, and I refused to let him carry it. If I didn't pay attention, it made him hurt even more." I am ashamed, and I am not used to the self-proclaimed slave, so I changed back as I spoke.

The saponin boots disappeared on the other side of the door curtain. Zhan Zhihan could fully imagine Zhan Huaichun's current appearance, so he didn't ask about carrying someone back, and continued: "All your senior sisters have gone home to reunite with their parents, only you Because there is no news of her parents, she stayed in our house as a maid. Are you grateful to the second young master?" The second brother would not let him expose the death of her parents, and he was willing to cooperate.

"Yes." A Yu nodded sincerely: "Second Young Master is very kind to me."

In the side room, Zhan Huaichun couldn't help laughing, and went back to the door.This time he didn't show his feet, he just leaned over and looked out through the crack of the curtain.

"Second young master's temper, maybe you just made a small mistake, he will be furious, cursing and punishing kneeling are light, Chang'an has been kicked by him several times. To be honest, I am worried that one day he will beat you and scold you too. So I thought, since he is kind enough to help you, why don't we help you to the end. Our family has a farm in the country. If you want, I can arrange for you to live there. It's quiet and quiet. After you move there, you can read in the house , you can also talk and play with the girls from nearby farms, it's better than serving him here, what do you think?" Zhan Zhihan said calmly.

Move out of the exhibition hall?

A Yu's heart tightened, and he instinctively defended Zhan Huaichun: "Second Young Master just loses his temper occasionally, but he is actually a very good person, he..."

"How is he doing well?" Zhan Zhihan picked up the teacup and looked down at the undulating tea leaves inside.

Ayu lowered her head, trying to recall how kind Zhan Huaichun was to her: "Senior sister and the others said I was stupid, but the second young master told me that I was not stupid at all. He taught me how to distinguish who treats me well and who treats me badly. He helped me." Carry water and buy me delicious cakes. The master doesn’t want me anymore, the second young master takes me in, and asks someone to make me a good-looking turban and clothes, and even takes me to row a boat. Eldest young master, I am willing to serve the second young master, I am not afraid He loses his temper."

She raised her head slowly, her eyes became firmer.Apart from those people in the nunnery, Zhan Huaichun is the one she is most familiar with. If it was the day before yesterday, she might have chosen to go to Zhuangzi, but Zhan Huaichun is no longer angry with her, not fierce, and let the kitchen make delicious food Waiting to eat with her, Ayu is willing to serve him.

After all, isn't it because of the benefits that the second brother gave her?
Zhan Zhihan slowly put down the teacup, got up and said, "As long as you move over, we can still give you cakes, clothes, food and clothing when you get to Zhuangzi, exactly the same as what you enjoy now, and where you You are the master, and there will be maids to serve you. In terms of money, your monthly money here is two taels. After moving in, we will give you five taels of silver every month. In the future, when you find parents or marry someone, we will pay you I will add a generous dowry to you, which is much better than you staying with the second young master without a name and no title."

There are temptations and warnings in his words, and anyone with a little intelligence can understand them.Zhan Huaichun frowned, did elder brother think A Yu was that kind of person?He wanted to go out and take Ayu away, to avoid that powerful brother who didn't look like a good person, but seeing Ayu's blank look, Zhan Huaichun suddenly wanted to know how she would choose.He believes in A Yu's innocence, but he also understands that she has calmed down several times because he coaxed her with food. If there are delicious food in other places, will she leave him, a bad guy who often bullies her?
Ah Yu didn't understand Zhan Zhihan's words very well.This person started to say bad things about Zhan Huaichun, and then asked her what was good about Zhan Huaichun. Ah Yu thought that he was dissatisfied with her second brother, so she only picked good things about Zhan Huaichun to tell him. Why did she suddenly turn to the matter of moving to Zhuangzi? ?She has clearly said that she is willing to stay and serve...

Suddenly, Ah Yu seemed to understand something, she raised her head, and for the first time took the initiative to look at the stern man in front of her, and looked into his eyes.Zhan Zhihan was also looking at her. Ah Yu was no stranger to that kind of look. He looked at her like this when his senior sister disliked her for being stupid. He also looked at her like this when she first made Zhan Huaichun angry.

It's disgust, it's dislike.

Ayu understands, the young master doesn't like her, he wants her to move to Zhuangzi.

Dangui and the others said that when the master and wife are not at home, the eldest master has the final say in this family, and even the second master has to listen to him.

Second young master, what about others?
A Yu quietly looked to the left and right, there are side rooms on both sides, is the second young master in there?If he doesn't come out, does he not want her to serve him?

A Yu lowered her head, tears were about to fall, she held back her tears, and said obediently: "Young Master, I will obey you." Zhan Huaichun didn't want her to serve her anymore. Besides listening to the arrangement of the Young Master, does she have any other choice? ?Maybe, but Ah Yu just wants to go back quickly and cry secretly. She can't think about anything, and all her thoughts are on holding back her tears.

"Well, you go back first, and I will arrange for you to leave the house tomorrow morning." Zhan Zhihan turned around and said without looking at the woman again.

A Yu also turned around, and after leaving the door of the main room, she walked slowly, without raising her hand to wipe her tears, and without letting the cold-faced boy at the door see it.

The footsteps went away, and Zhan Zhihan went to the side room.

Zhan Huaichun smiled before he could speak: "I'll just tell you that she is a fool, right? Stay with me, I watch her every day, and I will definitely find a good home for her in the future. Now it's all right, she went to Zhuangzi , Let alone a year or a half, in less than a month, I will forget that I have saved such a fool."

"If you say she is stupid, you can trick you into buying food and clothes for her, wouldn't you be even more stupid?" Zhan Zhihan sarcastically mercilessly.

"I'm stupid, I'm willing, don't worry about it!" Zhan Huaichun's suppressed anger finally broke out, and before his voice fell, he had already left the room like a whirlwind.

Zhan Zhihan turned his head and watched the door curtain that Zhan Huaichun had raised high slowly fall down and shake slightly.

This time the second brother suffered a loss and recognized women, so he shouldn't be easily fooled again in the future, right?

Over there, Zhan Huaichun rushed back to the Evergreen Garden angrily, and went straight to the upper room.He wants to ask her clearly, he has done so much for her, does she only remember the food and clothing?I don't want him if I have food and clothing?But there was no familiar figure in the upper room, and Zhan Huaichun became even more angry. She hadn't left yet, and she no longer regarded him as her master.

Striding out the door, Zhan Huaichun went straight to the wing room, the door was ajar, he wanted to kick it open, but for some reason, he lowered his raised foot again.Zhan Huaichun quietly pushed open the door and walked slowly towards the inner room.There was no sound inside, he opened the curtain in confusion, and saw no one at first sight, but just when he thought A Yu was not there, his eyes fell on the couch.

The quilt there was bulging and shaking constantly.

Is she laughing, crying, or scared?

Laugh, even if she doesn't like to serve him, Zhan Huaichun doesn't think she will be so happy, crying, she is willing to move to Zhuangzi, what is there to cry about?But fear is completely unreasonable.

Zhan Huaichun walked over suspiciously, and when he got closer, he heard suppressed sobs.Startled, he stretched out his hand to pull the quilt.

The people inside didn't expect his actions, and turned their heads from the pillow in panic.Looking at each other, Zhan Huaichun was surprised by her red eye circles, when Ah Yu saw him, all kinds of sadness and grievances in his heart suddenly turned into a torrential rain of tears, he couldn't stop crying, like a child who suddenly lost his parents.

"You, why are you crying?" The anger dissipated, and Zhan Huaichun felt guilty and distressed for no reason.

"You, you, you don't want me, you don't want me anymore..." Ayu answered intermittently, almost out of breath.

Parents don't want her anymore, she still has grandpa and master, master grandpa doesn't want her, she still has this man who is willing to take her in, and now he doesn't want her anymore, Ayu really doesn't know how to live in the future.She had never lived by herself, she knew no one.

(End of this chapter)