Embarrassing for the bride

Chapter 36

Wu Jili came here really suddenly this time, and he didn't go through the front door, but came in through the back door.The reason why he appeared here was not for any special reason, he just came to have a few words with Wen Zhaoling, but just as he opened his mouth, he saw Yuzhi rushing in.

Wen Zhaoling was sitting behind the desk, looked at Yuzhi who was in a daze, and explained with a smile: "Ji Li is here to thank you. Although he confiscated the gift you gave last time, he is still grateful."

Wu Jili took the conversation and said, "That's right, Yuzhi, you have a heart. I was just about to thank you, so you came."

Yuzhi smiled, lowered her head slightly, and looked away, "It's nothing, a little thought, it should be."

Wen Zhaoling saw the unnaturalness in her expression, so he said to her: "I left an important book in the room, go and get it for me."

Yuzhi knew that Wen Zhaoling was looking for an opportunity for her to leave, so she nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I'll go right away." After speaking, she turned and left immediately.

Wu Jili looked at her receding back and smiled bitterly.

Wen Zhaoling turned his eyes back to him, raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation to him, "Please sit down, it must be more than just saying thank you for coming today?"

Wu Jili sat down at the round table opposite him, "Young Master, I'm thinking too much. I just came to thank you, not only to thank you and Yuzhi, but also to Mrs. Lingtangwen for your constant care."

Wen Zhaoling was stunned for a moment, and then he understood again, "Maybe Lingtang doesn't know you are here now?"

"Of course, if she knew, she would definitely scold me severely." Wu Jili shook his head with a smile, "I'm afraid my mother's temperament will never be changed in her lifetime."

Wen Zhaoling gave him a meaningful look, "Not to mention the grievances of the previous generation, we should be able to get along well with the next generation, right?"

Wu Jili pursed his lips and didn't answer, just looked down at the ground.Wen Zhaoling saw him like this, so he didn't say any more.

After a while, Wen Zhaoling asked him again: "Since you said you want to thank my mother, do you still want to see her?"

Wu Jili thought for a while, then shook his head, "Let's go now." He stood up and cupped his hands at him, "I'm leaving now, and I'll wait until I have an identity worthy of the Wen family." Wouldn't it be better to walk in dignifiedly?"

Wen Zhaoling also stood up and asked him with a smile, "Can you also call me big brother in a dignified manner then?"

Wu Jili paused, dropped his hands, and didn't answer.

Wen Zhaoling's smile remained undiminished, but his eyes became darker, "I hope there will be a day when I can hear you call me big brother and Yuzhi big sister."

The blood on Wu Jili's face faded in an instant, and he was as miserable as white paper. His eyes flickered, his lips tightened, and he arched his hand again. It took him a long time to say the word "farewell", and then he quickly turned around and left. Door.

Wen Zhaoling sighed behind him: "Why do you have to be so obsessed..."

Wu Jili, who had already walked out of the door, heard his sigh, and walked straight out of the courtyard without stopping. However, when he passed the door of the main house, he glanced inwardly, but did not see Yuzhi's figure. .

Sister-in-law... He closed his eyes and walked faster and faster.

After walking a few steps out of the courtyard gate, he paused again when he saw the two people talking in front of him.It was Wen Yanqi and Aqin who spoke.Ah Qin was amused by the anecdote about Wen Yanqi in Suzhou, and did not see Wu Jili standing in the distance, but Wu Jili was looking at Wen Yanqi.

Wu Jili has never met Wen Yanzhi's brother, so when he saw a handsome middle-aged man walking with Aqin, talking and laughing, he subconsciously thought it was Wen Yanzhi, as a 19-year-old man who had never met It is inevitable that someone who is his own father will be a little excited, so he watched the two walk over without moving, and it was not until Ah Qin yelled in surprise that he regained his senses.

"Brother Ji Li? No, no, sir, why are you back?" Aqin ran over happily, her eyes sparkling, then turned her head to Wen Yanqi and said, "Uncle, this is what I told you Sir, he taught me to read very carefully before."

Wen Yanqi glanced at him up and down, smiled, "Are you Ji Li?"

Wu Jili finally realized that the person in front of him was not his father, but his uncle.It's just that he had never heard of his father's brothers before.

Thinking about it, Wu Jili has read the books of sages since he was a child, so he naturally has to show due courtesy when facing his elders, so he immediately bowed to him, "I am Wu Jili, who has met Master Wen Er."

Wen Yanqi laughed: "Don't call me Master Wen Er, I'm not the Wen family."

Wu Jili was stunned for a moment, wondering if he is Ah Qin's real uncle?That would make sense.

Wen Yanqi walked two steps closer and looked at him carefully again, smiled and shook his head, "You are not like the Wen family."

Wu Jili's complexion changed, and he subconsciously glanced at Aqin, who was still immersed in the joy of seeing him, but did not notice the deep meaning of these words.

Wen Yanqi noticed his movements, and laughed again, "I just said casually, you don't have to be so nervous, are you leaving? Are you here to see Boyu?"

Wu Jili nodded. He thought that he was not Ah Qin's real uncle before, but now he doubts it again, because if he is not a direct relative of the Wen family, it is absolutely impossible to know about him.

Wen Yanqi must have guessed what he was thinking. The words just now were more or less from the heart, but they almost exposed his identity. After thinking about it, he had to add another sentence: "Boyu has always been close to me. I've heard a little bit about you."

Wu Jili suddenly realized that it was so.

"In this case, we will stay soon, you go slowly." Wen Yanqi turned to the side, smiled and nodded at him.

Wu Jili arched his hands at him, turned his head and smiled at Aqin, "I left without saying goodbye that day, I'm really sorry, but your studies must not be neglected, and you should invite a new teacher to come back." After speaking, he backed away Taking a step forward, he bowed to her, "Miss Wen, take care, I will take my leave."

Ah Qin opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything, she lowered her eyes in disappointment as she watched his retreating back.

Wen Yanqi saw it on the side, and he already guessed half of it in his heart. Aqin's age is just at the beginning of love, so it is inevitable that he will be tempted by such a man, but it is really not a good thing.He suppressed the momentary sadness, smiled and stepped forward to give her a hand, "What? Are the things that uncle said just now not pleasant?"

Ah Qin forced a smile, "Go on, uncle, I haven't heard enough."

Wen Yanqi smiled and patted her head, "You didn't like to hear me say these things before, and you rarely paid attention to my uncle."

A-Qin pursed her lips on purpose, "That's because Uncle, you only love Big Brother, and you don't love me at all."

Wen Yanqi shook his head with a smile, "Well, it's uncle's fault. Uncle apologized to you, so now can you go to your grandmother's place for me and call Zhaoyuan over?"

Aqin rolled her eyes, "I knew that Uncle, you came to me because you didn't dare to see your grandmother, did you just say such a novel thing and you wanted to bribe me?"

Wen Yanqi feigned anger, "Is that how you talk to uncle?"

Aqin lowered her head sullenly, "Okay, I'll go, uncle don't want to be angry."

Wen Yanqi laughed twice: "This is my good niece, if you don't say it, how dare I ask your grandmother to let Zhaoyuan go with me?"

Ah Qin suddenly raised her head, "Uncle, are you leaving?"

Wen Yanqi nodded, "I'm leaving, alas, I haven't done what I should do, what are you doing if you don't leave..."

Aqin didn't quite understand what he was going to do, but she followed his instructions to find Mrs. Tai to ask for someone.

She is such an important person, soon the whole Wen family knew that Wen Yanqi was leaving.Mrs. Tai's scolding was naturally indispensable, Mr. Wen and Mrs. Wen also arrived in front of the hall soon, and naturally all the children and daughters-in-law below arrived.

Wen Yanqi looked at the whole family and smiled helplessly, "I'm just leaving, so you don't have to come out with so many people to see me off, do you?"

Wen Yanzhi looked at Mrs. Tai's livid face, and said to him: "Second brother, why not stay longer, and you can also spend more time with mother."

Mrs. Tai snorted coldly: "I don't need him to accompany me, let him go!"

Wen Yanqi leaned forward with a smile, and whispered next to Mrs. Tai: "Mother, my son has repaired the ancestral house in Suzhou. If you are willing, you can go to Suzhou with me to live your life."

There was a hint of joy in Mrs. Tai's eyes, "Have you repaired the ancestral house?"

Wen Yanqi nodded.

Mrs. Tai suddenly turned cold again, and snorted: "Then I won't go either. Now that Yanzhi has returned to Beijing, he may become an official in Beijing. Why would I go to Suzhou with you, an unfilial son!"

Wen Yanqi sighed, turned his head to look at Wen Yanzhi, his eyes were full of worry.Seeing this, Mrs. Wen had no choice but to comfort Mrs. Tai, saying that my uncle still has a lot of things to take care of in Suzhou, and he has been out for more than a month now, and it will be difficult to travel soon when winter comes.

Mrs. Tai felt sorry for her little grandson, and couldn't bear him to suffer from the cold, so she nodded in agreement.

Mrs. Wen Yan and Qi Chaowen bowed quietly, thanking her for her words of help.

Wen Yanzhi looked at Wen Yanqi, "If that's the case, let's send my second brother out of the city for my brother."

Wen Yanqi nodded, and was about to go back to pack his things, Wen Zhaoling said to Wen Yanzhi with a smile, "Father, I'll go with you to see off uncle."

Wen Yanzhi was worried that he was not in good health, so he shook his head, "It's important that you continue to take care of your health, I'll just send your uncle off."

Wen Yanqi also persuaded him to stay, Wen Zhaoling had no choice but to stop insisting, but when Wen Yanqi looked at each other, the latter nodded to him quietly.

Wen Yanqi said goodbye to everyone, and finally knelt down and kowtowed three times to Mrs. Tai. Mrs. Tai turned her face away, but there were tears in her eyes.Wen Yanqi bowed again before getting up and going back to pack his things.The others also went back, saying goodbye to Wen Yanqi after lunch.

On the way back to Boyu's residence, Yuzhi and Wen Zhaoling thought about it, and finally asked the doubts in his heart: "Boyu, Ji Li...why did you come here today?"

Wen Zhaoling glanced at her with a smile, and guessed what she was thinking, "I didn't come here to recognize relatives, I really just came to say thank you."

Yuzhi nodded her head, feeling a little unnatural all the time.Now he is not only Zhong Zhiyuan, but also his brother-in-law. Such an identity is no longer as simple as a childhood playmate before, and it is difficult for her to get along with him simply.She sighed, in fact, she also understood that from the day he said those words to her, it was impossible for them to be the same as before.

(End of this chapter)