Chapter 100: Visiting the Qin Residence
Su Luo decided to talk to Qin Huai. It had been almost ten days since the opening ceremony, and Su Luo had never had the chance to run into Qin Huai. Not only now, but since they met, they had been apart for more than a year. Although they both had feelings for each other, it was purely because of their bizarre experiences and sympathy. It was a feeling close to that of relatives or old friends, and it would never lead to a drama of two people being separated by a world of their own. But Su Luo was still curious about herself as the cause of the dispute between Qin Huai and Qin Qing.
Before Su Luo went to Qinji to find Qin Qing, Qin Qing sent someone to deliver a letter, inviting Su Luo to his house for a chat.
This was Qin Qing's first date with Su Luo, and it was after she had a quarrel with Qin Huai. No matter how she looked at it, there was something wrong. However, Su Luo felt that she was aboveboard, and there was no point in asking Qin Huai to go with her, otherwise it would make her look guilty. So she followed the messenger to Qin's house. This was her second visit to Qin's house. The first time she was stopped at the door, but this time she became a guest.
When Su Luo got off the sedan chair, she saw that there were still several sedan chairs lined up outside the Qin Mansion. The people waiting there were not businessmen or celebrities, but several people who looked like traveling merchants gathered together chatting. They must be merchants in Nanjing City who heard that Qin Huai had returned and rushed to meet him.
Su Luo followed the servant around the front courtyard and went to the inner courtyard of Qin's mansion. Qin Qing was already waiting in the pavilion in the courtyard. When she saw Su Luo, she took her hand intimately, which made Su Luo feel very uncomfortable. In the past, this lady refused to meet him. If she really had no choice but to meet her, she would run away without even saying hello, for fear that Su Luo would tell Qin Ying about her glorious deeds of working outside under an alias. Su Luo was too lazy to pay attention to her at all. What a big deal?
Because of his previous poor performance, Qin Qing’s behavior today once again made Su Luo feel abnormal. Could it be the Hongmen Banquet?
"Sister Su." Qin Qing called her affectionately , giving Su Luo goosebumps all over her body.
"Why did you think of looking for me today? Is there something?" Su Luo didn't want to say anything meaningless.
Qin Qing smiled mischievously, "Sister, you are so familiar with my brother, why are you so polite to me? Can't I invite you here if there is nothing else? I asked you to come here because I want to apologize to you."
Su Luo was confused immediately, "We don't have any festival to celebrate?"
Qin Qing pouted, "Why not? I was not nice to you before because I was afraid that you would tell my aunt about my past. My aunt is very fierce. If she knew that I didn't go to my aunt's house during that time, but went out to play secretly, she would scold me to death."
"What's the big deal?" Su Luo smiled, "You don't have to apologize. I never said anything, right? I know you want to keep it a secret. Just pretend it never happened. BMW and Volkswagen won't say anything. When you first came to our store, we knew you were a young lady and were just there for fun."
"Thank you, Sister Su." Qin Qing pulled Su Luo out of the pavilion. It was obvious that she had something to say, but she didn't say it. She just took Su Luo to tour the garden, which made Su Luo feel suffocated. Finally, she couldn't help it and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Qin Qing then smiled innocently, "How do you know I have something to say? Sister Su, do you have a good relationship with my brother?"
Su Luo shook her head and said, "It's just an ordinary relationship." She didn't want this unruly young lady to misunderstand anything.
"But I heard that my brother went to your house to celebrate the New Year."
"It was a coincidence. He was on his way back to Zhuxian Town to do some work. He almost bumped into my cousin while riding his horse. Your brother sent my sister home, and that's when we met. It was almost New Year's Eve, and your brother couldn't go anywhere, so he stayed at my house to celebrate the New Year."
Qin Qing nodded, but instead of looking relieved as Su Luo expected, he frowned and looked elsewhere, "What about Brother Li?"
"Brother Li? Oh, Li Rusong? He went to find your brother. He didn't stay for a few days. I came to Nanjing after the New Year. They seemed to stay in Zhuxian Town for a few more days. I don't know what happened after that." Su Luo said while observing Qin Qing's expression. Her little face was almost wrinkled.
"Sister Su, do you like my brother or Brother Li?"
Su Luo was choked by her saliva. "I might still like your brother, Li Rusong? Didn't you see how he treated me when he came to Nanjing? Even if I have a big face, I can't stand such humiliation. How can I still like him?"
"That's weird." Qin Qing held Su Luo's arm, like the closest comrade-in-arms. "Brother Li clearly lived in your house before. There's no reason for him to say he doesn't recognize you in such a short time. So... he must be hiding something. He must like you!"
Su Luo fell down helplessly, "It's so unlucky for someone to be liked by him."
"Otherwise, why would he deliberately provoke you? He just wanted to get your attention. As soon as you left that day, he was in a hurry to leave..." Qin Qing stared at Su Luo and asked quietly and quickly, "Didn't he go to find you?"
Su Luo sweated a little, but actually went to find her.
"Don't guess blindly, he has someone he likes." Looking at Qin Qing's beautiful eyes wide open, Su Luo continued to reveal, "Didn't you just say that I have a cousin? She is the one Li Rusong likes."
Qin Qing's eyes widened even further, and there was a sense of vigilance in his eyes, like an African antelope whose territory had been invaded by another race.
"Your cousin?"
Listening to Qin Qing saying these four words word by word, Su Luo also became alert. Wasn't he asking Qin Huai? Why did the focus shift to Li Rusong in an instant?
No... there's a problem.
Recalling the night when Li Rusong appeared at the charity sale, a coquettish figure never left his side, and seemed to have shown a little hostility towards him. Then think about the scene when Qin Qing first appeared at the cashbox... Li Qing'er!
Now the truth was revealed. Qin Qing had not asked her to come because of Qin Huai, but because of Li Rusong. He was trying to get her to talk. Hey! Why were all these ancient people like this? They either spoke unclearly or had hidden meanings in their words. It would take two hours to figure it out. Why? Did they think modern people were easy to bully?
It was unbearable! The wind was howling, the horses were neighing, the Yellow River was roaring, Su Luo was roaring... Before she could roar, Qin Qing disappeared in a flash...
A gust of cool wind blows by, and this is the fate of a person once he loses his value.
Su Luo looked around; everything seemed unfamiliar. He didn't know if it was Qin Qing's arrangement in advance. He couldn't even see a maid. Su Luo tried to back out the same way he came in, which led to the most discussed event in the 16th year of Wanli - whether one should shout for help if one gets lost in someone else's home.
Of course, it was Su Luo who got lost. The Qin Mansion's garden was bigger than hers, with taller rockeries and more courtyards. She saw three ponds alone. She walked along, feeling her way to Youlan Hall, Songbai Courtyard, Xinzhu Pavilion... Xinzhu Pavilion... Xinzhu Pavilion...
I'm stuck in a dilemma.
This might be God's will. When Su Luo saw the words "Xinzhuxuan" for the third time, she decided to go in and take a look. Even if there is no master, there must be servants, right? As long as someone with the word "human" in his name can send her out, she will thank him!
Xinzhuxuan is a small independent courtyard. After entering, there are wing rooms on the left and right, a main hall in the middle, and there seems to be another courtyard behind the main hall. It is said that ancient people were all cultured. Such an ordinary courtyard can also be given such an elegant name. The courtyard of Su Luo's family also has a name, which is named after the twelve zodiac signs, such as Zichen Hall and Muchouzhai. Su Luo has reason to believe that the previous owner of the courtyard is an animal lover. After Su Luo moved in, she wanted to change the names of these twelve courtyards. It would be great to change them to the twelve constellations. Then put a sign on the back door of her house with the words "Twelve Zodiacs" written on it, so that she could also satisfy her Athena addiction. Unfortunately, she explained for many days, but no one could understand. In addition, Zhou Si kept praising the original name, so she gave up the idea.
After entering Xinzhuxuan, Su Luo still didn't see anyone. It was really weird. Were the houses in the Qin Mansion built for good brothers to live in?
"Is there anyone? Is there anyone? Is there anyone…"
Just as Su Luo put her hands into a trumpet shape and shouted, a childish voice came from a corner, "Who are you?"
Su Luo was startled and turned around to see a small figure holding a small flowerpot in his hand. There were a few unknown small flowers blooming in the pot, which looked very full of vitality.
"Qin Qi." Su Luo called out his name with a smile.
"It's you." Qin Qi pushed open the door of a room holding something in his hand.
Su Luo followed him and looked into the room. It seemed to be his bedroom.
"Still remember me?"
Qin Qi glanced at her, seemingly unwilling to speak, but he still spoke...
"A weird aunt who tells bad jokes."
