Chapter 102: Getting into trouble again?
"No, I have to go and ask your father for clarification."
"Are you leaving now?" Qin Qi seemed a little disappointed, but he didn't show too much emotion. "Go south from Xinzhuxuan. When you see a lotus pond, turn east. When you see Zhimei Hall, it's not far from the front yard. There are servants guarding there who can take you out."
Su Luo was silent for a while and said that a gentleman should personally escort a lady out, and it was very impolite to just point the way like this.
"gentleman?"
"They are polite and well-educated men who show their good manners in any occasion and would never do anything impolite."
Qin Qi puffed out his chest and said, "I'll take you out."
Very good. Su Luo followed Qin Qi out of Xinzhuxuan with a smile. Going south and then turning east was a bit difficult for Su Luo, who only knew the front and back but not the east. She didn't want to go back to Xinzhuxuan after a circle and accept the ridicule of this kid.
"Will you come again in the future?"
Su Luo was thinking about something when she heard Qin Qi ask this question. Su Luo was stunned for a moment, turned her head and looked at Qin Qi, who was obviously concerned but tried hard to pretend that he didn't care, and slowed down her steps. This child... is he very lonely?
"Is there no one at home to accompany you?" Su Luo asked.
"I don't like their company." Qin Qi said with a frown, "I like quietness."
Su Luo rolled his eyes, "You're lying, what kind of child likes quietness!"
Qin Qi said nothing, just lowered his head and continued walking.
Exposing the lies of a nine-year-old child is not something to be happy about. Su Luo hummed and groaned for a while, and finally found a topic again, "Your aunt is not accompanying you? And Miss Ji Mei, I see that you and she seem to have a good relationship."
"Aunt Ji Mei is very kind to me. When she is free, she will come to teach me to play the piano, play chess and chat with me." Qin Huai glanced at Su Luo, "She does some very normal things."
Su Luo's eyes twitched, he stopped, put his hands on his hips and shouted, "Boy!"
Qin Qi also stopped, and Su Luo approached him. "You have some hidden meaning in your words? Are you saying that what I did today was not normal?"
Qin Qi blinked his handsome eyes, blinking again and again, "I didn't say that, but I've never seen anyone get lost after visiting someone else's house. You just asked me to take you out, but it's because you're afraid of getting lost again, right?"
Su Luo didn't plan to answer. Qin Qi looked at her curiously, "You can't really tell the difference between north and south, right?"
Su Luo pretended not to hear, looked up and said, "What a nice weather today!"
Qin Qi smiled triumphantly, showing his two rows of small white teeth, and finally said: "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you."
"Thank you very much." Su Luo answered weakly.
"In exchange, you can't tell my dad about what I eavesdropped on yesterday."
Su Luo was speechless. The whole family of Gan Qing spoke like this, Qin Qing and Qin Qi too. If they didn't beat around the bush, they couldn't express their intentions clearly, right? The most abominable thing was that Qin Qi was still so young, and she actually let him lead her into the trap. She... who did she offend?
"Aren't you just passing by? Why are you eavesdropping again?" Su Luo snorted unhappily.
Qin Qi's face flushed, "I... I was indeed passing by..."
"I flew by so magnificently!" Su Luo wanted to make fun of him, but then came to his senses. With a child as young as Qin Qi, of course he would imitate others. It must be that all the Qin family members were abnormal, so they taught their child like this, distorting Qin Qi's values and making him think that bartering was normal.
"You don't need to exchange any secrets. I won't tell you either." Su Luo lowered his body, looked at Qin Qi at eye level, and smiled like a thief, "Just say it was your aunt who told you."
Qin Qi wanted to laugh, but he had to hold it back, which made Su Luo feel uncomfortable. How could someone hide his emotions at such a young age? The more he watched, the more he felt that there was something wrong with the Qin family's education.
"I said I won't exchange secrets with you. What happened just now doesn't count. To be fair, I'll tell you another secret of mine."
Qin Qi pricked up his ears immediately. Su Luo looked around and lowered his voice to a very low level, "Actually, I... have been in jail."
"Ah?" Qin Qi lowered his voice but still couldn't hide the deep surprise in his tone.
Su Luo said seriously: "Of course I was wronged, but for a woman, going to jail is still unacceptable to everyone, so you must keep the secret for me."
Qin Qi nodded vigorously immediately, "What's the reason?"
"Well, I'll tell you when I have a chance." Su Luo touched his head, "No need to see me off, I can see the door."
"No, a gentleman must finish what he starts."
Qin Qi insisted on sending Su Luo out of the Qin Mansion’s gate, and finally waved his little hand, which made Su Luo in a good mood.
After going down the stone steps, Su Luo found the sedan chair she had taken when she came here. Before she got in, she saw the two sedan chair bearers looking speechless. When she asked them what was wrong, they pointed at Su Luo's face at the same time. Su Luo wiped her face with her hands and felt a hand full of black ash.
Hey! That little ghost! Su Luo finally understood why Qin Qi looked like he had seen a ghost several times. He knew without even looking at it that he had been so fuming and crying just now that he almost didn't look like a ghost anymore.
Su Luo felt all over her body but couldn't find a handkerchief. She was reluctant to wipe it with her sleeve. Just when she was about to get into the sedan chair and go home first, she saw another sedan chair swaying towards her. The curtain was opened, and it was Qin Huai.
Qin Huai was wearing a white robe today, reflecting the early summer sunshine, which made him look handsome, fair, and suave. Before Su Luo had time to feel jealous, he was startled. It took him a long time to recognize Su Luo, and he said with relief: "I just went to your house to look for you. They said Qing'er had called you, so I hurried back. Fortunately, I met you here. Don't go to see Qing'er. Let's find a place to talk." After that, he pointed at Su Luo's face and hesitated for a long time, "Is this your latest makeup?"
Isn't this ironic? Su Luo unceremoniously picked up his snow-white and soft robe sleeve to wipe his face, and then threw his arm away, "It's too late."
Qin Huaiping paid for a piece of clothing for nothing, raised his arm to admire Su Luo's freehand abstract painting, "What do you mean it's late?"
"I've seen your sister. I didn't just get here. I was planning to leave."
"It's bad." Qin Huai hurriedly walked towards the mansion, "You didn't tell her about Su Jiang, right?"
"Huh?" Su Luo's legs froze as he tried to move forward. "Why do you say Su Jiang is 'broken'?"
Qin Huai turned around, "This girl likes Zimao and is willful. She will go and make trouble for any woman that Zimao cares about. She also heard from somewhere that Zimao stayed in Zhuxian Town for a woman. Yesterday, she pestered me to ask about your relationship with Zimao, and I vaguely told her that it was better for her to stay in Nanjing than to go to Zhuxian Town. I can watch it in front of me. I wanted to go to you this morning to collude with you, but it was delayed until now because of an important chamber of commerce... What's wrong with you?"
Su Luo forced a dry smile, "It's okay, I want to know if Qin Qing knew about Su Jiang, she wouldn't be crazy enough to run all the way to embarrass her, right?"
Qin Huai didn't say yes or no, he just said: "When I first saw you in Zhuxian Town, Zimao was also very interested in you. Qing'er happened to be visiting relatives in Zhuxian Town at that time. After knowing this, didn't she sneak into Qiangui?"
It turned out that Qin Huai also knew about this, but Su Luo was still shocked by what Qin Huai said, "Why is Li Rusong interested in me?"
"Your identity..." Qin Huai chose his words carefully, "He knows something about it."
"No wonder," Su Luo gritted her teeth, "No wonder he always dislikes me like a stranger. That's not right. Qin Qing didn't cause any trouble after going to Qiangui. Instead, he helped a lot."
Qin Huai wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. "Because we all misunderstood Yun Lang as the man, Qing'er went to investigate why he aroused our interest. You see, a man would not become her enemy, so she chose to help. But a woman is different. She is so willful that she can torment people to death."
Su Luo was silent. Does this... count as getting into trouble again?
