Chapter 758
Turning around and seeing that it was Li Wan in front of her, Aunt Xue hastily loosened her five fingers that were tightly clasped in front of her chest, forced a smile and shook her head, saying, "I didn't see anything."
In fact, if she were to speak out openly, perhaps she could cover up a little. It was so vague that even if there was no suspicion at first, one would inevitably become suspicious now.
What’s more, Li Wan had already noticed that something was wrong with her expression.
He didn't care what Aunt Xue said at the moment. He squeezed a few steps to the window and looked from the angle that Aunt Xue had just peeked at.
Because Aunt Xue was standing nearby, her angle was a little tilted, so the first person reflected in the rehearsal was Jia Baoyu, who was facing sideways to the window.
Li Wan's heart was suddenly startled!
I thought to myself, could it be that Aunt Xue is thinking about her own son? If that's the case, I dare not help her match him up!
By the way, Li Wan also felt some contempt in her heart. Although it was despicable for a widow to have an affair, in terms of severity, how could it be compared to an aunt having an affair with her nephew?
Just as he was filled with disgust, he suddenly saw another figure in front of Jia Baoyu.
Li Wan hurriedly squeezed in the opposite direction, and a burly figure came into view.
this……
Li Wan felt a little strange, and thought to herself, could it be that women who have been widowed for so long like this tune?
"I……"
Aunt Xue saw Li Wan leaning over and peeping for a long time, and her heart became more and more uneasy. She couldn't help but rush to explain: "I just heard a man talking outside, so I opened the window and took a few looks. I didn't expect you to come in at that time."
If this had been said at the beginning, it would have been reasonable.
But now that things have come to this, how could Li Wan be willing to believe it?
He closed the window tightly, turned around, stared at Aunt Xue with a playful look and asked, "So, Aunt was looking at Brother Bao just now?"
At first glance, there's nothing wrong with this.
As an aunt, what's the big deal if I take a look at my nephew through the window?
But Aunt Xue was already suspicious at this moment, and when she heard Li Wan's words, she felt embarrassed and annoyed, and denied it without thinking, "What nonsense are you talking about? I am not... How could I peek at Baoyu!"
She was so embarrassed and angry that she almost blurted out "I'm not you", but luckily she stopped herself in time.
When Li Wan saw her reaction, she immediately felt relieved - if it were someone else, it would still be a bit troublesome, but since the one she had her eyes on was Sun Shaozong, it would be much more convenient for her to operate in the middle.
Thinking of this, Li Wan's gaze seemed to be real, scanning Aunt Xue's body back and forth, and finally stopped at the plump part that was squeezed out a line of sky.
Although he is a little older, he has such a good body of flesh that even ordinary girls may not be able to match.
That enemy should be interested, right?
But he and Xue Pan were quite close friends after all, and this friend's mother...
Li Wan stared in deep thought, but Aunt Xue could not help herself - the pair of eyes that were usually calm as water, now looking at her, seemed to be waiting for a price.
So Aunt Xue forced a smile and said, "You...why are you looking at me like that? It makes me feel uneasy."
"nothing."
Li Wan smiled slightly and reached out to hold Aunt Xue's white wrist. "Aunt, let's go to Second Sister's place. The food has been set out and we are waiting for you to take your seat."
The sudden change made Aunt Xue unable to react for a moment.
Subconsciously, he followed Li Wan to the door. As he was about to lift the curtain to go out, he suddenly felt a little panic and uneasiness in his heart.
Although her ridiculous thoughts just now were known to heaven and earth, she was still too embarrassed to meet Sun Shaozong for a moment.
But she didn't dare to reveal any of her worries in front of Li Wan. She could only watch Li Wan reach out to lift the door curtain. Her heart almost jumped into her throat, but she didn't dare to open her mouth to stop her.
Swish~
The curtain was finally opened by Li Wan, but it was white outside and there was no trace of Sun Shaozong and Jia Baoyu.
Li Wan went out and looked around for a few times, then turned back and said, "Brother Bao and Sun Jia Erlang must have gone back to the front yard."
Aunt Xue thought she would feel relieved when she heard this, but instead she felt empty in her heart, as if a piece of her heart had been taken away.
"A real man of flesh and blood, to fill that void..."
Li Wan’s words last night seemed to echo in her ears again.
"Let's go quickly, don't keep the second girl waiting!"
Aunt Xue suddenly felt like someone bit her in the heart. She took the initiative and dragged Li Wan straight to the main hall.
…
Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
However, the reason why Sun Shaozong accompanied Jia Baoyu to this courtyard early in the morning was not to tease Aunt Xue.
In fact, after drinking in the warm room of Plum Garden yesterday, Jia Baoyu suddenly had an idea. He planned to open a temporary back door on the north wall of Plum Garden facing the street, and then choose a snowy day to have a drink and talk about heroes and heroines.
This heroic woman refers to Hongniang in The West Chamber.
In this guy's mind, the pretty maid who successfully brought Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng together was even more worthy of the title of heroine than Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying.
However, in Sun Shaozong's view, this fully reflects Jia Baoyu's weakness of lacking subjective initiative - he has no way to break the deadlock and can only rely on a matchmaker to help him.
Opening a back door temporarily was not a big deal for a wealthy family. Anyway, this was Jia Baoyu's last act of madness - when Jia Zheng came back, he would never allow him to continue to do what he wanted - so Sun Shaozong agreed without thinking.
That's why the two of them came to discuss the matter with Jia Yingchun - after all, the one who was nominally the housekeeper was not Sun Shaozong but her, the eldest wife.
Jia Yingchun was a person without her own opinion to begin with, and seeing that Sun Shaozong had already agreed, she naturally followed his lead.
But Sun Shaozong and Jia Baoyu came out of the back house side by side. Jia Baoyu wanted to take Sun Erge with him to look for Jiang Yuhan and others, but was politely rejected by Sun Shaozong.
Although Sun Shaozong still couldn't go out today, he had already made arrangements to catch the thieves. How could he have the leisure time to listen to any opera lyrics?
In the hall, he devoured six squabs, a roasted deer leg, and two bowls of eight-treasure green glutinous rice porridge with homemade spicy and sour pickles. He had just asked the maid to slice up half a pound of donkey meat and prepare to wrap it with fried sesame cakes when he saw Chen Jingde and Huang Bin arriving together.
When they first entered, Chen Jingde was the first to do so.
However, after crossing the threshold, he consciously stepped back.
This trick might work on colleagues, but Huang Bin behind him was just a yamen runner. How could he dare to step even a step above the official?
Therefore, the two of them moved slowly, as if they were performing a pantomime.
"Okay."
Sun Shaozong took the handkerchief and wiped it across his mouth, then said in a deep voice, "Tell me, what went wrong?"
Chen and Huang were frozen on the spot.
Chen Jingde glanced at Huang Bin and saw that he hung his head lower than himself. He cursed him inwardly, "You bastard!" But he could only bite the bullet and said, "Your Excellency, we caught the prisoners, but one of them fought desperately and finally... he died of his injuries."
Hearing this, Sun Shaozong immediately asked, "Is the dead man the burly man who killed Wang Erhu?"
“Exactly…exactly.”
After hearing Chen Jingde's embarrassed response, Sun Shaozong's face suddenly darkened, and he asked again, "So the other two don't know where the hostages are, let alone where the man with the scar on his hand is now?"
“Exactly…exactly.”
