Chapter 91: Harvest of the Sangyu
Seeing that he was not going to speak, Su Luo raised his hands in a surrender gesture. "If my ears are correct, you did say the three words 'Jiangning County' just now. Although you said it very quickly, you did say it. I guess that you escorted the princess to Jiangning County, and maybe you met my mother there. Or maybe Jiangning County's recent crackdown attracted the attention of the princess. In short, you knew that Lao Zhou was in prison, so you volunteered to return to Nanjing and wanted to deliver a letter to me?"
Li Rusong shrugged, and Su Luo continued, "But you don't seem like such a kind person. If you wanted to send me a letter, you would have told me the situation over there long ago. Why did you pretend not to recognize me and make me look bad, and then come here to talk nonsense and watch the show? What? Are you trying to tell me that money is not worth mentioning compared to feelings? I should have given up everything and rushed there as soon as I knew that Lao Zhou and the others were arrested. What about the conference and the socialites? They are all manifestations of vanity. Even if I went, I might not get anything. On the contrary, I might even lose something. This is the lesson you taught me, and it is also the fate that a vain woman like me deserves."
"You're done?"
Su Luo nodded slightly at Li Rusong, who clapped his hands symbolically, "It's basically true, but I'm not that bored. The main reason is that I'm bored in Jiangning, and I came back to send you a letter just for fun. I didn't expect you to guess so much and still be in the mood to play with me."
"You are still in the mood to play, which means that Lao Zhou and the others are fine. Besides, they were wronged in the first place." Su Luo walked to the rattan chair. "I do regret it a little, but I don't regret choosing to participate in the charity sale. If I were given another chance, I would still choose this. What I regret is that I went over to talk to you when I ran into you, which confirmed the image of me fawning on celebrities in the minds of those socialites. It will be a bit awkward to meet you again in the future."
"You said you would make the same choice again?" Li Rusong curled his lips helplessly, "You really let down Brother Zhou Chongwen who kept making excuses for you. He always believed that you had something very important to do and that's why you didn't go to Jiangning County to save him."
Su Luo's eyes flickered. "The charity sale is extremely important to me. If I miss it, I don't know when I will find such a good opportunity again. He is imprisoned in Jiangning Prison, so he will be fine for the time being. Even if I go two days later..."
"Are you explaining?" Li Rusong smiled, revealing his white teeth, and looked up at Su Luo with an innocent look.
Su Luo was speechless for a moment. Yes, she was explaining in order to convince herself that what she was doing was right.
"Stop talking nonsense." Su Luo scratched his head irritably, "You said you would come back to give me a letter? What letter?"
"A message." Li Rusong stood up and said leisurely, "In order not to destroy your image in Zhou Chongwen's heart, your mother said that you are at home preparing your dowry for the wedding, so you can't go."
"Ah?" Su Luo went over his words in her mind again, her eyes wide open, "Ah? Who's getting married?"
"What do you think?"
"not……"
"That's right. So for your image and your mother's credibility, you have to start preparing your dowry. They will be back in a few days. Congratulations, bride." Li Rusong crossed his fingers behind his head and sighed as he walked towards the door, "The moon is so round tonight."
Is this the ultimatum given to her by her mother? In the past, whenever Su mentioned her affairs with Zhou Chongwen, Su Luo would talk about other things. Has this incident finally made Su make up her mind to force Su Luo to make a choice?
Su Luo slowly sat down on the rattan chair, put her hands behind her head and looked up at the moon. Today's moon was really round and bright, which easily reminded people of the saying "people and the moon are reunited". What should she do? Is she ready for Zhou Chongwen?
Li Rusong leisurely walked to the gate of the yard, looked back, and saw Su Luo staring at the sky in a daze. The bright moonlight reflected on her body, creating a layer of hazy white light.
"Turn left and go to the yard twenty steps away. You can stay there tonight." Su Luo's voice was a little hoarse.
Li Rusong seemed to sense Su Luo's conflicting mood. He said nothing, nodded slightly, and walked out of the yard.
Two minutes later...
Li Rusong pinched his nose and walked past Su Luo's yard in the opposite direction. He still remembered to let him sleep in the toilet, it seems that Su Luo should not be so anxious for others' sympathy.
The next morning, Li Rusong got up and came to Su Luo's yard, and saw her busy preparing Su Yi for school with sleepy eyes. From the faint dark circles under her eyes, he roughly guessed that she didn't sleep well last night, and it was not easy for her to get up at this moment. There was no breakfast, so Su Luo stuffed a few copper coins into Su Yi's pocket and asked him to buy some food.
Su Yi put away the copper coins, turned around and saw Li Rusong. He was stunned for a moment before greeting him, "Brother Chu ."
Su Luo yawned and corrected, "His last name is Li."
Su Yi didn't understand what was going on, but he nodded obediently, "Brother Li."
Li Rusong also nodded, which was considered a greeting. Then Su Yi said goodbye to Su Luo and went to school.
"Please do as you please. I need to sleep a little longer." Su Luo had already closed his eyes when he said this and turned around to go back to his room.
"Be careful." The expression on Li Rusong's face seemed as if he was surprised at how he could say these two words, but he was indeed reminding her to be careful of the three stone steps on the ground.
Su Luo knew there were stone steps. Originally, with her familiarity with the place, she could have safely returned to the bed without opening her eyes. But the sudden sound made her hesitate for a moment. Her raised foot swayed in the air, and her body tilted. When she opened her eyes, she saw the ground approaching her rapidly.
"Ah-oh!" She held back her scream halfway through. A strong arm wrapped around her waist, and a warm body pressed against her side. A faint scent of pine rushed into her nose. Su Luo took a deep breath and surprisingly felt a lot more energetic.
"Next time, spray some white flower oil on your body. It will be more refreshing."
"It's still good for cooling off." Li Rusong held Su Luo's hand leisurely, not intending to let go, as if he were holding a briefcase. "There's eye mucus on your face."
Su Luo could n't stand up , nor could she squat down. It was very difficult and inelegant to bend over on Li Rusong's arm. After hearing his words, she was discouraged from trying to be a lady. Just as she was about to chat with him, Li Rusong suddenly turned his face to the side and then let go of her hand, "Be careful when you walk next time."
This is not Li Rusong's speaking style. This guy will die if he doesn't speak with thorns. Su Luo was wondering when a voice came from the gate: "Master Li, the boss lady."
"Old Bao?" Su Luo ran to Bao Zixing without looking back, wiping his eyes as he ran, trying to wipe away the mucus. "You guys are back so soon?" He walked out of the yard and said, "Where are my mother and Old Zhou?"
"I'm the only one who came back first." Bao Zixing obviously didn't sleep well last night and didn't look very energetic. "Has Lord Li told you about it?"
"It's not very detailed." Su Luo asked Bao Zixing to sit on the recliner in the yard. "What happened? Are Lao Zhou and BMW okay?"
"It's okay, don't worry." Bao Zixing raised his hand and scratched his head, "Well, your mother asked me to tell you something..." He talked for a long time, and it seemed that he found it difficult to speak.
Su Luo waved her hand, "Is it about the marriage? I already know about it."
Bao Zixing was relieved when he heard this. "I'm glad you know. They will be back with the princess tomorrow. We only have a day or so to prepare. It's quite rushed."
"Princess?" Su Luo was confused. "Tell me everything."
It turned out that Su and Bao Zixing were caught up by a maid not long after they left that day, and they turned to Jiangning County, where they wanted to meet Su Luo, but unexpectedly, it was Wu Yong who came. Bao Zixing used the money Wu Yong brought to try to get through, but was told that the way was blocked now. The reason why Jiangning County cracked down severely was because Princess Huairou came to Jiangning County to visit friends, and the public security environment needed to be rectified. Tomorrow, the princess would leave for Nanjing, and once the princess left, the way would naturally be open.
Bao Zixing went back and told Su the result. Su had no choice but to wait. That afternoon, perhaps because he was restless or had something on his mind, he left the inn alone and went to the Guanyin Temple on the outskirts of Jiangning County to worship. As a result, he worshipped an important figure.
Bao Zixing said this and looked up at Su Luo, "Guess who it is?"
Su Luo wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and told Bao Zixing that you really don't have the ability to tell a suspense novel. Didn't you say it long ago? Princess Huairou.
Su met Princess Huairou, but she was alone at the time, so Su didn't know her identity. They chatted for some reason and got along well. Princess invited Su to eat vegetarian food in the temple, and they chatted until late at night, as if they had met too late. Later, Su saw that it was too late, and was afraid that Bao Zixing and others in the inn would worry, so she insisted on leaving. It was not until the next day when the princess's attendant came to her house that Su knew that the woman yesterday was actually the famous Princess Huairou.
It was at that time that Li Rusong met Su and others. With them around, Zhou Chongwen's matter was not worth mentioning. Originally, the county government had released the person and the matter would have ended, but Princess Huairou insisted on controlling the indiscriminate arrest of innocent people in Jiangning County, and asked Su and others to stay with her for two more days to watch Jiangning County try the criminals who had been arrested a few days ago. As a result, they missed the charity sale.
This is really God's will. If Su Luo had gone to Jiangning County, he might have been in a hot relationship with Princess Huairou by now, so why would he bother trying to curry favor with Miss Ji Mei? However, it is not too late to make further efforts after Su and the others come back.
Seeing Su Luo in a daze, Bao Zixing asked carefully: "About the dowry..."
"No hurry, go to sleep first, and we'll talk after you wake up."
"Let's prepare the dowry first."
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Su Luo pulled Bao Zixing up and pushed him out of the yard. "You are so confused now that you don't even know you bought the wrong thing."
Bao Zixing was really tired, so he stopped insisting and went back to his room to sleep. Su Luo returned to the yard and sighed deeply. Li Rusong asked with interest, "Have you decided?"
Su Luo snorted noncommittally, "This is life. You have to do what's right at the right time, especially in this era, especially as a woman."
"Accept your fate." Li Rusong nodded. "That doesn't sound like your point of view."
Su Luo looked at him in surprise, "Do you know me well? Actually, you are right. We are not familiar with each other. It seems that we should not have so much to talk about."
Li Rusong shrugged. "Didn't your mother and the princess talk like old friends when they first met?"
"Are you saying that you and I also regret that we met too late?" Su Luo scratched his chin, "I don't look like Su Jiang, do I? No matter how you look at it, you should regret that you met her too late."
Li Rusong laughed and leisurely changed the subject, "I just wonder why you... don't resist or just walk away."
"Leave?" Su Luo looked at him as if he had discovered a new world. "Do you think I will run away from my marriage? Please, that's too unsophisticated. Even novels don't write about it that way."
Li Rusong raised his eyebrows. "So you like Zhou Chongwen? Do you really want to marry him?"
"Well... I don't know." Su Luo thought for a long time and still shook her head, "I do like him very much, but I don't know about getting married." Su Luo was stunned for a while and sighed, "It's easy to be born; it's easy to live; but it's really not easy to live. Take my mother for example, she really wants me to be good, and she is right. At my age, it's too late to fall in love. But I always feel that this is not the way I want to go. Shouldn't people stick to their own ideas and ignore other people's opinions? My mother said that because I get it easily, I am not afraid of losing it, and she is afraid that I will learn to cherish it only after I really lose it. But there are so many things worth cherishing in a person's life. It is impossible for you to cherish everything. Even if you miss it because of your own choice, at least it is your own choice. Even if you regret it, it is better than cherishing it because you are afraid of losing it. In the end, are you cherishing it? Or are you selfish?"
Li Rusong looked at Su Luo without saying a word. His face was as calm as ever, but there was a hint .
Su Luo chuckled, "Don't get me wrong, I'm talking about myself, not you and Su Jiang."
An awkward look flashed across Li Rusong's face for a moment, but Su Luo had already returned to her own world. "I am a short-sighted person. I never know how to look too far ahead. I always think that tomorrow's affairs will be dealt with tomorrow. Living well in the present is the right way. If you always worry about whether you will regret it tomorrow, it is better to live well today. Then tomorrow you will not regret not living well today."
Li Rusong was still looking at Su Luo, but he was obviously distracted. Without his deliberate cynicism, Li Rusong seemed a little lonely. Su Luo stared at him for a long time, as if he was about to see something in his eyes that he usually suppressed. But at that moment, he came back to his senses and returned to his lazy look, raising his chin in the air, "Look, what is that?"
Su Luo looked up, his eyes squinting because of the sunlight, "Sun."
Li Rusong shrugged, "How far do you want to see?"
