Because of the sudden arrival of Li Chengxuan, Su Liniang was in a turmoil, and these days she didn't even have time to take care of the embroidery shop on the street.
She looked out the window, looking a little dazed.
Now that Li Chengxuan already knew that Brother Huai was his son, she couldn't see his attitude towards the fact that she faked death to deceive him back then.
When they met for the first time, he had already stated that he would definitely take their mother and son back to Li's house.
It's just...
Until the nets in her hands were unknowingly entwined into dead knots, Su Li Niang suddenly reacted.
Looking at the pile of tangled threads, she didn't have the heart to continue to slowly sort it out, so she threw it aside.
Li Chengxuan said that he came to Lincheng this time for official business, and he would leave the place soon after finishing his business. He hoped to take her and brother Huai with him.
As always, Li Chengxuan arranged everything and never gave Su Li Niang a choice or asked for her opinion. He believed that Su Li Niang loved him in her heart, and only chose to leave him when she had to.
She must be like him, always thinking of each other in her heart.
However, thinking of the grievances she suffered in the uncle's mansion, the despised eyes and words of others, the days of starvation and freezing, the desperation that she could only lie in a small house waiting to die, Su Li Niang didn't want to think about it again.
How many tears she had shed back then; when she was punished to kneel in the ice and snow until she was dying, when she could only cover her red wound alone and didn't dare to cry out in pain...
How much she wished that this man would suddenly appear Rescue her, hold her to comfort her softly, and call the shots for her.
However, he never appeared.
Su Liniang admitted that she was tempted by this man. Even if she kept warning herself countless times, she was just a lowly salaried maid. If she couldn't keep her heart and think about those who were destined not to belong to her, she would be a moth to the flame - self-destruction. .
However, whenever she looked at the gentle and tender eyes of the man, the tenderness and thoughtfulness inadvertently shown in front of her, Su Li Niang still indulged herself.
She believed that this man would protect her.
As a result, that kind of interest in teasing cats and dogs is too light, and it is still not enough for a man to keep her safety in mind at all times.
If you really value a person, how can you let her fall to such a point.
Obviously, as long as he pays more attention, he will realize how difficult her situation was at that time.
Except for a few servant girls who were serving her, she could be said to be isolated and helpless, and the whole manor didn't like her. His father and mother hated her, his younger brothers and sisters humiliated her, and his newly married wife hated her...
But Li Chengxuan didn't find out. Maybe he noticed it, but didn't take it to heart.
His family reputation is more important than her, the attitude of his father and mother is more important than her, and even the happiness of his siblings is more important than her...
Li Chengxuan is restrained and sober. For him, occasional indulgence is fine, but not for a long time.
Su Li Niang, who was on the edge of life and death, understood, no, it should be said that after crying and hurting, she knew she was afraid.
She was afraid that she would fall into the situation where she had nowhere to ask for help. So, when Li Chengxuan once again proposed to take her and brother Huai out of here, Su Li Niang rejected him in person.
She didn't want to go back to Loei House. Or should she say, she doesn't want to go back to him again.
Thinking of Li Chengxuan's appearance when he heard her rejection, this was the first time Su Liniang saw him show his emotions. In those stern brows, there was disbelief at first, and then the emotions in his eyes were like heartache and anger.
It turned out that it was all just his self-indulgent love.
Li Chengxuan's self-esteem does not allow him to show any nostalgia for Su Liniang.
Finally he smiled coldly and left alone.
•••
Several days have passed since parted that day.
Li Chengxuan never came to look for Su Liniang again, nor did he appear near the small courtyard again, and even the things for Brother Huai were sent by his trusted entourage.
Days seem to be back to normal.
Plain as water.
Today, just after a light rain, the road was slippery, and there were only a few hurried pedestrians on the street.
There were no customers in the embroidery shop, and Su Li-niang had no intention of continuing her business, so she closed the shop early.
Back in the small yard, Xiang'er was cooking in the kitchen, and Brother Huai had not returned home from school.
Su Liniang looked at the flower stand in the yard. After a rain, the leaves and petals fell on the ground.
In the past, she would have immediately stepped forward to inspect the bonsai she had been taking care of. However, for some unknown reason, she has been feeling down recently, she can't get her energy up to do anything, and she's not in the mood to take care of these trivial matters.
Back in the room Su Li Niang sat at the table, clutching her chest in a daze, isn't everything over?
She's made up her mind, hasn't she?
At this moment, there were light knocks on the door.
Su Li Niang finally recovered from those messy thoughts.
Xiang'er walked in with a teapot.
She first changed the cold tea on the table, poured another cup of hot tea and placed it in front of Su Liniang.
After finishing these things, she did not leave in a hurry. After hesitating for a while, a faltering voice sounded in the room: "...Madam...Are you really not going to go back with Shizi?"
These days, she has seen the abnormal behavior of her master.
To be honest, when she first saw Shizi, she was scared. Afraid that the prince will hold her accountable for all these years of deceit. In the past, she had never dared to look at the cold face of the son, but now, perhaps because of guilty conscience, she did not dare to look at him again.
If you want her to say it, it's good not to go back, otherwise, you might have to continue to be bullied.
Back then, as a slave, she saw the grievances suffered by her master. Although she said that the current life is not as rich as the Li Mansion in the past, she is also free and easy.
Hearing Xiang'er's words, Su Li Niang was stunned for a moment, then a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Well, I won't go back."
Perhaps Li Chengxuan's sudden appearance shocked her too much, so she was so upset now. After a while, when Li Chengxuan leaves Lin City after finishing his official business, everything will return to its former calm.
"Dong dong dong——" There was a sudden knock on the door of the courtyard.
Who will it be at this time?
Su Liniang and Xiang'er looked at each other suspiciously.
"Who is it?"
Xiang'er walked out of the room and shouted to the outside. The knocking stopped, and a man's clear voice came from outside the door.
"Miss Xiang'er, it's me, Lin Zhi."
It's Brother Lin.
Su Liniang quickly asked Xiang'er to open the door.
"Come on, come on, wait a minute!"
Outside the courtyard gate, a dusty man was standing at the door with a large bag and a small bag in his hand. He has a handsome face, bright eyes, and a simple and honest smile on the corner of his mouth.
Looking at Su Li Niang's gaze, there was a blush on his face, as if he was a little shy.
Seeing the man who was smiling with a hearty face just now, and now seeing her wife followed by an embarrassed big girl, Xiang'er blinked and habitually joked:
"Yo, where is Lin Datou coming from? Did you just go to the Tusand Castle in the west to fight someone? Look at this disgraced, unshaven face, why didn't he clean up and come back?"
As he was talking, he wanted to immediately open the package he was carrying, but he forgot his two Carrying a large bag in only one hand, his movements seemed clumsy and laborious for a while.
Su Liniang looked at Lin Zhi and said softly, "Brother Lin, you must be tired after traveling for so long. Come and have a cup of tea first."
Xiang'er was about to step forward to help carry things, but Lin Zhi hurriedly said, "No more. I'm sorry to bother Miss Xiang'er, this thing is heavy, be careful to hurt your hands, and I can lift it and lift it."
After knowing each other for so long, Xiang'er didn't show any kindness to him, turned around and went into the room to pour tea, leaving the space alone. given to these two.
The yard was quiet, and Su Li Niang smiled as gently as before.
On the other hand, Lin Zhi was usually taciturn and stupid, and didn't know what to say to the sweetheart in front of him.
After putting the things in his hands and back under the stone table in the yard, he sat on the stone bench, like a shy child, his hands and feet were so nervous that there was nowhere to put them.
Su Liniang took the teapot that Xiang'er brought, and poured a cup of tea for the person in front of her.
Lin Zhi hurriedly took it and thanked: "Thank you Mrs. Su, just come by yourself."
Perhaps it was to ease his nervousness, or perhaps he was thirsty after a long journey, so he gulped down the tea in the cup.
Putting the empty teacup on the table, feeling less nervous, Lin Zhi raised his head, looked at the person in front of him, and finally gathered up his courage.
He took out a beautifully decorated wooden box from his arms, opened it and placed it in front of Su Liniang, and whispered: "This... I bought it from a passing merchant, I think it suits you... You will look good wearing it."
Looking at the gorgeous hairpins in the box, Su Li Niang was stunned for a moment, she raised her head and looked at the man with flushed cheeks in front of her, she didn't speak for a long time.
Looking at the complex expression of the woman in front of him, Lin Zhi asked nervously, "You... don't you like it? It doesn't matter, if you don't like this, next time I will bring you other styles, and I will do whatever you like. What to buy."
After a while, he heard the person in front of him say:
"Brother Lin, thank you, but I can't accept such a precious thing. You should leave it to the person you like..."
"You are the person I like!" Lin Zhi blurted out anxiously.
There was silence for a while, and Lin Zhi scratched his head, a little annoyed. It's over, it's over, Madam Su must think he's abrupt.
Su Liniang lowered her head and sighed in her heart, she understood Brother Lin's intentions, and thanks to his care all these years, she and Xiang'er were able to bring up Brother Huai.
She is not hard-hearted. Brother Lin always showed up to help her when she was in the most difficult time. It's just that she...
thinking of Li Chengxuan's cold face when she left, and the days when she could only cry silently in the past, she didn't want to be immersed in the sad memories of the past.
"If Brother Lin doesn't dislike it..."
Su Li Niang made a decision in her heart.
"Let's get married."
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