Chapter 695: Once you send someone away, they won’t come back (49)
Chapter 695: Once you send someone away, they won’t come back (49)
Looking at his young master's "gentle" appearance, A Mo couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart and felt somewhat uncomfortable.
After all, the young master is always so cold and stern on weekdays, and it is rare to see him so gentle now.
However, as a servant of a young master, Ah Mo quickly adjusted his mentality and respectfully answered the question raised by Xu Hongdou: "Miss Xu is right. According to the law, he will indeed be sentenced to three years of detention."
Hearing this, Xu Hongdou first raised her eyebrows slightly, and then showed a nonchalant expression on her face: "It seems that in this case, the punishment can be exempted by paying a fine, right?
The Liang family has always been well-off, so I think this little money is not a big deal for them, and redeeming the person should be no problem at all."
"That's true!" Xiao Chenliang on the side quickly agreed, "But these are all Liang family's own affairs, and have nothing to do with us."
As he spoke, he calmly waved his hand towards Amo. The gesture was implicit yet clear, indicating that he already understood the matter and could leave.
Amo understood what he meant, bowed slightly, then quietly left the room and closed the door gently.
Only Xiao Chenliang and Xu Hongdou were left in the room.
"Hongdou, I heard your uncle mention it a few days ago, saying that he wanted to take you back to the capital, why didn't you agree?" Xiao Chenliang looked at Xu Hongdou with a smile and gentle eyes, and asked softly about her true thoughts.
Upon hearing this, Xu Hongdou's head, which was already lowered, lowered even further.
After a long time, she slowly raised her head, her eyes full of confusion and embarrassment, and she said with trembling lips: "Brother Qiaomu, to be honest, I am actually very scared.
So many years have passed, and I have long lost contact with the Xu family. If I suddenly go back now, I really don’t know if they will still accept me and like me. What if…”
By the end of her speech, her voice had gradually become inaudible, but Xiao Chenliang had heard her worry.
Xiao Chenliang walked forward, held Xu Hongdou's hand, and comforted her, "Hongdou, don't worry. Since your uncle came to see you in person, he must be sincerely hoping that you will return to Beijing.
Besides, you are kind and lovely, smart and studious, how could the Xu family not like you?"
Xu Hongdou forced a smile: "Brother Qiaomu, I hope it's as you said. But I still can't help but worry."
"It's okay. If you're really nervous, you can wait until my term here is over and we can go back to the capital together." Xiao Chenliang suggested, "I'll accompany you to meet the Xu family. I'll be with you through good and bad times."
After hearing this, Xu Hongdou's face turned even redder, but even so, she still didn't ask Xiao Chenliang what his intention was.
Because in Xu Hongdou's opinion, Xiao Chenliang is a very planned person. For example, even though his legs are fine, he still sits in a wheelchair, making everyone think that he, the eldest son of the Xiao family, is a "disabled person."
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at the other person's legs again.
Perhaps seeing Xu Hongdou's scrutiny, Xiao Chenliang's legs moved unconsciously, and then he asked, "Hongdou, do you want to ask me what's wrong with my leg?"
"Can I know?" Xu Hongdou spoke faster than her brain. She felt annoyed as soon as she said it.
"It's okay! If you want to know, I can tell you!" Xiao Chenliang said indifferently, "In fact, at the beginning it was just to save some distance, but after a long time, the rumor that I was disabled spread.
My original intention was to teach those people a lesson, but after discussing it with my parents, I felt that this was a good opportunity to see through people's hearts!"
"Yeah! It's the same everywhere!" Xu Hongdou sighed, "It's not easy for anyone!"
Seeing Xu Hongdou's pitiful expression, Xiao Chenliang originally wanted to explain, but then he changed his mind and thought that sometimes it was good to show weakness. After all, pity is also love, and sympathy is also affection!
Anyway, the atmosphere between the two of them during dinner today was very good. At least Xu Hongdou was very "caring" about Xiao Chenliang throughout the whole process, and this bastard seemed to enjoy it quite a bit.
At this time, before going to bed, Hu Zi began to write today's "observation diary"!
remember:
The young master and Miss Xu dined together. They had a good appetite and not only ate two extra bowls of rice, but also ate some radishes which they didn't usually eat!
Miss Xu is gentle and considerate, and is very suitable to be a young lady.
Just two short sentences were delivered to the Xiao couple via carrier pigeon a few days later.
They had always been worried about their eldest son's marriage, but since Xu Hongdou was brought back, from Xiao Chenliang's various behaviors, it can be seen that their son is really moved this time.
"Shuyi! You should be relieved now!" Xiao Jinglan looked at his wife holding the note in a daze and joked, "I remember when our son was still young, you wanted to arrange a marriage with the Xu family. Although it's a few years late now, good things come late."
Princess Nanyang Liu Shuyi's eyes were a little hazy. She felt guilty about the death of the Xu couple. After all, if they had not given most of the guards to her, they might not have met with the accident.
Xu Hongdou's mother was her close friend. They said they would be lifelong friends, but in the end, the other person passed away early.
A few days later, Xiao Chenliang received a lot of things for the little girl from home, including food and clothes.
He didn't think much about it. He guessed that these things came out after Xu Letai went back and told his mother about Xu Hongdou.
But looking at these things, they are indeed many rare treasures.
Xiao Chenliang had these things put into the warehouse and had someone make an account book, counting them as Xu Hongdou's private property!
While watching the servants sorting these things out, two things among them caught Xiao Chenliang's attention.
One of them is a golden hairpin with a body made of fine gold threads wrapped into the shape of plum blossom branches, and the branches are inlaid with several round pearls, like flowers with dewdrops.
There is also a pair of jade earrings, which are emerald green, transparent and flawless, and have excellent water quality.
Xu Hongdou saw that Xiao Chenliang seemed to be very interested in these two pieces of jewelry, so she asked curiously: "Brother Qiaomu, these things are very beautiful, if you like them..."
What is this? How could he like women's jewelry?
The reason why they were staring at them was because these two items were heirlooms of the Xiao family and were only passed on to the wife of the eldest son.
But now the mother gave both of these things to Xu Hongdou, which meant that the mother had decided to marry Xu Hongdou.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chenliang's face turned redder than ever before, out of shyness but more of excitement.
After all these years, it seems like for the first time I feel that time is going too slow.
He wished that his term of office would end tomorrow so that he could return to the capital. At that time, he would go to the Xu family to propose marriage as soon as possible, even though the Xu family might not agree for a while - after all, Xu Hongdou had just returned to the Xu family, and they would not be willing to let her get married too early.
But whenever he thought about the future, when Xu Hongdou would be recorded as his wife in his family tree, he felt very happy.
"Hongdou, come here! I'll bring them to you." Xiao Chenliang said to Xu Hongdou with a smile on his face, "I just thought these two things suit you very well, so I couldn't help but take a few more glances at them. Don't make fun of me."
Xu Hongdou did not hide, but let him put on the hairpins for her. However, when putting on the earrings, Xiao Chenliang's hand brushed her earlobe. She couldn't help but turn her head slightly and whispered: "Oh! It's itchy!"
Xiao Chenliang's hands trembled for a moment, and he continued the action just now, and then coaxed softly: "Okay! I'll be gentler."
So when someone wrote his "observation diary" that night, he also wrote about this incident.
The Xiao couple, who were far away in Beijing and were obsessed with supporting the couple, decided to increase the number of carrier pigeons after receiving this "diary" again, and also stipulated the number of words that Hu Zi had to write in his future "reports".
The number of words is too small, and the sweet spots are not in place, which is like scratching an itch through a shoe, which is really not pleasant - bad review! The manuscript fee (reward money) will be halved!
Not long after the peaceful days, news came from the capital that the emperor wanted to grant Xiao Chenliang a marriage.
Xiao Chenliang was not in a hurry at all because he believed that his mother would handle the matter.
In fact, there is no need to worry too much about this matter, because the person being arranged to marry is Xu Zijin, who has just returned to the Xu family - that is, Xu Hongdou.
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