lcionline Chapter 677 Chapter 677
Chapter 677 Chapter 677
Because Huang Zhou insisted on doing so, Huang Zhe came to Mu Yunzhi's house just now. He and Xu Lingbai met again in a different place, but their moods were completely different.
Xu Lingbai was naturally excited to meet an old friend in a foreign land.
He asked Xier to buy tea and snacks so that he could sit with Huang Zhi for a while, but Huang Zhi was restless. When he saw the Xu brothers and sisters, he only felt guilty.
While drinking tea and talking about things, Huang Zhi tried hard to control the conflicts in his heart and tried to remain normal as much as possible, chatting with Xu Lingbai about everything under the sun.
In the Rouge Building, Mu Yunzhi and Xu Lingqiao spent a long time choosing rouge.
Xu Lingqiao likes plain clothes, but Mu Yunzhi asked her to try some brightly colored lip rouge for the first time. With Mu Yunzhi personally helping her with her makeup, Xu Lingqiao completely changed.
"Look, sister. Doesn't it make you look more lively and beautiful like this?"
Xu Lingqiao looked into the bronze mirror and smiled, "Sister, you have a skillful hand. After you drew my eyebrows and added rouge, I look brand new."
Zhulan echoed and said it was very good.
Xu Lingqiao shook her head, "Although I look better than before, I am a soft-hearted person, so I tend to dress in a simple and elegant way."
One is that her family was poor and she could not afford so many gold and silver jewellery or fancy clothes to dress herself up.
Furthermore, after her innocence was taken away from her, Xu Lingqiao just regarded herself as a widow whose husband had died, and she became more and more unwilling to wear bright red and green makeup.
Mu Yunzhi did not force it. She just picked out a few colors she liked, asked Chen Taohua to pack them, and gave them to Xu Lingqiao personally.
"These things are worthless, so please don't be polite to me, sister."
Xu Ling could not refuse, so he could only kneel down and thank her. Mu Yunzhi quickly returned the greeting, "It is really thanks to Madam that we are able to meet each other. This is a great fate, and it is really rare."
Seeing that it was getting late, Mu Yunzhi held Xu Lingqiao's arm, feeling a little regretful.
"I'm helping the Zhou family build a garden recently. Although the decoration is not even half done yet, it already looks magnificent. If you can stay for another two days, I'll take you to see it tomorrow."
Xu Lingqiao was filled with envy when she heard this.
"Sister and Guan Zhou are both women who are as capable as men."
During their conversation, Mu Yunzhi mentioned that she preferred green plant scenery, and the Mu family was also in this business. Xu Lingqiao was envious and sighed when she heard it.
Xu Lingqiao praised her several times, but Mu Yunzhi just waved her hand.
"If you talk about being amazing, she is really not as good as the Fourth Young Master's wife. I originally thought that the Fourth Young Master's wife didn't like these things, but she explained them very clearly and is more knowledgeable than an expert like me."
Mu Yunzhi sincerely admired Song Guanzhou and was not stingy with her praise in front of Xu Lingqiao.
This also made Xu Lingqiao closer to Mu Yunzhi, because any woman who could appreciate her cousin from the bottom of her heart was no ordinary person.
The two were in a very good mood and felt an even greater mutual appreciation.
Mu Yunzhi sighed, "Next spring, when I marry in the capital, if Sister Xu is still in the mansion, I will definitely pay you a visit, or send you a letter to invite you to be my guest."
"Don't worry, sister. I'm looking forward to your good days. But everything depends on brother. Maybe you will be sent out to work before the end of the first month of the year."
Mu Yunzhi sighed, "Sister is not with the young lady, will she go with her?"
In her opinion, staying in the capital would give her a better chance of finding a husband of her dreams. If she really followed Xu Lingbai, a top-ranked scholar, she would have a hard life.
Xu Lingqiao shook her head slightly.
"We have been brothers and sisters since we were young, and we have depended on each other. If we were to be separated suddenly, I would not be able to get used to it at all."
"Well! That's right. I'm sure the young lady can't bear to part with you."
Xu Lingqiao shook her head and chuckled, "Guan Zhou has a very broad vision and mind. She advised me that no matter whether I get married in the future, I should travel more and not be stingy with the hardships. Life is short, and it is better to see more than to be trapped in the harem for half a lifetime."
Mu Yunzhi felt ashamed when she heard this.
"I am narrow-minded. Young Madam doesn't dwell on these little parting sorrows. I think I need to learn a thing or two from her."
The two of them walked down the stairs arm in arm, with Linxi and Xier standing beside them.
Seeing this, Xu Lingqiao called out to Xier, "Why are you here? Is your brother here too?"
Xier nodded, "Young Master has met a close friend from school, and asked me to wait here. If you see the girl going back to the inn, go and report, and the young master will come and go back with you."
Xu Lingqiao smiled faintly, "Then go and report it."
Mu Yunzhi still held Xu Lingqiao's hand and said, "Why don't you and your sister come back home with me and have a good meal."
Xu Lingqiao thanked him again and again, but declined politely.
"Sister has given me a lot of rouge and powder. I have the audacity to take these away. If I go to your house to bother you again, it would be really presumptuous."
Standing at the gate of Yanzhi Tower, the two of them were like a pair of twin flowers, one was dignified and generous, the other was delicate and shy.
It's hard to say who is better.
Huang Zhi and Xu Lingbai came over and looked up suddenly, seeing this scene. He was in a dilemma and suddenly stopped.
He felt regretful and annoyed about his plan to follow Xu Lingbai here.
The slightly taller girl standing behind Xu Lingqiao was his fiancée Mu Yunzhi.
For a moment, his face turned red and he was filled with shame.
"Sister, this is——"
Xu Lingqiao looked over following her brother's voice and was about to speak, but was startled by the familiar figure beside her brother.
Instantly, her eyes became painful.
Why do I meet him in a place like this?
Before she could speak, Mu Yunzhi beside her called out in a clear voice, "Cousin!"
Xu Lingqiao had a bad feeling in her heart, but Xu Lingbai took a step forward, stood beside his sister, and nodded to Mu Yunzhi. Just doing this made him blush.
He has always been shy in front of strange women.
"Sister, I met Mr. Sanlang from the Huang family here today. I wonder if you still remember him?"
Xu Lingqiao lowered her eyes, and the heart in her chest seemed to have stopped beating.
Life!
How ironic!
I originally thought that I would never meet this kind of ungrateful and unfaithful person again, but who would have thought that we could meet in a sea of people so far away from the capital.
What’s even more ironic is that Mu Yunzhi, who was standing behind him with such confidence, was his cousin.
The person he was engaged to must be this childhood sweetheart and cousin.
Huang Zhi suppressed the surging waves in his heart, tried to control his emotions, and first called out, "Cousin Yunzhi."
She turned around and greeted Xu Lingqiao, "I meet Miss Xu."
Xu Lingqiao did not return the greeting. She lowered her head and tugged at her brother's clothes. "Brother, I don't remember this young master. This one is Sister Mu, whom I just met. She is also a close friend of Guan Zhou."
She was able to say these words because of her good upbringing over the years. Even though her mind was blank, she tried her best not to lose her last bit of dignity.
Xu Lingbai looked at Mu Yunzhi, his face flushed, and he saluted hastily.
"Thank you Miss Mu for taking care of my sister. I am sorry for the trouble."
Mu Yunzhi quickly returned the greeting, "Mr. Xu, you are so polite. My sister and I hit it off right away. And because of the Fourth Young Master's wife, my sister and I only regret that we met too late."