si-mexico Chapter 188 She Really Wants to Get Closer
Chapter 188 She Really Wants to Get Closer
Chapter 188 She Really Wants to Get Closer
In the east wing courtyard, Mu Rong impatiently flipped through the book in his hand.
As soon as he calmed down, he recalled what Xu Rongrong said at the farm: Zhuangzi returns it, and we split it fifty-fifty.
After experiencing two lifetimes, he understood Xu Rongrong's concerns. She didn't dare to trust anyone.
He could understand, but was still sad.
Because this means that everything he has done in the past six months cannot make her have the slightest confidence in herself.
He really... didn't know what to do.
He was completely, completely directionless.
Just when I was feeling bored, Mu Lu appeared again.
Mu Rong looked at him coldly: "Why did you come back so soon? Have you finished your work?"
"It's all done!" Mu Lu's face was full of joy. "Not only is it done, but I also accidentally heard an old news outside the East Cross Courtyard."
"Oh? You've learned to eavesdrop now?" Mu Rong sneered, and unconsciously stood up straight, "Tell me."
Seeing this, Mu Lu thought to himself: I thought you were not interested.
Then, he told everything he had just heard.
Mu Rong's expression changed from impatience at first, to surprise, and finally to disbelief.
He stood up in disbelief: "You...didn't hear it wrong?"
"It's absolutely true!" Mu Lu assured.
Mu Rong frowned and paced back and forth in the room. Seeing this, Mu Lu asked, "Master, when did you meet Miss Xu? How could you not remember at all?"
"Yes... yes... why can't I remember anything at all?" Mu Rong murmured.
"No wonder, you were thinking about the one from the Lin family at that time." Mu Lu muttered.
"What did you say?" Mu Rong looked up at him, his eyes like sharp blades.
Mu Lu was startled and said hurriedly: "I just heard what they said. It seems that when Miss Xu was still young, I met you by chance... How about thinking about it before that?"
Mu Rong stopped and asked, "They just said it was during the late Madam's memorial service?"
"Exactly."
"It's actually her..." A flash of thought flashed through Mu Rong's mind, and then he was filled with shock.
He remembered that eight or nine years ago, when he was still a young man, he had run into a silly little girl:
She looked like a young lady from a wealthy family, but she went out without a servant. If he hadn't intervened, she would have been kidnapped by human traffickers. Later, the little girl became attached to him, asking him to buy paper money for her. She only had a silver ingot on her...
That miserable, miserable girl back then...
Could it be her?!
For two lifetimes, he always thought that she and he were connected because of the arranged marriage at the Qixi Festival banquet.
Her various actions of admiring him when she was in the Marquis's Mansion were no different from those of other women, so he did not delve into it too deeply.
It was not until today that he realized that her feelings for him were not due to the engagement.
She actually had a special liking for him very early on.
And he, such a fool, was completely clueless! He rushed out of the west wing and arrived at Xu Rongrong's door in a few steps.
Just as he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, he paused.
Would telling her about this past event make her trust him completely?
He returned to his room and, in front of Mu Lu's stunned gaze, ordered: "Send a letter to the capital and ask Xu Xiangnan to come over."
Mu Lu: “…”
……
Xu Rongrong slept soundly during this nap.
He didn't wake up until it was almost dark.
Wen Yao was afraid that if she continued to sleep, she would miss her sleepiness at night, so he had to go into the room to wake her up.
Xu Rongrong's face was listless and she still looked very tired.
Wen Yao was startled and quickly reached out to check the temperature of her forehead. Fortunately, she didn't have a fever.
I think it's still a heart disease.
So, while helping her dress, she whispered soothingly, "Young lady, why do you have to suffer so much? Since you have already made up your mind, don't dwell on it. I believe the Marquis will understand."
Xu Rongrong smiled and said, "I thought you would persuade me for the sake of Vice President Ai."
Wen Yao: “…”
Her face flushed: "Miss, why did you mention him for no reason? Besides, I am on your side."
Her status is completely different from Mu Ai's, and she won't let herself get worried about things she shouldn't think about.
Xu Rongrong saw this but did not point it out.
Outside the door, Mrs. Xiao came over and replied, "County Lady, there is a man named Xu Xiangnan outside the door who wants to see you."
Xu Rongrong was stunned. Xu Xiangnan, why is he here? But...he came at the right time!
So she hurriedly asked someone to invite Xu Xiangnan to the main hall, and she followed.
"Did something happen in the mansion? Why are you here?" she asked curiously as she entered the room.
"The county lady is not in the mansion, and the master is in charge now. I... really can't stand it anymore, so I want to come here to hide away and have some free time." Xu Xiangnan looked pale and his hair was messy. It seemed that the Xu Mansion had been messed up by Xu Chaoqian these days.
Xu Rongrong understood and said with a smile, "In that case, you can stay at the farm for a few days. You came at the perfect time. I was planning to plant a herb garden at the farm, but I don't have an idea. You're here so you can help me take a look."
Xu Xiangnan sighed inwardly: How could it not be a coincidence? Mu Yi got the message and flew straight into the Xu residence, broke into his room, grabbed him from his nap, and stuffed him into the carriage! The wind blew his face so hard that it almost fell off, and his hair was like a chicken coop. But all he could say was, "I didn't expect that I would arrive by chance!"
Mrs. Xiao was standing by and smiled when she heard this, "Then Mr. Xu, please follow me. I'll have someone clean up a room for you."
"Thank you."
Xu Rongrong watched Xu Xiangnan leave, the smile on her face still lingering when she saw Luo Shu walk in with a smile on her face. "My brother has returned from Jiangnan. Miss, do you want to see him now?"
Xu Rongrong shook her head and said, "No need. It takes half a day to go back and forth from here to the capital. Let your brother rest well in the capital for a few days first."
Luo Shu heard this and looked strange: "My brother is at the farm right now... Didn't the young lady ask him to come directly?"
Xu Rongrong shook her head blankly.
Of course it wasn’t her. She wasn’t like Mu Rong, who had well-trained carrier pigeons to deliver messages... Wait!
Mu Rong...
Carrier pigeons...
And Xu Xiangnan, who came so coincidentally, and Luo Chen...
Xu Rongrong was stunned.
So, even though he seems to no longer care about her, in fact, he is still taking care of everything for her?
Thinking of this, her heart was filled with sorrow again.
She said to Luo Shu, "Let Zheng Xiaoshi clean up a room for your brother and settle him there first. I'll see him tomorrow."
Right now, she's going to meet someone else.
She wrapped her cloak tightly around her, and without letting Wen Yao and Luo Shu follow her, she went to the west wing alone.
Mu Rong stood in the yard, not knowing what he was looking at.
Seeing Xu Rongrong coming over, a faint smile appeared on his thin lips: "You're here." Xu Rongrong walked closer to him: "Did you ask them to come?"
"Yeah." Mu Rong did not deny it.
"I knew you were worried about Luo Chen's safety if he were left alone in Jiangnan, so I sent people to secretly protect him. That's how I learned when he would return to the capital. These past two days, knowing he was approaching, I sent people from the farm to wait for him on the official road."
"As for Xu Xiangnan, a message was sent back to Beijing today asking him to come over."
"The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is almost here, and since you won't be staying at the farm for many days, I figured you'd prefer them to help you with the medicine garden, so I asked them to come."
Xu Rongrong looked up at him, her eyes dazed.
He was wearing an ink-black cloak and looked very warm.
She suddenly wanted to lean over and lean into his arms...