Entering a unique attic, Tantai Heqing sat down, and Xiuer sent a maid to serve tea.
"Miss Tantai, please wait a moment. The lady will come over when she is finished."
Tantai Heqing is a busy person. Ever since she was heartbroken by Xie Fu, she has devoted herself to business and is even crazier than before she met Xie Fu.
Because when she is free, she will have random thoughts.
Xuandanzhai, which had never improved at first, became popular under her hard work.
For Xianting, Tantai Heqing was willing to wait as long as he wanted, and said with a slight smile: "It doesn't matter."
"Xiu'er, by the way, who did you say was bullying Xianting just now?"
Xiu'er responded: "He is an adult."
Tantai Heqing was curious. Based on the relationship between Xianting and the Gu family in Suzhou, how could he be afraid of any adults? Ordinary officials really didn't look good in front of the Gu family. Could it be some high-ranking official who asked, "What's your name?"
Xiuer smiled bitterly: "I don't know."
When I was in Wuxi, I knew his name was Li Shaoming, but he was a fake county magistrate, and Li Shaoming was not his real name at all.
Tantai Heqing was confused: "I don't know?"
"What did you two say?"
Gu Xianting appeared at the door, holding the freshly made pastries in his hands, with a smile on his face, and seemed to be in a good mood.
"Miss, where is the adult who is talking about you? Miss Tantai said that she wants to vent your anger."
Xiu'er said with a fierce look on her face. God knows how much the young lady has suffered for Master Li.
In the past ten months, I have been so stupid that I have traveled all over the country, looking for him from place to place, for fear that Mr. Li would not be able to eat somewhere and would starve and freeze.
In this vast sea of people, with no goals and no real names, how could I be so lucky to meet him?
Even though the young lady tried countless methods and went to the poorest places wherever she went to give charity, she still could not see those familiar eyes in those faces.
Gu Xianting frowned when he heard this and complained: "
Xiu'er, why are you telling Sister Heqing this?"
Tantai Heqing smiled and said: "Xianting, tell me, whoever bullies you, I will vent your anger on your behalf."
Gu Xianting smiled and said: "Sister He Qing, don't listen to Xiu'er's nonsense. No one bullies me, it's me..."
When she said that she didn't know where the grievance came from, her eyes became slightly red. She couldn't find it if she couldn't find it. She was just afraid that the adults would be hungry and cold.
Sometimes she had nightmares, dreaming that the adults were being hunted and had their limbs cut off, unable to fend for themselves, and begging for food in misery.
Tantai Heqing was very anxious when he saw it. He said that he had not been wronged. Before he even mentioned it, his eyes turned red. He immediately rolled up his sleeves and said coldly: "Xianting, tell me, where is this person?"
Sister, I’m going to kill him right now!”
Gu Xianting couldn't help being amused, "Sister He Qing, if you have your heart, you don't have to worry."
Xiu'er answered, "Yes! Miss Tantai, don't worry about it. There are many people who want to kill him for Miss Tantai. Miss Tantai, you still have to queue up, so he is hiding now."
Tantai He said coldly: "Xiu'er, if you catch him, it's my share. I'll beat him up too."
Xiu'er shouted: "Yes! Beat him hard!"
Gu Xianting was amused by the two of them again and said: "Okay."
Tantai Heqing smiled: "Xianting, you are really the best person in the world. I have never seen such a kind-hearted, gentle and easy-going person like you. Who would marry you as their wife? It would be a disaster.
A great blessing.”
After hearing this, Xiu'er secretly became worried. The young lady was originally cheerful, but over the past year or so she had been lovesick, and she had become sentimental. Sometimes she shed tears for no apparent reason, and even she, a caring maid, couldn't figure out what was going on.
Miss Tantai's words undoubtedly touched her heart.
Gu Xianting stared at Tantai Heqing and said softly: "Sister Heqing, I haven't seen you for many months, why are you so haggard?" As he spoke, his fingers gently touched Tantai Heqing's cheeks with slightly exposed cheekbones.
If it were someone else who acted so intimately, Tantai Heqing would be very uncomfortable, but at this moment, she could feel her heartfelt concern from Xianting's gentle eyes, which made Tantai Heqing feel warm in his heart.
Apart from Xianting, there is no other woman in the world with such a pure heart.
Who doesn't love such a woman, who doesn't care about her, and who doesn't love her.
Tantai He smiled calmly: "The business is getting bigger and bigger, so I'm busy."
Gu Xianting asked: "Where is my brother-in-law?"
Hearing this, Tantai Heqing showed a strange look on his face. Instead of answering Gu Xianting's words, he smiled and said, "Sister, why are you tanned too?"
Xiu'er was afraid that the young lady would have random thoughts, so she hurriedly went to her happy place: "Viewing the mountains and rivers every day, being exposed to the wind and sun, can't compare with being white and tender when hiding in the boudoir, but the young lady said that it looks healthier this way."
Tantai Heqing smiled and said: "That's true. At first glance, she is not so soft and weak."
Gu Xianting suddenly remembered something and apologized to Tantai Heqing: "Sister Heqing, I cannot come back to attend your wedding. I apologize to you."
Tantai Heqing had already chosen an auspicious day to get married. When Gu Xianting left Suzhou, she also told Gu Xianting about this date, hoping that Gu Xianting could come back for a wedding drink.
Gu Xianting also remembered this day. She originally planned to rush back to Suzhou to attend Tantai Heqing's wedding, but she ran into trouble on the way and was delayed for half a month.
After missing the day, Gu Xianting planned to apologize in person in the future.
Tantai Heqing smiled bitterly: "Sister, sister is still alone now."
Gu Xianting exclaimed: "What's going on?"
Tantai Heqing forced out a smile: "That's all, I won't mention it anymore."
Gu Xianting could feel Tantai Heqing's discomfort. She was a close person. Tantai Heqing didn't mention it, so she didn't ask, and said with a smile: "Okay, try the cakes made by my sister, and see if they taste good."
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There are all kinds of exquisite pastries on the plate, with red and green contrasting with each other, just like a freshly blooming lotus.
Tantai Heqing smiled and said: "Just looking at it makes people feel happy."
Gu Xianting moved the plate to Tantai Heqing, "Sister Heqing, try this Wangjun cake."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tantai He stared at the Wangjun cake infatuatedly. His lover has become someone else's husband, so why should he look at it?
Gu Xianting was very sensitive and sharp, so he immediately changed his words and said: "Let's eat this pistachio. If you are unhappy about anything, you will feel happy immediately after eating it."
Tantai Heqing looked at the red pastry, shaped like a pearl fruit, and still remembered the first time he met Xianting by the river. Both of them were unhappy and worried.
Xianting took the initiative to come closer and gave her a piece of red pastry to eat. She was a quirky person and had always been arrogant and disdainful of other people's overtures of kindness.
However, I could strongly feel the friendliness shown by Xian Ting at that time, so I accepted the cake.
This is also the unique charm of Xianting. There is always a warmth about her that makes people long to be close to her.
The red pastry is sweet and soft, which makes you feel much happier after eating it.
These are the pistachios we eat now.
I don’t know if it was the person or the pastry. After Tantai Heqing tasted a piece, she felt much better. Looking at Gu Xianting’s cheeks that were a little yellowed by the sun, she smiled and said: "Xianting, you have to eat one yourself. Happy
happy."
"good."
Gu Xianting picked up a piece with her slender fingers, opened her lips lightly, and took a slow bite with her teeth. She looked very elegant when eating.
Before he finished eating the pistachios in his hand, he called Tantai Heqing again: "Sister Tantai, try this good luck cake again. After eating it, everything will turn around and good things will happen one after another."
Tantai Heqingjian Xianting was talking and gesticulating like a Taoist priest seriously, and couldn't help but smile: "Will this good luck cake really bring good luck after eating it?"
Gu Xianting had a strange look on his face: "This is also my own sustenance. To be honest, I don't know if it will bring good luck."
Tantai Heqing said: "Okay, sister, I will eat this good luck cake and ask for your blessing to bring good luck."
The two women were chatting and laughing, and Xiu'er was secretly happy to see it. If she had time to go find that damn Master Li, it would be better to meet Miss Tantai a few more times.
Tantai Heqing gently took Gu Xianting's hand and said softly: "Tell me about that adult of yours."
Xiu'er immediately became a little nervous after hearing this. She was most afraid that the young lady would fall into lovesickness and become totally lost and confused.
Gu Xianting looked gently at Tantai Heqing.
Tantai He smiled affectionately and said: "Maybe my sister can help. Even if she can't help, it's better to be a listener."
Gu Xianting nodded and told how he met Mr. Li on the way to Suzhou and gave him meat for the first time.
I met Mr. Li again outside Wuxi County and gave me meat for the second time after a misunderstanding.
Then a plague broke out in Wuxi County, and people were dying all over the county. She also contracted cholera, and her life was in danger.
How Master Li carried her to the isolation room for treatment without fear of infection, how he tried his best to pull him back from the hell, and how he regarded her and Xiu'er as relatives and let all the people take good care of her.
Gu Xianting was in high spirits, immersed in memories, and the stories that came out of his mouth made his heart feel as if he had been on a journey all over again.
Xiu'er's eyes turned red as she listened. To be honest, although she hated Mr. Li in her heart, she was also grateful for everything Mr. Li did in Wuxi County that day.
For some reason, when Tantai Heqing heard this, she suddenly thought of Xie Fu. She suffered from an emergency that day and her lower body was bleeding profusely. She thought she was going to die.
It was Xie Fu who carried her to the doctor and stayed with her to take good care of her...
How could such a good person abandon her? But out of ten good things, betraying one is a heinous crime and makes people hate her to the bone!
Gu Xianting suddenly noticed that Tantai Heqing's eyes were red, with tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, and asked softly: "Sister Heqing, what's wrong with you?"
Tantai Heqing took out a silk handkerchief and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, hiding her smile and said: "It's okay, I was moved by your story."
Gu Xianting smiled and said softly: "Sister He Qing, do you want to continue listening?"
Tantai Heqing nodded.
Gu Xianting suppressed her sweet smile, and her face became serious. She talked about how Mr. Li did not hesitate to go against the four major families in Wuxi for the sake of the people of Wuxi. He robbed the four major families of food and distributed it to the people, which led to his fake identity being exposed.
When Tantai Heqing heard this, he said, "It's a fake."
Gu Xianting nodded solemnly: "The four major families began to join forces with the county government to capture Mr. Li, and Mr. Li had to flee Wuxi..."
Tantai Heqing asked: "What benefits did he get by pretending to be the county magistrate?"
When Gu Xianting heard this, his eyes turned red and tears fell: "What benefits do you get! You get the benefit of being wanted and hunted, you get the benefit of being incognito and hiding your whole life, you get..."
Gu Xianting choked up as he spoke. He felt heartbroken when he thought that the Lord had sacrificed so much, only to be treated like this. He didn't know that the Lord was starving and freezing in that corner right now.
She had food and clothing but could not send them to the adults.
Seeing this, Xiu'er quickly comforted her: "Miss, don't worry, he is so cunning and cunning, how can he suffer a loss?"
Gu Xianting showed an angry look: "Xiu'er, who allows you to speak nonsense and slap your own lips!"
Tantai He could not imagine that the weak Xianting could become so angry, so he smiled and said, "Okay, Xiu'er also has good intentions."
As he spoke, he gave Xiu'er a wink and motioned for her to stand aside and stop interrupting.
It seems that Mr. Li cannot tolerate even half a sentence in Xianting's heart.
"Xianting, what next?"
"When I returned to Suzhou and rushed to Wuxi with food and supplies, the master had already left, and his life and death were uncertain... Once I had a nightmare, dreaming that he contracted the plague and died by the river, and his body was...the body was killed by birds.
Birds peck..."
Tantai Heqing said quickly: "Dreams are all reversed, so you must be living well."
I thought to myself, it seems that the girl from Xianting is deeply in love, and she is extremely lovesick.
"Sister He Qing, I have a three-way relationship with him, and he risked his life to save me. Do you think this is fate?"
Tantai Heqing nodded.
"If it's fate, why can't I meet him again?"
Tantai Heqing didn't know how to answer, so he took a piece of lucky cake, fed it to Gu Xianting's mouth with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Eat this piece of lucky cake, and you will be able to meet him today."
Gu Xianting ate and sang: "Speaking of robbers, Tao robbers, Mr. Li is a big robber. He doesn't rob women or money, he only robs rice shops and wolves and jackals..."
Tantai Heqing was surprised: "Is he the one singing in the play Robbery County Magistrate?"
She was busy with her business and had no time to listen to the play. However, the play was very famous and the song in the play was often sung by children.
Gu Xianting nodded.
Tantai Heqing smiled and said: "Shall we go and listen to this play together tomorrow?"
Gu Xianting shook his head.
Xiu'er interjected: "This drama made him look too miserable, but it wasn't that miserable. In the end, he was played to death. How can it be unreasonable?"
Tantai He smiled bitterly, "Xiu'er, you really don't have a long memory." He interrupted again and said comfortingly: "The play has to be sung like this to arouse the audience's emotional resonance and live well, then..."
After saying that, he choked her tightly and changed his words: "I thought that the scriptwriter must know that Mr. Li is alive and well, so in order to protect Mr. Li, he said that he was dead in the play."
Gu Xianting's eyes flashed: "Really?"
Tantai He hugged Gu Xianting affectionately: "My silly girl."
