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Chapter 99 She Doesn't Have You in Her Heart

Huo Rong stood in front of the study window, watched Changying go out, and just came back to sit down.

Tong Qi coughed at the door: "Master, should you put some medicine on your hand?"

Only then did he move his gaze to his right palm, only to see that the entire bandaged part of the palm had been soaked in blood, and a little blood was still oozing out.

Tong Qi stepped forward to cut the gauze, looked at the wound and couldn't help sighing, then cleaned and applied medicine.

The wet cloth scratched the opened flesh, and it was a bit painful after all.

"Am I being too impatient?" he said.

Tong Qi stopped for a while without saying a word.

Huo Rong has always been calm, it is rare for him to lose control like this today.

After all, when he heard about the accident in the Qian family, he was able to remain extremely calm, and he did not believe that Shen Linlang had intentions to stay by his side.

He didn't answer, and Huo Rong didn't ask further, just said: "She has a headache, you write a letter to Qianqing Palace, and ask for some better medicine to send there."

……

When Changying walked to the door of Su's house, she remembered that she had left Tan Shuyin at Xu's house in a trance just now, and just left.

Righteously confused, he simply waited until another day to explain, and went back to the mansion first.

Seeing the blood on her hand, Fanzhu under the door couldn't help but exclaimed: "What's wrong with the girl?"

It was only then that she recalled Huo Rong's injured hand just now, and it had been several days since the injury, and it was supposed to be almost healed, so much blood showed how much effort was used.

Changying recalled his previous anger, and walked into the room with a smile.

Tan Shuyin and the others entered Mrs. Xu's courtyard. After the doctor explained the injury, everyone was relieved and comforted Mrs. Xu.

There were many visitors to Xu's house that day, and Tan Shao came back in the evening, and came to visit immediately after hearing about it.

Xu Lan took the opportunity to report his intention to temporarily hand over the official duties to Changying. Tan Shao pondered for a moment, but finally did not object.

Su Xinrong stayed at Xu's house until dinner, and Pang encouraged her, taking this opportunity to show off in front of Mrs. Xu.

As a mother, it is impossible for Mrs. Xu not to feel sorry for her son, but her good upbringing made her calm and unruffled. When everyone had dispersed, she went to Xu Lan's room with a lamp in hand.

Xu Lan slept for two hours after taking the medicine, her face was still pale, but she looked a little better.

Mrs. Xu tucked him in the quilt, looked him up and said, "You're still so happy when you come back from an injury?"

Xu Lan raised her lips at her mother: "My son is unfilial, and my mother is worried."

Mrs. Xu stroked his hair, and said softly: "I'm used to it too. Ever since I married your father, I haven't stopped worrying about it. I chose it myself. Who can I blame?
"Nowadays, I don't have to go to war, and I don't have to worry about life and death every day. I already want to thank God a thousand times."

Xu Lan leaned against her mother's palm sideways, obediently like a cat.

Mrs. Xu looked at him, and suddenly said: "The general Shen who will come in the next afternoon is the one you told me to send the loquat there last time, right?"

Xu Lan nodded, subconsciously wanted to sit up, but unintentionally touched the wound, and the pain caused him to fall down immediately.

"Why are you excited?" Mrs. Xu complained to him, "I'm just getting started."

"What does mother think of Changying?" Xu Lan's eyes sparkled.

"How about what?" Mrs. Xu said indifferently.

Xu Lan smiled and calmed down and said, "My son didn't make it clear. Mother, I have known Changying for more than two years. We get along almost day and night. I know her very well. If I can be with her, I will feel It's all worth it."

Mrs. Xu lit a stick of incense, slowly put it on the incense burner, and said: "I have eyes, and I can tell, since she returned the incense you sent, I know that at least she is a child with her own ideas.

"The appearance is also first-class, and in terms of etiquette, although I don't meet many times, I can't find any faults. ——How is the family background?"

Xu Lan's expression turned serious."She has no family," he said.

Mrs. Xu paused slightly: "No family?"

Xu Lan nodded, and said again: "But I don't think it's important. She has so many good qualities—"

"But the Xu family will think it's very important." Mrs. Xu is also very solemn, "There are many girls of good quality, and the marriage of the right family is more stable.

"Especially if you are the eldest son, you have to bear heavier responsibilities, and you also need to rely on the strength of the woman to stabilize the family.

"Although General Shen is excellent, she lacks support. Obviously, she is not suitable to be the wife of the Xu family."

Xu Lanning raised her eyebrows: "It depends on human efforts. I think these can be overcome. Even if she lacks support, I can redouble my efforts to meet your expectations."

Mrs. Xu sneered: "But unbalanced efforts will ruin the marriage. No matter how good the original intention is, if the two parties are not equal, it will end in frustration."

"How can you be sure that my contributions are not reciprocal?" Xu Lan replied with her jaw tightened.

Mrs. Xu picked up the tea leisurely: "Because she doesn't have you in her heart."

She took a sip and looked over again: "She is so smart, if she has you in her heart, how could she ignore your efforts and send someone to return the incense you sent? And how could she run into me on the road, but always You don't want to attract my attention at all?"

"She just hasn't considered marriage yet." Xu Lan was silent for a moment, then said, "She didn't just reject me, she didn't intend to accept anyone."

Even Huo Rong is the same, he believes.

Mrs. Xu glanced at him: "Since she hasn't considered it yet, isn't it useless for you to tell me these things? Let's recuperate first."

……

Xu Lan didn't insist on arguing with Mrs. Xu.

As Mrs. Xu said, the reality that Changying's heart is not on him is there, even if he has a deadlock with Mrs. Xu, it is of no use.

But as long as Changying doesn't pick anyone first, he finally feels that he still has a chance.

There is ample time.

……

Chang Ying lay on the bed tossing and turning for half a day, but did not fall asleep.The sudden identity of "Shen Linlang" made her toss and turn.

But after all, the matter of checking the tenants could only be discussed after Zixiang and the others came back. She remembered the news Xu Lan had found, and was busy in the study until midnight.

Wu Ma brought her glutinous rice balls in and urged her to go to bed early: "I can't sleep well, if I go to bed late, I will even suffer from sleep deprivation."

Changying ate the glutinous rice balls, thought for a while and asked her: "Does Mama Wu still remember that year when I recuperated at the tenant's house in Tongzhou?"

Wu Ma nodded: "Of course I remember, we were so anxious that time, we didn't see anyone for more than ten days in a row, and we didn't dare to make it public, so the wife sent someone to ask the young master of the Luo family to inquire about it, only then did I know that the girl was abused by the girl of the Qin family. Bully.

"My son—Master Hou was afraid that his wife would lose his temper, so the theory of going to the Qin family by himself made Miss Qin kneel down and kowtow a hundred times before saying that if anything happened to the girl, she would have to pay for it with her life." . . . I heard that there was a huge scar left on his forehead afterwards."

(End of this chapter)