The exquisite space of the ruffian concubine

Chapter 21 Li Goudan's Thoughts

After sending the unconscious Sister Zhang to the inn to settle down, Meng Xiaoshu came to the door of Li Goudan's house.In the past few days, first her younger brother was seriously ill, and then her eldest sister Zhang had an accident. She was so busy that she forgot a plan that she had already thought about.

"Master...Master? What do you want from me?" Li Goudan opened the door, and seeing Meng Xiaosuo, his simple face suddenly turned black and red, and he even stuttered a bit when he spoke.

"Go and help me with one thing. You are only allowed to succeed, not to fail." Meng Xiaosuo walked into the room, told him a few words in a low voice, and left in a hurry, completely unaware of a sinister look. Staring at her back from a distance.

That person was Zhao Lingling. In recent days, the scar on her mouth has been fading, and it won't take long for her to return to her original appearance.

"Meng Xiaoshu, I want to see how long you can be happy!" She said harshly.

Before the words fell, there was a sudden knock on the door without haste.

"Who is it?" she asked angrily.

"It's me, Gu Zhiyuan." A voice said.

"So it's Young Master Ninth!" Zhao Lingling beamed with joy, hurriedly put on her veil, inserted two hairpins into her bun, and then trotted to open the door.

As soon as she saw Gu Zhiyuan's delicate face, two blushes appeared on her cheeks, and her almond eyes looked like she was hazy and drunk.

It's a pity that Gu Zhiyuan's mind is not on her: "Miss Zhao, where is Miss Xiaoshu?"

Gritting her silver teeth secretly, a trace of displeasure flashed in Zhao Lingling's eyes: "She...she recently met a very good-looking young master, and I heard that she has gone to live with him in the Lezhi Inn."

"Oh?" Gu Zhiyuan was dubious, thinking that the "son" she was talking about was Li Wutao.

"Master Ninth, why are you looking for her? If you don't mind, come in and have a cup of tea." Zhao Lingling showed a sweet smile.

"No need." Gu Zhiyuan thanked him, frowned and left, completely ignoring the deep sorrow in Zhao Lingling's eyes.At this moment, he was full of worries about Meng Xiaosuo's safety—Li Wutao thought that Xiaosuo's identity was strange, that she was an enemy and not a friend. Could it be that she was brought into the inn and tortured to extract a confession?

His pace is not slow at all, and he is even more impatient when he is impatient. He arrived in front of the Lezhi Inn in a short while, and was about to lift his foot to go in, when he hesitated for a moment——Ruo hurried up, and found that the situation was not what he had guessed What should I do?
After thinking about it for a while, he went to Yaoyue Tower and bought a few soy pork knuckles, thinking that if nothing unusual, he would just say that he came to visit her with something to eat.

I thought it would take a lot of trouble to find out Meng Xiaosuo's room from the shopkeeper, but who knew that the shopkeeper told him without saying a word, and even led him upstairs.It turned out that Duan Tai had already told the nearby merchants about his appearance, and told them not to offend this distinguished guest from the capital.

"That girl came with a son?" Gu Zhiyuan asked the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper nodded: "Yes, the girl is covered with a veil, but the young master is very handsome, he looks a few years younger than the girl."

Gu Zhiyuan became more and more puzzled - in this way, that person should not be Li Wutao, who could it be?

While speaking, three or five people came downstairs, and the shopkeeper was anxious to greet the business, and said apologetically, "My lord, it's the one at the end, I won't take you there."

"The two of them live in the same room?" Gu Zhiyuan frowned.

"The girl lives in the room at the end, and the young master lives next door to her. The villain is going to greet the guests first. If the young master has any orders, just call the villain directly." The shopkeeper said, lifting his feet and going downstairs.

Hearing what he said, Gu Zhiyuan heaved a sigh of relief, walked to the room at the end, and was about to knock on the door when he suddenly heard Meng Xiaosuo's voice, but it didn't come from inside, but from the next door .

"Wenqing, why have you never asked me where the scars on my face came from?" Meng Xiaoshu asked the boy on the bed while blowing on the bowl of boiling medicine.

Meng Wenqing's cough was already too good to be bad, who would have thought that after the day's smoke, it would recur again, and it was even worse than before, and her throat became a little hoarse.He shook his head, with a bit of bitterness that didn't match his age in his smile: "You don't need to ask about such things, no matter what you become, aren't you still my dearest person in the world?"

On the way to the frontier, he was brutally beaten by officers and soldiers, and he was also bullied by his companions. He took it for granted that his sister had also endured this kind of torture, leaving an ugly mark on her face.

Meng Xiaocom didn't intend to explain to him that it was the effect of dead grass, as it would only confuse him and ask him more questions.Looking at her younger brother's still thin face, she couldn't help but be gentle in her tone: "I'll go to invite Yuelou to order a table of the best meals, you have to eat more today no matter what. Come on, the medicine is cold, hurry up drink."

Inside, Meng Xiaoshu was chatting with his younger brother, while outside, Gu Zhiyuan's hands were clenched into fists, his knuckles turned white, just like his face at the moment.

For the first time, he realized that he cared so much about someone's every word and deed.Although this person is not his relative, although this person has only known him for a few days, although this person does not know how many secrets are hidden...

Turning around and going downstairs, there seemed to be wind under his feet, and he quickly walked out of Le Zhi Inn and disappeared at the end of the long street.The shopkeeper downstairs, looking at the direction he left, couldn't figure it out for a long time, but shook his head and sighed: "These rich men, sometimes it's sunny, sometimes it's raining, it's really unpredictable..."

Naturally, Meng Xiaoshu didn't know what was going on outside, so she asked the clerk in the shop to call Li Goudan, and asked him to have dinner with her siblings at Yaoyue Tower.

Where has Li Goudan tasted such a delicious meal?At the beginning, he tried his best to restrain himself, not wanting to make a fool of himself in front of Meng Xiaosuo, but later he really couldn't control his appetite, like a hungry ghost who hasn't had enough food for more than ten years, and Meng Wenqing, who was at the same table, was stunned.

"Sister, is this really your friend?" He asked in a low voice.

Meng Xiaoshu nodded, "Don't look down on him."

Although Meng Wenqing was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, his family was backward and suffered a lot. Not only did he not look down on Li Goudan, but he found it very funny that he was gobbling, so he couldn't help smiling.

The two of them were about the same age but had different identities, and they were very curious about each other's lives. After eating, they talked with great interest.Meng Wenqing had been told by Meng Xiaoshu long ago, but she didn't reveal her real identity. She said that her name was Meng Fan, and her family was a businessman. One day, they were ransacked by robbers, and her parents were sick in bed. , only myself and my elder sister Meng Xiaosuo were left.

After finishing speaking, he asked Li Goudan: "What about you, you must have grown up at the foot of Mengshan, right?"

Li Goudan nodded, secretly envious of Meng Xiaosuo and Meng Xiaosuo. After all, they are the children of merchants. Wild vegetables and hares, wearing old clothes and rags, the table full of chicken, duck and fish in front of him was something he had never dared to think about.

And Meng Xiaosuo was also dressed in old clothes before, so he was no different from a poor man like him, except that his fists were stronger and his speech smarter.In his opinion, she and him have always been a perfect match, but this meal broke this dream and dragged him into reality.

Meng Xiaosuo didn't notice his strangeness, took advantage of Meng Wenqing's going out to go to the bathroom, and asked in a low voice: "What I asked you to do, have you done it?"

"It's done." Li Goudan's expression was a little gloomy—in her eyes, was he just an errand runner?

"By the way, after I build the house, I will repair and renovate your residence. In the future, you will always marry a wife and have children." Meng Xiaosuo said with a smile.

Li Goudan's face blushed involuntarily.

It would be great if I could marry you, he thought.

(End of this chapter)