Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

22. To Swear Black is White

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Seeing the excitement in Cao Mo’s eyes, Xiao Yi was so glad he suggested coming to wander around a bit before they headed back home, he loved it when Cao Mo showed genuine happiness.

Xiao’s fance carriage stood out here, the stall keepers and walkers by all stepped back and made way for this fancy carriage.

Liang, the inspector who was in charge of the street management, drooled over the carriage, he exclaimed in his heart that today was his lucky day. With that in mind he walked towards Xiao Yi with a fawning smile on the face.

Inspector Liang asked his people to surround the carriage with cloth to stop the walkers by from peeking inside, then Lu asked his maters to step out.

Xiao Yi knew Inspector Liang was a sophisticated officer at the first sight.

Liang kowtowed to them and greeted them respectfully, Xiao Yi was very cold and isolated, Cao Mo felt a bit overwhelmed, so he asked Liang with a smile, “Inspector, do you know where I can get some plaster and ink?”

Inspector Liang narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, “These are all stuff used in workshops, I can fetch a craftsman with the right stuff for you, Young Madam.”

Cao Mo was loud in his thanks.

Seeing Inspector Liang’s retiring figure, Cao Mo asked Xiao Yi, “Why did he surround our carriage with cloth, I’m not a woman.”

Xiao Yi was drawn by Cao Mo’s bright smile, he stared at Cao Mo and said, ‘Because I don’t allow anyone else to peek at you.”

Cao Mo flushed crimson, ‘gee, I thought you were the reserved one!’

Cao Mo’s heart was pounding and he had recurring flashback to just now when they were in each other’s chest in the carriage.

Xiao Yi showed a smile when he saw Cao Mo’s tomato red face, “Mo, where do you wanna go? Tea shop? Brothel?”

Cao Mo raised his head when he heard the word ‘brothel’, “Brothel? Have you been to a brothel before?”

Xiao Yi shook his head, “No, but I heard Xiao Jin mentioning that before.” Cao Mo was dumbfounded, it looked like Xiao Yi had no idea what a brothel was, so innocent.

The two walked along the street, they went to a book shop, a shoe shop, a rouge shop… … Xiao Yi suggested having a rest at the tea shop when they walked past one.

The bus boy of course was shrewd enough to tell the two were loaded, so he directly escorted the two to a nicely decorated booth upstairs. He brewed them a pot of Longjing, a famous green tea produced in Hangzhou, then he served a tray of assorted nuts and desserts, with that he withdrew the booth.

Cao Mo was fascinated by the style, there was a performing stage downstairs, a storytellers was telling anecdotes to entertain the guests and earn some tips from them.

Cao Mo was amused by the storyteller while Xiao Yi kept staring at Cao Mo, Cao Mo would exclaim at every punchline and joke, the storyteller would feel encouraged and kept delivering.

Xiao Yi would signal Lu to threw tips at the storyteller whenever Cao Mo exclaimed.

Lu learned archery in the army, so he threw the tip with great accuracy. The storyteller wished he could extend this story to as long as possible.

However, both Cao Mo and Xiao Yi lost their enthusiasm as the storyteller went on.

The storyteller was baffled, hmm, where went wrong, he was deliberately telling a new story he just learned from a man who complained tearfully by the tea shop, the man shared his own story, the man had a younger brother but the younger brother had some misunderstanding with him so the younger brother took his place and married this man’s fiance as a revenge. What was worse, the younger brother slapped him on the day he visited his family after he got married.

This was the first time that the storyteller told the story, it was supposed to get him tips, but the couple upstairs went quiet.

“Nonsense!” Cao Mo thumped the table, he sprang up from the chair and was ready to go downstairs to confront the storyteller.

Xiao Yi comforted him, “Don’t get mad, let me get him quietly thus we can ask him in details.”

Cao Mo found this interesting, how come words travelled so fast? He just beat Cao Le this morning, this storyteller was telling this story in the afternoon?

Lu got the storyteller and walked him upstairs, the storyteller trembled in fear, he kowtowed to Cao Mo and Xiao Yi, “Please have mercy! Honorable guests! I have a big family to raise!”

Xiao Yi’s face darkened, “Don’t fear, I’m asking you who told you the story?”

The storyteller frowned, “I just heard the story this morning, is there something wrong with the story?”

“Just say who told you the story?”

“It’s… it’s a young man, he cried out loud by the tea shop, we asked him what happened. So he told us the story tearfully, and today is the first time that I told the story, please forgive me, please forgive me, I won’t tell this story to anyone ever! Please have mercy!”

Cao Mo chimed in, “Why not? This is such a good story, people will like it, but the story you just told was incomplete! Before the revenge, the older brother forced the younger brother to marry a man who was seriously ill for him, the younger brother was abused to concede. Luckily, the younger brother’s husband was nice and gentle, they made a sweet couple. The older brother got jealous, so he had been slandering the younger brother, swearing black is white. Therefore, I want you to keep telling this story!”

Inspector Liang now showed up with a craftsman with the stuff that Cao Mo asked for, he withdrew the booth when he saw Cao Mo was throwing a tantrum.

That didn’t escape Cao Mo, he waved at Inspector Liang and signaled him to come in, “Liang, do you patrol this street every day?”

Inspector Liang beamed with joy, he knew this was his opportunity to put himself under the patronage of Cao Mo, “Yes, Young Madam, how can I help you?”

Cao Mo was still mad, “You, make sure the storyteller tell this story every single day!”

Inspector Liang nodded, then he produced the ink and plaster that Cao Mo demanded, then he introduced a sixty year old craftsman to them. The craftsman kowtowed to them and asked them whether he could be their servant and broke the indenture that he had.