In fact, Sheng Shuihe didn’t want to run this errand. He sat on the couch and spoke to the steward through the curtain, “The reason why my father took me home was that I got wounded seriously, and he was worried about my wounds might result in sequela because no one could take care of me out there! So, how am I supposed to work with an injury?”
Then, he coughed.
The steward smiled sadly and thought that actually, Sheng Lanci did say the same thing after he brought his son home.
But during these days, everyone started to talk about the news that Sheng Family’s son hit a person for his sister. Now, everybody knew that the first day Sheng Shuihe came back home, he beat the ass of the Xuanyu Che.
But strangely, Xuanyu Che said something rude and insulting to Sheng Weiqiao and her mother that day in public. However, until now, his parents still didn’t bring his son to the Sheng Family to offer a humble apology. Well, the reason actually was quite straightforward. They thought his son was beaten too hard, and even if Madam Feng had forced them to apologize, still, they would have found it unacceptable. Also, according to the severity of Xuanyu Che’s injuries, his parents thought that the Sheng Family should be the ones who brought their son to apologize to them!
So, now you tell me, who would believe Sheng Shuihe was injured?
Xuanyu Che was almost beaten beyond all recognition when Sheng Shuihe was during his period of recuperation. If Sheng Shuihe were physically healthy and fine, it would be hard to imagine what terrible thing would happen to Xuanyu Che.
It must have been an excuse he made up to bring his son home and to save the face of his wife and daughter!
The steward was just a servant, but Sheng Shuihe was the only son that Sheng Family had. Hence, if he said he couldn’t do it, the steward couldn’t force him to do it, so he had no choice but to leave.
As soon as the steward left the room, he caught sight of a line of shadows in the garden not far from him. His heart skipped a beat, and then they quickly turned their back and ran away.
After the steward left, Sheng Weiqiao came with anger and brought her two maids to the Xiezhu Pavilion. The doorman felt his scalp tingled when he saw her. But he still welcomed her with a salute and spoke carefully, “Mr. Sheng already took medicine, and he said he wanted to have some rest now. Should Miss Sheng maybe come another….”
“Go away!” Sheng Weiqiao would never buy it. She also didn’t want to waste her time and went straight inside the pavilion. The doorman was too scared to touch her, so he made way for her with a sad face.
All the young and old maids in Xiezhu Pavilion didn’t want to be punished for their involvement in this Siblings War, so they ran away.
Sheng Weiqiao walked into Sheng Shuihe’s outside of the bedroom totally unimpeded. She saw his door left ajar, “Are you in there? Come out! I need to talk to you!”
“I am a bit inconvenienced right now. Shall we talk through this door?” Sheng Shuihe’s polite voice came from the inside of the room, “If sister came here for the young Lord, don’t waste your time then. I am injured and can hardly take care of myself. So, I don’t have time to help this young Lord to prepare his residence!”
“Father is the one who gave the order, and you want to refuse it?!” Sheng Weiqiao actually was not interested in this errand. She just wanted Sheng Shuihe to get into trouble, that’s all. Then, she quickly replied, “Have you forgotten the rules?!”
Before she could finish, there was a distinct laugh in the room. But it was neither a sneer nor a mock. It was kind of like a laugh that had the feeling of toleration and helplessness. Also, it felt more like a wry smile that adults would have when they were watching their kids being annoying but couldn’t do anything about it.
“…!” Sheng Weiqiao seemed confounded a moment and suddenly realized it. Then, she got absolutely furious!
Without another word, she lifted her dress and kicked the door open with one foot, speaking angrily, “You such a….”
As soon as she said that, she was too shocked to say a word!
Then, at the back, Lvqi and Lvjin felt something was wrong. They both tiptoed over her shoulder to get a peek, and both blushed!
In the middle of the room, they only saw Sheng Shuihe standing near a mica round table with hollowed-out flowers. He had his black hair up and was naked to the waist except for a pair of dark red silk trousers!
When he was well dressed, he looked thin, but now his naked body looked strong with full of the muscles. The tight leather belt made his shoulders look wider, and his arms look narrower. What an ape back and a wasp waist! However, his stomach and chest were strewn with hideous scars. Although most of the places had scabbed, still, it had a wisp of blood fell slowly at the moment, wriggling on his white skin. It was awful!
If you looked carefully, you could see his left shoulder with a bruise of the palm print. Sheng Weiqiao was surprised not only by his bare upper body but also by his wounds. She was stunned at the door, staring blankly at him and forgot to avoid this situation.
She didn’t move, and two maids looked at each other, both having no idea what to do!
Luckily, Sheng Shuihe was quick on the draw. He immediately scooped up the coat that was laid on the screen beside him and wore it on quickly, which made the blood from his wound ran faster and dripped onto his instep. His blood ran down his instep toward the crimson carpet with the mandala of entangled floral branch on it. One could not help feeling that the carpet was colored red with his blood.
He had bled so much that even Sheng Weiqiao was worried about him. Sheng Shihe looked as if he didn’t care, covering the cloth and said to her with a smile, “These are some old wounds, almost scabbed. You don’t have to panic. Just take a seat in the living room. I will come after I put some medicine on them!”
Sheng Weiqiao then realized that his table was filled with all kinds of bottles and jars. When the wind came in, she could smell a sense of medicine. She was so shy and angry that she stamped her feet and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me you were taking medicines earlier!? Also! Why didn’t you close the door?!”
“I told the steward to close the door when he left.” Sheng Shuihe felt kind of aggrieved. He was about to take off all his clothes and take his medicine when the steward came. Although they were both men, he was not used to being naked in front of anyone, so he hid in the curtains.
He thought he used a few words to send away that steward, and then he could concentrate on the medicine. He didn’t expect his sister to come after the steward and kicked the door open without saying more than two words. Well, no one should blame him, right?
“Be careful next time! You don’t wanna be indecent!” Sheng Weiqiao argued irrationally and pretended to be mad. When she was going to leave, she suddenly saw a piece of a jade pendant with an image of two kylins frolicking with a pearl on a small table not far away. The jade pendant was lifelike Chinese kylins carved from flawless white jade. In the position of the eyes were a pair of glowing pearls. Under the lightly lifted forepaws, the dragon was clutching a gold ball of silk the size of a fingernail. All of this was a very rare technique for inlaying gold and jade.
However, what made Sheng Weiqiao quite surprised was the craving technique of this jade pendant. These kylins were not only lifelike on the jade pendant, it also highlighted the auspicious beasts of peace, majesty, majestic and vivid. This was a level that ordinary craftsmen could not reach!
Although she did not learn how to appreciate jade, she was born to a knowledgeable family. With her father, she saw much different jade. As a result, her vision was greatly improved. So, after only one glance, she was pretty sure that in the whole of Nanfeng County, no, actually, in the whole of South, there was no such great craftsman!
“Where did you get this jade?” It reminded her of Madam Feng’s doubts about Sheng Shuihe and his mother. Sheng Weiqiao began to get suspicious, and then pointed at the jade and asked, “I guess this must be very valuable?”
“You like it?” Sheng Shuihe did not even look at that jade and smiled, “If you like it, take it then! I found it anyway!”
Sheng Weiqiao felt that he did not care too much about the jade pendant. Perhaps her suspicion was wrong, but she thought again, “This person is very cunning, perhaps he deliberately said so to dispel my doubt?”
She pursed her lips and said, “If you say so!” Then she walked straight to that jade and took it up into the sleeve.
During this process, she had been watching the expression of Sheng Shuihe, but he was dealing with the medicine on the table, not paying attention to the jade at all.
“See you can pretend how long!” Sheng Weiqiao deliberately left slowly with such an idea. When she finally reached the door, Sheng Shuihe said unexpectedly, “If you have nothing to say, I will take medicines now?”
“Let’s go!” Sheng Weiqiao turned her head and saw him holding a couple of vulneraries. His poor expression seemed to hope Sheng Weiqiao could leave soon, and then he could use these vulneraries. She felt the oppression in her chest again!
She stamped her feet with anger again. She clutched the Chinese kylin jade pendant tightly in her sleeve and hmphed, “Remember! Don’t ever do such indecent things again!” Then, she left and never looked back. However, her hasty movement instantly revealed her lack of confidence.
“Tut!” Sheng Shuihe laughed and closed the door behind her, shook his head and sighed, “Still a little girl!”
He thought his little sister was going to show her tough side, burst into his room, and then slap him for being such a dirty thing to stain her eyes!
Sheng Weiqiao went back to Zhuying Mini Villa with a flushed face. She felt grateful that no one appeared in her way to see her nuances, and hastened to warn Lvqu and Lvjin never to let out the thing.The two maids logically nodded, “We’ve seen nothing and heard nothing today!”“He’s fortunate!” Sheng Weiqiao relieved herself. When recalling the scene that she ran into today, though she felt bashful and annoyed, she had no courage to go trouble Sheng Shuihe again, so she simply cursed in her mind, “Next time when I catch you, you’ll see!”At that thought, she lowered her head, caught the kylin jade pendant and couldn’t help crumpling her brows. She considered in heart, “The jade is not a common one. I have to take it to my aunt!”After a while, At Xuanyu’s mansion, Madam Feng frowned, studying the kylin jade pendant, and said, “It belongs to the son of a mistress? Are you sure?”“I saw him put it by his hand myself. Ho
“Old Sea Master Gongsun, who was keeping us good connection, failed in the war and died. His son has retreated to Daimao Island. Outside there are two Sea Masters seeing covetously, including Han and Pan; Inside there is a group of cunning underlings who are not loyal to him for his inferior age,” Sheng Lanci sighed, “The son of Old Sea Master sent his henchmen to island to sell the treasure accumulated by the ancestors during a long time on sea. That jade pendant was in the treasure.”The name Sea Master was to address the leaders of the pirate respectfully.Nanfeng County was next to the sea, surrounded by many islands where lived abundant pirates making a living by robbing the boat past. They robbed the people near the sea from time to time but could not be arrested by feudal officials more than once. The officials only set out the sea as a deterrent for the pirates every year.But the emperor on the throne indulged himself in the lust and n
We would leave aside the bustle and stir in Sheng’s Mansion tonight first. The early next morning, all the people ranking below Old Madam Ming, including Sheng Lanxin who came back for a visit with her whole family, had dressed up and went outside of the gate in order to receive Senior Master and Young Lord Xu.Senior Master Sheng had got married twice, and he had three sons and two daughters in total. Among them, the oldest son Sheng Lanci’s birth mother was Madam Ai, his first wife. When giving birth, she suffered from dystocia, but Senior Master had happened to be absent, so the midwife had followed Madam Ai’s orders and had sacrificed the mother to save the son. Because of this, Sheng Lanci was born but Madam Ai died, which was why Old Senior thought he owed Madam Ai a lot and he had been partial to the eldest branch all the time.Fortunately, his second wife Old Madam Ming wasn’t a narrow-minded person. Even if she had given birth to two sons and two d
For god’s sake, Old Madam asked this completely out of her concern for the guest and the consideration of the relationship between Xu Family and Sheng Family.But the words somehow offended Senior Master Sheng. Senior Master was extending his arms to let Old Madam Ming fasten the clothes band for him, and hearing the words, his countenance turned gloomy and groaned, “You’re a woman. What’s the meaning of inquiring so much?!”“Wasn’t I afraid that we weren’t thoughtful enough for that child?” Old Madam Ming found the blame unjust. Because she was the second wife, naturally she was inferior to the first wife. Especially that the first wife died of giving birth to a child for Sheng Family, which made Senior Master Sheng guilty until then, moreover, Sheng Lanci alone was even more competent than all the four children she had given birth to, so she knew that she had no power and never dared to go against Senior Master Sheng.However, though Senor Ma
When Sheng Weiqiao and her cousin arrived, Sheng Shuihe and Xu Baomo were watching the servant packing up the chess and getting ready to leave.Sheng Shuihe and Xu Baomo were shocked when they saw Sheng Weiqiao making a beeline for them angrily.“Sh*t, sister will find out I lied to her!” Luckily, Sheng Shuihe had a quick reaction, and he quickly saluted to Xu Baomo, saying regretfully, “Brother Xu, there is something perhaps you don’t know. Two days ago, I beat a playboy, who said something nasty to my sister and her mother on the street. After that, my sister has been going on about this for many days! This time, she would not let it go when she saw me. So, later, if my sister said anything rude, hope brother could forgive her!”After hearing what he said, Xu Baomo quickly replied, “Our families have been old friends for two generations, so there is no need to be so overcautious! Besides, it is actually quite enviable that sister cares about
When two siblings went back, they didn’t see Shen Jiuniang talking to Xu Baomo. Well, because he had already gone.But Shen Jiuniang was still standing there, reluctantly seeing his back off.Well, even a blind person could feel the sense of infatuation and intoxication through her eyes. Sheng Shuihe showed a faint smile when she looked at the expression of Sheng Weiqiao. First, she frowned, and then she pouted. When she realized that his eyes were on her, she glared at him angrily and shouted, “What?!”“Big Weiqiao?” Sheng Shuihe hadn’t answer yet, Shen Jiuniang was already shocked by the voice. She was flustered. She turned around, making her gourd-shaped earrings shook violently, and her red cheek became even redder as blood. “When, when did you guys come back?”“Good to see you, Cousin Shen!” Sheng Weiqiao was going to say something, but Sheng Shuihe took the chance to speak first, and he smiled, “We were just playing around, y
Sheng Weiqiao was completely unaware that Xu Baomo had come for her, and she comforted Shen Jiuniang, “Anyway, Brother Xu will stay for a few days. You have mentioned that you want to study painting from my mother. After grandfather’s birthday, you can live with us for some days instead of going with my aunt. Maybe, there will be a turn.”“He must think me tiresome now. Will he tell my grandfather what happened between us?” Shen Jiuniang said with enthusiasm and worries, “If so, grandfather will not allow me to stay here!”In addition to the partiality for the eldest branch, Senior Master Sheng treated juniors including his sons and daughters in a normal manner, without excoriating or spoiling.As his granddaughter, Shen Jiuniang visited the Sheng Family only on some special occasions such as some festivals. There were fewer chances for her to contact with her grandfather. As a result, she felt scared rather than close when facing him.
Old Madam Ming was not the biological mother of Sheng Lanci, and she behaved obediently facing Senior Master Sheng, but the couple still paid much respect to their stepmother.Since it was the Old Madam’s invitation, Madam Feng was in no mood to talk more to change her daughter’s view now. She replied instantly, “I’ll go immediately after changing my clothes!”As she walked behind a screen to change clothes, she asked Xiquan, “Did you know what happened to the second branch?”“It was said that the mistress of the Second Master came to give vent to her dissatisfaction with much noise. Second Madam was furious and was now asking for a divorce in front of Senior Master and Old Madam,” Xiquan said with a sigh, “After knowing this, the Senior Master called the Second Master over to beat him to death. Old Madam feared that Senior Master lost control of the force of beating in fury. And Eldest Master was asked out just now, so she had no choice but to