Chapter 292 Big breasts, big difficulties
Chang Nuo became very frightened when he heard the words. However, He Danggui kept a calm attitude, showing no surprise nor anger. Therefore, his apology was blocked in his mouth.
Shangguan Ming Ri clearly heard from Chang Nuo that He Danggui was that “siren” who seduced the Lord. But he said those aggressive words in front of He Danggui. That was a humiliation.
In fact, He Danggui wanted to fight back at first because she knew his weakness. However, looking at his broken nose and thinking of the man who waved the whip insanely in the Dream, she didn’t want to waste her time to do so. To deal with the villain who stabbed the knife in the back, she should retaliate against him in the same way.
Chang Nuo pulled Shangguan Ming Ri aside, and He Danggui also pulled Zhu aside for some education.
“Bad boy!” He Danggui poked at his fat chin and yelled at him strictly, “If you don’t behave, I will give you back to your mom!”
Zhu’s watery eyes were full of grievances. He argued, “It is not fair! You can’t lose your temper on me because you lost your baby’s daddy!”
“Fair?” He Danggui pinched his white face and left red finger marks on it. She asked in an angry voice, “What exactly was written on the note sent by Qing’er? If you don’t tell me the truth, I’m going to hit you on the palm with a ruler!”
Zhu took out an envelope from his shirt and said slowly, “I gave you the wrong one just now. This is the right letter. Auntie, don’t be angry. I won’t tell anyone about your baby.” After that, he pushed away a stack of scriptures on the ground, and a hole appeared. Then he squeezed out.
He Danggui opened the envelope and did a quick scan. Suddenly, she felt a shadow above her head. When she looked up, she found that Meng Ying was trying to read her letter. She asked in surprise, “What the hell are you doing?” She felt strange when seeing Meng Ying with the servant clothes.
Before Meng Ying could say something, Shangguan Ming Ri jumped onto the beam and then used it to jump out of the skylight. Maybe he intentionally raised a cloud of dust, and people inside almost chocked. However, Meng Ying opened his fan to keep He Danggui from the dust. He Danggui was flattered. Why did he protect her?
Chang Nuo raised his head and cursed, “Nasty guy.” Then, he pushed Meng Ying away and leaned over to He Danggui, “I have something to cope with, and I need to leave here for a few days. Stay relaxed. I will shoulder the responsibility for the Lord. You don’t have to worry about you and your baby.” Zhu Quan was really a fickle man. If he abandoned He Danggui and her baby now, he would be unlikely to get them back in the future. Therefore, Chang Nuo thought that he must continue the marriage proposal and take He Danggui to Xinyuan Yard. When she was recovered, he would hand her over to Zhu Quan.
He Danggui solemnly said, “I have nothing to do with your Lord, and I am not pregnant. Once you take over his stuff, we will be strangers ever since.”
Yet Chang Nuo had made his final decision, “I will make the marriage proposal as soon as I come back. Don’t be worried and wait for me.”
Then, he also jumped out of the skylight. He Danggui squinted at Meng Ying, who was watching this show aside, and asked him, “Why don’t you leave with your friend?”
Meng Ying was fiddling with his small lignaloes fan. He stared at her veil and answered, “I left here at first, but Meng Xuan sent me a letter to call me back to protect you. He said he was busy these days.” Meng Ying patted his servant clothes with his fan, “Since I have walked out of here, I would never come back in my true identity. That would be awkward. Therefore, I dressed up in this outfit so that I could be your bodyguard.”
“Bodyguard?” He Danggui blinked. “It doesn’t sound like a kind character. Well, I don’t need a bodyguard, and I don’t like a follower. Third Childe, you have seen that I am not a good lady. Are you sure you want to protect me for your brother?”
Meng Ying nodded, “You are pregnant, aren’t you? Then I have to protect you well. When my brother comes back, he will have an arrangement for you. Miss He, you don’t need to care about me, and you won’t even feel my existence.” To be honest, he was just like a shadow.
Meng Ying took a quilt and two plates of desserts and went to the second floor of the attic. The second floor was as high as the beam and was connected to the first floor. Meng Ying could monitor the first floor from here. That was a perfect spot for a bodyguard. However, the second floor had always been used as the utility room for brooms and mops. It was not a proper place for sleeping.
He Danggui was not happy because of this spy from Meng Xuan. But she didn’t refuse. She picked up the letter from Qing’er and read it carefully. After a while, she wrote a reply. She wanted to send the letter as soon as possible. However, servants were patrolling outside the door, and she couldn’t show her art of lightness when somebody was watching her.
So, she walked to the small hole where Zhu had just left through. She took a deep breath. In her opinion, she was thinner than that boy. If Zhu could pass through, she would as well.
After getting in there, she found that she was stuck. Actually… her breasts were stuck, but she believed that she could definitely get out if she didn’t give up! After struggling so hard for a while, she finally reached the most bulging part. She was about to make it!
When she was breathing the free air from the outside and squeezing the wood to squeak, two huge palms held her hip and pulled her back into the room.
Damn! It hurt! She almost burst into tears because of the pain. Her breasts probably abraded! Looking up at Meng Ying’s haughty nostrils, she shook the fist at him. How dared he be so rude!
Meng Ying wrapped her small fist with one hand and said in surprise, “Good strength! My fingers are numb now. You are like a tigress.”
He Danggui withdrew her hand and said coldly, “You are a rude man, uninvited and frivolous! Just get out of here. I don’t want to see you now.”
“Give me your letter.” Meng Ying reached out his hand, “I will listen to you to get out of here and deliver the letter for you.”
He Danggui didn’t trust him. Meng Ying was not a gentleman, and maybe he would peek at her letter. So, she refused, “I don’t want to bother you. Getting out of my sight will be helpful enough.”
Meng Ying began to be a scoundrel, “If you don’t let me send your letter, I will not only stay here but also sing aloud in front of your door. When people come here, I will give them a wonderful story.”
He Danggui was silent. Meng Xuan’s brother was a jerk, and this jerk was her bodyguard. Fine! Since her letter meant nothing to others except for Qing’er, let him deliver the letter! If something went wrong, she would send another one tomorrow. So, she handed the envelope to Meng Ying and told him the location of Lu’s Mansion. After Meng Ying left, she could eventually enjoy the tranquility of being alone.
She could only feel being alive outside the Dream. The smell of food, the warmth of the bed, the contact with all kinds of people, and the emotions in her chest all showed that she was alive.
She had really gained a lot from this night, or “this year”. Not only did she gain more than 20,000 liang silver in her account, injecting a sum of money into her “commercial plan”, but also she got rid of a big trouble. After seeing her face under the veil, Zhu Quan would never want to see her again. This thought made her delighted, as if she was walking on a cloud and her bright future was waiting for her.
Moreover, she had not seen Meng Xuan for “a whole year”. She really missed him. When she met him next time, she might fulfil her promise to him in the Dream, leaving Luo’s Family and marrying him. She would love him forever. Although that confession was from the Meng Xuan of three years later, and he might not be as affectionate as he would be in the future for now, she was willing to teach him how to love her. It was her promise.
Flicking the cotton wick of the lantern with a scissor, she smiled slightly and blew out the light. Then she slipped into the warm quilt and gradually fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, she wore light makeup after getting up. She took the remaining snacks as breakfast and put on a veil before hearing the knocks. She opened the door to let in the winter sunlight, filling the entire room. Dust was floating vigorously in the bright light, reflecting her beautiful eyes.
Miss Ji was standing at the door. She had been supervising the repair of Luo’s Family’s ancestral tomb in the suburbs. At the end of last year, several fortune-tellers had predicted the same result that this year, for Luo’s Family, was proper for sacrifice, luck seeking, offspring, building, construction, marriage, and puberty rite. Therefore, Madam Luo decided to hold a great sacrifice ceremony this year. She sent Miss Ji to recruit some craftsmen to build a “Nian Zu Pavilion” outside the town. They even used the stones to repair the ancestral tomb.
Moreover, Luo Baiqiong, Luo Baiji and He Danggui had all passed their marriageable age, which coincided with the prediction. So, Madam Luo had already started picking up a husband for He Danggui since the third day of the Lunar New Year. However, early this morning, the servant came to report that Childe Feng and Childe Ning had both left, but there was a letter for her. Madam Luo opened the letter, which said that they left because of an emergency so that they could not continue the marriage proposal. Madam Luo didn’t need to return the bride-price, and she could just take it as the new year gift. After reading the letter, Madam Luo sighed. She thought the marriage was failed.
At the moment, Miss Ji, who sent the message last night that the ancestral tomb collapsed, came back. She entered the inner hall and told Madam Luo something, which surprised Madam Luo greatly. When Madam Luo thought of the words He Danggui said yesterday that she met her grandfather, Madam Luo guessed various possibilities in her heart. So, she hurriedly sent Miss Ji to take He Danggui to her. She had a few questions for He Danggui.
“Morning.” He Danggui stood up and smiled. “I heard that something happened in the suburbs last night and worry about you and Mommy Tang. Do you have breakfast?”
Miss Ji was a little bit fatter than three years ago, and she even had double chins. She first asked He Danggui about her veil and then asked about her disease. Finally, she approached and whispered to her, “Third Miss, something strange indeed happened to our ancestral tomb. Madam Luo thinks it might be something good. She has called Fortune-teller Li to make a prediction. She wants to know what your grandfather said last night in your dream.”
“I don’t remember it clearly.” He Danggui combed her hair with her hand and said with a smile, “Could you tell me what happened in our ancestral tomb in detail so that I know how to answer Madam Luo?”
Miss Ji lowered her voice and said, “There was heavy rain in the suburbs last night. The rain even washed away several layers of the dirt. Later, light alternated with darkness, even accompanied by an earthquake. Everybody was terrified. Mammy said that the ancestral tomb had collapsed. The rain was so heavy, so we didn’t check the situation before reporting to Madam Luo. That is why she wronged you. I’m sorry.”
“Oh?” He Danggui chuckled, “I am confused. Why?”
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