Chapter 34 Chapter Fourteen

The young master seemed to have forgotten what happened last night, so he brought the photographer from the Governor's Mansion to take pictures of the family the next morning, and asked everyone to put on nice clothes.The underage young masters and young ladies at home were the happiest, and they were no longer able to study at home. They all dressed like ingots, and they flocked to the back garden, making all kinds of naughty pictures.The wives in each house were also happy, and they all said that the eldest young master is really good, he helped the family with affairs in front of him, and was more considerate than the old man.Even Hao Keshi, who never smiled, said with a smile that the prodigal son will not change his money, and the young master is indeed promising.When Hao Keshi said this, the second wife was very moved, and ran around following Hao Keshi, and couldn't stop flattering Hao Keshi for his good advice in the past.Hao Keshi became more and more proud, claiming that she strongly advocated to the old man for the young master to be this helper.

It's just that Nan Rulin was suffering in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, she had to pretend to be smiling.After a night of pondering, Nan Rulin was even more confused about the young master.The eldest young master seemed to want to protect her, he didn't call out the guards to chase Yuan Jizhi last night, but he asked her later, it was fine if she didn't tell her.But the young master finally asked, and when he asked her, he kept staring at her fiercely, which made her afraid.Today's young master is no longer the young master of the past. He has now become his father's assistant, and he is proud to stand on his side to handle affairs.The eldest young master didn't want to arrest her because of his face in the past, but he was able to tell Hao Keshi in private, or tell him that I would arrest her.

Nan Rulin avoided the young master and tried not to meet the young master's gaze. The young master, however, chose to look for Nan Rulin, and after he found it, he asked Nan Rulin to take a few more photos, and said with a smile: "Shi Niang looks the most interesting when reading a book, like a college student." The young master's idea, with a forced smile, took a copy of the fourteenth young master and pretended to take a picture of reading... A few days later, the eldest young master personally delivered the fake photo, pointed to the photo and said to Nan Rulin, "Look, isn't it good?"

Nan Rulin nodded: "Really!" The eldest young master said again: "Shi Niang, if you are photogenic, Jiu Niang will not. Jiu Niang looks old-fashioned in photos..." Nan Rulin saw that the young master was in a good mood, and then thought of what happened that night, and felt that it was not a good idea to keep the young master a secret. Sooner or later, she would have to tell the young master, even if she didn't expect the young master to help her with her future elopement, it was fine. I beg the young master not to speak out.But for a while, he didn't know where to start, so he looked at the royal blue dark flower satin jacket newly worn by the young master and boasted: "This jacket really fits the young master, and people look more energetic when wearing it."

The eldest young master looked at the ground on his body, shook his sleeves and said, "I don't think it's any good, it's really not as comfortable as the cloth robes of heaven! Ten Niang, you don't know, I am the most casual person. , any good clothes would be a waste if I put them on." Nan Rulin said: "It's not easy to be casual in the future, you always help out anyway!" The young master nodded: "That's right, you have to pay attention to your appearance on the scene." At this time, the door was always open, but the young master closed the door behind his back while talking.Nan Rulin instinctively felt that the young master might want to ask about that night, so she thought, it's better if the young master asks first, so as not to be unable to open her mouth.

Sure enough, after the young master closed the door, he said bluntly: "Shi Niang, you can't always keep me in the dark, you have to tell me, who is the person looking for you?" Nan Rulin stared at the eldest young master and said, "Tell you, do you also want me to be the sixth wife, Xiujuan?" The eldest young master said: "You know this, I won't. If I really wanted to harm you, I wouldn't wait until now. I cried out at that time, but you couldn't tell. Besides, it was the first time I met Liu Yuwei on the gazebo. You, I... as I said, when you want to escape, you can find me in Hankou..."

Nan Rulin shook her head: "I believed what you said at the time, but I don't believe it now - now you are not the young master who is the chief, but the young master who is the assistant, how dare I believe you?" The young master sighed: "Shi Niang, what you said makes sense, but... it's just that you don't understand my heart, I... I won't be able to explain it clearly to you in a while." The young master didn't know why. She blushed, as if she had committed a crime, "I... Let me put it this way, I can't stand and hate this family as much as you do."

Nan Rulin raised her face: "What do you hate?" The young master said: "You don't even need to ask? I hate everything, but I hate my father the most. This old man tried his best to please his concubine, and forced me to arrange so many wives! Do you think I want so many wives? I was ignorant in the past Now, I'm twenty-eight, and he found me a sixteen-year-old mother, what do you mean by that? It's not nice to say, the old man is holding the coffin with his hands and humiliating others!" Seeing that the young master spoke sincerely, Nan Rulin also said sincerely: "It's good that you know, Hao's mansion is really a big coffin, and the living people inside want to crawl out, why do you still want to get in?"

The young master looked at Nan Rulin and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything. Nan Rulin pondered for a while, then said: "I'm not going to hide anything from you now. Let me tell you the truth, not only me, but all the wives in Hao Mansion are like this! Ninth wife Ruifang and the guards Captain Wang is fine, I’m afraid he’s ready to escape at any time. The fourth wife and the eighth wife took out the old man’s money to buy Hao Baochuan’s five-five treasury coupons, and they also kept a way out. No one thought of guarding Hao’s mansion. lifetime." Surprise appeared on the young master's face: "It's all... all reached this point?"

Nan Rulin said, "Hasn't it reached this point?" The young master sighed: "Actually... Actually, I should have thought of it long ago..." Nan Rulin regarded the young master as a confidant, and said softly to the young master, "You really are, why do you need to stay here as a helper? Why don't you go to Hankou to find Liu Yuwei and live a free life? You don't know, You and Liu Yuwei have made many people jealous!" The eldest young master looked up at Nan Rulin in a daze and asked, "Shi Niang, you...do you really want me to go?" Nan Rulin nodded: "It's better to leave than to stay here."

The young master doesn't want to leave. The young master said: "I went to Hankou to look for Liu Yuwei again, didn't I have to turn around again?" Nan Rulin said: "This is different, it's worth it for Liu Yuwei." The young master smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it's too late for me to return to Hankou now..." Nan Rulin said: "It's not too late, Liu Yuwei will definitely miss you in her heart, if you go, she might be so happy!" The young master didn't want to talk any more, so he said perfunctorily, "Let me think about it again!" Nan Rulin knew from the young master's appearance that the young master was reluctant to part with the help he had just hired, but she just pretended not to notice, and still smiled and said, "I'll think about it for three days." She was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's just, no matter you Go or not, the words I told you today cannot be spread, otherwise it will kill people." The young master replied: "This is absolutely impossible." Nan Rulin was worried, and asked the young master to swear, and the young master swore. In the end, the topic of the young master returned to that night, asking who was that person?It was only then that Nan Rulin told Yuan Jizhi. The young master didn't know Yuan Jizhi, so he asked Nan Rulin to tell him what Yuan Jizhi looked like. Nan Rulin embarrassingly gave a rough outline of Yuan Jizhi's appearance, and said angrily, "Young Master, look at you, why are you asking such detailed questions!" The young master asked again: "Is this person reliable?" Nan Rulin thought for a while and said, "People seem to be reliable, but they slipped a bit." The young master said: "Skating is not good. Skating now, I don't know what will happen in the future!" Nan Rulin asked the young master for advice: "Then what do you think should be done?" The eldest young master frowned and said: "You have to be careful about this, you can't take such a big risk for someone who is not worth it, don't you think?" Nan Rulin nodded trustingly. The eldest young master walked around the room for a while, put his chin on his hand and thought for a long time, and finally made a decision: "How about this, Ten Niang, I will get to know the background of Yuan Jizhi and meet him sometime."