latelenovela Chapter 198: She's Good at Changing Her Face
Chapter 198: She's Good at Changing Her Face
"No need. Didn't you just come from the academy? You must be tired. Sit down and rest for a while. I'll be back soon!" Yan Qin said lively, and smiled at Meng Yu: "Xiaoyu, wait for me for a while, I'll be back soon!"
Meng Yu smiled and nodded: "Okay!"
Meng Yu coldly watched Cao Shuqing send Yan Qin away. He knew clearly what was going on. Was he afraid that she would say something bad and wanted to warn her alone?
Watching Yan Qin walk away, Cao Shuqing lowered his voice and said coldly: "Do you regret it?"
This incoherent sentence made Meng Yu look up: "What are you talking about?"
Cao Shuqing stared at her with scrutiny, but saw the child in front of him playing with two round balls the size of eggs. The color was earthy yellow. Was this made of clay?
His eyes froze for a moment, and he felt like he had punched into cotton, and he couldn't help but bite his back teeth.
He thought that the news that he and Yan Qin were going to get engaged had been passed on, and Meng Yu regretted not agreeing to his request.
But he overlooked one thing. The reason he thought so was that he always suspected that Meng Yu was also a person who had been reborn. Now, seeing her having a lot of fun playing with two mud balls, with clear stupidity and simple ignorance in her eyes, he suddenly felt that he was overthinking.
So how could a six-year-old child know what a stupid decision it was to give him up?
He frowned: "What are you doing at Yan's house?"
Meng Yu was unhappy: "This is not your home, why can't I come?"
Cao Shuqing knew that the person in front of him was just a child, but he still couldn't help but boast: "Miss Yan and I are about to get engaged!"
"That has nothing to do with me. Even if you're engaged, you're just the son-in-law of the Yan family. I can still come!"
Cao Shuqing no longer doubted that Meng Yu was reincarnated, but he still remembered what the monk said in his previous life, and he stared at Meng Yu for a long time.
When did she become so fair and beautiful? She looked like a delicate porcelain doll, which was completely different from her previous life of being dusty, pale and skinny.
He even wondered if the Meng Yu in his memory from his previous life was the child in front of him?
After calming down, he frowned and said, "Stop talking nonsense for a while?"
"What?" Meng Yu asked him curiously.
"Just say you don't know me!"
"Oh!" Meng Yu responded casually, and Cao Shuqing nodded with satisfaction. No matter what, she was still so well-behaved, and that was enough.
Later, when he has achieved fame and power, he will think about what happened between them.
Now he had to rely on the Yan family's wealth and proceed step by step. The assets of the richest man in a county would probably allow him to pass the provincial examination safely and open up the connections until he could go to Beijing to take the exam.
Yan Qin just went to give an order and came back soon. She smiled and asked, "I saw you guys were chatting, what were you talking about?"
Cao Shuqing said gently: "Just chatting!"
Meng Yu clearly saw the smile on Cao Shuqing's face when he faced Yan Qin. This man was quite good at changing his expression. She also said naively: "We didn't talk about anything, just chatting. He asked me to say I didn't know him."
Yan Qin was curious: "Why?"
Cao Shuqing was furious: "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever say that?"
Meng Yu curled her lips and said, "You denied I was a puppy. Shame on you!" As she spoke, she slapped herself on the face a few times.
She was not surprised at all. It was ridiculous that he dared to do such a small thing and not take responsibility for it.
Cao Shuqing was very angry, but he couldn't vent his anger. He turned to Yan Qin and smiled: "Aqin, can I take you out to play tomorrow?"
"Really? I need to ask Mom!"
"That's what it should be!"
Cao Shuqing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the matter had been successfully uncovered.
He shouldn't have talked to this little girl.
Yan Qin turned around and asked Meng Yu: "By the way, Xiaoyu, do you know Shuqing?"
"I know you!"
Cao Shuqing's breathing suddenly stagnated.
Meng Yu said openly: "We are from the same village!"
Yan Qin found it very novel: "Is it such a coincidence? Is your village fun? Did you often play together in the past?"
Cao Shuqing chuckled: "I went to private school when I was six years old. She was only two years old at that time. How could we play together?"
Meng Yu also nodded: "Yes, his father is a pig butcher, very fierce, my mother and I were scared at that time. His father also forced me to be his son's child bride, and later forced my mother to be his concubine! I won't play with him!"
"Meng Yufan!" Cao Shuqing was very angry. Was he just a child who spoke without restraint or was he just stupid?
Yan Qin blinked her eyes. Although she was naive, she also knew what a child bride and a concubine were.
She also heard the word "逼" clearly.
The look she gave Cao Shuqing was immediately full of scrutiny.
Cao Shuqing immediately explained: "Aqin, don't get me wrong. My father looks a bit fierce, but he has a good heart. It's just that he means well but ends up doing bad things. When Meng Yufan lived in the village, she and her mother depended on each other for survival and couldn't even get enough food. My father felt sorry for them and wanted to help them as much as possible. His method might be... a bit wrong!"
Wow, you really can say that black is white.
When Yan Qin heard this, she immediately laughed: "So that's how it is!"
"Besides, that was a long time ago," Cao Shuqing sighed softly, looking somewhat sad. "My father died in an accident when I was eight years old! I will never see him again!"
"You... don't be too sad. I'm sure your uncle wouldn't want to see you like this. You should study hard and pass the imperial examinations in the future. This will bring honor to your family and comfort his spirit in heaven."
Cao Shuqing hummed lightly, and said earnestly and gratefully: "Aqin, you are so kind! I will work hard!"
He glanced at Meng Yu again and said, "Before, I told Meng Yufan to say that he didn't know me because my father had some misunderstandings with her family back then. It's hard to explain."
Yan Qin suddenly felt that she understood.
She tugged at Cao Shuqing's sleeve: "Ayu is very cute. She is still young. She will understand when she grows up."
Cao Shuqing looked at her with gentle and focused eyes: "Aqin, thank you!"
Meng Yu: “…”
It is said that children in ancient times matured precociously. Cao Shuqing is a reborn dog, so his precocity is understandable, but Yan Qin is only ten years old!
However, she saw the clarity, simplicity and purity in Yan Qin's eyes, and although that look showed goodwill, it did not contain anything else but more of sympathy, and she understood.
Yan Qin had a crush on Cao Shuqing, and now she even had sympathy for him, but after all, she was still young, and it hadn't risen to the level of a romantic relationship. Probably because she knew that the two were going to get engaged, she was more dependent on him and close to him.
This is the visual effect of the little white rabbit and the big bad wolf.
Meng Yu complained in his heart while playing with a small mud ball, which made a banging sound.
Cao Shuqing was afraid that Meng Yu would say something that he would have trouble explaining away, but then he thought that apart from the matter of the child bride and wanting Zhao Susu to be a concubine, there was nothing else he was afraid of Meng Yu saying.
Besides, his father is dead, so he can get away with it by just saying he didn't know.