Chapter 151 Encounter with Lin Xuelan
Chapter 151 Encounter with Lin Xuelan
In order to avoid being seen by someone with ulterior motives, Li Mulan pushed Zhang into the house.
"Okay, Mom, you haven't seen your uncle for many years. Take this opportunity to have a good chat. I'll come pick you up later. Don't worry, it's safe here."
Zhang Kun looked at Li Mulan and nodded to her. Li Mulan then turned and left, closing the door, leaving the space to the brother and sister who had not seen each other for many years.
Knowing what would happen next, Li Mulan left on purpose. She couldn't bear to see her mother crying.
She didn't go anywhere else. She asked the waiter to prepare an ordinary private room for her and drank tea alone.
But the soundproofing of the ordinary private rooms didn't seem to be very good, and she could hear the conversations next door clearly.
"Miss, don't be sad. The second master of the Li family... is probably too busy, so he didn't come to see you."
"It's not that I don't have time, it's just that I don't intend to."
“This person…” The maid gritted her teeth and wanted to curse, but her young lady had been very sad these past few days, so she held back. “No, if the young lady really wants to end things with this person, Xiao Cui will go to the Li Mansion to look for him.”
Lin Xuelan grabbed the maid and said, "Okay, stop interfering."
The one named Xiao Cui felt a little uncomfortable, "But he made the young lady so sad..."
"That was my own choice, I can't blame anyone else."
"Why don't you blame him? Back then, the young lady managed to avoid the master's eyes and found someone to go to Mobei, and gave money and gifts to the second master of the Li family. But he directly sent someone to tell him that he wanted to cancel the engagement and refused to accept anything. He refused to accept anything the young lady had sent him for several years in a row, but the young lady still didn't give up and spent a lot of money to find someone to go between them and protect them. Now that she has finally returned, he..."
Li Mulan in the next box paused while drinking water. Haha, she was eating the melon and it was her family that was being eaten. The person next door must be her future second aunt...
"I did this voluntarily. It has nothing to do with Li Xun." Lin Xuelan's face was full of bitterness. Over the years, she had heard too much gossip from outsiders. She could ignore all that, but Li Xun's attitude really made her sad.
"Miss~" Xiao Cui felt sorry for her young lady. Although she had only been with her young lady for a few years, she had heard these things from her sister Xu many times before. Sister Xu used to take care of the young lady personally, and later she got married and had children, and then she came to serve the young lady.
Our young lady is such a good person, why doesn't God open his eyes and let her live such a hard life?
Li Mulan was a little confused. Should she remind them that the soundproofing here was not good? If she reminded them, wouldn't it mean that she had heard their conversation just now? If she didn't remind them, she didn't know if there was anyone in the other box who could hear it. Don't cause unnecessary trouble.
Before she could make a decision, the second brother knocked on the door and said, "Miss Jiu, I brought two portions of the new pastries made in the kitchen. Would you like to try them?"
The people next door must have heard the noise from here and their conversation came to an abrupt end.
Li Mulan opened the door resignedly, "Thank you, little brother."
At this time, the door of the next box was opened, and a maid in pink glared at Li Mulan angrily, "What's wrong with you? You actually eavesdropped, do you have any shame?"
Li Mulan was a little embarrassed, but not angry. After all, she was considered one of our own. She quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, sister. I just arrived at the box, and I didn't know the soundproofing was so poor. I'm really sorry. I accidentally overheard your conversation."
At this time, Lin Xuelan came out of the box, looking a little uncomfortable.
Li Mulan was amazed at the first sight of Lin Xuelan. She was a typical classical beauty. Her skin was whiter than snow, her eyebrows were as green as emerald green, and her eyes were full of charm. She was wearing a white dress, which reminded people of a secluded orchid in a valley, and her temperament was elegant.
"Xiao Cui, don't be rude." Lin Xuelan glanced at Xiao Cui with a warning, and then said to Li Mulan apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was reckless and disturbed the lady's peace."
Li Mulan waved her hands. "It's my fault for not reminding you right away. I just didn't know how to remind you. I hope you won't be angry."
Lin Xuelan's cheeks turned slightly red. The content of the conversation just now... was really embarrassing.
"No wonder girl, why would I be angry? It was just an accident."
Li Mulan wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with Lin Xuelan more, so she directly stated her identity, "I am Li Mulan, and according to seniority, I should call you aunt, but you look really... too young, so I can't say that."
Lin Xuelan paused. Li Mulan, this name sounded familiar. Then she thought of something and looked towards the corner of Li Mulan's eyes. Sure enough, her face turned even redder. It was embarrassing, really too embarrassing.
Li Mulan touched the corner of her eye helplessly. The scar was left there, and she didn't even need to prove her identity. Lin Xuelan must have often visited the Li residence before, otherwise she wouldn't know the scar at the corner of her eye.
"Should I call you Sister Lin? Sister, are you here to eat?"
In order to hide her embarrassment, Lin Xuelan stroked her temples unconsciously, "Or... just call me aunt. Calling me sister doesn't make sense."
Li Mulan smiled brightly, "Then Aunt Lin, would you be so kind as to accompany Lan'er for dinner?"
Lin Xuelan smiled gently, "Okay."
The maid Xiao Cui said nothing at this moment. She knew that she had been reckless just now and looked a little ashamed. She had brought shame to her own mistress.
Li Mulan looked at the waiter and said, "Bring me some of your signature dishes and a pot of osmanthus honey. Oh, and your ginseng chicken soup is great, give me one too."
"Yes, yes, I'll arrange it right away."
Just as the waiter was about to leave, Li Mulan said, "By the way, tell your master that the quality of this box is too poor, and there is no soundproofing. You earn so much money, why are you not willing to spend more money on this?"
The waiter was very upset, "Then... Then I'll tell the shopkeeper about it, haha, tell him about it."
"Well, go down, hurry up, we are all hungry."
"okay."
Lin Xuelan was no longer as reserved as before and said with a smile, "Lan'er is really straightforward."
Li Mulan did not explain her relationship with the restaurant owner, and led Lin Xuelan into the private room, "Aunt Lin, sit down." Then she looked at Xiao Cui behind her, "Is this sister still angry?"
Xiao Cui blushed and looked at Lin Xuelan as if for help.
Lin Xuelan patted the back of her hand and said, "Xiao Cui is impatient, I hope Lan'er won't mind."
"It's okay, it's okay. I like Sister Xiao Cui's personality. She should be like this so that she won't be bullied."
Xiao Cui felt even more embarrassed now. She knew that she had a hot temper and she didn't expect that she would fall into the hands of a noble person this time.
"But I still want to speak up for my second uncle. He really didn't mean to avoid going to Aunt Lin."
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