NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22
Chapter 22 – Vicious And Sick ②
Ai Qian glanced at the cup in fear, and refused: “Thank you, no need.”
Lu Ange looked at her with puzzled eyes, and Ai Qian coughed dryly and said, “That…the doctor said I can’t drink cold water.”
Lu Ange nodded understandingly, it’s normal not to drink cold water when sick. He happened to be hungry right now, and originally planned to come to the kitchen to grab two steamed buns to eat, but who knew that the Bai Mansion didn’t have the habit of leftovers, and there was nothing in the kitchen except raw meat and lettuce.
Ai Qian looked at him and felt that she might not need to wake up Xiao Xing, she said, “Why don’t you help me boil the water.”
Lu Ange was silent, he was boiling water in the kitchen, what if soldiers were attracted?
At this time, a few soldiers came outside and shouted towards the kitchen, “Who’s in there?”
Ai Qian thought that it was not easy for him to steal food in the kitchen in the middle of the night, so she should help him, so she smiled at Lu Ange, walked out of the kitchen and said, “Xiaoxing and I are boiling water in the kitchen.”
When the soldiers saw that she was a young lady, they didn’t dare to say anything and left in a hurry. Ai Qian walked in and said, “They’re gone, you boil the water.”
So Lu Ange, who went to the White House to steal food by the way, boiled water for Ai Qian inexplicably.
The firewood in Baifu is all good firewood sent, which is forbidden to burn and easy to light. After a while, a pot of boiling water was boiled. Lu Ange looked at Ai Qian scalding the teacup with boiling water, thinking that all the servants in the White Mansion are so particular?
Ai Qian turned her head and said, “What are you looking at me for? Aren’t you eating? Eat.”
Lu Ange said indifferently: “Do you see anything edible here?”
Speaking of this, Lu Ange suddenly realized that even if there is no cooked food to eat, he can cook it. Sneaking into the White Mansion’s kitchen and making a big show of cooking seems quite exciting. He brought bacon and some vegetables over, and said to Ai Qian, “You cook, and I’ll light the fire.”
Ai Qian looked at him incredulously, “You let me cook?”
Lu Ange: “I’ve boiled water for you, what’s wrong with you cooking for me?”
Essie: “You don’t know I’m…”
“Stop talking nonsense.” Lu Ange said, “I’m starving to death.”
Essie: “…”
Ai Qian finally realized that something was wrong, belatedly, would the servants of the White Mansion not recognize her? She asked Guaiguai, “Is this person coming in from outside to steal things?”
“You can also say that.” Obediently said: “But he has an even more extraordinary identity.”
“What identity?”
“Master.”
“…”
“I rely on you, why didn’t you say it earlier?” I just said why a servant is so handsome, it turns out to be the male lead…
Lu Ange stared at Ai Qian with such complex eyes for a long time, and finally asked a word: “You don’t know how to cook, do you?”
“I will!” How could the hero refuse the request, Ai Qian rolled up her sleeves and said, “What do you want to eat? I can do anything!”
Bai Xunmei can’t cook, but Ai Qian can.
Ai Qian did what she said, rolled up her sleeves and made two dishes and one soup for Lu Ange, and there were meat and vegetables. Lu Ange has been homeless for a long time, often unable to eat a single meal a day, and now the next person is eating steaming two dishes and one soup, so happy that he is about to cry.
Ai Qian looked at Lu Ange who was devoting herself to eating, and asked cautiously, “Is it delicious?”
Lu Ange raised his head and commented reservedly: “It’s not bad.”
Essie: “…”
If he wasn’t the male lead, Ai Qian would have chopped off his head with a spatula by now. Ai Qian endured it for a while, and told herself that this is the male protagonist that she wrote, and that she wrote it by herself, and that he will not hesitate to kill you when he becomes so powerful in the future. Thinking of this, Ai Qian could finally say calmly: “I’m really sorry, how about I do it again?”
Lu Ange felt that the girl in front of her was really pitiful. She lost her temper after being persecuted by the Bai family. The Bai family is so hateful.
Lu Ange took a deep look at Ai Qian and promised, “Don’t worry, I will rescue you sooner or later.”
Ai Qian: “…” Thank goodness you didn’t kill me.
After tossing for a long time, Ai Qian finally returned to her room in fear. She knew that Lu Ange had come to inquire before entering the White Mansion, but she never expected to run into him as soon as she went out. Essie shivered under the blanket, and developed a high fever early the next morning.
Bai Yuan hurried over to see his precious daughter, and was furious at the doctor, “Didn’t she say that she has been in better health recently? Why is she having a fever again?”
The doctor was terrified by the Bai warlord and said tremblingly: “Miss Bai caught a cold last night.”
Bai Yuan glared at Xiao Xing, “How do you take care of Miss?”
Xiaoxing knelt down and began to wipe away tears.
“It’s useless.” Bai Yuan walked around the room twice and said, “You don’t have to wait on Miss.”
Xiao Xing’s little face turned pale in fright, Ai Qian opened her eyes in illness, and said, “Don’t, don’t, don’t…”
“Good girl.” Bai Yuan immediately approached with a kind face and said, “What does good girl want?”
Essie: “Little Star…”
Bai Yuan: “Don’t worry, I’ll get Xiaoxing away right away.”
“No…cough cough cough…” Ai Qian said with difficulty: “I want Xiao Xing.”
“I want Xiao Xing.” Bai Yuan said sadly, “You always get sick like this, Dad will be scared to death by you.”
As soon as Lu Ange entered the White Mansion, he was startled by the distress on everyone’s faces. Bai Yuan’s adjutant said worriedly: “Miss is sick again, and the commander’s hair is going to be gray again.”
Lu Ange said, “Miss Bai…does she often get sick?”
“The weak disease brought out of the mother’s womb has been treated with medicine for more than ten years, and it is always bad.” The adjutant sighed, and suddenly remembered something and said: “You enter the White House as a clerk. If you have nothing to do, don’t show it in front of the lady.” Dangyou, Miss has a bad temper.”
Lu Ange said in his heart that he was not in good health and had a bad temper, so he was so angry that he took revenge on himself.
Ai Qian had been sick for half a month with this illness, and half a month later she finally came out of the room, trembling and weak. Xiao Xing supported Ai Qian and said, “Where does Miss want to go?”
As soon as she heard this, Ai Qian began to cry. There are so many villains in this novel, why do I choose to be Bai Xunmei, and get sick every now and then? Where are you going to play? I don’t know how long I will be sick after playing this game.
Ai Qian said pitifully, “Where can I play?”
Xiao Xing stopped asking this question, Xiao Xing thought for a while and said: “The lotus in the mansion is blooming, miss, do you want to go and have a look?”
When Ai Qian arrived at the lake, she realized that the so-called lotus bloomed meant that one or two lotus flowers had already bloomed, and the rest were all thin flower buds.
Fortunately, there is no wind today, and Ai Qian feels comfortable watching by the lake. She stood for a while and felt a little tired, so she said, “Go ask someone to bring a deck chair, I want to lie down and watch the lotus.”
“Hey.” Xiaoxing went immediately, thinking that it would not be enough to just have a reclining chair. Miss’s cloak and tea and snacks must be indispensable, she knows Miss too well.
Lu Ange worked as a clerk in the Baifu for half a month, but he never found any chance to get close to Bai Yuan. After sending the telegram that day, he wanted to go out for a stroll after lunch. This lake is the only place worth strolling in the entire Baifu. At this time, the lake is full of pretty flower bones, which look very elegant. Lu Ange circled the lake, and then he saw Aixi standing by the lake and playing hache.
He recognized at a glance that this was the girl who cooked for him that night, and seeing her now always felt a sense of disobedience. Ai Qian opened her mouth wide and hiccuped while looking around, and then she saw Lu Ange in military uniform.
“…”
Lu Ange wondered if he should go up to say hello, Ai Qian thought it would be too bad if he saw her, and if she wanted to kill herself in the future, she wouldn’t recognize the wrong person.
While thinking wildly, Lu Ange raised his leg and walked over and said, “Are you coming to see the lotus too?”
Essie: “…” What should I do? He leaned over, what if Xiao Xing came over and called out his identity?
Lu Ange took a step closer, and Ai Qian immediately took a step back. It was only then that Lu Ange discovered the difference in Ai Qian, the clothes Ai Qian was wearing were not affordable for a servant. Lu Ange subconsciously began to guess Ai Qian’s identity. She is not a servant at this age. Only Bai Yuan’s daughter Bai Xunmei and the new aunt Twelve are the only people who meet this requirement in the entire White Mansion.
Bai Xunmei is a young lady with bad health and bad temper, how could she know how to cook, so Lu Ange guessed that the person in front of her was the legendary twelfth concubine who was forced into the mansion by Bai Yuanwei.
Ai Qian was still looking at Lu Ange nervously, suddenly Lu Ange’s eyes changed, looking at Ai Qian full of sympathy.
Ai Qian: “…” Ai Qian thought to himself what was he thinking? Could it be that you are thinking about **** me in the future, so you look at yourself with sympathy now? Does he know his identity?
“Ahem.” Lu Ange said seriously, “You don’t have to be so nervous, I won’t tell anyone what happened that night.”
Ai Qian looked at him blankly, what does this mean? How do you make it seem like there is something shameful? The person who should be worried should be yourself.
Ai Qian asked after thinking about it: “Aren’t you a helper in the kitchen, why are you wearing a military uniform?”
Lu Ange didn’t take it seriously at all, and asked instead: “Aren’t you a servant of the White House, why are you wearing such expensive clothes?”
Ai Qian thought to herself, when did I say that I was a servant? Lu Ange’s tone was a bit strange. Ai Qian wanted to find out whether he had figured out her identity, so she said, “You…know my identity?”
Seeing Ai Qian’s nervous expression, Lu Ange’s heart was filled with hatred towards Bai Yuan. For such a young girl, who is about the same age as his daughter, Bai Yuan, a beast, can do it. Lu Ange nodded sadly, “I see.”
Ai Qian’s face turned pale, and she thought it was over, and he would definitely not let her go. She looked at Lu Ange in horror and said, “I…I am innocent, you can’t…”
“Don’t worry.” Lu Ange suddenly put his hand on Ai Qian’s shoulder, “I won’t look down on you.”
Essie: “Huh?”
“It’s not your fault, it’s all Bai Yuan’s beast.” Lu Ange’s tone was full of hope, “You have to believe that this kind of life won’t last forever, and sooner or later you will be free.”
Essie: “…” What the **** is he talking about? Why can’t I understand a word?
Ai Qian felt that he might have recognized the wrong person. Who did he recognize himself as that would make him speak like this? Ai Qian said: “You… really know who I am?”
Just as Lu Ange was about to say something, Xiaoxing brought a group of people over there. Ai Qian became nervous, but she didn’t know that Lu Ange was even more nervous than her. He said: “Someone is here, I’ll go first. Don’t worry, I will never tell others what we talked about today.”
After Lu Ange finished speaking, he turned around and quickly disappeared on the other side of the lotus pond. Xiaoxing came over panting with his cloak in hand, “Miss, everything has been brought here, you can lie down and watch the lotus.”
Because she met Lu Ange suddenly, Ai Qian didn’t care about looking at the lotus. She waved her hands very tiredly and said, “I don’t want to read it, I want to go back.”
“Ah?” Xiaoxing stared at Ai Qian with wide eyes, and then came back to his senses. She told herself in her heart, after serving Miss for so long, haven’t you gotten used to Miss’s moodiness and capriciousness?
Xiao Xing waved his hands to a group of people carrying deck chairs and tables behind him, “Take them all back, Miss doesn’t want it anymore.”
Ai Qian walked back, Xiao Xing doggedly followed Ai Qian and said, “Miss, are you tired? Is there anything you want to eat?”
Ai Qian wanted to eat a little too much, she said: “I want to eat everything.”
“Then I’ll ask the cook to cook more delicious food.” Xiao Xing said happily, “Miss has an appetite to eat, and her body will recover naturally.”
Ai Qian thought that Bai Xunmei’s body might not get better, she stopped, and saw a group of people in front of her surrounded by a young woman. The woman was dressed gorgeously, and her whole face was full of pride and complacency.
Ai Qian asked strangely: “Who is that? Why haven’t I seen it before?”
Xiao Xing said: “Miss, you forgot, this is the new twelfth concubine.”
“Aunt Twelve?” Ai Qian remembered that when she was lying on the bed recuperating, she heard Xiao Xing say about this person. It is said that she was a girl from a small family and a good family. She didn’t want to be Bai Yuan’s concubine. It doesn’t look like he is unwilling to die now.
Ai Qian wondered: “Didn’t you say that she doesn’t want to marry my dad?”
“Yes, there was a lot of trouble in the first few days when I first entered the mansion.” Xiaoxing said with a look of disdain: “Later, the master tidied her up for a few days and gave her many clothes and jewelry that she had never used. I’m proud of it.”
“…” It seems that there are not many people in this world who can still insist on themselves under the temptation of money and power. Ai Qian sighed, thinking that there are really few people who treat money like dung like herself.
Lu Ange walked around to the other side of the lotus lake, and was about to go back and finish the work at hand. As long as he shows his ability, Bai Yuan will take a fancy to him, and he can get close to Bai Yuan. On the way back, Lu Ange saw a group of people walking past a young woman ostentatiously surrounding her. This must be Bai Xunmei.
People outside all pass Bai Xunmei as a stunning sick beauty like Lin Daiyu, and only after seeing her do they realize that she is nothing more than that, not as good as that girl who cooks deliciously.
Lu Ange watched the group of people walk away from a distance, staring at the lotus leaf of the lake as if afraid of dirtying his eyes. He remembered that day, when he came back from school that day, he found something wrong in the village far away.
This country has been in turmoil for a long time, and Lu Ange was thankful that his home was in a remote village instead of in the city. The ancestors of the Lu family were also officials, so they bought a lot of land in the village. Later, when the empire perished, the Lu family lived in the village. His father taught, and his mother was also a lady, and the family lived a very leisurely life guarding the fields.
Near the school, he saw Luan Hong, whom he had met once when he was a child, and was about to go back to celebrate his father’s birthday, and let the troupe of Luan Hong come to the village to sing for two days.
Sitting in a small boat, he gradually approached the village, and then he saw the corpses by the river and the blood that hadn’t flowed down the river.
He no longer remembers how he got into the village. He only remembers when he knelt in front of his parents’ dead bodies in a daze. So he was killed and robbed of his family’s wealth.
The leader said that they belonged to Commander Bai.
How many white commanders are here?
The adjutant saw Lu Ange standing by the lake in a daze from afar, he walked over and gave Lu Ange a push, and said, “What are you thinking, you look so ugly?”
“Ah?” Lu Ange came back to his senses, he managed to ease his expression, and said, “It’s nothing.”
The adjutant laughed and said, “The big man is staring at the flowers in a daze, is he missing a woman?”
“No.” Lu Ange smiled and said, “I’m just homesick.”
“What about your family?” The adjutant said, “Would you like me to help you rent a house in the city and bring your family to live here?”
“No need.” Lu Ange said, “It’s really no need, my family members are all dead.”
Looking at Lu Ange’s dark eyes, the adjutant suddenly felt a little nervous, why is this kid so weird?
The adjutant left because he still had something to do, and Lu Ange walked quietly to his place of residence. He felt that he was not brave enough, even if he was to assassinate Bai Yuan, he still wanted to escape as much as possible. I don’t know why, probably because he knows that even if Bai Yuan is killed, there will still be countless Bai Yuan in this world.
Because of the encounter with Lu Ange by the lake, Ai Qian dared not go out for a walk in the next few days. After that, she finally couldn’t take it anymore. Although she was a house girl, it was when there was an Internet and a mobile phone. In this environment, Essie felt that she might be stupid if she stayed like this.
Xiao Xing took out the embroidery tools and said, “Miss, why don’t you embroider.”
Ai Qian looked at her in fear, “You don’t want to do it anymore?”
Xiao Xing said aggrievedly: “Then what do you want to do, miss?”
“Let’s go for a walk.” After thinking for a while, he added, “Go to a place with few people.”
Where there are few people in the Baifu, there is only the backyard. Fortunately, the yard is not small, and the antique houses in the backyard look quite interesting. Although Xiaoxing doesn’t know what’s so good about these houses, as long as the young lady likes it, she is willing to watch it with her.
The two of them wandered to the wall unknowingly. Through the fan-shaped flower window, Ai Qian seemed to be watching a figure pass by. She pointed there and said, “Did you see anyone walking past just now?”
“No.” Xiao Xing said: “Behind the wall is the street, so it’s not surprising that someone walked past.”
Ai Qian felt strange in her heart. Of course, it was normal for people to pass by on the street, but if it wasn’t raining and the sun wasn’t shining, would anyone walk against the walls of other people’s houses?
As she thought about it, she walked in that direction, and after a while, she heard a voice, the voice was not very loud, but very penetrating.
Xiao Xing said with a smile: “Someone is singing an opera, Miss, do you want to listen to an opera?”
The song is about Su Sanli leaving Hongdong County. People like Ai Qian who have never heard of opera can feel that the song is very good. At this time, someone came over, Ai Qian took a closer look and found that it was Lu Ange, she was so scared that she was sweating and quickly stepped back to hide behind the rockery.
Lu Ange stood at the base of the wall, listened quietly for a while, then stretched out his hand to pat twice, and the singing outside stopped. Ai Qian knew who the person outside was, it was Luan Hong, the heroine of this article.
At this time, most of the opera singers are still men, and there are not many women who sing opera very well like Luanhong. Although the figure that flashed by just now is not very clear, such a thin figure is not something a man would have.
Lu Ange left after a while, and Ai Qian knew that he was out to meet Luanhong.
Xiao Xing said excitedly as if he knew some terrible secret: “Miss, this is a tip-off, just like in the opera, it is called a signal like a bird, let’s go and tell the master.”
Ai Qian turned her head and stared at Xiao Xing viciously, saying, “What nonsense are you talking about? Don’t tell this matter, or I’ll blow your head off!”
Xiao Xing looked at Ai Qian with aggrieved and fearful eyes, Ai Qian wanted to know if Luan Hong was looking for Lu Ange because the Revolutionary Party wanted to cooperate with Bai Yuan. She said to Xiao Xing: “Do you know where the Tibetan Flower Troupe is?”
Xiaoxing nodded aggrieved: “I know.”
“take me.”
Unexpectedly, Ai Qian overestimated herself. She sneaked out like this, and she was exhausted after a short time. Bai Xunmei’s physical fitness is too poor, and Xiaoxing worried when she saw Ai Qian’s weak appearance: “Why don’t you go back, Miss, if you want to watch a play, you can invite the troupe into the house.”
Ai Qian also felt that she might not be able to do anything like eavesdropping and inquiring about the news. She waved her hand, “Help me up, I’m going back, I’m sweating so much, I feel like I’m going to be sick again.”
As soon as the two turned around, they heard a surprised voice behind them: “Cousin?!”
Ai Qian turned around: “???”
A young man wearing a snow-white shirt and an open black vest, with his hair brushed and shiny, walked over in small steps. The young man’s skin was originally dark, but he applied a thick layer of pomade and combed his hair to a point. With the aesthetics at this time, it was already very modern, but Ai Qian looked at him but only wanted to cover her eyes to prevent being blinded by the heat.
He called himself his cousin, and Essie was trying to remember who this cousin was.
He heard this man say: “Cousin, I have already sent away the few women I raised outside, can you agree to my marriage proposal now?”
Essie: “!!”