Chapter 899: 899 Instigating trouble 2
Li Rong’er choked on his words, her facial expression turning embarrassed, yet she still spoke, “Third Young Master, I originally intended to go to the river bank to wash clothes, but to my surprise, I saw… I saw the Third Young Mistress and Li Gui together, pulling and tugging at each other. Li Gui even gave the Third Young Mistress two taels of silver. I heard Li Gui say he had already given the Third Young Mistress eight taels before.”
Xiao Yuchuan’s eyebrows furrowed at this, glancing at her sidelong, “Is everything you’re saying true?”
“This servant speaks only the truth,” she said with a trembling face, “I wouldn’t dare deceive the Third Young Master even in the slightest.”
“Do you know why Li Gui would give my wife silver?”
Li Rong’er shook her head, “This servant… this servant only heard Li Gui say… he must have the Third Young Mistress…” Hesitating to make the accusation worse, yet fearing Yuchuan’s wrath, her words became extremely cautious.
“That means he hasn’t succeeded, and the dealings between my wife and Li Gui are pure and clean,” Xiao Yuchuan dropped the task at hand, “That bastard Li Gui dares to covet my wife again and again, he’s tired of living!”
After speaking, he stormed out.
“Third Young Master, where are you going?” Li Rong’er asked with a worried face.
“I am going to cripple Li Gui!”
Li Rong’er, watching the figure vanish outside the courtyard door, thought that Xiao Yuchuan was also so impulsive, contrary to her belief that he was ever calm and collected, making her wary whenever she saw him. It seems he was just an impulsive man after all.
Xiao Yuchuan was not simply reacting to the provocation, but had long found Li Gui displeasing and saw today as an opportunity to settle the score with him!
Xiao Yishan had just entered the courtyard from the outside, missing Yuchuan by a step, and seeing Rong’er peering around the doorway, asked coldly, “What happened?”
She approached him, showing concern, “Brother Xiao, why didn’t you rest more in your room instead of going out?”
“The ointment that the third brother prepared works wonders. My knife wound was not severe, and now it’s nearly healed.”
“That’s good to hear.”
“You haven’t said what happened,” he noticed the wooden basin at her waist with the dirty clothes untouched and asked, “Didn’t you go to wash clothes?”
Li Rong’er replied with worry, “Brother Xiao, just now I saw Li Gui give Su Qingyue two taels of silver, and he mentioned he had already given her eight taels before. Li Gui even held Su Qingyue in his arms, touching and kneading her, and she didn’t seem to resist. Li Gui said that sooner or later Su Qingyue would be his. Hearing this, she also had an expression of shy coyness.”
She didn’t dare to speak freely in front of Xiao Yuchuan, fearing his annoyance would make her unable to stay in this household. But in front of Xiao Yishan, she felt no need to hold back her embellishments.
Xiao Yishan’s face turned an iron shade upon hearing this, “How is that possible?”
“I wish I had seen it wrong,” she said with a look of helplessness, “but I saw it clearly at the corner of the fence in front, outsiders all know Su Qingyue is still pure and clean, yet she was hugging and holding…”
The implication was clear: even if Su Qingyue was still a virgin, she was not behaving modestly.
Xiao Yishan’s dark brows almost knotted, “My wife is not that kind of person…”
“Brother Xiao…” she sighed softly, “ten taels of silver. That’s no small sum. Tell me, why would a man give a woman ten taels of silver and moreover, that woman openly accepts it. If you don’t believe me, wait for Su Qingyue to return and ask her if she took Li Gui’s ten taels. Without any sweetness, what man would give money?”