sjar Chapter 249: Driving Lu Zimin Away
Chapter 249: Driving Lu Zimin Away
Xie Jiaojiao looked at her: "Will my wife tell Lu Ziming about this?"
Du Ruo smiled self-deprecatingly: "Tell him what to do. What is the relationship between him and me? He is just a patron of mine."
"My lady, you..."
"Girl, there is a huge gap between him and me. Many people think that I am ignorant. He redeemed me, but I am still here, willing to be a lowly person. But people don't know that he just feels guilty about me and never promised me anything."
Xie Jiaojiao looked at her and saw a bitter smile on her face. She must have felt very bitter in her heart.
Xie Jiaojiao didn't know what to say, so she stood up and said goodbye, bowing slightly to her: "From now on, the sky will be as free as a bird, and I hope you will take care of yourself."
Du Ruo bowed slightly and asked the maid to see her to the door.
Wait until Xie Jiaojiao leaves.
Du Ruo was in the room holding her new identity and pass, tears already on her face.
The next morning, just as Xie Jiaojiao got up, someone came to report that there was a girl outside looking for her.
Xie Jiaojiao thought it was Du Ruo, and hurried out, only to find that it was the maid beside Du Ruo.
When the maid saw her, she handed over the envelope in her hand: "Madam, this is the letter that Madam Du asked me to give you, and the purse."
Xie Jiaojiao took the letter and looked at the purse in her hand, slightly surprised: "Where is your wife?"
The little girl answered, "My wife left early this morning."
"So fast?"
The little girl nodded, her eyes slightly red, obviously she had been crying.
Seeing that she was still carrying a bag, Xie Jiaojiao asked, "Where are you going?"
When she talked about this, tears fell from her eyes, but she smiled: "As soon as the madam left last night, she asked the madam to redeem me. Now I am a good girl. I plan to go back to my hometown to see my parents."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded and immediately took out a few taels of silver from her sleeve and gave it to her.
The little girl refused and bowed slightly to Xie Jiaojiao: "Thank you, Madam, for saving my wife from danger. You are a good person."
Xie Jiaojiao quickly helped her up.
The little girl smiled at her, wiped the tears from her face, said goodbye to Xie Jiaojiao and left.
Xie Jiaojiao watched her leave.
Turning around, Jiang Weinan came over with steamed dumplings in his hand: "Come and have breakfast. After breakfast, I'll take you around Jiangyang Mansion."
In the afternoon, Xie Jiaojiao followed Jiang Weinan to visit Jiangyang Mansion. Just as Old Master Jiang had said before, Jiang Weinan knew where the food was delicious and which wine was tasty. He even knew which place in this huge Jiangyang Mansion had the best rouge and powder.
Jiang Weinan was selecting rouge and powder for Xie Jiaojiao, saying, "My mother used to like their powder. She said it was very delicate and you couldn't even see it when you put it on your face."
Xie Jiaojiao tried it and found it was indeed very delicate, so Jiang Weinan bought her a box anyway.
"You bought these, but I don't usually use them."
Jiang Weinan pouted and said, "It doesn't matter whether you can use it or not, but you have to have it, right?"
Xie Jiaojiao couldn't argue with him, but the boss lady praised him: "This husband is right, he can be seen to be caring! You are so lucky."
As soon as she said this, Jiang Weinan bought a lot more, which made Xie Jiaojiao feel a little bit amused and helpless, while the proprietress smiled so much that her mouth was stretched to her ears.
The two of them had been walking around the streets for a day and had just returned to the inn to rest when they heard the inn's waiter running over in a panic and saying, "Master, Madam, Attorney Lu is here and wants to see you."
Xie Jiaojiao put down what she was holding: "Okay, we'll be there right away."
Jiang Weinan looked at Xie Jiaojiao with some surprise: "Why did he come here?"
"What can we do? It's just that Madam Du left and came to ask us where she went."
The two men arrived at the front hall, and Lu Ziming stood there, looking uncomfortable.
As soon as he saw Xie Jiaojiao and Jiang Weinan, he rushed over.
"Do you know where Ruoniang went?"
Xie Jiaojiao shook her head.
Lu Ziming angrily accused: "Why didn't you tell me when you went to find Ruoniang?"
Jiang Weinan frowned slightly and stood in front of Xie Jiaojiao: "Lv Ziming, although you helped me win the lawsuit, if you speak to my wife like this, don't blame me for being rude!"
Lu Ziming looked at him self-deprecatingly: "Do you know how hard it was for me to find Ruoniang?"
Xie Jiaojiao looked at him with a complicated expression, pushed Jiang Weinan aside, and stood in front of him.
"Since it was so difficult for you to find her, why did you let her suffer so much in the brothel?"
"I let her suffer? I started earning money to redeem her from the second day I found her. It was she who was willing to fall and refused to come out."
Xie Jiaojiao was infuriated by his words. Thinking of Du Ruo, who was cold and fairy-like, she couldn't help but say a few more words: "What do you mean by self-degradation? Lu Ziming, you redeemed her, but have you ever thought about marrying her? Have you ever thought about giving her a new identity and starting over with her?"
"You didn't do any of these, so why are you pretending to be affectionate and infatuated in front of me? If you really like her, know her and understand her, wouldn't you not know what she wants? In this big world, she doesn't even have a place to stay and can only live in a brothel. You actually said that she is willing to degenerate! In fact, after all, you just feel guilty about her. You can't give her what she wants. In this case, now that she is gone, it means that she has let it go. If you can't let it go, go find her if you have the guts! Why are you running here to act wild!"
As soon as Xie Jiaojiao said these words, the entire front hall fell silent and everyone stared at Xie Jiaojiao in a daze.
Lu Ziming was stunned by Xie Jiaojiao's words, and then he shouted: "What do you know! Do you know what happened between Ruoniang and I?"
Xie Jiaojiao didn't want to look at him anymore, and said coldly: "I don't know what happened between you two, but I know that you treated Madam Du like this, otherwise she wouldn't have waited for so many years without any result!"
Lu Ziming was really stunned this time: "What did you say?"
Xie Jiaojiao didn't want to say another word, so she turned around and went back to the backyard.
When Lu Ziming saw Xie Jiaojiao leaving, he hurriedly reached out his hand to hold her back, but was stopped by Jiang Weinan: "Lawyer Lu, please be more respectful!"
Lu Ziming glared at Jiang Weinan.
Jiang Weinan is not afraid of him: "Just as my wife said, if you are sincere to Madam Du, instead of entangled here, you should think about where Madam Du will go and find her yourself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he threw Lu Ziming's hand away and shouted, "Waiter, show me around!"
Then he chased after Xie Jiaojiao without looking back.
Lu Ziming was kicked out of the inn, and he kept saying, "Let me see Xie Jiaojiao again. I'll ask her where Ruoniang went."
The waiter was also somewhat helpless: "Master Lu, our young lady has just said that she doesn't know where Madam Du has gone, but if you really want to find her, go ask somewhere else."