Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 422: Clear calculation vs secret calculations

Ju Li led Lian Fang Zhou into the temple through the back door and straight to a small secluded courtyard.

Pushing open the courtyard door and entering, Lian Fang Zhou saw Su Xin’er standing in front of a cluster of yellow chrysanthemums in a courtyard, as if she was appreciating the flowers.

Compared to before, Su Xin’er seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
She was silent, standing in front of the half-opened and wilted chrysanthemums.
The back of her goose-yellow skirt looked a bit desolate.

Even her hair was in a simple bun, with only two small flowers and a jade hair pin strung with pearls.
Such a simple decoration would have been impossible to see on Su Xin’er in the past.

Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t help blinking.
She couldn’t believe that this was the domineering Su Xin’er!

She sighed inwardly.
It seemed that the young lady liked Cui Shao Xi very much! Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so hurt.

It was just that Cui Shao Xi was not a person easily moved by others.
He was also very willful! If he didn’t like something, he didn’t like it.
If Su Xin’er could not overcome this hurdle on her own, she was destined to live a life of pain and entanglement.

However, these were not things that Lian Fang Zhou could worry about it.
She could only sigh in her heart.

What she was interested in now was, why did Su Xin’er want to see her?

“Miss! Miss Lian is here!” Ju Li said loudly, rushing forward to greet Su Xin’er’s back respectfully.

Su Xin’er’s body seemed to stiffen for a moment before she turned around slowly, her eyes fixing on Lian Fang Zhou.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled politely.
“Young Lady Su.
Are you looking for me for something?” Stepping forward, she greeted her.

Su Xin’er was expressionless, staring at Lian Fang Zhou for a long time.
Lian Fang Zhou hooked her lips and chuckled softly.

She didn’t know whether to laugh because there was no smile on Su Xin’er face.

“I really can’t see what you have to be worthy of Cousin! Cousin, what does he like about you?”

Sure enough, as soon as she opened her mouth, she was talking about Cui Shao Xi.

“Young Lady Su, there is nothing between me and Young Master Cui.
I think you have misunderstood!” Lian Fang Zhou said calmly.

Lian Fang Zhou’s words, Su Xin’er neither believed or refuted.
She just smiled and said: “Lian Fang Zhou, whether I believe you or not, my cousin treats me like this now.
It’s because of you that he won’t even give me a chance.
You can’t deny this, can you?”

Lian Fang Zhou was at a loss for words.
If she really wanted to deny it, she couldn’t.

However, she was still just an innocent bystander.
After all, what Cui Shao Xi did or how he treated Su Xin’er was not something she could decide or control!

“Young Lady Su, you—”

“You don’t need to say anymore!” Su Xin’er interrupted her with a flutter of her sleeves, her small and clean chin raised arrogantly.
Coldly, she said: “All in all, my heart is very unhappy! It’s been a long time since I couldn’t be happy and it’s all because of you! So I won’t let you have a better time!”

Her expression suddenly because hideous, her eyes surging like waves and flashing with unnatural light! The corner of her lips twitched, revealing a strange and cruel smile.

Lian Fang Zhou’s back went cold and she instinctively took two steps back.
Staring at her, she said: “What do you want to do?”

“What do I want to do?” The waves in Su Xin’er eyes became more and more intense.
In a shrill voice, she said: “I want you to be unlucky! I want you to be trampled from now on! I want you to never appear in front of my cousin again in this life!”

After speaking, she shouted loudly: “You guys aren’t moving yet? What are you waiting for!”

Lian Fang Zhou didn’t have time to speak before five strong, thick, middle-aged women rushed out and grabbed her, stuffing a ball of cloth in her mouth before she could shout.

Lian Fang Zhou looked terrified, staring at Su Xin’er with wide eyes.

The smile on Su Xin’er face became even crueler, making her look completely mad.

She giggled and raised her eyebrows at Lian Fang Zhou, smiling: “Look how easy it is to deal with you! I’ve spent my efforts in vain!”

Su Xin’er hated her so much that after speaking, she didn’t want to look at her anymore.
Turning away, she said coldly: “Take her away!”

The rough servants smiled and pushed Lian Fang Zhou out of the courtyard.

Ju Li had not known why Su Xin’er wanted to speak to Lian Fang Zhou and was naturally stunned as she stood to the side and watched.

Only after Lian Fang Zhou was gone did she come back to her senses and hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, whispering uncomfortably: “Young lady… this… won’t this cause problems?”

“What?” Su Xin’er’s eyes were sharp as she stared at her, her tone icy.

Ju Li’s neck shrunk and her heart sank, chilled.
Hurriedly, she said: “It’s nothing, it’s nothing! This servant, this servant misspoke! This servant deserves to die! Deserves to die!” The young lady’s temperament had changed greatly.
She was no longer the little young miss she used to be.
It was better not to provoke her recklessly.

Anyways, no matter what happened to Lian Fang Zhou, it was decided by the young lady, so no one could blame her maid…

“Hmph!” Su Xin’er hummed coldly.
“If you don’t know how to speak, then don’t! Keep your mouth shut, don’t talk nonsense!”

“Yes, yes, this servant remembers!” Ju Li didn’t dare to argue.

Su Xin’er didn’t seem to hear her.
She looked up to the sky as if in a daze, her mind far away.

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The rough servants took Lian Fang Zhou to another courtyard with letting her feet touch the ground and pushed her into a room, closing the door behind them.

At this moment, Lian Fang Zhou did not only have a cloth ball in her mouth, but was also tied like a zongzi, and she fell to the carpet with a thump.

Looking around the room with half-squinted eyes, it was obvious that this was the best guest room in the temple.
It was well-decorated and spacious and there were several rooms leading off into other places.

“Miss Lian, we meet again!” A person walked out from behind a pale blue curtain and pursed her thin lips, starting at Lian Fang Zhou on the carpet.

Lian Fang Zhou raised her head to look at her.
It was Zhao Ru Jun.

She had been waiting for her!

Lian Fang Zhou had not expected that Su Xin’er would be united with Zhao Ru Jun again.

Not seeing any terror in Lian Fang Zhou’s eyes, Zhao Ru Jun was a little disappointed.
But on second thought, she would soon suffer enough.
Could she still pretend to be calm then?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ru Jun’s smile deepened, and she squatted down gracefully in front of Lian Fang Zhou.
“You’re not at all curious about what I plan to do to you or what will happen next? Lian Fang Zhou, I don’t believe you are as calm as you appear! Maybe if you obediently kowtow to me three times, I will tell you mercifully.
Though not necessarily!”