The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 482: A Survival Guide for Women in the Old Republic of China (21)

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Cao Wanning raised his lips slightly, and asked knowingly with a half-smile, "Oh, by the way, this should be the first time you see my daughter!

Look at your expression, your eyes are fixed on her, is it possible that you have never seen such a petite and cute girl before?"

"No...no!" Cao Ce immediately denied it, then took the cup of water handed over by Cao Quan, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, trying to cover up his embarrassment and awkwardness.

Just then, Wu Wenyue, who had learned that her husband had returned home, hurried downstairs.

Although her Wu family could be considered a wealthy family, her father had received a period of Western education and was relatively open-minded, so he did not let Wu Wenyue bind her feet.

Just now she came up the stairs slowly, her steps were slow, actually she did it on purpose;

When she heard that her husband Cao Ce had returned, she moved very quickly and appeared in the spacious and bright hall of Cao's house in the blink of an eye.

Cao Wanning's eyes moved, taking it all in.

I saw my sister-in-law Wu Wenyue walking down the stairs gracefully, whispering a few words to the servant beside her. The servant nodded, then turned around, went upstairs to get a cloth bag, and left quickly.

After arriving at the Cao family's hall, Wu Wenyue obviously slowed down her pace.

She came to Cao Ce with light lotus steps and said gently, "Master, you are back. Why are you back so early today? It's not even noon yet!"

Cao Ce glanced at his wife and said, "I heard from the people sent by Cao Quan that Wan Ning had arrived, so I came back to see him."

Then he looked at Cao Wanning, smiled and said, "Wanning! It's a rare visit for you, you should stay a little longer. We haven't seen each other for several years."

When he was about to say something, he glanced and saw his son, Cao Shixun, who was about to sneak away. Cao Ce's face turned serious and he shouted sternly: "Stop, where are you hiding?"

Although Cao Shixun was arrogant towards the fourth concubine just now, when he saw his father, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. He smiled and said, "Dad, I don't want to hide! It's just that you elders are chatting, and I can't interrupt. I want to go back to my room first."

"Go back to your room?" Cao Ce raised his eyebrows. "I don't need to remind you! You should be at school at this time. What room are you going back to?"

Cao Shixun's expression froze, but he immediately thought of the "reason" for his appearance here. He stood next to Su Xiangran and hugged her into his arms again: "I came back specially because my cousin told me that Xiaoran would come to our house today.

Besides, if I hadn’t come back quickly, she would have been bullied.”

"Bullying?" Cao Ce's eyes swept over several people in the hall, "Who is so bold as to bully my niece in my own home?"

The fourth concubine, who had thought that the matter was over, began to turn pale. Only then did she realize that she seemed to have really offended someone she shouldn't have offended.

"Master, don't be angry." How could Wu Wenyue miss such a good opportunity? "Fourth sister is younger, and you have spoiled her more recently, so it is inevitable that she will be less cautious in her actions.

Why should she be punished? Besides, she just saw that the clothes Wan Ning and her daughter were wearing were half-new, so she made a mistake. "

Cao Wanning glanced at Wu Wenyue obliquely. As expected of someone from the Wu family, she managed to confuse several people with just a few words.

The fourth concubine was arrogant and spoiled because of her favor.

Cao Wanning deliberately wore old clothes to gain sympathy.

Butler Cao Quan did not fulfill his responsibility to remind.

It turned out that Wu Wenyue was the cleanest one, and at most her fault was that she did not arrive at the scene in time to deal with the matter.

Thinking of this, Cao Wanning wanted to say a few words to reverse the situation that was unfavorable to him.

"Is this dress old?" Su Xiangran, who was held in Cao Shixun's arms, suddenly spoke. She looked at Cao Ce with an aggrieved expression, then immediately lowered her head and pointed her fingers helplessly.

Then Su Xiangran took a deep breath, and as if she had mustered up the courage to speak, "Uncle, don't blame mother, I chose this dress. Mother said that uncle likes blue, and I didn't pay attention to whether the dress was new or old."

Cao Ce never liked the color blue. What he liked was the person who liked to wear plain clothes with blue flowers.

Many people present knew the reason, but no one among them would deliberately expose it.

"How can you talk nonsense, kid?" The stupidity of the fourth concubine once again refreshed Cao Wanning's perception of his brother's taste. She said smugly, "When has the master ever liked the color blue?"

Wu Wenyue curled her lips, knowing that this man was useless. She turned to Cao Ce and said with a smile: "Master, please have a good talk with Wan Ning and the others first.

I'll go to the kitchen and ask the servants to prepare it more carefully."

After saying that, she walked towards the kitchen, and Cao Quan followed her and went to the kitchen together.

"Come to uncle." Cao Ce smiled and waved at Su Xiangran who was in his son Cao Shixun's arms, "Xiao Ran, you are so smart. Uncle likes blue."