After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

From a distance, I couldn't see her face clearly.

Xiao Yunzheng opened her eyes wide, tried to look forward, rubbed her eyes several times, and couldn't believe what she saw.

"she……"

Everyone knew why she was so shocked, and they all understood what she was hesitant to say.

Because the girl who came back with Xiao Jianting looked so much like Li Yaoyuan, both in figure and temperament, and from a distance, she looked almost exactly like Li Yaoyuan.

Xiao Yunzheng looked at Nian Susu, her eyes still filled with surprise and confusion. She tried to see the same reaction from Nian Susu, or she wanted Nian Susu to explain why.

She even suspected that it was her eldest brother who brought Miss Yu back.

Wang Yuejiao's eyes widened and she could hardly stand.

Xiao Helin walked behind his sister and patted her shoulder to signal her to stay calm.

Xiao Jianting and the girl approached, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The person he brought back was not Li Yaoyuan, but a girl who looked 60% similar to Li Yaoyuan.

The girl was delicate and frail, she moved lightly with lotus steps, and her face showed worry and confusion.

Nian Susu narrowed his eyes and looked at the girl. It was hard for Xiao Jianting to worry about this. Since he could find such a "substitute" who was similar to Li Yaoyuan, it gave him enough reasons to stay in Wujun for half a year and be reluctant to come back. He even bought a house and land for her in Wujun.

As soon as that girl appeared, everyone knew why Xiao Jianting was so determined to stay in Wujun.

Although General Xiao didn't say anything, he felt sorry for his son in his heart. It had been almost a year, and he still couldn't let go. Li Yaoyuan would be the regret of his life.

"Dad." Xiao Jianting took the girl to pay respect to General Xiao first. "Her name is Su Yue. She has been accompanying my son in Wujun for the past six months."

Wang Yuejiao looked at Su Yue with disdain. Apart from her pretty face, she had no outstanding qualities. She even came from a most shameful brothel. How could Su Yue compare to her? Wasn't it because she looked like Li Yaoyuan that Xiao Jianting was so obsessed with her?

However, Wang Yuejiao was not jealous of Su Yue being liked by Xiao Jianting. She just didn't accept it and felt embarrassed. It would be an insult to her if her husband, who had been married to her for half a year, went out and brought back a concubine. So she hated Su Yue.

Su Yue leaned forward and nodded to General Xiao: "I have heard of General Xiao's reputation for a long time. It is true that hearing about him is not as good as seeing him in person. General Xiao is still as majestic as ever."

Wang Yuejiao curled her lips, thinking that Su Yue was very hypocritical. What she hated most were people who flattered her.

General Xiao was so flattered that he couldn't close his mouth. He smiled and said, "You are really good at talking. Since you have followed Jian Ting back, you are a member of our Xiao family. There are not too many complicated rules in the mansion. Just treat the Xiao mansion as your own home."

After all, she was brought back by his son, and General Xiao did not look down on the brothel girls, so his attitude towards Su Yue was quite good, and he treated her as a junior.

A smile appeared on Su Yue's fair face, and she retreated behind Xiao Jianting.

"Cough, cough, cough..." She covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and coughed a few times in suppression.

Nian Susu could see that she was not in good health. Her face was too pale to look like a normal person's. Although she put on rouge to cover up most of the sickness, a person's expression and condition could not be deceived.

Xiao Jianting took off his cloak and covered Su Yue with it, and "blamed" her in a doting tone: "I told you when I came here that Shengjing is not like Wujun, and asked you to wear more clothes, but you didn't listen to me. You will be in trouble if you catch a cold later."

Su Yue held her hands tightly together and let Xiao Jianting tie the laces for her. She smiled with happiness and sweetness in her eyes, "Alas, I am not so weak that I would catch a cold if I was blown by the wind. You are just too concerned."

The interaction between the two was so natural and sweet that even Xiao Yunzheng and Xiao Helin were shocked. They had never seen such a doting expression on their eldest brother's face.

Even when he was with Li Yaoyuan, he was not so tender. Most of his reactions were blushing, embarrassment and shyness, as if he was talking to a girl for the first time.

I didn't expect that after not seeing each other for half a year, the steel had turned into soft silk.

Wang Yuejiao couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and said coldly, "Why are you pretending?"

Su Yue's face froze, and she turned to look at Wang Yuejiao who was standing behind her.

The other people's faces also turned strange. Wang Yuejiao's temper was obvious to everyone, and Su Yue was weak at first glance. She would have to endure the constant encounters with Wang Yuejiao.

When everyone thought that Xiao Jianting would protect Su Yue domineeringly, Su Yue stood up and walked in front of Wang Yuejiao. Instead of getting angry, she bowed to her generously and said, "Meet Madam Xiao."

She called her "Madam Xiao" instead of "Sister", which was already giving Wang Yuejiao a lot of face. She did not disrespect Wang Yuejiao just because Xiao Jianting doted on her. On the contrary, she humbled herself and did not even put herself in the position of a "concubine".

"Because of me, Young Master Xiao hasn't returned home for half a year. It's normal for the Young Madam to be angry. No matter how the Young Madam views Su Yue, Su Yue will bear it." Su Yue said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

If her background wasn't known in advance, no one would have thought that Su Yue came from a brothel. At the very least, she should be a sensible lady.

Wang Yuejiao saw that Su Yue was not angry at all and was very respectful to her. It was like a punch on cotton. She was so angry that she had no place to vent.

She gritted her teeth, snorted angrily, and stormed away with her maid.

Anyway, she came to pick up Xiao Jianting just to avoid gossip. Now that she has picked him up, she might leave naturally.

Su Yue looked at her leaving back, and there was a hint of pity in her eyes, which disappeared in a flash.

Xiao Jianting turned around and looked at Qin Junyu and Nian Susu who were a few steps away from him. They were both looking at him and had no intention of coming forward.

He spoke a few words to General Xiao, and then gave some instructions to Xiao Yunzheng. Then he patted Su Yue on the shoulder and asked her to leave with Xiao Yunzheng and Xiao Helin.

General Xiao also went back, leaving the time for reminiscing with the young people.

The three of them went to Yuanlai Restaurant together.

Sitting by the window, the three of them finished a pot of wine, and when their faces flushed, some things were easier to say.

Before Nian Susu asked, Xiao Jianting said, "Su Yue is indeed from the brothel, but she was originally the daughter of a local ninth-rank official, and her family was relatively well-off. Later, her family fell into poverty, and her stepmother sold her to the brothel."

"She has not been in good health, so she has not been receiving any customers. When I went to the brothel to select people, she was the only one who took the initiative to ask to go with me before she even knew what I was going to do."

"Su Yue... does look a bit like her, so I agreed." Xiao Jianting smiled bitterly.