The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 70: It’s hard to say whether there is any personal ulterior motive

Xu Rongrong stayed at the Xiao residence as a guest the entire day.

After lunch, Xiao Ling'er found a chance, pulled her into her room, and asked her questions non-stop.

She came from the northwest with her parents. Although the capital was prosperous, it was far inferior to the vastness of the northwest. She missed the scenery in the wilderness very much.

Therefore, I am quite interested in hunting in the southern suburbs.

She pouted and said, "Not only has my father just been promoted to the fourth rank, he's also a civil servant. I'm afraid I'll never be able to go on something like a hunting trip. Oh, it's so sad."

Xu Rongrong laughed at her: "Wouldn't it be nice to wait until you reach marriage age and choose a military commander to marry?"

Xiao Ling'er nudged her with her head: "Sister Xu is always bullying people!" When the news came that Xu Chaoqian had a broken leg, Xu Rongrong was playing with Xiao Ling'er.

She was stunned when she heard that.

Although she had no feelings for her father Xu Chaoqian.

I'm not worried at all about his broken bones, but... I still have to pretend.

So she said goodbye to Xiao Ling'er and took Luo Shu on the carriage back home.

Chu He is now Xu Rongrong's bodyguard, so he came with her today.

On the way back home, he followed the carriage, keeping his head down and silent.

Through the window, Xu Rongrong could only see his silhouette.

Somehow, she felt that Chu He had been a bit strange these past few days, even more deserted than before. Luo Shu waited in the carriage, and Xu Rongrong asked quietly, "How's Chu Yun doing now?"

"Don't worry, young lady. The doctor comes to see me every day, and I often go there too. Every time he sees me, he calls me 'sister', 'sister' non-stop. He looks much better than before, but his illness... the doctor said he needs to be nursed back to health."

Xu Rongrong nodded. She didn't know any medical skills, but she knew that it would take time to cure tuberculosis.

So he ordered: "Since that's the case, you must take good care of it. Ask the kitchen to prepare more exquisite meals for the Chu brothers."

"The servant understands."

Chu He was one of the best fighters in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he knew everything about the conversation in the car.

A bitter feeling rose in my heart: Why...is she so nice to me?

Because the two houses were not far from each other, they arrived after turning two streets. When Xu Rongrong got off the car in front of the mansion, Mu Rong from next door also "happened" to arrive.

The two met in front of the gate. Before Xu Rongrong could ask, Mu Rong answered, "I heard that Master Xu was injured, so I came here to visit him."

His eyes flickered with a hint of joy, and he seemed very satisfied with this excuse.

Indeed, Xu Rongrong found it difficult to refuse.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you for your concern, my lord."

Mu Rong's face was full of smiles, but the smiles froze instantly when he saw the guards beside Xu Rongrong.

"Who is this?" He frowned, staring at Chu He with inquiring eyes.

"This is Chu He, the guard in my mansion. He is also the young man who saved me in the ghetto last time." Xu Rongrong replied.

Mu Rong's eyes grew colder. "Chu... Young Master, you arrived just in time that day." Undeterred, Chu He stared at him. "I guess it was fate."

In a flash, both of them smelled a different scent in each other's expressions.

……

Before entering Xu Chaoqian's yard, he could hear him groaning, "Ouch, why hasn't the doctor come yet? It hurts so much!"

On the way here, Xu Rongrong had already learned the whole story from Wen Yao.

"You did a great job." Xu Rongrong nodded.

Listening to the wailing in the yard, her eyes were cold: "He deserves it!"

Arriving at Xu Chaoqian's door, Xu Rongrong took a deep breath, put on an anxious look, and rushed into the room:

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Xu Chaoqian was lying on the bed, sweating profusely.

Xu Yaoyao, who was serving beside him, turned around and glanced coldly at Xu Rongrong before replying, "Eldest sister is really a celebrity in the capital now. She's busy visiting relatives and friends all day long. She's so busy that she even neglects father?"

Xu Rongrong wiped away the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes and replied in an aggrieved tone, "Sister, you're right. This is my first time being a county lady, and it's all thanks to the Empress's personal instruction. I was only focused on following her instructions and socializing with the women of the capital, but I didn't expect you to be trapped in seclusion and not allowed to go out... From now on, I will stay at home with you and never go out!"

After she finished speaking, Xu Yaoyao was choked and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

"Sister Rong, don't listen to her!" Xu Chaoqian scolded Xu Yaoyao: "Your elder sister has important matters to attend to, don't talk nonsense here!"

Xu Yaoyao became more and more angry.

I don’t know what’s wrong with Xu Rongrong recently. No one in the family who goes against her has a good ending.

Not only was my mother stripped of her housekeeping powers, she was also banished to the family temple.

The third sister Xu Minmin was even more helpless in the village, crying out to heaven and earth for help.

Recently, the monthly salary in the mansion has been reduced by half, and the maids who do the rough work around her have started to neglect her.

Today, I just said a few words to her, and my father came to scold her...

She lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

A pair of clean soap boots slowly came into her sight from afar.

She raised her head and saw Mu Rong's face becoming clearer and clearer through the hazy mist.

He has sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and looks very handsome.

Xu Yaoyao's cheeks flushed slightly, and he knelt down and said, "Greetings, Marquis Weiyuan."

But Mu Rong seemed not to hear and walked straight to Xu Chaoqian's couch.

Xu Chaoqian struggled to get up: "How dare I trouble you, my Lord?"

Mu Rong smiled and said, "Master Xu and I are about to become a family. How could I not come when I learned that you were ill?"

These words made Xu Chaoqian feel relieved.

I didn't expect that the great Marquis Weiyuan still respected me so much.

Xu Rongrong couldn't refute Xu Chaoqian in front of him, so she just glared at him.

But Xu Yaoyao caught it keenly at this glance.

She suddenly thought and said deliberately, "Did the Marquis say something wrong just now? Why is my elder sister glaring at the Marquis?"

Xu Rongrong: "..."

She saw that although Xu Yaoyao was talking to her, his eyes were fixed on Mu Rong. What was there to not understand?

She smiled instead of getting angry: "Sister, you really pay attention to my every move. The Marquis and I are always like this."

After saying that, she glared at Mu Rong again.

Mu Rong knew that she was angry, but this... really had nothing to do with him!

Blame it on that talkative person. Mu Rong didn't even turn his head, but just looked at Xu Rongrong intently: "Yes, I like Rongrong to look at me like this."

Xu Yaoyao: "..."

……

Upon learning that Xu Chaoqian had sprained his knee, Mu Rong sent someone who specialized in treating bone injuries.

After a series of bone pushing, displacing and setting operations, Xu Chaoqian wailed in pain.

If it weren't for Mu Rong's respect for him just now, Xu Chaoqian would really suspect that he was here for personal revenge.

He could only bite the towel in his mouth and endure the sweat all over his body...

……

It was not until the evening that Xu Chaoqian's groaning finally stopped.

After being noisy for half a day, the Xu Mansion finally quieted down.

Mu Rong, who had just left from the main gate, appeared in front of the Xu Mansion's servants' room in the blink of an eye.

He looked around the simple but clean courtyard.

Sniffing the faint herbal scent in the air.

In a corner of the yard, Chu He was squatting by the well, washing clothes for his two brothers.

Knowing that there was a stranger in the yard, Chu He remained calm.

Mu Rong slowly walked over:

"I didn't expect that the dignified General Chu would personally handle such a trivial matter."