Deceive Me, Marry Me Chapter 68

“Young Lord Xu is not my uncle!” Gongsun Yingjiang was anxious as soon as she heard this. She threw away the silk ribbon in her hands. Turning to Sheng Weiqiao, she whispered fiercely, “Aunt, you can't do this! Every time I like someone, you are the first one to say no. Wait. Auntie, do you like Young Lord Xu?”

She put one hand on the edge of the bed and covered part of her mouth with the other hand. Her cat-like eyes showed her a.s.surance and said, “It's my fault. No wonder you were so angry after I said Young Lord Xu was not as good at painting as Little Uncle! Aunt, don't worry, I won't take him from you!”

“… Don't be cranky!!!” Sheng Weiqiao flushed with anger and bashfulness. She grabbed Gongsun Yingjiang 's sleeve and yelled, “I just treat Brother Xu as an elder brother!”

Gongsun Yingjiang said with doubt, “There is no one else here. I can be honest with Aunt for my affection for Little Uncle. Why did you try to cover the fact? Anyway, I promise I won't get into the way!”

“I didn't cover that!” Sheng Weiqiao replied. Facial expressions of Gongsun Yingjiang indicated, “Aunt, you disappointed me. I am so disappointed that you couldn't admit your love for Young Lord Xu.” Sheng Weiqiao gave her a blow and snarled, “Brother Xu and I are of the same generation with no marriage agreement for each of us. If I liked him, why wouldn't I admit?! But that is nonsense, why would I admit?!”

Gongsun Yingjiang said with discontent, “In the summer, you painted the lotus in the garden in midday. Although the lotus painted looked not very good, you talked more and more enthusiastically. Both of you rejected me because of my interruption. Do you see it as the pa.s.sion between brother and sister? Why haven't I seen you and Little Uncle paint and tell jokes in the garden?”

“What are you thinking about!” Sheng Weiqiao was just ashamed, but she was furious at the moment!

With angry facial expressions, she said, “Brother Xu was taught since he was a child, so he was good at the four arts and poets. You have also seen in the garden that, although it doesn't have a history longer than that of Feng Family and Xuanyu Family, it has been carved exquisitely! Maybe, for people like us who don't have much knowledge, we only see it as a beautiful garden, but persons like Brother Xu, who are talented, would have special feelings. Therefore, isn't it normal to paint and write poems for this?”

Sheng Weiqiao looked at Gongsun Yingjiang and sighed with disappointment, “Ying Jiang, you are no longer on Daimao Island! According to father, your father meant that you would probably live on the sh.o.r.e in the future, so you can't try to figure out the people and things in the world ash.o.r.e as you did on Daimao Island. I don't mean to humiliate you, because I am your aunt, I can explain if you misunderstood my relations.h.i.+p with Brother Xu! Even if you don't believe it, I needn't hate you!”

“But other people are not your aunts, and they may not be so tolerant of you!”

“Including Brother Xu. To be honest, Brother Xu, as a Young Lord of a marquis, has a high status. If it were not because of the close relations.h.i.+p between Old Marquis Xu and my grandfather, our family would not be qualified to give him a reception. Although he is a generous man, not bullying others using his power, we, as hosts, cannot behave rudely because of his good temper!”

“It's not just a humiliation for Sheng Family but also shows that we don't take the deep friends.h.i.+p between grandfather and Old Marquis Xu seriously!”

“Most importantly, after your ridiculous speculation spreads, even if Brother Xu doesn't trouble you, people would see you as a gossipy and meddlesome person. It is really not a good thing for you!”

“Ying Jiang, do you understand?”

Seeing the niece sit with one hand supporting her jaw and stare at her, Sheng Weiqiao felt exhausted!

On Daimao Island, she had thought that the only obstacle for the acceptance of the Gongsun siblings as her nephew and niece was that they were born in a group of pirates, different from them. Now, she knew that she was too naive!

The biggest obstacle was not about ident.i.ties at all. It was about values.

“Aunt, didn't you feel that?” while Sheng Weiqiao was crazy in mind, Gongsun Yingjiang sat in a different posture. She seemed to be smiling, “Aunt, though you see Young Lord Xu as your brother… Young Lord Xu doesn't treat you as his sister.”

Before Sheng Weiqiao refuted, she said, “I didn't know much about Young Lord Xu since I came to Sheng Family for just a few days. He had followed you to the sea to save you and had been on Daimao Island for some time. We just see that as because of the close relations.h.i.+p between two families. However, yesterday, you got angry because of the second branch and returned home. It was reasonable that Little Uncle, as your brother, went to visit you after hearing the news. While Young Lord Xu also went to comfort you, that was abnormal!”

Holding back her anger, Sheng Weiqiao said, “Since you said that it was reasonable for your Little Uncle to visit me, why shouldn't Brother Xu visit me?”

“But here is Sheng Family, not Daimao Island!” Gongsun Yingjiang looked at her with a smile, seeming to be surprised that she didn't understand such a simple thing, “Aunt, you are the apple of everyone's eyes in the family. When feeling aggrieved, there will be innumerable people who come over to comfort you and take your revenge! You don't need the care from Young Lord Xu! Zhuying Mini Villa is where your boudoir is, and it is okay for your family members to come. Why did Young Lord Xu come over?!”

Sheng Weiqiao was stunned, but she still didn't believe this. She pondered a bit and refuted, “Although Brother Xu is a guest, he was in distress at sea before. We have undergone life and death things, so we have a deeper relations.h.i.+p! He heard that I was wronged and visited me on purpose, which indicated that he was a man treasuring the friends.h.i.+p, right?”

Gongsun Yingjiang raised one of the sleeves to cover her mouth and snickered, “Auntie, you said before that Young Lord Xu was well-taught since he was a child. He is no less courteous than you, right?”

“That's right.” Sheng Weiqiao frowned, “So what do you mean?”

“You can tell Little Uncle, who cross over the wall to visit you, that the behavior is not proper since you are thirteen years old. Why didn't Young Lord Xu consider this, and he sat in Zhuying Mini Villa for half of a day. He had two pots of tea and left with relief after making sure that you are okay.” Gongsun Yingjiang said with a smile, “Oh, it seems that the one you call 'Eldest Brother' hasn't come to visit you till now. Though he hasn't undergone many things with you, he is the one with you in the family for the longest time among your brothers, isn't he?”

Gongsun Yingjiang said thoughtfully, “Aunt thought that I worried too much, but how do you explain Young Lord Xu's warm att.i.tude to you? He is more solicitous than Eldest Childe Sheng, your own brother, to you.”

Sheng Weiqiao was stunned, and the expression on her face was unstable. After a while, she was angry and stared at Gongsun Yingjiang. Gongsun Yingjiang was smiling with no reply, wondering whether her aunt would continue to escape from that or confront. Unexpectedly, Sheng Weiqiao said with suspicion, “I remember I talked with my brother in the backyard without any person around us!”

“I don't think my brother is a gossipy one. Because he knew your thoughts, he must be unwilling to see you, so he would not tell you the conversation between us!”

“So, how do you know about our conversation?”

Gongsun Yingjiang thought quickly and said, “Okay, I can tell you. I felt aunt had a bad mood that day, and I worried about after telling Little Uncle that, so I sneaked into the backyard and overheard near the wall for a while. Please do not blame me for that!”

“My backyard was in a medium size!” Sheng Weiqiao looked at her with no expressions, “That day, I talked with my brother under the wisteria pergola with a low voice. People cannot hear clearly even on the other bank of the pool, not to mention out of the wall.”

Gongsun Yingjiang opened her mouth and was about to make other excuses. However, Sheng Weiqiao stroke the table and shouted angrily, “Tell the truth!”

“I was on the wisteria pergola at that time, so I could hear clearly!” Gongsun Yingjiang had no choice but to confess, “However, Aunt, it's not the proper time to talk about this. About Young Lord Xu's att.i.tude to you—”

“I think we have to make this clear!” Sheng Weiqiao interrupted her without hesitation. Her anger seemed to be breaking out from her apricot-like eyes toward Gongsun Yingjiang. She said, “The reason why brother went over the wall to the backyard was to comfort me. Since you have persuaded your brother to comfort me, why did you get on the pergola secretly in my backyard to overhear?!”

Before Gongsun Yingjiang explained, she sneered, “It's because of brother, right? Brother's Kungfu is better than yours with better scheming! If he wanted to stay away from you, you would have no chance to be near him at all. Therefore, when Second Aunt was not very kind to me yesterday, you told brother about that so that he would visit me! When brother comforted me, even if he knew you were on the pergola, he wouldn't disclose it, right?”

Gongsun Yingjiang was dumbfounded and said in a hurry, “No, I actually worried about….”

“You loved your brother so much that you try every possible method to see him!” Sheng Weiqiao interrupted her again, almost crying in tears, “You were obsessed with him so much yesterday, how could you let it go so quickly? You are lying to me. Yingjiang, can you be realistic? Don't be so impulsive and irrational! Do you know how many people will be hurt if you continue?”

Looking at her sad and disappointed facial expressions with much resentment, Gongsun Yingjiang fell on the table helplessly and said, “But I am honest, and I went there for you!!!”

Seeing Sheng Weiqiao looking at her with a sneer, Gongsun Yingjiang sat upright with the help of the table and said with anger, “Aunt, don't you believe me?”

“Of course, I don't believe you!” Sheng Weiqiao growled, “You are out of line! I am honest, but you have been lying to me!”

“Then, I'm going to sleep with Young Lord Xu now!” Stamping feet, Gongsun Yingjiang pounded the table and stood up. She said firmly, “According to your idea of being faithful to one until death, I will sleep with Young Lord Xu, and there will be no connections between Little Uncle and me, right?”

Sheng Weiqiao almost fell off from her seat, “You, you, you are talking nonsense!”

“Aunt, anyway, you see Young Lord Xu as your elder brother, and you can regard this as a good night for you brother with someone, right?” Gongsun Yingjiang raised her eyebrows and said boldly, “Anyway, Young Lord Xu will not be pregnant, nor will he not get married!”

Being silent for a while, she raised her head and added, “If aunt thought that was not enough to show my sincerity—”

Happiness shown through eyes, she said joyfully, “I can sleep with more guys as long as they look as handsome as Young Lord Xu and Little Uncle!”

“….” Sheng Weiqiao's eyes were wide open. She looked at her for a moment and changed her att.i.tude unexpectedly. She said cautiously, with suppressed fear and guilt, “Yingjiang, you know, I am just afraid you will go the wrong way and ruin yourself! I didn't dislike or look down upon you! You….”

She took the hand of Gongsun Yingjiang with calm and said sincerely, “So please do not misunderstand me! You must not hurt yourself because of this! Yingjiang, although it is wrong to love your Little Uncle, fortunately, nothing has happened between you. It is not too late for you to correct it! You… why would you hurt yourself like that?!”

Gongsun Yingjiang wanted to say something but was interrupted before speaking, “If what aunt said hurt you, tell me! Aunt will apologize! In any case, don't make more mistakes, okay?”

Seeing Sheng Weiqiao stare at her nervously and wish for an affirmative answer, Gongsun Yingjiang was silent: how to let her aunt believe that her lifelong wish is to sleep with many handsome men?

The scene was embarra.s.sing with silence, and both of them were stunned!