Chapter 89 Misunderstanding

However, just after this group of people left, Sheng Weide made Xu Baomo feel like he had been beaten, “My stepmother just died. As the eldest son of the second branch, it was already a stopgap for me to temporarily get out to meet grandfather, uncle, and aunt. I’m sorry, but I can’t continue accompanying cousins to walk around the garden and have to go back to be at a wake for my stepmother!”

He bowed to Ao Luanxiao and Ao Luanjing and said sincerely, “I hope you can forgive me!”

He said that he would go back to the wake alone and let others continue to play, but no matter what the siblings of Ao Family thought about Madam Bai, they couldn’t agree for their cousin’s sake!

At the moment, Ao Luanxiao said “surprisingly,” “How could that kind of thing happen? We came here hastily, and we don’t know yet. Could you lead the way and let us to merely express our grief?”

These siblings were going to the second branch to express their condolences. Of course, the three children of the main family, Sheng Shuihe, Sheng Weide, and Sheng Weiqiao, had to accompany them as well. Xu Baomo initially expected everyone to visit the garden, chat with each other, drink some tea, and he wanted to express his love to his Big Weiqiao in a pleasant atmosphere!

As a result, his Big Weiqiao was going to burn incense for her aunt. The relationship between Sheng Weiqiao and Madam Bai was not special, but how many people in this world could be so reckless that they could talk about love just after they expressed their condolences?

Not mentioning Xu Baomo’s disappointment, Sheng Weiqiao was also slightly surprised because she almost forgot about Madam Bai’s funeral!

Madam Bai’s funeral was full of twists and turns. After the Senior Master Sheng decided to report it to the government, to prove that the Sheng Family would absolutely not give unprincipled protection to Sheng Lansi, Madam Bai’s body was carried to the Yamen for autopsy and was not brought back until the case closed.

Although the second branch has already set up a shrine, the process of Madam Bai’s funeral had just begun.

After all, Madam Bai’s body was not in Sheng Family at all before. Since her in-laws were both alive, to avoid offending them, it was impossible to make the funeral too long. If they began to express condolences at that time, maybe her funeral would be finished even before her corpse was brought back to Sheng Family, which was awkward.

During this time, Sheng Weiqiao was detained in the ancestral hall by Madam Feng. All she wondered all day was why his father and mother did not come to save her. She was just picked up today and was forced to take the responsibility to entertain Ao Family. Therefore, it was inevitable to be negligent.

At this moment, she was reminded by Sheng Weide’s words. She frowned slightly and said secretly, “I don’t know if Sister Rao and Fifth Brother are all right now?”

When she was worried about Sheng Weirao and her younger brother, Sheng Shuihe was talking to the people around him casually and meanwhile quietly looking at her, “This girl… I thought she would rush to fight desperately with me when she came out and saw me like she cried and screamed in the ancestral hall that day. Just now, in Jinxue House, it was understandable that she was calm since some elders were still there. However, now there are no elders around, only the siblings of Ao Family are here. How could she still be this composed!”

Sheng Shuihe had suffered big changes in his childhood. After stranding in Daimao Island, although he became the foster son of Gongsun Family, his life was also very difficult in the first few years.

Because of this kind of experience, he was actually a man who looks enthusiastic but was a little bit indifferent inside.

He looked bright and hearty, but actually, he was cold-hearted.

So he has always been impatient with importunate people, even if she was Gongsun Yingjiang, the daughter of Gongsun Su, who was kind to him, he was still rough and straightforward when he got rid of her. Yet, it seemed that she didn’t plan to set a score later. Sheng Shuihe didn’t know why, buy looking at Sheng Weiqiao being gentle and quiet, he couldn’t help but think that “Maybe… tease her again?”

Thinking about the sense of propriety to make fun of Sheng Weiqiao, he was unknowingly distracted and did not find that Ao Luanjing, who was walking side by side with Sheng Weiqiao, was gradually blushed.

“Are you two the members of Ao Family?” The shrine in the second branch was built a few days ago, but it seemed that it hadn’t been well and carefully constructed. It was not surprising, since everyone thought that who murdered Madam Bai was Sheng Lansi at that time, and Old Madam Ming even fainted on the spot for this. The servants all said that even Sheng Weirao forced Senior Master Sheng to report it to the official, her future was over anyways. Therefore, why should they work too hard for Madam Bai’s shrine?

After all, if Sheng Lansi died for murdering his wife, Old Madam Ming would definitely transfer her anger to the dead Madam Bai, Sheng Weirao, and her brother. Therefore, if this couple both died, the second branch would definitely be controlled by Sheng Weide.

Sheng Weide’s biological mother, Mrs. Ao, had hatred on Madam Bai for taking away her husband. Would Sheng Weide hope to see Madam Bai have a magnificent funeral?

There was no figure in the cold hall. If the curtain was not brought up when the wind blows through the hall, exposing the filial children, people would suspect that no one was here.

Everyone sorted out their clothes and dresses outside the threshold and then stepped forward one by one to express their condolences. Sheng Weide stood on the side of the coffin and returned their greetings with his younger brothers and sisters behind the curtain. After the ceremony finished, Sheng Weirao walked out with a blank face and looked at the siblings of Ao family fixedly. Then she suddenly whisked her dress, knelt down, and said in a trembling voice, “My mother said when she was alive that the people she had hurt most was Eldest Brother’s biological mother! We never imagine that people of Ao Family would come and express their condolences. Your family uses kindness to return hatred. We could never return it. We only wish your family safe and prosperous, and have limitless happiness!”

While saying, she kowtowed continuously with three bangs!

Sheng Weiqiao was shocked and thought this cousin was about to make trouble when seeing her indifferent expression as she came out. Who knew that she was to thank people of Ao Family. Apart from feeling relieved, she worried about her body. Therefore, she and Ao Luanjing went to help her together in a hurry. Ao Luanjing didn’t know what Ao Family had done in private, so when she received the respectful greetings from Sheng Weirao, she didn’t feel guilty although unexpected. While she held her, she said in neither servile nor supercilious tone, “It was Second Uncle of Sheng Family, and my aunt didn’t have the fate to be together. Our aunt has already let it go after several years, and Sister Sheng, you don’t need to mention it again!”

Ao Luanxiao was busy there to grab Sheng Weixing, who came out from the curtain and prepared to kowtow after hearing his elder sister’s words, “Brother Sheng, please don’t do that. It is the required morality, which doesn’t deserve your sincere courtesies!”

Although the siblings of Ao Family had asked to express their condolences to Madam Bai on their own initiative, they did not understand the reason why the elders rushed to visit the Sheng Family this time. Therefore, they felt inimical in their hearts.

After all, Madam Bai had bullied their aunt, Mrs. Ao, a lot, and she also had tried many ways to exclude Sheng Weide in those years.

After hearing Madam Bai’s death a few days ago and knew that she was “murdered by the people from the outside branch and the servants”, the siblings of Ao Family were very relieved, “That’s the retribution of robbing our aunt’s husband! You had asked Second Master Sheng to treat our aunt harshly! You made my cousin lose his mother’s care when he was still a baby! You didn’t like my cousin all these years!”

“Now the retribution was coming!”

“She deserved it!”

However, when they came to Sheng Family and just finished exchanging courtesies, they needed to kowtow and give incense to Madam Bai. They two didn’t say anything, but they were definitely reluctant.

Although Sheng Weirao and her younger brother’s attitudes didn’t eliminate their grudge towards Madam Bai entirely and immediately, they still felt much happier. They thought secretly, “I don’t know whether Madam Bai finally became kind, or she felt the similar grievances of my aunt by herself after she had been left out by her husband that made her say like that.”

Anyway, they used to be angry with Sheng Weirao and her younger brother. Now looking at this pair of siblings, they even had some sincere sympathy, “The deceased is already gone. Sister Sheng and Brother Sheng, please restrain your grief and don’t make it hurt your health, which will make your mother’s spirit in heaven uneasy! “

Sheng Weirao smiled miserably after hearing her words and shook her head gently. She didn’t reply, but only choked with sobs and said, “Thanks for your care, Sister Ao. You are so kind, and we are ashamed to accept your kindness! It is inappropriate to receive guests in this place at this time. Please forgive our impoliteness!”

Although the words were clearly to ask them to leave, the siblings of Ao Family did not intend to stay in the second branch for a long time. Now that they saw that she was polite, courteous, and showed her heart, they would definitely not blame her. Instead, they comforted her seriously and then left.

Sheng Weiqiao was very hesitant when she left. She felt that Sheng Weirao needed a company in this situation, but looking at Ao Luanjing beside her, she swallowed the words in the end. Although Sheng Weirao looked haggard, it seemed that she could still hold on for a while. Today was the first day that the people of Ao Family came to Sheng Family, she could not just leave this Sister Ao here and go to accompany her cousin.

This would make Ao Family lose face.

… Sheng Weirao’s behavior considerably changed the siblings of Ao Family’s impression towards her, but, after all, they had not been in contact with each other. They didn’t have a deep relationship, so although Ao Luanjing cared about Sheng Weirao in the shrine, it didn’t take a long time for her to forget about it later after she left the second branch. Ao Luanjing politely praised Sheng Weiqiao, “I have heard before that the daughter of Uncle Sheng is elegant and innocent. Today, I am fortunate to come and see you. You are more beautiful than they said and more adorable than I thought!”

“Sister, your compliment is too much!” Sheng Weiqiao said immediately, “Sister has thin and long brows and bright teeth. You are so beautiful and virtuous. Everyone will like you when they look at you!”

The relationship between the girls developed rapidly. After they praised each other a few times, they already walked together arm in arm. When they walked into the garden, they were already intimate like biological sisters.

Seeing this, Sheng Shuihe and Xu Baomo only knew that they were congenial, but Ao Luanxiao, who had been shy and quiet, felt surprised secretly, “Little Jing has always been proud. Even before coming to Sheng Family, the elders repeatedly instructed her to curb her temper and never offend anyone in Sheng family when she got here. She even needed to treat slaves with courtesy, but as she used to be, she must be rebellious! How could she be this enthusiastic to Sister Sheng of Sheng Family and even make friends with her on her initiative?”

If you say that they were congenial, Sheng Weiqiao and Ao Luanjing had just met each other for a short time, and they even hadn’t talked much. Sheng Weiqiao didn’t show any talent that was enough to make people feel shocked at first glance, nor did she have a unique characteristic. She was just a common Miss. Even if she was good looking, Ao Luanjing was not a man!

Why could this girl let his younger sister, who has always regarded herself extremely high, take the initiative to make friends with her?

Ao Luanxiao was puzzled, but because it was inconvenient to ask his sister at this moment, he could only conjecture.

But he didn’t know that as Ao Luanjing talked to Sheng Weiqiao with a smile, at the same time, she thought while her heartbeat like a deer bumping inside, “On the way to the second branch of Sheng Family to express our condolences towards Madam Bai, Cousin Sheng, he… he kept looking at me. Maybe… maybe….”

Feeling a hint of heat on her cheeks, she immediately prohibited herself from thinking about it, so as not to show traces.

But glancing secretly at the handsome Sheng Shuihe with a bright smile on his face, Ao Luanjing still couldn’t help but feel a sense of sweetness in her heart, “Cousin Sheng is so handsome!”

She didn’t think it was a misunderstanding. After all, at that time, there were only she and Sheng Weiqiao in the direction at which Sheng Shuihe looked.

He and Sheng Weiqiao were siblings. Did Sheng Shuihe need to peek at his own sister from time to time?

So, if such discourteous behavior of Sheng Shuihe was not caused by her, then by who?