MTL - The Legitimate Daughter Returns: The Real Daughter is Reborn

Chapter 13 Searching the Yard

 Early the next morning, Su Leyun went to school as usual.

After sitting down, before he could put down the Four Treasures of the Study, Li Rui walked to her aggressively and stood still.

Su Leyun put the scroll on the case and took the pine smoke ink to grind it carefully without even looking at Li Rui.

Su Waner looked on coldly from the side, the corners of her lips raised slightly.

The brothers and sisters from the same school were whispering to each other, and pairs of eyes were wandering around the two of them.

The legitimate daughter has returned, and the beautiful girl Li Rui favored has transformed into a village girl. Today, the two of them don't know what kind of commotion they are going to make.

Li Rui was silent for a long time, but finally lost his composure, and opened his mouth with a contemptuous warning.

“Su Leyun, I will tell you clearly today that I will not marry you!”

Su Leyun held the ink stick and rubbed it slowly with his plain white fingertips. Su Leyun concentrated on sharpening the ink without raising his head. He spoke in a soft tone and said casually: "I can't get it."

Li Rui's face turned red, as if he had been punched on soft cotton, unable to move forward or retreat.

He has spoken so harshly, shouldn't she be ashamed of herself, how could she still be so secure?

"Playing hard to get is useless to me. Su Leyun, even if you are the legitimate daughter, in terms of talent, education and appearance, you are not worthy of joining my Li family! I, Li Rui, will only marry Wan'er in this life!"

“Master Li can marry whomever he wants, it has nothing to do with me.”

Su Leyun put down the ink stick and glanced at Li Rui lightly. His eyes were clear and did not contain any anger.

She just didn't understand how she could fall in love with such an arrogant and stupid person in her previous life.

Li Rui had said the same thing to her in her previous life. At that time, she felt like the world was falling apart. She went back to her room, hugged the quilt, and cried for three days without eating or drinking.

Listening to it now, one's heart cannot make any waves.

Seeing that she was not paying attention, Li Rui became more and more embarrassed and his voice suddenly rose.

"If you still want to save the face of a daughter from a noble family, then put away those crooked thoughts and stop pestering me!"

Su Leyun sighed, held his chin with one hand, and looked at Li Rui quietly, his red lips slightly parted.

“Mr. Li, right now, between you and me, who is struggling with us?”

Everyone couldn't help but chuckle, and the whispers reached Li Rui's ears, making him more and more angry.

“He was just staying there, but he just wanted to go over and talk.”

“People say they don’t have any interest in him, but he doesn’t accept it until it’s good. Could it be that he still expects others to have that interest in him?”

With blood boiling, Li Rui glared at Su Leyun viciously and said, "You'd better remember what you said today!" and returned to his seat angrily.

Su Wan'er's expression changed since Li Rui mentioned her name. She clenched the handkerchief tightly and was secretly annoyed. He openly announced the relationship between the two today. If he found Gao Zhi in the future, how could she take the initiative?

The sinister gaze fell on Su Leyun. Su Waner secretly wondered in her heart that a country girl actually ignored the young master of the Hanlin family. Did she really have no desire or did she have ulterior motives?

 After school, Li Rui followed Su Wan'er eagerly. Su Leyun ignored them and went back to his yard. Before he entered the door, he heard a noise in the distance.

"This is my concubine's yard. There is no proof. You can search it just by asking!"

“The old lady has already spoken, but none of your servants dare to stop her!”

Mammy Zhang stood at the entrance of the courtyard, blocking Grandma Zhao and the girls in front of the old lady from entering.

Su Leyun sneered, with a hint of coolness in the corners of his eyes. He said they were close relatives, but in fact he couldn't see her at all.

“Mother Zhao, what do you want to do with these many people?”

Su Leyun spoke loudly, raised her chin slightly, and slowly stood on the same side as Aunt Zhang. Her overall majesty was not inferior to that of a noblewoman from Kyoto.

Mama Zhao glanced at her and unconsciously became three points shorter, but she still had to hold on.

 “The old lady’s jade bracelet passed down from her family has disappeared, so she ordered her servants to look for it everywhere.”

“Oh? Are you looking everywhere, or just here?”

Su Leyun's words were sarcastic, directly clarifying the purpose of Aunt Zhao's visit.

Aunt Zhao said with a smile on her face: "Second Miss, please don't embarrass me. The old lady has worn the jade bracelet for decades. She loves it the most. Otherwise, she will lose it if she throws it away."

Su Leyun sneered and used the old lady to suppress her.

“Since this thing is valuable, Aunt Zhao will take these people to look for it. When will we find it?”

She turned to Chun Xing and told her to go find the housekeeper to find more people so that she could search the whole house thoroughly.

Chunxing received the order, with a hint of schadenfreude on her brows, and ran out in small steps.

A country girl really thought of herself as the concubine of the Hou family. Not only was she embarrassed, but she was even kicked out of the house.

She put the bracelet on with her own hands, so she wanted to see what the concubine would do with it this time.

Mama Zhao frowned. With such a fuss, the old lady should blame her for not doing things well.

“Second Miss, don’t bother, we will search and leave.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Nanny Zhang was about to force her way through the door when she was stopped.

“How shameless! Who allowed you to search my concubine’s yard!”

Sun Jiarou, with a hint of anger on her face, walked over quickly and protected Su Leyun.

"Mama Zhao is an old man in the house. Why is she so ignorant that she will search the yard of my daughter-in-law when something is lost? If there is any gossip tomorrow that will harm the reputation of my daughter-in-law, you can bear the responsibility!"

Sun Jiarou spoke breathlessly and pointed at Aunt Zhao with her index finger trembling, showing that she was really out of breath.

“Daughter-in-law, are you blaming me too?”

 The old lady held Su Wan'er's hand and walked from the verandah with a gloomy look on her face.

Su Waner lowered her eyebrows and looked gentle, but the corners of her lips were slightly raised in a place invisible to others.

 “My daughter-in-law doesn’t dare.”

Sun Jiarou bowed and then held Su Leyun's hand tightly, squeezing it twice as if to comfort him.

　　"As long as you have a mother, you will definitely not let others tarnish your reputation."

Su Leyun saw the words in her eyes clearly, smiled faintly, and shook his head to indicate that he was fine.

Sun Jiarou took a deep breath and spoke slowly after calming down.

"My daughter-in-law has undoubtedly offended my mother-in-law. It's just that you have lost your beloved thing and only searched Yun'er's yard. I'm afraid it will damage her reputation."

 The most important thing for a daughter's family is their reputation. If they were to search her today, no matter what the result would be, Su Leyun would not be able to escape the reputation of being a thief.

 The old lady frowned and hesitated slightly. Upon seeing this, Su Waner immediately explained timidly.

“Mother, my grandmother is just worried about her sister. She is afraid that the servants in her yard have bad character and may not harm her.”

The house has always been peaceful, not to mention jewelry, not even a shred of needlework or thread is missing. All the girls and boys in Su Leyun's yard are all born in the same family.

This statement clearly refers to the two girls given by my grandfather, whose hands and feet are unclean.

“Mother-in-law, those two girls are...”

Su Leyun tugged on Sun Jiarou's sleeve and signaled her not to say more. Moving her grandfather out at this time would not only unintentionally resolve the matter, but would intensify the conflict between Sun and Su.

“There is nothing my grandma can’t find in my granddaughter’s yard, but what should I do if I can’t find the jade bracelet?”

 (End of this chapter)