Something's Wrong With My Wife

Chapter 82: Peaceful Lunch 2

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Luo Qingzhou replied, “She’s quite nice. It’s just that she’s a little introverted and doesn’t like to talk.”

Luo Yu’s eyes flickered as he picked up his wine glass.

Madam Yang glanced at him and asked with a smile, “Then, Qingzhou, that First Young Miss Qin, does she… like you?”

The wine in Luo Yu’s glass rippled slightly as his hand shook.

Luo Qingzhou said, “I don’t know.”

Madam Yang smiled and picked up some food for him. “Come, let’s eat!” Luo Qingzhou lowered his head and ate.

Madam Yang glanced at Second Young Master Luo again and thought for a moment before whispering, “Qingzhou, I’ll tell you something from the bottom of my heart. If you don’t like that place and those people don’t treat you well, you can come back at any time. Your second brother is going to the capital in the future. The businesses in Chengguo Residence are so big, and you’re a smart person. You can help manage them in the future.”

Luo Yu smiled and said, “Second Mother is right. Qingzhou, I’m not interested in these businesses. I still have to rely on you in the future.”

Luo Qingzhou did not say anything. “Come, Qingzhou, let’s drink.”

“Qingzhou, eat, eat.”

One of them toasted while the other picked up food.

After chatting for a while, Madam Yang suddenly changed the topic and said in a low voice, “Qingzhou, when your second brother enters Dragon Academy next year, you’ll gain prestige too. Erm… Have you seen the Second Young Master Qin recently? Have you seen him practice martial arts?”

Luo Qingzhou put down his wine glass and said respectfully, “I’ve been reading in my room recently, so I haven’t seen him.”

Luo Yu lowered his head. His expression could not be seen clearly.

Madam Yang smiled and chatted for a while more before saying, “Eat, eat…” After another 10 minutes, the table fell silent.

Luo Qingzhou stood up at the right time and cupped his hands to bid farewell.

Luo Yu stood up and said with a smile, “Qingzhou, I know that you’ve been studying hard recently and are preparing for next year’s autumn examination, so I don’t dare to keep you any longer. Come back more often in the future. We should get together more often.”

Madam Yang also smiled and said, “Yes, yes! Qingzhou, you have to come back more often in the future. We won’t expect you to come back every day, but you should at least come back two or three times a month, right? According to the rules, you should come back every month to pay your respects to your father and First Madam. You’re a scholar, so you can’t let others gossip about you. What’s the most important thing in the world? Needless to say, parents and filial piety are the most important. You must remember this.” Luo Qingzhou lowered his head and said, “I’ll remember it.”

“Xiaolou, send your third brother off.”

Luo Yu said gently to the girl beside her.

Luo Xiaolou glanced at her mother.

Madam Yang immediately glared at her and said, “What are you waiting for? Listen to your second brother. Put down the wine pot and send your third brother off.’

Luo Xiaolou hurriedly put down the wine pot and followed behind the youth.

After they disappeared at the entrance, the smile on Luo Yu’s face gradually disappeared.

Madam Yang looked at him nervously and said in a low voice, “Second Young Master, I don’t know if that kid is deliberately keeping things from us or if he really doesn’t know anything.”

Luo Yu looked at her and smiled faintly. “It’s fine, Second Mother. It doesn’t matter if he knows or not. I disdain using such a method to defeat Qin Chuan anyway. Don’t worry, I have confidence in myself.”

Madam Yang flattered him with a smile. “You will be able to defeat that kid. Definitely! ”

Luo Xiaolou sent Luo Qingzhou to the door and looked around. Seeing that there was no one else around, she suddenly ran to Luo Qingzhou’s side and hugged his arm. Her eyes were red, and she was staring at him with a look of grievance. “Brother Qingzhou, are you doing well there? Did anyone bully you?”

Luo Qingzhou stopped walking and frowned. With an indifferent expression, he said, “I’m doing quite well there. You don’t have to send me off. Go back.”

He withdrew his arm indifferently.

Luo Xiaolou looked at him with tears in his eyes. “I know… I know that you ignored me for the sake of my mother and me…”

“Go back and study.”

Luo Qingzhou did not say anything else and left quickly.

Xia Chan followed behind him. She looked back at the crying little girl in the red dress with a hint of emotion in her cold eyes.

Luo Qingzhou was silent all the way out of Chengguo Residence.

Xia Chan held a sword in her left hand and an umbrella in her right, accompanying him as they walked silently in the snow.

Luo Qingzhou stopped on the street outside the residence and looked back with a complicated expression.

He did not stay any longer and quickly left.

“Steamed buns! Steamed buns! Freshly steamed buns that just came out of the steamer!”

On the street, hawkers were shouting.

When Luo Qingzhou heard the sound, he looked over. He seemed to have thought of something and walked over. He took out some silver and bought five buns.

“Miss Xia Chan, wait for me here,” he said.

With that, Luo Qingzhou took the buns and left quickly.

He passed through the alley beside him and circled to a dark alley behind Chengguo Residence.

After entering the alley, he kept walking forward.

He passed through a small door behind Chengguo Residence and reached the end of the alley, but he did not see the two weak figures.

When he first came to this world, he was curious about everything in the Chengguo Residence. He wandered around and saw this small door. When he opened it, he saw two little beggars trembling in the snow. They were so hungry that they could not even stand up.

They were a brother-sister duo who were about eight or nine years old. They were dressed in tattered clothes. They had no shoes and no cotton jackets. Their feet were red and swollen from the cold. Their hands were covered in frostbite. They were already on the verge of death from hunger.

If Luo Qingzhou had discovered them a day later, the siblings would have died of hunger and cold.

He brought them steamed buns, ointment, cotton jackets, and bedding.

In the few days before he married into the Qin residence, Luo Qingzhou would ask Xiao Die to bring him a few more steamed buns every time they ate.

It was an act of convenience.

However, in this era, there were many impoverished people and people who had starved to death.

Therefore, he did not think about this matter anymore after he went to the Qin residence.

When he came back today and saw Xiaolou, he suddenly thought of the beggar siblings.

However, they were no longer here.

It was unknown what happened to them. They could have frozen to death in the snow or dragged away and thrown to a random graveyard outside the city. It was also possible that they had gone somewhere else.

Luo Qingzhou stood in the alley for a while longer before walking out of the alley with the buns that were gradually turning cold.

At the mouth of the alley, the cold girl stood there. She seemed to be looking at him, but also at the silent alley behind him.

“Let’s go home.”

Luo Qingzhou took the oil-paper umbrella from her hand, opened it, and held it over her head.

They left the alley.

After taking a few steps, the girl turned around and looked at the silent alley in the snow. In a daze, she seemed to see the scene from that day again.

Snowflakes fluttered. Two little beggars were snuggling in the corner of the alley. They were wrapped in large cotton jackets and eating steaming steamed buns.

The young man sat on the steps at the side, drenched in the snow. He looked at the beggars calmly. His handsome and calm face was as bright as the winter sun in the cold alley…

“Candied hawthorn! Candied hawthorn…

On the street, the sound of vendors selling candied hawthorns suddenly came.

The girl snapped back to reality and glanced at the vendors before turning to look at the youth beside her.

Luo Qingzhou was thinking about something. After walking for a while, he suddenly realized that the person under the umbrella had vanished. He turned around.

The girl stood sideways not far behind him. She crossed her arms and held a sword in her arms. She looked to the side with a cold expression.

A step behind her was a vendor selling candied hawthorn. He was raising the candied hawthorn in his hand and shouting with all his might..