Chapter 268: Strange Note

"My Lord, would you like me to keep an eye on that guy?" Song Qi said, rolling up his sleeves. That damn bastard made him wander around most of Jinling City and he still had no food to eat at this time. If he catches him, he will definitely teach him a lesson.

Xia Chunyu raised his hand and said thoughtfully, "Go and keep an eye on Lu Xiaotian. If there is any problem, report to me immediately."

Ye Jiayao was completely unaware of this little episode and thought that the matter Chunyu mentioned was quite troublesome, so she was worried about it these days.

That night, after dinner, Xia Chunyu went to the outer study again. Because Ye had to write a lecture note, he did not talk to Youshi and returned to his room early.

Unexpectedly, after a while, someone from Youshi's side came to invite them: "They said that the third lady is here, and they want to join us to play mahjong, but we are short of one person!"

Ye Jiayao was embarrassed to refuse. She heard that Youshi used to like playing cards very much, especially after she learned the double-knock trick. She would invite her friends to play. After the Marquis came back, she played less.

Well, it is indeed rare. Ye Jiayao closed the booklet and got up to go upstairs.

Liuli and Qiao Mingxiu were also there. After hearing that Qiao Mingxiu had given Liuli a new set of clothes, Liuli went to see her several times. Seeing that Liuli didn't mind, Youshi no longer restricted Qiao Mingxiu.

"Isn't there someone here? Sister-in-law, you go ahead and play, I'll just watch from the side." Ye Jiayao said with a smile.

Qiao Mingxiu hurriedly evaded the question: "I can't do it. My card playing skills are terrible. Besides, I'm going back soon."

Youshi smiled and said, "Jinxuan, come here."

You Shi liked Ye Jiayao’s style of playing cards. She remained calm whether she won or lost, and she played cards quickly without any hesitation.

"Second sister-in-law, I still want to learn a few tricks from you!" Liuli said with a faint smile.

Zhou said in a gloomy tone, "I've played with you several times and lost every time. Outside, I win nine out of ten games. I just don't believe this."

Ye Jiayao smiled and decided to obey. The four of them drew lots to decide their seats and started playing cards.

Everyone was chatting.

Zhou said, "The Deng family will come to propose marriage next month. Set a date and you all must come!"

Liuli was surprised: "Aunt San has decided to let Yulian marry him?"

Zhou sneered, "How could Yulian marry someone like that? It's Jinlian. Didn't I go back to the Deng family last time? I just said casually that Yulian was still young and planned to stay for a while, but there was a suitable girl at home, with good character, appearance, and needlework, but it was a pity that she was born out of wedlock. The Deng family didn't respond, and I thought the matter was over. Who knew that a few days ago, the Deng family came to ask for Jinlian again. What was there to consider? Jinlian was lucky to marry a family like that."

Youshi said calmly: "Jinlian is indeed blessed."

Ye Jiayao thought to herself that if it was her own daughter, she would look down on her in every way, but if it was Jinlian, she would be considered blessed. Zhou's partiality was really not subtle at all!

"Aunt San, why don't you ask the Cui family again? Maybe Yinlian's plan can be successful." Qiao said.

Zhou said cheerfully, "Don't tell me, I really have this idea. Our illegitimate daughter married so well, so Yu Lian's value must have risen."

Youshi originally wanted to tell her that Mr. Cui was already engaged, and his wife was the daughter of a prominent family in Lin'an.

However, after thinking about it, I decided not to say anything and let Zhou deal with it herself. Just because of a mole on someone's face, she missed a good marriage opportunity. Let Zhou regret it herself!

Ye Jiayao listened with one ear and out the other, but in her mind she was calculating the cards of each family. There was no way, this was instinct. You had been playing Tongzi and Wanzi, and had never played a Suozi. Then she opened three or four Suos and played a three Suo.

You's face lit up with joy, and she hurriedly asked for food, but Zhou stopped her: "Wait, I want to touch it."

Yu was so depressed, because her Kan Sansuo was a losing hand as soon as she got a clear set.

Ye Jiayao curled her lips helplessly. She was right to send it, but she didn't expect to be intercepted by Zhou halfway.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and it was another three-string card. Ye Jiayao threw it out without hesitation.

You was overjoyed: "The limelight is unstoppable, and the fourth Sansuo card was actually eaten."

Zhou was the boss. She glared at Ye Jiayao and said unhappily, "Second brother's wife, you are cheating. You knew the next player wanted three ropes, but you still played."

Ye Jiayao disagreed: "It's useless for me to keep it. If you hadn't touched one, it wouldn't have been my turn to draw it. I also want to win the game, so of course I have to discard the useless cards."

What Ye Jiayao said made sense. The second three-stringed card was indeed caught later. Zhou had no choice but to say unhappily, "Go on."

With this hand of cards, with the cooperation of Ye Jiayao, You Shi really won a big hand, won the first game and was in a good mood.

After three rounds, Liuli lost the most, the only one who lost, Youshi won the most, and Ye Jiayao never lost or won.

Qiao couldn't hold on any longer and went back first. Liuli persisted for another round, but still lost. She said angrily, "I don't want to play anymore. It's boring."

You was the big winner. The losers said they didn't want to play anymore, and the winners felt embarrassed to keep them, so they dispersed the game.

Ye Jiayao resisted the urge to stretch and smiled as she escorted Zhou out the second door. Strangely enough, she was not as tired as playing a few rounds of cards even though she prepared ten tables of banquets. Her arms and legs were stiff. When she returned to her room, she saw Chunyu sitting on the couch, so she walked towards him and said with a smile, "When did you come back? I went to play cards with my mother and Third Aunt. My mother is the big winner tonight..."

Huh? Why didn't Chunyu react at all?

Ye Jiayao put her hands on his shoulders, leaned over, and asked with a smile: "What are you thinking about? Why are you so absent-minded?"

The next moment, Ye Jiayao herself was stunned, her mind was almost blank, and there was only a note stuck in the book. It read: When the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless things in the world... Lu.

After the shock, Ye Jiayao began to feel confused.

Damn, when did she put such a note in her book? It even had such an ambiguous sentence, and it was signed by Lu.

Lu is naturally Lu Xiaotian.

What's happening here?
Xia Chunyu slowly raised his head, his eyes were deep and cold, as if they were a rock that had remained unchanged at the bottom of the sea for thousands of years, or a glacier in the Arctic that had not melted for thousands of years.

Ye Jiayao's heart sank little by little, and she quickly explained: "Chun Yu, I don't know about this thing either. I have never seen it."

Xia Chunyu just looked at her without saying a word, with a hint of coldness, mockery and anger in his eyes.

Ye Jiayao panicked. At this moment, all the words like "a person of integrity is not afraid of his own shadow", "not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night", and "having a clear conscience" were no longer effective. She knew how jealous Chunyu was. What would he think if he saw such a note? In front of the words on paper, any explanation seemed so pale and powerless.

She was afraid that he would take it seriously, afraid that he would harbor such a grudge in his heart, just like a smooth mirror with a crack, which would eventually break one day.

Ye Jiayao knew that she couldn't explain it clearly, so she called out to Xiangtao: "Xiangtao, come in."

Xiang Tao came in and said, "Second Young Madam, what do you want me to do?"

Ye Jiayao asked with a serious face: "Did anyone enter this room while I was away?"

Xiangtao saw that the Crown Prince and the Second Young Lady both had unhappy faces, and she felt uneasy. Could it be that something was lost?
"No...no, I have been outside the whole time and didn't see anyone come in."

"you sure?"

Xiang Tao wanted to say that she had only gone to the toilet for a short while, and besides, everyone in this courtyard was very well behaved, so who would dare to do something improper? So she said, "I really didn't see anything."

Ye Jiayao was stunned. When she came to her senses, her first reaction was that someone had framed her, but Xiangtao's words overturned her idea. Her lecture notes had been taken and read by several people today, and Lu Xiaotian had also read them. Could it be that Lu Xiaotian had stuffed them in at that time?
She recognized Lu Xiaotian's handwriting. These words were indeed written by Lu Xiaotian.

But, damn, why write such weird words?

Bullshit, the golden wind and the jade dew meet each other! She and him were just business contacts, and in terms of personal relationship, at most they exchanged a few more words.

If he really loves her, he wouldn't write such explicit words! Oh my God, she's going crazy.

Xia Chunyu just stared at her without blinking for a moment, with the corners of his mouth pursed into an imperceptible arc. It was a sarcastic sneer, a laugh of anger.

He really wanted her to give a reason that could convince him and a reasonable explanation, but she looked panicked and tried to shift the blame to the servants with a bluffing manner.

Let me ask, is there anyone in this yard who can deliver a message for Lu Xiaotian?

Ye Jiayao really didn't know how to explain it, but she couldn't just say nothing.

"Chun Yu, I really don't know where this note came from. Whether you believe it or not, I have a clear conscience. I will ask Lu Xiaotian tomorrow. If he really wrote this thing, then I will ignore the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce and the training class. I will break off all ties with him." Ye Jiayao became more and more angry the more she thought about it. What a bullshit.

"Ye Jinxuan, you'd better give a reasonable explanation." Xia Chunyu said without any emotion, his expression distant and indifferent as if she was a stranger.

Xia Chunyu walked away with a wave of his sleeves, and the bamboo curtain rustled as he swung it.

Xiangtao was startled and didn't understand what was going on.

Ye Jiayao waved her hand to let her go out, and sat down on the couch dejectedly. No, she couldn't panic. This note came too strangely. She had to think carefully about what the problem was.

That night, Xia Chunyu did not return to his room. Qiao Xi went to check on the situation and came back to say that the prince was sleeping in the outer study.

Ye Jiayao was speechless. They had quarreled before since they got married, but he always took the initiative to admit his mistakes and try to please her. He always said that couples quarrel at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. This was the first time he didn't go back to his room to sleep because he was angry.

Qiao Xi knew that the Young Master and the Second Young Lady were having a quarrel. She asked Xiang Tao, but Xiang Tao didn't know what was going on. She wanted to give them some advice, but she didn't know how.

"Second Young Madam, how about I go and invite you again?"

Ye Jiayao said softly: "No need."

She should wait until she asks Lu Xiaotian tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)