Chapter Eighty-Three: Negligence but Not Leakage
As soon as the scandal between Song Tinglan and Zheng Fengping subsided, Mrs. Song quickly found a family affair for her and entered the process of seeing each other and discussing relatives.
"Who? Zhao Xuan? Zhou Jingrong was so surprised that she couldn't even care about expression management, and her eyes widened like copper bells.
According to the recipe given by Fu Raohua, Zui Huayin has already made a sample of the balm, Zhou Jingrong invited Song Tinglan to try the new product, and the two chatted about it.
It turned out that Mrs. Song chose a husband candidate for Song Tinglan was Zhao Xuan.
Song Tinglan responded calmly: "Hmm." β
Zhou Jingrong asked again: "In the alley that day, the person who saved you from Zheng Fengping was Zhao Xuan?" β
Song Tinglan nodded again, and responded lightly, but the tips of her ears were imperceptibly red.
Zhou Jingrong sighed slightly, this can be regarded as fate.
The two have known each other for a long time because of Cheng Yueqi's relationship, and now they have the clichΓ© but timeless bridge of heroes saving beauty as a catalyst, and it is also a good relationship.
However, Zhou Jingrong still has a lot of complaints about Song Tinglan's previous scandal, but Zhao Xuan's inaction: "You were slandered by Zheng Fengping before, he obviously knows the truth, why didn't he come out to help you clarify?" β
Song Tinglan knew that her friend was jealous and hateful, and she was afraid that she would misunderstand Zhao Xuan, so she hurriedly explained for him: "Zhao Gongzi went out to visit friends, and he only found out about it when he came back. He also felt so guilty that he couldn't help and came to my door to apologize himself. β
Seeing that Song Tinglan was so active in defending Zhao Xuan, Zhou Jingrong couldn't say anything more.
Song Tinglan paused, and asked a little unspeakably, "I know that Zhao Gongzi once mentioned his ...... to Miss Lin in your mansion."
Looking at Song Tinglan's hesitant appearance, Zhou Jingrong burst out laughing and quipped, "You want to ask, did anything happen between the two of them?" Why don't you ask your Zhao Gongzi in person? β
Song Tinglan was pierced by Zhou Jingrong, and said in an awkward and stiff tone: "I don't really want to know, I just asked casually." β
Zhou Jingrong saw that Song Tinglan's mouth was wrong, and she was afraid of making people anxious, so she said, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you." That incident, Fu Yunshen wanted to talk about matchmaking, but my aunt had a high vision and wanted to marry her cousin, so she refused this family business. The two of them didn't even say a word. β
Of course, this omits Lin Shutong's confession to Fu Yunshen in order to refuse marriage, and also saves Zhao Xuan's experience of falling in love with Lin Shutong at first sight on the night of Qixi Festival.
This kind of thing should still be explained by the person concerned, and it is not good for her, a bystander, to pass on the story, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
Song Tinglan inquired about this matter clearly, but she was still sullen, and confided in Zhou Jingrong: "I always feel that Zhao Gongzi proposed to me because he felt guilty about the events of that day. Could he be responsible for me because he thinks that my reputation has been damaged and I can't get married? β
Zhou Jingrong asked, "Since you have doubts, why don't you ask him directly?" β
Song Tinglan hesitated, she didn't know why she didn't dare to ask directly, maybe she was afraid of hearing the answer she didn't want to hear.
Zhou Jingrong knows that the freedom of women in marriage in this era is very low.
Many women cannot choose who they want to marry before they get married; After getting married, even if you are unhappy, you will be hindered by the patience of etiquette and law, and you will not easily choose to leave.
She didn't want her friends to face this kind of life in the future, so she encouraged: "Marriage is a major event related to life, and you can't be sloppy." First, you need to confirm three things. First, whether you like him or not; second, whether he likes you or not; Third, if he doesn't like you, it's because he doesn't feel for you for the time being, and because he has something else in his heart. The last two things, you have to verify with him personally. The first thing to ask yourself is to ask yourself. Lan Niang, do you like Zhao Xuan? β
Song Tinglan thought for a moment, then nodded without hesitation: "Well, he saved me." β
Zhou Jingrong smiled helplessly: "If it's just because he saved you, maybe you are just grateful and moved by him, but not necessarily liked." β
Song Tinglan shook her head and said with a little excitement: "When you are in despair, someone suddenly appears to save you, that kind of feeling is very complicated, and it can't be described as kindness or touching alone. I don't know how to say it, you haven't experienced it, you won't understand. β
"I understand."
Fu Raohua didn't know when she came to the door, and just heard Song Tinglan's words, so she couldn't help but answer.
She remembered how desperate she had been when she had fallen into the water, in the icy waters. But at that time, Lin Yan appeared, he split the water, and brought her a beam of life light, like a god descending into the world.
The feeling of redemption in the midst of despair is indeed more profound and complex than the feeling of gratitude for saving one's life.
She has also had such an experience, so she can understand Song Tinglan's feelings.
"Rao Niang."
Zhou Jingrong's voice woke up Fu Raohua, she smiled and stepped forward to give a salute: "I'm sorry, second sister-in-law, Miss Song, I'm bothering you." β
Song Tinglan smiled back: "It's okay, the second girl doesn't have to be polite." β
Fu Raohua put a few small porcelain jars on the table, which was made according to her recipe, which was named Yuhua Frost series by Zhou Jingrong, and different styles were also given different names, and porcelain jars of different colors were used. After the sample was made, it was accepted by Fu Raohua, the developer.
Fu Raohua dutifully pointed out the shortcomings of these cans of balm to Zhou Jingrong: "The ratio of peach is wrong, and there is too much honey, which dilutes the smell of flower dew; The paste of bamboo green is slightly rough and not delicate enough......"
Song Tinglan picked up a pink porcelain jar, which was Tao Yao, who was pointed out by Fu Raohua, opened it and sniffed it, and praised: "The second girl's nose is really effective, I can judge the ratio by smell alone, I really can't smell anything." β
Fu Raohua smiled embarrassedly: "Yes, the second sister-in-law also said that I am a dog's nose." β
Zhou Jingrong, who was drinking tea, choked a little, she praised her for being more powerful than a police dog because Fu Raohua had a keen sense of smell and could distinguish some extremely subtle smells, who knew that she remembered the word dog nose.
Song Tinglan also felt helpless about Zhou Jingrong's alternative praise, and used these jars of balm one by one, and was amazed again and again.
"The cream is moisturizing, fragrant and chic, and it is much easier to use than facial grease, so it will definitely be very popular......
Song Tinglan said as she took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands, but accidentally took out another handkerchief and landed on the ground.
Fu Raohua happened to be standing between the two, so she leaned over to help her pick it up, but when she picked up the handkerchief, she was slightly stunned: "Hey, this handkerchief ......"
Zhou Jingrong looked at it when she heard this, and Song Tinglan explained: "Oh, this veil was left by the woman who was entangled by Zheng Fengping. I kept it with me all the time, thinking that I would have a chance to find her, so I gave it back to her. But now it seems that this person should not be seen, and there is no need to look for her again. β
Zhou Jingrong glanced at the handkerchief, the color was plain white, only a small flower was embroidered in the corner, the style was common, and the embroidery method was also ordinary, it was difficult to judge the identity of the owner of the handkerchief.
Fu Raohua put the veil on the lower end of her nose and sniffed, frowning.
Zhou Jingrong asked, "Rao Niang, what's wrong?" β
Fu Raohua's face was confused, and he hesitated slightly: "The smell of incense on this handkerchief smells a little familiar, as if it is ......."
Zhou Jingrong saw her spitting, and couldn't help but ask anxiously, "What does it seem to be?" β
Fu Raohua was not very sure, but said: "The aroma on this handkerchief is very similar to the aroma on Tuesday's body." β
"Zhou Jingshu?"
As soon as Zhou Jingrong shouted this name, it was like a lightning bolt flashing, illuminating some of the passages blocked by the wall in her mind, and many things were connected at once.
Fu Raohua hurriedly said: "Xu is that others also use the same kind of incense, but I can't be sure that this veil is hers." β
Zhou Jingrong had already stood up: "Yes or no, just ask Zheng Fengping." β
Fu Raohua didn't understand what Zhou Jingrong meant, but Song Tinglan did. Zhou Jingrong asked Fu Raohua to go home first, and she went to Zheng Fengping accompanied by Song Tinglan.
Zheng Fengping is now afraid of Song Tinglan, and when he sees her, he is like a mouse seeing a cat, turning around and running.
Zhou Jingrong shouted: "Hey, don't go, I have something to ask you!" β
But where was Zheng Fengping willing to listen, he ran away in an instant, and Zhou Jingrong suddenly had a feeling of self-inflicted suffering.
Song Tinglan admired Zhou Jingrong even more: "Rong Niang, you still have a way, he used to be eager to post it, but now he actually runs away when he sees me!" β
Zhou Jingrong said: "There is no reason to talk to scoundrels, so to deal with scoundrels, you can only use scoundrel methods." But it's too much, alas. β
When someone was sent to arrest Zheng Fengping, he looked at Song Tinglan defensively, and shouted nervously in a sharp voice: "What are you going to do?" I didn't provoke you! β
Song Tinglan didn't bother to pay attention to him, and Zhou Jingrong asked directly: "Who is the woman who was in the alley with you that day?" β
Zheng Fengping heard that Zhou Jingrong was going to ask about this, not to embarrass him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and said it clearly in the context of the future like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
is no different from Zhou Jingrong's expectations, Zheng Feng usually wanders in the place of fireworks and hooks, and has no other specialties, but he has a lot of experience with the aroma of women's fat powder.
So that day, when Zhou Jingshu passed by his side, he smelled the same fragrance on her body as the one on the anonymous letter he received before, and he pestered her.
At first, he just wanted to make some money, but after learning that she was the daughter of the richest man, he thought that if he could be the son-in-law of the richest man, wouldn't it be happy?
happened to be Song Tinglan passing by, Zhou Jingshu was in a hurry, so in order to get out, she shouted for help to lure her over, and revealed her identity to Zheng Fengping in a low voice.
Song Tinglan is a daughter of an official family, and her identity is not much more valuable than Zhou Jingshu, Zheng Fengping didn't think about it, so he followed Zhou Jingshu's idea and changed to entangle Song Tinglan, while Zhou Jingshu took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Song Tinglan never blamed the woman who was relieved by her, but left her to run away. She only thinks that she is a timid woman, and she will inevitably panic when she encounters this kind of thing, she can understand it.
But she never expected that she was deliberately designed, which made her very angry.
Thinking about it, Mrs. Song would not have thought that her daughter's reputation was almost ruined, but it was due to the daughter of her ally. I don't know how she will feel when she learns the truth.
Zhou Jingrong pinched the handkerchief in his hand fiercely, and a heart that wanted to make trouble was about to move. The human and material evidence is there, she is going to slap Zhou Jingshu in the face!