Chapter 26: Aunt Lan
When the man heard someone scolding him, he turned back viciously, but found that there was a beautiful woman standing in front of him, and his anger was somewhat restrained, but his tone was still not good.
"I beat my own mother-in-law, do you need your little girl!"
"Since I saw it, I can't ignore it." Shen Qing's face was expressionless, and a pair of beautiful eyes looked at the boss who was covering his face and being silent at this time, without even looking at the man.
The man looked at Shen's contemptuous attitude, and his anger suddenly came up, and he raised his hand while roaring.
"Little Nizi, then I'll fight you together...... Yes! ”
The man's movements snapped, and he wailed, his expression distorted. At this moment, his wrist was grasped, and the pain that almost broke hit him in bursts, and his fingers were already twisted in a very strange posture.
Yin Qi shook the man's hand away, glanced at the man coldly, grabbed Shen Qingyan's hand and pulled her behind him.
The man sat on the ground and grabbed his hand and wailed the moment Yin Qi let go, his head was covered with cold sweat the size of a bean, his hand had been broken at this time, hanging weakly, and his tendons were also pinched, even if his hand could be connected, I am afraid that he would not be able to use that hand flexibly like a normal person in the future.
The boss looked at the man sitting on the ground in pain, and a little unbearability flashed in his eyes, but after all, he sighed, lowered his head, and stopped looking at the man.
After the man left with his tail between his legs, the boss invited Yin Qi and Shen Qingyan to the inner room and brought two cups of fragrant tea.
Shen Qingyan picked up the fragrant tea, and the moment he opened the lid of the cup, the fragrance of the tea mixed with the fragrance of flowers came to his nose, which was very fresh and not fragrant. The tea is Pu'er, and a few jasmine petals float in the pale tea, which eliminates the bitterness of the tea and replaces it with a few wisps of jasmine.
Shen Qingyan, who had always liked jasmine, took a few sips of tea with satisfaction, and turned to look at the room. The style of the room is very elegant, with pear wood windows and doors, sandalwood tables and chairs, a few pots of orchids to bring a few splashes of color to the room, and a screen erected on the side, painted with bamboo forest.
"Thank you both for today." The boss sat opposite and thanked Yin Qi and Shen Qingyan, clasping his hands tightly, his eyes full of gratitude.
"The boss doesn't have to thank you, today the man is too much, we can never watch you being bullied by him." Shen Qingyan put down the teacup and said to the boss with a smile that she had a sense of intimacy with the boss for no reason.
"The girl doesn't have to call me the boss all the time, I have 'Lan' in my name, if the girl doesn't dislike it, call me Aunt Lan." Aunt Lan looked at Shen and smiled, very kind.
"Okay, Aunt Lan, no wonder you like orchids so much." Shen Qingyan smiled back, and took a sip of tea, she liked the fragrance very much.
Yin Qi just kept looking at Shen Qingyan on the side, and occasionally looked at Aunt Lan, but did not speak, and his face was still dumbfounded.
"I also want to thank Aunt Lan for this son, the son is extraordinary at a young age, and he is really talented in the country." Aunt Lan noticed Yin Qi, who had not spoken on the side, and turned her head and praised with a smile.
"Ah...... This is my husband, he has some problems with his mind, maybe he saw that the man was going to beat me, and he would use so much strength in a hurry. Shen Qingyan put down the teacup and played a round for Yin Qi's 'abnormality' just now, no matter how intimate she is with Aunt Lan, what should let her know and what should not let her know, Shen Qingyan is still measured.
Aunt Lan heard Shen Qingyan mention the man, and lowered her head a little sadly, with a little bitterness.
Shen Qingyan frowned a little unbearably when she saw Aunt Lan like this, she wanted to help this woman who was gentle by nature but had experienced misfortune.
"That's not how he turned out......," Aunt Lan raised her head, a tear slipped from the corner of her eyes, and she explained her misfortune to herself, "We were childhood sweethearts, and when we reached the age, we naturally got married." He turned out to be a very gentle and considerate person, and then we came to Mucheng to develop some business, but once the business was cheated, we almost lost all our savings, that is, at that time, he became addicted to gambling, since then, he seems to have changed a person, become irritable and irritable, and often beat me, as soon as he sees the silver, he will immediately take it to gamble, lose a fine and come back to get the money, my persuasion in exchange for only a beating, and the cycle repeats, over time, my love for him is also gone. ”
After Aunt Lan finished saying the last word, the whole person whimpered, no longer as gentle and feminine as just now, at this moment she was just a poor wife who was beaten by her husband.
Shen Qingyan saw that Aunt Lan was so sad, so she hurriedly took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Aunt Lan, who took it and thanked her, but did not wipe away her tears.
Just when Shen Qingyan wanted to say something, he was stopped by a look from Yin Qi, Shen Qingyan was a little puzzled, but he still obeyed Yin Qi's instructions and planned to get up and leave. After all, Yin Qi would not be like this for no reason.
"Aunt Lan, don't be too sad, pay attention to your body, we still have something to do, let's go first." Shen Qingyan patted Aunt Lan on the shoulder, and when she saw that Aunt Lan nodded, she pulled Yin Qi away.
Out of the store, Shen Qingyan found that the carriage of the Prince's Mansion had arrived at the door, waiting for Yin Qi and Shen Qingyan. Shen Qingyan glanced at Yin Qi in surprise, but Yin Qi just smiled, and after sending Shen Qingyan into the carriage, he also got into the carriage and sat next to Shen Qingyan.
After the carriage drove for a while, Shen Qingyan finally couldn't hold back his doubts and curiosity, grabbed Yin Qi's hand, and asked about what happened just now.
"That Aunt Lan is not as simple as it seems." Yin Qi just smiled and nodded Shen Qingyan's head, explaining his behavior just now.
"How so?" Shen Qingyan couldn't imagine that such a kind and noble Aunt Lan would have some ulterior secrets.
"She hasn't taken her eyes off you since we entered the store, and has won your favor with a friendly but not flattering attitude, so that you don't have too much suspicion of what happens next because of your first impression of her."
"However, this is not enough to show that Aunt Lan is ill-intentioned, maybe this is just a way of hospitality." Shen Qingyan did not agree with Yin Qi's statement.
"Don't worry, listen to me slowly." Yin Qi looked at Shen Qingyan, who was frowning, held her hand, and comforted her, "The soles of her feet are silent when she walks, and she walks on tiptoe, this is because she has practiced light exercises, if she can do light exercises, how can she only endure silently when her husband beats her?" ”
Shen Qingyan's eyes widened slightly when she heard this, she couldn't have imagined that Aunt Lan, who was so weak on the surface, would actually work lightly.
However, his husband is not a fuel-efficient lamp. When I just held his wrist, I felt his pulse, and there was a very strong and depressed pulse in it to protect his heart, which showed that he himself has very profound martial arts, and he is not a person who has no choice but to be a gambler after failing in business. Yin Qi looked at Shen Qingyan, who was already stunned, patted her hand, and continued, "Aunt Lan's acting skills are actually very good, but the contrast between before and after is too great, and it is a bit exaggerated. How could a tall and tenacious woman pour out a stream of water from her own crying without others even asking. And, how would she know that you like jasmine. ”
When Shen Qingyan heard this, he suddenly realized that there were jasmine flowers in his tea just now, but Yin Qi and Aunt Lan did not have them in their own tea, and Aunt Lan's expression always revealed a sense of clarity when she drank tea, as if she had known that she liked jasmine, the jasmine was freshly picked, and there were orchids everywhere in the pastry shop, and there was no jasmine at all, as if it was specially prepared for herself.
"So, she did it on purpose, but why, and how could she have expected me to walk into her pastry shop today?" Shen Qingyan's head was a little big, and she felt that since she married Yin Qi, her IQ had plummeted.
"What her purpose is, it is unknown. As for why she would have expected that, if she knew your hobby and opened a pastry shop here, you would always have a chance to go in, and if you don't go today, you will do tomorrow. Yin Qi narrowed his eyes, today he let go of that woman for the time being, if she did something that would hurt Shen Qingyan in the future, then he would never be soft.
In the pastry shop, the tears on Aunt Lan's face had already been wiped dry, and she was rubbing the handkerchief that Shen Qingyan had just given her, staring at the tea that Shen Qingyan had just drunk that was already cold at this time.
"Hey, don't be in a daze, come and bandage me." Aunt Lan's husband had already entered the inner room at this time, sat next to Aunt Lan, saw that she was still holding a handkerchief in a daze, sighed helplessly, and pinched Aunt Lan's face with a smile.
Aunt Lan came back to her senses, looked at the man, glanced at him angrily, took his hand and "clicked", closed the broken bones, and took the gauze handed by the man and wrapped it around the man. During the whole process, the man's expression did not change, as if he didn't know the pain.
"This stinky boy is ruthless enough, if it weren't for luck, the tendons would have been completely broken, and he would really be a cripple." The man raised an eyebrow and gritted his teeth.
"You're embarrassed to say it!" Aunt Lan pinched the man's ears fiercely and turned around, how could she still have that gentle temperament, "It's because you protected it that that the stinky boy will see it." ”
The man grinned and took Aunt Lan's hand down and rubbed her ears.
"Why don't you say that you have acted, Xiao Yan is soft-hearted and easy to deceive, that kid's eyes are so poisonous, he can see through you at a glance."
Aunt Lan sighed and leaned her head on the man's shoulder.
"Minglie, what should I do, Xiao Yan probably won't come in the future." As Aunt Lan spoke, tears began to fall.
“...... At least, that stinky boy will be good to Xiao Yan, and Mingwei will not let Xiao Yan be wronged, so it's good that Xiao Yan can be happy. ”
“...... I miss her. ”
"I know, I'm with you."
Shen Minglie hugged Fang Lan'er, and the two of them quietly looked at the cup of tea in front of the place where Shen Qingyan had just sit, and there were thousands of thoughts in their eyes, as if they could see that person through the tea.
Outside the window, there is a darkening morning glow, red, red, purple and purple intertwined, rolling in the yellowing sky, projecting on the screen window, illuminating the room in light and dark, a trace of warmth but a little sadness, causing people to tears.