RPAGF Chapter 178 Shui Sheng Encounters Liu Cai'er
Chapter 178 Shui Sheng Encounters Liu Cai'er
After lunch, Shuisheng drove his carriage back to Guihua Village. As he passed the village entrance, he saw a woman sitting by the roadside. Her eyebrows and eyes resembled his sister-in-law's, and her eyes were filled with loneliness. Her face was still wet with tears, and she looked extremely haggard, as if she had encountered some difficulties.
But since the eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar, he couldn't make any conclusions, so he ignored it and continued driving the carriage back to the village.
Liu Cai'er seemed to have lost her soul. In a daze, she heard a sound. She suddenly looked up and saw a carriage passing by. She immediately got up and ran forward to stop the carriage.
"Brother, you're from Guihua Village, right? Do you know Liu Feng'er?" No, Guihua Village is so big, not everyone knows her. She immediately changed the subject, "Do you know where Lin Qingchuan lives?"
Looking for Qingchuan's house?
He even asked his sister-in-law, "Could she really be a relative of yours?"
He asked in confusion, "I know where Qingchuan's family lives, but they moved to town a long time ago. What do you need them for?"
Liu Cai'er was so heartbroken that she could hardly breathe. When she heard that her sister and brother-in-law's family had moved to town, she burst into tears and squatted on the ground, as if all her strength had been drained away.
Shuisheng had relied on his mother since childhood and couldn't bear to see her cry because of the hardships of life. When he saw Liu Feng'er crying with tears streaming down her face, he immediately felt sympathy.
"You...you...don't cry yet. I know where Qingchuan and the others live. Tell me what you need them for, and I can take you to their house."
The Qingchuan family had finally settled down and were living a peaceful life. If it were a normal situation, he could just send her to the Qingchuan family without any problem. But what if it turned out to be a bad thing and he ended up making things worse?
The woman looked a bit older than my sister-in-law, and Qingchuan is an honest man, so it shouldn't be that kind of relationship between them.
He's probably my sister-in-law's relative!
Liu Cai'er wiped away her tears and said, "Qingchuan is my brother-in-law, and Feng'er is my younger sister. I... I've encountered some difficulties and want to find my sister."
At this moment, Liu Cai'er felt very regretful. Since her younger sister got married, she had never visited her sister except when she went back to her parents' home. Her brother-in-law's family was poor, and the couple suffered from the pressure of their elders. They couldn't afford to give gifts when visiting her sister's family. Her husband looked down on her brother-in-law and forbade her to visit her sister's family. So, to this day, she still didn't know where her sister and brother-in-law's home was.
It's truly ironic!
In this world, what sisters don't keep in touch?
She suddenly realized that it was improper for her to cry like this in front of a strange man, so she immediately turned her head away, wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve, and stopped crying.
Oh, so it really is my sister-in-law's maternal elder sister!
Shuisheng hurriedly said, "Since she is your sister-in-law's elder sister, if you don't mind, get in the carriage and I'll take you to town to find them."
Just now, Liu Cai'er was so focused on being sad and crying that she only remembered that her sister and brother-in-law's family had moved to the town.
She asked somewhat uncertainly, "My brother-in-law's father is Mr. Shen, the one who taught at the school. You're not mistaken, are you?"
Shui Sheng immediately replied, "There's no mistake."
Liu Cai'er looked incredulous. "When did my sister and brother-in-law move to town? It must have cost a lot of money to move to town. How could they..." She knew a little about the kind of life the couple lived in Old Shen's house. How could they suddenly have the money to move to town?
Could this person be trying to scam her?
It's all her fault for trusting others so easily. They were already at the village entrance, but she didn't even go in to ask around. She believed whatever people said. What if she was a kidnapper?
Although she had already been married and had children, she could still sell her to a wealthy family as a lowly servant and get a few copper coins for it.
Upon realizing this, Liu Cai'er panicked instantly and wished she could slap herself twice.
Seeing her sudden change in expression, Shui Sheng asked with some concern, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Since it's still early, why don't we head to town now?"
Send him over sooner so he can come back sooner, and save his mother from getting impatient at home.
It would have been fine if he hadn't been in a hurry to send Liu Cai'er off, but as soon as he said "Let's leave now," Liu Cai'er became even more alert and wary of Shui Sheng.
She cautiously looked around, but there was no one there. Terrified, her face turned ashen and her body froze. She tried to slowly back away, but her legs felt like lead and she couldn't move an inch.
Shui Sheng saw Liu Cai'er standing still, not responding or getting into the carriage, and he felt something was strange. He frowned and took a step forward, which startled Liu Cai'er so much that she suddenly mustered up a bit of strength and ran towards the village.
Shui Sheng was puzzled and called out, "Hey...didn't we agree to go to town to find Brother Qingchuan and his wife? Why are you running off?"
If I don't run away, am I just waiting to be sold by this kidnapper?
Liu Cai'er works from morning till night at home and runs very fast. Shui Sheng is a man, so catching up with her is easy for him. However, he can't abandon the carriage to chase after her, since the carriage belongs to Qingchuan's family and the horse and carriage are worth a lot of money.
So he immediately jumped into the carriage and drove off to chase after the person.
Liu Cai'er ran in a panic towards the direction of the village where there were houses. Her hair was disheveled, her face was streaked with tears, and she looked utterly terrified.
Shui Sheng was afraid that Liu Cai'er would run into the village and hide. He was driving a carriage and there were some small roads that he couldn't pass. He was the only one in the whole Guihua Village who knew where Qingchuan's house in town was. If she got lost, who would take her to find Qingchuan and his wife?
He shouted, "Hey, don't run away! I'm not lying to you, Qingchuan's family really did move to town last year."
Liu Cai'er simply refused to believe it.
When she went back to her parents' home to visit relatives on the second day of the Lunar New Year, her younger sister didn't mention this matter to her. Her younger sister is the most honest. If she really moved to the town, wouldn't she tell her older sister?
With a sob in her voice, she said, "Stop chasing them! If you keep chasing them, I'll call for help. They didn't move to town because they did. If they had, why didn't my sister tell me?"
Shuisheng was stunned for a moment, then realized that her sister-in-law hadn't told her older sister.
No wonder her expression suddenly changed and she ran towards the village; she clearly didn't trust him and thought he was a bad person.
He said, “Don’t be afraid, I won’t chase you anymore. Let’s go into the village together and ask some villagers. Then you’ll know whether I lied to you or not.”
Liu was panting heavily from running. When she finally bumped into an old woman, she hurriedly asked, "Auntie, do you know Qingchuan from Old Shen's family? Did his family really move to town?"
The older woman looked Liu Cai'er up and down, and asked curiously, "Yes, what's wrong? What's your relationship with him?"
She immediately guessed that Qingchuan might have made money in business, had been having affairs, and had found a lover who then came knocking on her door.
Oh my, this is really something! In all these years, how many years has it been since such a scandalous and indecent thing happened in the vast Osmanthus Village?
The old woman's eyes immediately turned strange, and she curled her lips into a sneer.
Seeing the strange look in the old woman's eyes, and remembering how harmful rumors can be, Liu Cai'er quickly explained, "Auntie, don't misunderstand. Qingchuan is my brother-in-law, and his wife is my younger sister. This is my first time here, and I can't find my sister's house."