Chapter 54 Part 1: Older cousin
Ye Shijie waited for Jiang Li in a small building in the tea house next door.
Early in the morning, he had entrusted soone to wait outside the Jiang residence to give a letter to Jiang Li’s servant girl. Ye Shijie invited her to et in the tea house’s small building. Although the words were passed, Jiang Li still might not necessarily co personally.
However, in the end Jiang Li still ca.
It’s not yet ti for school, it’s also not that far from here to Ming Yi Hall. A simple talk with Ye Shijie would not affect the school ti. Jiang Li ca to keep the appointnt after she had properly organized her things.
In the tea house. Ye Shijie was wearing an ash blue robe. Although the color was plain, if one looked carefully, the material of the cloth was very fine. The obscured pattern on the cuff was also a rare double needle embroidery. This youngster was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, considerably handso and bright. It’s just that his gaze as he sized up Jiang Li had a sowhat vigilant look.
“Elder cousin Ye.” Jiang Li spoke as she sat down across from Ye Shijie.
Apparently shocked by “elder cousin Ye” these three words, Ye Shijie blanked out for a mont and actually didn’t know what to say for a while. Only after a long ti did he open his mouth and spoke in a stiff voice: “Why did you help yesterday?”
In the midst of the ruckuss yesterday, Jiang Li suddenly appeared and helped Ye Shijie. Towards this young lady who showed up when encountering injustice, he was very grateful. But in the evening, as he was sitting under the lamp, he suddenly thought that sothing was wrong. The capital’s Jiang second miss, isn’t that his late aunt’s daughter, his younger female cousin?
If soone else showed up to counter the injustice, perhaps Ye Shijie wouldn’t think so much. But when the righteous person turned out to be Jiang Li, no matter what, Ye Shijie wasn’t convinced that it wasn’t a plot. Tossing and turning for a night without any sleep, Ye Shijie decided to look for Jiang Li directly to have a chat and ask her clearly what’s going on.
“I called you elder cousin Ye, don’t tell you want to see my own relative being blackmailed on the street while I look on without lifting a finger?” Jiang Li spoke very naturally as if she was astonished at the reason why Ye Shijie asked such a simple question.
Ye Shijie was again choked by Jiang Li’s righteous words. Half a day later he spoke in a cold voice: “Don’t joke, aren’t you looking down on us being rchants, so why talk about being relatives?”
Jiang Li heard what was said and spoke in a weird tone: “Can you explain these words?”
Ye Shijie glowered at her: “That year grandmother travelled to the capital to take you to Xiangyang. But in front of the entire Jiang family, you berated my Ye family as lowly rchants and wanted to break off all relations!” Ye Shijie spoke till here and his chest violently moved up and down, seemingly very excited: “When grandmother went back, she imdiately contracted a serious illness, only got better after recuperating in bed for a year. Now you talk about relatives, are you joking?”
Jiang Li stared at him, then blinking her eyes, she spoke with astonishnt: “Did I say all these things before?”
Ye Shijie: “.......”
“Perhaps elder cousin Ye rembered it wrong.” Jiang Li shook her head, “I don’t rember saying these.”
“You don’t rember?” Ye Shijie sneered: “But all the people from our Ye family who were present rember!”
“Ah, then it seems that I have indeed said these words.” Jiang Li secretly sighed. No wonder Ye family broke relations with the Jiang family. If Jiang second miss had truly said these hurtful words towards old madam Ye, it would be strange if they could recover their relationship. However, she wouldn’t vainly accept this accusation that originally didn’t belong to her. Jiang Li asked: “But now I simply don’t rember anymore. Dare to ask elder cousin Ye, when I spoke these words at that ti, how old was I?”
Ye Shijie coldly said: “Five years old.”
“Five years old.” Jiang Li frowned, “According to reason, this should be the age where one is aware of matters. But I alone don’t rember this thing. Elder cousin Ye doesn’t feel that there’s sothing odd with this matter?”
“What excuse are you thinking of with these words?” Ye Shijie stared at her.
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