Chapter 71: Ping Yin Cried

  As soon as Lu Yun pushed open the door of her home, she saw her sister sitting alone in the courtyard, pursing her lips and staring blankly into the distance with a expressionless face.

  "Sister?" Lu Yun cautiously approached and asked anxiously: "Sister, what happened?"

  "Has Ah Yun returned?" Lu Xuan turned his head and looked at his younger brother. He said in a low voice, "After a while, we might leave Hanyang."

  "Leaving Hanyang, why?" Lu Yun's eyes widened. He is now in school, the teacher values him highly, he has also made friends with several classmates, even Ping Shi's sister who caused so much trouble doesn't scare him, why suddenly say leave.

  Besides, leaving is not a simple matter, no one recommends it, and you can't just enter school casually.

  Even living is a big trouble.

  Facing her younger brother's puzzled gaze, Lu Xuan thought for a moment before saying: "Today in the market, you saw me disappear, didn't you?"

  "Sister, didn't you go home first?"

  "No." Lu Xuan said: "Do you remember that noble person in Yi Garden? I was taken away by him."

  "What?"

  This news, no matter which family in Hanyang it's placed in, is shocking, right? Lu Yun stared at her sister in disbelief for a while before speaking in a low voice: "Sister, will he give you a name?"

  At this point, Lu Yun suddenly became furious. "Sister, if you're so good to him, will he give you a name? Humph! If he doesn't, I'll fight with him for my life!"

  "What's going on here?" Lu Xuan lost her smile and shook her head: "He didn't do anything to me."

  After a pause, Lu Xuan recounted what had happened in Yiyuan earlier and furrowed her brow, saying: "However, I feel that he seems to have taken an interest in me. I'm afraid that in the end, he will still take me with him."

  "When that time comes, I'll put on men's clothing. Once we arrive in Chengdu where no one knows us, I'll directly tell outsiders that you and I are brothers, and you don't have a sister."

  Lu Yun took a sip of tea and said in a low, clear voice: "My life is mine to arrange, so Ah Yun, you can rest assured that I will not become his concubine or pillow companion!"

  Having said that, Lu Yue raised her head and looked at her younger brother.

  Luyu completely believed in his sister's firm and dark eyes, and he said with excitement: "That's good too, haha, wait until sister finds someone she likes, then it won't be late to change back into women's clothes."

  Lu Yun did not smile, he looked at his sister seriously and said in a very simple manner: "Anyway, I knew you would have a way."

  Sister doesn't want to be detained by anyone. "When did this kid become so confident?" Lu Xuan was speechless and lost his smile.

  But being said by Lu Yun, Lu Xuan's heart also felt relieved. Now she just vaguely felt that if the noble person left Hanyang, they might take her and her brother with them, but that was a matter for later, to be thought about when the time came. Anyway, if she had to be the noble person's confidant, she would rather wear men's clothes for a lifetime and be a man for a lifetime.

  The most tragic thing in life is to have one's fate manipulated by others. To be honest, she has a deep-seated fear of the day when she will marry and have children. She really doesn't want her whole life to be controlled by some unknown man or his family, especially his mother.

  After talking with her brother, Lu Xuan's mood had greatly improved. She changed into a new set of clothes and carried a basket out the door.

  Just arrived at the city center, a familiar voice suddenly appeared behind "Xuan!"

  Lu Xuan turned her head.

  She was met with a haggard-looking Ping Yin. This time, the Ping Yin who appeared before her was still dressed in elegant attire and had a refined makeup look, but even the thickest layer of powder couldn't conceal her pale complexion.

  Luoyue looked back at her and saw that Ping wasn't riding a donkey cart. Ping shouldn't have fallen so quickly, where was her donkey cart?

  In Lu Yin's silence, Ping walked up to her.

  Then she stopped in her tracks, pouting, looking at Lu Yue with a mixture of grievance and resentment.

  So many things have happened and everyone around her is unhappy. How can Ah Yu still be so spirited, even more beautiful than the last time I saw her?

  Luyu, who is currently in her formative years, is rapidly evolving towards becoming a beautiful young woman.

  After staring at Lu Xuan for a while, Ping Yin suddenly felt an inexplicable discomfort. She held back her tears and turned her head to say, "Are you satisfied now?"

  Is she pleased? What happened to make her feel so pleased?

  Lu Xuan looked at Ping Yin with suspicion, staring at her pointed chin and the baby fat that was no longer on her cheeks. Lu Xuan's mind stirred, and she suddenly said: "Ah Yin, is the Zeng family thinking of backing out of the engagement again?"

  As soon as she spoke, Ping's face suddenly changed. She turned her head and stared at Lu Yue, shouting in a shrill voice: "You really know! You're a wicked person! You're an evil woman!"

  She had just cursed to here, when her wrist suddenly tightened, and she was pulled by Lu Yue towards an alley.

  Ping Yin was about to struggle free when she heard Lu Yue's cold voice, "You like being the center of attention that much?"

  A sentence reminded Ping Yin, she looked down at four and saw that many people were staring here, so she hurriedly bit her teeth and followed Lu Yue into a quiet alley.

  Entering the alley, Lu Xuan let go of Ping Yin's hand and frowned, saying: "Is the Zeng family planning to move to Chengdu with their entire household?"

  "How did you know?" Ping Yin was startled and asked out of curiosity.

  Lu Xuan coldly laughed and said: "Zeng Changzhi has already broken off his engagement with me, now he wants to break off the engagement with you too. If he stays in Hanyang, will anyone else dare to marry him?"

  It seems that Zeng's father has already settled down in Chengdu, so if they move to Chengdu, it would be reasonable. Moreover, as long as Zeng Changzhi is not a filial and incorruptible official, there won't be many people who will intentionally investigate his past. It seems that Zeng's father wants to arrange another marriage for his son in Chengdu.

  Having thought through all these things, Lu Xuan raised her head.

  She looked at Ping Yin, who was as pale as a sheet of paper and thin like a piece of paper, and then at the lively and beautiful girl, Rui Wa, who now looked haggard and lifeless. Looking into her desperate eyes, she suddenly sneered: "Ah Yin, are you regretful?" The ideal husband she had worked so hard to get, the good husband she had fought so hard to win, turned out to be this kind of person...

  As soon as these words came out, Ping Yin suddenly looked up at Lu Yue.

  She glared at her with indignation at first, but as she continued to glare, an inexplicable sorrow welled up in her heart.

  Slowly, Ping Yin covered her head and squatted down. Just as Lu Xuan furrowed his brow, preparing to ask her a couple of questions, he heard Ping Yin start crying.

  Ping hugged her head and cried non-stop. In her grief, she still remembered that there would be people coming in and out here, so she tried her best to suppress her crying sound.

  When Ping Yin cried so sadly, Lu Xuan was stunned. When her crying subsided slightly, Lu Xuan frowned and said impatiently: "Ah Yin, you came to find me, not just to cry in front of me, right?"

  As soon as these words came out, Ping Yin's crying voice sounded again.

  As Luyu became increasingly impatient, she choked and said: "I don't know why I just want to see you. Ah Yu, I know I was wrong. You two grew up together, he obviously liked you, but because of your poor family background, he despised you, at that time I should have known, this person is unreliable. But I was blinded, I was willful, I thought I was better than you, and of course he would choose me instead of you."

  In her sobs, Ping Yin's words were a bit indistinct, but her thoughts were very clear. Her tears fell drop by drop to the ground, and her small body shrank into a ball, making her look like an abandoned little thing.

  Pitiful like a cat, can't express it in words.

  Lu Xuan's face was expressionless as he stared at her.

  For some reason, after learning that the Zeng family intended to cancel the engagement today, she cried loudly and the first person she wanted to see was Lu Yue.

  Perhaps, taking something that doesn't belong to you will always leave a sense of unease in your heart. Perhaps she wanted to take this opportunity to confide in her cousin, who had once considered her a sister but later became an enemy, about things she couldn't say to others.

  Ping Yin was still sobbing, still saying "Ah Yue, tell me what to do, okay? Tell me how I can let him go, treat him like a stranger just like you did back then. Instead of... hating him so much, hating him..."

  Because of that man, her reputation had already been ruined, but in the end, she still couldn't marry him.

  He doesn't want her anymore, what can she do? What is she going to do?

  Throughout the entire morning, Ping Yin was like a walking corpse. At that time, what she thought about most in her mind was death.

  She didn't know, apart from death, what else she could do, she had nothing left, nothing at all!

  It was at this moment that she remembered Lu Xuan. She recalled that Lu Xuan had also faced the same situation as her, but how did he manage to be so carefree back then?

  So she came over. She just wanted to ask Lu Yue what to do.

  Listening to Ping Yinyu's nonsensical words, Lu Xuan gradually understood what she meant.

  She felt like laughing.

  Lu Xuan hooked her lips and said coldly, "What's there to be sad about? As you said, if he could abandon me because of poverty, he can naturally abandon you when your family encounters difficulties. Ah Yin, you don't need to regret it either. I believe that in this world, there are not many men worse than Zeng Changzhi. Your future husband will definitely be better than him."

  Here is the translation:

  "Speaking of which, Lu Xuan smiled and shook her head, saying pitifully: "To think about it, women in this world are really foolish! One by one, they only see the small things right in front of them, only see the man right in front of them. Even when they're together, they can only get along like this, even though they know he's not that great. But they just can't bear to let go, thinking that without him, they'll lose everything. Tsk! Stubbornly guarding their small corner of the sky, refusing to turn their head and look at the outside world. Is this kind of life really that interesting? Ugh, it's truly pitiful!"

  Lu Xuan was not a kind person, and by now she had lost patience with Ping Yin's crying. After saying "pitiful", she shook her sleeve and turned to leave. As for whether Ping Yin continued to cry or what would happen if others saw him, how he would return home with a swollen face - all of this had nothing to do with her.

  She just knew that for this life of hers, she would never sink to a point where people would pity her!