Forty-eight frames of deception!

  The young man's skin was very white, and because of his pale complexion, his handsome features looked particularly striking, especially his lips, which were almost as red as if they had been painted with rouge.

  Although he is delicate and refined in appearance, he has no femininity at all. His eyebrows are full of masculine elegance and intelligence.

  A half-old bright blue satin cotton robe was worn on his tall and straight body, which had a unique elegant and handsome temperament.

  Watching the approaching person, Ninth Sister and Tenth Sister simultaneously froze, slightly later they both lowered their heads at the same time, but Tenth Sister was shy, while Ninth Sister was deep in thought.

  This person seems to have seen it before...

  But she didn't think for long ——

  "Nine sisters, ten sisters, this is my fellow student Su Jun Zheng. In fact, he's not an outsider either. The teacher who teaches you embroidery class, Teacher Su, is actually his aunt." Wen Jing Shui then dispelled her doubts for her.

  Oh, I see!

  It was a rainy day last year, Su Jun had come to Wenfu to pick up Su Shifu once, but only took a glance from afar. She wouldn't have remembered him if Su Shifu hadn't mentioned Su Jun later on.

  She is the third in the Su family, born out of wedlock, but she is clever and studious, and unlike her legitimate nephew, she is not cold-blooded and selfish, so her relationship with this illegitimate nephew is better than that with her two legitimate nephews.

  Both form and spirit, so this person stayed in her memory!

  Never thought I'd run into you today...

  "It's an honor to meet you, Young Master Su!" At this point, Tenth Sister was already blushing as she greeted Su Jun with a bow.

  The ninth sister also hurriedly followed.

  Su Junzheng returned the courtesy of the two sisters with a serious and generous attitude.

  At this time, Wen Jing Shui called out to Su Jun Zheng as he entered the house. The two sisters naturally wanted to leave, but Jiu Jie Er walked a couple of steps before stopping and calling out to Su Jun Zheng, "Excuse me, how has Master Su been lately?"

  She knew it was a bit surprising to ask this question at this moment, but she couldn't care about that anymore.

  After the incident with Fifth Sister, she never saw Master Su again. What made her even more depressed was that Auntie Xu couldn't casually leave the mansion anymore, and she completely lost contact with Master Su.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, several people's gazes fell straight on her face, especially Su Junzheng, whose gaze was even more profound and spirited. However, he soon lowered his eyelids again and replied in a humble tone, "This... Aunt has not been well lately, she caught a cold from last year and took many medicines, but the root cause is still unclear!"

  "Is that so? Then Master Su should take a good look."

  "This illness is the most unsuitable for delay!"

  Wen Jing and his sister Shijie didn't bother to look at Jiu Jie again, and began to express their opinions on Su Shi Fu's matter.

  The ninth sister did not speak, but deeply furrowed her brow in her heart.

  Shouldn't she find an opportunity to go see Su Shi Fu? But judging from her record of not going out even once a year, this opportunity is really hard to come by. Moreover, after the incident with Fifth Sister, the inner courtyard's gate restrictions became even stricter, and it's impossible to get out unless you have wings...

  "Eldest sister, I know you've been diligent with your embroidery lately and that's why you're thinking of Master Su, but it's no use. Master Su isn't teaching us anymore, don't you regret not learning properly back then..."

  If a person is used to hiding their abilities, there are actually some benefits. If you have any outstanding performance, others will naturally find excuses for you.

  At this moment, Jiu Jie is enjoying this kind of inertia!

  "Yes!" she naturally hastened to respond.

  The tenth sister listened and then advised her for another two sentences, and before she knew it, the two of them had already arrived at the edge of the garden.

  "It's so noisy in the second house, Fourth Sister must be very annoyed. Why don't we go and persuade her?" said Tenth Sister suddenly.

  "This... tenth sister, you go yourself, I suddenly feel a bit of a headache, I'll go back and lie down..." She had something on her mind, so she wasn't in the mood.

  Then the tenth sister led the maid away hastily, while she strolled slowly along the bluestone path in the garden.

  Looking at the tree bark that had turned green in the early spring breeze, and the occasional threads of green poking out from underfoot, Jiuniang's mood became even more restless.

  It's spring again, and I wonder how the mountain forest that Uncle bought is doing? The white wax trees should be sprouting now. She really should go check it out in person.

  Alas...

  Freedom is really important!

  Raising her head, she gazed at a bird flying across the sky and couldn't help but let out a sigh of sorrow in her heart.

  "Miss, are you going back?" Qingji suddenly asked from behind her.

  Uh...

  She just realized she had been standing in one place for half a day, and nodded at her, "Okay!"

  But just as she turned around, a sweet and gentle laughter was heard, "Heh...... what is Ninth Sister doing here?"

  It was Wen Qiuniang leading a little servant girl!

  As she grew older, her elder cousin became more and more charming and beautiful, plus those captivating eyes that seemed to hold one's soul, truly a stunning beauty.

  "Seventh sister is fine, nothing's wrong, I'm just taking a casual walk!" Ninth sister hastily replied with caution.

  Because her elder cousin's inner beauty was far from matching her outer appearance, especially recently she didn't know what had gotten into her, but she always harbored some inexplicable hostility towards her... Uh, of course, apart from occasionally making a few cold jokes at her expense, there was even one time when she had provoked discord between her and Sixth Sister over some words, but hadn't done anything overly excessive. Nevertheless, whenever she saw her, she would still muster up the energy to put on a spirited front.

  When dealing with petty people, first and foremost is to be cautious and defend yourself!

  "Is that so, Ninth Sister is quite idle, huh..." Seventh Sister let out a string of giggles, but then her face turned gloomy. "Why don't you come with me to see Sixth Sister instead? Sixth Sister isn't feeling well."

  Jiuer heard this and was taken aback, her eyes involuntarily falling on that exquisite face.

  She remembered last time too, she and her narrow road met, she said Liu Jie's mood was not good, inviting herself to see Liu Jie.

  I didn't go, of course, because my relationship with Liu Jie was such that we would rather not see each other. But later she said something to Liu Jie behind my back, and the next day when Liu Jie saw me, she turned her face away and scolded me indirectly.

  "Alright, Sixth Sister is ill, I should go take a look!" Ninth Sister said after a brief moment of silence.

  Actually, she regretted that matter last time. I remember reading a book before, which said that when dealing with petty people, one important thing is to be open and honest in doing things, not letting them grasp the handle.

  It's probably because she didn't handle things openly enough last time!

  As for her other means, they can only be vigilant and adapt to changes without changing themselves.

  She heard that she actually said to go, and Qi Jie didn't say anything, but just smiled again, then the two of them went towards the main house together.

  Sixth sister indeed had a bit of an illness, lying in bed, but seeing Ninth sister didn't improve her mood.

  The ninth sister naturally knew the interest, sat for a while and found an excuse to leave, but not long after that, the sixth sister brought the seventh sister with a fierce attitude, saying that she had stolen her New Year's gift from her grandmother, a pair of colored agate bracelets, and even wanted to search for stolen goods...

  ……

  Digression

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