Chapter 1291: The Mermaid in the Mansion
Wen Rending looked at the figure in the water who had clearly refused, and a smile crept onto his handsome face again. He turned his head to look at the servant and lowered his voice, "I'm going to go out for a while, keep an eye on this place."
The servant did not dare to delay for a moment and nodded hurriedly.
The Wen family had a large number of servants, but he was able to stand out from them and be kept by Wen Ren Ding. This was naturally because he had outstanding abilities and was able to understand the intentions of his fickle master at any time.
Rather than saying that I am optimistic about this place, I am more optimistic about the mermaids.
He estimated that as long as the mermaid was fine, it would be useless even if someone demolished the house; but if the mermaid lost even one more hair, all the good things he did for this place would be in vain.
Shi Li pretended not to care. After seeing Wen Ren Ding leave from the corner of her eye, she immediately dived into the water, carefully selected the best strand of sea water, and began to weave the silk intensively.
There's no way, her time is too limited.
Of the twelve hours in a day, except for sleeping, she was almost always under Wen Ren Ding's nose. It was too difficult to do something without telling her!
Shi Li was weaving gauze and sighing silently in her heart. With her extraordinary hearing, she heard a sound as if something was rolling across the ground.
An idea suddenly came to her mind and she followed the sound. Sure enough, she saw Wenren Xinqing standing at the corner, looking at her curiously.
Shi Li guessed that she must have known that Wen Ren Ding had left, so she came over, and smiled at her openly.
Wenren Xinqing's eyes immediately lit up and she pushed her wheelchair over.
Only the servants were left struggling there.
This... the mermaid girl took the initiative to invite Miss Wenren over. What does he think?
This is also unbearable...
Forget it, just pretend I didn’t see it.
The servant hesitated for a while, then decisively turned his back to them. At the same time, he silently planned in his heart that if Wen Ren Ding suddenly came back later, he would inform Miss Wen Ren.
Alas...it's so difficult for him.
Wenren Xinqing pushed the wheelchair to the water's edge, her pretty face unable to conceal her joy. When she saw the sparkling mermaid silk between Shi Li's fingers, she could not help but let out a soft cry.
"Shark rice?"
"oops!"
Shi Li finally reacted and subconsciously hid the several-inch-long shark silk behind her, then smiled guiltily at Wenren Xinqing.
"Don't worry, I won't tell my brother! The mermaid silk is priceless. What if he forces us to weave the silk to make money?" Wenren Xinqing misunderstood and promised solemnly.
Shi Li: ...
This matter seems a bit difficult to explain, so it’s better to just ignore it for now.
Apart from her special identity as a mermaid, she is about the same age as Wenren Xinqing and became familiar with her faster than anyone else.
After a while, the two of them were like good friends who had known each other since childhood, one sitting in a wheelchair and the other sitting by the water, sitting close to each other and talking and laughing intimately.
"I am not actually my mother's biological child."
Wenren Xinqing reached out and carefully touched Shi Li's soft hair, and without hesitation told her the secret of her life.
"I was abandoned by my original family, and later I was picked up by my brother, who let me enter the Wenren Mansion."
Wenren Xinqing said, and then thought of something else, pursing her lips unhappily, "I wanted him to give me a name, but he ignored me and just threw me to my mother after picking me up! Humph!"
Shi Li: ...
So, the wealthy stepmother and stepsister she thought were just what she thought???
"I thought you guys had a bad relationship."
She didn't hide anything and generously shared the pine nuts that Wenren Ding had peeled earlier with Wenren Xinqing.
Wenren Xinqing picked up a pine nut and put it in her mouth, then sighed, "My brother... There was an old Taoist priest who was full of nonsense and insisted that he was doomed to be a star of misfortune. We didn't believe it! But he believed it and was afraid that we would get too close to him!"
Shi Li thought about what Wen Ren Ding's uncle howled that day, and finally understood that Wen Ren Ding's current attitude and temper towards people were all due to this incident.
"Lili, you peeled the pine nuts so well. Every one is whole." Wenren Xinqing's words interrupted Shi Li's thoughts.
Shi Li looked at her and decided to tease her.
"Ahem...I wasn't the one who peeled the pine nuts."
"Huh? Who is that?"
"Your brother."
"Oh oh, my brother...who? Ahem!"
Seeing Wenren Xinqing's expression change drastically, Shi Li laughed unkindly. He really enjoyed playing a joke.
The two girls' sweet conversation and laughter occasionally drifted into the ears of the servants standing not far away.
The servant frowned in fear.
If Wen Ren Ding came back and heard this laughter, it would probably be a big deal.
He had to keep the wind in check.
Wen Ren Ding didn't know that the mansion had become so lively after he left.
He arrived at the Qiu Mansion, met Qiu Liang, and also met Mrs. Qiu.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qiu had recovered. She greeted him with a rosy face and did not look sick at all.
"This is all thanks to Dr. Su," Qiu Liang explained loudly, "Dr. Su can cure all diseases, and he also knows the Book of Changes! Brother Ding, let me take you to meet him!"