Chapter 14: Meeting a Relative with Injuries

Thinking back to the maid Jin Yan whom he met yesterday, Li Yaoguang smiled secretly, turned on the recording device quickly, and then walked into the glass soundproof door.

She carefully recalled Jin Yan's facial expressions and movements at the time, analyzed her psychology, recalled the other's face shape, mouth shape and body shape, and then began to imitate, little by little, adjusting, integrating, and comprehending, trying again and again, and imitating again and again, and finally trying to perform a complete section in one go, a familiar voice rang in her ears.

Li Yaoguang thought it was pretty good, so he finished and walked out of the soundproof room. He played his dubbing outside. Upon listening to it, the voice was so lifelike at the end, just like a real person. Li Yaoguang was satisfied, and then cut out the previous audition, leaving only the last formal recording and editing. He played it back and forth, and after confirming it again and again, Li Yaoguang appeared behind the rose bushes with satisfaction.

Arriving outside the tightly closed door, avoiding the area within sight of the hollow windows on both sides of the wall, and making sure that no one was passing by behind him, Li Yaoguang clicked on the main screen-like system, checked the clip he had just recorded, and carefully adjusted the appropriate external speaker volume. Before clicking the OK button, Li Yaoguang quickly stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker, and clicked play at the same time.

"Open the door, open the door. The Ninth Master is about to return to the mansion. The mansion is too busy. Madam has ordered that the idle people in the backyard be assigned to cooperate with the work. There are no people in the ancestral hall. If there are any, please gather in the upper courtyard. Madam wants to give a lecture and assign important tasks. We still need to go to other places to notify. If you hear it, please come to the upper courtyard as soon as possible."

Li Yaoguang was also afraid of being discovered, so he played a message after knocking on the door, and then ran away. He scurried back to the rose bush, squatted down and waited carefully.

What Li Yaoguang, who ran away in a hurry, didn't know was that the two old women who were chatting inside the ancestral hall were so surprised after hearing these calls that they didn't react for a while.

When they came to their senses, they both opened the heavy door of the ancestral hall and looked outside, but there was no sign of anyone outside.

The fat woman was puzzled, "Who is this? He didn't even show up after receiving the notice?"

The other maid was a veteran in the mansion, knew some tricks in the house, and was very eager to climb up the social ladder. She was very familiar with the servants serving the masters, such as the Marquis, the Madam, and the Old Ancestor.

As soon as she heard the voice just now, she knew it was from the Marquis's wife and the former second-class maid Jin Yan. She heard that tone, that arrogance, it was so real, there was no mistake about it!

In addition, what the other party said, that the Ninth Master's return home was what had been busy in the mansion in the past few days, was indeed true, and the old woman became excited.

"Hey, I guess the Marquis's wife is urging us to come, and Miss Jin Yan has something important to do and can't delay, so she hurriedly notified us and left. It's no big deal."

"is it?"

"Of course, my sister believes me."

"I naturally believe in my elder sister, but are we going now?"

"What else? Old sister, I'm not saying anything, but it was our bad luck that we were caught by the Second Master and the Second Madam, so we ended up with this unprofitable job of guarding. Now, Miss Jinyan, who is by the side of the Marquis' wife, has personally informed us that this is related to Master Jiu. If we can show our face in front of the master, we will be rewarded. This is such a great opportunity, and you just say whether you will go or not?"

"Of course I have to go, but where is the ancestral hall?"

"What's going on here? According to the family rules, it was the Second Master, his biological father, who punished Sixth Master! Could it be that if we weren't watching, Sixth Master would still be able to be sneaky, disobey his father's orders, and kneel down to worship his ancestors properly?" What she didn't say was that even if they were here, with Sixth Master's character, he probably wouldn't be able to kneel down honestly.

The fat woman was still hesitant, "What shall I say to the Second Madam later?"

The old woman couldn't help but roll her eyes. "I just want to ask you, who is more senior in this mansion, the Marquis's wife or the Second Madam?"

Of course, "The Marquis's wife is the most important."

"That's it! Are you going or not? I have to go anyway, otherwise the Marquis's wife will be waiting anxiously, and then this good thing won't happen to us. Didn't you see that Miss Jin Yan has gone to call someone else?"

"Old sister, good sister, wait for me, I will go too."

The two women hurried out of the house together. When they were about to leave, they saw the open door of the ancestral hall behind them. The fat woman hesitated again and grabbed her companion's arm, "Old sister, what about this door?"

"The main door? Hey! Don't worry about it. I think that for someone like Sixth Master, he wouldn't dare to disobey his parents and sneak out." At most, he was just being lazy and playing tricks in the ancestral hall. "Okay, hurry up, are you going to leave or not?"

"Come on, come on, old sister, wait for me..." Just like that, Li Yaoguang, hiding behind the rose bushes, watched the two old women rushing to the upper courtyard where the marquis's wife was. She didn't care about her feint and how Jin Yan would respond. At this moment, she only knew that she had to hurry up.

Li Yaoguang took the food box out of the space, and ran towards the open door of the ancestral hall.

When she rushed into the back hall of the ancestral hall, where was her good uncle kneeling in front of the tablet illuminated by the lights and candles?
They are enjoying themselves!
The other party probably didn't expect her to suddenly appear. At this moment, the man with his back to her, supporting his head with one hand and patting his butt with the other, was lying on a simple couch made of three cushions placed side by side, facing his family's ancestors, humming a little tune with a leisurely and comfortable look on his face. Where did he look aggrieved and solemn?
As expected, he is her uncle-in-law who has a reputation for being super unscrupulous! He is awesome!

Hearing her footsteps, the comfortable uncle turned around in time and saw a look of surprise on his face.

"Guang, Guang, Guang sister?"

Li Yaoguang laughed awkwardly, "Haha, haha, little, little uncle..."

Just one word, uncle, says it all.

As he was the elder, it was not right for him to act rudely in front of his niece. Uncle Cheng Su immediately put away the nonchalant look on his face, climbed up from the mat and sat cross-legged.

Li Yaoguang saw her uncle-in-law trying hard to push away the two extra cushions that were pressed tightly together beside him, and looking at her with a smirk on his face.

"Hey, well, Guangjie, why are you here? Are you well again? Are you okay running around? Can you handle it? But is there something going on with your aunt and Yanger?"

The expression of concern made Li Yaoguang feel good about his cheap uncle.

Although he is a little silly, he has a kind heart. Otherwise, he would not have risked his wife and children to get ginseng for his niece, who is an outsider.

"Sister Guang, Sister Guang?"

"Ah?" Li Yaoguang was called back to his senses by his uncle. He quickly put the food box in front of his uncle, opened the lid, and took out the things inside one by one. "Uncle, I think you must be hungry too. Please eat some of these cakes first. I will think of a way to bring you something delicious later."

Looking at the things in the lunch box, Cheng Su was silent, and his nose felt a little sore.

My wife knows herself well. She has always been weak and cannot go out of the house. She is short of money and has no ability to get these things. The food in front of her must have been brought by this child, right?

Poor her, she had just recovered from a serious illness, but she turned out to be a good child with a conscience, and it was worth all my efforts for her.

Cheng Su couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Sister Guang, you are a good person. Your uncle will remember your kindness. Thank you."

"Don't say that, uncle. I should be the one thanking you. I've made you and my aunt worry about me and you've suffered."

"Hey, let's not talk about this, haha, let's not talk about it, it's not a big deal."

Cheng Su was used to being beaten, scolded and criticized. Suddenly someone respected him so much that he felt a little uncomfortable. He quickly waved his hand to change the subject, "I think this cake is pretty good. Eat, eat..."

"Oh, OK." Li Yaoguang quickly held the oil paper containing the mung bean cake with both hands and offered it respectfully, "Uncle, please have it."

"Okay, okay, good boy."

Laughing heartily, Cheng Su didn't even bother to wash his hands, and stuffed a piece of mung bean cake into his mouth. He didn't want his wide sleeves to slip off accidentally, revealing the numerous hideous wounds on his wrists that had not been bandaged at all, some new and some old...

(End of this chapter)