PNB Chapter 217 Heart-to-Heart Talk
Chapter 217 Heart-to-Heart Talk
Chapter 217 Heart-to-Heart Talk
"Granny, I'm bleeding here, am I going to die?"
Before Granny Liao could react, Lin Ziping pointed to his lower body and said.
Granny Liao was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Young master, what nonsense are you talking about? This is menstrual blood, which proves that you are a grown-up now. You will experience this every month from now on."
"It's like this every month?! Wouldn't you bleed to death?" Lin Ziping asked, mimicking the naive and innocent characters on TV, then clutched her stomach, "Does my stomach hurt this much every month?"
Granny Liao's eyes flickered slightly as she lovingly stroked Lin Ziping's hair: "My poor young master, I wish I could take your pain away from you, but... young master, just bear with it."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ziping couldn't help but mutter to himself, "For this menstrual cramp problem, even the AI can give me five, six, seven, or eight suggestions for relief and conditioning, and you're telling me to just bear with it! You'd even consider drinking hot water as some consolation."
Pooh!
Seeing that Lin Ziping did not speak, Granny Liao began to impart physiological knowledge to him.
Lin Ziping ignored her completely. After she had finished speaking, he stared at her clear, foolish eyes and asked, "Granny, will I still have to take medicine every month from now on?"
Granny Liao paused, then continued stroking Lin Ziping's hair, saying, "Of course not, the young master is already well."
Are you alright?
Why don't you even take a pulse to verify your diagnosis?
Lin Ziping rested his head on Liao Mama's shoulder, lowering his eyes to hide the disdain in them.
"Young Master, how do you know Li Qiongying?" Granny Liao helped Lin Ziping up and asked, looking into his eyes.
Lin Ziping thought back for a moment and realized that he had been talking to Granny Liao about Miss Qiongying. How did she know that her name was Li Qiongying?
Thinking this to himself, Lin Ziping asked, "How did you know that Miss Qiongying's surname is Li?"
Granny Liao smiled without changing her expression and said, "Didn't the young master tell me?"
"Oh, I thought you knew her, Granny. You don't know Miss Qiongying... (omitting ten thousand words of adjectives)" Lin Ziping began to praise her endlessly.
Then, with a wistful look in his eyes, he said, "I wish I were like her."
“You are all different, there is no comparison between you,” said Granny Liao.
"Really?" Lin Ziping looked up at Granny Liao.
Granny Liao nodded affirmatively.
Lin Ziping's eyes crinkled into a smile: "I think so too. When I first met her, I was the one who saved her and the Sixth Prince..."
Lin Ziping then proceeded to recount the details of Fuchun's affair with Gao Chi and Li Qiongying.
These things all have witnesses, so it's too easy to verify them; there's no need to hide them.
The remaining 30%-20% is a mixture of truth and falsehood, half real and half fake, with some artistic embellishment after removing the beginning and end.
"So it was Li Qiongying who said you were from the Cui family, that she was the legitimate daughter and you were a concubine's daughter?" Granny Liao asked, looking directly into Lin Ziping's eyes.
"Yes, that's what Miss Qiongying said. My uncle visits her every year." Lin Ziping's expression was sincere, but his voice was melancholy, conveying my grievances. I didn't say anything, maintaining my strong and independent image.
Granny Liao took a deep breath and after a long while said with a smile, "Young master, don't listen to her. You are not a concubine's daughter of the Cui family."
"Then who am I?" Lin Ziping pressed.
Granny Liao's lips twitched, and she changed the subject, saying, "Young Master and Granny were talking about things in the capital. Has anyone bullied you? Are you doing well?"
Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of her, Lin Ziping didn't press the matter and followed up on what Granny Liao had said about going to the capital.
The two talked by candlelight until late into the night.
"Young Master, it's getting late, you should rest early," said Granny Liao as she helped Lin Ziping lie down on his side.
Lin Ziping held her hand: "When we rented the house, we were in a hurry. This place is just enough for one person. It's so late, so don't bother yourself. Sleep with me."
As she spoke, she got up, hugged her arm, and said coquettishly, "It's been so long since I slept with you, Granny."
Granny Liao's brows relaxed: "Young Master is still acting like a child. He's an adult now. Don't worry, the master bought the house next door. He'll have Zhuzi and Shunzi build a door in the wall soon."
Is it that fast?
Lin Ziping suppressed his thoughts and said, "That's great, we can all stay in the capital together from now on."
"Yes, everyone is staying in the capital." Granny Liao straightened Lin Ziping's blanket and said, "Young Master, go to sleep."
After speaking, he extinguished the candles on the table, served the food, and left.
After Granny Liao closed the door, Lin Ziping's smile vanished.
I don't know if they believe my earlier claim that I came to the capital to make a name for myself, but I said it anyway, believe it or not.
In reality, Lin Ziping came to the capital partly because staying in the Fuchun County government office was too uncomfortable, and partly as a premeditated escape.
The monthly medicine that Granny Liao received, and the chance encounter between Lin Zhong and Li Qiongying, were all part of the catalyst. The words Li Qiongying spoke to her were merely a catalyst; the real trigger was the neighbors around Fuchun Courtyard.
The neighbor's righteous words when Lin Ziping was arrested, and the warm welcome when he was released from prison, all seemed too abrupt.
Firstly, Lin Ziping rarely spoke more than a few words to those around him, and their relationship wasn't close enough for them to stand up for him.
Secondly, "the common people do not fight with the officials." Lin Ziping was just a tenant. When he was being pursued by the soldiers, it would have been normal for the people around him to stay out of it.
Lin Ziping later went out to observe secretly. There were usually few people on that street, but when he went out and came back, he would always encounter one or two people passing by the gate of the small courtyard.
Once or twice might be a coincidence, but three or four times is no longer an accident.
In conclusion, Lin Ziping felt that he was living in "The Truman Show," a pawn being manipulated. It just so happened that Li Qiongying came looking for him, and he was able to escape by using her help.
As for the Cui family, the legitimate daughter and the illegitimate daughter, and all the grudges and feuds, what do they have to do with Lin Ziping now?
Unexpectedly, Lin Zhong and his men caught up with them after only a few days in the capital, bringing the entire Lin family with them. Coincidentally, Lin Ziping was leaving the palace that day, and coincidentally, they found his residence.
Too many coincidences came together to confirm Lin Ziping's conjecture: he was just a pawn, and the pawns were probably Lin Zhong and Granny Liao.
Lin Ziping didn't want to run away anyway. Since he was going to be a pawn anyway, he might as well be a dedicated and conscientious pawn.
The reason for mentioning Li Qiongying was twofold: firstly, to confirm the relationship between Lin Zhong and Granny Liao; and secondly, because he knew too little information and wanted to use Li Qiongying to muddy the waters.
Lin Ziping lay listlessly on the bed, trying to recall if there were any loopholes in his conversation with Granny Liao.
Lin Zhong and the others arrived too quickly and had no time to react. Their ability to think of these things was a flash of inspiration.
Looking back now, it feels somewhat rushed, and there are some logical problems.
Well, words spoken are words spilled, it's all up to how Granny Liao interprets them. Let's hope tonight's "heart-to-heart talk" will achieve the desired effect.