She’s Hard to Get - C276 The filial piety

“You already have a cold, why are you still sitting here? Hurry up and go in. Mother is calling you.”

When Ouyang Jue saw Ning Caier sitting in the courtyard with his arms crossed, she immediately walked over, but he had already changed into a set of clothes. Ning Caier knew that he was going to leave, and the Madame Ouyang’s expression must definitely change, so she did not care about Ouyang Jue and turned her head to the side.

Ning Caier and Madame Ouyang had always been in an uneven battle. This woman’s acting skills were extremely high, and every time she appeared in front of Ouyang Jue, she would pretend to be an old man in the prime of her youth.

Gradually, the people in the Ouyang Family found out about Xia Wanru’s illness. Even if she did something that went against common sense, everyone felt that it was because of the illness, so they did not pay too much attention to it. Even the Driver Old Wu who had always been by Ning Caier’s side could not tell whether this lady’s illness was real or fake.

Ouyang Jue was even more tolerant of Xia Wanru’s emotions. He had sent her to the hospital before, but under the escort of the family doctor, the people in the hospital had already been informed beforehand by him, and he told them not to prescribe medicine for Madame Ouyang. The reason was that Madame Ouyang’s body was very weak, and there were heart problems.

Although they felt that the symptoms shown by the Madame Ouyang should be treated with medicine, no one dared to take such a huge risk. If the Madame Ouyang really did die in their hands, then even if the entire hospital was closed, they wouldn’t be able to compensate this Madame Ouyang for her life.

The doctor’s diagnosis was basically made due to the situation described by the family doctor, so they said that Madame Ouyang’s condition seemed to be deteriorating, and that it was very likely that her condition had suddenly changed, which would cause her to become unstable. Right now, the most important thing was to comfort her, to try to keep her calm, and it would be best if she could contact more people she was familiar with.

Her torture of Ning Caier was not only limited to her room. Even when she was in front of Ouyang Jue, she would often scold him with her words. However, in the blink of an eye, she seemed to remember nothing as she beckoned for her to eat together with him.

She could not wait to leave this Ouyang manor. She knew that the Madame Ouyang would not let her leave by herself, but if it was Ouyang Jue’s wish to bring her along, she might not vent her anger on her parents due to her son’s relationship. After all, the two of them were still under Ouyang Jue’s care.

She now wanted to spend more time with his mother. Living together was the best way, and now that Ouyang Gu was living in the hospital, he was his mother’s only family in this world. No matter what, he couldn’t abandon her.

“Cai’er, I know that my mother’s condition may be a little recurrent, but the more it is like this, the harder it is for you to leave, especially after seeing that Xu Mengyun and Ling Tian are coming to join the feast today. If you’re not here, I won’t be able to handle it myself.”

Ouyang Jue comforted Ning Caier with the most exquisite of emotions. He didn’t know why she kept crying, but it seemed as if his mother was the one who gave her the most pressure, but she was still a patient. The doctor had said that patients with this disease often fell into their own mode of thinking, thus they were unable to take into account the changes in their surroundings.

Even if her mother was angry at Ning Caier, it was very possible that it had nothing to do with her, she had just mistook her for someone else. Just like how she had treated Ouyang Jue as the young Ouyang Gu who had reprimanded him hysterically two days ago, at the start, Ouyang Jue was confused too, but after he realized that the person his mother reprimanded was not him, he immediately understood.

So he advised Ning Caier not to argue with his mother, as long as she respectfully admitted his wrongs and calmed his mother’s emotions. In any case, she wouldn’t be able to remember anything after a while.

Ning Caier knew that she could not persuade Ouyang Jue, and his thoughts had already entered into an extremely stable mode, because the bottom of his heart was filled with guilt, so no matter how much his mother begged, he would always nod his head and agree. Ning Caier no longer wanted to bother with him about this matter, as she felt that the one who was sick in this house was not Xia Wanru but Ouyang Jue.

“When will Miss Xu arrive today?”

When Ning Caier heard her coming here, a trace of hope flashed past her eyes. She knew that she couldn’t tell her the situation she was currently in, but with Xu Mengyun’s intelligence, she would definitely be able to tell that the Madame Ouyang was disguising herself.

Although she and Ouyang Jue were not lovers, they had an innate mutual understanding. This sort of tacit understanding often made Ning Caier envious, she was his business friend, and it seemed like she could only be the woman backing him.

“That’s right, so today you must dress up like the young mistress.”

Ouyang Jue gently hugged Ning Caier. In the past few days, her body had become even thinner, and any touch would bring about hard bones, making others feel that she had contracted a great disease. He truly cherished her, but he could not abandon his mother.

Therefore, he could only satisfy her in other ways by giving her valuable jewelry and clothes. Although he knew that Ning Caier did not care about these things, but with his current situation, this was the only way for him to express his apology.

“Alright, I understand. Today, I will have a good chat with Miss Xu.”

Because Xu Mengyun and Ling Tian were coming to visit him, Ouyang Jue stayed at home the whole day, allowing him to catch his breath. She looked at herself in the room’s mirror, unharmed, but her scarred body didn’t know how to make Xu Mengyun understand what was happening in Ouyang Family right now.

The wounds on her body could only be seen with professional testing equipment. There was no way for ordinary eyes to tell, and it was not certain whether Xu Mengyun was willing to care about the matters of the Ouyang Family or not. Thinking of this, Ning Caier could not help but feel discouraged, and opened the cabinet to choose the clothes she wanted to wear today.

Although Ouyang Family had arranged for tonight’s feast, it was a matter of business. According to Xu Mengyun’s personality, she would definitely wear semi-commercial clothes and come over, Ning Caier felt that she should also choose a similar set of clothes, appearing to be in a more gentle office state.

She had changed into a short, navy blue dress with a geometric pattern on the bottom and looked more sophisticated. She had put up her hair in a bun at the back, and she wore some light makeup on her face, making her look very much like a woman who frequented the workplace.

However, just as she was preparing everything, a maid beside Xia Wanru knocked on her side, “Miss Ning, the Madam has asked you to wear this clothes.”

The servant threw a qipao onto Ning Caier’s bed, and in addition, there was a necklace made of pure gold. The pendant in the middle of the necklace had a huge pearl inlaid inside, which seemed to be very valuable.

Furthermore, the color of the flowers was too vibrant, even Ning Caier’s demeanor when she wore it, was similar to that of a Yue Gong girl from the past. However, she had no choice. Since it was Madame Ouyang who asked her to wear it, she had to wear it even if it was a beggar’s uniform.

When Ning Caier was dressed in this outfit, she was drinking tea with Xia Wanru in the living room. When he saw Ning Caier, he was a little surprised, but the clothes that she was wearing was the Su Zhou brocade.

However, the gold chain on her body matched with the pearl looked rather tacky. It was similar to the young wife of a rich family in the past. Although the items on her body were expensive, they didn’t show any signs of nobility.

He couldn’t help but glance at his mother. Only mothers had this sort of old thing in the house, if it was Ning Caier’s own taste, she would definitely not wear it.

“I am the one who gave it to Cai’er. Miss Xu’s visit today was a major event, so I absolutely cannot be rude.”

Xia Wanru kept on saying that the clothes that Ning Caier was wearing was beautiful, and was extremely fitting of her temperament, so Ouyang Jue naturally agreed. Fortunately, Xu Mengyun was one of them, so even if she saw anything wrong, she could still accept it.

But Ning Caier heard a hint of scolding from Xia Wanru’s words. She said that such clothes suited her temperament, wasn’t she scolding her for being like those month old girls?

She looked at Ouyang Jue who was beside her, wanting her to help her speak a few words. Changing a necklace at least would be good, if all of them were pearls, it would be much better than what she had now.

On the contrary, she had hinted that she should speak a few good words to let her mother be happy. Although the jewelry and clothes were a bit old-fashioned, they were definitely worth a lot, which showed that Xia Wanru’s feelings for her were still good. For that, Ning Caier should thank her.

However, Xia Wanru arrogantly asked the maid beside him to put on some makeup for Ning Caier. No matter how vulgar her makeup was, her clothes, which originally had a white background, were mixed with a blue and yellow colour, and now that she had a peach pink eye shadow and lipstick, she could almost directly go up on the stage.

Ouyang Jue also wanted to advise his mother. After all, this was a banquet that someone else was participating in, and it was better to not stay at home using makeup. However, Xia Wanru continuously told him that it was good to watch, which made Ouyang Jue feel extremely helpless.

It seemed that he could only inform Xu Mengyun in advance so that she wouldn’t be scared when she saw her appearance. She thought that something was wrong with the Ouyang Family.

“Mother, I’ll make a phone call.” Ouyang Jue left for the time being, when he went upstairs, he immediately changed his face and scolded Ning Caier for being a cunning fox that was suitable for dressing up like this. Ning Caier had long gotten used to changing her face like this, so from her initial anger and confusion to now, she had completely turned a deaf ear.

She slowly stood up from the sofa and bowed respectfully to the Madame Ouyang, then silently nodded her head. She could imagine how furious the Madame Ouyang was right now, but she no longer had the strength to fight with her.

When Xu Mengyun received the call, she did not even want to go to Ouyang Family’s mansion anymore. Originally, she had a headache over this matter, but thinking about how miserably Ning Caier had been beaten up, she felt like the outcome of her mission was not that good.