The dim back

The woman asked Shi Yufeng: "Please let my man go. He really didn't mean it. Let me persuade him a little more."

The woman kept crying while holding the man in green, and Zhang Yulu wanted to sneak into the house and let the child go.

The man in green immediately went crazy, grabbed Zhang Yulu's arm quickly, and dragged Zhang Yulu out forcibly. Zhang Yulu screamed in fear.

Liu Zhongqing quickly pulled Zhang Yulu into his arms and turned around beautifully.

When landing, Zhang Yulu was not ready, and heard a cracking sound. Zhang Yulu looked painful: "My feet hurt so much, why can't I stand?"

Hearing Zhang Yulu say this, Liu Zhongqing panicked: "What's wrong? Did you sprain your ankle?"

Zhang Yulu stands on one leg: "It does hurt a bit, what should I do?"

Hearing these words, Liu Zhongqing panicked: "I think he sprained his ankle. It's all my fault for not being careful."

Shi Yufeng complained: "How did you take care of Zhang Yulu? You let her sprain her ankle. A man like you is simply too unreliable."

Zhang Yulu heard this and said to Shi Yufeng, "It's all my fault. I was too arrogant. Now let's go catch the man in green who is out of tune."

After Zhang Yulu's reminder, everyone now saw that the man in green had disappeared without a trace.

Liu Zhongqing carried Zhang Yulu on his back and said, "Leave matters like this to our Young Master Shi. I'll take you back to Yiren Villa first."

Shi Yufeng was a little angry: "Why didn't I send Zhang Yulu back? Why didn't you go and catch the man in green?"

Seeing the two people arguing, Zhang Yulu tried to mediate: "It is more important to catch the man in green as soon as possible. If we delay like this, he will get away."

Seeing that the two were silent, Zhang Yulu made a decision: "Liu Zhongqing lives in Yiren Villa, so let him take me back first. Shi Yufeng, release the children first, then go and catch the man in green."

After Zhang Yulu said this, the two grown men actually did as they were told without any objection.

On the way back, Zhang Yulu lay on Liu Zhongqing's back and asked, "Have you ever carried Miss Qiufeng on your back?"

Liu Zhongqing shook his head: "Back then, when we went out, we mostly rode in a carriage, rarely like now."

Zhang Yulu said a little embarrassedly: "It seems that I am too troublesome. If I could be as steady as Miss Qiufeng, I wouldn't have so many troubles."

When Liu Zhongqing heard Zhang Yulu say this, he immediately comforted her: "I never thought you were a problem. To me, you are my responsibility. I am a grown man, so of course I have to protect my future wife."

Zhang Yulu then asked Liu Zhongqing: "What if it was Miss Qiufeng who was injured today, what would you have planned to do?"

Liu Zhongqing didn't want to talk about such assumptions: "Don't think too much. I forgot to tell you one thing. I found Qiu Feng's maid a few days ago. He has served Qiu Feng for many years. I want to put him in your house."

Zhang Yulu didn't think it was inappropriate, so she agreed readily: "Of course, our family doesn't lack such a maid."

Zhang Yulu then thought of the little flower she received two days ago: "How is the little flower with you?"

Liu Zhongqing nodded: "The child is quite well-behaved. I teach him to write a few new words every day. Now he knows a lot of them."

Zhang Yulu then sighed: "I said at the time that this child was definitely the right choice, otherwise the child would have suffered if he had followed his mother."

As the two of them were talking, they had already arrived at the entrance of Yiren Villa.

Zhang Yulu said to Liu Zhongqing, "There are too many people inside. Just put me down and help me walk."

Liu Zhongqing thought it was right: "We are not married yet anyway, so it is unreasonable to do this."

After Liu Zhongqing finished speaking, he put Zhang Yulu on the ground and helped her walk forward: "We will walk one step at a time at night."

At this time, Xiaohua came running out from the other side. Seeing Zhang Yulu like this, she said distressedly: "What happened to Miss? Did you sprain your ankle?"

Zhang Yulu smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt at all, don't worry about it for now."

Xiao Hua shook her head: "How can you say that? Didn't you see that her feet are already swollen? It's all Mr. Liu's fault for not taking good care of them."

Liu Zhongqing already felt a little guilty, and now that Xiaohua said this, Liu Zhongqing felt particularly embarrassed: "It was indeed my mistake as a man."

Zhang Fengxue ran out of the door at this time. Seeing her sister like this, she began to complain: "How long have I been out with you? My sister is like this. I don't know if you can take good care of her in the future."

Zhang Yulu suddenly asked when she saw her sister talking like that: "Didn't you go out to look for Yu Xiaoyao today? I told you clearly in advance not to go out to look for that guy behind my back. He has other intentions towards you."

Zhang Fengxue pouted and said, "You choose Brother Liu, but you won't let me choose Brother Yu. Where can I go to seek justice?"

Zhang Yulu said earnestly, "I am your sister, I will not let you suffer any loss. Now that Yu Cailian is out of danger, I believe that Yu Xiaoyao will definitely focus on Yu Cailian. Who do you think you are?"

While a few people were talking, Zhang Shaohua came out from the door, accompanied by Aunt Fang.

Aunt Fang was arrogant: "You are a girl who wants to do something out of line. You get hurt easily. You ran away in the middle of the night and now you want someone to send you back. If this gets out, people will think that I didn't teach you sisters well."

When Zhang Yulu heard this, she retorted to Aunt Fang: "Don't try to clear yourself so cleanly. I think you just want Dad to scold us. You have such a vicious mind."

Aunt Fang immediately retorted: "I swear to God, it's not easy to be a stepmother. You can't see how good I am to you."

Liu Zhongqing immediately interrupted her: "Aunt Fang, this is all my fault. Don't put the blame on others. Zhang Yulu was helping me catch the bad guys."

Zhang Shaohua calmed down after hearing what Liu Zhongqing said, and said to Zhang Yulu, "As a girl, why should you learn how to open a shop? If it weren't for you opening this shop, you wouldn't have gotten into so many troubles. Stay at home obediently from now on."

Zhang Yulu refuted righteously: "Dad has no right to stop me. This shop was given to me by Liu Zhongqing, so I naturally have to run it well."

Liu Zhongqing looked at the situation in front of him and said to Zhang Yulu, "Okay, I'll decide this matter. From now on, this shop is yours. No one else's opinion will matter."

Zhang Shaohua had no choice but to shut up.

Liu Zhongqing took out his token and said to Zhang Shaohua, "I'm afraid someone will take my token and go to the palace to ask a doctor to come and take a look at Zhang Yulu's foot."

The imperial physician was called in soon. As soon as the imperial physician touched Zhang Yulu's ankle, Zhang Yulu screamed in pain.

Liu Zhongqing was very nervous: "Doctor, can you be a little gentler?"

The doctor said respectfully, "I'm sorry, Lord Marquis, Miss Zhang did sprain her ankle. It takes 100 days to heal a broken bone. Miss Zhang, you will have to stay in bed for the time being."

When Liu Zhongqing heard him say that, he felt particularly upset: "It's all my fault for not being careful at the time. If I had been more careful, this wouldn't have happened."

The imperial physician prescribed the medicine and said to Liu Zhongqing, "Remember to change the dressing every day, and take other medicines."

After the doctor left, Liu Zhongqing smiled and said, "I never thought that one day it would be my turn to take care of you. I will change your medicine every day from now on."

Aunt Fang said, "Marquis, this is absolutely not allowed. If it gets out, we don't know the rules in our house. How can we let a marquis take care of our people?"

Zhang Shaohua also thought this was true: "I don't want Brother Liu to think that I am deliberately ordering his son around."

After hearing this, Zhang Yulu began to politely refuse: "You should focus on your own affairs. After all, catching the man in green is more important now. You should arrange everything with Shi Yufeng as soon as possible."

After Zhang Yulu finished speaking, he began to sigh: "My shop cannot be opened for a while. I don't know how much money I will lose."

Hearing Zhang Yulu say this, Liu Zhongqing got angry: "I didn't expect you to be so willing to make money. It has come to this. If you don't have money to spend, just tell me directly."

The two of them get along just like a married couple. Seeing this, Zhang Shaohua nodded contentedly: "It seems that you two will live happily in the future. We old people hope to see this."

Zhang Yulu lowered her head in embarrassment: "Daddy, you'd better be careful and don't talk nonsense."

Seeing Zhang Yulu's embarrassed look, Zhang Fengxue laughed at the side: "This is the first time I see you, sister, embarrassed, what is there to be embarrassed about? You were going to get married anyway, and seeing that Brother Liu is so nice to you, I am really envious."

Zhang Shaohua was a little angry: "You two sisters, neither of you makes me worry. Zhang Fengxue, if I hear that you are in contact with Yu Xiaoyao again, I will break your legs."

When Zhang Fengxue heard what Zhang Shaohua said, he immediately shut his mouth.

The farce finally ended and everyone returned to their rooms.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yulu just opened her eyes and saw Liu Zhongqing sitting in front of her bed.

Zhang Yulu was startled: "When did you come?"

Liu Zhongqing laughed: "I climbed in through the window early. I came to change your medicine. I didn't expect you to be still awake. But the way you sleep is really ugly."

Hearing Liu Zhongqing say this, Zhang Yulu hurriedly sat down on the bed: "Who knew you would suddenly barge in? You scared me."

Liu Zhongqing laughed at him, "Why are you sleeping so soundly? I've been sitting here for half an hour."

Hearing this, Zhang Yulu looked at Liu Zhongqing in disbelief: "What on earth are you thinking? How can you just barge into a woman's house? And you are so shameless to say such things."

Liu Zhongqing didn't care about the rules. He took the medicine bottle beside him and said, "I'll help you change the medicine. Don't let anyone come in later."

Although Zhang Yulu said that, she had already handed over her foot obediently, and Liu Zhongqing opened the gauze bit by bit.

Seeing the swollen ankle, he said with some concern: "I don't know when it will get better. It must be very painful. I think someone should bring your breakfast soon."

As soon as Liu Zhongqing applied a little medicine, Zhang Yulu's head was full of sweat from the pain: "It hurts so much, it's really too painful."

Liu Zhongqing comforted him: "It will be fine in a while, just bear with it for now."

After applying the medicine, Liu Zhongqing said to Zhang Yulu, "I'll go pick up Qiu Feng's maid in a moment. Her name is Xiao Tao."

Zhang Yulu nodded: "Then bring her to your house, where should we place her?"

Liu Zhongqing looked at Zhang Yulu and said, "Then let Xiaotao serve you. This way, no one will say anything."

Did Zhang Yulu think about it? She could only nod and agree: "Then arrange it as soon as possible."

Liu Zhongqing laughed: "I knew you were the most reasonable person, Xiaotao. This person is easy to get along with. You will know when you meet him."

Zhang Yulu smiled and said, "Then just bring this person here. I don't need a meal for one person anyway."

At noon, Liu Zhongqing brought Xiao Tao to Zhang Yulu and said, "This is Xiao Tao. We must get along well in the future."

Xiao Tao knelt on the ground respectfully: "I will serve you well in the future, and I hope you will be satisfied with me."

Zhang Yulu didn't expect Xiao Tao to give such a big gift: "Hurry up and get up. I'm not feeling well right now, and there's nothing I need you to take care of. Just bring me some water every day."

Xiao Tao readily agreed: "The Marquis has already told me that your foot was injured recently, and asked me to take good care of you so that he can go back to work without any worries."

Liu Zhongqing said to Zhang Yulu, "Miss Xiaotao is very considerate. When she was taking care of Qiufeng before, she was very considerate. You must be able to use this person very easily."

Liu Zhongqing gave a few more instructions: "Okay, I'll go do my job first, you two should get to know each other better."

As soon as Liu Zhongqing walked out, Xiao Tao said to Zhang Yulu: "No matter what time it is, Qiu Feng is my only master. I hope Miss Zhang can understand."

Zhang Yulu felt very strange, so he said to Xiao Tao: "Now that you have come to our Yiren Villa, you must listen to us and stop thinking about your previous master."

Xiao Tao shook off her obedient appearance and said to Zhang Yulu, "That depends on whether you are qualified for me to serve you. Our Miss Qiufeng is very nice and always very considerate to us."

Zhang Yulu asked Xiao Tao: "You haven't even gotten along with me yet, how do you know I'm not easy to get along with?"

Xiao Tao thought about it and said, "Just because Young Master Liu treats you so well now, it seems that Young Master Liu has long forgotten our young lady. Now he has left our young lady alone in Liuzhou. Young Master Liu's parents are like wolves and tigers. Our young lady must be having a hard time."

Zhang Yulu heard this but was not angry: "So you are such a loyal servant to the owner. It seems that we will get along well in the future."