She must have known that he was a man long ago, but she had not exposed him. Why was that?
Was she not afraid of danger by keeping a man by her side? Wasn't he afraid that he had ulterior motives?
Her behavior was either very bold, or she was a deviant and indecent woman. However, she didn't seem like that kind of woman.
After struggling in his heart for many days, Shangguan Lin finally couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart and was determined to tell Peng Yingchun everything.
"Miss!" He mustered up his courage to ask about everything.
Seeing Shangguan Lin's solemn expression, Peng Yingchun could roughly guess what he wanted to do.
" Lin 'er…" She thought that since he was determined to reveal his identity, it would be inappropriate for her to continue calling him by such a feminine name. "That's not right. It's really strange for a man like you to be called by such a cute name.”
"You, you knew?" Although he had already guessed it, he still couldn't help but feel surprised when he heard her say it.
When did he give himself away and let her see through him?
Peng Yingchun smiled and nodded.
"When did you find out?"
"I knew you were a man the first time I saw you!”She told the truth without hiding anything.
Heavens! She had seen through him at first glance! He had always thought that he had concealed it very well, but he did not expect that it was just his self-righteousness.
"How did you know?" He wanted to know how she had found out that he was dressed inappropriately.
"Men and women are born different. You may be able to pass off fish eyes as pearls in other places, but there's one place that you can't fake. This is your flaw.”
He had a flaw? This was strange.
He wanted to know if she was really so smart that she could see through him at a glance.
"Where?"
"The Adam's apple on your neck!" She pointed at the spot he had overlooked. "Only men have an Adam's apple, but women don't.”
Shangguan Lin touched his neck and felt the protruding round spots.
She could also see through such a small place. She thought that she had underestimated her before.
"You are very smart." He was sincerely praising her.
"It's alright!" Peng Yingchun did not forget to tease him despite being humble."This person, even if he doesn't have knowledge, he still needs to have common sense. Even if he doesn't have common sense, he still needs to watch television often!”
It was all thanks to her habit of watching television that she could see through his disguise at a glance. This kind of cross-dressing drama was often seen on television, and many of the lines were said by him word for word.
Peng Yingchun was so proud that she forgot to avoid using modern language.
"Television? What is that?" Shangguan Lin was confused.
Peng Yingchun realized her carelessness after hearing his question.
Oh no! How was she going to explain to this ancient person what television was?
"TV…TV is just a metaphor in our hometown! It's a little like the show you're watching. The theater here is called TV over there.”Peng Yingchun was quick-witted in a hurry. In order to make up a story, she could only make up a story.
"Oh." Shangguan Lin accepted her explanation.
In order to divert his attention, she quickly changed the topic.
"Right! Why did you disguise yourself as a woman and sneak into the Grand View Garden?”
"I…I'm looking for someone." Shangguan Lin originally wanted to say it directly, but he was afraid that she would think that he had bad intentions, so he could only change his words quickly.
That was close! He had almost told her his motive.
He was here to trick the beauty back to the brothel. If he told her everything, he would have nothing to show for it.
"Who are you looking for?"
Who would need him to make such a big sacrifice to dress up as a woman? Peng Yingchun was extremely curious about this.
"Yes…Aiya! I can't tell." He tried to bluff his way through.
Seeing his evasive look, Peng Yingchun thought that he definitely wasn't here to look for his long-lost brother or sister. He was definitely looking for someone he couldn't tell anyone.
Could it be…
Her sixth sense told her that the person he was looking for was definitely the twelve golden hairpins who had become famous in Jin Ling city recently.
"Are you looking for the twelve golden hairpins?”She directly exposed his thoughts.
" You…" Does she know how to read minds? Otherwise, how could he predict things like a god?
"I guessed it right!" Bingo! Her sixth sense was really accurate! "Why are you looking for the twelve golden hairpins?"
"No, it's none of your business!" Shangguan Lin turned his head and refused to answer.
Peng Yingchun felt a little upset when she heard him say that. She was even more annoyed.
She was really " kissed by thunder ". She had originally wanted to help him, but she did not expect him to treat her with such an attitude. He didn't even think about it. She was the biggest contributor to him being able to stay in Grand View Garden smoothly. Otherwise, he would have been kicked out long ago. How could he still shout at her here?
"Since it has nothing to do with me, I don't have to continue helping you hide your identity. It just so happens that Grandma has long suspected your identity. I'll go and take credit for it and tell her!”After saying that, Peng Yingchun pretended to walk out.
Hearing her say that Old Madam Jia was already suspicious of him, Shangguan Lin quickly pulled Peng Yingchun back, not letting her go and inform him.
If he was yelled at by her like this, not only would his identity be exposed, all his previous efforts would be wasted, and he might even end up as a prisoner.
"Just be kind-hearted. Don't get me sent to the government.”He surrendered!
Humph! If he wants to fight with me, he doesn't even weigh himself. Peng Yingchun glanced at him triumphantly.
Shangguan Lin, an ancient person with eight strands of writing, wanted to compete with Peng Yingchun, a strange modern person. He was hitting a stone with an egg and overestimating himself.
"If you don't want to be sent to the palace, then tell me your name. It's best if you tell me all your ancestors and why you're looking for the twelve golden hairpins.”As one of the twelve golden hairpins, she couldn't help but wonder why he wanted to find them just based on the rumors outside.
Demons! He couldn't help but curse her in his heart.
Shangguan Lin began to feel that meeting her was a mistake, thinking that she was the candidate for the Courtesan Belle he was looking for was the biggest mistake of his life.
From the moment he met her, he had been fooled by her. She was really his nemesis.
Eh? It turned out that everything she did to him was intentional. He had been under her control these days, just like Sun Wukong who could not escape from the palm of Buddha.
Alright! Since she dared to mess with him like this, then don't blame him for pushing her into the fire pit!
"You're ordering me around on purpose!" She was really not an ordinary person.
He finally noticed it!
"Hehehe!"
Peng Yingchun laughed dryly three times. She didn't feel guilty or regretful at all for being caught making fun of someone.
Since she had something on him, she was fearless and not afraid that he would find out.
She was deliberately messing with him, so what?
"I did it on purpose, so what? Do you want to bite me?" It was really satisfying to be able to bully people like this.
"Don't forget that I have something on you. If you make me unhappy, I'll get someone to send you to prison and make you suffer the ridicule of everyone!”
Although Shangguan Lin was gnashing his teeth in hatred, he couldn't do anything to her.
"What do you want?" He swore that if he took back control, he would make her pay back the humiliation he had suffered today a hundred times, a thousand times.
"Are you angry?"
"How would I dare!" He did not even dare to breathe loudly.
He still said that he wasn't angry, but he was clearly lying through his teeth. But let him be! She did not want to expose his gloomy face at this moment.
"Actually, I don't have many requests. I just hope that you can answer every question I ask.”She had finally met someone from the outside, so she had her own plans.
When he met her, he could only admit that he was unlucky and let her do whatever she wanted.
"Ask away!" He already had the intention to face death unflinchingly.
"What's your name?"
"Shangguan Lin."
"So that's how your Lin 'er came about!”Peng Yingchun suddenly realized that he was too lazy to think of other names.
"Cut the crap. Ask me if you have something to say!" He did not have the patience to listen to her nonsense.
"Just ask. Don't be so angry.”Peng Yingchun didn't mind his bad tone. "What do you do for a living? Do you have money at home?"
Facing someone like her, his anger would naturally rise, and it was not something he could control.
"I'm running a restaurant. Although I'm not as rich as the Jia family in Jinling, I'm still okay.”He hid the fact that he had opened a brothel.
Talking about brothels with a woman would definitely scare her out of her wits. He was afraid that she would lose her rationality and do something that would not benefit him, so he could only choose his answer.
Open a restaurant? That should be considered very rich!
"Then would you mind if I raise one more person?”she asked tentatively.
"Who?" He suddenly felt his hair stand on end as he had a bad feeling.
Could it be that she wanted him to raise her?
However, she was eating well, wearing well, and using well in Grand View Garden. He did not understand why she would give up such a good living condition for him to support her.
Although raising another person was just an extra set of chopsticks, it didn't hurt him at all. However, if it was her, he would mind it very much.
He wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible. He was not willing to keep her by his side at all.
"Of course it's me!" Seeing his expression as if he had seen a ghost, she knew that he had already guessed it.
"Why? Isn't it good to stay in the Grand View Garden?"
"In the Grand View Garden, I have no lack of food and clothing, and everyone treats me very well. However, this is not my home after all. I want to go back to my family.”
She missed home and her loved ones, so she had never stopped thinking about going home. Even if there was only a glimmer of hope, she would not give up.
"I've thought about it. If I stay in Grand View Garden all the time, it'll probably be very difficult to find an expert who can help me go home in this life, so I've long wanted to go out and find a way to go home by myself. It's just that I'm unfamiliar with this place and don't have any money on me. Forcing myself to leave here will only harm myself.”
After listening to her explanation, Shangguan Lin could understand her feelings of wanting to go home, but he really did not want to cause her trouble.
"Why me?" There were so many people in the world. He didn't understand why she chose him.
"I think it's probably fate between us!”
Peng Yingchun smiled wickedly. Anyway, she was going to stick to him now.
"I think it's an ill-fated fate!" He muttered to himself, admitting that he was unlucky.
"What did you say?" Actually, she heard it clearly, but she pretended not to hear it clearly.
Now that she had a favor to ask of him, she would turn a blind eye to it and not pursue his slip of the tongue.
"It's nothing!" He denied what he had said.
Since she was not good at judging people and wanted to follow him, the boss of the largest brothel in Jiangnan, he would take advantage of the situation and arrange for her to enter his business, so that he could properly vent the grievances that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.
Although her temper was a little big, she believed that after being taught by the brothel's madam, she would definitely be as obedient as a little lamb and listen to his orders.
With her almond-shaped eyebrows, red lips, and delicate face, as long as she was willing to sell her body, she would definitely win the reputation of Jiangnan's Courtesan Belle.
If she added her name as one of the Twelve Golden Hairpins to the mix, she would be able to become the top courtesan in the country, let alone Jiangnan.
She believed that he, who had been mingling with women for many years, would never be wrong about this.
"Are you going to agree or not?" Seeing that he had been thinking silently but did not give her an answer, Peng Yingchun urged him anxiously.
She was already willing to send herself to him. How could he push away the fat meat that was already in his mouth?
It would be a pity if he didn't use this kind of plan that could make money and take revenge.
"You can, but there's no free lunch in this world. You have to help me.”He wanted to trick her into agreeing.
Work? Working in a restaurant?
Peng Yingchun pondered for a moment and felt that there must be something strange about this. She was not so stupid as to agree to his strange requests.
The current situation was advantageous to her, and she was the one who had the right to negotiate, not him.
"Since you are not willing to accept me unconditionally, then I will go and tell Grandma that you disguised as a woman and sneaked into Grand View Garden to swindle Grandma's twelve golden hairpins. I believe that after Grandma catches you, she will definitely reward me for catching the rapist. At that time, I will ask Grandma to sponsor me to go home.”
She played with her nails indifferently, not at all threatened by him.
This woman really had him under her thumb!
Forget it, the situation was not good for him now. He would restrain his temper and wait for her to fall into his hands. He would get her back together.
"I agree unconditionally!" He took a step back and did not argue with her.
"Thank you in advance!" Peng Yingchun suddenly stood up. "Since you've already promised me, I'll go and tell Grandma-"
Hearing that she was going to look for Old Madam Jia, Shangguan Lin immediately interrupted her,"
"Since I'm willing to help you, you can't tell Old Madam Jia about me!”
"I didn't say I was going to expose you!" Peng Yingchun felt that he was really too neurotic. "I'm just going to say goodbye to Grandma and tell her that I'm going out for a tour.”
Being tricked by her again, Shangguan Lin was really unwilling.
He was a grown man, but he had actually fallen into her hands several times. It was really too ridiculous.
Poor man!
Looking at his annoyed expression, Peng Yingchun really sympathized with him.
No matter what, she was a modern person who had received higher education. Although she was not a top student who knew astronomy and geography, she had a balanced development of morality, intelligence, physique, social skills, and beauty. Compared to an ancient person like him who had only read the Eight Books, Four Books, and Five Classics, it was impossible for him to win against her.
It wasn't that he was too stupid, but that he had met her who was smarter than him!
"You want to leave? Why? Could it be that I'm not good to you?" Old Madam Jia was shocked.
She had already lived in Grand View Garden and enjoyed the glory and wealth. She really did not believe that she would want to leave, especially with a stranger who was disguised as a woman.
This kind of man must have bad intentions. She would never allow Peng Yingchun to leave with him.
"Grandma, it's not like that. You're very good to me, and everyone is also very good to me. It's just that…I miss home very much.”
Old Madam Jia had done her a great favor. If possible, she would definitely find a chance to repay her. However, she thought that she probably would not have such an opportunity because she did not belong to this space at all.
"I can help you if you want to go home. You don't have to leave with an outsider.”
How could she ask for help from an outsider? Then what was she to her?
"I just don't want to trouble Grandma. Besides, I don't know when I can go home, so I want to take this opportunity to walk around.”
She knew that if she said she wanted to leave, Old Madam Jia would definitely not agree, but she did not want to sneak away, so she did not say goodbye to her.
"Did he use some flowery words to deceive you so that you would leave with him willingly?”
Old Lady Jia didn't have a good impression of Shangguan Lin to begin with, and now she hated him even more, because he actually wanted to kidnap one of her precious adopted granddaughters.
"A man like him who disguises himself as a woman to sneak into someone else's house is definitely not a good person. You have to open your eyes a little wider. Don't be deceived by him. You're young and don't know the evils of the human heart. I hope you can think about it carefully again. Don't make a decision so quickly. I don't want you to regret it in the future.”
In order to persuade Peng Yingchun to return, Old Madam Jia said earnestly.
"Grandma misunderstood. He can't lie to me at all. I've been lying to him all this time. He was even threatened by me to take me away.”Peng Yingchun explained in amusement.
If it was possible, he might also want to get rid of her!
As long as she thought about how he had been fooled by her from the beginning to the end, she could not help but feel amused.
"You've been fooled by him. You don't know what you're talking about!”She didn't want to hear Peng Yingchun's explanation at all.
She wanted him to take her away, which meant that the two of them would elope. She really could not believe that she would have such a shocking idea.
"Grandma, many things are not what you think!”Peng Yingchun felt very distressed because there were some things she couldn't tell her.
"Whether it's what I think it is or not, I won't let you go with him. I want someone to send him to the government now and let him know that the Jia family is not so easy to provoke.”
Since Old Lady Jia could not persuade Peng Yingchun, she decided to drive Shangguan Lin away first. She believed that as long as he was gone, Peng Yingchun would change her mind.
"Don't do this!" Peng Yingchun didn't expect Old Madam Jia to be so unyielding.
If she caused him to go to jail, she would feel bad.
"It's fine if you don't do that, but he wants to leave the Grand View Garden, and you have to stay here obediently. Without my permission, you're not allowed to go anywhere.”Old Madam Jia negotiated with her.
How could this be!
Peng Yingchun really regretted coming to bid her farewell.
Seeing how serious she was, it seemed like she couldn't leave through the main entrance openly. However, since Shangguan Lin had a way to sneak in, he must have a way to bring her out.
"As long as Grandma doesn't send him to the government, I'll listen to you.”Peng Yingchun decided to compromise for now.
"Yingchun, I'm doing this for your own good, for your happiness. You won't have any happiness if you follow that person.”
She understood that Old Madam Jia had misunderstood her, but Peng Yingchun decided not to say anything. She wanted to feign civility and disobey her now.
"Yingchun knows. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first.”She pretended to be very sad.
"Go back and rest. When you wake up tomorrow morning, everything will be fine.”Old Madam Jia thought that she was sad and unbearable, so she kindly let her go back to her room to heal.
"Thank you, Grandma." Peng Yingchun left with a sad and listless expression.
As soon as she stepped out of Old Madam Jia's room, she immediately flew back to her room. She casually packed a few clothes and pulled Shangguan Lin to take her away immediately.
She was afraid that if she did not sneak away before Old Madam Jia gave the order, she would not have the chance to leave.
Although he didn't understand what had happened, seeing how anxious she was, he took the ashes and blackened her fair face. He also made her change into a servant girl's coarse cloth clothes before taking her away quietly through the back door.#
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