Chapter 295
295, Beating Around the Bush (3 more)
Now she has returned, her identity transformed, becoming the His Highness the Prince’s cousin.
Could it be, could it be that this Miss Xie isn’t the Liang Family maid, Nuannuan.
Yes, it definitely isn’t her.
She must have made a mistake.
Nuannuan the maid, although literate, lacks insight, while this Miss Xie is extremely capable, ten times more so than Nuannuan.
Master Liang kept comforting himself internally, kept hinting to himself, which somewhat calmed him down.
But, the way he looked at Xie Zhinuan.
When Xie Zhinuan looked back at him with confusion, and the somewhat knowledgeable Li Hengyi, all observed closely.
He pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke, “Zhinuan!”
“Hmm?” Xie Zhinuan looked towards Li Hengyi.
“Have you met Master Liang before?” Li Hengyi asked.
After a moment of thought, Xie Zhinuan replied, “I had suffered an injury earlier on and forgot everything, but after coming to Fengping County, I have not met Master Liang. However, when I see Master Liang, he seems somewhat familiar!”
Xie Zhinuan spoke earnestly.
Yet Master Liang’s heartbeat sped up in fright, his forehead sweating even more as he felt guilty as a thief.
Master Xu, Master Xuan, and the County Magistrate Liu, along with those who had come to present congratulatory gifts, all looked at Master Liang.
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In their eyes lay confusion, deep thought.Miss Xie said Master Liang looked familiar, but in what way, familiar?
Li Hengyi nodded, then asked Master Liang, “Did Master Liang meet Zhinuan before?”
“Ah…”
Master Liang let out a cry.
Being singled out like that made him feel extremely guilty.
Not just apprehensive, but also scared.
He quickly stood up, “No, never!” he denied emphatically.
But he forgot the saying, “a guilty conscience needs no accuser”.
If he truly didn’t recognize her, why such agitation, such fear?
“Is that so? When Zhinuan first appeared in Xiaohe Village, she was critically injured, and the doctor said she had fallen from a high place and hurt her head, which caused her to lose her previous memories. I thought Master Liang recognized Zhinuan,” Li Hengyi said softly,
With a gentle laugh.
He was now certain that Xie Zhinuan was Xie Nuan.
The sister of Xie Qian, a legitimate daughter of the Marquis’s house.
But he didn’t expose the truth or say much. Some matters needed Xie Zhinuan to recall and investigate on her own.
Moreover, the current Xie Zhinuan was not yet suited to go to the capital.
She wasn’t strong enough yet, she still hadn’t learned what she intended to learn; once she returned to the Marquis’s house, she might no longer have the opportunity to be as free as she was now, to go wherever she wanted, to do whatever she wanted.
What he had to do was to pretend ignorance.
Xie Zhinuan looked at Master Liang, not believing his words at all.
Not one bit.
But today, with the opening of “Kechanglai,” the others’ presence to congratulate was kind-hearted, and she didn’t want to part on bad terms.
So she diverted the topic.
Soon it was time to start the banquet, and Xie Zhinuan invited the guests to the dining hall to take their seats.
There were just over fifty people, eight to a table, making up to seven tables.
These people also knew how to take their proper places, with Li Hengyi taking the seat of honor at the main table, with Master Xu, Master Xuan, and Master Liang accompanying him, leaving a spot for Xie Zhinuan as well.
The others all took seats according to their status and identity, and being from the same county, they all knew each other well, none attempting to falsify their position.
Li Hengyi waited for everyone to settle down before he picked up his wine glass.
Seeing this, everyone immediately picked up their wine glasses and stood up.
Xie Zhinuan, upon noticing this, hesitated for a moment before deciding to stand up.
Li Hengyi placed a hand on her shoulder.
“?” Xie Zhinuan was puzzled.
Li Hengyi gave a mild smile before saying, “Zhinuan and I are not related by blood, but today she called me ‘cousin brother,’ and I accepted the title. Thus, as an elder brother, I must act the part. When it’s time to protect her, I will do so!”
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