A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 133: The Talented Lady of Beijing Liu Jiangxi

"I don't care, just help me find a way to deal with today's situation!"

Under the pavilion in the back garden of the Zhuo residence, Li Yunye was at a loss as to what to do after learning that his aunt and grandmother had arranged a blind date for him today on the pretext of his birthday. At this moment, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and kept circling around Mu Liang who was sitting at the stone table.

"These girls are either from officials' families or scholarly families, and they all look well-educated, gentle and lovely. I took a quick look and found two or three of them who match your looks. Why don't you try..." Mu Liang felt a little dizzy after being turned around by Li Yunye. He simply closed his eyes and spoke seriously, but before he could finish his words, Li Yunye grabbed his throat from behind and covered his mouth with one hand.

"If you don't help me, I will start pestering my aunt and grandmother to find you a marriage partner starting tomorrow!" Li Yunye bent down and threatened angrily.

Mu Liang, who was restrained, had no choice but to smile and nodded in agreement. His sworn brother still had such a childish mentality.

Seeing Mu Liang compromise, Li Yunye let him go, then hurriedly sat down and asked, "What solution did you come up with?"

"After the guests leave, Madam Zhuo will definitely ask you about it. You can then lie and say that your family just wrote to say that they have found a marriage for you." Mu Liang, who had regained his freedom, immediately cleared his throat, raised his hand to rub his slightly sore neck, and then slowly looked at his brother in front of him and said.

Li Yunye sighed heavily after hearing this. Although this method did not satisfy him, it seemed to be the only excuse he could find at the moment. It would not offend those officials and would also allow his uncle and grandmother to stop worrying about him from now on.

"Why did you two come here?"

At this moment, Madam Zhuo's voice suddenly rang out. Turning around, he saw his aunt and great-grandmother leading a group of ladies and young ladies who were talking and laughing and coming to the garden. Li Yunye couldn't help but freeze all over, but he couldn't escape, so he had to bite the bullet and walk towards his aunt and great-grandmother.

At this time, Madam Zhuo was holding the arm of a girl who was fresh and refined but also had a scholarly air of pride. Her pair of dark, bright eyes, which seemed to be untainted by the world, highlighted her agility and talent.

"Aunt and grandmother." Li Yunye walked out of the pavilion and came to Old Madam Zhuo, smiling slightly. Mu Liang, who was following behind him, also bowed.

"Yunye, this is your neighbor Sister Liu. Her house is only separated from our Zhuo Mansion by an alley. Your Sister Liu has been very talented since she was young. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting and is not inferior to men at all." Old Madam Zhuo was in high spirits today. She introduced the girl next to her to Li Yunye with a smile on her face, and then she pulled Mu Liang away under the pretext of greeting guests, leaving only the helpless Li Yunye and Sister Liu who was staring at him expressionlessly.

"My name is Li Yunye, what's yours?" Being stared at by a pair of cold and scrutinizing eyes, Li Yunye's hair stood on end. He quickly took the initiative to speak to break the awkwardness.

"Liu Jiangxi." The sister of the Liu family said lightly, and walked towards the pavilion without looking back.

Looking at such aloof and cold figure, Li Yunye stayed where he was, not knowing whether to leave or follow. He looked up and saw Mu Liang surrounded by a group of women not far away, and couldn't help laughing out loud with glee.

"What's so funny?" Hearing the laughter, Liu Jiangxi, who had already walked outside the pavilion, turned around curiously and saw Li Yunye covering his mouth and laughing foolishly alone. He couldn't help but frowned and muttered with a puzzled look on his face.

On the other hand, Mu Liang was caught off guard by Madam Zhuo and was also nervous, but fortunately, these ladies just wanted to talk to Shopkeeper Mu about silk and satin, and the new materials of Jiangnan Mingli. It turned out that Madam Zhuo wanted to introduce business to Jiangnan Mingli, and Mu Liang was very happy. He immediately introduced Jiangnan Mingli's new goods to the ladies with a smile. Mu Liang has a handsome appearance, a humble personality, and is so talkative and cheerful, so he is very popular among the ladies.

Mrs. Zhuo, who was silent on the side, couldn't help but admire Mu Liang for being so eloquent and able to handle the situation with ease even when facing a group of officials' families. No wonder he could manage four shops in the capital. Li Xingyuan really found a good helper for herself and Yun Ye in the future.

"Liu..." Li Yunye saw that the girl from the Liu family was not interested in him, so he was willing to go up and talk to her. However, he was interrupted by Liu Jiangxi with a cold look just as he opened his mouth:

"We are not familiar with each other, so there is no need to call each other brother or sister. It seems frivolous."

"Miss Liu." Li Yunye bowed and gave a perfunctory smile. Tsk, as if I am willing to call you that.

"The girls over there are looking at you. Go play with them. You don't have to follow me." Liu Jiangxi was not disgusted by Li Yunye's good behavior. It was a pity that he was too weak and had no masculinity at all.

"My great-aunt asked me to talk to you, how could I leave you?" Li Yunye turned around and saw that the girls on Mu Liang's side were all looking at him. He was so scared that he trembled all over and hurriedly continued to follow Liu Jiangxi.

"I, Liu Jiangxi, don't like a playboy like you. Don't bother yourself with him." Seeing that Li Yunye was still following him, Liu Jiangxi thought that he was interested in him, so he said bluntly with an impatient look on his face.

"Miss Liu, don't think too much. I don't mean that." Seeing that Liu Jiangxi misunderstood him, Li Yunye quickly waved his hands and smiled bitterly.

Liu Jiangxi gave Li Yunye an arrogant look, then left without paying any attention and walked out of the pavilion towards the rockery in front. Li Yunye looked back and saw that there were still a few young ladies staring at him covetously. How could he dare to be alone? He had no choice but to continue to follow Liu Jiangxi.

"you....."

"Same way, same way."

Liu Jiangxi was furious and was about to explode when he saw Li Yunye running past him and toward the back of the rockery. Only then did he feel relieved.

Seeing that Liu Jiangxi was too difficult to get along with, Li Yunye had no choice but to give up using her as a cover and simply left the garden and went somewhere else. After all, the Zhuo Mansion was so big that he might as well play hide-and-seek with these young ladies.

As he walked out of the garden, he almost bumped into a figure. When he looked up and saw his cousin's face that looked like the King of Hell, he was so scared that he took two steps back.

"Cousin." Li Yunye saluted Zhuo Yanzheng tremblingly.

"The girl from the Liu family is a good person. She has a good family tradition and is talented. She is a well-known talented woman in the capital. Her father is a Hanlin academician. He is upright and has integrity. It is inevitable that a girl with literary talent and her own ideas like this would be arrogant. Your temperament is like your mother, too soft. You can't tame the girl from the Liu family at all. It would be better for you to find a gentle girl." Zhuo Yan nodded with a stern face, suddenly looked at Li Yunye and said seriously, then turned and left without waiting for the other party to speak.

Li Yunye was so surprised that his mouth was half open. He sighed helplessly when he saw his cousin leave. He thought that his cousin must have seen him chasing Liu Jiangxi just now and mistakenly thought that he was interested in this girl from the Liu family.