Capítulo 1745: Chapter 1752 Liu Xi Performs Surgery (2)

Shen Juhua and Aunt Zhou sat together, a bit afraid as they looked at Mo Zili across from them. At this moment, he sat across from Juhua, his entire body soaked with water. The cold rainwater trickled down his fair forehead, gliding past his handsome features, and finally dripped onto the floor.

He was completely unconcerned, his deep eyes fixed intently on Juhua, once again asking, “Why are you avoiding me? Why won’t you reply to my letters?”

Juhua nervously picked at her fingers and said timidly, “Dad and Mom won’t allow me to see you. I don’t want to make them angry. Besides, at the end of the year, I’m going to… going to… get married, so… so…”

“So what?”

Mo Zili’s palm clenched, and his gaze became sharper, looking at Juhua as if it were on fire, as if whatever she said next would burn her if it wasn’t something he wanted to hear.

Juhua was frightened by his expression and couldn’t help but shrink into Aunt Zhou’s bosom, murmuring, “I’m sorry, Young Master Mo, but I must listen to Dad and Mom…”

“Ha—”

Mo Zili laughed coldly, “Shen Juhua, do you think that if my family hadn’t transferred your dad to the Capital, you wouldn’t have fallen off the cliff? Do you think that my risking my life to save you was justified, and you don’t need to feel guilty? So you can marry with peace of mind, is that it?”

“No, no!”

Juhua waved her hands repeatedly, firmly denying it, “I always felt guilty towards you. I’ve always wanted to repay you, but you know I have to listen to Dad and Mom. I cannot make them sad. They’ve always wanted a son-in-law to marry into our family, and I have no choice…”

“Are you blaming me for not being able to marry into your home?” Mo Zili interrupted her, a trace of anger in his voice.

“No!”

Xiang Yun shook her head, saying, “With your family background so good, how dare I expect you to marry into our family? Really, even if you wanted to marry in, Dad and Mom wouldn’t dare to take you…”

Mo Zili laughed coldly, “So, I already have no chance. I’ve been out of the picture for a long time, right?”

Juhua said with shame, “Young Master Mo, I’m sorry, really very sorry…”

“I don’t want to hear ‘sorry’!” Mo Zili gritted his teeth, his face a picture of gloom.

Before he could say anything else, the voice of the coachman suddenly sounded from outside, “Miss Shen, the Empress Dowager has arrived and asks you to leave now. If you delay any longer, Zhang Tiezui won’t give a reading once the Shi Chen is over!”

Aunt Zhou, who had been too intimidated by Mo Zili’s strong presence to speak, woke from her stupor, hurriedly saying in a shaky voice, “Miss, we should leave quickly. We mustn’t keep the Empress Dowager waiting, and besides, if we delay any longer, Zhang Tiezui won’t give us a reading, and we’ll have braved the rain for nothing.”

Upon hearing this, Juhua nodded quickly, “Right, right, let’s go now.”

Saying this, she looked troubled as she spoke to Mo Zili, “Young Master Mo, as you can see, we have business to attend to. Maybe you should leave first!”

Mo Zili did not move, nor did he speak, he just sat there looking straight at her, his murky eyes watching her for a long time, about a quarter of an hour, until Juhua started to feel uneasy and shrank back into Aunt Zhou’s bosom.

Aunt Zhou, seeing that Miss was afraid, gathered her courage once more and said to Mo Zili, trembling all over, “Young Master Mo, the Empress Dowager is still waiting outside for our Miss. Letting the Empress Dowager wait in the rain isn’t according to the rules, is it?”

Upon hearing these words, Mo Zili slowly withdrew his gaze, glanced at Aunt Zhou, and then turned and got off the carriage.

Seeing him leave, Aunt Zhou let out a long sigh of relief, patting her chest, “Oh dear, that scared me to death! Miss, why is Young Master Mo’s gaze so frightening? How does this old servant feel that Young Master Mo is becoming scarier and scarier?”