HLnovel Chapter 409 First Love
Chapter 409 First Love
The thin driver looked her up and down, his shrewd eyes rolling around.
Although Wang Qiuhuo was assigned to the farm, the clothes she wore in the Marquis' Mansion before were all silk and satin, so she naturally wore those clothes when she came.
Although her clothes were dirty and she looked disheveled, the temperament she had developed in the Marquis' Mansion over the years was naturally different from that of an ordinary peasant woman, and one could tell it at a glance.
Then the driver lifted a corner of the curtain, half of his body leaned inside, and deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was talking to someone. Wang Qiuhe couldn't hear clearly.
After a while, the driver looked at Wang Qiuhe again, and his tone was much softer than before: "Madam, I am driving my master to Chengyang County today. My master said that he can take you for a ride without charging you any money."
When Wang Qiuhuo heard that no money was required, her brows immediately lit up with joy: "Thank you very much, master." Then she looked towards the direction of the carriage with gratitude.
"My master is kind and generous to others, and he often helps others. You don't have to take it to heart. You look so tired, you must have walked a long way. Come up and have a rest."
The thin driver jumped down from his seat nimbly and motioned Wang Qiuhuo to get on the bus.
"I'm so lucky to meet you today. Thank you so much!" Wang Qiuhuo walked over quickly, even though she knew there was a man in the carriage.
But she really couldn't walk anymore. Besides, no one else saw her, so she could just get off the bus earlier.
He straightened his clothes a little to make them look less messy, and combed his hair with his hands. When he felt that he was almost done, he lifted the curtain and went in.
As soon as she entered, she was met with a pair of eyes as gentle as jade. Wang Qiuhuo was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted. Her face flushed like a young girl who had just fallen in love. She turned her face away uncomfortably and lowered her head.
There was a man sitting in the carriage, who looked to be about forty years old, handsome and well-mannered, with a subtle smile on his face, appearing very polite.
As Wang Qiuhuo lowered the curtain, the thin coachman driving the car outside pulled up a malicious smile, raised the whip in his hand, and drove the horse forward leisurely. Soon, he drove from the original road to a narrow path, and the people inside were completely unaware.
The carriage looked plain from the outside, but it was very spacious inside. In the middle of the carriage was an exquisite small coffee table with tea and snacks on it.
The man also looked at Wang Qiuhe, taking in her reactions: "Madam, what are you doing in Chengyang County?"
"I'm going to Chengyang County to look for my son...to look for someone." Wang Qiuhuo felt inexplicably uncomfortable being in the same room with a strange man. She suddenly changed her words halfway through her words.
Although her two sons were already that old, for some reason, when faced with such a handsome man, her heart was pounding like a deer, and she didn't dare to look up at him.
"Oh, are you separated from your family?" the man continued to ask in a pleasant voice.
"No, I came from the capital. I just arrived in Chengyang County yesterday. They were here before." Wang Qiuhuo said it directly without any preparation.
"Oh, is that so? The capital is far away from here. Did you come here alone?" the man sounded concerned.
"Well, the carriage left yesterday. Because I got up late in the morning, I missed the village ox cart and had to walk to Chengyang County." Wang Qiuhuo felt secretly annoyed when she mentioned this.
"You must have worked so hard. You look so miserable." The man seemed like an old friend, gentle and considerate.
"No, it's a blessing that I met you, otherwise it would have been dark by the time I got to Chengyang County." Wang Qiuhuo's face turned even redder.
The man's earnest voice struck her heart. Wang Qiuhe's father was just a minor local official, and marrying Si Wei Zhong was considered marrying up.
He had a gloomy temperament and spoke in a cold and harsh manner. He had never spoken as gently and kindly as the man in front of her, making her feel like she was in love again.
In fact, before she got married, she had secretly been in a relationship with a man, but the man was just an ordinary citizen, and her father was a snobbish man, so he naturally did not agree to their marriage.
The man was just like the one in front of him, speaking gently and considerately, and having an extremely handsome appearance.
But she could not disobey her father's order, and finally had to part ways with her lover and marry Si Wei Zhong.
Apart from not taking a concubine, Si Wei Zhong was not good to her at all and never cared about her at all.
The man in front of her reminded her of her first love, and her heart, which had been silent for many years, began to beat fast.
"This is our fate. Fate has brought us together in this vast sea of people. You have come such a long way. You must be thirsty. Here is some warm tea. Have a sip and take a rest. We will be there soon."
The man was wearing a light blue brocade robe. He stretched out his slender white hands and grabbed the teapot. His joints were clearly visible. At a glance, Wang Qiuhe could tell that he must be a scholar.
The exquisite white porcelain teacup made a clear and pleasant sound as the tea was poured into it. It seemed to realize that it had lost its composure and immediately looked away.
What she didn't see was that the moment she looked away, a white pill slipped from the man's hand into the cup and quickly disappeared.
Then she saw that big hand holding tea and handing it to her.
Wang Qiuhuo sat up straight and tried her best to look normal. She was really thirsty, and the pot of water she took with her when she went out in the morning was not enough for her to drink.
He immediately reached out to take it, holding the cup in one hand and covering his face with the other, and drank all the tea.
Seeing this, the man immediately poured her another glass. Wang Qiuhe nodded to him gratefully and drank the water again. After two glasses of water, the feeling of hunger and thirst disappeared.
"Madam, would you like some snacks? These are what the servants just bought. They taste good." When the man saw her drink the water, he seemed to be in a happier mood than before.
He just noticed that Wang Qiuhe had kept her hand on her purse since she got on the carriage. The purse didn't look big, but judging from her clothes, there should be something in it.
"Thank you, sir. I'll try it." Wang Qiuhuo said politely, but she had actually been thinking about those snacks for a long time.
The multi-grain pancake I had in the morning was fine when I ate the first one, but when I ate the last one, I could barely swallow it. It was not as delicious as a snack.
But she was just hitchhiking, so how could she have the nerve to ask for food? Fortunately, the carriage owner was easy to talk to and poured her tea and offered her some snacks.
I didn't bother to be polite with him, I grabbed a piece and started eating. After just two bites, I felt dizzy and like I was going to fall asleep at any moment.