Time Travel: The Noble Family

Chapter 358: Chapter 126: Suggestion

Yueyao hesitated, and even now she did not know whether she should continue speaking. Telling Guan Jingshuo straightforwardly that his stepmother harbored ill intentions and wanted to harm him would amount to outright provocation and discord, certainly making it difficult for Guan Jingshuo to believe her. Others, having been told a thousand times ten thousand words, would not believe it either. She had experienced such things herself; on the day Hua Lei kept saying Lady family harbored ill intentions, she simply wouldn’t believe it. To make Guan Jingshuo believe, the best way was to make him suspicious and then prompt him to investigate. Thus, Yueyao deliberately said indifferently, “If you do not believe, then forget it.”

Seeing Yueyao’s chilly demeanor, Guan Jingshuo’s facial expression grew complicated. Over the years, many within the Marquis’ household had tried to stir up discord between him and his mother, but he never believed them. Now, Yueyao speaking this way instinctively made him feel that Yueyao had ulterior motives, yet her demeanor did not seem to suggest so, and moreover Yueyao had no apparent relations with the Marquis’ household, making her words even harder for him to understand, “Miss Lian, why did you tell me all this?”

Yueyao smiled lightly, her smile laced with mockery, “I mentioned this only because Aunt Yun and my mother are sworn sisters; otherwise, why would I let you suspect here that I am trying to drive a wedge between you and your mother?”

Guan Jingshuo shook his head, “Miss Lian, I do not understand why you would tell me all this.” Saying that Yueyao had an agenda, he could not find a reason, so he truly did not understand why Yueyao would tell him these things.

Yueyao sighed softly, “Some time ago, I was organizing my mother’s relics and found several letters that Aunt Yun had written to my mother; I read those letters.” Yueyao cherished Madam Ma’s belongings; thus, Madam Ma’s belongings were well preserved. Last year, Yueyao asked the maid to organize the storehouse and found many letters left by Madam Ma, including letters from Ning Yun to Madam Ma.