Chapter 358 Witnessing a Good Show

Du Sze: "..."

That means their relationship is romantic. If his cousin needs a father's love, Gu Jingxi can take care of her as a daughter, acting as both husband and father.

How could he say such a thing!

Ignoring his expression, Gu Jingxi asked calmly, "I remember your father seems to be the new magistrate of Deqing County in Huzhou Prefecture?"

The topic jumped too far, and Du Sze was confused, but he still answered truthfully: "Yes, my father was originally the prefect of Changzhou Prefecture. He was demoted because of a mistake in his work. Coincidentally, the magistrate of Deqing County passed away, so my father was sent to Deqing County as the magistrate. He has just taken office."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jingxi revealed a meaningful smile. Very good, it was just like someone offering a pillow when he was sleepy, which suited him perfectly.

When Du Sze saw Gu Jingxi suddenly laugh, and in such a chilling way, his heart skipped a beat. He couldn't help but overthink things, so he frowned and asked, "Why did you suddenly bring this up, Lord Gu? Even if I have romantic feelings for my cousin, if you're jealous, take it out on me. My father is innocent."

Gu Jingxi glanced at him: "Ayao only has me in her heart and eyes, and has only ever had me. Why would I be jealous? In my eyes, you are not even a rival in love. The reason I talked to you is because Ayao cares about you, her cousin, and you are one of the few relatives who are good to Ayao."

Upon hearing this, Du Sze felt a pang of hurt and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that Lord Gu is trying to use my father to threaten me into not having any improper thoughts about my cousin?"

Gu Jingxi raised an eyebrow: "Even if you have improper thoughts about A Yao, it's nothing to be afraid of. Why would I need to threaten you with Lord Du?"

Du Sze pressed further, "Then why did Lord Gu suddenly mention my father?"

Gu Jingxi said matter-of-factly, "As for caring about elders, your father, according to seniority, I should call him cousin-in-law, just like Ayao."

Du Sze didn't reply, thinking to himself: Who would believe such nonsense?

After a moment, Du Sze said, "Lord Gu, rest assured, as long as you can truly bring happiness to my cousin, then I will simply be her cousin and do my duty as an elder brother."

Gu Jingxi knew he had misunderstood, but he didn't intend to explain anything. He simply nodded slightly and said calmly, "It's getting late. Ayao is still waiting at home. I'll head back to the manor first. Young Master Du, please make yourself at home." After saying that, he stood up and walked towards the door.

Seeing this, Du Sze didn't linger any longer and followed him away.

When it came time to pay the bill, Du Sze rushed to pay first, and Gu Jingxi didn't argue with him. After all, a meal of tea wasn't worth much, so if he wanted to pay, so be it.

They had barely left the teahouse when they encountered a good show, a dispute between two girls.

Two young women dressed as wealthy ladies got into a fight in the street. One of them was arrogant and grabbed the other girl by the hair and slapped her across the face. The maid next to the bullied girl tried to protect her mistress, but was pulled back by the other girl's maid.

The arrogant girl slapped the other person three times in a row, then kicked him to the ground, coldly warning, "You surnamed Meng, don't let me see you acting all hypocritical again. If you say you have no ulterior motives, I won't believe you."

The girl lying on the ground had disheveled hair and was sobbing with her face covered. Although her appearance was not clearly visible, her shoulders were trembling, and her pitiful appearance made everyone present feel sorry for her.

Just as the girl was about to do something more to her, a righteous person immediately spoke up to stop her: "Young lady, even if this girl has upset you, you should be forgiving and not go too far."

This righteous man was none other than Du Sze-ze.

The young woman looked at Du Sze and sneered, "This young master is indeed kind-hearted, but unfortunately, you've misplaced your kindness. Do you even know who she is?"

"She's the second daughter of the Yongchang Marquis's family, just like her wicked mother. Her mother was in love with Lord Meng back then, murdered Lord Meng's first wife, and then seduced Lord Meng, pretending to be gentle and virtuous to deceive the Meng family and successfully marry him. Now she's set her sights on a man who already has a fiancée and is trying to snatch him away from him. What a despicable wretch!"

These words caused an uproar. The second daughter of the Yongchang Marquis's mansion? Everyone originally thought that the daughter of a vicious woman like Madam Sun could not be any good. Now it really proved the saying "like mother, like daughter". The mother used despicable means to steal someone else's man, and the daughter also wanted to steal someone else's man. The mother and daughter both liked to steal other people's men.

Du Szeze never expected that the girl was Meng Jinyu, the younger sister of A Yao's cousin. If he had known earlier, he would have stayed out of this mess. What bad luck!

Gu Jingxi is Meng Jinyu's brother-in-law. Even the brother-in-law didn't care, so why is he getting involved?

As Du Sze thought this, he glanced at the spot next to him and found that Gu Jingxi was nowhere to be seen. He must have left as soon as he learned that the girl was Meng Jinyu to avoid trouble.

Seeing that he didn't speak again, the girl kindly reminded him, "Young master, before you play the hero and save a damsel in distress, you should think carefully about whether the person is worth saving. Even if you save this kind of person, you'll only get yourself into trouble."

Meng Jinyu stood up, tears streaming down her face like broken beads. Handprints were clearly visible on both sides of her cheeks. Her reputation ruined in public filled her with despair and utter injustice: "Miss Qin, you can always find a pretext to accuse me. My mother did something wrong, but she has already paid the price. As for your claim that I seduced your fiancé, that's utter nonsense. I don't know your fiancé at all; he was just giving me directions."

"Give directions?" The young lady Qin sneered. "Even you wouldn't believe that yourself. Who would hold hands while giving directions? That fickle scoundrel, since you like him, I'll go back and have my parents break off the engagement and give him to you."

“I tripped and almost fell, and he caught me. Since Miss Qin doesn’t believe me, I will prove my innocence with my death.” After saying this, Meng Jinyu was about to crash into the wooden table of a nearby stall.

Fearing she would ruin his stall and cause someone's death, the vendor swiftly blocked her path, only to be struck in the abdomen by Meng Jinyu's head. Perhaps because the young lady was delicate and weak, he remained unmoved after being hit, while the frail young lady fainted.

Witnessing this terrifying scene, everyone's hearts leaned towards Meng Jinyu. After all, the young lady dared to prove her innocence with her death, which showed that she was not lying. It was that Miss Qin who had misunderstood and slandered someone in public.

Seeing this, Miss Qin was also terrified. Seeing everyone pointing and whispering about her, she stomped her feet angrily: "Do you really believe her? She's just faking it to gain your sympathy!"

Someone said, "This young lady dared to prove her innocence with her death, which shows that you really misunderstood her."

"Yes, they've pushed people to this point, and they still won't let them go."

"Exactly, are they only satisfied when they've driven someone to their death?"

...

Hearing their accusations, Miss Qin was furious. She glanced at the unconscious Meng Jinyu, who seemed to be faking it, but she had no proof.

She was so embarrassed by the criticism that her face turned pale and then red. Finally, she snorted coldly and left in anger.

People are always like this, sympathizing with the weak, as if whoever is weak is right.