Chapter 33 Don’t Trust Him Completely

Lu Jingyun helped Ji Ruzhen stand steadily.

Lu Jingyun didn't believe that Chunzhi bullied Ji Ruzhen.

How could the daughter of the prime minister and the wife of the top scholar be bullied by a tofu seller?

It was nothing more than Ji Ruzhen pretending to be pitiful in front of him.

Lu Jingyun didn't point it out. She helped Ji Ruzhen stand steadily with one hand. She said to Chunzhi, "If you have something to say, you can come to me directly. Why are you looking for my wife?"

Chunzhi said, "I came to get the title deed and the land deed to the tofu workshop. Your good wife said she had burned them all."

Lu Jingyun frowned slightly when he heard this and asked Ji Ruzhen, "Why did you burn her house and land deeds when she was fine?"

"I told my husband before," Ji Ruzhen said, "burn everything that shouldn't be left in this house. Burn it completely."

Lu Jingyun was speechless for a moment.

Chunzhi said, "The gambling-addicted son of the previous owner of the tofu workshop came to my house today to sue me and seize the tofu workshop. Now your wife has burned the land and house deeds. What do you think we should do?"

Ji Ruzhen said, "It burned down, so what else can we do? How much silver is your little tofu workshop worth? Convert it into cash and I'll compensate you!"

Chunzhi said, "I don't want cash, I just want my tofu workshop!"

The daughter of a high-ranking official has always had everything she wants since she was young. She has no idea how hard it is to live without a roof over your head and nowhere to go.

After Chunzhi left the Lu family, she treated the tofu workshop as her home.

With the tofu workshop there, she wouldn't have nowhere to go.

Now even this place is about to be taken away.

Haruji couldn't tolerate it.

"I think you're trying to make me unhappy!"

Ji Ruzhen showed no expression towards Chunzhi, but turned around and looked aggrieved towards Lu Jingyun.

Lu Jingyun patted Ji Ruzhen's back gently to comfort her. "Don't worry, Madam. I'll talk to her."

Lu Jingyun helped Ji Ruzhen sit down and rest, then said to Chunzhi, "Come with me."

Chunzhi stood there without moving.

Ji Ruzhen grabbed Lu Jingyun's hand and said, "Husband, what do you want to say to her alone?"

Lu Jingyun whispered, "I'll send her away."

Ji Ruzhen didn't want Chunzhi and Lu Jingyun to be alone together at all, but since Lu Jingyun said so, she couldn't stop them and could only watch her husband walk towards Chunzhi reluctantly.

Lu Jingyun said to Chunzhi, "Chunzhi, come out with me."

Chunzhi didn't want to pay attention to him, but Lu Jingyun said, "The house and land deeds are gone, and I'm the only witness. When will the trial start? I'll be there to testify for you."

Upon hearing this, Chunzhi couldn't help but ask, "Really?"

Lu Jingyun nodded and motioned for her to come out with him.

Chunzhi then walked out of the front hall with him.

Lu Jingyun sent Chunzhi out and said to her, "Even if we can't be husband and wife, we have shared many years of hardship. If you are willing, you can treat me as your brother..."

"I don't want to." Chunzhi interrupted him directly, "If it weren't for the tofu workshop's house and land deeds, I would never set foot in the Lu residence again."

When Lu Jingyun heard her say this, he couldn't help but pause.

He glanced sideways at Chunzhi and found that the look in her eyes when she looked at him was no longer as gentle as before, but only strangeness and hatred.

Lu Jingyun tried to explain, "I didn't know that she burned the house deeds and land deeds."

Chunzhi walked forward and said, "The top scholar is very busy, so why would he care about such a small matter?"

Lu Jingyun was silent.

Chunzhi said, "The lawsuit between Wu Xin and me over the tofu workshop will be heard in three days. I hope you, Mr. Zhuangyuan, don't forget to come when the time comes."

Lu Jingyun whispered, "Okay."

Chunzhi walked very quickly and reached the door in just a few words. She left without even looking at Lu Jingyun.

"Chunzhi." Lu Jingyun called her.

Chunzhi stopped but did not look back.

Lu Jingyun said, "Your husband's background is unknown. You must not trust him completely. You must be more cautious..."

Chunzhi didn't respond and just left.

Huo Qi's origins are unknown, so what does it have to do with Lu Jingyun?

Chunzhi and Huo Qi were just pretending to be a couple temporarily, and they didn't intend to sacrifice their entire lives for each other.

Back at the tofu workshop, Chunzhi came to Huo Qi's window.

Huo Qi was arranging the beans again.

I don't know what's so fun about beans.

Chunzhi leaned against the window and called softly, "Huo Qi."

Huo Zheng didn't even raise his head and asked her directly: "Didn't you get it?"

"How did you know that?" Chunzhi asked in surprise, "Are you a fortune teller?"

Huo Zheng asked, "If you had it, would you speak so quietly?"

Chunzhi suddenly: "..."

How many days has this man been with her?

I figured out her personality so quickly!

Chunzhi leaned on the windowsill and watched Huo Zheng arrange the beans. She whispered to him, "Ji Ruzhen said she had all my things burned, even the house and land deeds to the tofu workshop! Do you think she's crazy? She even burned the house and land deeds. These are all silver..."

Huo Zheng arranged the beans and said casually, "The things you gave to Lu Jingyun were an eyesore to her, so it's no surprise that she burned them."

Chunzhi suddenly: "..."

Somehow, she always felt that Huo Qi's words had hidden meaning.

She pondered in her mind and didn't speak for a long time.

Huo Zheng looked up at Chunzhi, his eyes seemed to be asking: Why don’t you say anything?

Chunzhi turned around, leaned against the windowsill, and murmured softly, "Without the house and land deeds, how can I prove that I bought this tofu workshop?"

Huo Zheng asked her, "What did Lu Jingyun and Ji Ruzhen say?"

Chunzhi said, "Ji Ruzhen said she would sell the tofu workshop for cash."

Huo Zheng looked at her, raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "You are quite capable. You can make Ji Ruzhen compensate you."

"She was so arrogant at first," Chunzhi said. "It was only because I threatened her and Lu Jingyun's reputation that she agreed to exchange it for cash."

Huo Zheng said, "Wouldn't it be nice to convert it into cash? Don't you want it?"

"I don't want to convert it into cash. I just want this tofu workshop." Chunzhi said, "I'm going to rely on this tofu workshop for the rest of my life. If I convert it into cash, where will I live in the future?"

Huo Zheng thought to himself: If you follow me, how could there be no place to stay?

He didn't say this.

He couldn't let Chunzhi know so early that he wanted to take her back to the palace.

Chunzhi didn't know what Huo Qi was thinking, so she continued, "Lu Jingyun said he would testify for me on the day of the trial, so I came back first."

Huo Zheng asked, "What are you going to do if Lu Jingyun doesn't show up for the trial?"

Chunzhi wanted to say that Lu Jingyun was not so untrustworthy.

But Lu Jingyun had said so many times that he would marry her, and now he had broken his promise.

"Besides..." Huo Zheng said slowly, "Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence that Wu Xin came to fight with you for the tofu workshop and that he and Ji Ruzhen burned the house deeds and land deeds?"

Chunzhi turned and looked at Huo Zheng, "Are you saying... that Wu Xin came to me to fight for the tofu workshop because of Ji Ruzhen's instructions?"