Gu Jiangli still longed for that pavilion.

She would deliberately pass by there from time to time.

Occasionally, they would run into Jiang Huaisong and Sun Chan, who were also taking a walk.

Jiang Huaisong had learned his lesson from her past mistakes and wouldn't say anything unpleasant to her face again.

But Sun Chan is different.

She always regarded Gu Jiangli as her mortal enemy and was always looking for ways to make Gu Jiangli angry so that she could feel better.

Under the bright sunshine, Gu Jiangli and Hehua sat under a willow tree. Not far in front of them was the pavilion in the east courtyard, which was almost finished.

Sun Chan strolled up behind her, already unable to contain her provocation.

"Sister-in-law, you're looking at this little building again."

Gu Jiangli pretended not to see her and didn't reply to a word.

Sun Chan, unwilling to give up, bent down and pressed herself against her, saying:

"Unfortunately, this place will soon be mine."

"Yours?" Gu Jiangli rested his chin on his hand, turned his head slightly, looked her up and down, and finally fixed his gaze on her lower abdomen. "You're pregnant?"

Sun Chan scoffed, straightened her back, and stood with her hands behind her back. "Anyway, I'll definitely have it before you."

"You're quite confident."

"On the contrary, I feel that you are more confident than me. You don't seem to be in a hurry at all. I don't know if you are just pretending to be calm, or if you have already seen the reality?"

"Of course I've seen the reality. From now on, when you enter this attic, you'll definitely be a guest."

"Tch, Gu Jiangli, I admire your arrogance, but haven't you heard the rumor?"

Gu Jiangli looked at her but didn't say anything.

Sun Chan couldn't help but continue, "Have you ever thought about why the eldest son, whose virtue is superior to Jiang Huaisong's, doesn't receive the favor of the city lord and his wife? Why do they always love Huaisong no matter what mistakes he makes? Haven't you thought about these things?"

Gu Jiangli remained silent.

Sun Chan clenched her fists, her face contorting into a grimace, and then said:

"Because the eldest son suffered a serious illness when he was young, he was destined to be childless for the rest of his life. Since he could not continue the bloodline of the city lord's mansion, the old lady naturally focused all her attention on Huaisong."

"Now you understand how ridiculous your idea of ​​who gets pregnant first and who moves into the house first is. You're just stalling for time."

"Because you can never bear children for the eldest son, only I can continue the Jiang family line."

After Sun Chan finished speaking triumphantly, she waited for Gu Jiangli to be shocked and then burst into tears of fear and anxiety.

But after she waited for a long time, Gu Jiangli simply shook his head, then smiled and turned his head to look at the small building directly in front of him.

Gu Jiangli's face was full of mockery, showing no sign of surprise whatsoever.

Sun Chan ran in front of her, blocking her view and forcing Gu Jiangli to look at her.

Aren't you surprised? Aren't you scared?

"Why should I be surprised? Why should I be afraid?"

"Shouldn't you be surprised that the eldest young master is infertile? If you can't have children and can't be a mother, the city lord and his wife's hearts will only ever belong to Huaisong and me. You can't live in this little building, and you will always lose to me! Shouldn't you be afraid?"

“Sun Chan, I thought that if you had ever liked Huai Zhi, you wouldn’t easily believe those rumors that were bad for him. But now it seems that your past affection is nothing to brag about.”

"you……"

"No wonder Huaizhi refused to accept your love before. He was right. Someone like you, even if you really married him, would eventually doubt him and distance yourself from him because of other people's words. He saw through your true colors earlier than I did, so he developed a dislike for you earlier. That's good. You are really capable of making the people around you hate you."

Gu Jiangli's voice was gentle, but his words were like a sharp knife, leaving Sun Chan speechless.

"There are some even harsher things I can't say out loud. It would be a waste of my breath to talk to you about them. Why don't you wait until you're pregnant before you provoke me? Once you're pregnant, you'll have an ally, and it will be easier for you to deal with me."

Sun Chan took several deep breaths.

Her eyes were red and filled with anger.

"After all that, it turns out you don't believe what I'm saying. You think the eldest young master is innocent and that I'm the one maliciously slandering him?"

"What makes you think you know the eldest young master better than I do?"

Sun Chan felt a lump in her throat, and became even more unable to refute it.

"...Fine, then you just wait. A few years from now, when everyone starts talking about you behind your back, then you can look back on what I said to you today, and you'll realize how foolish you were!"

"Take care and don't bother seeing me off."

Sun Chan angrily brushed past her shoulder and left.

Gu Jiangli sat down again, her eyes fixed on the small building, but gradually her gaze began to wander.

To be honest, Sun Chan's words surprised her; on the contrary, she was quite shocked.

However, she is good at controlling her facial expressions and can express the emotions she wants others to see.

Although I was shocked, it wasn't important.

It doesn't matter whether Jiang Huaizhi is childless or not, because with her there, Jiang Huaizhi will not die without children.

This is her mission, her purpose in coming here.

As my thoughts drifted away, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky.

She didn't get wet in the rain because a large umbrella had been put up above her head.

The umbrella opened at just the right time; Gu Jiangli subconsciously thought it was a lotus flower.

She spoke slowly, her voice tinged with a sigh: "Lotus, tell me, how can we prevent these unpleasant words from reaching Huaizhi's ears?"

After she asked, she didn't hear a reply from Lotus for a long time.

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