I want to protect you

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"Don't you blame me?" Jin Suting looked at him with trembling eyelashes and wet eyes.

I've caused you so much trouble, and have been unreasonable and bothering you all day long. Aren't you really not at all blamed?

"Don't worry. Since I said I like you, I will love you for the rest of my life. Since I said you are my only wife, you will be my only wife for the rest of my life." Helan Ruizhe kissed her forehead again, a satisfied smile on his face. "I will find a way to give you whatever you want. My little girl is so insecure, so I need to make more promises to her."

"Thank you."

Jin Suting didn't know what to say. No one had ever said these words to her. This was the first time.

Only by hugging him tighter can I make up for the fact that I like him so much but cannot describe it in words.

After lunch, Helan Ruizhe went to the general's mansion.

He knew that the old general's concubine, Wang, had died. He had originally not intended to tell Jin Suting about it, but then he thought that there was no point in hiding such things. If he didn't tell her, she would find out later, so he might as well tell her. So he mentioned this to Jin Suting yesterday.

Jin Suting didn't react much. In her impression, Wang had always been very quiet and silent, fulfilling the duties of a concubine.

She doesn't fight or compete, and doesn't like to show up in front of others. She is clearly a woman who sticks to her duties.

Jin Suting couldn't understand why such a decent woman would raise a noisy person like Jin Xiyan.

I just feel sorry for it, after all it's a human life.

Helan Ruizhe didn't like to disturb too many people, so he didn't allow the servants guarding the gate to announce his arrival. After entering the general's mansion, he went directly to the old general's residence.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should be in the room. The old general has been in poor health recently and has rarely gone to the martial arts training ground. But he couldn't be found after looking for him everywhere.

A maid passed by the gate of the courtyard, and Helan Ruizhe happened to be walking out of the courtyard. The maid saw that it was the eldest lady's son-in-law and hurriedly saluted.

The maid thought that even though the young lady had disappeared, the son-in-law still ran to the general's mansion every few days. He really loved the young lady deeply.

"Where did the old general go?" Helan Ruizhe asked casually, not expecting the maid to know.

The maid was so close to her son-in-law's beauty that she felt a tingling sensation. She pointed in a direction in a daze.

Helan Ruizhe didn't expect that she really knew where it was. He thanked her and walked in the direction she pointed.

When the maid came to her senses, she realized that the direction she was pointing to was - the study?

How could the master be in the study? She had never seen the master go to the study. How could a military commander go to the study?

She was a maid in Lu Xiaoxiao's yard. She passed by the master's yard on her way out to buy daily necessities.

It's over. If His Royal Highness finds out that there's no one inside, will he come back to trouble her?

The maidservant wasted no time, lifting up her skirt and panting towards the back door of the general's mansion.

But what the maid didn't expect was that the person was indeed in the study.

Although the old general was a military commander, he loved reading, which is why the study was built opposite his yard.

Helan Ruizhe knocked on the door symbolically, and after getting permission, he pushed the door open and walked in.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The old general put down his book and stood up to salute. Helan Ruizhe quickly supported him and said, "Father-in-law, please stand up quickly. There is no need to be so polite."

After the two sat down, the old general spoke first, "Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come in person? Didn't he only ask Jin Suting to come back?"

Helan Ruizhe smiled slightly. As soon as he entered the door, he felt that the old general was strange. He seemed to be much stronger and was much more polite to him.

Even the way Jin Suting was addressed was changed from "Su'er" to her full name.

"My father-in-law doesn't welcome me?"

Helan Ruizhe was practicing Tai Chi with him, and the old general made him a pot of Longjing tea and immediately said, "No, no, my son-in-law, how could I not welcome you!"

"But it's not a good idea for Su Ting to keep living with you. It's against the rules for a girl to live in her husband's house before getting married." Now the address has changed again, and it is hard for Helan Ruizhe not to doubt the old general's identity.

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with her." Helan Ruizhe stood up and prepared to leave. "Then I'll take my leave first."

"But I remember that you didn't drink Longjing tea before." Helan Ruizhe observed the changes in the old general's expression and caught a hint of panic. "People's tastes change with age!"

Helan Ruizhe laughed and said, "But Longjing is also very good, I like it too." Then he said goodbye.

"Okay, then I won't see you off." The old general stood at the doorstep and waved to Helan Ruizhe.

No, everything is wrong.

The old general was a man in his sixties. The last time he saw the old general, he saw a coughing and hunchbacked old man. But today he saw a strong middle-aged man who could make tea for him without shaking his hands.

Moreover, the way he addressed Jin Suting was wrong. He first called her "Jin Suting" and then "Suting". The old general had originally called her "Suer", and Helan Ruizhe knew all about it. The most important point was that the old general did not dislike drinking Longjing tea.

These are enough to prove that the old general in the general's mansion is not the real Jinzhuang.

The reason why Helan Ruizhe didn't expose him on the spot was that he wanted to keep some tricks in reserve and see what other tricks he would play.

After Helan Ruizhe went home that night and told Jin Suting what had happened, she was completely furious!

"They must have captured my dad, and then disguised themselves as him, and now they want to capture me!" Jin Suting pounded the table in anger. "This is abominable! This is abominable!!!"

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