Chapter 30 Chapter 30 "Don't hate me." [Two chapters combined...
==Chapter 30==
In mid-October, the peach blossoms had not yet bloomed, and there were only a few dead leaves left. The cold wind blew away some grass fluff.
Feng Wenyu remembered everything in the dream vividly, as if he had experienced it himself, but in the dream, the two of them were in harmony, and the long journey seemed so short when they were walking together.
But in reality, she and he looked at each other in silence.
Feng Wenyu saw his lips moving, but no sound came out for a long time. Feng Wenyu suddenly understood that he was probably hesitating about the address.
What to call her?
Ah Yu? Miss Feng?
He also came here, and Feng Wenyu became more and more certain of the guess in his heart that he must have had the same dream.
When she first realized this, she wanted to go over and question him, but after staying in Jiangnan, Feng Wenyu became even calmer.
She thought she understood Gu Yushi.
What had happened in the dream that made him willing to break off the engagement? He must have confirmed that the events in the dream had actually happened, otherwise, he wouldn't have come to break off the engagement.
Maybe they were too embarrassing in the dream?
Feng Wenyu always remembered the dream he had on the day he left Yangzhou, when blood dyed the white snow red.
She knew very well what offspring meant to the present.
No matter how serious the quarrel between the two ended up, Feng Wenyu was not surprised. However, he chose to break off the engagement.
Because the result was unacceptable, he chose to give up.
Just this little realization was enough to cool down Feng Wenyu's emotions. She hated people who broke their promises.
No one likes to be abandoned.
She interrupted Gu Yu's meaningless hesitation: "Master Gu."
It was a simple name without any dragging words. Even though Gu Yushi felt that he could accept the fact, when he really faced this moment, he still couldn't help but feel his heart sink.
But the person in front of her seemed to have walked out long ago, so she asked him:
"Why is Lord Gu here?"
Gu Yushi lowered his eyes, trying his best to suppress the emotions in them. He took a step back, making room for her to step into the pavilion. He said, "I heard about the splendor of Qingning Temple, so I came here to see it."
She always likes to go here.
He was used to accompanying her to appreciate the flowers every year.
Later, he saw with his own eyes that she brought another man, just like he did before.
He once thought that they should be the most special person in each other's eyes.
Later I realized that he was no different.
It was difficult for Gu Yushi to explain how he felt when he realized this. He could only watch helplessly as a third person stepped into their world.
Feng Wenyu listened to these perfunctory words and couldn't help but secretly curse in his heart - liar!
Magnificent scene?
Don’t you see what month it is? Everything around is bare. What kind of scenery can there be?
He is lying and doesn't even know how to find a good excuse.
Gu Yushi looked at her: "What about you? Why are you here?"
The next moment, he remembered something and suddenly realized:
"It's the old lady's birthday."
Feng Wenyu's resentment was extinguished as if by a basin of cold water, and she suddenly felt a little powerless.
He remembered her grandmother's birthday vividly.
She didn't understand how two people who were clearly in love could end up like this.
Feng Wenyu let out a long sigh, sat down on the stone block, pushed away the dusty cups that had not been used for a long time, buried her head in her arms and refused to raise it.
Seeing this, Gu Yushi's face changed slightly. He half-knelt down, trying to observe her expression through the gap, but he couldn't do it. He could only frown and ask:
"Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
Another guess came to mind. Gu Yushi paused for a moment and asked vaguely, "Is it... a stomachache?"
After twelve years of marriage, she developed a chronic illness after a miscarriage. Her menstruation became irregular, and when it came, she always had unbearable pain.
At that time, he held a high position and asked the imperial physician to treat her. He also searched all over the world for famous medicines, but the treatment only treated the symptoms and not the root cause. She had been in a very miserable state for the past few days.
Gu Yushi's brows were tightly furrowed, and his gaze fell on the woman's lower abdomen.
Feng Wenyu was confused at first, but then she noticed his gaze and realized what he was asking. Her face suddenly flushed red, and she gritted her teeth and squeezed out a voice:
"I don't!"
It’s not her postpartum period.
As soon as this thought flashed through her mind, Feng Wenyu felt numb. Why was she discussing her menstruation with a stranger?
The little girl's face was rosy, and the annoyance in her eyes was so intense that she wanted to turn into a rage that she wanted to burn him to death. She didn't look sick at all. Gu Yushi's eyebrows relaxed slightly before he asked her:
"Where does it hurt?"
Feng Wenyu said unhappily, "I feel uncomfortable."
Gu Yushi was completely confused. He had never heard of this in his previous life.
"When did you develop a heart attack?"
Feng Wenyu was so angry that she almost laughed. She took a deep breath and tried to stay calm, but failed. She gritted her teeth and said:
"I get annoyed whenever I see you, how come that's not considered a heart disease?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Wenyu found that the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Her fingertips trembled imperceptibly. She maintained this posture, but she couldn't help but look up at Gu Yushi.
He was standing in the pavilion, actually very close to her, so close yet as if there was an invisible and intangible barrier between them. Only the afterglow of the setting sun remained, and a faint red glow sprinkled into the pavilion. He turned his back to the glow, his eyes lowered, and half of his face was hidden in the shadows, so Feng Wenyu could not see his expression.
The air around seemed a little stagnant.
Even ordinary breathing seemed to cause a slight stinging pain, which spread from the heart to the limbs and bones, surging in the blood for a long time.
After a long time, Feng Wenyu heard him ask:
"Do you hate me so much? You don't even want to see me."
His voice seemed calm, but it made Feng Wenyu's heart sour, and her eyes turned red unconsciously.
She suddenly remembered something.
That year, her elder brother was studying abroad. When she returned to Yangzhou to worship her ancestors, she passed by the place where he was studying and hurried to see him. When she got off the carriage, a group of young people happened to be dispersing from Yaji. That was her first meeting with Gu Yu.
It was she who saw him among a group of people. The young man had just achieved success and was full of vigor and vitality. His eyes and eyebrows were beautiful, as if he had walked out of a painting. Even the warm sun that day favored him.
He seemed to be aware that someone was looking at him, so he raised his eyes and looked over. When their eyes met, he was startled, then raised his hand to bow and hastily turned his face away. This made his red ears completely exposed to everyone.
She thought it was funny.
I secretly called him a nerd in my heart.
For a moment she didn't even notice her eldest brother walking towards her.
Later, when he returned to the capital, he suddenly appeared in the Minister's Mansion. Every time he looked at me, which he thought was secretive and clumsy, Feng Wenyu already knew it.
Otherwise, why did he think he could often run into her in such a huge Minister's Mansion?
Everyone says that Zhimu Shaoai
But he was also her young lover.
Someone squatted next to her and said to her, "Don't hate me."
Gu Yushi didn't know what he was doing.
It is obvious that they choose to cancel the engagement in order to avoid ending up with each other getting tired of each other.
But now that she saw they were about to become strangers, she still hated him.
Why, he did it wrong again?
He couldn't trap her, nor let her go. What should he do?
For Gu Yushi, he lost his father at a young age and had to shoulder the burden of the Gu family. His mother took care of his young and sick younger brother wholeheartedly. No one knows whether he felt envious when he heard the voice of his mother next door caring about his younger brother while he was still studying hard in the cold winter.
But Feng Wenyu is different.
From the moment they first met, she saw him in the crowd at first sight. It was natural for him to fall in love with Feng Wenyu.
He had seen others show him attention and had also seen others look at him with admiration.
But no one else can do it, it can only be Feng Wenyu.
In fact, Gu Yushi knew the reason. The reason why he loved Feng Wenyu was not because Feng Wenyu saw him, but because he could only see Feng Wenyu.
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In the wing room, Jinshu and Shuyao had just finished packing and were about to go look for the girl when they saw her coming back from outside.
Jinshu was about to speak when he noticed that the girl was in a bad mood. Her eyes were flushed, and it was obvious that she had just cried.
Jinshu was stunned, then anxiously asked, "Who bullied the girl?!"
Feng Wenyu wiped her face hastily. She sniffed and her voice was unclear:
"I'm fine."
Feng Wenyu didn't want to tell anyone about what happened between her and Gu Yu, including Jinshu and Shuyao. Ever since the two broke off their engagement, these emotions were destined to remain a secret to her.
Jinshu was extremely anxious. The girl said this without even looking at her red eyes.
But the girl didn't want to talk, and Jinshu couldn't force her, so she could only say cautiously, "The wing room has been cleaned up. Would you like to wash up and rest now?"
She heard the girl say with a heavy nasal voice: "Yes."
Ouch, Jinshu was so heartbroken by this cry that she couldn't help but curse in her heart, who was the evildoer who made her daughter sad?
Feng Wenyu went to bed early and got up early the next day, which made Jinshu a little stunned. His daughter was the kind of person who would be lazy whenever possible.
Feng Wenyu went to the temple hall without stopping for a moment to ask for a peace amulet, donated incense money to pray for his grandmother, and offered the Buddhist scriptures he had copied in front of the Buddha. After everything was done, Feng Wenyu said without turning his head:
"Prepare to go home."
Jinshu was stunned: "It's already this late, would you like to have lunch before leaving?"
Otherwise, they would probably still be on the road during lunch time.
Feng Wenyu's attitude was very firm:
"No, I'll go back now."
Jinshu was confused, but did not dare to disobey his master's order, so he hurriedly ordered his people to pack up and return home immediately.
Only after getting into the carriage did Feng Wenyu finally breathe a sigh of relief. She angrily pounded the soft pillow in the carriage, as if to vent her anger.
She was indeed venting her anger.
She was in a hurry today, and in the final analysis, she was avoiding someone.
She didn't know how to face Gu Yushi.
She knew what she should do, but she couldn't control her emotions. She couldn't think of a good solution, so she could only try to avoid meeting someone.
You could say she was running away, but this was the best solution she could think of at the moment.
While Feng Wenyu was distracted, the carriage was suddenly stopped. Her heart skipped a beat. She angrily lifted the brocade curtain. When she saw that the person in front of her was not who she thought, she paused. She couldn't explain what she felt. She just pursed her lips lightly and unnoticeably.
"Thank you, sir?"
Xie Zhujing was riding on horseback, looking a little dusty, with the cold wind ruffling his black hair. He raised his eyes, shook his head helplessly, and said:
"I went to the Minister's Mansion today and heard that you came to Qingning Temple. I wanted to come and find you, but I didn't expect to be a step too late."
Xie Zhujing did feel a little regretful.
He and her met too late, and he always wanted more opportunities to spend time together, perhaps to make her eyes shift a little more towards him.
Feng Wenyu was amused by him: "How can you be late?"
She took out the purse containing the amulet and handed it to Xie Zhujing. Xie Zhujing was startled and a little flattered. He hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it. His usually cold eyes turned into a pool of spring water: "Is it for me?"
Feng Wenyu didn't understand his awkwardness and asked in confusion:
"You gave me so many gifts, of course I have to give something in return."
After she finished speaking, she raised her voice again and asked him to open it. "Inside is the amulet I specially asked for. I hope it can bless Master Xie to be safe and sound and have everything go smoothly."
Xie Zhujing indeed saw the amulet inside. He twisted the purse and looked at it for a long time before he could suppress the emotions that were rising in his heart.
He hung the purse around his waist.
Seeing this, Feng Wenyu's eyes showed a slight smile. No one would not like their feelings to be taken seriously.
She heard Xie Zhujing respond with great seriousness: "I like it very much."
He said, "Thank you, young lady, for your hard work for me."
Feng Wenyu felt a little uncomfortable after hearing what he said. He just wanted to ask for a talisman for peace, which could not be considered as a long journey.
Mr. Xie is just too serious.
She suddenly felt a little worried. Would Xie Zhujing really not be deceived in the court?
Since they met, of course they returned to the capital together. Feng Wenyu felt that today might really be an unlucky day, so she got off the carriage and ran into Yan Yunhe who had dismounted in front of the Minister's Mansion.
Yan Yunhe's eyes were fixed on Xie Zhujing, and Feng Wenyu was puzzled:
"Why are you here?"
Yan Yunhe raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I just got a good thing a few days ago, and I want to ask you to broaden your horizons together."
Feng Wenyu rolled his eyes at him:
"Then I really thank you."
Yan Yunhe said rudely, "It's all my responsibility."
He was such an ostentatious person that he seemed to have grabbed all of Feng Wenyu's attention the moment he appeared. He glanced sideways and landed on Xie Zhujing. After a moment, he asked casually, "What are you talking about?"
"Why is Ah Yu with Master Xie?"
He still couldn't help but care.
Feng Wenyu was stuck. How should she answer this?
She glared at Yan Yunhe subtly, thinking he was a real problem for her. Why else would a man and a woman get so close? But Yan Yunhe had no tact and insisted on asking.
Feng Wenyu said vaguely:
"Master Xie and I ran into each other outside the city, and we came back together."
Yan Yunhe could hardly stop laughing. If the two of them were strangers, or just acquaintances, and just met by chance, why would he send her back?
She was frank about it because she had no feelings for him at all, so she felt there was no need to hide anything.
Xie Zhujing certainly knew Yan Yunhe, who was a very famous person in the capital. It was also well known in the capital that the young master of the Duke's Mansion liked to chase after the granddaughter of Lord Feng.
But success and failure are both due to Xiao He.
Yan Yunhe and Feng Wenyu were childhood sweethearts because of their family background, but it was also because of their family background that the two were destined not to be together.
In Xie Zhujing's eyes, Yan Yunhe was nothing to be feared.
But even so, when Yan Yunhe appeared openly and even made no secret of his desire to occupy Feng Wenyu's full attention, Xie Zhujing still felt that this man was a bit annoying.
So he lowered his head and moved his purse as if inadvertently.
Yan Yunhe inevitably attracted attention. He and Feng Wenyu had known each other for a long time, so how could he not be familiar with Feng Wenyu's craftsmanship.
For a moment, he almost couldn't maintain his composure on his face. He fell silent, and the air was a little stagnant. After a moment, he regained his voice:
"Outside the city? Where did Ayu go?"
Feng Wenyu didn't think there was anything he couldn't tell her, so he said frankly, "I went to Qingning Temple."
As a result, the word "Fu" on the purse became particularly eye-catching.
Yan Yunhe realized almost instantly what she was doing in Qingning Temple. To ask for a peace talisman for Xie Zhujing?
Is Xie Zhujing worthy of it?
For a peasant to be able to stand before her was already a blessing earned in the previous life. Why could he win her favor?
Naturally, he also guessed that Xie Zhujing's behavior just now was to show off quietly.
Yan Yunhe was still smiling, but there was a cold glint in his eyes as he looked at Xie Zhujing. He pursed his lips and said, "I see."
He didn't hide anything and asked directly:
"Did Ayu ask for a peace charm for me?"
Xie Zhujing didn't expect him to be so rude, and looked up at him with a frown.
Feng Wenyu was also confused: "Why would I ask for a peace amulet for you? Are you leaving Beijing again?"
Then Yan Yunhe's sarcastic voice came:
"You've already asked for him, so it wouldn't be a big deal to ask for one for me."
Calm down? Calm down!
He had figured it out, so he didn't express his feelings clearly anymore, hoping that Feng Wenyu would figure it out on her own. He would just wait to see her get married and have children.
With more and more competitors, who can still sit still?!
It was because he was too arrogant in the past that Gu Yushi had the opportunity to take advantage of him. If he had expressed his feelings earlier and continued to pester Feng Wenyu, these people would not have had the chance to get close to him!
Feng Wenyu was choked by him. Could these two things be discussed together?
Xie Zhujing was also a little annoyed. He subtly turned cold and said, "Don't you think you're being a bit unreasonable, Master Yan?"
Yan Yunhe laughed angrily.
Asking for a peace amulet for him is asking too much, but asking for a peace amulet for Xie Zhujing is the right thing to do?
Moreover, he also had his own support. He said with a forced smile:
"Look at what Master Xie said. Ah Yu and I grew up together, childhood sweethearts. It's no exaggeration to say we're a family. What's the point of just a peace charm?"
The two people's eyes met in the air, and they were quite confrontational.
Feng Wenyu was confused and had no idea why these two people were arguing. However, she was somewhat used to it. Yan Yunhe was always like this. Just like his second brother, she never had a good face towards men who appeared around her.
As for why she didn't suspect that Yan Yunhe had feelings for her?
Who said she hadn't doubted it?
She once believed it without a doubt and even asked Yan Yunhe directly. However, Yan Yunhe was so angry that his face turned red. He jumped up as if his foot was stepped on, and his words were a little stuttering:
"Who, who likes you? You used to call me Brother Yan when you were little. Isn't it normal for a brother to be nice to his sister?"
Although Feng Wenyu didn't remember that she had called Yan Yunhe brother, she was not an overly narcissistic person. The person involved had denied it himself, but she still insisted that the other party liked her. That was really shameless.
Moreover, Yan Yunhe was right about one thing. The two grew up together, so their friendship was naturally different from that of others.
Compared to her eldest brother, Yan Yunhe spent more time with her and her second brother. In her heart, no matter how unreliable Yan Yunhe was, he was indeed a good brother.
He took the blame for her when they were young, and supported her when she was older. No matter how shocking she did something, he would just laugh until he couldn't straighten his back, and praised her lavishly: "This is the temper our second daughter should have! Let those blind people see how powerful she is!"
Feng Wenyu herself couldn't tell how much of her arrogant character was due to reliance on the Feng family, and how much was due to Yan Yunhe's indulgence.
Therefore, seeing Yan Yunhe was determined to keep this matter, Feng Wenyu could only be forced to retreat step by step:
"It was my negligence this time. I'll make it up to you next time, isn't that okay?"
Seeing her tone soften, Yan Yunhe decided to withdraw while he was ahead. He raised his chin and snorted proudly, glancing at Xie Zhujing inconspicuously before adding another offer: "Since this is compensation, you can only ask me for it next time."
Feng Wenyu had a headache and replied perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, yes."
Xie Zhujing looked at the two people in front of him, as if no one else could get in. He knew very well that he was a latecomer and could not compare with the friendship of the predecessors.
but--
He glanced at Yan Yunhe's newly complacent look and sneered in his heart, thinking that a momentary pleasure was nothing.
Who is the final winner is never determined by who comes first.
He sent Feng Wenyu to the Minister's Mansion and was about to go back, but seeing Yan Yunhe shamelessly wanted to follow him into the Mansion, Xie Zhujing turned around and followed him into the Mansion.
Yan Yunhe narrowed his eyes, his smile not reaching his eyes:
"Master Xie, are you so free? Why don't you go back to your duty? It's not good to neglect your duties like this."
Feng Wenyu felt his scalp tingling when he heard this. Didn’t the Duke’s Mansion teach him how to talk to people?
She couldn't help but pinch Yan Yunhe subtly. Yan Yunhe gasped and looked at her with an innocent and puzzled expression.
Feng Wenyu was exhausted. She turned to Xie Zhujing and said, "He never talks much. Sir Xie, please ignore him."
Xie Zhujing glanced at her. She didn't seem to realize that she was indeed saying something bad about Yan Yunhe, but the protection and intimacy in her subtle movements could not be hidden.
Only those who are close to each other can complain so unscrupulously.
Distant relatives cannot separate close relatives.
Obviously, at least at this stage, he is the one who is unfamiliar.
Xie Zhujing lowered his eyelids, his eyes swept across the pouch on his waist, and said calmly: "Don't worry, young lady, I have heard about Master Yan's outspokenness a long time ago, and of course I won't hold it against Master Yan."
This scene was so embarrassing that Feng Wenyu's scalp went numb. She glared at Yan Yunhe silently.
It’s all Yan Yunhe’s fault. She is now in a difficult situation.
Feng Wenyu was just trying to find something to say, but he was genuinely wondering, "Master Xie, aren't you busy today?"
Xie Zhujing looked normal, but he glanced at Yan Yunhe:
"It's my day off today, so I don't need to rush back to duty. Now that I'm at the Minister's residence, I must go visit Uncle Feng."
Logically, he could call Feng Rongyu "Minister" or "Master Uncle", but he chose to call him "Uncle Feng".
Anyone with discerning eyes could tell who this call came from.
Perhaps it was because the rivals in love were particularly perceptive, at least Yan Yunhe understood Xie Zhujing's intention in an instant. He sneered in his heart, thinking that this was said deliberately for him to hear!
Yan Yunhe raised his eyes and said with a smile: "Yes, I have been away from Beijing for a long time, and this time I came to pay my respects to my uncle and aunt."
Uncle and aunt?
Haha, he has been calling this since he was a child.
What is Xie Zhujing so proud of?
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