Chapter 5 Should I make room for your sister?
Ji Ying felt the bracelet in her hand was extremely hot.
After a moment, she lowered her eyes, calming her suppressed emotions, and said, "Please tell Grandma, Uncle Zhao, that I... thank her."
Zhao Ping smiled and lowered his head.
...
Gu Yanchen had some work to do, so after taking Ji Ying to the ward and making arrangements for her, he went to the company to work overtime.
"I asked the doctor, and the wound should be fine in four or five days. Be good, I'll come to see you after get off work tomorrow."
As soon as he finished speaking, his phone rang, with a different ringtone than usual.
Ji Ying, with her sharp eyes, spotted Gu Lingxue's name the moment he turned off his screen.
She had been Mrs. Gu for four years, but she never had a special ringtone on his phone, while Gu Lingxue did.
She found it ironic.
"So even your ringtones have different grades."
Gu Yanchen put his phone away. "It's just a nickname, don't overthink it."
Ji Ying smirked, "Don't you want me to overthink this? Do you want your sister to throw the pregnancy test results in my face and gloat?"
Gu Yanchen controlled his emotions, "You're talking nonsense again. I don't have any business trip plans recently. I'll spend some time with you."
Ji Ying scoffed, "She's the legal wife, and I'm just a mistress. You spending time with me is her charity?"
"Yingying! Mrs. Gu isn't a madwoman. I don't want to argue with you. When you've calmed down, think carefully about where you went wrong!"
Gu Yanchen walked away with a cold face.
Ji Ying's nose stung, and she felt like crying.
Is it crazy to not want to share your husband with others?
She loved him wholeheartedly for four years, but he trampled on her sincerity at will.
Ji Ying remembered that the two had an agreement before they got married.
The agreement clearly stated the treatment the Gu family would give her, but made no mention of premarital property.
It's as if this marriage was destined from the very beginning to never reach the point of dividing the property.
Ji Ying once asked Gu Yanchen why he agreed to marry her.
They had just finished their wedding and hadn't slept together yet; they got along like a pair of close friends.
When Gu Yanchen heard her question, a rare look of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
"Shouldering the burden of the Gu family, I originally thought that an arranged marriage was an inescapable fate. I never expected that my grandmother would find you. I'm already exhausted from dealing with all kinds of pressure outside. If even marriage has to be carefully planned, then I will truly have no room to breathe in my life."
Ji Ying understood.
She has no parents and no complicated family entanglements, making her the easiest marriage partner.
"Grandma told me to be a good helper to you, and if I do anything wrong, please give me your advice."
Gu Yanchen even pinched her cheek with a smile at that time.
"You are very good, I am very satisfied with you."
Everyone said that Gu Yanchen was a block of ice that could never be warmed.
In their four years of marriage, he gave her a stable home, would drop everything to come home when she had a cold and make sure she took her cold medicine, and would remember to bring her a box of her favorite peach shortbread after social engagements.
She felt that she had already melted the ice.
It wasn't until she heard Gu Lingxue's special ringtone that she realized what she had been keeping warm for four years wasn't ice, but a lock, and the key was never in her hands.
"Madam, Mr. Gu has already left. You still need to have an IV drip tomorrow morning, so please get some rest."
Ji Ying came to her senses, "You are..."
The new nanny was a little shy: "Aunt Lü injured her back, so the old lady asked me to take over for her. You can just call me Aunt Yang."
It turns out they're still from the old house.
Ultimately, it was the old lady's informant. Ji Ying nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
...
Gu Yanchen got into the car expressionlessly, and Chen Yuan quickly reported this.
"Mr. Gu, Miss Gu has woken up. The first thing she wanted to do when she woke up was to talk to you, but you didn't answer, so she called me..."
He paused, observing his boss's expression in the rearview mirror.
"Would you like to call her back? If you do, she might be able to focus on getting better."
Gu Yanchen rubbed his temples, paused for two seconds, and suddenly said, "Go to the old street of Wanyang Town tomorrow and buy some peach shortbread. Madam is picky; she only likes to eat shortbread that is still warm from the oven."
Chen Yuan was stunned. Had his boss not heard what he had just said?
"yes."
...
However, the next day, Ji Ying waited until dusk, but Gu Yanchen, who had promised to come and keep her company, did not come.
It was Wen Li who arrived. Even with her short hair, she couldn't shake off her shrewish nature, cursing and threatening to fight Ji Ying to the death.
Aunt Yang wasn't home, so Ji Ying was left alone in the ward to deal with her.
"You bitch, what right do you have to cut off Lingxue's monthly allowance of $500,000? Her villa in Aalborg, her luxury cars, her maids—all of that costs money. How is she supposed to survive if you cut off her allowance?"
This was the first time Ji Ying had realized that the Gu family had given Gu Lingxue such good care and so much money.
Ironically, the Gu family gives her a million yuan every month, and she has to play the role of Gu Yanchen's perfect wife like a domesticated animal, while also being grateful.
Ji Ying slowly sat up from the hospital bed and said coldly, "She hasn't gone out begging yet, has she?"
"you……"
As if struck by a sudden thought, Wen Li abruptly changed the subject.
"Are you jealous? Don't think that just because the old lady speaks up for you, she likes you. She just sees you as a breeding machine. If she really wanted a great-grandchild, our Lingxue could have one too."
Ji Ying laughed out loud, "How could the Gu family raise pigs as human beings?"
Wen Li got angry again, "You cut my hair last night, and I haven't settled the score with you yet. You'll be sorry today!"
As she spoke, she was about to go up and hit Ji Ying.
Just then, Aunt Yang returned.
He rushed forward and stood between the two.
"Madam, kneeling in the ancestral hall all night wasn't enough, now you're causing trouble again. Aren't you afraid the old lady will make you kneel until your knees are raw?"
Wen Li sized up Yang Sao and said disdainfully, "So it's you, you vixen. No wonder this ward smelled so bad. Turns out there are two of you..."
"Sister Yang, move aside!"
As soon as Ji Ying finished speaking, Aunt Yang stepped aside.
The next second, a stream of steaming water rushed towards Wen Li's face.
Wen Li screamed as she was burned.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Yanchen appeared at the door with Chen Yuan.
Wen Li ran over as if she had seen a savior.
"Yan Chen, Ji Ying stopped Ling Xue's living expenses. I came to confront her, and she and that wicked servant actually splashed boiling water on me!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yanchen rushed to the bedside and grabbed Ji Ying's hand.
Wen Li smiled, knowing that what he said last night was just to appease the old lady.
Gu Yanchen still loves her daughter.
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