Chen Zhou couldn’t keep his mouth shut.
He continued talking to Zhou Gu, "Ever since she was little, she refused to be disciplined. She was playful, willful, and cold-hearted. She again and again thought highly of herself, considering kids of the same age as stupid, so, she wasn’t fond of playing with them. As she grew up, she wasn’t any easier to handle. Being a girl, if anyone offended her, she didn’t curse with dirty words, yet her words struck deep to the heart. If anyone laid a hand on her, she simply enjoyed it all the more. She loves fights."
He pointed at his face, "This face was beaten by her. That day, I just wanted to tease her as we hadn’t seen each other in a long time, but who knew that she wouldn’t tolerate it. I annoyed her, and she did not give any regard to old times, hitting me in the face. I have already used three bottles of coagulant cream, and there are still some wounds that have not healed. I am afraid, I’ll need to get another one from the doctor at Huichun Hall to completely heal it."
After he finished, he looked at Zhou Gu and sincerely said: "I have been away from home for many years, and she must have done many more things behind my back. In short, they are all outrageous. Zhou mode, brother Zhou, you just met her, and you don’t understand her. She may look sweet, innocent and soft, but in reality, she’s ruthless and ruthless. It seems that she hasn’t changed at all over the years. All these things I’m telling you are true. After hearing all this, do you still think she’s bad, right? You won’t marry her now, will you?"
Unable to rebuttal, Su Rong said, "Chen Zhou, destroying someone’s marriage is equivalent to murdering their parents."
Chen Zhou shrank back a little and whispered, "I...I am just stating the facts."
Su Rong got up, grabbed Chen Zhou’s collar and said, "Believe it or not, I will throw you down this hill?"
Chen Zhou turned pale.
Zhou Gu reached out and pulled Su Rong’s wrist, intending to numb her muscles again, but Su Rong, having learned her lesson, raised her other hand to block it. Zhou Gu didn’t expect to be evaded again, and attacked a second time, however Su Rong, who was holding Chen Zhou, managed to dodge it once again of his tricks.
Zhou Gu was surprised. "You actually..."
Su Rong stopped, let go of Chen Zhou, and scolded him unhappily, "You better get lost, or else I will teach you a lesson!"
Seeing that Su Rong seemed really angry, like the time he pushed her and broke her forehead, Chen Zhou was a little frightened. He quickly raised his hands in surrender, "Okay okay okay, don’t be angry, I...I’m leaving, I’m leaving right away."
After saying that, he hurriedly ran down the hill. The guards from Duke Residence breathed a sigh of relief and quickly followed him.
After Chen Zhou left, Su Rong rested her hand on her forehead and thought to herself how she had initially miscalculated. The person who was really unlucky, was her.
She really didn’t expect Chen Zhou to bring so many problems to her.
Zhou Gu seemed to be in a good mood, looking up and down at Su Rong intently, and after a while he said to her with a smile, "Very good, my fiancée, you hide it well. It turns out you are also capable of fighting against me, without showing any weakness. You really have enlightened me."
Su Rong held her forehead in silence.
Zhou Gu raised his eyebrows, "Why aren’t you speaking or looking at me?"
Su Rong lowered her hand, looked at him and said with a mixed emotion, "What should I say? Don’t you already know everything?"
Zhou Gu laughed, "Indeed, you have opened my eyes. From childhood to adulthood, all the shocking things happened due to you."
Su Rong thought about saying "Is this something to be proud of?", but ultimately didn’t. Her helplessness left her feeling a little oppressed.
Zhou Gu suddenly reached out to poke her face, "Why are you so depressed? Are you afraid that I know about all the things you’ve done since you were a child?"
Su Rong puffed up her face, feeling deflated, rubbing the tip of her foot and muttered, "Who’s afraid of you knowing?"
It’s just that she hadn’t expected Chen Zhou to be so good, and was somewhat reluctant to let this true golden son-in-law go. If she had known who the young master of Duke Residence was, she would have changed some of her past actions and behaviours, at least not letting Chen Zhou talk about her endlessly.
Zhou Gu pulled back his fingertips, rubbed them in his sleeve to get rid of the greasy touch, and continued to climb up the mountain. "How come you were so naughty as a little girl? Weren’t you afraid of getting lost or encountering dangers when you followed the escort company out of the town? You sure are brave."
Su Rong touched the cheek he had poked, followed him, and replied to his question. "The defense of the escort company is very good, and their experiences are extensive, so the journey is safe. During the day, we escort the goods, and at night we rest. The official road is clear, there’s nothing to be afraid of."
"How did you dare to follow the escort so far away from home, looking the way you do?" Zhou Gu was thinking, given how she looks, she should have been a pretty girl when she was young. Even at the age of seven, although she was young, she was still a little girl and she must have been adorable.
"I dressed like a boy, and painted my face with charcoal. Every inch of my exposed skin was painted black, just like charcoal. Who would look at me then?" Su Rong recalled according to what he asked, "That trip went very smoothly. Unfortunately, it frightened and worried my parents. They pressured the escort company until they almost had to close. After that, they never took me out again."
Zhou Gu commented, "If every family had a child like you, the adults would be scared to death. Your parents must have been beside themselves."
He then looked puzzled, "But isn’t the Dufujin of the Taishoufu not your birth mother? She’s the one who manages the house, doesn’t she control you? I saw her treating you ... quite well?"
In his understanding, it’s unusual for the wife to treat the mistress’s daughter nicely. The Jiangning County Taishoufu family had caught his eye over the past two days. They were quite unusual. The wives and the sisters were living together harmoniously, and the whole family appeared to be living in peace. Unlike most families, who appear to be harmonious in public but fight behind the scenes.
"She disciplined me too. From a young age, I’ve been punished by her a lot. From being hit on the palm with a bamboo stick, to copying sutras, to kneeling in the ancestral hall ..."
Upon counting her punishments, Su Rong remembered,... "But I have a good father, he would beg for mercy, and a good older brother, he blocks heavy punishments, and my mum, who is tough on the outside while being soft-hearted at core, is not really a vindictive person. So, as time went on, I was too much for her to handle."
"So, in Taishou Mansion, no one can control you?" Zhou Gu couldn’t believe his eyes, his personal encounters, nor could he believe the words others said about Su Rong. Based on his first impression, he could never have imagined that this petite, fragile-looking, girl was even more rambunctious than him.
"There’s still someone who can control me," Su Rong replied. "My older brother."
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