Chapter 69 Acting
Gu Rongyu finally realized that this... this was clearly just pretending to be pitiful. They weren't poor anymore! Why were they pretending?
Before she could figure out why, Chang Xixi sneered, "Miss Zhou, you've lived in the Zhou family for a year, but your dark skin hasn't returned. You look like a village woman no matter how you look at it. However, your clothes are very pink, but pink doesn't suit your skin tone."
“You…you.”
"What's wrong with me?"
Chang Xixi still pretended to be innocent, not knowing what she had done wrong. She looked at Gu Rongyu and asked for help, "Husband, did I say something wrong? I said I couldn't come, but you insisted on coming to see me. After all, this is the place where I was raised for many years."
Gu Rongyu smiled dotingly and said, "It's my fault. I didn't expect that you would be moved by the scene."
After a round of comfort, Gu Rongyu looked at Chang Xixi with a gentle expression, "My dear, you feel uncomfortable here, why don't we go back!"
“Not so good!”
"You've only been here for a short time, and you're all going back. Aren't you afraid that Father and Mother will be unhappy? I told you I'd wait for Mother to come back so we could meet and have a meal together. I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful, coming and going as you please. Who taught you this?"
Zhou Zhiwei is very powerful now. She relies on her blood relationship to show off her power in the Zhou Mansion. Every servant in the mansion is furious when they see her, but they just can't find the opportunity to do so.
All the maids in the mansion were called away today, so there was only one servant serving in the front, and the others were in the backyard.
It just so happened that the eldest lady went to a banquet today, leaving the people in the mansion behind. This allowed her to do whatever she wanted in the mansion, and everyone dared not speak out. As a young lady who grew up in the village, how could she understand the rules of the mansion? The eldest lady didn't spoil her much and didn't take her seriously, so she didn't teach her any rules, which was even more serious! It was simply lawless at home. Master Zhou was usually either on his way to take office or working as an official outside, so he didn't care much about the affairs of the mansion.
That's why Zhou Zhiwei, who was uncontrollable, had no manners at all. She didn't know that girls in the boudoir were not allowed to meet men outside the family. Even if she wanted to meet her father, it could only be during a banquet.
Therefore, Chang Xixi only laughed at her in her heart, but did not say anything. Chang Xixi thought that it was the eldest lady who wanted to see her, and the master might pity her more. It happened that one of them went to see Master Zhou and the other to see the eldest lady and Zhou Zhiwei. When she came today, she knew that it was Zhou Zhiwei's own decision to see her.
The eldest lady and Mr. Zhou didn't know that Zhou Zhiwei was about to get into trouble.
"So mother is no longer at home! Then I won't bother you anymore. I'm afraid it will waste Miss Zhou's time. I still have a lot of things to do in my own house... That would be inconvenient." After saying that, Chang Xixi stood up and was about to leave with Gu Rongyu.
Zhou Zhiwei fell in love with Gu Rongyu, and it was love at first sight, so he didn't want them to leave.
He hurriedly stood up to stop her, but Chang Xixi smiled and said to Gu Rongyu, "My husband, I think Miss Zhou has taken a fancy to you. How about you stay and become her son-in-law? Anyway, you'll just be a gigolo if you follow me. Why not switch to someone with better food?"
Chang Xixi blinked at Gu Rongyu after she finished speaking. Gu Rongyu knew that Chang Xixi was trying to play a trick on the Chang family's daughter, so she pretended to be pitiful and looked at Chang Xixi with tears in her eyes and said, "My wife, don't you want me anymore? Could it be that what you said at home the other day was all a lie? You said you would send me to the capital to take the exam, but now you regret it. How can I control myself? If this gets out, how can you let your husband live his life? Originally, you were the one who made the decisions about everything at home, and now you don't want me anymore after playing with me?"
Chang Xixi clicked her tongue a few times in her heart and laughed softly. She originally thought her husband was a blockhead, but she didn't expect that he was also a playful one.
She spoke with a smile, holding Gu Rongyu's hand with one hand and caressing his fair cheek with the other. She whispered softly, lovingly, and reluctantly, "My husband, it's not that I don't want you. It's just that I'm a person of few words, and I really can't say a word in this Zhou Mansion! Although I used to be a lady here, I am still the child of a village woman, as you know. I was just adopted by someone and have only been a lady for a few years. Although our family is doing okay now, it really is... You should go with Miss Zhou!"
After she finished speaking, she blinked again, reluctantly let go of Gu Rongyu's hand, looked at Miss Zhou again, and knelt down with a thud, crying loudly.
"Miss Zhou, please be kind and take my husband in... He's good in every way, including his looks, but his health isn't very good. He and I haven't been able to have sex for half a month! I don't know if you find it disgusting! I've always loved him and wouldn't want him to get tired."
Gu Rongyu was dumbfounded. Chang Xixi actually said that he was not good at that. This was a man's dignity. Fortunately, this was just acting. Fortunately, they had never slept together!
If this word got to his subordinates, they would laugh at him. How could he, as the master, put his face aside? Thinking this way, he decided to find a chance to make up for the wedding night.
Now it was Miss Zhou's turn to be dumbfounded. What the hell was going on? Everything was fine just now, why did the young couple start acting like this? She did have a crush on Gu Rongyu, but she hadn't expected Gu Rongyu to be a gigolo, a gigolo who was not good enough in that aspect.
Isn't this a slap in her face?
"Get up now, don't kneel on the ground. It's not good if someone sees you. They might think I bullied you. It won't have a good impact either. If Father and Mother come back and see you like this, they'll be heartbroken. How about you stay in the mansion for a few days?"
"We have enough food and clothing in this mansion. We don't need two more mouths to feed, so it's not too late to go to Kyoto when the Autumn Examination begins. This place is not far from the capital, and many people like to come here to relax. I also know a lot of rich young ladies. When we are free, why don't we go out and play together so we can have some company. There are teachers in the mansion, so let Mr. Gu stay in the mansion for a few more days. What do you think?" Zhou Zhiwei didn't dare to tell Chang Xixi directly that she really had a crush on Gu Rongyu. The performance just now seemed that the two of them had a good relationship, but in fact, Chang Xixi was telling Zhou Zhiwei that this man was not something she could get.
However, Zhou Zhiwei didn't care about all this. As long as he could keep Gu Rongyu in the mansion, there would naturally be plenty of opportunities to make him follow him willingly.
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