Chapter 109 He's Not Qualified
The next morning.
When Gu Jingxi arrived at the Dali Temple for his shift, his colleague and friend Qi Yunwen followed him around like a shadow, staring intently at him, and hesitated several times before speaking.
He sat at his desk, looking at the case files submitted from various places. The Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review had his own dedicated office space, and Qi Yunwen also brought over the case files he wanted to read so that they could look at them together.
However, Gu Jingxi ignored him and focused on the case file. Occasionally, when she was distracted, she would meet his gaze and feel very strange. It wasn't until later, when his gaze made her scalp tingle and she couldn't concentrate on her work, that she put down the case file in her hand and asked in a deep voice, "Qi Mobai, do you have an eye disease?"
Qi Yunwen subconsciously shook his head: "No, no, why do you ask that?"
Gu Jingxi frowned, feeling a chill when she met his burning gaze. She said irritably, "Then why are you staring at me like that? I'm not your wife."
Qi Yunwen shook his head again: "No, I just wanted to see if there was anything wrong with you compared to usual."
Gu Jingxi asked again, "Then have you noticed anything wrong with me?"
“Nothing different from usual.” Qi Yunwen slowly withdrew his gaze, then glanced at him again after a moment and said in a low voice, “But seeing how irritable you are, it seems like you are sexually frustrated.”
Gu Jingxi scoffed coldly, saying with disgust, "If you were stared at by a man with deep affection for an hour, you'd probably be even more irritable than me."
“I’m so affectionate,” Qi Yunwen said, pointing at him, “looking at you?”
After saying that, Qi Yunwen shivered with disgust and said, feeling very annoyed: "Gu Yaoling, what kind of eyes do you have? Which eye of yours saw me being affectionate towards you? You can't spread such rumors. I have a wife and children, I have no homosexuality, and I have no interest in men."
Gu Jingxi glanced at him, her tone revealing disdain: "If you're not interested in me, don't look at me like that, or I'll think you've fallen for someone else and are interested in me. You know what, it's kind of disgusting to be liked by your own best friend."
Qi Yunwen was speechless: "..."
What normal man would transfer his affections to another man if he fell in love with someone else?
After a moment, Qi Yunwen asked hesitantly, "Yaoling, um, is your body all better now?" After saying that, he subtly observed his friend's expression, afraid of being too forward, since this question was too difficult for a man to ask.
Gu Jingxi paused for a moment, then calmly asked, "So, you clung to me for an hour just to ask this question?"
Qi Yunwen nodded: "Otherwise what?"
After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment and added, "Seeing how eager you were to do something with your sister-in-law yesterday, you must be feeling alright now, right?"
After hearing this, Gu Jingxi glanced at him with an inscrutable expression.
Qi Yunwen couldn't quite figure out what his friend meant, so he quickly explained, "Yaoling, don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it. If you're feeling better, I'm really happy for you. If you're still not better, don't give up and listen to the imperial physician."
He sighed helplessly and said earnestly, "The outrageous things your son has done are known throughout the capital. I heard he's caused trouble again and you've confined him to his quarters. He's so unreliable; he'll definitely be incapable of inheriting the title in the future. Why don't you try harder and have another child? If you and your sister-in-law don't have one, you can adopt another one. Your sister-in-law is still young; adopting a two- or three-year-old is perfect for her to raise. If you raise one from a young age, your relationship will definitely be better in the future."
Gu Jingxi paused for a moment, then replied, "Mo Bai, I know what I'm doing."
Qi Yunwen opened her mouth, but swallowed the words that were about to come out. She glanced at her friend, feeling a deep sense of regret.
Gu Jingxi said calmly, "A new batch of files has been submitted from various places. Let's take a look first."
Qi Yunwen responded with an "okay," and tactfully stopped the conversation, returning to a new round of busy work.
Before we knew it, it was noon.
Qi Yunwen's wife brought over lunch.
Not only Qi Yunwen's wife, but also some married men would occasionally receive lunch from their wives at noon. Except for those whose marital relationship was not very good, they almost never received it.
After all, the cooks in the Dali Temple's kitchen were just ordinary cooks. The food they made wasn't particularly delicious; it was just passable. The meals were average, nothing like the food at home. Even if the food at home wasn't delicacies, they still made the best flavor from simple ingredients with care.
Women who feel sorry for their husbands not eating well will often bring them meals, partly to improve their diet and partly to strengthen and maintain their marital relationship.
Qi Yunwen said a few words to his wife, then carried the food box inside. Thinking that his big-time friend would probably be eating at the cafeteria later, he quickened his pace to find his friend before he went to the cafeteria.
Hearing the door open, Gu Jingxi looked up and saw Qi Yunwen standing at the door. He glanced at the food box in Qi Yunwen's hand and took the initiative to tidy up the desk piled with official documents.
Qi Yunwen couldn't help but laugh as she watched his practiced movements: "Gu Yaoling, do you know what you look like right now?"
Gu Jingxi glanced at him.
Qi Yunwen added, "They look just like hungry babies."
Gu Jingxi: "..."
For the sake of his food, he didn't argue back. Although he didn't care much about food, if there was a better option, he would definitely choose the better one. The food in the cafeteria was so-so, and he wasn't going to force himself to eat it, pretend to be high-minded, or make things difficult for his stomach.
Qi Yunwen opened the food box and took out the food inside: three meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and one soup, which was quite a sumptuous meal.
Madam Qi had anticipated that her husband would be eating with his friends, so when preparing the meal, she made sure to increase the quantity of food and provided two sets of bowls and chopsticks, as well as two bowls of soup.
During the meal, Qi Yunwen suddenly asked, "Yaoling, you and your sister-in-law seem to be getting along well, right?"
Gu Jingxi paused in his chopsticks, recalling his interactions with the young girl. It had been a harmonious time, and they always discussed things together. So he replied, "It was alright. Why are you asking this?"
Qi Yunwen nodded and then asked, "Why has your sister-in-law never brought you lunch?"
Gu Jingxi was stunned.
Qi Yunwen glanced at him and continued, "Your sister-in-law and I have been married for over ten years, and she still maintains the habit of bringing me meals every few days. As for Lord Liu, who got married this year just like you, it goes without saying that he is even more so. The newlyweds are in such a good relationship that Madam Liu brings him meals every day. Lord Liu has also become the most envied man in the Dali Temple, making the other officials not want to be outdone. They go back and ask their wives to bring them meals more often."
Gu Jingxi asked, "And then?"
Qi Yunwen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Then when I came to find you just now, someone asked me if you and your sister-in-law had a bad relationship, and if you were forced into marriage, so you were dissatisfied with your sister-in-law, which is why she didn't dare to bring you food."
Gu Jingxi: "?"
What could he possibly be dissatisfied with?
He had no right to be dissatisfied. If anyone was dissatisfied, it was the young girl who was dissatisfied with him, after all, he was so old, and because of his unfilial son, the young girl had suffered such a great injustice on her wedding day.
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