Chapter 136 Was it you that night?
Yuzhu's face changed drastically and she was about to close the door, but Gu Yuanjia put one hand on the door, making it impossible for her to close it no matter how hard she tried.
Gu Yuanjia looked at Yuzhu with eyes as dark as ink, and raised his lips slightly, "Long time no see, Yuzhu."
Yuzhu resigned herself to her fate and let go of his hand, calling softly, "Master Gu."
She is no longer a servant in the Gu family, so she doesn't have to call Gu Yuanjia "Young Master" when she sees him.
And she is already married.
Even if Gu Yuanjia wanted to take her back, he couldn't.
Yuzhu was in a state of panic and tried her best to calm herself down.
Nian'er suddenly made a sound.
Yuzhu turned around and wanted to stop Nian'er but it was too late.
Gu Yuanjia followed Yuzhu's gaze and saw the delicate child. He smiled, but the smile was cold and lacked warmth. "Is this your child?"
Yuzhu said "hmm".
Gu Yuanjia stared at Yuzhu in front of him, "I've been looking for you for a long time."
From Linshui Town to all directions.
More than a year has passed until I saw her at the Mu family today.
He recognized Yuzhu just by looking at her back.
But Yuzhu avoided him.
After hiding for so long, he even has a child.
Calculating the time, she must have married and had children with someone immediately after leaving the Gu family, which is why she had such a big child.
Gu Yuanjia stared at Yuzhu for a long time. "You insisted on leaving the Gu family and me, just to live like this?"
An old house and a cold alley, a cursing mother-in-law, and a hungry child.
Yuzhu didn't know what to say. After a long while, she managed to utter, "I'm just an ordinary woman. There's nothing wrong with getting married, having children, and living an ordinary life when I'm old enough."
Gu Yuanjia's gaze remained on Yuzhu, "Where is your husband?"
Yuzhu lowered her head and said, "My husband is a palace guard. He is on duty today."
Gu Yuanjia was silent for a long time before asking her, "Does he treat you well?"
"He treats me very well, of course."
As Yuzhu was speaking, she suddenly smelled a burnt smell.
The rice paste in the pot was about to burn, so she immediately walked over and stirred it with a spatula.
Gu Yuanjia stood where he was, looking into the eyes of Xiao Nian'er who was sitting beside him.
Nian'er didn't recognize Gu Yuanjia and babbled.
Gu Yuanjia didn't understand what she was saying, but he liked the little baby girl the first time he saw her.
He walked towards Nian'er.
"Master Gu!" Yuzhu immediately walked over and stood in front of Nian'er. She couldn't hide her nervousness at all. "Nian'er is young and shy. Please don't scare her, Master Gu."
"Shy of strangers?" Gu Yuanjia looked at Xiao Nian'er who was reaching out to grab him, and said with a slight curl of his lips: "I think you are quite familiar with people."
Yuzhu didn't know why Xiao Nian'er, who was always shy, was so familiar with Gu Yuanjia.
Is it really a connection between blood relatives?
Gu Yuanjia took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Xiao Nian'er, saying softly, "Since we're meeting for the first time, I'll give this to you as a gift."
Yuzhu didn't want to take it, but Xiao Nian'er just grabbed the jade pendant and put it in her mouth to chew on it.
"Nian'er, you can't eat this." Yuzhu hurriedly stopped her daughter.
Little Nian'er blinked and stopped putting the jade pendant into her mouth. Instead, she held it up and handed it to her mother.
Yuzhu reached out and took the jade pendant, handing it back to Gu Yuanjia, "This jade pendant is too valuable. Nian'er can't have it. Please take it back, Master Gu."
"Yuzhu, you know me." Gu Yuanjia said, "I never take back anything I give away."
Yuzhu had served Gu Yuanjia for four years and naturally knew his temperament well.
Gu Yuanjia said: "What's more, this jade pendant is for the child, you can't refuse it on her behalf."
When he said this, he kept looking at Yuzhu.
After more than a year, Yuzhu has not changed much, except that when she sees him, she no longer greets him with a smile.
Just as Yuzhu was about to speak, she heard Gu Yuanjia ask, "What's the child's name?"
Yuzhu said, "Ji, Ji Nian."
"Xiao Nian'er." Gu Yuanjia reached out and pinched Xiao Nian'er's face, and suddenly said, "You must have been cuter than her when you were a child."
Yuzhu didn't say anything.
She had long forgotten what she was like as a child.
She only knew that Gu Yuanjia, dressed in fine clothes and wearing a jade belt, looked out of place standing in such a shabby little house.
Yuzhu took a deep breath and said to him, "Master Gu, I'm getting married and my mother-in-law will be back soon. It's not good for you to stay here and be seen..."
Gu Yuanjia turned a deaf ear and continued to tease Xiao Nian'er.
Yuzhu couldn't help but remind him again: "Master Gu..."
Gu Yuanjia still had no intention of leaving.
Just then, Ji's mother's voice could be heard from outside the courtyard. The neighbor next door asked her, "Why are you back so early today? Don't you usually play mahjong until dark before going home?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Ji's mother was afraid that Yuzhu would hear her words. "When did I ever play mahjong until dark before going home? Don't I stay at home every day to take care of the children?"
The neighbor laughed twice and said nothing more.
Yuzhu heard the footsteps and couldn't help but feel anxious. She said to Gu Yuanjia, "My mother-in-law is back. You should leave quickly..."
Gu Yuanjia remained motionless. "We are innocent, what are you afraid of?"
"You..." Yuzhu wanted to say something, but Ji's mother had already pushed the door open and walked in.
Yuzhu was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead.
Seeing this, Gu Yuanjia stood sideways behind the door.
Ji's mother went into the house to get the silver. She looked out the window at the kitchen and saw no one else there. She said loudly to Yuzhu, "Ah Xuan will be back tomorrow. I'm going to buy some vegetables."
Yuzhu replied "Okay".
After Ji's mother took the silver, she went out again.
The footsteps gradually faded away.
Yuzhu's heart was still pounding.
Gu Yuanjia stood behind the door and looked at Yuzhu, "Are you so afraid of your mother-in-law? It seems that she doesn't treat you well."
Yuzhu said, "Mr. Gu, women in this world value reputation the most. You really shouldn't be here today."
In the past, Yuzhu would definitely not dare to say such words to Gu Yuanjia.
But Ji's mother came back suddenly just now, which really scared her.
Moreover, Gu Yuanjia inexplicably got along well with Xiao Nian'er, which made Yuzhu feel very anxious.
Now she just wanted Gu Yuanjia to leave here quickly.
Gu Yuanjia also noticed Yuzhu's resistance to him.
It was obvious that Yuzhu didn't treat him like this when they were at Gu's house.
Everything changed after Yuzhu left the house.
Gu Yuanjia walked up to Xiao Nian'er and looked at the little girl's eyes and eyebrows carefully.
Xiao Nian'er doesn't look much like Yuzhu.
A pair of fox eyes, somewhat like him.
The more Gu Yuanjia looked, the more suspicious he became.
Whether it was Yuzhu's sudden change in attitude towards him, or the child in front of him who made him feel inexplicably close, Gu Yuanjia had to think more.
Seeing that Gu Yuanjia was staring at Xiao Nian'er, Yuzhu walked forward with rice porridge and separated the two of them.
While feeding her daughter rice porridge, she urged Gu Yuanjia to leave, "Mr. Gu, I'll accept this jade pendant on behalf of Nian'er. Thank you for your generous gift. You can leave now. Goodbye."
"Yuzhu." Gu Yuanjia had been looking at her and her daughter, and suddenly asked, "That night, was it you?"
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