Yu Jiao thought about their first meeting in Qingyu Village, and how he once said that he would not use his marriage as a bargaining chip for his career. She believed that it was true that he once liked her, and that what he said was true, and it was also true that he once wanted to be with her.
But times have changed and those things no longer count.
Yu Qizhe stood there, watching Yu Jiao walk away. His hands hanging in his sleeves were clenched so hard that they hurt a little, but in the end he just turned his head to look at Liu Ziqi and said lightly, "Now that I have made my point, Master Liu, I will take my leave first."
Liu Ziqi also felt sorry for Yu Jiao's sad look. Although he was the one who coerced and bribed her, Yu Qizhe let Yu Jiao go today for the sake of his future, and he would not risk his life to protect Yu Jiao in the future. He did not make a mistake in choosing Yu Jiao.
"Have a safe journey, Young Master Yu." Liu Ziqi hurriedly said this and turned to walk towards the backyard, wanting to comfort Yu Jiao.
As soon as Liu Ziqi left, Yu Qizhe could no longer disguise the expression on his face. He glanced from afar in the direction of Yu Jiao's yard, clenched his fist, closed his eyes, and then turned and walked towards the screen wall.
Liuzi was waiting beside the carriage. Seeing that Yu Qizhe looked very bad, he didn't dare to say much. After Yu Qizhe got on the carriage, he drove away from Liu's house.
Wei Lichu was lying on the railing next to the Taihu stone rockery in the backyard, looking at the frozen lake and thinking about how to dig a hole for fishing, when he saw Yu Jiao walking towards him with disorderly steps.
He looked up and was about to speak when he noticed that Yu Jiao's eyes were red, her long eyelashes were wet, and there were tears on her cheeks, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"Third cousin, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you?" Wei Lichu's expression immediately became serious and he walked towards Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao ignored him and went straight back to her yard.
Bai Lu, who was following behind her, was stopped by Wei Lichu, "What happened? Who bullied your young lady?"
Bai Lu naturally couldn't tell him, "You should go ask my young lady, but I'm afraid my young lady doesn't want to see anyone right now."
After saying that, she avoided Wei Lichu and quickly returned to Yingyue Pavilion.
Jianjia had just closed the door and came out of the side room, telling the maid to fetch some hot water. When she saw Bailu coming back, she hurriedly pulled her aside and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you, young lady? Why are you crying so sadly?"
"Don't ask anymore. Just try to make the girl happy and ask the kitchen to prepare more of her favorite sweets." The last time Liu Ziqi ridiculed Yu Qizhe, Bai Lu was with Yu Jiao. Although Yu Jiao had never concealed it in front of her and Jianjia, matters between men and women were related to Yu Jiao's reputation after all, and it would not be good if gossip got out, so Bai Lu said nothing.
After hearing what Bai Lu said, Jianjia knew that the girl must have suffered some injustice outside, so she tactfully did not ask any more questions.
The little girl brought over some hot water and Jianjia took it and carried it into the room.
The room was very quiet. Yu Jiao sat on the couch beside the bed with her knees hugged, her face facing the window, crying silently.
Jianjia placed the basin on the shelf, took a handkerchief and soaked it in warm water, and said softly, "Girl, wipe your face."
Yu Jiao wiped the tears from her face with her fingers, took the handkerchief from Jianjia and wiped her face.
Seeing that her eyes were red and swollen from crying, Jianjia felt sad too. Although she had been with Yu Jiao for a short time, she had never seen her so sad. Besides, the girl was strong-willed and not the type to be spoiled or wronged. She didn't know who had made her so sad.
"I made chestnut cakes and glutinous rice cakes in the small kitchen, both of which are what the young lady likes to eat." Jianjia said with a smile, "I don't know where the cockatoo that Young Marquis Gu sent to the young lady learned to do this, but it always says Happy New Year to everyone it sees. It's very smart. I'll send it to the young lady to have a look?"
Yu Jiao knew that she was trying to cheer her up, so she nodded slightly.
The female rabbit that had been dissected was kept in Yu Jiao's room. The parrot was also placed in Yu Jiao's room at first. But the little thing always chirped at the female rabbit, as if it didn't like the rabbit. Yu Jiao thought it was noisy, so she asked Jianjia to keep the little thing in the side room.
Not long after Jianjia went out, she came back holding a white marble cage. The cockatoo in the cage was becoming more and more beautiful. As soon as Jianjia put the cage down, the little thing wanted to jump out of the cage. I don’t know if it was happy to see Yu Jiao. It tilted its head to look at Yu Jiao, and even stood up the pink feather crown on its head, and shouted, "Fairy! Fairy!"
Yu Jiao curled the corners of her lips, opened the birdcage, and held the little thing in her hands. It didn't fly around, but nestled in the palm of Yu Jiao's hand very well, just pecked Yu Jiao's fingers with its sharp beak. Yu Jiao took some bird food and put it on her fingers to feed it.
Seeing that she was willing to play with the bird, Jianjia felt relieved and went outside.
The cockatoo took a few bites of bird food and called out to Yu Jiao, "Happy New Year! Happy New Year!"
Yu Jiao touched its little head. Even a bird knows how to please people, but...
When the cockatoo was full, Yu Jiao gave it some water. It suddenly fluttered its wings and jumped onto the closed window sill. It tilted its head and looked at Yu Jiao with its two small eyes, calling out again, "Ah Yun! Ah Yun!"
Yu Jiao was stunned. This must be what Gu Yun taught it. She glanced at the closet and decided to return the parrot and the fox fur coat in the closet as soon as possible.
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