Chapter 651 Deafness in the Right Ear
Jiang Mansion.
Jiang Ruochu was playing in the yard when she saw Jiang Jinyan walking towards her from afar. Jiang Ruochu happily ran towards her father, "Daddy, you're back! Little Chu missed Daddy so much."
Jiang Jinyan hugged his daughter affectionately and kissed her little face. "Daddy misses Xiao Chu too."
He glanced around. "Where's your mother?"
Jiang Ruochu pointed in the direction of the bedroom, "Mother is in the room."
The maid Yuechan quickly came over to take Jiang Ruochu away, "Miss, come and play with me!"
Jiang Ruochu hugged her father's neck, "I want to play with Daddy. Daddy hasn't played with Xiaochu in a long time."
Jiang Jinyan said, "Father and Xiao Chu will play together, we won't go anywhere."
Granny Kui also stepped forward, "Young Master must be hungry. Miss Xiao Chu, why don't you and Granny go and get some delicious cakes for Father? Father loves the cakes Xiao Chu makes the most."
Jiang Ruochu smiled and said, "Xiao Chu and Granny Kui made plum blossom cakes together."
Jiang Jinyan tapped his daughter's forehead. "Xiao Chu can even make plum blossom cakes. Did you make them for Daddy?"
Jiang Ruochu nodded happily, "Yes."
"Thank you, Xiao Chu."
Granny Kui carried Jiang Ruochu away and then said to Jiang Jinyan, "The young mistress is in the room. Now that the eldest young master is back, he won't leave, will he?"
Jiang Jinyan said, "I'm not leaving."
Granny Kui said happily, "It's good that you're not leaving. I'll have someone prepare lunch for the young master."
Jiang Jinyan nodded, "Thank you, Granny Kui."
Granny Kui hesitated for a moment before leaving with Jiang Ruochu. Ever since the young lady woke up, she had become quiet and preferred to hide in her room to read. Most importantly, even the servants could see that the relationship between the young lady and the young master had suddenly become distant.
Jiang Jinyan didn't notice the servant's emotions and went straight into the room, where he saw Zhang Yumo writing diligently at her desk.
Zhang Yumo then noticed his return, and she said somewhat awkwardly, "Young Master is back."
Jiang Jinyan was taken aback. Thinking that she had lost her memories of the period after their marriage, he didn't think much about how she addressed him. "I just came back from Huguo Temple. Something happened."
Zhang Yumo didn't respond; she didn't know what to talk to him about.
Jiang Jinyan glanced at his clothes, which were covered in mud. He had gotten them dirty when he went to find Consort Lan. He took off his cloak and put it on a rack, then went to the inner room to change. He secretly peeked out and saw that Zhang Yumo hadn't followed him in. She sat down again and began to write.
When he came back last time, Zhang Yumo was very unfamiliar. He wanted to get close to her, but she refused. He was worried that she was not fully recovered, so he asked the imperial physician to treat her. The imperial physician said that she was already much better.
Ever since Jiang Jinyan entered the room, Zhang Yumo had become very reserved, and even her handwriting was affected. Just as she was about to find an excuse to leave, Jiang Jinyan, having changed his clothes, came out from the inner room. Their eyes met, and she casually started a conversation, "Has the young master eaten? I'm going to..."
Jiang Jinyan walked towards her, took her hand, and smiled, "Granny Kui has already made the arrangements."
Zhang Yumo was a little embarrassed. "Oh."
"It doesn't matter if Mo'er doesn't remember that we're already married. You are now my wife and Xiao Chu's mother. It doesn't matter if you don't remember."
Jiang Jinyan's voice was gentle, and his handsome face was full of doting affection, but Zhang Yumo was still not used to his sudden kindness towards her.
The girl he brought back last time came to the Jiang residence to see him, but Jiang Jinyan was out on official business, so she didn't see her. She didn't know whether she should say these things or not. That girl seemed to like Jiang Jinyan quite a bit.
Seeing that she was not speaking and her palms were sweating, Jiang Jinyan asked with concern, "Are you still not well? Should we call a doctor to take a look?"
"No need, I'm fine now." Zhang Yumo withdrew her hand.
Jiang Jinyan seemed to realize something. Could it be that he had neglected her because he was too busy with official duties? That day, after he returned to the manor and learned that she had woken up, he did not spend much time with her and did not even care about her. He left again because he had to attend to matters of state, so she was angry?
He pulled her into his arms and whispered in her right ear, "Mo'er, I won't leave anymore. I'll spend the night with you."
His voice was too soft, and Zhang Yumo couldn't hear anything in her right ear. She only felt an itch in her ear. Jiang Jinyan's closeness made her very nervous. In her heart, Jiang Jinyan didn't love her at all, and even hated her. What's more, he was also ambiguous with other women. Thinking of this, she suddenly pushed him away.
Jiang Jinyan then noticed her change. He stared at her blankly, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
She stammered, "I...I...could you give me some time? If...I mean, if in the end I still don't remember that you ever liked me, I want to leave the Jiang family."
Jiang Jinyan frowned. "Why do you want to leave the Jiang family?"
In her memory, he was cold, because her willfulness had caused the deaths of her grandparents, and he had even said that she had a girl she liked, so she would never like him again.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. "Young Master, someone is looking for you."
Jiang Jinyan opened the door and asked, "Who's looking for me?"
The butler handed him an invitation. "A young lady surnamed Bai. She seems to have some urgent business to discuss with the young master. She came once before, when the young master was not back."
Jiang Jinyan glanced at Zhang Yumo and asked the butler, "Where is Miss Bai now?"
"In the front hall."
"Go and prepare tea to entertain them!" he said casually.
After the butler left, Jiang Jinyan said to Zhang Yumo, "Bai Yuhan, you've met her before. She's a friend of Lin Yu and Ruan Ruan. Maybe she needs something. Would you like to come out with me?"
Zhang Yumo remained calm and composed. "I won't go. Miss Bai must have something to discuss with the young master. I don't know what you're talking about, so I won't disturb you."
"I'll be right back." Jiang Jinyan didn't say anything more and went to the front hall alone.
Seeing that he had left, Zhang Yumo finally breathed a sigh of relief. She wondered to herself what Jiang Jinyan had said to her when he leaned close. How could she not hear anything with this ear? The maid said that she was almost killed by a fire bomb before she fainted. It was possible that the fire bomb had injured her right ear and affected her hearing. She had not told anyone about her right ear injury.
On the anniversary of her grandmother's and grandfather's death, she met the Zhang family. Everyone flattered her, calling her Lady of Wu'an. The relatives who had bullied her in the past were outwardly friendly to her because of Jiang Jinyan, but in reality, they all cursed her behind her back, saying that she was ungrateful and cold-blooded.
She didn't know why everyone was cursing her like that. After inquiring, she realized that she was indeed very cold-hearted towards the Zhang family. She didn't know why she still liked that version of herself, no longer having to live cautiously and be mindful of the Zhang family's feelings.
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