Chapter 44: Public Protection
The room was in a mess and Gu Jingchu's hands were covered in blood.
Looking at his hands, he couldn't help but think of the time when he and Chen Yuan had just gotten married in his previous life.
He accidentally scratched his hand and didn't pay much attention to it, but the woman was very worried.
Even the court doctor was worried and insisted on sending a servant to Huichun Hall to invite Mr. Chen.
After his hand was bandaged, Shen Yuan looked up at him with tears in her eyes and set many rules for him.
Her eyes were clear and cute, her little face was pink and white from crying, and even the tip of her nose was blushed.
He couldn't help himself at that time and pulled her to cling to him.
The woman scolded him while re-bandaging his wound.
Now, Gu Jingchu laughed at himself, fearing that even if his hand was broken, she wouldn't even look at it.
The door was pushed open and Lin Wanyin walked in wearing jewelry.
He glanced lightly around the room and saw Gu Jingchu's bleeding hand without even a word of concern.
I'm too lazy to pretend.
Gu Jingchu's face turned cold, and he looked at Lin Wanyin as if she were a dirty thing. "Who let you in?"
Lin Wanyin didn't care and sat down as far away from Gu Jingchu as possible.
She sneered and looked at him mockingly, "I want to come in and see how embarrassed the prince is."
Gu Jingchu glared at her angrily, "Get out before I strangle you to death."
Lin Wanyin was not afraid of her. The moment Gu Huailing personally appointed her to be Gu Jingchu's concubine, her life was over.
Now that it’s over, just fight if you don’t agree!
She swung her handkerchief in boredom, "What? Can't you bear the thought of your sweetheart marrying someone you've hated since childhood?"
"You only see your own heart clearly now. What a pity, you have lost Shen Yuan forever."
"Bitch, I'll strangle you to death, shut up!" Gu Jingchu stepped forward and grabbed Lin Wanyin's throat tightly.
Lin Wanyin looked up at him, her face devoid of fear, her attacking power unbounded. "Why? You only attack women? But so what? Not only have you lost the person you love the most, you've also lost the person who loves you the most."
Gu Jingchu's hands tightened little by little, and Lin Wanyin's face flushed, "Ahem, not only that, you also have to watch her and your eldest brother being affectionate every day, hahahaha, ahem..."
Gu Jingchu's eyes turned red and Qingmu ran in from outside.
It took a lot of effort to pull Gu Jingchu's hand away.
"My prince, please don't be angry."
After saying that, he looked at Lin Wanyin and said, "Auntie Lin, please say less."
As an outsider, he felt a pang of pain in his heart when he heard Aunt Lin's words, let alone the prince himself?
What a sin this is!
Lin Wanyin had a victorious smile on her face and looked at Gu Jingchu provocatively.
Gu Jingchu's eyes were dark and deep, staring at Lin Wanyin sinisterly.
He stepped forward and pinched Lin Wanyin's chin, "Have you been deliberately provoking me and Yuan'er?"
"If you want it all, don't blame others for instigating you."
Gu Jingchu suddenly laughed, a laugh that made people's hair stand on end. He leaned over and whispered in Lin Wanyin's ear, "You like Gu Huailing, right?"
Lin Wanyin's face instantly lost all color and she stood there in a daze.
"Then cooperate with me and we'll each get what we want, or I'll kill you."
Cruel and merciless.
Lin Wanyin suddenly shuddered. This didn't sound like something Gu Jingchu would say.
Was he provoked into stupidity by her?
As dusk fell, the main hall of the marquis's mansion was as bright as day. In the center of the hall, a huge round table carved from yellow pear wood sat firmly on it. Jade plates filled with various delicacies were a feast for the eyes.
Old Madam Gu sat in the main seat, and Marquis Gu and his wife sat beside her.
Lord Gu was dressed in casual clothes and looked genuinely happy.
He may be happy, but the people around him may not be.
Gu Huailing's face was dull as he picked up some food for Chen Yuan.
As soon as Gu Jingchu came in, his eyes stayed on Shen Yuan.
He looked at Shen Yuan and said nonchalantly: "Bring this goose oil puff pastry roll to my sister-in-law. I remember that my sister-in-law likes this dish the most."
The hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on Shen Yuan.
Chen Yuan cursed Gu Huailing thousands of times in her heart!
He is going to die!
"Thank you for your kindness, second brother. The goose oil rolls are too greasy. I haven't eaten them for a long time." Chen Yuan put down his chopsticks and said indifferently.
Gu Jingchu nodded. "It's really hard to digest greasy food at night. So, bring this snow fish soup over to my sister-in-law."
Gu Huailing put down his chopsticks and looked at Gu Jingchu with a dull expression, "It's good that you respect your sister-in-law, but since grandma is still alive, you should show your filial respect to her first."
Gu Jingchu sneered and said nonchalantly, "Big brother is right."
The atmosphere at the table was tense, but the Marquis's wife tried to smooth things over with a smile.
"Jingchu means well. Someone bring the glutinous rice balls. This is a unique custom in our house. When the whole family eats together, we always have to eat glutinous rice balls at the end."
The round glutinous rice balls sprinkled with osmanthus were served in exquisite porcelain bowls one by one.
Everyone has it, except Gu Huailing.
Chen Yuan looked at Gu Huailing. His expression was calm and nothing could be seen.
The Marquis's wife saw the confusion on Shen Yuan's face and explained with a smile, "You didn't know this when you first arrived, but the Prime Minister never eats sweets."
Don't eat sweets? Then why does he have sweet osmanthus candy?
Chen Yuan put down the spoon in her hand, and looked directly at the Marquis's wife with a clear and lingering gaze, "Is it because the Master won't eat it, or is it because the Marquis' wife thought that the Master doesn't eat sweets, so she never made his share."
Chen Yuan has always been kind to others, and it is rare for him to question his elders in public like this.
The hall was even quieter than before.
Chen Yuan spoke in a steady tone, his words clearly articulated, "I think even if the Master doesn't eat sweets, he should have his share. Aren't you deliberately excluding the Master?"
Gu Huailing felt like there was boiling water in his heart. No one had ever thought that it was wrong for him not to have dumplings.
Everyone thought that he didn't like sweets, including his grandmother and Gu Yao, who didn't see anything wrong.
The person next to him was his new wife.
I discovered it at the first family dinner and pointed it out decisively to protect him.
How could he not fall in love with such a person?
The Marquis' wife was speechless.
Old Madam Gu looked at Gu Huailing's expression and felt unhappy. She also thought that Gu Huailing really didn't like sweet food.
"You were wrong in this matter. Don't make such mistakes again in the future."
The Marquis's wife wanted to explain herself.
Gu Jingchu suddenly spoke up, "It's just a bowl of glutinous rice balls. Why is there such a fuss, sister-in-law? If big brother wants to eat it, I'll give him my share."
He said it nonchalantly, but Shen Yuan's anger suddenly surged up.
"Just a bowl of glutinous rice balls? Madam Hou just said that this is the custom of the Marquisate. We always have to eat it at the end of the family reunion."
"You eat it every year, but the master is the only one who doesn't have it. Have you ever considered his feelings? This is not just a bowl of dumplings, this is a family relationship between the master and the marquis."
"If you think that the adults don't need to eat glutinous rice balls, then you don't have to call us from Shenduyuan for meals in the future!"
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