Chapter 742 We can form an alliance!
After listening to her rambling for a while, Shen Wantang seemed to believe her nonsense and looked at her with sympathy: "She treats you so badly, she won't even let you eat bird's nest, you're so pitiful!"
Qiao Zhiyu nodded repeatedly: "She didn't just not let me eat bird's nest, she didn't even let me eat dinner. I went hungry all night yesterday! I thought I could finally have a proper meal this morning, but before dawn she had her maid wake me up and tell me to wait for her in her courtyard. I still didn't get a single bite to eat!"
Shen Wantang felt even more sorry for him: "You haven't eaten for a whole day and night, you must be starving!"
"Of course! I'm starving!"
After Qiao Zhiyu finished speaking, she looked at Shen Wantang expectantly, and then glanced at the pastries on the table next to her.
She thought Shen Wantang would offer her something to eat, preferably a bowl of bird's nest soup to try. She hadn't had any of the bird's nest soup last night and had been thinking about it ever since!
That's the most nourishing and beautifying blood bird's nest; you can't buy it anywhere else!
Unfortunately, Shen Wantang didn't mention a single word about it.
"cough!"
Qiao Zhiyu coughed again and had no choice but to ask for some: "Shen Wantang, I see you have quite a lot of food here. Why don't you let me have some? You can't possibly finish all of this by yourself, right?"
Shen Wantang said in a good-natured manner, "Actually, I really want to give you something to eat, but I really can't finish it all by myself."
Qiao Zhiyu's eyes lit up: "That's right, that's right! I think that chestnut cake looks good. Do you want some? If not, then I won't be polite!"
She was about to reach for it when Shen Wantang stopped her, saying, "Wait."
Qiao Zhiyu frowned: "What's wrong? It's just a few pieces of chestnut cake. You wouldn't be so stingy as to not want to give me any, would you?"
"Qiao Zhiyu, if I were really stingy, would I have given you a dress made of brocade?"
"So what do you mean by this?"
"I'm worried that if you eat my food and get a stomachache, I won't be able to explain it to my sister-in-law!"
"No, I won't get an upset stomach. Besides, even if I did, I wouldn't tell my cousin."
"No, you look so delicate and frail, you can't just eat anything. You should go ask your sister-in-law for something to eat. I don't think she's the type to mistreat her cousin. Just talk to her nicely, she won't go so far as to not even give you a bowl of rice."
Qiao Zhiyu opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything for a long time.
She couldn't very well say that Meng Yunlan was far more cruel and ruthless than she had imagined, that mistreating her cousin was nothing compared to how she could be so ruthless as to not even spare her own sister.
Seeing that she was speechless, Granny Yan coldly gave Shen Wantang the order to leave: "Miss Qiao, our young mistress is tired. If you have nothing more to say, please go back!"
"Wait, I have something else to say!"
Shen Wantang looked at her leisurely: "Is there anything else you want to say?"
"Shen Wantang, do you know why my cousin let me stay at the Duke's mansion?"
"Why?"
"Because she thinks you're not good enough for Young Master Gu!"
Shen Wantang understood what she meant and suddenly laughed: "I'm not good enough for you? Then who is?"
"Of course it's me!"
Qin Xin and the others all turned their gazes to Qiao Zhiyu's face in an instant. Everyone looked at her as if she were crazy, as if they were silently mocking her for overestimating herself.
Only Shen Wantang was still smiling: "What, Miss Qiao, do you want to be my husband's concubine? But if I wasn't mistaken yesterday, the person you like should be your brother-in-law, right?"
Qiao Zhiyu raised her chin, not denying it: "Brother-in-law is young and promising, handsome and humble, who wouldn't like him?"
"So what? You're planning to have your cake and eat it too? Aren't you afraid of stuffing yourself to death?"
"Hmph, I'm not interested in Gu Qianhan! So you don't need to worry about me stealing your husband."
Shen Wantang smiled calmly and indifferently: "You couldn't have taken it away anyway, I've never been worried about it."
Qiao Zhiyu sneered: "Shen Wantang, don't be too confident. With my cousin's help, I might be able to successfully steal Gu Qianhan away!"
Shen Wantang raised an eyebrow, intrigued: "What did your cousin promise to help you with? Tell me."
"Ha, you're scared now, aren't you? Starting to panic? I knew your calm and confident demeanor was all an act!"
"Which eye of yours saw that I was afraid?"
"Tch, if you don't want to admit it, fine, I won't call you out on it. But I'm going to tell you that Gu Qianhan doesn't like you at all, and he doesn't care about you at all."
Shen Wantang looked surprised: "You even noticed that? Didn't you just arrive at the Duke's mansion yesterday?"
Qiao Zhiyu's tone was smug: "Is it that hard to see? Didn't you quarrel with Gu Qianhan yesterday? Oh, and you were stopped outside Gu Qianhan's study by his guards, while my cousin entered Gu Qianhan's study without any trouble. It's already very clear which one Gu Qianhan values more, right? Are you going to continue to deceive yourself?"
Shen Wantang nodded, praising her, "Impressive! You figured that out! Anything else?"
"Of course! You don't know, do you? Before you came into the family, my cousin took care of Gu Qianhan's clothes all year round, prepared his three meals a day, managed the servants in his courtyard, and even arranged the things in his bedroom with my cousin's help!"
Shen Wantang's beautiful eyes were filled with shock: "What? Is that so? My husband's bedroom was also decorated by my sister-in-law? That's impossible, you're talking nonsense, what sister-in-law would care about these things?!"
Qiao Zhiyu was very satisfied with her reaction: "How about that, are you dumbfounded? Now you know how close my cousin and Gu Qianhan are? You still need to work on your skills! My cousin has been married into the Duke's mansion for five years and has been taking care of Gu Qianhan for five years. With Gu Qianhan, one word from my cousin is worth a hundred words from you!"
Shen Wantang looked at him with surprise and doubt: "What you said is all true? You're not lying to me?"
"Why would I lie to you? I'm telling you this so that if my cousin puts a good word for me with Gu Qianhan and takes me to see him more often, he'll definitely start to care about me because of her! Then you'll be in danger!"
"Love me, love my dog?"
"That's right, Gu Qianhan's relationship with my cousin is much deeper than yours as husband and wife. You'd better be careful. If my cousin says anything bad about you in front of him, you'll completely lose Gu Qianhan's heart!"
Shen Wantang nervously twisted her handkerchief, her brows furrowing slightly.
Seeing her like this, Qiao Zhiyu's eyes revealed a hint of disdain. She thought that Shen Wantang was nothing special. She was so frightened that she lost her mind at the mere mention of losing Gu Qianhan's heart.
But she quickly concealed her disdain and said in a solemn tone, "Shen Wantang, I can help you. We can form an alliance!"
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