Chapter 91: People’s Hearts Are Fickle
She disappeared from the Cha Nu Pond inexplicably and reappeared inexplicably.
The person who sank into the mercury and disappeared without a trace, floated on the mercury again overnight.
What's even more strange is that mercury is poisonous, and she must have been poisoned by being immersed in it, but she just fainted because of the poisonous water mist of the goddess. After the doctor examined her, he found that there was no toxin in her body.
Even when she fainted, she only fainted for one day.
However, she woke up quickly and forgot that it had been a long time since she slayed the dragon and left the Governor's Mansion, and she didn't know how much time had passed in the Fish and Dragon Wonderland.
If her senior sister hadn't told her that she had disappeared for a year and a half, she would have really thought that she had only been away for a short while.
There is no time in this wonderful place, just sit and watch the white clouds fly.
She thought she had only been away for a few days, but it turned out to be hundreds of days and nights.
However, seeing her wake up, Zhuxing was relieved. When she saw her seriously injured and falling into the pool that day, she thought Jiaoran would definitely die this time, but she managed to survive.
She stroked Jiaoran's face and said, "Thank goodness, God has blessed you and brought you back safely. Where did the demon dragon take you after you fell into the pool?"
Jiaoran had promised Zhu Su not to tell anyone about the Fish-Dragon Wonderland, so he said nothing. "I... can't remember clearly."
Zhuxing looked at her pitiful face and couldn't bear to ask any more questions. He stroked her head and said, "It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back."
He touched her wrist along her arm and asked, "What is this?"
The rapid wind turned into a golden bracelet and attached to her wrist. She had never learned to practice cultivation and did not know how to put away the magic weapon, so the rapid wind could only follow her like this.
"This... this... this... Oh, didn't I fall into the water when I slayed the dragon? Then when I landed at the bottom of the pool, I inexplicably saw gold and silver treasures underneath, and I picked up a bracelet at random."
Zhuxing said, "It looks quite unique."
Jiao Ran laughed twice, "It's just an ordinary gold bracelet. Maybe it's because I don't wear gold jewelry very often, so Senior Sister thinks it's something new to see on my wrist."
"I'll take it down and take a look."
Just as she was about to touch her, a faint golden light flickered on Jiaoran's wrist. Jifeng rarely stayed obediently to let Zhusu touch him in Wonderland. She was worried that Jifeng would reveal his true form, so she hurriedly grabbed her senior sister's hand and said, "By the way, senior sister, why am I not lying in Siyu Garden, but you brought me back to Qianlin Garden? Where is Mu Jin?"
She avoided his gaze, not meeting it. "He's busy with something he should be busy with."
"Busy? What is he busy with?"
Chai Che lifted the bead curtain, making a crisp sound of pearls and jade, "Busy getting married."
ah?
Jiao Ran suspected his ears were also filled with mercury. He scratched his ears and then asked, "What do you mean by marriage?"
"You heard it right, he is getting married," said Chache.
Seeing Jiaoran still unconvinced, Chai Che ignored Zhuxing's attempts to stop him and said, "Three months after you left, Ah Hui married Xieying, the child. It was a grand wedding. Later, after Ah Yuan gave birth to the child with great difficulty, she kept asking my father to hold another wedding for them to make up for her regret."
Jiao Ran clasped his hands together and asked, "So Mu Jin agreed?"
Chai Che saw that her face had suddenly turned much paler than before. After hesitating for a moment, he continued, "At first, he didn't agree. We all searched for you for hundreds of days and nights, and searched the entire Governor's Mansion, but we still couldn't find you. He wanted to leave the mansion to look for you, but I didn't agree. However, before I left the mansion, I went to Huiying Gate to look for you, but it was deserted. There was no one there."
"That's not what I asked. What I asked is, so he agrees now?"
"You came at a very bad time. He just agreed to remarry my father and A Yuan a while ago."
Zhuxing hurriedly stopped her from jumping off the bed, "Where are you going?!"
"I'm going to go find him."
Chai Che said coldly, "The things needed for the wedding were prepared several months ago, and we were just waiting for Mu Jin's nod. Now that he has agreed, the entire mansion, even the old servants of the Cheng family and my father's friends have been notified. Don't make trouble."
Jiao Ran stood there, speechless. Several times she wanted to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth she felt like crying. After a long pause, she said, "Is this okay?"
"No matter how decent you are, the marriage is irreversible."
Jiao Ran didn't believe it. "Mu Jin doesn't know that I'm back. I have to go see him. Once he sees me, he will naturally not marry Cheng Yuan again."
Zhuxing didn't dare to break her sweet dream, so he soothed her, "You just woke up. You were seriously injured before, so you still need to recuperate first. Once you've rested, we can talk again, okay?"
Chai Che didn't care about anything. "What's wrong with holding another wedding? They are already husband and wife."
The words were harsh, but Jiaoran suddenly understood. Before she fell into the pond, her status in Siyu Garden was also awkward. Mu Jin and Cheng Yuan were indeed a couple in public, but others didn't know. How could Zhu Xing and Chai Che say to her, "He and I are the couple?"
She insisted on having her own way.
Zhuxing was unable to stop her, so she glanced at her husband, asking him to stop Jiaoran.
But he didn't even reach out his hand, and watched her stagger out of Qianlin Garden.
Zhu Xing was so confused that she wanted to follow immediately, but Chai Che held her back and said, "Let her go. Only Mu Jin can make her give up. No matter how much we talk, it won't be enough to defeat Mu Jin's words."
Jiaoran was furious as she walked. She originally wanted to kill the dragon and solve the problem of Chai Yu sucking blood on the spot. She even daydreamed that after killing the dragon, she would also kill Chai Yu for her mother and Mu Jin, to avenge his torture of Mu Jin for so many years, and by the way, settle his shameless past of hiding behind her mother and getting something for nothing, like a leech.
But she was seriously injured while slaying the dragon, and he actually didn't take her love seriously. He waited and waited, but when she didn't come back, he decided to live his life with other women.
She couldn't stand this anymore.
He didn't love her that much at all, it was all lies. She thought that they had shed their disguises and deceptions, leaving each other with only their true feelings.
But Mu Jin reunited with his beloved wife a year after she disappeared. How could she feel?
Yes, he had not seen her. If he had seen her, he would naturally have changed his mind.
But she also felt incredibly wronged. Didn't his willingness to accept Cheng Yuan again prove that his defenses could be opened to another woman? She couldn't help but yearn for a man who had already changed his mind.
When she arrived outside Siyu Garden, she suddenly calmed down, calmer than ever before.
She felt something burning in her blood, but she swore that if this fire would completely burn her, then she would burn him as well today. Thinking of this, she was not afraid of anything and walked in quietly.
The camellia in Yuyuan has blossomed, and the voices of babies can be heard along with the fragrance of the flowers.
It was unbearable. I didn't know if it was the child's voice or the fragrance of the flowers and trees, or maybe both.
She paused only for a moment, then continued walking towards them.
The first one to discover her was Cheng Yuan. She suddenly screamed as if she was pricked by something.
Mu Jin turned around and seemed to slowly realize that Jiaoran had returned.
He held the lovely little girl in his arms. She had a pink face and could not speak clearly. Her eyes were like black grapes, staring at the uninvited guest.
Jiaoran's voice sounded out of control. "You don't seem very happy or surprised to see me back."
Mu Jin hummed, frowned, and gently stroked the child's tender face with one hand. The child whimpered, "Daddy... Daddy..." Jiaoran heard other children calling him daddy, and a sharp pain in her ear pulled her throat, which was also sore and painful. She couldn't say anything for a while.
He asked nonchalantly, "Are you feeling better now?"
She held her breath and took a step forward, as if trying to endure it.
Seeing this, Cheng Yuan hurriedly stepped in front of Mu Jin and the child to stop Jiaoran from going any further. Even Xiaoju and Susu came over to pull her and asked her to sit down and have a cup of tea first.
For a moment, she became a guest of Siyu Garden.
ridiculous.
The child may have also realized the farce that was about to break out, and immediately started crying. Cheng Yuan and Mu Jin ignored Jiaoran who was present and coaxed the child like a couple who respected each other and loved each other deeply.
He was so skilled in coaxing the child, as if he had done it countless times.
Mu Jin handed the child, who had stopped crying, to Cheng Yuan. He really seemed like a good father.
"Take her back to the house first. It's getting a bit cold outside. Be careful that the child doesn't catch a cold."
Cheng Yuan raised her head and looked at him. The two of them had a tacit understanding that Jiaoran had never known before. She went back to the room with the child in her arms without saying a word. Several maids followed her, leaving Mu Jin and Jiaoran under the flower tree.
They stood there at arm's length.
It was Jiaoran who broke the deadlock and stepped forward to hold his hand. She didn't believe that Mu Jin would change his mind. She felt that his hand was very stiff, as if he was no longer used to her touch.
His expression was gloomy, as if he would never smile at her again, which made her feel heartbroken.
In her eyes, she had only disappeared for a few days, as if she was visiting Qianlin Garden yesterday, and when she came back today, she was no longer the original Mu Jin.
A cold wind blew in from the yard. Without thinking, Jiaoran stepped forward to tuck his clothes in, but he grabbed her wrist midway and said, "No need."
He had never been so cold to her before.
Jiaoran didn't believe it. He still loved her. How could she not feel his love? It was obvious that when she saw him for the last time at the Falling Ca Nu Pond, he still loved her so deeply. But now that he was back, he was extremely indifferent to her.
"Chaiche said you two should have another grand wedding."
"Um."
"Why did you agree?"
Mu Jin looked at her and said, "Since she is already my wife, why shouldn't I agree to her small request?"
"After I disappeared, did you really look for me?"
"I searched for a long time."
"Not enough," she said. "If you mean a year or two when you say a long time, then that's not enough."
"What do you want from me?"
He suddenly said these heartless words that any other man could say to a woman.
"I want you to never change your mind about me! I want you to leave here with me." Before this, she had planned to continue to hide in the Governor's Mansion to find Gao Shanshou, but according to the current situation, she could not bear to watch Mu Jin marry another woman.
"I am already a father. Didn't you see that child just now?"
Jiao Ran sneered, "Is that your child?"
His expression suddenly changed, and he said with a hint of malice, "I advise you not to talk nonsense."
"You know exactly whose child she is. Also, do you really think your identity as Master Mu is real? And my identity as a maid is fake too. Everyone in this Governor's Mansion is fake, and the serious Governor is even more fake. But I thought our love was real in such a fake place, but now you make me feel that this love is also fake."
When he was silent, Jiaoran felt more uncomfortable than the last time they argued before Zhuxing Chai Che's wedding.
She wanted him to say something, and she intended to believe whatever he said or explained.
Because he is Mu Jin.
She stood there motionless and said to him, "Come here."
But he refused to go forward.
Jiaoran said it again.
He just shook his head.
So she had no choice but to take a step forward to his side, stretch out her hands to pull him close, and stand on tiptoe to seek his cold kiss.
The tears made the kiss very salty and bitter, but he never kissed her back once. He just stood there motionless, as if the kiss didn't exist at all.
She was heartbroken and her hands were shaking slightly.
Reason told her that she should ask him what happened and why he suddenly changed his heart, but anger, disappointment, and unwillingness almost swallowed her whole.
She didn't believe it, so she tried again, pressing his lips firmly against hers, but he remained unmoved.
Jiaoran was at a loss, her anger broke out of her control in an instant, she raised her hand and slapped him hard, she was so angry that when he slowly turned his face, Jiaoran saw the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth and half of his face was swollen.
This was not the result she wanted. She never thought that she would hurt Mu Jin again.
But it was he who started it. He was the one who led her into his trap step by step like a hunter, making her fall in love with him and feel distressed. It was he who seduced her and made her fall in love with him, but now he has to give up and move on to another woman.
He made her fall in love with him uncontrollably and willing to transcend hatred and stay with him, but in the blink of an eye he was about to pull away.
Jiaoran couldn't face him anymore.
He didn't stay for long and walked straight back to the study without looking back once.
She walked out of Siyu Garden in a daze.
Her eyes were blurry and she could hardly see anything.
Someone followed her from behind and raised his hand to hit her, but Jiaoran's body reacted faster than her brain. He grabbed her wrist, pushed her back, and pushed her away.
She looked around and saw that no one was passing by. She lowered her voice and said, "How dare you hit him? What gives you the right?!"
"Because he is mine." Jiaoran was extremely domineering.
"He's yours? Haha, you should use your brain. He and I are the husband and wife who signed the marriage certificate. You are not even a concubine."
Jiao Ran refused to give in. "What about you? How good are you? Is that child his? You and I both know whose it is. I don't want to say it because I'm afraid it will cause a rift and make everyone look bad."
"He doesn't care whose child it is. He's willing to be the child's father, and so am I. Who are you? You can't control how we live. If he's really unhappy, at worst, I can give him another child after a while."
Jiao Ran was so angry that he almost bit his lips and teeth, "How dare you!"
In the past, they lived in peace. Jiaoran once felt sorry for her and couldn't help but feel pity for her. Now it seems that she must have been kicked in the brain by a donkey to feel pity for this aggressive woman in front of her.
"Why wouldn't I dare? You think you're much better than me, right? Don't think I don't know. He was almost shot to death that time because of you. You even dared to kill him. I just slept with other men a few times without telling him. In comparison, I'm still a hundred times better than you."
"Just keep your mouth shut. I never meant to kill him."
Cheng Yuan pushed away the finger pointing at her and said bluntly, "Since neither of us is a good woman, then he shouldn't suffer any loss if he chooses someone who treats him better. After all, I didn't really hurt him, but you almost took his life. After you left, it was me who stayed by his side, and it was my child who healed his inner trauma and allowed him to start over again to face every day without you."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
