Upon hearing this, Xuancao's expression changed slightly.
"I was injured, and you took care of my body."
Ji Zichen pointed to himself and said, "But you've taken care of me for so long, have you ever suffered even the slightest grievance?"
“When you first went to join the army, I was still in a coma. The first thing I did after I woke up was to hold those who looked down on you and made you suffer!”
"You pretend to be cowardly, refusing to look up. No matter who is right or wrong, I will protect you when you bump into someone!"
"Even if you just pour me a glass of water, I'll thank you politely..."
"..."
Ji Zichen's words were resounding and powerful.
Upon hearing this, Xuancao exclaimed, "!!!"
She couldn't help but look up at him and said in a deep voice, "Aren't you being so polite because you look down on me and are deliberately distancing yourself from me?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Zichen chuckled.
He sneered and said, "Me, distance myself from you? If I distance myself from you, will I tell everyone you're my betrothed? If I distance myself from you, will I blindly protect you in every way? If I distance myself from you, will my reputation for spoiling my wife spread like wildfire?"
"Qin Xuancao, you're not the only smart person in this world!"
"I saw that you were sensitive, that you had the resilience hidden beneath your timid exterior. I was afraid you'd misunderstand and think I looked down on you, afraid you'd distance yourself from me because of your inferiority complex! But..."
"I carefully protected your dignity, but in the end you trampled my dignity underfoot!"
"Your words of sympathy and pity encompassed everything, but your words of annulment ended it all..."
Ji Zichen became more and more excited as he spoke.
He couldn't help but pull Xuancao close to him, forcing her to look at him and saying, "Qin Xuancao, you're so smart, how could you not see that my feelings for you are genuine?"
"You can tell, yet you still treat me like this!"
Do you even have a heart?
Upon hearing this, Xuancao exclaimed, "!!!"
His eyes flickered slightly.
She opened her mouth as if to say something, but...
Ji Zichen: ...
In his emotional state, he swayed and fell directly onto Xuancao.
Daylily: "!!!"
She managed to catch him, her face filled with shock. "Ji Zichen! Ji Zichen, what's wrong?"
She called out to him while shouting towards the kitchen, "Uncle Gu! Uncle Gu, come out quickly! Ji Zichen has fainted!"
In the kitchen.
Gu Guanhai: ...
Hearing her call, he subconsciously glanced at Old Yuan, who was squatting on the ground.
Yu Mingxiang took her sons to inquire about Qin Yuzhu. He knew about her, but...
Old Yuan is acting strangely here, so he doesn't dare to go with him. Now Ji Zichen has fainted at home.
Gu Guanhai frowned. "They're here."
He responded and got up to leave the kitchen.
A moment later.
The unconscious Ji Zichen was dragged to the kang (a heated brick bed) in the main room, where Xuancao stood by his side, her face full of worry.
Gu Guanhai glanced at her and chuckled.
He sneered and said, "Didn't you say you didn't like it and even called off the engagement? Why are you so nervous now?"
Upon hearing this, Xuancao exclaimed, "!!!"
She turned her head and glared at him, "What kind of time is this to be making sarcastic remarks?"
She said through gritted teeth, "Don't think that just because you kissed my mother you can be my stepfather! Let me tell you, if you offend me, you can forget about stepping into my house!"
Gu Guanhai was speechless upon hearing this.
They fell silent immediately.
That girl holds a grudge!
We can't afford to mess with them.
He glanced at Ji Zichen lying on the bed and said awkwardly, "Don't worry, he just fainted from hunger. I'll go to the kitchen and cook him something to eat, and he'll be fine after that."
Upon hearing this, Xuancao instinctively stood up, "I'll cook it!"
She said, "He doesn't like the food that other people cook."
Upon seeing this, Gu Guanhai shook his head and refused.
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