Gan Qiongying heard Li Hua's voice, turned around and saw that he had actually come out.
He was originally in the carriage, but as Gan Qiongying turned around, Li Hua got off the carriage directly.
The servants all surrounded Gan Qiongying, and no one put down a footstool for Li Hua. Li Hua jumped off the carriage.
He has a slight limp in his left leg, but he usually controls his steps and posture, so it's not very noticeable unless he walks too fast.
But today, at this very moment, Li Hua didn't even care that walking so fast would expose her flaws to others.
Therefore, he did not wait for Gan Qiongying to turn around and came back. He stumbled off the carriage and ran towards her, his steps uneven.
Throughout Li Hua's life, he has faced many choices and being chosen, but this is the only time he truly doesn't want to lose.
He didn't want to lose everything at the moment when he was so absurd that he even laughed at himself for wanting to be a real husband and wife with Gan Qiongying.
He quickly stepped forward, pushed through the crowd, and grabbed Gan Qiongying's arm.
Li Hua's breathing was rapid. After standing still, he looked over Gan Qiongying's shoulder and back and met Zhongli Zhengzhen, who was riding a tall horse.
Zhongli was truly surprised by Li Hua's gaze and behavior, especially by the hostility he sensed from Li Hua towards him.
He pulled on the reins, but the horse stood still. He looked at Li Hua with a puzzled expression.
Looking at his older brother, who was not close to him, who had been living among the common people since childhood, who had been found by his parents after great difficulty, and who had followed him to Nanzhao and helped him all the way, he felt complicated.
Li Hua quickly concealed the undercurrent in his eyes and looked at Gan Qiongying, saying, "Let's go. We've been delayed for too long, and I'm a little... hungry."
This was, of course, an excuse. Li Hua's face didn't betray the shame and embarrassment on his cheeks, but the back of his ears betrayed his lack of confidence.
However, Li Hua held onto Gan Qiongying tightly, determined to take this gamble.
If his wife still chooses to go to another man at this point, then Li Hua will be able to completely accept his fate. He will tell himself to stop having wild thoughts and indulging in meaningless daydreams.
He had never looked at Gan Qiongying so deeply, nor had he ever held her so tightly.
Gan Qiongying was unaware that in the blink of an eye, Li Hua and she had already stood on the scales of whether they could get along harmoniously in the future.
She asked Li Hua curiously, "Why did you get down here?"
Upon hearing this, Li Hua's face stiffened, and even his heart trembled violently.
His first reaction was that Gan Qiongying was complaining that he shouldn't have come down at this time and shouldn't have disturbed her and Zhongli Zhengzhen's conversation.
He must have looked extremely disheveled when he ran over, reminding Li Hua of a lame dog she once fed.
Li Hua has fed many stray dogs. Some of them became familiar with her after being fed a few times, and she could take them with her. They would also act affectionately towards her.
But the lame dog, because its leg had been broken, refused to be affectionate anymore. Li Hua fed it many times, and it eventually stopped biting Li Hua, but it still refused to leave that dirty alley.
At that time, Li Hua looked at that dog and thought, how much it was like him. It had self-awareness and knew that going out to act cute and charming would only make it look worse and might annoy people. In the end, it wouldn't even get this last bit of charity.
Li Hua felt a sense of desolation in an instant.
But soon, before Li Hua's pathetic and laughable self-esteem could fall to the ground and shatter, Gan Qiongying caught it steadily, then carefully lifted it up for Li Hua and put it back into his chest.
"Why didn't you ask the servants to put a stool for you? You almost fell, didn't you?" Gan Qiongying took Li Hua's hand and followed his words, "It is indeed getting late, we shouldn't delay any longer, let's go."
She linked arms with Li Hua and walked on his left, using some force to almost pull half of his body weight onto herself.
When Li Hua walks like this, his left foot doesn't need much leverage to touch the ground, and he can walk freely.
She walked slowly, matching his pace, and from behind, they looked like a loving couple.
Li Hua took two steps and noticed it. His nose stung so much that he dared not move his eyes, for fear that his eyes would suddenly well up with tears.
Her gentleness always came at the perfect time, making it impossible for Li Hua to escape the swamp of gentleness she had created, and impossible for him to pull his legs out and continue forward.
Gan Qiongying was well aware of the true relationship between Li Hua and Zhong Li: twins, the one who was abandoned, and also disabled.
He did look rather disheveled as he rushed over, and she had to save face for him.
Gan Qiongying would never allow him to lose face in front of Zhongli Zhengzhen!
Her God of Wealth is the coolest!
Therefore, before the two even reached the carriage, Gan Qiongying solemnly scolded the maids, saying, "What are you all doing! The prince consort got out of the carriage and didn't even put out a stool. When we get back, none of you will escape punishment!"
She personally helped Li Hua to the carriage. The treadmill was set up, but she didn't get on. Instead, she acted like a devoted maid, helping Li Hua up with gentle eyes and brows.
Li Hua got into the carriage and was about to climb in when Gan Qiongying stopped him again, as if hooking her arm around his neck to make him lower his head. As if being intimate, she leaned close to Li Hua's ear and asked, "Did you run out to relieve yourself? Don't rush, this isn't a good place. Let's walk a little further and have the servants find a secluded spot with lots of trees before we stop, okay?"
As the two of them moved up and down, Li Hua felt warm breath near her ear, and her own breathing began to tighten.
He was so impulsive today, but thankfully... thankfully she chose him.
Li Hua's mind was churning like boiling water, filled with the thought that she had chosen her, that she had chosen her, that she had chosen her...
She even helped me back herself, and from beginning to end, she didn't look at Zhongli Zhengzhen once more.
She's smiling at me again now, and speaking so gently.
Zhongli Zhengzhen is watching; he saw it all, didn't he?
He must have seen it all.
Gan Qiongying chose him.
Li Hua's mind was filled with the silent competition and the joy of her great victory. She had no idea what Gan Qiongying was talking about and responded with a confused reply.
Gan Qiongying reached out and took out a handkerchief, then pretended to wipe his dry forehead.
Then, turning slightly to give Zhongli Zhengzhen the best viewing angle, he smiled and said, "It's crooked."
They untied the jade ring that Li Hua had been wearing because she kept leaning forward and it was like taking off her pants to fart – they simply retied it.
She didn't intend to rush into showing affection with Li Hua. She needed to find a suitable opportunity. She knew Li Hua's sore spot and his real relationship with Zhong Li. At least she wouldn't let him get out of the car to cooperate with her under these circumstances.
But since Li Hua got out of the car and crashed into it, this was an opportunity that shouldn't be missed.
Zhongli Zhengzhen was indeed watching Gan Qiongying and Li Hua closely, and even clearly saw the jade ring that Gan Qiongying had taken back from him. His expression darkened slightly.
What did she say at the time?
He said that the prince consort loved Yang Guifei dearly, and since she couldn't find anything satisfactory in the storeroom, she asked him to return Yang Guifei to her in order to please her.
At the time, Zhong Lizhengzhen thought she was just talking nonsense. She knew her relationship with the prince consort better than anyone else!
But today he truly saw the jade ring on the prince consort.
Zhongli Zhengzhen felt a kind of indescribable tightness in his throat. What was originally a trivial matter had snowballed and dragged on for so long, and finally, when the jade ring appeared on the prince consort, it blocked his throat.
Zhongli Zhengzhen kept looking at Gan Qiongying. She had clearly come to talk to him just now, but until she finally got into the carriage, her whole attention was on the prince consort.
She didn't look in his direction again.
This secret show ended with Gan Qiongying getting into the carriage, and Zhongli Zhengzhen riding away with his guards.
Upon reaching a dense forest, Gan Qiongying asked someone to stop the car and said to Li Hua, who hadn't moved since getting in, "Aren't you in a hurry? Let's go."
Gan Qiongying pointed to a clump of low trees not far away and said, "The leaves there are dense."
"What?" Li Hua was still reeling from the moment Zhong Lizheng rode away on horseback, when they made eye contact through the carriage window.
Horses and carriages passed each other, and Song Ci, a guard beside Zhongli Zhengzhen, sneakily tossed a crumpled piece of paper into the carriage window.
At this very moment, it is in Li Hua's hands.
This crumpled piece of paper was like a hot potato; he didn't want to open it, but he couldn't really throw it away either.
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