Chapter 262: Chapter 236
None of them slept much at night.
Everyone spent Saturday catching up on sleep during the day.
Among them, Qiao Yuxian slept the longest.
By the time she woke up, it was almost getting dark again.
She groggily got up, looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, and was stunned for a while before she realized where she was.
She glanced through the floor-to-ceiling windows to see the sun setting in the west.
She ruffled her hair messily, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom.
After coming out of the bathroom, she changed into some loungewear before leaving the room.
Standing in the hallway, she looked around but saw no one.
She walked towards the elevator, and as she neared it, a servant came up the stairs.
Qiao Yuxian looked at her.
The servant also saw her, quickly walked two steps towards her, and respectfully bowed her head and said, "Madam."
When Qiao Yuxian arrived here in the early hours, she only saw the housekeeper and a few others in the yard, but no one inside the villa.
In Fenglin Villa, there was only Aunt Mei.
Suddenly seeing others, she was still not quite accustomed to it.
"Hello," Qiao Yuxian smiled politely, "Do you know where Gu Yanjing is?"
"Mr. Gu and Mr. Chu are in the third floor living room."
"Okay. Thank you."
Qiao Yuxian continued towards the elevator.
After she left, the servant who spoke to her left as well.
Qiao Yuxian took a few steps and glanced back at her.
Judging by her light footsteps, it was obvious she was quite skilled.
It seems that all the servants in Jingyu Garden are masters in their own right.
She took the elevator to the third floor, and upon exiting, she encountered several people who greeted her.
After just one nap, the entire Jingyu Garden knew that Mr. Gu had brought Madam back.
In the third-floor living room, she saw Chu Zhengran and greeted him first. After sitting down beside Gu Yanjing, she asked, "Qin Xia..."
Chu Zhengran’s eyes were gentle and his lips smiled; he was polite and gentle as jade, and his voice was also soft and courteous: "She was picked up by an assistant in the afternoon."
He spoke in a very polite manner.
Without fully disclosing that Qin Xia had slipped out of his house like a thief.
"Oh," Qiao Yuxian looked at him, realizing that there seemed to be no progress between the two.
Otherwise... at this time, Chu Zhengran wouldn’t appear here alone.
Before sleeping in the morning, she asked about Qin Xia’s foot and found it wasn’t a big issue.
Other than that, she didn’t ask, and Qin Xia didn’t say.
Qiao Yuxian could very strongly sense that Qin Xia loved Chu Zhengran very much.
And it was also clear that Chu Zhengran had feelings for Qin Xia.
She didn’t know what on earth had happened back then.
Leading them to the current stage.
Gu Yanjing looked at her slightly swollen lips and asked, "Hungry?"
"I’m okay," Qiao Yuxian replied.
She had slept nearly a day and had yet to feel hungry.
Gu Yanjing poured her a glass of water.
Qiao Yuxian took a sip, then looked at Chu Zhengran and said, "Mr. Chu, do you have something you want to say to me?"
Chu Zhengran looked at her and gave a slight smile, "Indeed, there are some questions to ask Miss Qiao."
Gu Yanjing watched him.
Feeling his gaze, Chu Zhengran looked at Gu Yanjing.
That look seemed to say: I won’t call her sister-in-law.
Qiao Yuxian looked at the two of them and said, "Mr. Chu, what I know is limited."
"But you know Qin Rui," Chu Zhengran said.
Qiao Yuxian didn’t speak, considering it an acknowledgment.
"I want to know why Qin Rui wants to kill Qin Xia," Chu Zhengran asked directly.
Qiao Yuxian looked at his gentle eyebrows and eyes, paused, and replied, "Why don’t you ask Qin Xia."
Chu Zhengran gave a slightly helpless smile.
Qiao Yuxian said, "Mr. Chu, some things are better told directly by Qin Xia. If she doesn’t want to say, I have no right to speak for her."
Chu Zhengran was silent for a moment before asking, "Not even a hint?"
Qiao Yuxian shook her head.
Chu Zhengran took a deep breath and nodded, "As expected."
Qiao Yuxian smiled faintly.
"But I still wanted to try with a little hope," Chu Zhengran said.
"So I extinguished that little hope of Mr. Chu," Qiao Yuxian pinched Gu Yanjing’s finger and said.
Chu Zhengran sighed with a smile.
Gu Yanjing said, "Don’t lament in my house."
"Yanjing, speak with a little more courtesy," Chu Zhengran responded slowly, "It’s not just your house now."
"But it’s still my house," Gu Yanjing said in a chilly tone.
Chu Zhengran fell silent.
Listening to their conversation, Qiao Yuxian smiled and looked at Chu Zhengran, "Mr. Chu, actually you can ask Qin Xia directly if you want to know something."
"You should know her quite well," Chu Zhengran said, "Do you think she would tell me?"
"Mr. Chu should know her better," Qiao Yuxian said, "If you truly want to be with her, does it matter if she tells or not? To put it another way, whether this matter is spoken of or not won’t affect your being together. Conversely, if you won’t be together, asking these questions means little."
Chu Zhengran’s eyes flickered slightly.
"The main issue lies between the two of you," Qiao Yuxian said, "I don’t know what happened between you back then. If those events are a hurdle you can’t overcome, then each should marry separately and not delay each other. If those past events mean nothing to your current selves, I think you shouldn’t let past things stand between you."
Gu Yanjing looked at her.
The gaze had a sense of seeing a young girl growing up overnight.
"A lifetime is just so long, I don’t know how much longer you intend to waste it," Qiao Yuxian said softly.
Chu Zhengran fell silent.
Gu Yanjing looked at him, understanding that he now needed some time alone, he squeezed Qiao Yuxian’s hand and said, "Eat?"
"Yes," Qiao Yuxian nodded.
Gu Yanjing held her hand and stood up, and the two walked toward the elevator together.
Once inside the elevator, as soon as the doors closed, Qiao Yuxian stood beside Gu Yanjing, pouting her lips for him to see.
She looked at him with a slightly blaming expression.
Gu Yanjing looked over, saw a very small cut inside her lower lip, and said, "It’s broken."
Qiao Yuxian nodded emphatically.
"Was it from my kissing?" Gu Yanjing asked again.
Qiao Yuxian’s expression turned a bit fierce, and she nodded even more emphatically.
At the time, she was numb from the kissing and didn’t feel it.
After sleeping and waking up, there was a lingering pain.
She looked at it carefully in the bathroom before noticing the small cut.
She initially thought showing it to Gu Yanjing, he wouldn’t find it, but he spotted it right away.
Gu Yanjing cupped her chin with his thumb and fingers, lowered his head, and gently kissed where she was hurt.
Just as the elevator doors opened, Gu Yanjing said, "Next time, gentler."
"There won’t be a next time," Qiao Yuxian said and ran outside.
But she hadn’t even gotten a meter from the elevator when Gu Yanjing grabbed her arm.
The housekeeper was walking towards the elevator, and as soon as he arrived, he saw Gu Yanjing pulling the newcomer into his wife’s arm, then, with a bit of force, pinned her against the wall.
Mr. Gu stepped forward and practically pinned her against the wall.
The housekeeper was shocked, eyes wide, and instinctively turned around to scurry back.
He had never seen such a side of Mr. Gu, shaking with fright.
This moment was scarier than seeing Mr. Gu’s expressionless face.
This was a fear of the unknown.
As he ran into the living room, the maid saw him looking as if he had seen a ghost and asked, "Housekeeper Lu, what’s the matter?"
Housekeeper Lu raised his hands, trembling constantly, and was rendered speechless, unable to utter a word.
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