Chapter 75 Fake crying
It was not good for Chen Hui to act spoiled and beg for mercy from Li Youde in front of so many people. To take care of his prestige, she couldn’t even ask for the reason. She could only lower her head and say, “Yes, lord…”
When she walked out slowly, she deliberately stepped on Qi Shengwen’s foot when she passed by him. And when she saw that he obviously felt much pain, but he had to look upright and couldn’t show any weird expression, she felt very happy secretly.
When she came out, Chen Hui didn’t return but waited boredly in the yard. If there was trouble, she might be able to help…Her identity was not right and she just angered Li Youde again, presumably, she would add oil to the fire.
While Chen Hui was holding her heart here, a group of people walked in. She subconsciously looked over, and the leader just also happened to look over. Chen Hui was slightly shocked. Isn’t that…soldier Gu, Gu Tianhe?!
Chen Hui was overjoyed at first. Before she could worry about Gu Tianhe recognizing her, a hint of surprise flashed across his face and he seemed to have understood something immediately. He signaled his subordinates to go first and walked over.
“Lady Chen?” He stood two meters away from Chen Hui and whispered, “Lord Li…brought you here?”
Gu Tianhe left the capital early. Naturally, he didn’t know what Chen Hui went through with Li Youde after he left. Therefore, he naturally couldn’t figure out why Chen Hui appeared here.
“Soldier Gu!” Chen Hui said, “It was Lord Li who brought me here…That, my name is Little Monkey now.”
“Little Monkey?” Gu Tianhe was dumbstruck. His expression looked a bit weird.
“It is a name Lord Li came up with…” Li Youde really possesses the god-like ability to come up with names. For example, Chrysanthemum Yard…
- Chrysanthemum is a slang for anus in Chinese.
Seeing Chen Hui’s unwillingness to say more, Gu Tianhe also didn’t ask more. He only nodded and said, “Then, it’s fine. I still have assignments and will leave first.”
“Wait…,” Chen Hui hurriedly stopped him, “Can you tell me what is going on here? I was also listening inside just now but Lord Li suddenly got angry and kicked me out.”
Gu Tianhe hesitated for a moment and said, “I only know about the affairs related to my mission…You can ask Lord Li when he comes out. Goodbye.”
Chen Hui opened and closed her mouth but didn’t say anything to stop him in the end. Since he was not willing to bother with her, she should endure it. However, Chen Hui also felt relieved after seeing that her savior was still fine.
Chen Hui waited outside for a long time. The people inside came out one after another. She quickly stepped aside. Li Youde was the first one to come out. He glanced once at Chen Hui. He didn’t say anything and walked out by himself. Chen Hui also didn’t need him to speak and quickly followed.
Li Youde walked to the outside and stopped suddenly. He turned around, glared at her and said in a strange tone, “Why are you still following? Weren’t you having a very good chat with that one surnamed Qi? Go follow him.”
Chen Hui was dumbstruck for a moment and then said aggrievedly, “Lord, I’m wronged! It was obviously that Qi Shengwen who came to me on his own initiative. I let him roll away, he didn’t roll. When I was about to go away myself, I was driven out by lord…”
Li Youde didn’t listen to her and sneered, “You have to follow because you want to see him, isn’t that right? Oh, perhaps you followed me to Fanyang because of him!”
Chen Hui listened to Li Youde’s more and more outrageous words. She was so angry that she wanted to give him a slap fiercely. What he said didn’t turn in his brain, right?! This had been deliberated edited. Why doesn’t he go become a storyteller?!
“…Anyway, I didn’t,” Chen Hui looked down at her the tip of her shoe as if she was a dead pig that doesn’t fear scalding water.
Speaking of which, is he jealous?
Chen Hui guessed that it must be like that, otherwise, why would he attack her inexplicably verbally? She just said a few words to Qi Shengwen and it was he who came to her. She was as innocent as a newborn baby.
Chen Hui originally wanted to tell Li Youde this fact to attack him verbally. Who lets him be stubborn last time and say that he doesn’t like her? However, thinking about the current situation, it was better to wait until the war is over.
“Didn’t? If you didn’t, why did he have to pester you,” Li Youde glared at her while he said this.
Chen Hui wanted to say that in fact this couldn’t be considered pestering at all, but if she said this, Li Youde would probably get angry again. She thought for a moment and simply covered her face and started crying.
“…What are you crying for?!” Li Youde didn’t expect that not only did Chen Hui not explain and even cried. He immediately panicked. However, due to face, he couldn’t coax her. He could only pretend to severely reprimand her.
If Chen Hui raised his head now, she would be able to see the clear affection in Li Youde’s eyes. Of course, Li Youde also would see that there were no tears in her eyes.
Chen Hui didn’t raise her head. She just walked to their temporary residence while she choked. She felt sad like a little girl who went out shopping with her mother but got lost in the end.
Li Youde looked at Chen Hui pass by him without looking at him. She only walked forward without looking while she sobbed. He was dumbstruck for a moment before he quickly followed.
Li Youde didn’t get too close and just stayed two steps behind Chen Hui. Only then did he ask her, “What are you crying for?”
Chen Hui naturally continued to ignore him.
Li Youde first thought that his tone may have been too harsh. She was a little girl after all and couldn’t handle if he speaks too harshly. However, he didn’t see her react much when he had said more overboard things in the past. Why is her reaction so big for such a trivial matter?
Afterwards, Li Youde recalled the last question he asked before she cried. The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became. He asked her why that one surnamed Qi pestered her, but she just cried. Could it be that something has happened that he didn’t know about? That one surnamed Qi bullied her, or is…is it because of him? That person surnamed Qi got to know his identity, so, that person ridiculed and insulted Lady Chen because he is a eunuch?
Chen Hui didn’t give a response. Countless thoughts turned in Li Youde’s heart. He regretted that he had been too fierce with her. Following him already let her suffer grievances. He scolded her. She couldn’t be seen as a human on the inside and outside. Presumably, she was crying so miserably because she was so wronged.
But when thinking about it, he is now the eunuch Binbi of the Department of Rites. How many people in this country have higher status than him? She should be deeply grateful that he took a fancy on her. If it weren’t for him, it was unknown to where she would be sent to by Chen household in the future! Being gifted to him, he would still protect and pamper her. How many women could have such good luck?
As a result, Li Youde’s back straightened a bit. He took two strides forward, but when he was one step away from Chen Hui, he slowed down again, and thus distanced himself from Chen Hui.
What others want may not be what Lady Chen wants, right? Seeing that she loved children so much that day, but she was forced to follow him and wouldn’t be able to have children in this lifetime…Moreover, if she has married someone else, whether it was the wife or the concubine, at least she would have a status. But he…if he didn’t want to let others have something that could be used against him, it could only be like this for her whole life.
Chen Hui was crying while listening to Li Youde’s movement behind her. She heard that his footsteps follow her for a moment and then they slowed down. Then, they chased after her again, but never caught up with her. She was really curious but it wasn’t good for her to turn her head. What was he doing? Waltzing?
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