Author: Zhong Lin

No wonder she was the only one who was always worried about his wedding, while Gu Jingcheng himself didn't take it to heart at all.

Su Xiaomu closed her eyes, and a tear rolled down from her eyes.

She tried hard to control the anger in her chest and prevent it from burning her whole body.

"What happened to your legs?"

She raised her hand and grabbed Gu Jingcheng's wrist, gradually increasing the strength on her hand: "Why did you lie to me?"

It was just a joke, she had been kept in the dark all along.

"I had something to hide at the beginning." Gu Jingcheng tightened his strength. He hugged Su Xiaomu tightly and panicked. "Besides, my legs haven't recovered for a long time. Can you give me a chance to explain?"

"No, I don't want to hear any explanation from you."

Su Xiaomu stubbornly opened his fingers and pressed them one by one.

She put aside Gu Jingcheng's arm, kicked the door open and left.

The cold wind was raging outside, and although there was no frost or ice condensing, Gu Jingcheng still felt that his heart was cold to the core.

He sat on the bed and looked down at his legs, wishing for the first time that he was really lame.

The day dawned very slowly, and Gu Jingcheng sat there for a long time. He felt the time passing by, and suddenly felt that it would be difficult for Su Xiaomu to forgive him this time.

The open door faced the screen, and there were vague silhouettes of people flickering.

Taohong came in to collect the clothes they had changed to wash, and when she saw Gu Jingcheng, she rolled her eyes without concealing it.

"My wife said that if Mr. Gu recovers from his injury, he should find another place to live. The small temple here cannot accommodate a big Buddha like Mr. Gu, and he shouldn't even think about staying away. A noble scholar like you won't be a maid like us.

General knowledge."

Taohong picked up the clothes Su Xiaomu had changed out of yesterday and left, not looking at Gu Jingcheng again.

"Where is your wife?"

Gu Jingcheng didn't care about Taohong's attitude towards him. He only cared about what Su Xiaomu thought of him. He didn't care about anyone other than her.

"My wife went out early in the morning. She doesn't sleep until three o'clock in the morning like the young master does. The carriage has been prepared for you, and you can leave immediately."

Taohong's words this time were not as pleasant as before.

Su Xiaomu packed all Gu Jingcheng's things for him overnight, and now they are all placed on the carriage.

She erased all traces of him in the hot spring courtyard. Gu Jingcheng sat in the carriage and read his books and articles. For the first time, he felt completely panicked.

He had never thought that Su Xiaomu would be such a "cruel" person. Before, he only knew that she could not get rid of the sand in her eyes. He had also expected what she would be like in this matter, but he never thought that things would turn out like this in the end.

Out of control.

The carriage was supposed to go to Master Wan's house. Gu Jingcheng had missed many study arrangements during the New Year, but he felt uneasy and went straight to Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin always knows more about women than he does. Maybe he can give him some suggestions on how to calm Su Xiaomu's anger.

This was his fault, and it was all his fault.

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After Su Xiaomu left the hot spring courtyard in the morning, she entered Fucheng without stopping. She first went to the dessert shop to see how Aunt Zhao was doing her business, and then she took Zhao Mu and Zhao Lin to buy materials for making balm.

She has never made any balm before coming here, so although she has many ideas in her head, it still takes a lot of effort to realize them one by one.

Zhao Lin and Zhao Mu were all following her, and when she saw that they were listening to her words, she suddenly fell into a trance.

She has been holding back a fire in her heart from morning until now, and she is doing things non-stop just in the hope that this can divert her attention, but all the unhappiness will not disappear just because of this. On the contrary, the more depressed she is, the easier it is to rebound.

Gu Jingcheng lied to her. She believed in Gu Jingcheng so much that she felt guilty about his injury and he actually lied to her.

For almost two months, she had been taking care of him every day, worrying about him every day and thinking about him in his early days.

But I didn't expect that these were all useless efforts, and everything was fake.

"Madam, are you in a bad mood today?"

Zhao Mu asked her tentatively: "I have been out for a long time today, and it seems that my wife has never smiled."

"I can't say I'm in a bad mood, I can only say I haven't been happy all day."

Although Su Xiaomu cheered up irritably, he did not vent his temper on Zhao Mu and Zhao Lin.

"If you usually do something that makes Aunt Zhao angry, how does she usually behave?"

Su Xiaomu was sulking alone here. She didn't want to see Gu Jingcheng or listen to his explanation, but it was also difficult to reconcile with herself.

As soon as he calmed down, his mind was filled with images of him standing up and running towards her yesterday.

If it were in the past, it would be hard for Su Xiaomu not to be moved by such a Mary Sue scene.

But at the moment, she only knew that it was all a lie.

"My mother usually scolds us and makes my brother and I kneel in front of our ancestors to admit our mistakes."

Zhao Mu scratched his head, and he was a little embarrassed: "But Mom hasn't been like this for a long time. Ever since we stayed with her, she likes everything she looks at us, so why does she still scold us?"

"And my mother also said," Zhao Lin said with a smile, "You only live for a few decades, so you should always think about some happy things, and don't shut yourself up in the bad things in the past. We are all just ordinary.

People, being happy is the most important thing.”

"Yes, Aunt Zhao is right, being happy is the most important thing."

Su Xiaomu touched their heads and expressed his agreement.

Su Xiaomu finally thought about it.

Although Zhao Lin and Zhao Mu are still children, what they said is very reasonable.

She is so entangled now because she is using Gu Jingcheng's mistakes to embarrass herself.

What he did wrong was that he didn't treat others with sincerity in their relationship.

Su Xiaomu no longer wanted to delve deeper into what Gu Jingcheng was thinking at that time.

In fact, she could more or less guess why Gu Jingcheng pretended to be lame. Upon closer inspection, the princess from the capital was always a big threat to them.

Although Gu Jingcheng is a talented man who has gained a lot of fame in the city, and his talent may have been heard by His Majesty in the capital, before the imperial examination, Gu Jingcheng was just a white man, so how could he offend the princess from the capital?

Even if he could afford to offend him, would he really be willing to give up the fame he had so easily obtained and become an idle scholar from now on?

No, Gu Jingcheng couldn't do it, so he had to pretend to be lame and deceive the princess.

Su Xiaomu has never thought that she is a kind-hearted person, and she is always looking for excuses for others, so now she feels that Gu Jingcheng's pretense of lameness is not only to refuse the "oppression" of the princess, but also to get nothing from the princess.

to what he really wants.

Regardless of the "weakness" of being born into a poor family, or the affection of other women, the princess could not afford it.
Chapter completed!