The mistress has no feelings, why do you provoke her?

Gu Huaizhou's expression changed drastically. He hadn't had a chance to discuss these words with Jiang Miaoyin yet, and now that she had overheard them, wasn't that a bad thing?

Moreover, the way Jiang Miaoyin looked at him showed that she was already disappointed in him.

He desperately wanted to chase after her and explain, but Song Wenjun was still there, and he couldn't leave.

Song Wenjun glared at him and said, "You made this mess yourself, so you have to clean it up yourself."

This was exactly what Gu Huaizhou wanted to hear. He quickly adopted an attitude of admitting his mistake and said, "Okay, I'll go explain."

He couldn't care less about anything else at the moment and went after Jiang Miaoyin.

Jiang Miaoyin cried all the way back to her courtyard. No sooner had she arrived than Gu Huaizhou caught up with her.

Jiang Miaoyin was startled when he suddenly barged in: "Why are you here?"

Gu Huaizhou stared intently at her: "Did you hear what I just said?"

"Get out of here right now, I don't want to see you." Jiang Miaoyin was furious and wouldn't listen to anything.

"Miaoyin, listen to me."

Jiang Miaoyin looked at him with red eyes: "Are you leaving or not? If you don't, I'll call for help."

After saying that, she slammed the door shut. Gu Huaizhou didn't dare to shout, knocked twice, and when she didn't open the door, he left.

As soon as she left, Jiang Miaoyin gently opened the door, and tears streamed down her face.

The high monk said she was destined to be a widow for six lifetimes, and now even Gu Huaizhou had developed feelings for her.

If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, how could she have believed it?

Jiang Miaoyin collapsed onto the bed and began to sob.

She cried and pounded the bed, cursing, "Heartless man, they're all fake, fake..."

Autumn Maple Courtyard Breeze.

Xiao Tao laughed until tears streamed down her face: "How did Madam know Jiang Miaoyin would come? And that she overheard everything they said? Why doesn't Madam expose their affair to the world?"

Song Wenjun smiled faintly: "It's more satisfying to kill someone by destroying their spirit. Doesn't she think that Gu Huaizhou is loyal to her and will never abandon her? Then let's see if he will abandon her when faced with interests, and how long her self-righteous love can last in the face of reality."

Xiao Tao said that Song Wenjun did consider it, but it was simply impossible.

She had no evidence, and if she angered Gu Huaizhou, he might turn around and bite her back.

For the next few days, Jiang Miaoyin didn't even leave the courtyard.

Because Song Wenjun was in charge of the household affairs, everyone in the household was frugal and efficient.

Jiang Miaoyin was used to a life of luxury and could not stand a life of bland food and drink.

But her monthly allowance was only ten taels, which was far from enough to support her.

What angered her even more was that Gu Huaizhou hadn't come to her place for several days.

As the weather grew colder, Jiang Miaoyin gradually calmed down from her initial anger.

She was only able to stay in the manor because of Gu Huaizhou; if she lost his love, her fate would be unimaginable.

Jiang Miaoyin changed into a plain-colored dress and wiped off all the makeup from her face.

Looking at herself in the mirror with self-pity, what a haggard beauty she was.

She stepped out of the courtyard at the exact time Gu Huaizhou returned to the mansion.

Jiang Miaoyin deliberately waited for him by the lake where the two of them often went. Before long, she saw Gu Huaizhou, who also looked dejected, walking over from not far away.

He hasn't been feeling well these days; his face has become noticeably thinner.

Even his smooth chin was covered with stubble.

Jiang Miaoyin felt a pang of heartache, but when she thought about what Gu Huaizhou had done to her, she hardened her heart.

She deliberately made a slight noise, then turned and left.

"Miaoyin." Sure enough, Gu Huaizhou spotted her and hurriedly caught up.

He quickly took a few steps to block Jiang Miaoyin's path, a sudden surge of joy in his eyes: "I knew you would come to this place. I've been waiting for you here every day, and you've finally come."

"Get out of my way." Jiang Miaoyin turned and left expressionlessly, but a hint of pain flashed in her eyes at just the right moment.

Gu Huaizhou was unwilling to let her leave, and excitedly hugged her tightly in his arms, refusing to let go: "Miaoyin, listen to me, those words are not true. I just want to pull you out of the vortex of rumors and transfer Yanyan to your name so that he can call you 'Mom' openly. And won't the family business be our son's in the future?"

Jiang Miaoyin's heart skipped a beat, and she stared wide-eyed at Gu Huaizhou: "So, you've been planning all this for me?"

Gu Huaizhou nodded emphatically, almost bursting into tears from feeling wronged.

"Then...why didn't you tell me sooner, causing such a big misunderstanding?" Jiang Miaoyin regretted it; she shouldn't have ignored Gu Huaizhou's explanation.

It's been so long since the two of them drifted apart.

Gu Huaizhou looked aggrieved: "I was going to talk to you that day, but did you give me a chance? After that, you hid in the courtyard and wouldn't come out. I couldn't go to you openly, so I could only come to this secluded corner every day to wait for you."

His sincere words completely dispelled Jiang Miaoyin's doubts.

She nestled into Gu Huaizhou's arms and murmured, "You, you're such a fool."

"I'd be willing to be your fool for the rest of my life," Gu Huaizhou said, embracing her with equal emotion.

In the following days, Gu Huaizhou made an excuse that he was busy with official business and did not come to Qiufeng Courtyard.

Xiao Tao discovered that he often sneaked into Jiang Miaoyin's courtyard late at night to meet with her in secret.

She said angrily, "How dare this adulterous couple? Aren't they afraid of being struck by lightning and suffering retribution?"

Song Wenjun wasn't angry at all; in fact, she almost laughed: "Why are you angrier than me?"

"Madam, aren't you angry? These two are having an affair right under your nose. They're so shameless."

“I’m heartless towards him, so why would I be angry? Just treat him like air, or if that doesn’t work, treat him like a money bag. Anyway, he has to hand over his money to the public every month.” Song Wenjun said, while teasing the child with a rattle drum: “Isn’t that right, Yan Yan?”

The little one was babbling at her, as if saying yes.

His adorable appearance almost melted Song Wenjun's heart.

Xiao Tao slapped her forehead, as if waking from a dream: "That's right, why should I get angry with a pair of beasts?"

After saying that, he laughed at himself.

A cold glint flashed in Song Wenjun's eyes; she would swallow this insult, of course not.

She wanted to deliver another crushing blow to Gu Huaizhou and Jiang Miaoyin when they were at their most triumphant.

A few days later, Gu Huaizhou came to see Song Wenjun with a gloomy face.

She looked miserable and resentful as soon as she entered the door. If it were before, Song Wenjun would have gone over to comfort her.

Now, just treat him like a fart.

Seeing that Song Wenjun ignored him, Gu Huaizhou assumed she was still angry about what happened before, so he took the initiative to apologize: "I didn't think things through before, don't be angry. I just mentioned it casually, but I didn't do it. Thinking about it later, you're right, I deserve to be hit."

"Has your sister-in-law been appeased?" Song Wenjun asked sarcastically.

“I sincerely apologized to my sister-in-law. She knows that I didn’t mean it that way and has already forgiven me…” At this point, he secretly glanced at Song Wenjun’s face. Seeing that she still had a tense expression, he said, “But you, how could you bear to let me sleep in the study all this time? You haven’t come to coax me at all these days, as if I have committed some unforgivable crime.”

As he spoke, he walked up to Song Wenjun, put his arm around her slender waist, and whispered in her ear, "Wenjun, you're out of confinement now, can we sleep together?"