Chapter 79 Enlightenment
Mengxi returned to the east wing. Hongzhu and Hongxing hurried forward and replaced the chopsticks for the second master. Xiu'er also picked up the chopsticks and started eating with her head down, served by Hongzhu and Hongxing.
Xiao Jun took a bite of the dish, frowned, picked up another piece of dessert, took a bite, and put it on the table. This was definitely not her cooking. He was secretly annoyed that she was getting bolder and bolder, and dared to fool him like this. His taste and smell were more sensitive than ordinary people. He had eaten her cooking for so long that he liked it. But since he went to the backyard, she never cooked for him again. She didn't know when she even stopped making porridge. Maybe she heard that he poured out the porridge she sent, so she got angry and stopped making it?
No matter how he struggled, he still missed her delicious food infinitely. He went to the old lady's place frequently during this period just to have a taste of the dishes she sent. Occasionally, he went late and the dishes had been eaten up by the short-sighted Third Master. He would look at him with an unsatisfied look on his face. That look almost killed him several times.
He really wanted to ask her to cook for him, but he was too awkward to open his mouth. He would not let her know that he liked her food. He agreed to Xiu'er so readily yesterday because of the desire in his heart. He had been restless the whole morning because he was looking forward to this meal. The strong psychological contrast at this moment made him dazed .
Looking at the bland food on the table, his eyes flashed with her back as she calmly left. Her footsteps were slow, but there was no hesitation at all. This made him suddenly realize that she was not attached to anything here!
She called herself a maid and concubine, and was extremely respectful to him, more obedient . Sometimes he even had the illusion that she was worshipping him like a god. But she no longer begged him with soft words, no longer washed his hands and cooked for him, no longer rubbed his feet attentively, no longer did things for him that a wife should do. He and she were like a maid and a god. How could they still be an ordinary couple?
She had built an invisible wall between him and herself, so that he could no longer see the scenery on the other side of the wall.
Is she really heartless to him? The Yuanpa from her wedding and the small plum blossom on it suddenly appeared in front of him. Could it be that she really has someone in her heart? Who could it be? Is it the man who wanted her before her wedding? Xiao Jun couldn't help but imagine her gently leaning on someone else's arms. When he thought of this, veins popped up in his hands and he broke the chopsticks in his hand.
"Second Master!"
"Cousin, what's wrong with you?"
When Xiu'er and Hongyu saw Erye like this, they screamed in surprise. Their screams woke Erye from his thoughts. When he came to his senses, he realized that he had lost his composure in front of his cousin. He calmed himself, loosened his hands, motioned Hongzhu to switch pairs, then lowered his head and started eating silently.
Seeing her cousin like this, Xiu'er thought he was still angry about his cousin's wife, so she hurriedly said,
"Cousin, think more positively about everything. Your cousin's wife is confused because she just can't communicate with you and doesn't understand your good intentions. You don't have to get angry about this. It's not worth it to get hurt."
Xiao Jun didn't look up, just made a "hmm" sound with his nose.
Seeing that her cousin had recovered, Xiuer picked up her chopsticks again and began to eat elegantly. After taking two bites, she put down her chopsticks and looked up at her cousin and said:
"Cousin, it seems that people's words are not to be believed. Xiu'er tastes the food cooked by cousin's wife, but it is not as good as the cook at Xiu'er's house."
Xiao Jun looked up at her and continued to eat the rice in his bowl. After a long while, he heard him say:
"Xi'er told you a long time ago that this was just nonsense from the servants, but you just didn't believe it and insisted on coming over."
After hearing this, Xiu'er pouted and looked at her cousin sadly. Her cousin just ate the rice in his bowl silently without saying anything.
Even though my cousin's wife had left, the atmosphere did not become more romantic because of her departure. The lunch that was imagined to be extremely romantic became bland and boring because of my cousin's dullness, and the two people who were having the meal together felt even more bored.
Zhiqiu helped the Second Mistress back to the East Wing, looked at her with resentment, and sighed:
"Second Madam shouldn't have left like this, leaving Second Master and Cousin there. Second Madam has lost face in front of Cousin this time, and she will be more aggressive in the future."
Mengxi rolled her eyes at Zhiqiu and tapped her head:
"You really like your grandma to serve you like a slave. That would really make you lose face."
In the following days, the Second Master was really troubled by Miss Xiu. Every day when the Second Master returned home, he was either invited to dinner by the First Lady or visited by Miss Xiu. The two of them played chess, piano, calligraphy and painting in the main hall until light, when Miss Xiu would go back to the First Lady to rest.
The Second Master naturally stayed in the upper room again. Actually, he was not a lustful man. Some time ago, he was forced to stay in the upper room by the Second Grandmother, which made him lose his dignity as a man and suffered a great shock. He was so impatient that he picked up the hoe and went out to have fun. He had been bored in the backyard for more than a month, which made him feel displaced. He longed to return to the upper room and longed for the Second Grandmother to ask him to go back.
It's just that he didn't practice cultivation in his previous life, and married a stupid wife with a brainless mind. She didn't know that a woman follows her husband wherever he goes, and she didn't know that from the moment she married into the Xiao family, she was branded as his, Xiao Jun. He was her heaven. He could see how the concubines in the backyard treated her poorly, and how the servants in the yard were hypocritical towards her. This was exactly the effect he wanted. He wanted her to understand that all this came from his lack of support for her. He wanted her to understand that there was a world of difference between his coldness and his favor. One thought could lead to heaven, and the other could lead to hell.
How can a woman have her own thoughts? He wanted to break her bones and destroy her, so that she would bow down and beg him like other women, and know how to please him. He thought, if she was willing to kneel down and beg him now, no , as long as she bowed her head to him and begged him softly, he would send all the servants in this courtyard who disrespected her to the eighteenth level of hell, including the concubines in the backyard. He wanted her to see the power of his strength. He could make things happen in this courtyard, no! In the entire Xiao Mansion. Let her see that his favor can make her live a decent life and enjoy the glory, let her call the wind and rain from now on, and become a real mistress. Only after going through the purification of heaven and hell, she will understand that he is her heaven and how important he is to her, and she will not disobey him again.
But his silly wife destined him to despair. Not only did she not go to the backyard to pick him up, but she also ignored him every day. Of course, he was too embarrassed to move back by himself.
The arrival of his cousin made his life possible. He took advantage of the situation and lived his life as before. Every day when he came back from outside, he stayed in the study and the main room, and only stayed overnight at the aunt's house in the backyard from time to time. But this beautiful girl was not easy to deal with. As soon as the second master entered the chrysanthemum courtyard, a maid came to report:
"My cousin is here to visit. Please come to the upper room to chat with her."
Xiao Jun had no choice but to come out to accompany her. He unknowingly began to feel tired of his cousin, and the aunt in the backyard was jumping up and down and cursing.
