Mrs.Big Shot Turns the Tables

Lin Chuxia nodded furiously, her excitement palpable, "Yes, yes! When you guys showed up just now, An Mingzhu's face turned white instantly! What a quick change! Speaking of which, did your master do something… err, less praiseworthy to that girl?"

"I roughly know about that."

Gu Qi spoke with great interest as well.

"It was about half a year ago when Third Master went to Yuncheng for a business conference. Somehow, the hotel and room he was staying in were found out by someone from the An Family."

"Hmm, then what?" Lin Chuxia, with her hands supporting her chin, listened intently.

"Then, when Third Master returned to the hotel after the dinner, he found an extra person in his room. That woman was dressed as if she was wearing nothing, lying on Third Master's bed…" Gu Qi paused, as if remembering something, and quickly added, "But Third Master didn't even glance at that woman!"

"Hehe! Third Master is really something. The door wasn't even open, but he knew there was someone inside. So, Xiaojiu and Lao Ba went in first. Third Master didn't see anything in the room!"

"Hmm, what happened next?" Lin Chuxia wasn't interested in Gu Yuheng's reaction; she was curious about what happened next.

Seeing that Lin Chuxia didn't pursue what he had just said, Gu Qi secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Lucky he reacted fast!

If Third Master's "innocence" that had been preserved for over twenty years was compromised on his watch, his life wouldn't be spared when they got back.

What Lin Chuxia didn't know was that Gu Qi had just sweated bullets!

"Next? Third Master instructed us to throw that woman out directly, right at the front door of the hotel."

Pfft—

Lin Chuxia burst into laughter.

The front door of the hotel? Isn't that where people come and go?

Thinking of that scenario, Lin Chuxia felt… cold for An Mingzhu.

Half a year ago?

What time was that? It was in the dead of winter, and it was cold!

Lin Chuxia didn't think Gu Yuheng would kindly wrap An Mingzhu in a blanket before throwing her out.

However, Lin Chuxia thought, compared to being frozen, probably losing face hurt An Mingzhu more!

Hahaha!

Gu Yuheng's move was really brilliant! Cold and ruthless, but she liked it!

It takes almost half an hour by car from Bishui Huating to the old Gu Family house, Gu Qi was good at keeping the conversation going, and time passed quickly. Bishui Huating was soon in sight.

As soon as the car stopped, Lin Chuxia couldn't wait to open the door and get out.

Phew!

Being in such a cramped space with someone as moody as Gu Yuheng was truly suffocating!

It wasn't Lin Chuxia's first time here, so she headed inside without waiting for Gu Yuheng to get out of the car.

An elderly man close to sixty approached them with a warm smile, "Young madam, you're back!"

"Uncle Zhong, I'm so hungry. Is there anything to eat?" That morning, Lin Chuxia had a habit of sleeping in, and no one at the An Family thought to wake her up for breakfast.

It was only when they were about to set off to the Chu Family that someone hurriedly woke her up. She barely had time to wash up and change, not even a moment to drink a cup of water—because they rushed her.

She had hoped to get some food at the Chu Family's, but she wasn't even able to enter their door, let alone eat.

Although Lin Chuxia had only been to Bishui Huating twice, Gu Yuheng had already informed Uncle Zhong and the others about her preferences early on, so in no time, the living room coffee table was laden with all sorts of snacks that Lin Chuxia liked.

By the time Gu Yuheng entered, Lin Chuxia was already eating.

Seeing her devour the food as if reincarnated from a starving ghost, Gu Yuheng couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth and said, "Eat less, we're going to have dinner soon."

"But it's only just after ten, we're having dinner this early?" Whose lunch is this early? Lin Chuxia asked curiously.

"Yes," Gu Yuheng nodded nonchalantly, "My family's lunch is generally earlier than that of ordinary people."

Gu Seven, who had just walked in: "..."

No wonder more than a year had passed and the young madam and Third Master's relationship hadn't progressed at all.

It was clearly because of the young madam that the mealtime was moved forward, yet he had to pretend as if his routine was always like this.

No wonder when he previously asked Xiaojiu why, after more than a year, Third Master still hadn't managed to bring the young madam back to their family, Xiaojiu had shown such an indescribable expression.

Back when Third Master, along with the old master and mistress, set a "trap" to marry the young madam who had just come of age, his IQ and EQ were still online!

How come now... Third Master's EQ had directly dropped to the negatives?!

Now he finally understood why previously Third Master stubbornly stayed at the Lin Family... ah no, "recuperated" there for over a year, and the young madam still acted like a mouse seeing a cat when she saw him—let alone the elevation of their affection, the young madam's avoidance of Third Master seemed to have surpassed the past!

At this moment, Gu Seven really didn't know what expression to wear.

Chasing his wife for over a year and, instead, growing further apart... probably only their Third Master could manage that.

Quietly stepping forward, he handed over Gu Yuheng's phone, "Third Master, it's a call from the old house."

Gu Yuheng pressed to answer, and before he could speak, a chastising voice came through, "You scoundrel, did Chuxia come over to my place today? And you intercepted her before she could even come in?"

"She did go over there, but it was an accident," Gu Yuheng knew he couldn't hide the fact that he had intercepted Lin Chuxia from the entrance of Jinxiu Garden from the old lady, so he wasn't surprised by this call.

"An accident? But couldn't that have turned into no accident later? Why did you still lure her to your place? I haven't seen Chuxia for so long, and just when she was finally at the doorstep, you lured her away again..."

Facing the old madam's constant nagging, Gu Yuheng turned a deaf ear, "Now's not a good time."

"What's not suitable? It's obviously because you dislike having us old folks in your way. When you and Chuxia were getting your marriage certificate, how come you didn't say it wasn't suitable then? If it wasn't for us sniffling and crying pitifully by your side, would Chuxia have agreed to get married?"

"..." Gu Yuheng was at a loss for words.

"Nothing to say, huh! Heartless thing! This is typical of using someone and then disposing of them..."

"I'll bring her back in a couple of days." To prevent the old lady from continuing her nagging, Gu Yuheng quickly interjected.

"Hmph! That's more like it!" The person on the phone seemed satisfied, continued to grumble a few sentences at Gu Yuheng, and then asked to speak with Lin Chuxia, only to be unequivocally refused by Gu Yuheng. This angered her to angrily hang up.

"Whose call was that?" Lin Chuxia was not one to gossip, but she had asked out of curiosity because Gu Yuheng's conversation mentioned her.

"Your mother-in-law."

Gu Yuheng said these three words with an indifferent attitude, yet it caused Lin Chuxia's hand to tremble violently, nearly knocking over a plate of pastries.

It wasn't that Lin Chuxia feared the old madam; she just hadn't adapted to the fact that she was married, and hearing the term "mother-in-law" suddenly threw her off.

Noticing Lin Chuxia's loss of her previous ease, Gu Yuheng felt extremely pleased and slightly curved his lips, then lightly uttered a few more words, "She wants you to make time to visit the old house."

"Ah?" Lin Chuxia looked pitifully at Gu Yuheng with a sour face.

Still, she eventually didn't say anything and just nodded. With a smile more sorrowful than tears, she said, "Okay."