MTL - She Doesn’t Want the Face-Blind Husband-v2 Chapter 116

Tao Xinqiang murmured to inquire about the news: "Sister, Gu Sicheng just looked so scary, half of his face was scabbed with blood, his hands were bloody, and his clothes were covered with blood and soil. Those who knew were here to see you for reunion. Those who didn't know thought that You were beaten up by our entire family. What's going on, sister?"

Seeing Gu Ningxi leaving in a panic, Tao Xinhe finally relaxed physically and mentally, and beckoned Qingfang to squeeze her neck for her, trying not to groan/groan while enduring the soreness.

Listening to her sister's inquiry, Tao Xinhe, who was sitting on the side, rolled her eyes at her, still clenched her lower lip tightly and did not make a sound, just pointing her fingertips at the kinks in her shoulders and neck muscles, asking Qingfang to exert more strength.

Tao Xinqiang said to herself: "However, Gu Sicheng is really different from before. Compared with when he was my brother-in-law, he has improved a lot. I accidentally called the wrong brother-in-law just now, but he actually answered and called me Qiangniang." It's a pity that with just this sound, he nodded and left in a hurry, without allowing me to ask any more questions."

Qingfang saw that the layman's eyes were half-opened and half-closed, but his chest was heaving and unsteady. The secret conversation with Gu Sicheng just now must have been exhausting, so she asked softly, "Are you tired, layman?" At the same time, she gave Miss Tao San a wink, lest she keep circling Gu Ningxi Chatting endlessly, aroused Tao Xinhe's troubles.

Tao Xinhe gave a low "hmm", just about to say that it's not important and take a breath before going out, when she heard her sister's chirping voice.

"Really, sister. I was very surprised that Gu Sicheng recognized you. However, before we left Beijing, he entered the mansion by talking with his sister-in-law. When he came to your yard and you were sleeping at noon, he also called out He gave Qingfang’s name. You just called me. Could it be that he has recovered from his prosopagnosia? We haven’t heard such a big news at all.”

Tao Xinhe responded impatiently: "It's just that he is willing to pay attention. What is this difficult? He used to hide behind the strange face blindness and not take care of things, and stand still. Try to stand in front of him without saying a word next time. Let's see if he can recognize you, Miss Tao San. It's worth your fuss. You need to meet someone later, but you are not allowed to do this."

Tao Xinqiang only focused on the important points, she clapped her hands with her eyes wide open and said, "Next time? Gu Sicheng will come again in a few days? Sister, but what about Uncle Jichang?"

Pushing Qingfang away, Tao Xinhe felt her temples bouncing up and down, she barely stood up and covered Tao Xinqiang's lips, begging for mercy: "Didn't you come to invite me to go out quickly? Gossip less, let's go now. I Don't ask about it, it sounds like a headache."

Half of her face was covered by her sister's sweet and tender palm, Tao Xinqiang's eyes were still rolling, she didn't know what new thoughts came up, Tao Xinhe was angry and helpless when she saw it, and told her: "Don't make trouble when you meet someone later. "

But she also knows that chatting is better than nothing.

Before noon, the two sisters got out of the carriage hand in hand, feeling the scorching sun. Tao Xinhe was glad that this meeting was arranged indoors instead of the outing to enjoy the flowers that he had considered. Who would have thought that the weather in March would suddenly be so warm.

Walking slowly to the private room, Cheng Shicheng and the boy surnamed Chen, one generous and the other shy, stood up to welcome the second daughter of the Tao family. After the ceremony, the four of them sat around a table and introduced each other as if they had met by chance. Cheng Shicheng started the meal with the polite words of "It's better to meet by chance than to invite each other".

Today's lunch is famously called the Peach Blossom Banquet. Some dishes are washed with peach petals, and some dishes are served with sliced ​​meat in the shape of green peach or pink peach blossoms. It is very suitable for the spring scene.

Tao Xinhe was touched by the scene, and couldn't help thinking of the peach blossoms she left behind in order to embarrass him during the conversation with Gu Ningxi in the flower hall in the morning. Naturally, the memory of his mouthful of blood came back, and she felt depressed and unable to cheer up.

As if the scene reappeared, the words and actions of the two of them were all touched by Tao Xinhe's memories, and she couldn't help but regret her gaffes and abnormalities, and she didn't keep her composure at all. In the first half alone, is there still suspicion of acting like a baby?

In the final analysis, Gu Ningxi is not good, and suddenly Lala said to reunite and want a chance, which caused her own chaos.

Tao Xinhe didn't know the taste of food, and was about to stop, when she felt the scorching eyes, she raised her eyes with silver chopsticks in her hand, and it turned out that Cheng Shicheng was looking at her with his chin resting on his face while smiling.

"What did I miss?" Tao Xinhe was a little uneasy, thinking that she had missed everyone's conversation.

Cheng Shicheng shook his head, completely ignoring the other people present, and expressed his affection to himself: "A Tao is dressed up today, and he looks delicious, so I am fascinated by it."

Tao Xinhe, who was caught off guard, felt ashamed and embarrassed. For a while, she felt that Cheng Shicheng's presumptuous words made her uncomfortable, and she wanted to open her mouth to scold her. Should it be red or blue.

Unconsciously, she remembered that when Gu Ningxi was her husband, she never had a lot of compliments, but she knew that she was thin-skinned and hoped to maintain a dignified air in front of others, and always kept her sweet words in the boudoir, which made Tao Xinhe feel satisfied everywhere.

Forget it, why did she start comparing these two men?

How similar is this kind of heart-wrenching behavior to her reprimanding Tao Xinqiang for finding another general, Erlang, to be Cheng Jia's substitute?

Only then did Tao Xinhe feel the pain from the edges and corners of the silver chopsticks, so she quickly put the chopsticks back into the chopstick rest, wiped her lips with a handkerchief, and responded with a forced smile: "I still can't stand uncle's jokes. I've already used it up, and I'll be back in a while when I go outside the house to eat loose food, everyone, use it slowly."

After all, she no longer cared about the idea of ​​"not leaving her sister around" that she had decided before leaving, and arranged for Qingfang to accompany Tao Xinqiang, stood up abruptly, turned around and left the table.

During the movement, Tao Xinhe's anxiety was evident. The wide cuffs of the new clothes even brought down the special small teacup here, and the remaining half cup of honey tea made from peach petals poured out, staining the cuffs, and instantly from The bright cherry red turned into dull dark red.

Tao Xinhe didn't seem to notice this little episode, she hurried out of the private room with her sleeves hanging down, and the figure of her and the little maid who was pushed by Qingfang quickly flashed past the window of the private room.

Everyone in the room took a closer look, and it turned out that they bypassed the corridor and stood in the open space of the patio outside the private room. It must be a distance that can be clearly heard.

Cheng Shicheng was surprised. A Tao used to take care of his younger sister like a chick. Before seeing each other this time, he had many worries. He was afraid that Tao Xinqiang would be attracted to her, but also afraid that she would not.

He softly interrupted the conversation between the two young people who were coming and going, and asked Tao Xinqiang, what happened to her sister? Especially before going to the private room today.

After hearing that it was related to Gu Ningxi, the smile on Cheng Shicheng's face disappeared without a trace. He didn't know that A Tao dressed up very pretty today, and the makeup on his face seemed to be more intentional and obvious, whether it was to see himself or to welcome Gu Ningxi.

Cheng Shicheng couldn't be attracted by the ten or so dishes ingeniously thought out by the restaurant in front of him. He snorted softly, pinched his knuckles with his left and right hands for a moment, adjusted his mood, and then got up to look for Tao Xinhe.

"A Tao." Accompanied by his call, Tao Xinhe felt a big palm gently land on his shoulder.

Cheng Shicheng patted her shoulder from behind her, ignoring the momentary stiffness of the body under his palm, only remembering the warmth of the skin through the clothes, and walked to the other side of her in two steps, forming a gesture of embracing Tao Xinhe with one hand.

The hairs all over his body stood on end, and Tao Xinhe's heart was beating violently. For a moment, he thought he was like a white rabbit that had fallen into the claws of an eagle, and his breathing stopped for that.

This is a completely different feeling from Gu Ningxi being close to her. At that time, her ears would be warm and her heart would beat, but there was no physical resentment. Even today, when Gu Ningxi touched the hem of her skirt without her consent, Tao Xinhe sent the signal "I'm being despised" from her mind slowly, and followed the order to dodge her body.

At this moment, her neck was still uncomfortable, and she was as stiff as a stick. She took two steps straight forward, got away from Cheng Shicheng's arms, turned around, and asked the question she cared about most: "Now, Qiang The mother and the man are alone? Then I will go back to accompany you."

Cheng Shicheng took a step across to block her way, and said lightly: "I think they are satisfied with each other, so there is no harm in talking for a while. There are four or five other maidservants in the room, so it can be said that they are alone. If you want to talk about being alone, Atao Today, I am entertaining guests in the mansion but dismissing the servants, so I am alone with Gu Sicheng. I don’t know what conclusion we will come to, but I have the audacity to want to have a chat with you, okay?”

For a while, Tao Xinhe obviously slumped his shoulders, let out a sigh of relief, cast his eyes far to the window lattice of the private room, stared at the two sitting young men and women who only showed the top of their heads, and murmured something about Gu Ningxi to Cheng Shicheng Visiting situation.

According to her, her younger brother and sister, Hong Shi, are middlemen who introduce and sell paintings. Gu Ningxi came to the door today with a half-finished work, perhaps to pass the news to the buyer. Even if he just finished the lawsuit, he will not delay the other party's request. draw business.

However, Hong Shi is pregnant after all, and this time it is not a big deal to hand over the works. Tao Xinhe came forward to receive Gu Ningxi on her own with the original intention of making her siblings less troublesome. After seeing the size, she said that she would convey him to Hong Shi. Meaning, politely send Gu Ningxi away.

Cheng Shicheng didn't believe it. Gu Ningxi's recent situation, he knows much better than Tao Xinhe who lives in the mansion, now is definitely not the time for him to deal with irrelevant paintings.

He didn't understand that he had condescended and tried his best to hold back his anger and asked her the truth, so why did A-Tao put up a perfunctory way of talking to him.

With a sneer, Cheng Shicheng leaned close to Tao Xinhe, looked down at her, and the two breathed and heard: "A Tao, Gu Ningxi has really fallen to the bottom, didn't he go to Tao's mansion for help? Didn't he pull you to his side to help him?" What? Why are you lying to me? Could it be that there is something ulterior in your conversation... or your behavior?"

Tao Xinhe staggered back, but fortunately, the little maid brought out this time was clever and rushed over to help the layman, so that she would not trip over her skirt.

Standing up straight as soon as possible, lowering her head, Tao Xinhe squeezed the wet cuff with one hand, and kneaded the cloth with her tiger's mouth to divert her shame and indignation from being accused. She resisted the trembling of her voice, and asked, "Fall to the bottom? Uncle?"

Cheng Shicheng didn't expect that the other party didn't have the slightest intention to justify and deceive him, and he didn't follow his own words to question Gu Ningxi's intentions. The first thing to bear the brunt was to care about the situation of his ex-husband, and he suddenly felt powerless.

Why is the weed in Atao's heart so hard to get rid of?

They hadn't met before their marriage. The couple had only been married for more than three years, and keeping filial piety took up three full years. I heard that Gu Ningxi was filial to her mother, so she must have had no sympathy with A Tao during this period. So full of calculations, but only half a year of affection, how can Atao be so obsessed with it?

It is obvious that he is stronger, more prestigious than Gu Ningxi, has a rich family, and is decisive and capable of dealing with things. Moreover, he has vaguely mentioned to A Tao that with his physical condition, she must be the only one in this life. These are the bargaining chips that he has always been sure that he will occupy A Tao's heart.

However, at this time, for the first time, Cheng Shicheng felt that even though he was better than Gu Ningxi in everyone's eyes, he was not like that in Tao Xinhe's heart, what a futile move!

"It's because of the lawsuit. Originally, he was expelled from the family innocently. When the civil servants and military generals talked about it, they were mostly sympathetic and regretful. I don't know if there is any bonus in knowing that he is rushing to work for the emperor." Cheng Shicheng felt uncomfortable in his heart. With a hint of malice, she showed Gu Ningxi's situation to Tao Xinhe,

"However, he reported on his cousin and brought the internal affairs of the family to the court, so that Yousi was able to intervene. No matter how badly his third uncle's family was punished, the fact that half of the belongings accumulated by Prime Minister Gu were confiscated by the court is just a matter of fact." It's enough for everyone to despise Gu Ningxi, and they are afraid that their descendants will follow suit, and they will use this as a counterexample at home to reprimand their sons and daughters."

Tao Xinhe was stunned for a moment, and then she heard Cheng Shicheng ask her coldly: "How, Atao, is Gu Ningxi miserable? How can he take care of you and protect you like this?"