Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 1090: Drawing the Knife

"Miss Gu, don’t be mad. Our young master is here to discuss business, and he means no offense." Nanny Tang feared that Gu Jinli might smash the wine jug on her young master and quickly stood to apologize to Gu Jinli.

She then looked at Young Master Dou and reminded him, "Young Master, the person you wanted to see is here; you should speak about the business matter."

However, Nanny Tang wasn’t exactly clear on what the business matter was, so her reminder was all she could offer.

Qi Kangle frowned at Young Master Dou and said, "Young Master Dou, your nanny is right. If you have something to say, say it quickly so we don’t waste time. Xiao Yu still needs to go to Songzi Manor and doesn’t have much time to stay here."

Young Master Dou was a bit annoyed. Although he admired Gu Jinli’s business acumen, he disliked the fact that she was engaged to Company Commander Qin.

Ever since he first came to buy ham and caught a glimpse of that figure, he felt that figure looked somewhat like Young Master Qin. Although it was just a resemblance, Young Master Qin had helped him and was a lifesaver. If Young Master Qin were still alive, he would definitely find him and help him seek revenge.

Thus, Young Master Dou began to investigate the similarities between Qin San Lang and Young Master Qin, but the results showed that their life paths were completely different with no similarity at all.

One was born noble, the legitimate youngest son of a family with a title, and the other was the son of a lowly soldier from the Northwest, a poor boy who fled to He’an Prefecture with his grandfather due to a drought.

Even so, Young Master Dou still suspected that Qin San Lang might be Young Master Qin, especially after several intentionally arranged encounters to meet Qin San Lang failed.

Despite being meticulously planned, a meeting that was certain to happen somehow did not. The first time could be called an accident, but missing the second and third times was very suspicious.

Clearly, Qin San Lang was deliberately avoiding him.

Why deliberately avoid him? There was only one possible reason: fear of having his real identity discovered, not daring to meet, thus avoiding him.

But was Dou Ke that kind of person?

Dou Ke always repaid kindness. If he discovered his identity, he would only help him seek revenge; he would never harm him.

Just as Young Master Dou was pondering how to meet Qin San Lang to confirm if he was indeed Young Master Qin, he suddenly received news that Qin San Lang was engaged to Gu Jinli.

Although the engagement ceremony hadn’t taken place, they already had an engagement letter, which legally meant they were officially betrothed.

Young Master Dou was stunned. Young Master Qin, the most favored legitimate youngest son of the Qin family, was actually going to marry a farmer girl!

Dear God, are you crazy? How can you match Young Master Qin with a country bumpkin? If he marries a farmer girl, what about avenging the Qin family?

Without the power of a strong wife’s family, how could he seek revenge? Rely on his looks? No matter how good-looking he is, what’s the use?!

So, after his furious outburst, Young Master Dou decided to sacrifice himself, dressing up handsomely and elegantly to seduce Gu Jinli, so that Young Master Qin could see her true nature, immediately break off the engagement, and marry a girl of good birth to rely on her family’s power to avenge the Qin family.

Although the Qin family was defeated, Marquis Qin and Eldest Young Master Qin were extremely capable individuals. During their lives, they had many sworn friends. Now, with Emperor Chu recklessly seeking death, some of those old friends might be willing to marry their daughters to Young Master Qin.

Young Master Dou was very grateful to Young Master Qin and didn’t want him to marry a useless country bumpkin, which led to the current situation.

But it seemed Gu Jinli didn’t see his handsome charm. She immediately started negotiating new liquor business with him and even dared to throw the wine jug at him, a shrew!

Nevertheless, Young Master Dou didn’t give up. He sat up straight, adopting the demeanor of a noble young master, and looked at Gu Jinli with a gaze filled with "deep affection", softly and passionately saying, "Miss Gu, the moment I laid eyes on you, I fell in love..."

"Erqing, where’s my knife? Bring it here!" Gu Jinli’s face darkened, cutting off Young Master Dou’s words and directly reaching out to Erqing beside her.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Ji hurriedly backed away. It’s over, it’s over; Young Master Dou, you’d better pray for good luck.

"Young Master, here it is," Erqing quickly untied the bundle on his back, took out a long knife, and handed it to Gu Jinli.

With a swift motion, Gu Jinli quickly drew the knife, clasped it with both hands, and swung it straight at Young Master Dou’s handsome face!

Crack!

The large knife sliced the Taishi Chair on which Young Master Dou was sitting into two pieces.

Young Master Dou tumbled to the ground, narrowly escaping disaster.

He was almost scared to death, looking up at Gu Jinli, his hand trembling as he pointed at her, "You, you actually wanted to kill me!"

This shrew actually wanted to kill him!

He just wanted to flirt with her a bit; was it really necessary to draw a knife and kill someone?

Gu Jinli let out a cold laugh and replied, "That’s right, I do want to kill you, so get ready to die."

With that, she raised the knife again, slashing at the fallen Young Master Dou.

With a swoosh, the sound of the wind cutting through the air was heard, and with a crack, the large knife hit the floor, leaving a gaping hole.

Young Master Dou was almost driven mad with fear and used the fastest escape technique he had ever learned, barely dodging two lethal strikes, but he really had no strength for a third, urgently shouting, "Spare me!" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

I’ve lost, I’ve lost; won’t it suffice if I kneel before you?

"Miss Gu, spare me. I didn’t mean it, I was wrong to speak disrespectfully. Please, for the sake of it being my first offense, let me go." Young Master Dou was nearly in tears. It was terrifying. How could there be such a woman who would draw a knife just because of a disagreement?

Aren’t you a young lady? Why aren’t you the least bit gentle? You’re a shrew, a shrew, a female tyrant!

After experiencing these two near misses, Young Master Dou was left with a fear of women, scared that any wife he might take in the future would be such a knife-wielding tigress.

Qi Kangle, Nanny Tang, and Dou Zhi were all stupefied, looking at Gu Jinli with horror.

Nanny Tang and Dou Zhi quickly knelt down, using their bodies to shield Young Master Dou, pleading with Gu Jinli, "Miss Gu, please calm down. Our young master didn’t mean any harm; he just has that kind of temperament and likes to joke around. He knows he’s wrong, please spare him."

Nanny Tang was terrified, truly worried that her young master might really be killed by Gu Jinli... In these rural parts, the customs are fierce. If someone local killed an outsider, they could just dump the body in the mountains, and no one would ever find the remains. Many merchants have died this way throughout history.

Dou Zhi didn’t think so much; she was simply doing her duty to protect Young Master Dou, knowing that if he died, all the servants, including her own family, parents, and siblings, would have to be buried with the young master.

To keep her family alive, she could only desperately protect her master.

Gu Jinli let out a cold laugh, "Hm, so you’re afraid now? And yet you dared to act like a rascal!"

If you’re so eager to die, how could she, a kind and lovely young lady, not oblige?

Qi Kangle had already come to his senses, very upset, telling Young Master Dou, "Young Master Dou, since you have such little respect for people, our business is finished. Leave."