“Don’t worry, sis.”
Wen Ruoxue glanced at her, a hint of helplessness between her brows. Her little sister was too naive. With Gu Yan being so cunning, wouldn’t her sister end up becoming a lovesick fool?
Wen Miaomiao suddenly remembered what had happened yesterday at the Gu family’s old mansion.
“Sis, I saw Second Brother Gu’s mother at the old mansion yesterday.”
Wen Ruoxue raised an eyebrow, focusing on steering the wheel as she asked calmly, “Madam Liu?”
“Mhm.”
Wen Ruoxue smiled faintly, took off her sunglasses, placed them in the car, and said with a slight curl of her lips, “Did she talk bad about me?”
Wen Miaomiao looked up at her sister, somewhat surprised. “Sis, how did you know?”
Wen Ruoxue had a look of seeing through everything. Madam Liu had always looked down on her precisely because of her proud and unyielding personality.
What ex-girlfriend being a girl? Pure nonsense.
She and that girl had only chatted online, felt a bit of mutual attraction, and hadn’t even met in person…
“Miaomiao, you didn’t offend Madam Liu for my sake, did you?”
“I already offended her…” Wen Miaomiao smiled bitterly, a look of helplessness and resignation appearing on her delicate face.
Wen Ruoxue’s expression darkened slightly. She sighed and reminded her, “Be more careful from now on. After all, she’s your mother-in-law in name. If she wants to make things difficult for you, she has plenty of ways.”
“By the way, did Gu Yan stand up for you yesterday?”
Wen Miaomiao quickly replied, “He did.”
Wen Ruoxue felt relieved inside. At least Gu Yan was man enough to protect his wife.
Otherwise, Miaomiao would definitely be walking on thin ice in the Gu family.
The car drove into the city center.
Wen Miaomiao looked out the window, as happy as a little bird longing for freedom. She hadn’t been out to play for several days.
“Sis, I want milk tea. Pull over.”
Wen Ruoxue parked the car by the roadside, looking at her with indulgent affection. “Go ahead.”
Wen Miaomiao opened the car door, stepped out, and hurried toward the milk tea shop.
Just then, a phone rang inside the car—it was Gu Chiyu calling.
Wen Ruoxue answered, her tone neither warm nor cold.
“Hello, what is it?”
“Xue’er, don’t be like this.” Gu Chiyu’s voice was gentle, like a spring breeze brushing against one’s face.
“Let me ask you, did you know that Miaomiao was bullied at the Gu family’s old mansion yesterday?”
“…Miaomiao was bullied?”
Gu Chiyu sounded somewhat surprised. He had left later for some business and had no idea what had happened in the main hall.
Wen Ruoxue said seriously, “She’s my only sister.”
Gu Chiyu immediately understood and interrupted, “Xue’er, don’t worry. From now on, as long as I’m here, I won’t let Miaomiao suffer the slightest grievance.”
Wen Ruoxue hummed in acknowledgment.
Gu Chiyu: “So, can we… not break up?”
Wen Ruoxue: “Mhm.”
Gu Chiyu was instantly overjoyed and was about to say something else when he heard Wen Miaomiao’s voice.
“Sis, I brought you a latte.” Wen Miaomiao giggled as she got into the car, closed the door, and handed the coffee to Wen Ruoxue.
Wen Ruoxue took the coffee, holding her phone. “I’m hanging up. I’m taking my sister shopping for clothes.”
Gu Chiyu said warmly, “Alright, bye.”
After hanging up.
Wen Ruoxue saw a transfer notification appear on WeChat.
She smiled faintly, her eyes carrying that knowing, in-control look.
Wen Miaomiao sat in the passenger seat, taking a sip of her warm pearl milk tea, and asked with a smile, “Second Brother Gu?”
Wen Ruoxue smiled charmingly, started the car, turned the steering wheel, and headed toward a large shopping mall.
The biggest shopping center in Emperor City.
The two sisters went shopping and chatted, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Wen Miaomiao didn’t have many friends around her. Her best friend was her sister, Wen Ruoxue, and she was also her sister’s devoted follower.
“A few days ago, I saw Lin Ruiyao.”
“Speaking of which, he complained to our mom, saying Gu Yan bullied you and treated you poorly,” Wen Ruoxue said as she walked, carrying shopping bags in her hands.
Wen Miaomiao threw the finished milk tea into the trash can.
“Actually, Gu Yan really treats me well.”
Wen Ruoxue sighed helplessly, “Anyway, Mom, Dad, and big brother don’t believe it.”
“You have no idea, lately big brother has been working overtime at the company every day, not even coming home, just trying to earn more money to pay back the investment from the Gu family.”
After hearing this, Wen Miaomiao fell into thought. Although this marriage was forced by the Gu family, Gu Yan was truly… pitiful. Only after truly understanding him did she realize how miserable Gu Yan’s childhood had been.
No wonder Gu Yan had such an obsessive and volatile personality.
“What are you spacing out for?” Wen Ruoxue nudged her arm and took her to a restaurant, where they sat down to eat.
Wen Miaomiao sat down, her mind elsewhere.
“You and Gu Yan… have you done it?” Wen Ruoxue suddenly asked.
Wen Miaomiao’s face instantly flushed red. While eating dessert, she replied, “Mm-hmm.”
Wen Ruoxue said, “Make sure to take precautions against pregnancy.”
She couldn’t imagine her Miaomiao, still so young and innocent, becoming a mother…
Thinking of this, Wen Ruoxue’s eyes suddenly reddened. She blamed herself, hated herself for being incapable and dragging Miaomiao into marrying Gu Yan.
“I know, sis, I’m not a child anymore!” Wen Miaomiao said brightly, smiling as she ate cake, cream smearing at the corner of her mouth.
Wen Ruoxue took a tissue and gently wiped her mouth.
“Silly girl… I always feel like you haven’t grown up yet.”
Wen Miaomiao’s nose tingled with emotion, and she made a decision. She would grow her hair long, change her style of dressing, and make her family understand that she had already grown up.
She still remembered when she was in her teens, her sister said she especially liked her short hair, that it was super cute! All her classmates were envious that her sister had such an adorable little sister!
So she never grew her hair long again…
Except for those two years abroad.
“It’s so good to have a sister,” Wen Miaomiao sighed. “Sis takes me out shopping, takes me to eat delicious food. Sis is my best girlfriend!”
Wen Ruoxue gently pinched her cheek, her face full of tenderness, unable to resist doting on her. “Little Miaomiao, your mouth is so sweet!”
Wen Miaomiao cutely stuck out her tongue, her coquettish expression perfectly on point.
After lunch, Wen Ruoxue was summoned back to the hospital by a phone call.
Wen Miaomiao sat alone in a café, bored and playing with her phone.
At that moment, a new message popped up on WeChat.
[Where are you?] Gu Yan.
[In the city center.]
[Should I come find you, or will you come to me?]
Wen Miaomiao looked at this message and thought for a moment before asking.
[Why?]
[I miss you, really miss you.] Gu Yan.
Wen Miaomiao typed back without hesitation.
[I don’t miss you.]
[Tonight, wait until I get back, you’re dead.] Gu Yan replied quickly.
Wen Miaomiao shivered all over, her legs suddenly going weak. She immediately turned off her phone, hailed a taxi, and returned to the hillside villa.
Arriving at the villa.
Wen Miaomiao sat playing on the swing in the yard, being a happy little good-for-nothing.
Her cousin Lin Ruiyao called her, and she chatted with him for a while.
The sky gradually darkened.
A black luxury car drove up to the villa entrance.
Gu Yan, wearing a long black coat, exuding a sharp and imposing aura, stepped out of the car and walked into the yard. His eyes immediately landed on her…
Under the streetlight, her sweet smile, beautiful white dress, and her sitting on the swing created a breathtakingly beautiful scene that struck him instantly.
His wife was too adorable.
Gu Yan walked over. Butler Bai approached to report some matters, but Gu Yan ignored him and draped his coat over Wen Miaomiao.
“Butler Bai, on such a cold day, with the young mistress wearing a dress and playing in the yard, why didn’t you remind her to add more layers?”
He started with a cold interrogation.
Butler Bai immediately admitted his mistake: “My oversight.”
Gu Yan spoke with a stern face: “Deducted pay. No salary for next month.”
Butler Bai felt a surge of anger but didn’t dare provoke him, so he could only lower his head and accept his fate.
Gu Yan wrapped his arm around Wen Miaomiao’s shoulder and walked back into the house. Sitting on the sofa, he warmed her hands and poured her a cup of hot water.
Gu Yan carefully blew on the hot water to cool it before handing it to her.
Wen Miaomiao took a sip and asked softly, “Why do you always deduct Butler Bai’s salary?”
Gu Yan curled his lips into a mocking smile.
“If he’s willing to stay even after having his salary deducted, what does that mean?”
Wen Miaomiao recalled Gu Han’s earlier words and said, “It means… besides the salary you give him, he also receives money from someone else.”
Gu Yan affectionately ruffled the top of her head and praised, “My baby is so clever.”
After praising her, his expression quickly turned cold again as he glanced at Butler Bai working in the distance.
In the past, when Liu Yueqin planted spies around him, he could tolerate it. But now, with a wife by his side, living under constant surveillance every day, he could no longer bear it…