IBTSOME Chapter 36 Part 1: Couple

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 36 Part 1: Couple

 

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Gu Hui Yan's emotions were hard to describe. But he was only surprised for a moment and suppressed this unnecessary mood swings. Gu Hui Yan did not have the habit of saying whether the dead was right or wrong, and he didn't want to mention these things in front of Lin Wei Xi. His expression remained the same and calmly changed the subject: "You haven't eaten all this time?"

 

Lin Wei Xi sat opposite Gu Hui Yan and looked up at him strangely when she heard these words: "Yes, how can I leave you behind and eat by myself? How can such a thing happen."

 

"Your health is not good so you need to pay attention to your diet. If I get stuck by something, you can eat by yourself first, don't wait for me."

 

Lin Wei Xi was a little unhappy, and said quietly, "Wangye, you don't want to eat with me, or think I'm annoying, so you send me away?"

 

Gu Hui Yan frowned and said, "What are you thinking? I'm just afraid you will be starving."

 

"It's not fine." Lin Wei Xi lightly snorted and said, "If that is the case, then I even want to wait for Wangye. I am your wife, sleeping together and eating together, that’s what a wife is."

 

Lin Wei Xi’s mind was full of thoughts about how to be a qualified wife. Gu Hui Yan felt a little helpless, but there was also a thread of strange feeling in his heart. It was a common thing for him to postpone eating, and it was also common for him to be too busy to eat, but at this moment he understood that it would be different from now on. If he didn’t come back, this silly girl would have to wait forever. Her health was not good and if she eats irregularly, afraid it would be even more unbearable.

 

Gu Hui Yan concealed the throbbing in his heart quite well, when he faced Lin Wei Xi he always seemed to relax easily. Gu Hui Yan unconsciously smile: "Why are you so obsessed with the word wife?"

     

This was all because Gu Cheng Yao and Gao Ran. In the book of heaven, Gao Xi was a complete loser in all aspects of submissiveness, heirs, and managing the household. Compared to Gao Ran she didn’t even have one good point, basically a counterexamples of what a successful wife should be. On the surface Lin Wei Xi didn't care, but in her innermost heart she also doubted herself.

 

So now, Lin Wei Xi was obsessed with becoming a "qualified" wife.

 

Lin Wei Xi remembered the evaluation of herself in the heavenly book, and somehow recalled Bu mama’s words a while ago. The smile on her face couldn't help but fading: "It's nothing, just fulfilling my promise. Wangye, you married me because of my unreasonable actions. For this I am endlessly grateful, and I will definitely return the favor many times more. Just as I said that day, as long as Wangye treat me with the courtesy of the principal wife, I will do my best to repay Wangye. There’s nothing else I can do except being Wangye’s housekeeper, just regard this as a payback.”

 

Gu Hui Yan was amused by her words, this girl actually took it so seriously, and really wanted to become his housekeeper. Gu Hui Yan smiled and said, "Then I will rely on you from now on."

 

Gu Hui Yan knew that he had been away from the mansion for many years, the order in the mansion was a complete mess, but alas the whip could not reach (too far to control). Gu Hui Yan really had no time to manage, so these people kept on going. Now he finally could stay in the mansion for a long time, and the moths in the mansion should be beaten. He had the intention to remind Lin Wei Xi with a few words, but then he thought that he would be looking after her this period of time. For now there was no need to tell her in case it scared her, just help her when she really encountered something.

 

Seeing Gu Hui Yan's relaxed expression, Lin Wei Xi smiled sadly in her heart. Since listening to Yan Wang’s past story she felt like she couldn’t step in, she just stay from a distance, and tried her best with her responsibility as a wife. Thinking of this, Lin Wei Xi took the opportunity to inquire about Gu Hui Yan's daily habits and hobbies while the table still being set. Lin Wei Xi only realized last night that the disparity between their habits was not small. In the future, the two of them will live together, so they must inquire about each other's habits in advance.

 

Hobby? Gu Hui Yan paused for a while and said, "I don’t have any requirements for these things, you can arrange it according to your preferences."

 

"How can this work?" Lin Wei Xi thought Gu Hui Yan was only polite with her, but after she questioned several times she found that Gu Hui Yan really didn't care at all. A person actually didn’t have any preference? Lin Wei Xi didn't believe it, and asked, "Yan Wang, you don’t have any personal hobbies? People always have something to do to pass the time."

 

Gu Hui Yan only smiled at this: "No need."

 

No need? Lin Wei Xi looked at Gu Hui Yan with unbelievable eyes. Lin Wei Xi's eyes were extremely focused, Gu Hui Yan inevitably lost his sense when he being looked at by such extremely beautiful eyes.

 

In the eyes of a little girl like her who had been cared for since childhood, she probably couldn’t understand another life.

 

Yan Wang Mansion was now flourishing, but when Gu Hui Yan was born, the situation in Yan Wang Mansion was not very optimistic.

 

Old Yan Wang was Emperor Shizong's youngest brother, and because he was young, he inevitably be treated more favorably in the palace. Later, when Emperor Shizong ascended the throne, there were very few elder brothers who died well, and the situation of old Yan Wang also became awkward.

 

Emperor Shizong gradually became more suspicious after he ascended the throne. It was not easy for old Yan Wang, this pampered younger brother, to live until adulthood. Later, when it was time to move to the vassal state, Emperor Shizong became suspicious again. At this time, the difference between a princess and a prince was shown. With the blood of the same father, Grand Princess Shou Kang was much more pleasing in front of Emperor Shizong compared to Yan Wang. Only when Grand Princess Shou Kang gave her assurance that Emperor Shizong’s suspicion was gradually dispelled, and old Yan Wang and Yan Wangfei were able to successfully reach Yan fief.

 

Yan fief was located at an important border fortress and was always invaded by foreign enemies in the north. Old Yan Wang had been trembling with fear since he arrived in Yan fief. He realized that his big brother's doubts about him had not dissipated. If something goes wrong with the border fortress, he, the Qinwang who was stationed in Yan fief, would be the first one to be blamed. Gu Hui Yan was born in this environment. He was told right after he was born that he was the heir of Yan Wang Mansion, and in the future he would assume the responsibilities of the entire Yan Wang Mansion and even Yan fief.

 

Because of this, Gu Hui Yan had no time to consider hobbies and personal interest. He grew up for Yan Wang mansion since he was a child. Later, when he was fifteen years old, the frontier was in a state of emergency. The old Yan Wang was sick and unable to manage it. Gu Hui Yan could only straighten his back and joined the army. As soon as he came into contact with the military he showed his amazing talent. In the early twenty-fourth year of Yuan Dynasty, at the age of fifteen, Gu Hui Yan fought the first battle of his life using few to defeat many. With three thousand soldiers to beat twenty thousand, this battle was won beautifully. When the battle report was sent to the capital, Emperor Shizong from his imperial seat loudly shouted ‘good’. At this point, because of Gu Hui Yan, the Yan Wang Mansion which was receiving suspicion in the early years of Yuan Dynasty, gradually changed until it got the emperor's favor. After that, Gu Hui Yan’s expedition continued, not only guarding the Yan fief, but sometimes also going to the territories of other fief to quell the chaos, Gu Hui Yan also became Emperor Shizong’s most relied nephew.

 

Later, Emperor Muzong ascended the throne, and the capital imperial power also changed, new emperor new courtiers. But it didn’t affect Gu Hui Yan very much. Emperor Muzong had a good impression of this young and combative cousin. To be put in an important position by two emperors, the power of Yan Wang Mansion grew like a snowball. By the end of Jianzhao, when the eunuchs of the harem were starting a rebellion, Gu Hui Yan become Emperor Muzong’s trump card.

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