IBTSOME Chapter 52 Part 1

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 52 Part 1: Shu Younger Brother

 

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Gu Hui Yan leaned over and asked in a low voice, Lin Wei Xi wrinkled her nose, and said: "It's all right."

 

The pulling was over, otherwise, what else could she done?

 

Gu Cheng Yao vaguely felt something. He took a step back and lowered his head and said, "This son has not completed his homework, so I won't disturb father and mother to appreciate the snow. Please excuse this son."

 

Gu Hui Yan nodded and said, "Go ahead, the spring examination is coming. It’s important to prepare for the preliminary round. Don't be distracted by the clamoring of these few days. Understand?"

 

"I understand, thanking father for his teaching." After Gu Cheng Yao responded, he raised his head and glanced at Lin Wei Xi, cupped his hand to salute, and turned away.

 

Gu Hui Yan was teaching his son, Lin Wei Xi stood aside and listened. After Gu Cheng Yao turned around and walked on the same road, Lin Wei Xi remembered something and asked suspiciously: "What Shizi originally intend to do? He just go back like that?"

 

"Perhaps just sitting in the study room feel stuffy, so he came out to get some air." Gu Hui Yan glanced at Lin Wei Xi and said, "The weather is cold these days, don't let your temper run off. Be careful of catching cold."

 

"No, I'm not such an unruly person." Lin Wei Xi mumbled, too lazy to care about Gu Cheng Yao. Anyway, how Gu Cheng Yao was had nothing to do with her, she handed over the management of Qingsong Garden to the dowry servant left by Wangfei Shen, her attitude of not interfering in the matter of Shizi was very obvious. Whatever happened in Gu Cheng Yao’s courtyard was their own business, and she this succeeding Wangfei had nothing to do with it.

 

As for whether Gao Ran and Bu Mama were like the east wind overwhelmed the west wind or the west wind overwhelmed the east wind, it depends on the methods of these two people. Lin Wei Xi would just stay aside and watch the excitement.

 

After returning to Jingcheng Courtyard, Lin Wei Xi first ordered the kitchen to prepare the foods, and then went to the inner room to change her snow-soaked clothing. That snow ball was just happened to fall on Lin Wei Xi. The soaked hair were fine, but the snow that fell on the collar were troublesome. The snow was already cold, and when it fell on the neck, it froze for a while, and then it was steamed into snow water by the body temperature. Now it all seeped into Lin Wei Xi's back. She was not only uncomfortable, but also easy to catch cold.

 

Lin Wei Xi could only untie her hair and changed into a new, dry and warm clothes, and then casually rolled her hair up into a low bun and went outside to dine with Gu Hui Yan. Seeing Lin Wei Xi coming out, Gu Hui Yan first reached out to check the temperature of her forehead, and found that she did not have a fever, so he said at ease: "Fortunately, there is no fever. Drink the ginger tea first."

 

Lin Wei Xi looked at the ginger tea, and before she speaks anything, Gu Hui Yan could see her thoughts and said, "No quibble, you have to drink it. Your body is delicate. Today walking in the snow for so long, there is also snow in your clothes. If not careful now, what should we do if you get fever tomorrow?"

 

Well, Lin Wei Xi also knew that her current health was not good, couldn’t be like in the past. She could only hold the tea cup and drink the hot ginger tea bit by bit. Lin Wei Xi stared at the cup in her hand intently. The ginger tea’s steam rise up, when encountered the air it condensed into white water mist, and it hung on Lin Wei Xi's eyelashes, concentrated into fine water droplets.

 

Gu Hui Yan watched for a long time, finally couldn't help but reached out to touch Lin Wei Xi's long eyelashes. Lin Wei Xi's eyelashes were extremely long, and the tail ends tilted up neatly. Now with the water-drops hanging on it, it wouldn’t fall off, looking very delicate and pitiful. Gu Hui Yan's finger touched the outermost eyelashes. Lin Wei Xi was puzzled and raised her head to question: "What's wrong?"

 

Gu Hui Yan shook his head and smiled, but did not reply. Lin Wei Xi with great difficulty finished the drink, took the kerchief from Wan Xing's hand, and gently wiped the water stains on her lips. When Gu Hui Yan saw that she had tidy up, he let people passed on the meal.

 

Although it was annual leave from the twenty-third of the twelfth month to the seventeenth of the first month, Gu Hui Yan had a different status. He was both the commander of 100,000 army and the auxiliary minister of the court. Even if he did not go out, there were many things that come to him. Not to mention the New Year was approaching, so there were many people walking through the gate. After Gu Hui Yan spent lunch with Lin Wei Xi, he didn’t sit for long and then went to the front to deal with some business.

 

After Gu Hui Yan left, Lin Wei Xi had to do her own thing. These past few days, it was not only Gu Hui Yan who was busy, she, the Yan Wangfei, was also up to her neck busy. Many people came to visit before the end of the year, and the daily gifts in the gatehouse were piled up. At the end of the year, officials from other provinces had to go to the capital to report on their duties. Many of these gifts were sent by officials from various provinces. Although most people couldn't even enter the mansion, Lin Wei Xi couldn't let these gifts stay idly by. If there was nothing to asked, who would actually give gifts? Especially Yan Wang’s status was delicate now. It was not a good thing for an emperor’s uncle, who leads the troops to save the country, to be too conspicuous. Lin Wei Xi was not a shallow-eyed person. She didn’t care about the silver sent from outside, she cared more about the stability and longevity of Yan Wang Mansion.

 

Therefore, these gifts were handled with particular care. If they were too precious, it shouldn’t be accepted, and some gifts from the household that had friendly relations also could not be casually accepted. Lin Wei Xi must prepare a suitable and slightly more precious gift in return, with a group of servants to deliver to the other side’s house. In this way, it was extremely exhausting to process the gift list alone every day.

 

Lin Wei Xi was considering the return gift for the capital magistrate when she suddenly heard an announcement from the outside. A maid with two buns hairstyle stood outside the curtain and said, "Wangfei, Duke Yingguo Mansion old madam and lady are here."

 

"Duke Yingguo Mansion?" Lin Wei Xi was stunned when she heard the name. She quickly recovered and asked, "I didn't receive the calling card from Duke Yingguo Mansion yesterday. Did the gatekeeper miss it?"

 

"It's not that the gatekeeper missed it." The maid stepped forward and handed over the calling card and said, "This is the card from Duke Yingguo Mansion."

 

Lin Wei Xi asked Wan Xing to pick up the calling card. After she got it, Lin Wei Xi knew what was going on without having to read it.

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