IBTSOME Chapter 56 Part 2

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 56 Part 2: Transparent

 

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When Lin Wei Xi and Gu Hui Yan came out of the study, only then Wan Yue dared to follow Lin Wei Xi from behind, and said in a low voice: "Wangfei, the kitchen has already sent the words. The foods are all ready, the dining hall over there also has been put to order, just waiting for Wangye and Wangfei."

 

Lin Wei Xi said: "Then let them set the meal, Wangye and I will be there shortly. By the way, where are Shizi and Shizi Consort?"

 

Wan Yue lowered her eyes, not dared to see that the Yan Wang and Wangfei seemed to be holding hands: "Shizi Consort has come out of the Buddhist hall at youshi (5-7pm), and then went back to the Qingshong Garden. Now she is waiting in the dining hall with Shizi."

 

Lin Wei Xi nodded, and said nothing. Wan Xing had already prepared the cloak and the hand stove. Seeing Lin Wei Xi coming out, she quickly stepped forward to help Lin Wei Xi to dress up. Compare to Lin Wei Xi, Gu Hui Yan’s getting ready was much simpler. He quickly put on an overcoat, but Lin Wei Xi was still finishing up. Gu Hui Yan did not wait outside as the usual practices. Instead, he stood at the door and quietly watched Lin Wei Xi put on a wide cloak. With furry collars clustering around her face, Lin Wei Xi stood carelessly, letting the maid fasten her gold buckles. Finally, she took the hand stove and walked towards Gu Hui Yan: "Wangye."

 

Gu Hui Yan stretched out his hand and straightened out the fluffy white velvet on both sides of her neck. Lin Wei Xi's palm-sized face was wrapped in fluff, indescribably delicate and beautiful.

 

"Let's go."

 

The two walked into the dining hall. When Lin Wei Xi entered the door, she intended to be half a step behind and walking behind Gu Hui Yan, but Gu Hui Yan deliberately slowed down and accompanied Lin Wei Xi into everyone’s line of sight.

 

When the people in the room saw Gu Hui Yan and Lin Wei Xi coming, they hurriedly bowed down to greet them. Gu Cheng Yao and Gao Ran also saluted them one after another: "Father. Mother."

 

Gu Hui Yan nodded indifferently and amiably, then said, "You’re all excuse, sit down."

 

Gao Ran stood up, followed after Lin Wei Xi, and lowered her eyes slightly. Lin Wei Xi glanced from the corner of her eye and chuckled inside. During the meal, Gao Ran took the serving chopsticks to Lin Wei Xi as usual. Lin Wei Xi said: "Shizi Consort has been copying books these days. She has been working hard, so let's take a break."

 

"I don’t dare." Gao Ran still wanted to decline, but Lin Wei Xi interrupted her with a smile, and said: "You don't have to say anything, for the New Year's celebration, it's rare for our family to have a reunion dinner. Just sit down. Tomorrow’s copying the books will stop for a while, and Shizi Consort will step up to arrange Qingsong Garden for the New Year. It is never too late to show filial piety, but shouldn’t neglect Shizi during the New Year."

 

Will be stop for a while, Gao Ran recalled what the maid had told her, her heart felt aggrieved, but on the surface she had to gratefully thanked Lin Wei Xi. The inner house was Lin Wei Xi’s responsibility. Lin Wei Xi opens her mouth to discipline her daughter-in-law, even Gu Hui Yan couldn’t easily intervene. Only when Lin Wei Xi finished speaking and Gao Ran took a seat, the people on the side dared to fetch the bowls and chopsticks to waited on Gao Ran to quietly eat.

 

The slight sound from the clash of bowls and cups could be heard, with the distinctive crispness of porcelain. Gu Cheng Yao sat on his seat beside Gao Ran. He stared at the dishes at the dinner table boringly, and suddenly realized something: "It seems that for several days the dinner didn’t have any fish, shrimps and other freshwater fish? Why is that?"

 

The maids who were waiting at the dinner table paused, and then their movements became lighter. Gao Ran quickly glanced at Lin Wei Xi, raised her eyebrows like watching a good play.

 

Everyone in the mansion knew that Yan Wang likes freshwater fishes, but Lin Wei Xi, in order to fight against previous Wangfei Shen, arbitrarily decided to remove most of the fish and shrimp from the annual banquet, and later even the daily dinner was changed. Now, someone had asked, and this person was Gu Cheng Yao, no doubt the effect was better.

 

Lin Wei Xi suddenly became a little curious when she heard this. She put down her chopsticks and turned her head to look at Gu Cheng Yao: "In the winter fish and shrimps are rare, sometimes it is inevitable that they are not fresh, and it is not uncommon for them to be removed. Why Shizi suddenly ask?"

 

Gu Cheng Yao and Lin Wei Xi’s eyes met. Since Lin Wei Xi’s marriage to the mansion, she seldom looked at him with such a serious eyes. Normally, she would either hold her stepmother’s arrogance to avoid his line of sight, or she would use sneering expression to look at him. This kind of earnest and serious looks was really rare. Gu Cheng Yao looked at Lin Wei Xi’s black and bright pupils and for a brief moment lost his mind. He quickly recovered his thoughts and said with a serious face: “Although fish and shrimps are rare in winter, but they are father’s favorite, naturally cannot be lacking. When my late mother was alive, the mansion always prepared fish, shrimp, crabs and other living things."

 

Even now, Gu Cheng Yao still firmly believes that Gu Hui Yan likes freshwater fish, and Lin Wei Xi didn’t know what to say. If she remembers correctly, when Gu Cheng Yao accidentally mentioned Yan Wang's preferences in her previous life, she specifically said that Wangfei Shen told him this. If this the impression he got from his biological mother when he was a child, it was really not easy to correct it. However, having a meal this kind of things, as long as Gu Cheng Yao paid more attention, he could see it within three meals. Yan Wang that was rumored to love eating fish, shrimps and crabs, actually never touch those things.

 

The funny thing was Gu Cheng Yao had never found anything wrong. The others received instructions from the master, and still firmly spread this wrong preference. Now it was even spoken by Gu Cheng Yao in front of Yan Wang himself.

 

Gu Hui Yan's expression was calm and he did not express his position. Even if he heard his son forced for his "preference", Gu Hui Yan's expression did not fluctuate. He was not a person who liked to proclaim himself, and the wrong perception had been carried out for more than ten years. Now if it was corrected, it would embarrassed Gu Cheng Yao’s face, and the entire mansion would also made a fuss. This was really not an important thing, there was no need to stir up the people.

 

There was a moment of silence on the dinner table, and then Lin Wei Xi put down her chopsticks and calmly took the kerchief from Wan Xing's hand, gently pressed the corners of her lips, and her tone as light as feather, "My health is not good. The imperial physician said that I cannot eat too many things, to avoid causing chronic diseases, so I decided to remove it."

 

Gu Cheng Yao suddenly choked, he paused for a moment, and finally said solemnly: "This son is rude."

 

Lin Wei Xi didn't care, only Gu Hui Yan glanced at Lin Wei Xi lightly. Sometimes this little girl was especially irritating, and sometimes she's really incredible.

 

TN: Is it the end of the fish debacle?!

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