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Cheng Ruojun smiled and waved me over, "Come here."

I took a deep breath and changed my direction. I was extremely careful with every step I took, I only had him in my eyes, I did not care about Du Lirong anymore.

I feel a little itchy on my face, and I don't know if it's because of the blood or because I'm nervous.

I was still afraid of him, especially when he made that gesture. But I tried really hard to control myself, because I didn't want to live under his shadow forever. I wanted to control Cheng Ruojun.

I looked at Cheng Ruojun, but didn't dodge his gaze like before. Instead, I met his gaze with a smile.

Cheng Ruojun pulled my hand, as though he was planning to say something, but right at this moment, Du Lirong suddenly spoke, she said, "How could I hide your wife, isn't she right here?"

Cheng Ruojun looked at his mother and said, "You clearly know why you let her kill chickens."

Hearing Cheng Ruojun's words, I almost laughed out loud. How could I not know how to do anything? I will do it, but no matter what I do after marriage, Cheng Ruojun and my mother always had a reason to say that I didn't do it well. After that, I didn't dare to do it anymore.

After hearing what Cheng Ruojun said, Du Lirong was a little angry, and her gaze towards me became a little unfriendly.

On the surface, Cheng Ruojun seemed to be speaking up for me, but I knew that he wasn't. He knew that his mother loved him, and his love for him was even a little abnormal.

As expected, Du Lirong was angry, she crossed her arms and said, "My body is not feeling well, I want to eat the dishes made by Jiang Rou, is that not okay?"

"Of course you can. It's just someone who kills chickens and ducks or doesn't want her to do it." Cheng Ruojun embraced my shoulder and laughed.

Du Lirong snorted as if she was planning to leave this place. In that second, Cheng Ruojun flung my hand away and pulled Du Lirong's hand, he said to me, "Since mother is not feeling well, and wants to eat your food, then help me out here."

Cheng Ruojun threw down those words and left with Du Lirong. Du Lirong turned around and smiled at me, her smile was filled with malice.

I lowered my head and took a deep breath. Cheng Ruojun was always like this. Although he spoke up for me, his actions were the exact opposite.

He did this on purpose. The reason my relationship with Du Lirong had developed to this point was actually very much related to what Cheng Ruojun was trying to do in the middle of all this.

I continued to cook, and the two nannies in the kitchen helped me with some cutting.

After working in the kitchen for 5 hours, I finally followed Du Lirong's instructions and set up all the dishes neatly on the table. I wanted to take a rest, but the Sister Zheng had already appeared in front of me.

"Madam, is the meal ready?" Sister Zheng was impolite. Looking at her face that was even uglier than normal, she was probably still angry at me.

I nodded and said nothing.

Sister Zheng flung her sleeves and turned around, leaving the room. I looked at her back with a bad premonition in my heart.

I stood up and was about to go out when someone came in.

I just happened to meet Cheng Ruojun's father, Cheng Ruixuan, and I even saw Xia Ze, who was following behind Cheng Ruixuan.

This scene was rather terrible.

I was still wearing my apron. The curly hair that was originally loose on my shoulders was casually tied up. The entire body was filled with the smell of oil smoke.

I felt ashamed of my own appearance, especially when I appeared in front of Xia Ze with that face of mine. I should have let him see my good side, but I immediately regained my clarity of mind.

I shouldn't be feeling inferior anymore. I've cooked the whole family's meals, so what's there to feel inferior about? At least today I'm relying on my own work to eat.

I raised my head and smiled, just in time to see Cheng Ruixuan looking at me, frowning at me.

I said, "I've just finished cooking. Everyone can eat now." I tried to be generous, even though I was still nervous.

Cheng Ruixuan nodded and said, "Eat." As he said that, he walked towards the main seat. He walked rather quickly and Du Lirong followed closely behind him.

"Isn't there a servant at home? Don't let her do this in the future. Cheng Ruixuan suddenly turned and said to Du Lirong. His tone of voice was light and was exactly the same as Cheng Ruojun's, but it was just this kind of expression and tone, which made him sound especially terrifying.

Du Lirong was stunned, she immediately responded, her voice sounded awkward, but even so, Du Lirong glared at me fiercely, the hatred in her eyes made me feel apprehensive.

I took off my apron and untied my hair. Just as I was about to sit down, I suddenly heard Du Lirong calling my name.

"Jiang Rou!" She called out to me, and I got up again before my ass could land on the chair.

I looked up at her. She was sitting in her chair, looking at me, and she said, "I heard you did something stupid a few days ago. I wanted to give you some face, but I didn't want to say it.

She was talking about me inviting Tao Man, so of course I could guess how she found out about this. The servants in my house were all pointing out that they wanted to tell Du Lirong about me, so they wanted to receive their rewards.

I looked at Tao Man, she was sitting beside Du Lirong, her expression did not change at all, she glanced at me, then suddenly she covered her face with her hands.

I looked at Du Lirong, waiting for her next words. But at this moment, I felt someone touch my hand under the table. That hand was cold, and I knew who it was.

How did Xia Ze dare to touch me in front of so many people?

My hand moved away from him the moment he touched me, but the cold sensation lingered on my hand.

I secretly looked at Cheng Ruojun, and realised that Cheng Ruojun, who was sitting beside me, didn't notice anything unusual about me, he was only staring at Du Lirong, waiting for her to continue speaking.

"What did you say you did?" Du Lirong asked me, and her expression was one of unease. It was obvious that Cheng Ruixuan's words from before had left a shadow in her heart.

They all looked very natural, but seeing my current performance, Du Lirong felt that I had become even more flustered.

She was trying to force me to give up my seat, or to cry like I used to, but I'm not doing it now.

I faintly smiled, and then looked towards Cheng Ruixuan and said, "The matter is as it stands." My back unconsciously sweated. I wasn't good at speaking in front of so many people, but I had to face something that I didn't dare face before, "I love Cheng Ruojun, Cheng Ruojun's wife, but like what Mother said, I really can't help Ruo Ruo."

Cheng Ruojun's expression changed. He turned around to look at me and became unhappy.

"Now that I have met Tao Man, she is indeed more suitable than me. She is younger than me, smarter than me, her family background is also better than mine, and in the end, the most important thing is …"

At this point, a voice in my head said to me, You should be crying now, you can't be too rational.

I stopped when I heard this, and the next second tears rolled down my cheeks.

"She can give birth to an heir for the Cheng family." I reached out my hand to wipe my tears, "I am willing to leave Cheng Ruojun, you can say that I passed away from sickness."

I tried my best to make the words sound sad. I wanted everyone to think that I still loved Cheng Ruojun, I couldn't let everyone think that I didn't love him anymore.

Cheng Ruojun turned his head to look at me, his eyes gloomy, he was angry, I will probably meet with misfortune in a while, but what does it matter, I have already made my decision, in order to one day, I will definitely slap Cheng Ruojun on the body one by one.

The entire restaurant was silent, all of us waiting for Master Cheng Ruixuan to speak.

Cheng Ruixuan's eyes swept past us one by one, and finally landed on our faces. His muddy eyes looked at me, and I could not understand his eyes, as he had never looked at me in such a manner before.

My hands began to shake, but I tried to stay calm.

Finally I heard him say, "You're the wife of our family."

I nodded.

He paused. "If he knew before he married you that you couldn't give birth, it was his own decision."

If it was me from the past, I would have been deeply moved by his words, but at this moment, I didn't feel a single trace of joy, because his words were like a seal. Unless I die, I will never be able to escape the Cheng Family.

"However..." Cheng Ruixuan continued.