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Gu Yun's words allowed Xie Jingxi to understand some of the meaning behind it. Logically speaking, Gu Yun knew that he did not like letting people go in the house, and even though she was the first wife of the Marquis Mansion, she did not have much connections. It was enough to have Ming Yu in the house.

Just as Gu Yun finished speaking, Mingyu had just returned with the food box. Hearing this, she was so scared that he almost threw the box on the ground. Young Master wants to think that she's useless and separate her from the girl, wuu …

Xie Jingxi looked in the mirror and saw Ming Yu's mournful expression, and burst out laughing, "You scared her so much." Xie Jingxi went over and pulled Ming Yu, "Just now, Eldest Young Master was still talking about arranging a house for you, not treating you like a little girl, so that you wouldn't have to go out in winter or summer. If you don't want to go out, you have to find someone to follow me."

"Miss wuu wuu. I'm not afraid of the cold, nor the heat. Just let me follow you, I'm afraid …"

Xie Jingxi laughed and pinched her nose, "How could I bear to leave you behind? For the rest of my life, I've been pointing at you and making fun of you."

After hearing Xie Jingxi's words, Ming Yu relaxed and left the room. Gu Yun laughed, "You are such an interesting girl, but what did you call me just now?"

"Ugh …" What did she call him? Eldest Young Master?

"Think about what to call it again." Only then did Gu Yun's face turn serious, and he closed the lunchbox that Xie Jingxi had just opened. At that place, the fragrance of the chicken wire porridge that had just sprouted out was forcefully sucked away, causing Xie Jingxi to swallow her saliva.

"Mm …" "Husband, husband …" Xie Jingxi called out to him in a low voice, completely lacking the courage to do so.

However, the one called 'husband' didn't seem to be too satisfied. He frowned. "It's that difficult?"

She reached out her hand to open the food box, but Gu Yun did not stop her. Instead, she spoke as if she was talking to herself: "Yesterday, Gu Wan was begging me to bring her to Yue Yang Hall, saying that cooking first was better than bringing it home. I thought that tomorrow would be a good day, I originally wanted to bring my new wife along, but …"

Gu Yun shook his headhee wanted to say something but hesitated. He filled a bowl of chicken wire porridge and tasted it, "Oh, that girl Ming Yu is really good at cooking, I think I will go and learn from Master Chen for a few days, when she returns, she will be able to open a restaurant."

Xie Jingxi burst out laughing, "I really didn't expect that you would actually be so pummeled."

Zhao Zhang had been waiting in the courtyard early in the morning. Hearing how lively the courtyard was, which had been deserted for more than twenty years, he couldn't help but console them, thinking that their Young Master finally had someone who was willing to accept them.

After eating breakfast, Xie Jingxi thought that she should go to the main house to pour tea. It was already a little late for the new wife, but seeing that Gu Yun was still calm, he left the house and went into a house at the east side of the courtyard.

Xie Jingxi did not know what he was planning to do, and followed him in. It was a room that looked similar to a room, with a simple arrangement inside, if not for the memorial tablet on the table, it looked more like the room of a certain Madam.

Xie Jingxi instantly understood that the person Gu Yun spoke of late was not the Lady Zeng, but his birth mother. He never thought that there would be such a room in his courtyard, could it be that this was the place where his mother lived when she was alive?

Zhao Zhang brought a cup of tea in, and Gu Yun received it. He carried one cup each with Xie Jingxi, and then, they knelt on the praying mat together, "Don't worry, mother is a very gentle person, he will definitely like you."

She had always known that Gu Yun had a very mild relationship with his stepmother, so she had always thought that Gu Yun was a rather cold person. Although Lady Zeng was not exactly a nice person, but their family being frozen like this, Gu Yun did not seem to be very sensible.

But looking at how Gu Yun treated his mother, his understanding of him became a little muddled, and this person was so fake that no one could understand him, which side was his true appearance?

When the two of them arrived at the main courtyard, both Lady Zeng and Lady Zeng were there, including Gu Heng and. There was also Gu Wan, who seemed to be waiting for her to become a new wife, Xie Jingxi felt a little embarrassed, so Gu Wan winked at her to indicate for her not to mind, but she still felt a little apologetic in her heart.

Gu Heng looked at the two of them tightly holding hands, and only let go when Xie Jingxi wanted to give him a cup of tea. It was as if he had filled his heart with bitter water, to the point that even the tip of his tongue felt numb.

"I've kept father and mother waiting."

Xie Jingxi gave Lady Zeng a cup of tea first, and each of them gave a red packet. The Lady Zeng said: "It's alright, our family is not as well-regulated as the others, furthermore Yun'er's body is weak, it's fine if she wakes up a little later, so you don't have to worry."

In her previous life, Xie Jingxi had always been well-behaved in front of her parents-in-law, and did not realize that the Lady Zeng was so reasonable and understanding. She obviously didn't like Gu Yun, but in her heart, she still pretended to be a kind mother.

To Lady Zeng, with Xie Jingqi, the second wife, competing in front, it was unknown how much she liked Xie Jingxi better. Furthermore, her impression of her previously was not bad, so she realised that she was sensible. If one were to say that a single wife was in the Palace and both daughter-in-law were unable to be readied, it would seem that they would have some failures. Thus, Lady Zeng's kindness was also due to this reason.

The Marquis was very polite with her, as if she was very satisfied with all aspects of her daughter-in-law. Xie Jingxi felt that her past life spent in Marquis Mansion for nothing, and she really couldn't understand a single thing about her family's matters.

When it was Gu Heng and his wife's turn, logically, it should be them coming to see his wife, but the mansion's situation couldn't care less, so they toasted each other a cup of tea. Xie Jingqi still looked down on her, and was even unwilling to drink her tea, so she called her sister-in-law with more difficulty.

Gu Heng did not look at her, but only respectfully called her sister-in-law. After drinking the sweet tea in one mouthful, he swallowed it down along with the bitter taste on his tongue.

"Hey, Second Brother, your complexion doesn't look too good. Did you drink too much yesterday?"

However, Gu Heng did indeed help Gu Yun block quite a bit of the alcohol the day before, so he took the opportunity to speak: "I do have a stomachache, so I drank a bit more since I was happy yesterday. But it's not a big deal, you should call me sister-in-law first before taking care of me."

When Lady Zeng heard that Gu Heng was not feeling well, his face immediately turned anxious. "If you are not feeling well, go back to your room and ask the woman to boil some medicine for you. Since you have already toasted your tea, your sister-in-law will not argue with you."

Xie Jingxi's hand paused, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere had become a little stiff. Lady Zeng's attitude was just too obvious, even she could not help but frown.

"Mother, when you were waiting for elder brother and elder sister-in-law, why didn't you feel sorry for me? I was just saying this to elder brother and sister-in-law on purpose so that they would think highly of me.

Xie Jingxi had always known of Gu Heng's capabilities. He had always been good at handling things, but she had always been proud and used to it, so she didn't say such tricky words. She tried her best not to think about the fact that he was trying to smooth things over for her, and only pretended to lower her head and pretend that she didn't understand anything.

Gu Yun's pair of eyes had been following Xie Jingxi the entire time, he actually didn't care about whatever the others in the room said or did, but he clearly caught Xie Jingxi's momentary absent-mindedness. His brows unconsciously twitched, and he turned to Gu Heng and said: "Second brother's heart, I will remember both your eldest sister-in-law's hearts, your brother doesn't need to speak too much, if brother has anything to help you in the future, feel free to speak to big brother."

Gu Wan laughed, "Second Brother, are you embarrassed? How can you be so childish when you are already so old? Do you really expect big brother to give you a candy? I don't need big brother to eat it, I have it too.

"The person who is the most shameless is you. You have thought of so many good things, yet you still dare to speak so shamelessly. Speak less and you will have to call me sister-in-law first."

In terms of age, Xie Jingxi was less than a year older than Gu Wan. Normally, Gu Wan relied on her bravery and was not even willing to call him Big Sis, but even more so, she did not want to call him Sister-in-law.

When Gu Heng sent her here, it made her seem petty. Gu Wan glared at her, and unwillingly toasted Xie Jingxi, and called out: "Eldest sister-in-law."

Xie Jingxi smiled as she stuffed a red packet into her hands.

Gu Wan took it over and stuffed it into her pocket, and snorted, "That's more like it."

The entire family was laughing out loud because of her teasing, the awkward atmosphere was immediately overshadowed. Lady Zeng pointed at Gu Wan and laughed: Jing Wan, don't lower yourself to her level, this girl has never been raised as a lady, and doesn't even have the appearance of a lady. If you teach her how to be a lady when you have nothing else to do, you might worry about not getting married.

"Yes, mother."

"Humph, if I can't get married, I'll eat with my elder brother and elder sister-in-law for the rest of my life. Even if I have to call him elder sister-in-law, it won't be for nothing. I'll eat first before I talk."

"Cut the crap!" Marquis glared at Gu Wan, "It's more important to learn from your sister-in-law in the future."

It could be seen that Marquis was still very strict with Gu Heng and his sister, unlike towards Gu Yun, who had a bad temper. Gu Wan stuck out her tongue and hid behind Gu Yun, not saying a word, because every time she hid behind her big brother, Marquis would not talk about her.

He then turned to Xie Jingxi and said, "Your mother is old and there are many things in the house. Even if you have nothing better to do, you should come and help her out.

Xie Jingxi was startled, this meant that she had to take over the responsibility of being the butler, and it came from Marquis himself, so of course Lady Zeng wouldn't have any objections. She had long hoped that Xie Jingxi could take care of her in her place, so Marquis's words were more meaningful than hers, so it was Marquis who said it, so it was better than her.

However, Xie Jingxi didn't really want the muddy water that flowed through the Marquis Mansion. At least, it wasn't from the time she had just entered the sect, so from the perspective of investigating the mysteries of her previous life's death, it was not impossible.