eurekapd Chapter 368 Cunning
Chapter 368 Cunning
The emotions that had been pent up for a long time burst out like a dam breaking, and Zhang Xueming cried heartily.
After venting, she felt like she had broken free from a heavy shackle and felt much more relaxed.
Gong Yuanzheng carefully applied the ointment on her eyelids: [Let's go back. You can lean on me and take a nap.]
Zhang Xueming closed her eyes with a faint smile on her lips. She held Gong Yuanzheng's hand and stood up with his help.
Gong Yuanzheng helped her tidy up her robe, removed the grass leaves stuck to the corners of her robe, and lifted her onto the horse's back.
The horse trotted forward the way it had come.
[We won’t go to the theater tonight. You need to have a good rest.] Gong Yuanzheng rubbed her hair with his chin lovingly.
[Okay, I'll go to your place.] Zhang Xueming leaned against him and relaxed. [I want to get some medicine.]
Gong Yuanzheng keenly sensed something was wrong, but because he was reluctant to part with her, he immediately agreed.
Since he wasn't going out in his true appearance, Gong Yuanzheng didn't have to cover up as carefully as he did last night.
When we returned to the new house, it was already dark.
Jin Miao reported that Zhang Xueting came here in the afternoon and Gong Shangjiao received him. The two drank tea and talked in the main courtyard for the whole afternoon, and had dinner together before Zhang Xueting left.
"Send someone to the third room to tell my family that I need to rest for two days." Zhang Xueming smiled faintly.
All the official business that needed to be handled was completed, and there was not much work that required her to stay at home all the time.
Jin Miao went to arrange it without saying a word.
Gong Shangjiao and Zhang Tong had an appointment and had already gone out.
Xue Chongzi took Xue Gongzi to the theater to watch various operas. There were so many interesting things that they were busy all day long.
After dinner, Zhang Xueming and Gong Yuanzheng walked hand in hand around the mansion to digest their food.
There are no flowers or plants in the garden, but there are a bunch of shrubs planted. Looking at the soil at the roots, the leaves are a little wilted after just a few days of planting.
[It would be better to move my herbs here, at least there are flowers to look at.] Gong Yuanzheng pouted in disdain.
[This is a unique tree in Changling. It nourishes the soil and resists wind and sand. It has no medicinal value.] Zhang Xueming said, [In summer, it will bloom with small white flowers with a strong fragrance, so it is also called Xiang Man Tang. The flowers can be picked and mixed with millet rice and steamed together, which is also a unique flavor.]
Gong Yuanzheng asked reflexively: [Is it delicious? ]
Zhang Xueming couldn't help laughing: [The taste is okay, but the millet rice is irritating to the throat. I made it at home and everyone just tried it.]
After taking a walk, the two entered Gong Yuanzheng's pharmacy.
Gong Yuanzheng looked at the medicinal herbs that Zhang Xueming had grabbed. Although the combinations were different, they all had the function of clearing heat, calming the mind and aiding sleep.
Looking at her smooth movements, it doesn't seem like she is doing an experiment, but rather like she is well prepared.
Gong Yuanzheng's feeling that something was wrong was growing stronger and stronger.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he said in astonishment: "Zhao Zhao, you knew this a long time ago?"
He was so excited that he asked directly. His voice was so abrupt in the quiet pharmacy that he scared himself.
Zhang Xueming paused and looked at him in surprise: [What do you mean I already knew it? ]
There seemed to be nothing wrong with his eyes and expression, but Gong Yuanzheng's intuition told him that his guess was correct.
He was stunned for a while, then he pursed his lips and said angrily: [Zhao Zhao, you are biased! You obviously suspected that something was wrong with them a long time ago, but you would rather suffer yourself than expose them, and even use me to find excuses for them! ]
Zhang Xueming saw that his eyes were wide open, and he folded his arms, put down the shallow winnowing basket in his hand, walked over, and stretched out his hand: [I want a hug. ]
This attitude clearly shows a guilty conscience.
Gong Yuanzheng glared at her angrily and turned his back to her.
Zhang Xueming walked around to him, tilted her head and smiled sweetly: [Cousin, give me a hug.]
[Humph!] Someone said with a cold face, reaching out and hugging her.
Zhang Xueming quickly hugged his small waist, buried her face in his arms, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: [I knew that my cousin treats me best. ]
Gong Yuanzheng raised the corners of his mouth and then forced them down, tightening his arms as if punishing him: [I treat you best, and you still lie to me? Tell me the truth, did you deliberately reveal this through my mouth? ]
Zhang Xueming denied: [Cousin, don’t make wild guesses. That’s not true.]
[If it weren't for you, you wouldn't have avoided the question and didn't answer it.] Gong Yuanzheng rubbed her head with his chin, [You are just like your brother, you have eight hundred tricks in your mind. You don't plot against the people who betrayed you, but you plot against me! Do you think they are your own people and I am an outsider?]
Zhang Xueming hung himself up as a pendant, and even though his hair was messed up, he didn't hide: [It's not me, I didn't, don't talk nonsense. ]
But she just refused to answer the question directly and didn't even give an explanation.
Gong Yuanzheng could not wait for an answer. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. His eyes gradually turned red and tears welled up in his eyes: "Bad Zhaozhao, you only know how to bully me."
But not long after, he changed his mind. Gong Shangjiao had also gone there that day. Why didn't Zhang Xueming plot against Gong Shangjiao but only against him?
It might be that Zhang Xueming believed in his ability and knew that he would definitely find out something was wrong with the Zhang family.
With his temper, if he found out that Zhang Xueming had been cheated so badly by the Zhang family in the past, he would definitely expose them without hesitation and come back to tell Zhang Xueming the answer that she had always been unsure of...
Over the past decade, the relatives around Zhang Xueming were all in the same group. A group of monsters teamed up to deceive Zhang Xueming. Apart from him, who else could Zhang Xueming trust? Even Gong Shangjiao had something to ask of the Zhang family.
In this way, he knew the details of the Zhang family, but did not tell Zhang Xueming the truth. Instead, he helped the Zhang family find excuses to fool her.
If Zhang Xueming found out...
Gong Yuanzheng's heart trembled, and he held back the tears that were about to burst out in a second. He pressed his chin against the top of Zhang Xueming's head to prevent her from suddenly looking up and noticing any clues from his expression.
He cried, "Forget it, Zhao Zhao, I know you didn't mean it. If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. No matter what you plan to do, I will always stand by your side."
Zhang Xueming subconsciously wanted to raise her head, but he pressed her down so hard that she couldn't move. She wanted to get out of his embrace, but he tightened his arms again, making it hard for her to breathe.
Zhang Xueming was a little uneasy: "Ayuan, are you crying? Don't cry, I don't want to hide it from you, I just don't know how to say it for a moment..."
"I know, I know, it's okay." Gong Yuanzheng raised the corner of his mouth quietly, "I'm just a little unwilling. Zhao Zhao and I are obviously the closest... Why is it that as soon as I returned to the North, I was no longer the person closest to Zhao Zhao?"
"Ayuan and I are closest, and this will never change." Zhang Xueming said firmly, "I know very well that Ayuan is the one who will spend the rest of my life with me."
Gong Yuanzheng's eyes lit up, his heart blossomed, and he tried hard to restrain himself from laughing out loud, but the corners of his mouth were already raised high: "I believe you, Zhao Zhao. I believe you will never hurt me, right?"
"Correct."