When she returned, Jiang Wu was still in a bad mood.

She was unhappy because she couldn’t see Mo Yangzhou, and she became even more unhappy because she would have to deal with Chu Ling’s dead face later.

Why hadn’t Chu Yan come back yet?

Jiang Wu herself did not dare to mention divorce. Who would dare to mention divorce to the Prime Minister? Where would the Prime Minister put his face?

Saying divorce was to give herself face, but in fact, she was waiting for him to divorce her and she would become a widow. Oh… Jiang Wu’s poor brain reacted for a moment, not a widow, but a divorced woman.

Bah, even worse than a widow.

Jiang Wu was furious and was about to step into the door when Chuyi stopped him.

“My Lady.”

“What?” She was in a bad mood and her tone was not good at the moment.

Chuyi paused, a moment of hesitation flashed across his face, and he reminded: “Do you remember what day it is today?”

Jiang Wu was not in a good mood. If this was Chu Ling’s death anniversary, she would never forget it for a moment.

Chuyi knew from her expression that she had forgotten, so he reminded her in a low voice.

“Today marks the eighteenth anniversary of your marriage to my Lord.”

Jiang Wu was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses. She had forgotten that it was today, but the gift had been prepared in advance, so she quickly waved her hand to signal Zhizhi to go to the room and get the gift.

At the same time, she glanced at Chuyi. Chuyi had the same dead face as his master. Jiang Wu was wondering why this executioner was so kind today?

She was just confused these past two days and forgot about this day.

But think about it, Chu Ling might not remember it.

Speaking of this damn day, Jiang Wu could be said to have shot herself in the foot. She was infatuated with Chu Ling at that time, and she remembered every detail of the day and tried every way to find reasons to be with him.

Regret! Thinking about it now, Jiang Wu wanted to slap herself twice.

Once something had started, it couldn’t end easily. She remembered that when she was trying to forget about these days, Chu Ling said lightly, “Are you not paying much attention to it recently?”

Jiang Wu immediately became terrified.

There wasn’t any before, and there isn’t any now, so it’s fine.

If something was there before and it was gone now, that just meant you didn’t care about it anymore!

Who dared not to care about the God in this mansion?

As for this inexplicable wedding date, it was not difficult to remember. It was shortly after the Duke’s wife’s birthday. If she had not been dizzy from the series of events, she would not have forgotten it.

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When she arrived at the front hall, Chu Ling was indeed waiting there. The large table of food in front of him looked untouched.

“My Lord.”

Jiang Wu had restrained her temper at this moment, and her expression was extremely well-behaved.

Chu Ling just glanced at her indifferently.

“Sit down.”

Jiang Wu carefully sat down next to him, and when she saw him pick up the chopsticks, she picked up some too.

She picked up a dish nearby, which happened to be her favorite fish, and put it in her mouth… It didn’t taste good, it was cold and had a slightly fishy smell.

Jiang Wu frowned and glanced secretly at Chu Ling. The man was eating gracefully and calmly.

“Sir,” she began carefully, “the food is cold. How about asking the kitchen to heat it up?”

Chu Ling glanced at her coldly: “You came back late, do you still want to trouble the kitchen?”

Jiang Wu widened her eyes.

How strange! This bastard was afraid of bothering others? When he kills people without blinking an eye, why didn’t he say that he was bothering others?

But Jiang Wu was not stupid. She knew that Chu Ling was blaming her for not coming back in the first place.

People under the eaves had to bow their heads. She repeated this three times in her mind, stuffed the fish into her mouth, and said nothing.

“Why cut down trees?” Chu Ling suddenly asked again.

The tree has been replanted, why was he still thinking about making trouble? Jiang Wu thought so in her heart, but she didn’t dare to say it out loud. She tried hard to think of how to explain because he really couldn’t think of anything, so he could only remain silent.

“Not talking now?” Chu Ling glanced at her with narrowed eyes. “You were quite eloquent earlier, saying that Nianyin and Ah Ye wouldn’t forgive me.”

Jiang Wu thought of her previous outburst of temper and didn’t dare to say a word for a moment, and the chopsticks in her hand didn’t move.

But maybe it was because she had been with Chu Ling for too long, she vaguely felt that Chu Ling didn’t seem to be angry when he said this.

“Because it was planted for Chu Yan, so you are unhappy?”

After Chu Ling said this, Jiang Wu’s idea became even stronger, and she didn’t even think that Chu Ling was criticizing her.

She glanced at Chu Ling out of the corner of her eye, and at a certain moment, she caught a hint of pleasure in the man’s eyes.

Jiang Wu thought for a moment, then realized. Chu Ling thought she was jealous! He was actually quite happy to see her being jealous.

Realizing this, Jiang Wu felt like vomiting again.

Yes, yes, who didn’t want to see beauties fighting for their favor? Jiang Wu really couldn’t understand why he didn’t take in more concubines and enjoy himself.

She was vomiting so much that she had to comfort herself, “Okay, as long as he is happy, the world will be peaceful if he is happy.” Then she took advantage of his happiness and said, “Today is the day we got married eighteen years ago, sir, I have prepared a gift for you.”

Chu Ling looked over, but not at her, but at Chuyi.

Jiang Wu cursed him in his heart for being so perceptive while standing up and blocking his view.

“Zhizhi.”

Zhizhi brought over a nanmu box, and Jiang Wu took it and handed it to Chu Ling.

The man didn’t intend to pursue the matter any further. After a pause, he put the box in his hand, opened it, and found a jade pendant inside.

Jiang Wu didn’t care. They gave gifts every year and at every festival. How could they give so many gifts every day? Just give whatever you like. Chu Ling didn’t find fault with it.

But this time, Chu Ling stared at the jade pendant for a long time, which made Jiang Wu’s heart beat fast, but it was hard to tell from his expression whether he liked it or not.

Finally, she saw Chu Ling pick up the jade pendant and turn it over and over in his hand, playing with it carelessly. Jiang Wu stared at that hand for a long while before finally hearing him speak.

“That’s thoughtful.”

Jiang Wu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say that it was her duty when the man’s next words came.

“But does Madam like this jade pendant very much? She has been giving it to me for three consecutive years.”

From the moment Jiang Wu heard the word “Madam”, her body felt like it was forming lumps and knots, and she felt nauseous. When she heard the rest, she didn’t even care about the nausea anymore.

“Ah?”

Same? Did she send the same thing?

Chu Ling even kindly explained: “My birthday the year before last, last year’s Chinese Valentine’s Day, this year…” He glanced at Jiang Wu and said no more. Jiang Wu read dissatisfaction in that look.

That was it. How could this mean that she was caring? It clearly meant that she was not caring.

Of course, she really didn’t remember giving Chu Ling anything, but she absolutely couldn’t admit it.

So Jiang Wu smiled and said, “I just liked it so much that I decided to give it. It seems people can always like the same…”

But the word “thing” vanished from her lips when she saw the shattered jade pendant; it wasn’t just the pendant that was broken, but her heart as well.

Scared.

Jiang Wu didn’t know how she had offended this evil star. This time, Chu Ling’s anger was not only felt by her but also by the servants in the room, who all knelt down.

After being stunned for a moment, Jiang Wu suddenly realized that Chu Ling was thinking of Chu Yan.

After all, at the beginning, Chu Yan’s lover was her fiancé. For Chu Ling, this was an illicit love that had been suppressed for so long. For Chu Yan, this was her brother who she had grown up with.

She liked someone else.

So what did she say? He must think she was mocking him. Even if Chu Yan came back, she would not like him. After so many years, she still didn’t understand how to flatter.

Jiang Wu also knelt in fear.