Chapter 31: Scheming

Ruan Yu’s peripheral vision caught sight of the clothing box in the corner of the closet. She remembered that when Jiang Chen came to the Gu residence, Gu Yan Zhi’s hand was cut again, and she had asked Tang Ma to put the clothes in the closet. A few days had passed, and she had completely forgotten.

She took the clothing box out of the closet and placed it on the bed. She looked at Gu Yan Zhi beside her, thinking, he would look great in it.

Gu Yan Zhi’s gaze fell on the box on the bed, “What is this?”

“Guess.” Ruan Yu played a riddle with him.

“Then I guess it’s a suit you bought for me.” Gu Yan Zhi smiled at her. Actually, he had already discovered the two suits. He just wanted to wait until this little thing gave them to him personally, then it would have meaning.

It turned out that this little thing only remembered after a week.

“You actually guessed right.” Ruan Yu looked at him in surprise, “Go try it on, do you like it? I actually bought it with the money you gave me.”

“I know.” Actually, he received the spending record on his phone that day. At that moment, he was happy. This little girl was finally starting to spend her own money.

Before, she rarely did this. Even if she did spend, she would tell him, “I’ll pay you back later.”

Gu Yan Zhi put on the suit. Ruan Yu looked at him carefully, she was amazed by his looks and figure.

For a sucker for good looks, a suit kill was simply fatal.

The suit fit Gu Yan Zhi perfectly, but Ruan Yu felt something was missing.

She found the two ties she had bought from the closet and chose one that matched the suit Gu Yan Zhi was wearing.

Gu Yan Zhi looked at her with doting eyes. Ruan Yu wrapped the tie around Gu Yan Zhi’s neck from behind, tidied up the suit, and was about to tie the tie when she realized she didn’t know how.

Gu Yan Zhi smiled, reached out and rubbed her head, taking the tie from her hand, “I’ll teach A-Yu.”

Gu Yan Zhi’s movements were slow. Ruan Yu watched his hands carefully, and she remembered it after one try. She untied the tie and tried again, and she tied it correctly in one go.

Ruan Yu looked at Gu Yan Zhi with satisfaction, she found that her taste was good. She nodded with satisfaction, “My husband is so handsome, he’s so handsome that I want to scheme against you.”

She lifted Gu Yan Zhi’s chin, but Gu Yan Zhi grabbed her wrist, “If you want to scheme, do it now.”

She withdrew her hand awkwardly, forgetting the consequences of teasing this man. She awkwardly laughed twice, “Another day, let’s go have dinner with Auntie today.”

Ruan Yu was wearing a white dress, clean, sweet, and pure.

At the old Gu residence, Ruan Yu walked into the courtyard, arm in arm with Gu Yan Zhi. Zhang Shen saw Gu Yan Zhi and her face was filled with joy, “Young Master is back.”

Jiang Shiqing in the living room heard Zhang Shen’s words and hurried out of the living room. Her face was full of joy, her eyes were smiling, she ran over and lightly hugged Gu Yan Zhi, then released him, looking at him with resentment, “You stinky boy, you haven’t come to see your mother for so long, you’re so ungrateful. I’ve spoiled you.”

Gu Yan Zhi’s expression didn’t change much, “I’ve been busy recently, I’ll come back every week from now on.”

“Okay, don’t go back on your word.” Jiang Shiqing said, “No matter how busy you are, take care of yourself, don’t worry your mother.”

Gu Yan Zhi faintly hummed in agreement. Ruan Yu smiled as she watched the mother and son meet and get along well. It turned out that even a strong woman in the eyes of outsiders was just a little woman who needed warmth and companionship in front of her family.

Jiang Shiqing glanced at Ruan Yu, the smile on her face disappeared. Gu Yan Zhi also felt this atmosphere.

Ruan Yu didn’t pay attention to Jiang Shiqing’s expression, she just politely called out, “Auntie.”

Because of her son, Jiang Shiqing faintly nodded, “Come in and talk.”

Ruan Yu could tell that Jiang Shiqing didn’t have the same hostility as she did when they met last time. She seemed to have changed a little towards her.

During dinner, Jiang Shiqing kept putting food into Gu Yan Zhi’s bowl, “Eat more, these are your favorites.”

Gu Yan Zhi nodded, he picked up some food and put it into Ruan Yu’s bowl, his gaze stayed on her face, afraid that she wouldn’t be comfortable.

Jiang Shiqing looked at her son with dissatisfaction. The son she had raised with so much effort, now his heart and eyes were all on another woman, “You’re all grown up, you don’t have your old mother in your eyes anymore.”

She spoke lightly, but only she knew the heartache behind it.

Gu Yan Zhi’s lips curled up, he picked up a dish that Jiang Shiqing loved and put it into her bowl, “How can you be jealous of your own wife?”

Jiang Shiqing glared at him with dissatisfaction, “I’m a woman too, why can’t I be jealous?”

Gu Yan Zhi shook his head helplessly. Over the years, he understood how difficult it was for his mother, she had worked hard to raise him, “You’re happy, that’s all that matters, I have no objections.”

Ruan Yu looked at Jiang Shiqing’s appearance, she thought she was quite cute, a charming smile unconsciously curved at the corner of her lips.

After dinner, Jiang Shiqing realized belatedly that Gu Yan Zhi hadn’t questioned her about why she went to manage the Gu residence. Knowing her son, if he had known, he would have definitely asked, or he would have said that she didn’t need to interfere with the affairs of the Gu residence.

So there was only one possibility, that Gu Yan Zhi didn’t know it was her who did it. She looked at Ruan Yu’s figure beside her, it was obvious that she had concealed it.

Jiang Shiqing looked at Gu Yan Zhi and said, “Your father’s death anniversary is in a few days, come back then and go see your father together.”

Gu Yan Zhi paused, a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes, “I will.”

Jiang Shiqing asked Zhang Shen to prepare a room, “Stay tonight, just to keep your mother company.”

Gu Yan Zhi looked at Ruan Yu, afraid that she wouldn’t be comfortable, after all, she rarely went out except for the Gu residence.

Ruan Yu smiled at him and nodded, only then did Gu Yan Zhi agree.

Gu Yan Zhi sent a message on his phone, he had work to take care of, he said goodbye and went to the study upstairs. After Gu Yan Zhi left, Jiang Shiqing looked at Ruan Yu beside her, “The soup you made was good.”

Ruan Yu smiled lightly, “Auntie likes it, that’s all that matters.”

Jiang Shiqing looked at Ruan Yu for a few seconds, “Actually, I don’t dislike you, I even liked you very much when you were little. But you did those things, although my son doesn’t hold it against you, I, as a mother, won’t accept you easily.”

Ruan Yu nodded, “I know, I’ll try my best, until the day Auntie forgives me.”

When she was little, she often came to the old Gu residence to play. Jiang Shiqing used to like her very much, she even wanted to take her away from Gu Yan Zhi and keep her by her side. But Gu Yan Zhi wouldn’t agree no matter what, he just wanted to keep Ruan Yu by his side. Later, Jiang Shiqing was upset for a long time.

At that time, she also liked Jiang Shiqing very much. But later, she hated Gu Yan Zhi, and from then on, she no longer interacted with Jiang Shiqing. It had been years. She ran wild in the Gu residence, Gu Yan Zhi covered up everything for her. At that time, Jiang Shiqing didn’t know about those things.