Xie Nanjia took a sudden step back.
"Why, you don't want to?" Zhao Jingyu played with the white jade cup.
Xie Nanjia remained silent.
Zhao Jingyu said unhappily, "Are you planning to stick with this plan to the end?"
Xie Nanjia said, "I am not playing hard to get. I really don't want to. Although my family is poor, I am innocent. The second young master got excited for a while and then left without a care in the world. How can I get married in the future?"
"How dare you!" Zhao Jingyu said sternly, "My lord, I asked you to sleep with me because I think highly of you. Who do you think you are? How dare you go against me!"
Xie Nanjia remained calm and said, "This is a matter of mutual consent. If you force others to do something, what's the difference between you and a country bumpkin?"
Zhao Jingyu's eyes suddenly became deep, and he exerted force with his fingers, causing the white jade cup to shatter. "What a sharp tongue you have, aren't you afraid that I will kill you
"Afraid." Xie Nanjia answered honestly.
Zhao Jingyu was so angry that he threw the white jade fragments at her: "Get out!"
Xie Nanjia was unable to dodge and was cut on the back of his hand, with blood oozing out quickly.
She said nothing, bowed and walked out the door.
She was neither angry nor afraid. There was no lust in Zhao Jingyu's eyes just now. He was just acting.
Maybe he is not what he seems, he seems to have many secrets.
Zhao Jingyu stared at the door until Xie Nanjia's figure melted into the night, then he turned around and asked Wei Jun: "Do you think she is the same girl from seven years ago?"
"Yes." Wei Jun said, "The burn scar on the back of her neck is still there."
"Huh?" Zhao Jingyu frowned in displeasure, "You actually looked at her neck."
Wei Jun hurriedly explained: "I just want to verify if she is the real her for your safety."
"Why, are you also worried that someone had arranged this for her in advance?" Zhao Jingyu asked.
"Yes." Wei Jun said.
"So since she has scars, it means she is real." Zhao Jingyu said, "But can a person's temperament change so much from when they were children?"
"I think so..." Wei Jun hesitated, "Sir, you are completely different from when you first entered the Marquis' Mansion."
"You are getting bolder and bolder. You dare to talk nonsense about the master." Zhao Jingyu glared at him and ended the topic. "Give me another bowl of soup."
*****
That night, Xie Nanjia was called back to the upper room by Zhao Jingyu to serve.
Chunfang and Hongxing were so jealous that their eyes turned red, and they kept calling Xiu'er a vixen in the servants' room.
Ah Ying, the maid in charge of cleaning, couldn't stand it any longer and said something that hit her heart: "Xiu'er didn't come last night, and didn't the second young master ask you to serve him?"
"What did you say? Say it again?" Hong Xing was like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
Ah Ying said, "I'll say it a hundred times, the Second Young Master doesn't like you, what's Guan Xiu'er's problem?"
The two of them were furious.
In fact, Xie Nanjia was serving in the upper room, only helping Zhao Jingyu to make the bed and fold the quilt. It was Wei Jun who helped him bathe and change clothes.
After the bed was made, Zhao Jingyu did not keep her in the room, but asked Wei Jun to arrange her in the side room.
This further confirmed her guess that Zhao Jingyu was just putting on an act.
After Wei Jun helped Zhao Jingyu to bed, he took a bottle of medicine and sent it to the side room, telling Xie Nanjia that it was an excellent medicine that could promote wound healing and leave no scars.
Xie Nanjia thanked him and asked him to help apply the medicine, saying that her left hand was not convenient for operation.
Wei Jun couldn't refuse, so he sat down and helped her apply the medicine.
Xie Nanjia took the opportunity to ask, "Brother Wei, I heard that the second son is the Marquis's favorite child. How could the Marquis bear to let him come to our poor and remote place?"
Wei Jun said: "This is also a helpless move. The Crown Prince's wife has died, and the Second Young Master is the only one who has the most free time in the mansion now."
Finally, we get to the point.
Xie Nanjia's heart was pounding and he clenched his hands tightly.
"What did Brother Wei say? The Crown Prince's wife is gone. How could she be gone?" She used surprise to hide her true emotions.
"Difficult labor." Wei Jun said.
"Oh my God!" Xie Nanjia covered her chest and said, "The prince's wife is so pitiful. What about the child? Could it be that the child is also..."
Her teeth were chattering, but she didn't dare to ask that word.
(End of this chapter)