The Hidden Beauty

Chapter 125 Misunderstanding ()

Last night, a man and a woman were alone in a room. Meng Shuyi stared at Meng Tingzhou's sleeping appearance from a close distance and listened to his breathing.

For a moment, she really had an urge to grab him regardless of the consequences.

But reason told her that now was not the time.

"Aunt, if I had woken up my cousin last night, I'm afraid he would have hated me."

Meng Shuyi was very familiar with Meng Tingzhou's character. He was decisive and would not tolerate any sand in his eyes. Moreover, he only had brotherly and sister feelings towards her at the moment, so approaching him rashly would only lead to failure.

Ever since Meng Shuyi had given her the advice to take a concubine for Meng Tingzhou and pretend to be sick, Old Lady Meng gradually began to trust her niece and became closer to her.

"From what you said, it seems like you have a better idea?"

Meng Shuyi smiled faintly: "I don't have any better ideas, but I know now is not the best time."

After Meng Tingzhou returned, he saw Jiang Shiwan having breakfast with Ayou.

Seeing him coming, Ah You immediately jumped up in joy: "Daddy...eat..."

When Meng Tingzhou came closer, he took the initiative to stuff the steamed bun in his hand into his mouth.

Jiang Shiwan, who had hardly slept all night, looked a little unwell.

Seeing that his cheeks were bulging, she handed him a bowl of porridge and asked, "Did you sleep at the old lady's place last night?"

Meng Tingzhou sat down: "Yeah."

"How is the old lady?"

"Maybe it's because I'm not used to the climate here, and I'm homesick." Meng Tingzhou drank up the porridge in the bowl in no time.

He stood up and said, "I was waiting for the kitchen to boil medicine last night, but I fell asleep on the couch at my mother's place. I'm going to take a shower first, and I'll go out for a walk with my mother later."

Seeing that his clothes were all wrinkled, Jiang Shiwan guessed that he must not have slept well that night, and nodded: "Go ahead."

After Meng Tingzhou went to the bathroom to take a shower, Meng Shuyi came right after him.

Seeing Jiang Shiwan and Ah You, she was very happy: "Are my cousin's wife and the young master having breakfast?"

"Yes." Jiang Shiwan asked her, "Did you eat, cousin?"

Meng Shuyi waved his hand and said, "I have used it. I came here to give my cousin some medicine. He coughed a lot last night. I found a bottle of medicine in the box and will let him try it later."

Jiang Shiwan looked at the white jade porcelain bottle she placed on the table, and the smile in his eyes gradually faded.

How did she know that Meng Tingzhou coughed last night?

Meng Shuyi teased Ah You, and when Meng Tingzhou came out, she looked up and smiled gently: "Is cousin okay? Auntie is waiting anxiously."

Meng Tingzhou nodded: "Almost done."

"Here, here you go."

Seeing Meng Shuyi handing him a white jade porcelain bottle, Meng Tingzhou looked at her suspiciously: "What is this?"

"You had a cough last night, and I found some cough pills."

Meng Tingzhou curled his lips: "I didn't expect you to carry this medicine with you."

Meng Shuyi pretended to hold his arm: "It's getting late, let's go."

She suddenly seemed to remember something, and immediately let go of her hand. She blushed and asked Jiang Shiwan, "Cousin, my cousin and I are going to accompany my aunt to relax today. Do you and the young master want to go with us?"

"No." Jiang Shiwan said calmly, "I'm a little tired, you guys go."

Although he knew she would not go, but when he heard her refuse without hesitation, Meng Tingzhou thought that her relationship with her mother was indeed somewhat incompatible. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart and said, "Take it slow."

After they walked out of the courtyard, Meng Shuyi said intentionally or unintentionally: "Cousin, does your cousin's wife have some misunderstandings about my aunt? I think she is a little indifferent to my aunt."

"She treats everyone the same." Meng Tingzhou said as if it was normal. "She's very nice now. She used to be very cold to me."

"With time, sincerity will surely move mountains and break rocks." Meng Shuyi nodded, "For the sake of my cousin, my cousin's wife will also work hard to handle the relationship with my aunt and not let you get caught in the middle."

Meng Tingzhou thought that she might not know about the previous dispute between Jiang Shiwan and his mother, so he avoided the main point and said, "Shuyi, there was indeed a dispute between her and her mother before, but you don't know the seriousness of it."

Meng Shuyi lowered his head: "I was too talkative, cousin, please don't be angry."

"Never mind. You weren't there at the time. I don't blame you."

Seeing Meng Tingzhou and Meng Shuyi walk to the gate of the Governor's Mansion together, and then get on the carriage to go to the market, the servants passing by whispered: "You know what, this cousin and the Governor are quite a match."

"I heard that the governor slept in the old lady's room last night, and it was my cousin who took care of him..."

"Men and women are in the same room, then..."

"Shh...be careful someone doesn't hear you."

Jiang Shiwan was playing with a bamboo helicopter with Ah You. As he listened to what the servants passing by said, his expression gradually became cold.

"Cool... cool..."

Hearing Ah You calling him, Jiang Shiwan came back to his senses: "Ah You, be good, mother didn't sleep well last night and has a headache. You can play with the nanny for a while."

She stood up, dizzy and almost unable to stand.

"Ma'am...are you okay?"

Jiang Shiwan frowned and held his forehead: "I have a headache."

Yun Shang said with concern: "Madam almost didn't sleep last night, she must be feeling uncomfortable now."

Xue Ying stepped forward to support her: "Let me help you go and rest first."

On the way back, Jiang Shiwan suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

I sent someone to find out the situation, but even after being rejected, I was still worried and stayed up almost all night waiting for him.

He was sleeping soundly in that room, with Meng Shuyi by his side.

Lying in bed, Jiang Shiwan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and the words Meng Shuyi said kept coming to his mind.

By the afternoon, perhaps because she was too worried or for some other reason, she developed a fever and started coughing more often.

After Meng Tingzhou came back, he heard that she was not feeling well, so he came in to look for her. He was exhausted, frowned, and said in a somewhat reproachful tone: "Why are you feeling unwell out of nowhere?"

Jiang Shiwan avoided his outstretched hand and coughed a few times.

"You coughed too?" Meng Tingzhou was still trying to tease her with words, "Now I don't know whether you infected me or I infected you."

As he spoke, he took out the white jade porcelain bottle from his arms and said, "I took a few of the cough pills Shuyi gave me, and the effect is good. Do you want to try it?"

With a "click", Jiang Shiwan threw away the bottle he handed to him, and the white jade porcelain bottle fell to the ground.

Looking at the scattered pills and broken porcelain pieces, Meng Tingzhou looked at Jiang Shiwan with an unhappy tone: "What are you doing?"

Jiang Shiwan glared at him coldly: "Such a good thing, just use it yourself, I won't waste this treasure."

Listening to her angry words like a cannon, Meng Tingzhou was more and more incredulous: "I thought I hadn't seen you last night, and I didn't accompany you and Ayou during the day, so I was thinking about coming back as early as possible. But you are like this!"