newbobooks Chapter 722 No shame
Chapter 722 No shame
Shen Wantang calmly made room for Gu Qianling so that he could sit down.
Qiao Zhiyu accidentally touched Gu Qianling's leg and immediately blushed: "I'm sorry, brother-in-law, I didn't mean to."
Gu Qianling didn't take it seriously: "It's okay, cousin, sit tight, I'll have someone take you back home first."
With such a godsend opportunity, how could Qiao Zhiyu be willing to go home? She hurriedly said, "No need to bother. Brother-in-law and Sister Shen can just go back to the Duke's Mansion. If brother-in-law doesn't mind, I'll just go visit my cousin. I haven't seen my cousin for a long time, and I miss her very much. But... if brother-in-law dislikes me, I'll go home on my own and won't bother you or him!"
She had said this, what else could Gu Qianling say? He couldn't just say he disliked her and wouldn't let her enter the Duke's Mansion, right?
Anyway, there are other cousins staying at home, so having one more girl won’t make any difference.
Gu Qianling nodded and said, "In that case, let's go back to the Duke's Mansion together. I'll ask your sister to arrange a place for you to stay. You can stay there first and go home after the rain stops."
Qiao Zhiyu could hardly contain her joy: "Thank you, brother-in-law, for taking me in. You treat me so well!"
Gu Qianling didn't say anything.
To be fair, he was not willing to take Qiao Zhiyu in because Meng Yunlan had taken her to stay at the Duke's Mansion for a while before, and she was not peaceful at all when she lived there.
All the other brothers and sisters who are staying with us at home are not as troublesome as Qiao Zhiyu.
If it weren't for Meng Yunlan's consideration, he would not have kept her and would have sent her away long ago.
But now, he wants to take the person back to live with him personally.
How did it come to this?
Gu Qianling couldn't help but feel a headache. He had a feeling that the development of things was completely out of his control.
As he was thinking, the carriage that was moving fast suddenly stopped.
He was just about to ask the driver what happened when he heard a cold and familiar voice coming from outside.
"Dujuan? Why are you following Big Brother's car? Is Atang in the car?"
It’s Gu Qianhan.
Gu Qianling couldn't help but turn to look at Shen Wantang. Did her second brother come out specifically to look for her? But when she heard his voice, why didn't he react at all?
Outside the carriage, Du Juan was holding an umbrella and looking straight ahead. She seemed not to see Gu Qianhan and ignored him.
Even Nanny Yan, who always respected Gu Qianhan, did not respond.
The next moment, the curtain of the carriage was pulled open.
Gu Qianhan saw Shen Wantang sitting in the carriage. Without saying a word, he stepped in and sat next to Shen Wantang.
The person was already sitting next to her, but she still didn't react. No matter how slow Gu Qianling was, he knew that something was wrong between the two of them.
"Qianhan, did you have a fight with your sister-in-law?"
"No."
Gu Qianhan denied it outright and asked, "Brother, why is Atang with you?"
As for the other person in the carriage, he completely ignored him.
Qiao Zhiyu also wisely acted as an invisible person at this moment. She shrank into the corner, trying her best to reduce her presence as much as possible so as not to offend Gu Qianhan, the evil star.
Because she had actually thought about Gu Qianhan before. After all, Gu Qianhan was not married at that time. Marrying him as his wife was naturally much better than marrying Gu Qianling as a concubine.
Unfortunately, Gu Qianhan was too cruel and cold-blooded, and she returned empty-handed and extremely humiliated.
Gu Qianling glanced at Shen Wantang again, and seeing that she still had no intention of speaking, he said, "My sister-in-law's carriage broke down on the road. I happened to see it, so I let her get in."
As for the part about Shen Wantang going to the Zhanshi Mansion, he didn't mention it to avoid causing misunderstanding.
Gu Qianhan frowned slightly: "The carriage broke down? How did it break down? When did it break down? Why didn't you send someone back to the mansion to tell us and send a new carriage to pick it up? Why didn't you tell me?"
Gu Qianling almost blurted out, "This is your wife. If you ask me, who should I ask?"
But out of consideration for his brother's reputation, he endured it and said, "I'm not sure how or when it broke... Maybe it was some time ago. When I saw my sister-in-law, most of her clothes were wet."
He actually knew when Shen Wantang's carriage broke down, but he couldn't say it, otherwise he would have to explain why Shen Wantang went to the Zhanshi Mansion.
Gu Qianling couldn't help but sweat on his forehead. What on earth was going on? He clearly didn't do anything, so why did he always feel like he had done something wrong? Why did he start hiding things about his brother's wife from his brother?
Everything that happened today is weirder than the last!
Gu Qianhan didn't notice that his elder brother's forehead was sweating, but he had already noticed that Shen Wantang's new skirt was mostly wet, and even her embroidered shoes were completely soaked.
But now, in front of Gu Qianling, he didn't dare to take off her shoes, so he just reached out and held Shen Wantang's hand.
Shen Wantang didn't resist and let him hold her hand. "The carriage broke down an hour ago. Nanny Yan also sent someone back to the mansion to tell us, but maybe it was because of the heavy rain, the carriage sent by the mansion was slow, so they didn't pick me up. It's okay, I can take Big Brother's carriage back to the mansion, it's the same. Big Brother is more reliable than anyone else."
Gu Qianhan's face looked a little ugly.
Gu Qianling's back even started to sweat.
What does that mean? Is Shen Wantang saying in front of Gu Qianhan that both Gu Qianhan and the Duke's Mansion are unreliable?
No wonder Shen Wantang seemed to be acting strangely today. It turned out that the couple had a quarrel!
"It's been an hour, and no carriage has come to pick you up?"
Gu Qianhan's voice was cold: "How dare you neglect you like this? I think you are all tired of living!"
Du Juan outside the carriage tried to hold back, but finally couldn't and used all the sarcasm she learned from Qin Xin on Gu Qianhan.
"Second Young Master, who are you saying is tired of living? Is it the steward who refused to send a carriage to pick up our young lady? Or is it the guard who stopped the young lady from entering the study and disturbing you and the eldest young lady? Or is it someone who can order the steward not to send a carriage to pick anyone up?"
"Can't they just be tired of living? Without the permission of the higher-ups, how dare the people below do this? Aren't they just thinking our young mistress is new and easy to bully, so they're trying to trip her up over every little thing?"
"We, the Shen family, are small and humble, and we wouldn't treat others like this. I never thought that the Duke's Mansion would use such low-brow methods to bully others! They have no shame!"
After these words were spoken, the faces of the brothers Gu Qianling and Gu Qianhan each looked ugly.
Gu Qianhan didn't say anything because he was indeed in the wrong about what happened today, but this was not the place to explain.
Gu Qianling had to speak up to explain on Meng Yunlan's behalf: "Sister-in-law, today's incident must be a misunderstanding. Your eldest sister-in-law has always been the housekeeper of the mansion. She has managed the entire Duke's Mansion in perfect order and has never made a mistake."
"Perhaps the messenger didn't deliver the message, or perhaps there were too many things going on in the mansion today, and your sister-in-law was too busy to take care of the carriage for a while."
"But no matter what, I apologize to you on her behalf and on behalf of the Duke's Mansion. Since you have married into the Duke's Mansion, you are our family. The Duke's Mansion has no intention of neglecting you."