RPAGF Chapter 519 She was just too calm, too rational
Chapter 519 She was just too calm, too rational
Get sick!
Cai Jiaojiao frowned; heaven knows how much effort she had put in to keep those words from coming out.
He pretended not to understand and said, "Aunt, you misunderstood. My mother and uncle were just worried about my cousin and wanted me to come out and broaden my horizons."
"As the saying goes, 'Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles!'"
What a joke! If she admits she came for her cousin, wouldn't that be practically begging for his attention? Wouldn't that be tantamount to agreeing to be his concubine?
Wu Qingfeng secretly curled his lips, thinking that Cai Jiaojiao wasn't completely stupid. This was good, clearing things up. "Mother, there's plenty of time. Don't worry about my affairs. Just focus on getting better."
Madam Wu suddenly started coughing again, and this cough lasted for a long time, as if she was coughing up her lungs.
Wu Qingfeng tried patting her back and feeding her water, but he couldn't calm her down completely.
Seeing this, Cai Jiaojiao felt like giving up. These symptoms, coupled with her aunt's ashen face, made her want to back out.
She truly looks like the setting sun; no wonder he could say something like making her his concubine.
He's definitely quite ill!
However, Cai Jiaojiao didn't care about that; she was more afraid that the disease might not be contagious.
If it happened to her...
Immediately, Cai Jiaojiao's mind conjured up an image of herself lying on the bed, pale-faced, coughing incessantly, and finally coughing up blood and dying.
She was so shocked that she involuntarily shivered.
No, although she admired her cousin, she didn't want to risk her life.
Originally, she was a noble lady from the capital, and marrying into a foreign land was already considered a step down.
Although my mother said my cousin has a bright future.
But that's on the premise that my cousin gets promoted and returns to the capital safely, with the Wu family, the Cai family, and the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion secretly supporting and maneuvering. My cousin will definitely enter the cabinet in the future. But what if my aunt suddenly passes away...
My cousin is currently a minor official of the seventh rank, though he has achieved some minor political success.
But if he were to observe the three-year mourning period and then be reinstated, everything would have to start all over again…
What else is she after?
No, she felt she needed to reconsider this matter with her mother.
She didn't believe in the idea that love can make even water taste sweet; she only believed that money could make the devil turn the millstone.
Although the Wu family certainly couldn't let them go hungry, none of her girlfriends had married down.
Her mind raced, and her expression changed accordingly.
Wu Qingfeng took all of this into account.
He raised an eyebrow and then secretly gave Madam Wu a wink.
Madam Wu understood, and her almost deafening cough finally subsided. She weakly reached out to Cai Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, did I frighten you? It's all because your aunt's health is so poor. Before you can enjoy any happiness, you have to take care of her."
Although Cai Jiaojiao had a new idea in mind, she was not yet ready to break off relations, so she reluctantly reached out her hand.
Madam Wu smiled at her, then turned to Wu Qingfeng, "Feng'er, you are the head of this area, and the county government cannot be without anyone for a day. Now that Jiaojiao is here, you can go back and handle your official business with peace of mind!"
"Mother!" Wu Qingfeng feigned refusal.
Madam Wu ignored her and looked at Cai Jiaojiao with expectant eyes.
Cai Jiaojiao: "..." Are you crazy? She said she was there to take care of someone in the sick, that's just to show her face, who would actually serve her at her bedside!
Before she could speak, the nanny serving her also spoke up to advise, "Young master, a man's ambition lies in all corners of the world. How can you be confined to the inner quarters? Don't be foolish and let down Madam's good intentions."
Wu Qingfeng then stood up with a troubled expression and pleaded with Cai Jiaojiao, "In that case, I'll leave it to you, cousin."
He then bowed to Madam Wu and took his leave.
After the ceremony, he truly left without looking back.
Cai Jiaojiao: "..." Cai Jiaojiao was completely dumbfounded. No, did she agree? He just left so casually.
Cai Jiaojiao wore a bitter expression. She didn't want to stay and take care of the sick, and was thinking of an excuse to leave.
The old woman came forward and said, “Miss, the lady is suffering from a cough. The doctor said that she cannot drink water that is too hot or too cold.”
"The diet should not be greasy, nor should it be too bland."
"If she coughs at night, you must prepare warm water immediately and pat her back to make sure that the phlegm in her throat does not block her throat. Otherwise, you will have to use a bamboo tube to suck it out."
"The herbal decoction needs to be simmered over low heat for an hour, three times a day, and the timing of administration is also very important..."
The old woman's lips moved incessantly, chattering on and on. Cai Jiaojiao only heard a few lines before she couldn't hear another word. The old woman in front of her seemed to have transformed into a man-eating monster.
She didn't want to stay in this place for even a second longer.
But the old woman seemed to have found a sucker, and after rambling on, she grabbed her hand.
It was a situation that left her with unspeakable suffering.
Wu Qingfeng did not leave immediately. He went to find Lin Chang'er first and reported to her word for word the conversation he, his mother, and Cai Jiaojiao had just had.
Lin Chang'er shook her head helplessly, "The idea was mine. If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't have asked you to use this 'handsome man' tactic."
A slightly unnatural expression flashed across Wu Qingfeng's face, and he felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He didn't know if his fiancée was truly magnanimous or simply didn't care.
If we're talking about magnanimity, no woman in the world can be magnanimous in this kind of situation, unless the other person doesn't care about her at all.
If she truly didn't care, why did she agree to get engaged to him? And why did she start planning for him from the very beginning?
She's not the type to compromise, and in this matter, he's the one in a weaker position.
Wu Qingfeng couldn't understand it, but he didn't dare to ask, fearing that if he did, the marriage he had worked so hard to arrange would fall apart.
If she doesn't care, then he will care about her more.
Although he thought this way, he was still somewhat disappointed, so much so that he was rather dejected when he left.
Wu Qingfeng himself didn't notice, but Lin Chang'er did.
He thought to himself, "This isn't right. When he came to see me just now, he was clearly full of energy, like he'd been injected with chicken blood."
I was full of hope for the future, but after talking to myself for just a short while, I suddenly felt like a wilted sunflower.
After carefully reviewing his words and actions, he still couldn't find anything wrong with them.
Lin Chang'er felt somewhat confused, but looking at the man's lonely back, she felt strangely uncomfortable.
She scratched her cheek, still feeling that she couldn't let him leave with his emotions.
He jogged after him, calling out, "Wu Qingfeng."
Wu Qingfeng turned around, his previously downturned lips immediately curving into a smile. "What? Did you forget to tell me something?"
Lin Chang'er waved her hand, originally intending to ask him why he was suddenly unhappy.
But then she felt it was too sentimental to say it, so she changed her mind and said, "Liu Zi will send the medicine over when it's ready. I'll keep an eye on things with Mother. When you go to the county office, focus on your official duties and don't worry about home."
Wu Qingfeng listened attentively, as if he were one of countless couples in the world, with the husband listening to his wife's instructions before leaving home.
The corners of her lips also lifted slightly.
He looked at Lin Chang'er and suddenly thought that his Chang'er must not be indifferent; she was just too calm and too rational.
Gone is the excitement and thrill often felt by young lovers; it's as if they naturally skipped that impulsive phase and went straight into the stable period of an old married couple...