Chapter 185.1: Truth
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Zhen Ping looked at the three intruders in panic. He had never seen Marquis Gu and others before, and Yao shi had no time to tell him their identities.
"Who are you people?" He asked.
Gu Chenglin ignored him, stepped in and looked around, "Where is she? Where is she hiding?"
Zhen Ping calmed down and looked at the other party after a pause, "Who is she? Who are you looking for? "
Marquis Gu and Huang Zhong also stepped in.
Marquis Gu's eyes rested on Zhen Ping's face, showing a cold and unkind look. Naturally, he knew the person in front of him. Although he had never seen him before, he had investigated him.
When Gu Chenglin told him that Yao shi had run into a man in a restaurant, and the man invited Yao shi to his home, he guessed the identity of the man almost instantly.
Actually, Marquis Gu didn't know that Yao shi had a former engagement with someone else at the beginning. He never thought that the Yao Family would be so shameless as to hide Yao shi's engagement from others and later married Yao shi to him.
He just overheard Concubine Ling mention that Ling shi told her that Yao shi seemed to have been engaged to someone else beforehand, and he didn’t know whether it was the truth or not.
Therefore, he went to investigate, followed the trail and found Zhen Ping.
A down-and-out Xiucai who was incapable of carrying anything either on his shoulders or in his hands and with a poor family background. He simply wasn’t as good as himself.
Marquis Gu felt that the other party was not a threat at all.
At that time, Zhen Ping had already married someone else, and had no dealings with Yao shi in private whatsoever, so he didn't do anything to Zhen Ping.
If not for today’s event, he would have forgotten about Zhen Ping completely.
"Has my wife Yao shi ever been here?" He asked faintly.
Zhen Ping's whole person froze at the remark of ‘my wife, Yao shi.’
He never expected that this majestic and tall man was Yao Yao's husband, Marquis Ding'an. [T/N: Btw, Yao shi’s full name is Yao Yao, surname 姚(Standard surname Yao; also means good-looking), first name 瑶(precious jade)]
Marquis Ding'an was wearing dark black brocade robes and a silver fox fur coat. His facial features were resolute and handsome. Although he had already entered the middle age, his figure was still tall and upright, his bearing undiminished.
"She has not." Zhen Ping answered.
"How can she not? I saw her leave the estate with my own eyes!" Gu Chenglin blurted out in a domineering voice.
Although Gu Chenglin didn’t resemble Marquis Gu as much as Gu Yan did, it wasn’t difficult to see that he was Marquis Gu's son.
When he mentioned Yao shi, he didn't call her mother or Madame, so Zhen Ping guessed what kind of life Yao shi was living in the Marquis Estate.
Zhen Ping felt uncomfortable and tried not to reveal anything. He said, "Why is it definite that your Madame came here after going out?"
Gu Chenglin disdained, "I saw you two talking in the restaurant this afternoon, and you asked her to come to your house! Don't try to quibble, my two brothers and I have heard it!"
Zhen Ping’s heart was full of bitterness and a trace of anger. What kind of stepson would do such a thing as bringing his own father to catch his stepmother's ‘unfaithfulness’?
Zhen Ping clenched his fists and said, "That’s correct, I ran into the Marchioness in the afternoon and chatted with her for a bit, but that's all. There’s nothing else."
Gu Chenglin: "You obviously invited her to your house to see your mother!"
Zhen Ping: "I did, but the Marchioness refused me. She told me it was no longer appropriate for the two of us to have contact with each other."
Gu Chenglin: "Why didn't I hear that?"
Zhen Ping: "That, I’m not clear."
Gu Chenglin wanted to argue with him more, but Huang Zhong had already looked around the house, went back to the front yard and shook his head at Marquis Gu.
Marquis Gu frowned and said to Zhen Ping, "Pardon the intrusion."
Gu Chenglin: "Dad— Search again! I heard it with my own ears—"
Marquis Gu cast him a sharp look, making Gu Chenglin close his mouth unwillingly.
Marquis Gu said grumpily, "Still not going back to the carriage?"
"Oh." Gu Chenglin reluctantly got on the carriage.
He felt there was something fishy here. Yao shi must still be hiding somewhere. He really heard that man asked Yao shi to visit his mother at home, and there was no indication in Yao shi's appearance that she had flatly refused him.
Marquis Gu was also about to leave.
Zhen Ping stopped him, "Lord Marquis, I no longer have any relationship with your wife. I hope Lord Marquis doesn't misunderstand her."
Marquis Gu said in a cold voice, "This Marquis is very aware of his own matter, you don't have to tell this Marquis what to do!"
Zhen Ping lowered his eyes.
Marquis Gu flung his sleeves, went out of the courtyard and got into the carriage.
Only when the carriage had gone far did Zhen Ping dare to close the gate. He turned around and looked at the boundless night, and his eyes welled up with endless worries.
Yao shi really wasn’t in the house anymore, otherwise with Huang Zhong's skills, it was impossible not to find her.
Just before the gate was kicked open, a tall figure fell from the sky, carried Yao shi, and left with her by leaping onto the eaves and over walls.
Yao Shi had never experienced anything like this before. She shuttled through the cold wind like a kite, and she didn't know whether she was feeling cold or scared. When she finally landed, her legs had gone so weak that she almost collapsed to the ground.
Fortunately, a strong hand held her arm in time.
Yao shi looked at the other party in shock and opened her mouth in disbelief.
Gu Changqing looked at her and said, "Hurry back to the estate. My father will return soon."
Yao shi's surprise was beyond measure.
She never expected that the person who took her away in that critical moment was her stepson Gu Changqing. She uttered, "Why did you… you…"
"Madame! Madame!"
Grannie Fang ran from the other end of the alley and gave Gu Changqing a salute, "Shizi!" And then said to Yao shi, "Madame, get on the carriage!"
Her carriage was originally parked at the alley entrance near the Zhen residence, but now it was here.
Yao shi's heart was full of questions, but Gu Changqing said nothing more. He turned and disappeared into the night.
Yao shi got into the carriage with the help of Grannie Fang.
Grannie Fang handed her the water bag that had been warm under a hand warmer stove, "Warm yourself up, Madame. Drink some warm water to relieve the shock."
Yao shi took the water bag, pulled out the cork and took a few gulps before finally feeling her breath come back little by little, "Grannie Fang, what's going on here?"
Grannie Fang patted her thigh and said, "Oh, this servant doesn't know either! Just as the carriage was parked at the other end, the shizi suddenly appeared and asked this servant to meet you at this end of the alley. This servant thought at that time that it was over for us, we had been discovered by the shizi! This servant was unable to think clearly and just did as the shizi said. Madame, where on earth have you just been? How can you be with the shizi? Will the shizi tell Lord Marquis about this and make Lord Marquis suspicious of you?"
Yao shi was silent.
So Gu Changqing came to save her.
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