My Dearest Sister-In-Law, I've Been Waiting For You To Get A Divorce For A Long Time - Chapter 19

Chapter 19

◎ “I’ll blow on it for you, sister-in-law.” ◎

Mo Shuqing grabbed Gu Wenyao’s hand, which was reaching for the book. Her tone was helpless. “Stop messing around. It’s not a nice book.”

“Does my sister-in-law want a nice book to read?” Gu Wenyao’s interest was piqued. She was eager to recommend something. “I bought a few stories that are very well-written. If you’re interested, I’ll have Yi Yun bring them to you later.”

“What kind of books?” Mo Shuqing was relieved that Gu Wenyao wasn’t fixated on the “fire prevention pictures” and played along with her.

In Mo Shuqing’s eyes, Gu Wenyao was a pure and innocent person. It wouldn’t be right for her eyes to be tainted by such a book.

Gu Wenyao blinked, her expression obedient and simple. “Just some romance novels. I heard all young ladies love to read them.”

Mo Shuqing smiled. “Alright. I’ll take a look later.”

She saw that Gu Wenyao had changed her clothes and explained why she hadn’t gone into her courtyard. “I was on my way to check on your brother’s injury. I thought you should be resting, so I didn’t go into your courtyard. Why are you out? Have you taken your medicine?”

Gu Wenyao smiled. “I’ve already taken it. I have some energy now, so I came out to tell my sister-in-law about a small matter.”

She blinked and her voice rose slightly. “Me telling you about this won’t delay you from seeing my brother, right?”

Mo Shuqing told Qinglu to put the small box away. She decided to go to Gu Shufeng’s courtyard with Gu Wenyao and replied without a hint of suspicion, “Of course not. What is it you want to tell me?”

“The weather is getting hotter, and my aunt wants to host a lotus appreciation banquet, so I was thinking of having some fabric cut to make some clothes,” Gu Wenyao said, walking next to Mo Shuqing. “My sister-in-law just moved in, and the tailor doesn’t have your measurements. You’ll probably need to be measured again.”

Afraid that Mo Shuqing would simply give her her measurements, Gu Wenyao’s fingers gently pinched the fabric at Mo Shuqing’s waist. She furrowed her eyebrows. “Look, the servants here must not be taking good care of you. My sister-in-law has gotten so thin. Your old clothes look quite loose on you.”

Gu Wenyao’s fingers brushed against Mo Shuqing’s waist. She flinched, ticklish. Gu Wenyao’s eyes flickered, and her smile grew wider.

Mo Shuqing looked down at her waist. “It is a bit loose. …Then let’s have some new clothes made.”

Gu Wenyao finally pulled her fingers back. “Then when the tailor arrives, I’ll have someone call for my sister-in-law.”

As they spoke, they arrived at Gu Shufeng’s courtyard. As they got closer, Gu Wenyao heard Gu Shufeng wailing inside. He must have been getting his medicine applied.

Gu Wenyao quickly grabbed Mo Shuqing’s wrist, not wanting her to see anything she shouldn’t. “Sister-in-law, wait a moment.”

Mo Shuqing was confused until she heard Gu Shufeng yell, “Can’t you be a little gentler? It’s not your ass, so you don’t know how much it hurts.”

Mo Shuqing’s feet stopped. She understood Gu Wenyao’s meaning.

Inside the room, the doctor heard Gu Shufeng yell at him. He said with an expressionless face, “If the Young Marquis thinks I’m being too rough, then how about I ask the Marquis to come and apply the medicine for you himself?”

The moment he mentioned the Marquis, Gu Shufeng’s arrogant attitude immediately deflated. “Don’t try to pressure me with my father.”

From the room, Madam Yu’s voice was heard, sounding distressed. “Imperial Doctor Zhang, please don’t take it to heart. He’s still a child. He’s just in a lot of pain, so he’s a little hot-tempered.”

The Gu family’s personal physician had been specifically found by the Ming family for Gu Wenyao. It was not very effective for others to seek him out, and Gu Shufeng was even less willing to ask Gu Wenyao for help. That’s why Madam Yu had to use the Marquis’s name to ask Imperial Doctor Zhang, who was close to the Marquis, to come.

Precisely because he was an imperial doctor and not a regular physician, he was not going to tolerate Gu Shufeng’s temper.

If I can cure him, I will. If I can’t, then let his ass rot!

Imperial Doctor Zhang glanced at Gu Shufeng and deliberately poked the ointment into the wound. Gu Shufeng cried out in pain, making Madam Yu so heartbroken she wanted to apply the medicine herself.

Imperial Doctor Zhang’s tone was leisurely. He said on purpose, “The Young Marquis is indeed young, but I remember that your second sister is a few years younger than you. She was bedridden for half a year after falling into the water. I don’t know how much she suffered, but I never heard her scream. She was too stubborn. She really can’t compare to the Young Marquis, who is so good at expressing his true feelings.”

This made Gu Shufeng’s face turn ugly. “Gu Wenyao is good at pretending. No one can compare to her.”

Outside the door, Gu Wenyao heard Gu Shufeng’s words, but her expression didn’t change at all. She still had a smile on her face, as if she hadn’t heard.

Mo Shuqing, however, turned to look at Gu Wenyao, her eyebrows tightly furrowed.

Gu Wenyao paused, then seemed to realize what was happening. She slowly covered her chest with her hands, making the pose of Xishi clutching her heart. She looked at her pitifully and silently mouthed to her:

‘Sister-in-law, my brother is scolding me~‘

‘You just heard?‘

Mo Shuqing gave her a look and turned her gaze back. She didn’t show anything on her face, but she felt a little sore and stuffy in her chest. Her hand hung at her side, and although her eyes were looking into the room, her fingers grabbed Gu Wenyao’s cool fingertips, slowly wrapping them in her palm, as if to offer silent comfort.

Gu Wenyao’s breath hitched. Her eyes were fixed on Mo Shuqing’s side profile. A ripple spread in her eyes, and her eyebrows and eyes showed pure joy.

What a good brother she had. He helped her gain her sister-in-law’s pity.

When she heard there were no other sounds in the room, Mo Shuqing finally let go of Gu Wenyao’s hand and went in.

She went in, and Imperial Doctor Zhang came out.

But Imperial Doctor Zhang had his back to Mo Shuqing and didn’t see her. He was still giving Gu Shufeng instructions. “I still have a word of advice for the Young Marquis. It’s not a good time for you to lose your yang energy while recovering. You are still young. There’s no need to rush things.”

Mo Shuqing’s eyes caught sight of Chunshui standing by the bed, and she immediately understood the meaning of Imperial Doctor Zhang’s words.

Gu Wenyao leaned against the door, her head against the wooden frame. When she heard this, she lifted the corner of her eye. She wasn’t looking at Chunshui, but at Mo Shuqing.

At the same time, Madam Yu naturally saw Mo Shuqing come in. Her face was awkward, and the atmosphere in the room was tense and stiff.

Imperial Doctor Zhang didn’t care what they were thinking. After he finished speaking, he picked up his medicine box and excused himself.

Gu Wenyao had no interest in going in to see Gu Shufeng. After Imperial Doctor Zhang left, she simply walked back to the courtyard and sat on the stone table, playing with her fingers and waiting for Mo Shuqing to come out.

As for the fact that Imperial Doctor Zhang had just said that Gu Shufeng didn’t forget to get his rocks off with Chunshui even while bedridden, Gu Wenyao and Mo Shuqing had a tacit understanding to act as if they hadn’t heard it.

Gu Wenyao thought it would be even better if Chunshui got pregnant.

But what was my sister-in-law thinking at the time?

She looked up at Mo Shuqing’s back. Her graceful figure was hazy in the scattered light, making her even more alluring.

Gu Wenyao sat down, propped her chin on her hand, and watched Mo Shuqing. The more she looked, the more she loved her.

Mo Shuqing walked in, completely ignoring Chunshui at the end of the bed. She bowed to Madam Yu. “Mother, I came to check on the Young Marquis.”

She wouldn’t even call him “husband.”

In the room, Gu Shufeng was lying on the bed. His bare feet and legs were exposed, and there was a wooden frame over his butt with a piece of cloth on it, barely covering him while keeping the ointment from getting on the fabric.

Gu Shufeng heard the commotion and turned his head. He looked at Mo Shuqing sideways. “Oh, it’s you. I thought it was Gu Wenyao. You’ve come to see me? Don’t you know who’s to blame for me being in this state?”

He scoffed. “Putting on a show. I thought Gu Wenyao was the best at pretending to be a good person in front of my mother, but now it seems you’re a perfect match for her. You’re both the same. No wonder you get along so well.”

Mo Shuqing’s face was stern as she looked at him, her eyes cold. She said in a calm voice, “Young Marquis, watch your words. That’s your own sister.”

“A child born to a merchant’s woman, what kind of sister is that?” Gu Shufeng’s tone was dismissive. He then lifted the corner of his eye to look at Mo Shuqing.

“What, are you so lonely sleeping alone that you couldn’t help but come looking for me? Let me tell you, Mo Shuqing, you will never get my person or my heart. And this is nothing. You have a lot more to endure in the future. This is the consequence of you insisting on marrying me.”

Mo Shuqing lowered her eyes to look at him, wondering if his brain was in his butt, and if the twenty military strikes had messed up his head.

Until Gu Shufeng spoke smugly, “I heard from my mother that you married in just to get my father to put in a good word for your brother who was exiled to the frontier.”

Gu Shufeng seemed to have found Mo Shuqing’s weak spot. His maliciousness was completely exposed. His eyes were arrogant and disdainful.

“Since you need a favor from my Gu family, then you had better endure this and stop being so arrogant. If you keep it up, I’ll divorce you and humiliate your entire Mo family. Your brother will never be able to return to the capital.”

The more he spoke, the more excited he got. When he saw Mo Shuqing, he thought of Gu Wenyao, who had been so close to her in the past.

“And Gu Wenyao. Didn’t you get along with her since you were a child? You’d better convince her to hand over that household authority to my aunt. That b1tch born to a merchant woman really thinks she’s a legitimate daughter of the Marquis manor, you lo—”

The last word was completely covered by a slap.

“Slap!” The crisp sound echoed in the room. All the insults and vulgar words vanished instantly.

A slap landed squarely on Gu Shufeng’s raised face. The sound was so loud that Mo Shuqing’s hand was numb and hot. You could tell how hard she hit him.

She lowered her eyes and looked down at Gu Shufeng. She took out a handkerchief and, in front of him, meticulously wiped her hands, as if they were dirty. “It seems the Young Marquis didn’t get a good enough beating the other day. I wonder if you can learn a lesson now and know what you should and shouldn’t say?”

Gu Shufeng almost jumped off the bed, but the pain made him slump back down. “You—”

Mo Shuqing’s voice was cold. She cut him off. “I married you because of an agreement between our ancestors. My Mo family returned to the capital because of the Emperor’s generosity. Our two families’ marriage in exchange for my brother’s return to the capital is a mutually beneficial arrangement.”

“And Ayao,” Mo Shuqing said, her face cold as she looked at Gu Shufeng. “Ayao’s birth mother was also the official wife of the Marquis manor, and her father is the Marquis. If the Young Marquis is unhappy with her bloodline, you shouldn’t be scolding her, but rather the Marquis who married your mother and then married Aunt Ming.”

“You hide behind her and only scold Ayao,” Mo Shuqing said, killing his spirit. “Is it because you’re too incompetent and useless to scold the Marquis to his face?”

After she finished, Mo Shuqing threw the handkerchief on the ground. The disgust in her eyes was completely unconcealed.

Divorce her? The daughters of the Mo family only knew how to get a divorce or be widowed.

Mo Shuqing turned around to look at Madam Yu.

Madam Yu’s face was pale. She wanted to glare at her but didn’t dare. And Chunshui, who was hiding behind Madam Yu, covered her mouth with one hand so she wouldn’t cry out. Both of them clearly didn’t expect her to dare to slap Gu Shufeng.

It turned out that a noble lady not only knew how to incite others to hit someone, but if someone crossed her line, she would do it herself.

Mo Shuqing slapped Gu Shufeng in front of Madam Yu and then said in a high-minded way, “Mother, you should really take better care of the Young Marquis, so he doesn’t bring disaster upon himself with his words. From now on, he shouldn’t say things like this again.”

Her one sentence was directed at two people.

Madam Yu lowered her head, not daring to look at Mo Shuqing. She only vaguely said, “I… I understand.”

Mo Shuqing looked back at Gu Shufeng. “I’ve visited you now. If you need anything, have someone come to my courtyard to find me.”

After she finished, she hid the disgust in her eyes and walked out.

Mo Shuqing had never thought about what kind of husband she would marry or what kind of person she would love. But perhaps after seeing the s3x manual tonight, and seeing the two figures on the paper intimately entwined, she couldn’t help but wonder if she would be willing to be intimate with Gu Shufeng.

The answer was obvious.

This kind of person, who even dared to criticize Ayao’s identity, wasn’t worthy of being a husband, let alone a brother.

Mo Shuqing stepped out of the room, her hands folded in front of her. Her face was expressionless.

She radiated a sharp, cold energy that made Mama Liu not even dare to approach her.

Only Gu Wenyao walked over, her eyes carefully looking at Mo Shuqing’s face. “Sister-in-law?”

Gu Wenyao’s voice was light and her expression was innocent, but her energy suddenly became dangerous.

She smiled like a poisonous snake, its tongue flicking out, her eyes lingering on the open door behind them. “Who… made my sister-in-law so unhappy?”

“It’s nothing, Ayao.” Mo Shuqing’s emotions slowly calmed down. She didn’t mention anything Gu Shufeng had said. She only opened her palm to show Gu Wenyao. Her tone was casual, and she raised her eyebrows in a way that was half-serious, half-joking. “I just accidentally slapped Gu Shufeng in the face. It’s all red now.”

Gu Wenyao looked at Mo Shuqing’s face deeply before she looked down at her palm, her breath hot. “Mm. It’s all red.”

Mo Shuqing probably didn’t know that Gu Wenyao, who had been sitting in the courtyard, could hear everything Gu Shufeng was yelling. She was probably used to it and didn’t think much of it.

But now, with Mo Shuqing standing up for her, Gu Wenyao suddenly felt that she should have been wronged and angry.

Gu Wenyao smiled, the corners of her eyes flushed. She held Mo Shuqing’s fingers with both of her hands and said softly, “Then I’ll blow on it for you, sister-in-law. If I blow on it, it won’t be red anymore.”

“Alright.” Mo Shuqing let Gu Wenyao hold her hand. As her guard came down, she could feel Gu Wenyao’s breath against her palm.

Again and again.

Gu Wenyao was so close that her lips seemed to be both near and far from Mo Shuqing’s palm.

Mo Shuqing looked at Gu Wenyao. On a whim, her thumb lightly brushed against the corner of Gu Wenyao’s mouth.

After she did, both of them froze.