Chapter 711 - 707: Sun Yeshu Sows Discord

When Sun Yeshu first got pregnant, only one or two dark spots appeared on her face, so she didn’t pay them much mind. But later, she discovered more and more of them, scaring her so much that she hadn’t dared to look in a mirror recently.

’What if these dark spots never go away? Won’t I turn into some ugly hag?’

Sun Yeshu looked up in alarm, her gaze fixed on the space behind Gu Jiaojiao. Leng Yuan had returned at some point, and Gu Jiaojiao clearly hadn’t noticed yet.

A glint appeared in her eyes, and she let out a sneer.

"So that’s it. You don’t want to have kids because you’re afraid of getting ugly. I guess you don’t love your man all that much after all."

The moment the words left Sun Yeshu’s mouth, she felt the icy gaze of the man behind Gu Jiaojiao sweep over her. It landed on her like piercing shards of ice. Sun Yeshu’s heart began to pound. ’Is this man going to hit me?’

To this day, she still didn’t understand why Gu Jiaojiao had married Leng Yuan. This was a man who could beat a wild boar to death. With Gu Jiaojiao’s small frame, a single punch from him would take half her life.

Sensing Leng Yuan’s gaze grow even more terrifying, Sun Yeshu turned and left immediately after sowing her discord, without the slightest hesitation.

As for the slap on her face, she couldn’t be bothered to settle the score.

Gu Jiaojiao was a little surprised to see Sun Yeshu leave so quickly. ’This isn’t like her at all! She just took it and left? Gave up that easily?’

She gave a bored pout and turned to leave, only to walk straight into a wall of muscle.

The man’s muscles were solid and hard as rock. Gu Jiaojiao nearly fell, but thankfully, he reacted quickly, wrapping an arm around her waist to steady her.

Once Gu Jiaojiao was steady on her feet, she saw it was Leng Yuan and finally understood why Sun Yeshu had said what she did just before leaving.

’She was trying to set a trap for me.’

Gu Jiaojiao studied the man’s expression for a moment but found his face was as calm as ever, his eyes filled only with concern for her.

Gu Jiaojiao immediately broke into a smile. "Is everything in the County Town settled?"

She knew he had gone there because of Lu Yuanbin’s arrest.

Leng Yuan wasn’t the type to take a loss lying down. An Dongyang had dared to touch his people. Even though Leng Yuan’s background wasn’t as powerful as An Dongyang’s, her husband was a meticulous planner. As long as he found an opportunity, he would absolutely deliver a devastating blow to his enemy.

Gu Jiaojiao wasn’t involved in the matter, but she knew the gist of it.

Leng Yuan released his wife. If it weren’t for the children nearby and the potential bad influence, he really wouldn’t have wanted to let go.

Leng Yuan didn’t hide anything in his answer to Gu Jiaojiao’s question.

"I’ve only collected a little interest. The real payback hasn’t started yet."

He had gotten Old Nine sent inside, but it wasn’t time to deal with An Dongyang yet.

Besides, the busy farming season was about to start. He probably wouldn’t have time to go to town for over a month.

But he already had Lu Yuanbin keeping an eye on things over there. If the plan changed, Lu Yuanbin would come and let him know immediately.

Gu Jiaojiao nodded. She had her husband pull weeds while she took the children to do their homework.

On the way, she gave each of them a piece of candy and told them to spread the word about what happened today.

The children didn’t understand why they were supposed to talk about someone getting hit.

Usually, people would keep quiet about things like that.

But Gu Jiaojiao was their favorite auntie, and since she was the one who told them to, they were naturally going to do it.

And so, by that evening, everyone knew that Sun Yeshu had run her mouth, mocking Gu Jiaojiao for not being able to have children, and had gotten slapped for it.

The village aunts and grannies who had also secretly gossiped about Gu Jiaojiao shivered when they heard the news.

They had almost forgotten that while Gu Zhiqing looked delicate, she had a fiercely fiery personality.

The last time she’d taught a lesson to people gossiping about her, she had threatened to break their legs with a rock.

At that thought, they all immediately went silent. They swore they would never gossip about Gu Jiaojiao again.