Be in low spirits

When they arrived in Xiazhou, Butler Hou still had many things to settle. Ye Fan and Yang Lin were busy with military affairs. Gu Jinluo suggested to Butler Hou that he and Yaoer go to buy food.

As soon as these words came out, Butler Hou quickly refused: "Miss, if the general knew, he would kill me."

Yao'er also felt that this was indeed somewhat dangerous. Although Su Mufeng was far away in Beijing, he might call one of his trusted aides in the army to assassinate her.

"Butler Hou, my words no longer carry any weight in this general's mansion, right?" She propped her ear with her left index finger and said nonchalantly.

"Oh my, my lady, you are trying to kill me. How dare I do that?" Butler Hou wanted to beg for mercy, neither crying nor laughing.

"Help me find two sets of servants' clothes so Yao'er and I can change into them. Besides, haven't you found a local chef yet? Yao'er and I will go see if there are any dishes we want to eat." The two of them had been sitting in the living room for a long time, and no servant came to pour tea, so they had to find Butler Hou, hoping that he could help.

"My lady, you might as well ask the general to kill me directly." Butler Hou already had a lot of things to do, and he was even more annoyed by this request.

"Why is there so much fighting? I just want to go out to buy some vegetables, how can it be so difficult?" This made her feel that it was the same as when she was in Anjiang, where her father would not let her run around, and even in Xiazhou she was not allowed to go out.

Unable to get out of the house, she had to teach Yaoer foreign language in the yard. The weather was a bit stuffy and the yard was damp. The flowers and plants had just been watered and it seemed like it was going to rain.

She suddenly remembered her previous proposal and asked Yao'er, "Yao'er, what I mean is, if, if, our Gu family adopts you as our adopted daughter, then wouldn't you be able to marry into the Yang family?"

"General Ye also made such a suggestion to Ji Huai before, but grandpa thinks that people should have backbone and cannot always accept favors from others. Besides... grandpa doesn't know that Ji Huai and I are at that stage." Yao'er felt that now was already their best days and did not dare to ask for more.

"How can this be considered a favor? Don't be as old-fashioned as grandpa. If I have a chance in the future, I will talk to dad about it."

"Luoluo, you've helped Ji Huai and me enough. Even if we can't be together in the end, I'll be very satisfied."

Seeing Yao'er so sad, she didn't know what to say.

Before going to bed at night, she and Ye Fan sat in the study and talked about what happened with Butler Hou during the day.

"Xingzhi, I'm not a child. You can't keep me locked up like this forever."

Ye Fan had never thought of locking her up at home, so it was strange to hear her complain like that. "Who dares to lock you up?" He held her palm and squeezed it.

"Then why doesn't Butler Hou let me go out to buy groceries?" She shook off his hand, a little angry.

Hearing this, he laughed out loud. Not to mention that Steward Hou didn't dare to ask her to do these things, even he, a general, didn't dare to do it.

"Not to mention that Steward Hou doesn't dare, even I, your husband, don't dare. You misunderstood." He pulled her into his arms and let her sit on his lap.

"Am I so useless in your eyes?" She put her arms around his neck, but still felt aggrieved. Everyone thought she was a young lady who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.

"How can it be useless? Didn't you find the murderer in Shuangxi? It's just that you don't need to do things like buying groceries. You need to do more important things."

"what?"

"Well, now, all you have to do is go back to your room and wait for me, okay?" He still had some military affairs to deal with and couldn't always accompany her like this.

She sat on his lap, shaking her legs, looking at him and saying, "Oh no, can you tell me if there is any clue about Xiazhou's troops? Don't you say you have to ask for my opinion on military affairs?"

"...Yes, but ma'am, if you do this... I can't think clearly." Although he was the one who pulled her to sit like this, he always thought that he was not the kind of person who was blinded by lust, but her approach always made him unable to control himself.

She thought for a moment and said, "Then...how about I let you sober up first?"

Ye Fan looked at her, nodded, reluctantly let go of his hand around her waist, and waited for her to leave by herself.

She moved her butt and sat closer, staring at him with a smile.

"Luo...Luoluo, this is not called being sober, this is called indulgence." His Adam's apple rolled, his voice became hoarse, and the roots of his ears gradually turned red because of her gaze.

Gu Jinluo wanted to tease him, so she lifted her foot, put on her slippers, sighed, and said, "Oh, General Ye is busy with military affairs, I won't disturb you." She slid off his legs and prepared to go back to her room.

The weight on his legs suddenly disappeared, and his heart felt lost. His eyes unconsciously followed her footsteps nervously, as if once that foot stepped out of the door, he would never be able to catch her again.

Still he couldn't help but hug the person and asked, "Who taught you to keep me in suspense like this?" He was thinking of carrying the person back to the room and then dealing with those matters.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't we still have military duties? We still have to focus on our careers." The rain outside the window was drizzling, and she felt depressed as it fell. The confinement since childhood seemed like an unsolvable situation, except that she was transferred from Anjiang to Jinghua.

She went to the wine cabinet and took out the foreign wine. Seeing her pouring the wine, Ye Fan hurriedly stopped her. The foreign wine was a bit strong after all. She only drank one glass of red wine. After drinking this glass of foreign wine, she would be really drunk.

"Why are you as annoying as Dad? You won't let me go this or that, not even for a drink!" She plopped down on the sofa, feeling more wronged than ever before.

"What's wrong with you today? Just because I didn't let you go out to buy groceries?" He squatted in front of the sofa, unable to figure out her temper.

"I don't know. I just feel that you all have things to do, and I don't want to be protected by you all the time!" She didn't want to go shopping, but she also didn't want to be controlled by others like this.

"Okay, no one says you're useless. Be good and go back to your room and sleep." He patted her on the back, took the glass of wine she had just poured out, and thought about sending her back to her room to rest.

She snatched the wine glass and poured the wine into her mouth.

He couldn't use force on his wife, and he didn't have time to snatch the drink, so he could only persuade her, "What's the matter? Drink slowly, no one will snatch it from you."

She put her arms around his waist, pressed against his chest and said, "Xingzhi, I don't need you to watch me like this all the time. I don't want to be followed by a bunch of people when I go out, and I don't want to be locked up at home all the time after getting married."

"Do you find it hard to follow the army? How about I take care of the military affairs in Xiazhou in the next few days, and then we can go back to Beijing to get married?" He coaxed her patiently.

"Okay." She stood on tiptoe and kissed him. Maybe she was a little drunk and wanted to stay close to him, or maybe it was the strange rain that made her feel insecure.

Ye Fan wanted to carry her back to the room. This kiss made him feel needed by her, so he wanted to do it in the study regardless of anything else. However, when he thought of her previous advice, he calmed down and told her: "Let's go to the room, okay?"

"Right here." She must have been really drunk. Her face started to turn red, her mouth was full of the smell of alcohol, she couldn't stand still, and she even started to unbutton her clothes, but became annoyed when she couldn't do it.

Ye Fan pushed her onto the sofa and started to unbutton her clothes.

The single sofa in the study was too narrow, so he carried her to the desk. The documents on the desk were scattered all over the floor, and the desk lamp fell with it. She was so scared that she shuddered and refused, saying, "Uh-huh, no more..."

"Don't be afraid... No one dares to come in... Madam." He had already reached his limit, but she said no. How could this be possible?

"Things...things are all broken...uh..." She must be really drunk and her mind was not clear. She just kept feeling that it was a loss of dignity.

My legs were cramped and I couldn't move because he was holding me down. I had no strength left and had no choice but to let him do whatever he wanted.

Her voice became soft and sweet, and her breath carried the aroma of wine. Every sense was tempting him to continue. The first time had not yet ended, but he had already begun to think about the second time.

When the lovemaking was over, she was so tired that she fell asleep. I carried her back to the room and saw that she was sleeping soundly. I thought that it was probably because she had just arrived in Xiazhou and was not used to it yet, so she was throwing such a tantrum.

The Xiazhou team was in a mess because of the Su family, and it has not been cleared up after a long time of handling.

That day, Gu Jinluo received a call from Liu Ma, saying that Grandpa was in poor health and had been sent to the hospital. He quickly packed his things and asked the servants in the mansion to go to the train station to book the earliest train ticket for the next day to rush back to Jinghua.