Chapter 45  : The Little Trick Being Seen Through (5)

Since Qin Zhi’ai was suffering so much, Jiang Qianqian had no reason to force her to stay, even though she was unwilling to let her go. Therefore, she had to figure out a new plan. “Sister Kou, are you okay? Do you need me to accompany you upstairs?”

Although Jiang Qianqian had talked to Gu Yusheng a few times because of Liang Doukou, they were still unfamiliar with each other. If Liang Doukou wasn’t present, she would have no chance to talk to him.

Qin Zhi’ai knew that she wanted to take advantage of the opportIt was noisy in the yard, so she couldn’t fall asleep, only laying with her eyes closed for a short time, then sitting up.

She rummaged out a pair of earbuds from her handbag and plugged them into her ears, then played soft music at random to block out the noise.

The whole world became quiet, with no noise but beautiful music.magic

She was relieved that at that moment, she no longer needed to maintain the relationships downstairs as Liang Doukou, nor see the wealthy wives show off how much their husband loved them or figure out how to protect herself when she got in trouble.

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She smiled joyfully although she knew it was temporary.

Nanny Zhang was still worried about Qin Zhi’ai after she went downstairs, so she told the servant to make a cup of ginger tea with brown sugar for her.

When Nanny Zhang was about carry the tea upstairs, she ran into Old Master Gu, and he asked, “Xiaozhang, who’s upstairs?”

“It’s Mrs. Gu. She isn’t feeling well.”

“Xiaokou?” Old Master Gu frowned, looked around, and pointed to Gu Yusheng who was talking with someone, saying, “Let him take it upstairs and check if Xiaokou’s feeling better.”

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