However, Su Yi Jing and Su Yi Xing didn’t make much fuss. The most troublesome was An Yi Qing, with the physically weaker An Yiyun being the second most troubling.
It was when An Jing and Xiao Changyi were out in the courtyard with the four children that Gong Juechen returned.
Gong Juechen came back from the county office.
Last night, Gong Juechen had been staying in the room next to Yan Yao’s. He had gone to the county office early this morning to see his brother-in-law, Meng Lanqing, about a shoulder injury.
Ever since Meng Zhuqing suffered a sword wound to his shoulder, not wanting his sister to worry too much, Gong Juechen would visit the county office daily. He checked on Meng Zhuqing’s shoulder injury and also changed the dressing.
Originally, after changing Meng Zhuqing’s dressing, Gong Juechen had planned to return, but Gong Juese wouldn’t let him leave. She insisted he stay for lunch, and after the meal, she chatted with him for quite a while before finally letting him go.
Gong Juechen rode back at a gallop. Seeing that Meng Lanqing was not by Yan Yao’s room, he didn’t bother to speculate any trouble and dismounted his horse, rushing straight toward Yan Yao’s room.
Not finding anyone in Yan Yao’s room, he then located An Jing.
"Jingjing, Changyi, have you seen my wife? She’s gone missing, and Zhuzhu too. They couldn’t have eloped without me, could they?"
Gong Juechen’s voice reached the courtyard before he did.
Upon hearing Gong Juechen’s words, An Jing felt like rolling her eyes.
Xiao Changyi’s face remained expressionless.
The four children each continued playing with their own things, completely unaffected by Gong Juechen’s arrival. They were probably used to his sudden shouts and outbursts.
Kneeling in the courtyard, Yan Yao’s expression didn’t change either.
But Meng Zhuqing had a suspicious flush on his ears and dared not look at Yan Yao again.
As soon as Gong Juechen rushed into the courtyard and saw Meng Zhuqing and Yan Yao there, he breathed a huge sigh of relief, "Good, you haven’t eloped. Otherwise, I would have chased you to the end of the earth."
Seeing Yan Yao kneeling, Gong Juechen immediately rushed toward her, his bewitching face full of concern, "Jade Jade, why are you kneeling? What’s going on, Jade Jade?"
Unfortunately, before he could reach Yan Yao, Meng Zhuqing blocked him, not allowing him to get close to her.
"Zhuzhu, why do you always stand between my wife and me?!" Blocked from proceeding, Gong Juechen looked very angry as he loudly questioned.
Meng Zhuqing responded indifferently, "I am only following orders."
Whose orders? Naturally, An Jing had commanded him to guard Yan Yao to prevent Gong Juechen from harassing her again.
Gong Juechen was truly despicable!
When Gong Juechen heard Meng Zhuqing say he was following orders, he didn’t say anything more to him but walked up to Yan Yao, or rather, stopped three feet away from her. Bending down so that his eyes were level with hers, he spoke in a gentle and calm voice, "Jade Jade, you haven’t answered me yet, why are you kneeling?"
Yan Yao remained silent, her beautiful eyes calm, not showing a single ripple, as if Gong Juechen, standing three feet in front of her, didn’t exist.
Unable to elicit a response from Yan Yao, Gong Juechen had no choice but to turn to Meng Zhuqing for an explanation, "What on earth is going on here?"
Meng Zhuqing said, "Miss Yan Yao wishes to learn martial arts from the master. Since the master refuses to take apprentices, Miss Yan Yao has decided that if the master doesn’t accept her, she will continue to kneel and not stand up."
Gong Juechen immediately jumped up, alarmed, "Ah, Jade Jade, Changyi is such a person, with a rather difficult personality. If he says he won’t take apprentices, then he definitely won’t. You can’t really mean to keep kneeling indefinitely, can you?"