Xiao Changyi still acted as if Gong Juechen didn’t exist.
It was An Jing who, the moment she heard Gong Juechen’s words, immediately bared her teeth at him, "Heh, heh."
Gong Juechen immediately rubbed his arms, looking rather spooked, "Jingjing, you’re kind of scary when you do that, you know?"
An Jing ignored Gong Juechen again and went back to playing with her family’s four children.
It was then that the sound of approaching hoofbeats was heard, and the moment Gong Juechen heard it, he rushed out to the courtyard, excitedly shouting, "It must be my wife thinking that Zhuzhu is no match for me, and she’s come back to find me!"
When he reached the entrance of the courtyard and saw that it was Meng Zhuqing alone riding a horse back, Gong Juechen instantly felt discontented and asked Meng Zhuqing in an unfriendly tone, "Where’s my wife? Where have you hidden her?"
Without waiting for Meng Zhuqing to respond, Gong Juechen added, "I knew it had to be you forcing my wife, I look so much better than you, how could my wife prefer you over me as a husband and elope with you?! Absolutely impossible!"
Meng Zhuqing didn’t bother with Gong Juechen, dismounted the horse in one smooth motion, headed into the courtyard, and reported to An Jing and Xiao Changyi.
"My lord, Madame, Miss Yan Yao has already been sent away."
Xiao Changyi continued to be expressionless and carried on sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard as if Meng Zhuqing wasn’t speaking to him at all.
An Jing nodded to show that she understood.
Gong Juechen, however, pointed at An Jing and Xiao Changyi and started shouting, "You you you you! It was actually you who sent my wife away! Her husband, I am still here, if you were going to send her away, you should have taken me with her too! You’re breaking up a pair of lovers! You have caused us, husband and wife, to be separated! You are truly, truly, truly evil!"
No matter how loudly Gong Juechen yelled, nobody paid attention to him.
An Jing and Xiao Changyi continued with their respective tasks, and Meng Zhuqing intended to leave and, as usual, patrol around the courtyard.
But just as Meng Zhuqing turned around, Gong Juechen grabbed him, and Gong Juechen asked indignantly, "Where did you send my wife?"
Meng Zhuqing didn’t say a word, shaking off Gong Juechen’s hand and heading for the exit.
Gong Juechen, unwilling to let it go, grabbed Meng Zhuqing again, fury written all over his face, "Meng Zhuqing! Where is my wife? Where did you take her?!"
This time, Meng Zhuqing didn’t shake off Gong Juechen’s hand but instead raised his, looking like he was about to knock Gong Juechen unconscious with a hand knife again.
Gong Juechen immediately released Meng Zhuqing’s clothing and stepped back two paces, looking very timid, and muttered discontentedly, "If you don’t want to say, don’t say it, but why always try to knock me out... If you made me stupid, it wouldn’t do you any good..."
Meng Zhuqing was actually very annoyed with Gong Juechen as well and upon seeing Gong Juechen withdraw his hand, didn’t care about his mutterings and continued to stride out.
Seeing that Meng Zhuqing had left, Gong Juechen paused for a moment, and then ran to An Jing with a teasing smile, "Jingjing, be kind and tell me where you had Zhuzhu send my wife? I really want to know. Please tell me, won’t you?"
An Jing gave him a sideways glance immediately, "Why do you want to know so badly? To go and molest someone again? Don’t even think about it! None of us will tell you!"
"You really are too malicious..." Gong Juechen looked utterly unable to accept the reality.
An Jing was blunt, "It’s your own fault for being so lewd! Think about what indecent things you’ve done to the lady!"