Chapter 155
Zhang Cheng didn't expect that the thin girl beside Jiang Xiyue would suddenly move at him, and her strength was quite strong, he couldn't break free at all, and he was driven away all of a sudden. Zhang Cheng still wanted to step forward, but was firmly stopped by Fang Yuzhu and had no way to break through. Zhang Cheng watched Jiang Xiyue walk into the lady's building without dust under his eyes, and he was so angry that he didn't know what nobleman Jiang Xiyue's restless woman had taken refuge in? It can't be small for the rich and noble, right?
Thinking of Jiang Xiyue's indifferent appearance, Zhang Cheng was a little itchy. He should have avoided Jiang Xiyue, after all, the lady he married now was jealous, if he knew that he had met his previous wife, even if he didn't do anything, his daughter-in-law would not let him go. But as soon as he saw Jiang Xiyue, he couldn't help but want to get up, he didn't expect that Jiang Xiyue had become so beautiful after not seeing him for half a year.
Jiang Xiyue was originally a little beauty, he had always been very proud of this family business, and after getting married, the two also had a period of tenderness and sweetness, but later Jiang Xiyue gradually became rough in order to take care of the family's livelihood, which made him not like it so much. Later, he became a lifter, and every time he saw the yellow-faced woman from the village girl walking around in front of him, he was not so proud in his heart, and felt that his mother was right, Jiang Xiyue was not worthy of him, and it was time to make way for the real housewife.
At that time, Zhang Cheng thought that he and Jiang Xiyue would be married in the end, and the Jiang family had indeed helped him a lot, so he wanted to keep Jiang Xiyue at home as a concubine. Of course, the reputation of stopping his wife and marrying another wife as a concubine is not good, so he persuaded his mother to persuade Jiang Xiyue to invite herself to be a concubine or invite herself to go to court to keep her as a concubine. Where could Jiang Xiyue stand such an insult, she immediately contacted the Jiang family to make a big fuss at the Zhang family, and retrieved all the dowry and Zhang Cheng reconciled. His mother hated Jiang Xiyue to death at that time, because the Zhang family had been eating Jiang Xiyue's dowry for so many years, and when Jiang Xiyue left, she took away all the dowry, and the Zhang family suddenly became an empty shell. Fortunately, Zhang Cheng became a lifter, and many people came to the door to send money, which made Zhang Cheng's mother and son feel better.
After arriving in Fucheng, Zhang Cheng went to Songhe Academy, after all, it is one of the three best academies in Fucheng, and there are many students who study well. With his desire to win, he naturally couldn't stand this, so he often went to befriend Dean Liao, and after seeing Liao Rulan at Dean Liao, he thought of being taken care of by Mr. Jiang everywhere after marrying Jiang Xiyue. This kind of thing is born and cooked twice, Zhang Cheng quickly hooked up with Liao Rulan's heart, and finally married Liao Rulan, both mother and son lived in the mountains and were taken care of by Dean Liao. However, for outsiders, Zhang Cheng is almost like a fuss.
Liao Rulan is Dean Liao's only daughter, Dean Liao and Mrs. Liao gave birth to five sons, just this one daughter, naturally very precious, and Liao Rulan's six brothers are also extremely fond of her. Zhang Cheng faced such a promising father-in-law and such a group of brothers-in-law, even if he had a lot of fancy intestines in his heart, he could only put them away, thinking that one day he would be promoted to an official and make a fortune with the title of the gold list, and then marry a few more beautiful concubines. After all, Liao Rulan is not a middle-aged person, and she can't even compare to Jiang Xiyue when she was a girl, and she can't satisfy Zhang Cheng's color heart at all.
Although he was taken care of a lot by the Liao family, the second wife married someone who was not as good as his ex-wife, which made Zhang Cheng feel even more unhappy, and he always felt that he had lost a lot. Therefore, when Zhang Cheng saw Jiang Xiyue today, he stopped people regardless of it, because Jiang Xiyue's appearance now is even more beautiful than when she got married.
Jiangxi Yue was a pear flower with two or three petals blooming on the branches after the spring rain, which was elegant and a little shy, which was very cute. Later, after many years of hard work day and night, she had already taken off the delicateness, tenderness and youthfulness of a girl, and became a yellow-faced woman in Zhang Cheng's eyes. Jiang Xiyue was even more haggard when he left the moment, and that appearance made Zhang Cheng feel that his original decision was right every time he thought about it. It's just that now Jiang Xiyue has completely walked out of the shadow of harmony, and her mood is much more open than at the beginning, which shows the style of the girl after she has faded over the years, like the white hibiscus fighting frost and arrogance in autumn, which is heartbreaking.
Zhang Cheng liked it very much when he saw that look, and said that Jiang Xiyue would entangle and pester him, but in fact, he hoped that Jiang Xiyue could entangle and pester him. However, Jiang Xiyue disdained him from beginning to end, and his clothes and costumes were much more expensive than before, Zhang Cheng was not good, so he naturally felt that Jiang Xiyue had climbed another high branch.
Zhang Cheng thought about something, Jiang Xiyue didn't know anything about it, and even if she knew, she didn't care. After all, their Jiang family has a lot of tricks in their hands, and Zhang Cheng doesn't dare to arrange anything outside, otherwise it will be a dead fish. Therefore, although several of their Jiang sisters were ruined by Zhang Cheng on the way here, they completely left this matter behind after entering the Lady's Building. However, no one expected that this scene would fall into Liao Rulan's eyes.
Liao Rulan is a smart woman, she can't see that Jiang Xiyue has long been to Zhang Cheng, but she can also see that Zhang Cheng has the heart to enjoy the blessings of all people. She has always known that she has a mediocre complexion, and if she wants to marry a good husband, she can only make up for it with talent, so she has been studying piano, chess, calligraphy and painting desperately. But she is a young girl in the end, she has seen too little of the world, and because Zhang Cheng's appearance is okay, she was coaxed away by Zhang Cheng in a few words. Even if Zhang Cheng's true face was discovered soon after marriage, it was too late. She is not a woman like Shi Jiuniang, she can't ignore her reputation, with her appearance, it is difficult to find a better one after leaving, so she can only endure the ambitious Zhang Cheng and the shallow-eyed Zhang Mu. She felt that her life was already very bad, and she would never tolerate Zhang Cheng hooking up with his ex-wife again, so she would find someone to investigate Jiang Xiyue's affairs immediately.
Liao Rulan has good connections in Fucheng, and soon investigated the truth about Zhang Cheng and Jiang Xiyue's reconciliation, she was not surprised after finding out the ins and outs, but she felt that Zhang Cheng was even more disgusting than she imagined. But Liao Rulan has always been pampered, and she will not admit that she doesn't know people clearly, and will only put all the blame on others.
She felt that she would be in such a predicament now, one of the reasons why Zhang Cheng deliberately deceived her at the beginning, causing her to think that Zhang Cheng had been infatuated but was let down by his greedy and vain ex-wife, and he thought that Zhang Cheng was affected by that incident and had a shadow on the good-looking woman, and just wanted to marry a talented and virtuous wife. Jiang Xuehe is also to blame for all this, originally Jiang Xiyue and left for his life of being spurned in the countryside after returning home, but he was taken in by Jiang Xuehe and brought to Fucheng, which made Zhang Chengchun's heart float. And because Jiang Xuehe has been doing business, what else will he do to make rouge gouache, and raise Jiang Xiyue more spiritually.
Plain appearance has always been Liao Rulan's heart disease, how can she not hate Jiang Xiyue now? But compared to Jiang Xiyue, she hates Jiang Xuehe more, if there is no Jiang Xuehe, Jiang Xiyue would not be what she is now, and she doesn't know what is wrong with Jiang Xuehe, so she likes to help others so much? She can't see other women being divorced, so what if she is divorced herself?
In Liao Rulan's opinion, Jiang Xuehe is not worthy of Gu Siyan even if she looks like a flower, because Gu Siyan's appearance is comparable to her, and no one takes advantage of anyone in this regard. But Gu Siyan has only been in Hanshan Academy for less than a month, and he won the third place among the students of the same class in the academy in the first small exam, and his future is limitless. And Jiang Xuehe is just a businesswoman, except for a few stinky money, there is nothing left, and she can only drag her feet in the future for Gu Siyan's title on the gold list. Since Jiang Xuehe didn't let her feel better, then she would find another suitable woman for Gu Siyan.
Where did Jiang Xuehe think that she just helped Jiang Xiyue, which attracted the jealousy of others. And she is not purely helping, it is obviously a mutually beneficial thing, she thinks that there is nothing wrong with killing two birds with one stone, but Liao Rulan feels that she has hurt herself.
Liao Rulan quickly found a good partner for Gu Siyan, who was Du Jiao'e, the youngest daughter of Du Fuzi of Hanshan Academy. Du Jiao'e has also reached the age of marriage at sixteen this year, but she has not met anyone she likes. Du Jiao'e looks delicate, has an arrogant temper, and likes good-looking and talented men, so Liao Rulan went to Du Jiao'e to mention Gu Siyan's matter. Of course, Liao Rulan will not tell the truth about those things, but half-truths and half-truths, and mixed some of her own understanding.
In Liao Rulan's mouth, the first half of Gu Siyan's life was the same as the truth, because the concubine was restless, their brothers and sisters were miserable, and later they were forced to marry a woman whose parents died and brought four oil bottles. That woman is just a businesswoman, ruthless and unfilial, and she dares to break off her relationship with her uncle's family, which is really deviant. And she is just a businesswoman, she can't read and write, she is vulgar, and she is not worthy of Gu Siyan at all. In addition, she is still in the filial piety period and has not had a round house with Gu Siyan, delaying the continuation of the heir, isn't this hindering others?
When Du Jiao'e heard this, she felt that Jiang Xuehe was not good, how could she be worthy of a young and promising talent? But she just listened to it casually as someone else's story, and didn't take it to heart. After all, whether it is Jiang Xuehe or Gu Siyan, she has never even seen her, what does it have to do with her?
However, Du Jiao'e's memory has always been good, she thought she had heard this story, but Liao Rulan knew that this story had planted a seed in Du Jiao'e's heart. When Du Jiao'e sees Gu Siyan, this seed will grow into a towering tree and take deep root in her heart. When that time comes, Du Jiao'e will definitely be dedicated to rescuing Gu Siyan, and Jiang Xuehe's life will not be easy at that time.