Failing to entice Xiao Heng, Zuo Xiuyan simply laid down on the ground and rolled around to create a commotion, even ripping her lapel open in the process.
Without any exception, all the people present in the residence witnessed this scene.
The Young Madams, the two Young Misses, and the Young Masters were all quite scornful. But they kept it in their hearts. After all, they still had to save some face for the Zuo family.
However, it was not so easy to block the mouths of each and every servant. Even if they dare not spread it outside, there would occasionally be words about it in private discussions among some of them.
As a result, this matter gradually spread within the residence. This Zuo girl puffed out her chest and tore off her clothes to seduce the third Master despite his clear rejection. So what did he do then? He just threw her to the ground.
“She fell on her wretched buttocks and seemed to be in tremendous pain as if they were about to crack. Her hair was loose, her outfit was in a mess, and she was sobbing with tears and snot running down her face, saying that if the third master didn’t want her, she would go bump into a pillar!”
“Bah, she takes herself too seriously. She didn’t even consider how cold and indifferent the third Master is. He cast aside the two concubines rewarded by His Majesty himself, much less an outsider!”
“Actually, the Zuo girl is quite pretty, but she doesn’t look like a noble young lady of a ducal family. She usually looks gentle and elegant when in reality, it is just a pretense; she is full of evil tricks. Really a coquettish and unrestrained little sl*t!”
As the servants of the Marquis residence, they didn’t need to cover up their words so they naturally uttered a lot of shameful words.
Zuo Xiuyan, who was already mortified and in a hurry to go back to her residence, never thought that she would have to hear such words. Tears of shame and anger rolled down her face: “I don’t have any face left to meet people now. I might as well bump into something and die now! I– I– What should I do now!”
The one walking by her side was a nanny from the Marquis residence. Hearing this, she stole a contemptuous glance at her and thought: Bumping into something doesn’t matter but doing that within our Marquis residence will bring us nothing but trouble!
Sending maids and nannies to accompany her Zuo Xiuyan out of Ruiding residence, the Madam gave strict orders to forbid this matter from being spread outside at the least.
As for how Anguo ducal family put up with this matter, she had no control over it.
After all, it was their daughter who had tried to tempt someone and failed tragically, no one bullied her.
Gu Sui’er was also quite shocked to witness this scene.
Although what happened with Little Ah Chen made her wary of Zuo girl, she always felt that this person was not what she thought her to be. However, seeing the disheveled Zuo girl lying on the ground like a village shrew with her own eyes was another matter.
She knew what kind of person Xiao Heng was. It was impossible for him to molest this Zuo girl. Therefore, Gu Sui’er believed that she tried to seduce him and failed.
Thinking of this incident dazedly, Gu Sui’er couldn’t dare to believe it. How could a dignified eldest young lady of a ducal family do such a thing? Even an ordinary country girl might not necessarily be so bold ah!
But she just mulled over this topic inwardly. She didn’t dare to ask Xiao Heng because of his grim expression these days and just attended to him gently and carefully.
This day, little Ah Chen was In the bed, playing with a fluffy red pom-pom that the eldest Young Madam had sent over. He was awfully fond of it; he was not willing to let it go.
At this moment, Xiao Heng came in.
As soon as he entered, Gu Sui’er realized something amiss. His sleeves seemed a little odd, was he carrying something behind it?
“Guess what I brought back?” The man’s expression was still icy, as it had been these days.
“Pu pu pu pu pu…” Little Ah Chen saw his dad, and happily greeted him with the little red pompom in his arms. He was still babbling amiably. He only missed a little tail wagging behind him.
This matter was also strange; Xiao Heng clearly had a terrible expression recently but little Ah Chen began to like his dad.
Gu Sui’er looked at his full and bulging before thinking for a while: “Fluffy red pom-pom?”
The way he hugged it in his arms was exactly the same as the way little Ah Chen was holding the fluffy red pom-pom tightly.
Xiao Heng raised his brows, looking at her with a bit of contempt in his eyes.
Gu Sui’er understood that she had guessed wrong, and thought for a while: “Could it be some delicious pastry?”
Xiao Heng seemed baffled but he still didn’t say anything.
Gu Sui’er was troubled; what else could it be? When she was struggling to think of something, a string of barks was heard.
It was a crisp and tender bark that sounded extremely similar to a newborn puppy’s.
“A puppy?” Gu Sui’er was pleasantly surprised, and stared at Xiao Heng’s sleeve.
Only then did Xiao Heng move his sleeves. As expected, a white and fluffy little puppy was lying in his arms.
Little Ah Chen was incredibly excited to see the puppy. Sitting on the bed, he waved his arms as if he were flapping his nonexistent wings and cried out excitedly at the puppy with sparkling eyes.
He couldn’t speak, so he only called out randomly. Sometimes it was babble and sometimes, it was intrigued shouts.
The puppy heard Xiao Chen’s cries and made a dog-like whine, before poking its head out of Xiao Heng’s arms. Then it looked at little Ah Chen with its dark and moist eyes.
After it had poked its head out, Gu Sui’er could also see it clearly. She couldn’t help but acknowledge: this dog is indeed good-lucking.
It had a moist and delicate little nose, its eyes were crystal clear, and its fur was white and shiny like top-notch satin with two white, fluffy, and quite long ears. She had seen some dogs in the countryside, but those were native dogs. Compared with the one in front of her, those were not worth mentioning.
Xiao Heng put the puppy on one side of the bed and asked, “Does Ah Chen like it?”
Naturally, little Ah Chen couldn’t reply. But they saw his tiny, chubby body rolling and his eyes shining brightly as he cheerfully threw himself at the dog, shouting.
Gu Sui’er: “This dog doesn’t bite, right?”
Xiao Heng: “It hasn’t grown teeth yet.”
After hearing this, Gu Sui’er was relieved. Seeing that the puppy was also very clean, she let them play.
No matter whether it was a dog or a human, everyone liked having playmates, especially those of similar age. Little Ah Chen was only a few months old while the little puppy was born some days ago. But contrarily, the baby and the puppy seemed to like each other and were already very close. One babbled, the other barked, and one patted the bed with his chubby hand while the other wagged its little tail.
Seeing this scene, Gu Sui’er couldn’t help laughing.
“How did you manage to get a dog?”
“I noticed that Ah Chen was very fond of the dogs raised in the yard that day. But they are all bigger and no good. Luckily, I saw these being sent to the Palace as tribute and felt Ah Chen would like one of those.”
To be honest, the puppies were originally meant to be sent to the concubines in the Palace but he grabbed one.
While talking, Xiao Heng also leaned on the couch and pulled Gu Sui’er in his arms.
“En, looks like Ah Chen really loves this puppy very much.”
“Oh, by the way, there is something that I forgot to tell you two days ago.”
“What?”
“Your parents are already on their way to Yanjing City. They will be here in about ten days.”
“What?!”
Gu Sui’er sat up from Xiao Heng’s arms in joy.
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