Chapter 795: At a Loss for Words

When the two cousins met, one was cold and the other awkward. Leng Yuan was the cold one. He had never had any feelings for anyone in the Leng Family.

Leng Qiushou was the awkward one. He had been secretly watching the people bustling around the pigsty, and it felt as though someone had discovered his heart’s deepest desire—something that meant nothing at all to Leng Yuan.

Leng Qiushou was so embarrassed he couldn’t lift his head.

Leng Yuan had shown him that for all his past arrogance, his pride was utterly laughable.

Leng Yuan said nothing and walked calmly past Leng Qiushou.

Just as their shoulders brushed, Leng Qiushou suddenly spoke. “I’m sorry.”

Leng Yuan didn’t break his stride, disappearing into the moonlit night.

Leng Qiushou didn’t say anything more. His wife was still staying with her mother in the county town. Now that the busy farming season was over, it was the perfect time for him to go bring her and their child home.

The Leng Family was much more subdued these days.

Ever since proposing to split from the family, Leng Qiushou had become very distant. He went to work every day as usual, but he would not say a word when he returned home.

Aunt Leng was so angry she nearly burst into tears.

‘It wasn’t like I’d done it on purpose. I couldn’t understand how Gu Jiaojiao and Leng Yuan could be so ruthless. We’re all family! One moment I had a job, the next it was gone. The pig-rearing post was taken away just like that. If I wasn’t so afraid of Leng Yuan’s retaliation, I would have marched right over to Gu Jiaojiao and demanded an explanation.’

‘What gave them the right to do that?’

Second Uncle Leng blamed the whole mess on Aunt Leng. Why did she have to suck up to Gu Jiaojiao for no reason? Not only had he failed to earn any extra work points, but he’d had to do just as much labor. By the end of the busy season, he had nearly collapsed from exhaustion.

Sun Yeshu and Leng Qingtian were also not on good terms.

Seeing how terrible the atmosphere at home was, Leng Qingtian felt very guilty. All of this had been caused by Sun Yeshu.

As for Sun Yeshu, she didn’t dare make a peep.

The Sun family wouldn’t let her come home. When her father saw her bringing him a meal in the fields, he completely ignored her. Her mother, always obeying her father, didn’t dare to speak with her either.

Sun Yeshu was furious. ‘How could my own father be so cruel?’ Without her family to back her up, she didn’t dare cause any trouble at the Leng Family’s house.

「Leng Yuan’s house.」

He returned, bathed in moonlight, to find Gu Jiaojiao still awake in the courtyard. She had likely taken a nap around dusk and wasn’t at all sleepy now.

As Leng Yuan vaulted over the wall, his eyes met the large, sparkling eyes of his wife.

He walked up to her and asked in a low voice, “Why are you still awake? Are Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang asleep?”

Gu Jiaojiao nodded. “The two children are asleep. I slept too much during the day, so I’m not tired.”

Leng Yuan nodded and sat down beside Gu Jiaojiao, and a silence fell between them.

After a long moment, he finally spoke.

“Jiaojiao, is it that you don’t want to have children, or…”

Leng Yuan didn’t finish his sentence, but Gu Jiaojiao knew what he was implying. And when it came to having a child, she truly wasn’t ready yet.

But Leng Yuan was acting strangely today, which made Gu Jiaojiao curious. “What’s really going on?”

“I came across someone trying to hang himself on the mountain today. Li Dazhuang from Li Family Village.”

Hearing the name, Gu Jiaojiao nearly choked on her own spit. “Li Dazhuang?”

Leng Yuan nodded. “He and his wife didn’t have any children, so she ran off with another man.”

‘So that was it. My husband was afraid that if I didn’t give him a child, my mind would start to wander?’

Gu Jiaojiao was just about to flare up in anger when she heard Leng Yuan’s calm voice.

“Jiaojiao, if you don’t want a child, we can wait. There’s no rush. But if you do, don’t have any reservations. I promise I’ll be a good father and a good husband.”

“I’ll be like my own father. I’ll take care of them, play with them. If we have a girl, I’ll pick wild fruits and flowers for her from the mountains. If we have a boy, I’ll teach him kung fu and take him hunting.”

The anger that had just begun to flare up inside Gu Jiaojiao instantly vanished…