Chapter 3: Isn’t It Ridiculous That Gu Jingzhou Believed Someone Else’s Words So Easily?
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Ling Zhirou felt a guilty pang under Gu Jingzhou’s piercing gaze, her eyes flitting away uneasily.
Yet, her delicate and charming face remained innocent and naive, as if she knew nothing of the world. "Um, you got drunk last night and accidentally broke it, so I had someone take it for repairs. Why? Wasn’t it fixed properly?"
Gu Jingzhou said nothing, his cold and narrow eyes fixed on her.
After a long silence, he lightly parted his thin lips and said, "Don’t let it happen again." Then, he stood up and left the hotel.
After he left, Ling Zhirou's eyes turned cold and venomous, like a poisonous snake oozing deadly venom. "Don’t let it happen again?" It was clear that Jingzhou didn’t believe a word she had said.
But so what if she had tampered with his phone? Otherwise, how could she have silently deleted Tang Zheng’s messages and call records?
Hmph, he had promised to spend time with her, but his heart was filled with nothing but Tang Zheng. Ling Zhirou was unwilling to accept this.
At the Dijing Villa.
Gu Jingzhou returned home, emanating a chilling coldness, just as he ran into the housekeeper who had failed to locate Tang Zheng.
The housekeeper, head hanging and muttering to herself, looked utterly defeated.
“Did you find the young madam?” Suddenly, the man’s deep, cold voice rang out.
The housekeeper jumped in fright. Seeing it was Gu Jingzhou, her face turned pale, and she stammered, "N-No, I didn’t. The young madam wasn’t by the lake."
As she spoke, the housekeeper silently cursed Tang Zheng in her heart, calling her all sorts of vile names. Pregnant and still causing trouble! Maybe she had run off with another man.
It wasn’t entirely unreasonable for her to think this way. After all, Gu Jingzhou hadn’t spent a single night at the villa since Tang Zheng got pregnant. The housekeeper believed that Tang Zheng, seemingly reserved and introverted, was likely just lonely at heart.
Gu Jingzhou frowned, his sharp gaze like a blade, sweeping over the housekeeper before stepping inside.
The housekeeper watched his tall, imposing figure disappear into the villa, her heart pounding in fear.
Oh no! She hadn’t had time to clean up the place, and the mess inside would surely enrage him.
Usually, when she returned from work, Tang Zheng would clean the house until it was spotless. But last night, for some reason, the young madam hadn’t tidied up, leaving everything in chaos.
Neither the housekeeper nor Gu Jingzhou knew that Tang Zheng had fallen asleep on the couch after eating instant noodles the previous night.
When she woke up, her stomach ached faintly.
At that moment, she had tremblingly called Gu Jingzhou, but he didn’t answer.
She thought he might be busy and chose to send him a message, but after a long time, it was as if her message had vanished into thin air—there was no reply at all.
It dawned on her that Gu Jingzhou not only didn’t want to return to the villa but didn’t even want to acknowledge her anymore.
Her heart grew cold as ice. Realizing she couldn’t rely on him, she called for an ambulance herself.
What she didn’t expect was that her impending delivery would be so complicated. A family member’s signature was required for surgery, but Gu Jingzhou...
“What’s going on here?” Gu Jingzhou entered the living room and saw the mess on the coffee table and dining table. His dark eyes narrowed sharply.
As his gaze followed the trail of fruit peels, snack wrappers, and even a cup of instant noodles, his anger flared uncontrollably.
In a villa worth billions, he never imagined he’d see such a scene.
“T-These are all things the young madam ate. I didn’t have time to clean up. I’m sorry, Mr. Gu. I’ll tidy up immediately,” the housekeeper stammered, trembling with fear.
Her guilty expression was already glistening with a cold sweat. While it was true that Tang Zheng had eaten the instant noodles, most of the other snacks and fruits had been consumed by the housekeeper herself.
“I’m paying you 30,000 yuan a month, and this is how you care for her?” Gu Jingzhou’s eyes glinted with rage.
He knew Tang Zheng was an orphan and not picky about food. But now that she was carrying his child, was this negligence not too much?
“Mr. Gu, you’re misunderstanding me! The young madam insisted on eating instant noodles. I couldn’t stop her. And she refused to let me stock fresh vegetables, fish, or milk in the fridge.
“She said she hated eating those things and told me not to tell you. Otherwise, she’d fire me.”
The housekeeper, terrified, shed a few crocodile tears, looking as if she were bearing the weight of grave injustice.
Gu Jingzhou frowned. Because he rarely returned to the villa, he wasn’t sure how much of this was true. But he did know Tang Zheng could be willful at times.
In a deep voice, he asked again, “She wouldn’t let you stock vegetables or fish. So what does she usually eat? Instant noodles?”
“No, no. Sometimes, the young madam orders takeout. But yes, she eats a lot of instant noodles because she likes them. There are even a few boxes in her room. You can check if you don’t believe me.
“I know, no matter what I say, it’s my fault for not taking good care of her.
“But she’s the mistress, and I’m the servant. If she doesn’t want something or doesn’t want to eat something, I can’t force her, can I?”
The housekeeper spoke pitifully, her eyes welling up with crocodile tears that rolled down her face.
Seeing her cry, Gu Jingzhou grew more irritated. “Fine, you can go for now. You’re not needed here temporarily.”
The housekeeper was so scared she nearly knelt on the spot. Her voice trembled as she begged, "M-Mr. Gu, are you going to fire me? Please, no! I swear I’ll take better care of the young madam from now on. I can’t lose this job.
“I have two kids in high school, and I need the money to support them. Please, don’t fire me!”
The housekeeper sobbed even harder, shaking like a leaf.
Gu Jingzhou glanced at her trembling figure and said in a low voice, “Fine, I won’t fire you for now. Go home.”
It wasn’t out of kindness that he spared her. Since Tang Zheng had been under her care throughout the pregnancy, and since Tang Zheng had never complained about her, he assumed she must be somewhat satisfied with the housekeeper.
If Tang Zheng was okay with her, he wouldn’t dismiss her easily.
“Thank you, Mr. Gu. I’ll clean up the house before I leave.”
Gu Jingzhou didn’t respond. Instead, he headed upstairs to Tang Zheng’s room.
Downstairs, the housekeeper watched his intimidating figure disappear from view, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness she had been quick-witted. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to explain today’s mess.
As for those boxes of instant noodles in Tang Zheng’s room, she had put them there ahead of time, thinking it would be convenient for Tang Zheng and save herself the trouble of fetching them.
Little did she know that those boxes of noodles would save her job and her life.
Gu Jingzhou was no saint. If he could be so indifferent and heartless toward his own wife, how could he show mercy to unrelated people?
If he had found out that the instant noodles were placed there for her convenience while she browsed short videos, forget keeping her job—she’d probably never find work again in Beicheng.
- Writer
