Married to Officer, Pregnant Specialist becomes the Winner!-Chapter 15: How Could He Let His Chosen Prey Escape So Easily

Chapter 15: Chapter 15: How Could He Let His Chosen Prey Escape So Easily

These past few days, he lay in bed in pain, and both the young women at the knowledge point and the village girls brought him quite a bit of food.

The fish soup before him was obtained by Zhao Weihong in exchange from the locals.

"Wen Zhiqing, be careful not to spill the fish soup." Zhao Weihong reacted quickly, instinctively reaching out to steady the bowl, accidentally touching Wen Zhqing’s cool fingers, causing her to blush and withdraw her hand.

She told Wen Zhqing to hold the bowl tightly, her face flushed with shyness, while she lowered her head, savoring the sensation of touching his hand, feeling elated.

Wen Zhqing thanked her without noticing Zhao Weihong’s reaction, lowered his head to drink the fish soup, and thought about what Zhao Weihong had just said.

Zhao Weihong shared the rumors circulating in the village over the past two days and what Gu Jia Ning had said when they met.

Even Wen Zhqing, who was confident that Gu Jia Ning liked him, couldn’t help but wonder: Has Gu Jia Ning really changed? Is she truly planning to marry that officer named Sheng Zexi, not just playing hard to get?

In fact, these past two days, Gu Jia Ning, who was most likely to come, hadn’t come, had she?

I heard that Gu Yunting has already gone to work.

Wen Zhqing vaguely felt like he was losing control over Gu Jia Ning.

That won’t do, he still needs to find time to see Gu Jia Ning in person and ask her.

If she’s just playing hard to get, that’s fine, but if she’s really changed, then...

Wen Zhqing’s eyes darkened. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

The prey he’s set his sights on, how could he let her escape so easily?

The one Wen Zhqing considered his prey, Gu Jia Ning, had just left the old house, having visited her grandmother. On the way, she overheard many villagers discussing Wen Zhqing’s "popularity" after being beaten.

Gu Jia Ning’s grandparents had two sons and a daughter.

The eldest son is her father, and the younger son is her uncle. In Huaihua Village tradition, old people live with their youngest son. After her aunt got married and Grandpa Gu passed away, Grandma Gu decided to divide the family. She lived with her youngest son in the old house, and the eldest, Gu Jia Ning’s father, gave more money to build a new house.

Even though the family was split, the two brothers were on good terms, especially since Grandma Gu didn’t favor boys over girls. She was particularly fond of Gu Jia Ning and would secretly save goodies for her.

This time, when her marriage to Sheng Zexi was settled, of course, Gu Jia Ning had to inform her grandmother and uncle’s family.

Happily coming out of the old house, she heard Wu Meili and a few other aunts who were digging sweet potatoes nearby talking about how many young women were eager to please Wen Zhqing.

As she approached, they spoke more excitedly and loudly.

Were they saying this specifically for her to hear?

This Wu Meili, Aunt Wu, she remembered, had previously planned to marry off her daughter to her elder brother, but at that time, her brother was courting her sister-in-law Yang Manman, so of course, they couldn’t consider anyone else. Plus, Yao Chunhua didn’t want to be in-laws with Wu Meili.

So the proposal was naturally rejected.

But it seemed that Wu Meili and her daughter hadn’t let go of it.

She remembered, in her previous life, her brother and sister-in-law never had children. This Aunt Wu spread rumors in the village multiple times, saying that her sister-in-law was a hen that couldn’t lay eggs, which was extremely unpleasant. Originally, if her brother had a stable job, it would’ve been fine, but she ended up giving that to Wen Zhqing. In the end, her brother failed at everything, while Gu Baozhu’s husband, who was originally a carpenter, later became successful through custom furniture.

Later, whenever Wu Meili and her mother Yao Chunhua quarreled, Wu Meili would say things about being a woman of fortune marrying into a family without fortune, implying that the Gu Family had no luck and her daughter was lucky, putting down the Gu Family while elevating Gu Baozhu.

But, in this life, those things won’t happen again!

Gu Jia Ning thought, could it be that this Aunt Wu wants her to go make a scene at the knowledge point?

Make a scene, she absolutely wouldn’t.

However, she felt that Wen Zhqing needed to be dealt with.

She knew well that despite his gentle and jade-like exterior, Wen Zhqing was a ruthless snake inside. Clearly, she had already become his prey. Before he squeezed all her value dry, Wen Zhqing wouldn’t easily give up on her.

Knowing that she planned to marry Sheng Zexi, he might even try something.

So, she had to think about how to deal with Wen Zhqing, even if she couldn’t deal with him all at once, making him suffer a bit would be good, at least by the time she married Sheng Zexi and went with him, Wen Zhqing wouldn’t be able to scheme against the Gu Family.

Gu Jia Ning kept this in mind, slowly approaching Wu Meili and the others.

Wu Meili saw Gu Jia Ning approaching from the corner of her eye and spoke more enthusiastically.

These past few days, she had not only heard about Gu Jia Ning being courted by a military officer but also saw it.

That officer looked excellent, and Wu Meili secretly thought to herself that the officer must be blind to be interested in Gu Jia Ning, her daughter was so much better.

She felt Gu Jia Ning should continue to chase after Wen Zhqing.

Though at this moment Wu Meili spoke highly of Wen Zhqing, saying how popular he was with the girls, deep down she didn’t really like such physically weak scholars and didn’t find them reliable, just a face to look at, a sweet-talker, see, Wen Zhqing had coaxed Gu Jia Ning into doing things she did, sending all the food and drinks to him and even jumping into the river to force her brother to give his job to Wen Zhqing.

Although later Gu Jia Ning said it was accidental and Gu Yunting went to work, denying those rumors, Wu Meili didn’t believe it.

She hoped Gu Jia Ning would continue to go after Wen Zhqing, in which case the entire Gu family would surely get dragged down.

In fact, Wu Meili’s feeling was correct; in the past life, Wen Zhqing not only took advantage of Gu Jia Ning but also squeezed all the value out of the Gu family.

"...I think Wen Zhqing is really good, handsome, with a good character, I heard he can even recite poetry, and he’s from Hucheng. Whoever marries Wen Zhqing could become a Hucheng resident." Wu Meili highly praised Wen Zhqing.

Gu Jia Ning approached, crossing her arms, with a sweet voice, pretending to be puzzled, she asked, "Aunt Wu, do you really think Wen Zhqing is that good?"

Wu Meili turned around as if she just noticed Gu Jia Ning, knowing that her words were overheard, her brows filled with joy, "Yes, I really think Wen Zhqing is a great choice for a husband and son-in-law."

"Oh, is that so? Then if Wen Zhqing became your son-in-law, Aunt Wu, you’d be overjoyed, wouldn’t you?" Gu Jia Ning fluttered her beautiful almond-shaped eyes, as if unaware of Wu Meili’s deeper meaning, following along with her words.

"Of course, I’d be thrilled." Even though Wu Meili didn’t like scholars at heart, at this moment she had to go along with Gu Jia Ning’s words.

"No wonder I see Aunt Wu so happy; is it because Wen Zhqing is going to be your son-in-law?" Gu Jia Ning exclaimed as if suddenly enlightened.

Wu Meili was stunned, what did that mean, how was Wen Zhqing going to be her son-in-law?

Gu Jia Ning blinked deliberately, feigning surprise, "Aunt Wu, you didn’t know? Your daughter Zhenzhu likes Wen Zhqing. Oh, and you’re making stew today, right? I saw Zhenzhu might want to take some meat to Wen Zhqing. How come, Aunt Wu, you didn’t know?"