Unable to figure it out, Guo Luo decided to stop trying, exchanged a glance with his father, and felt it was best to comfort the man in front of him first.
"Wise Brother Shui Mu, don’t be angry. Won, you know, everyone has a little temper. Once this temper passes, it’ll be fine!" Guo Luo patted Zhou Mu’s shoulder and comforted him, saying, "I’ll have the kitchen prepare sothing tasty, and we’ll send so to your sister-in-law later."
"Okay." Zhou Mu’s face was dark as ink, but he still nodded his head, looking anxiously toward the door with a troubled expression.
Seeing Zhou Mu’s troubled look, the Father and Son of the Guo Family were also quite anxious. However, since these concerns were between a man and a woman, they couldn’t intervene too much and could only watch helplessly.
In the guest room, Gu Changsheng was lying on the bed, playing dead, and cursing the heavens!
Beauty Sai returned with two servant girls, and upon hearing the door open, Gu Changsheng imdiately leaped off the bed like a carp, eager to rush toward Beauty Sai... uh... toward the two servant girls behind Beauty Sai.
Her target was clear, the food on the trays held by the two girls!
That was her al!
"Sister-in-law! You can’t be this spineless!"
At the blink of an eye, the pregnant Beauty Sai, relying on her bulky physique, blocked Gu Changsheng’s path. With a serious expression, she warned her.
"Sis, this thod is really inhumane. Let eat comfortably first, and then let’s plan!" Gu Changsheng clutched her grumbling stomach, pleading helplessly.
"No way!" Beauty Sai answered straightforwardly, waved at the two young girls behind her to place the food on the table and retreat to guard the door, and began to educate Gu Changsheng.
"Sis, this won’t do. How can you back out when the plan has just started? How can this accomplish anything? Don’t you want to have lovers beco family?"
Gu Changsheng heard this and was utterly frustrated, "Of course I want that, but wanting is one thing, starving to death is another!"
Life is paramount! If, in the end, she didn’t manage to woo the handso man, she’d starve to death first. That would be the real loss, a classic case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice!
"Sis, enduring this little bit of hardship for a long-lasting happiness is worth it! Didn’t we agree on this from the start?" Beauty Sai answered, warning with an earnest face, her gaze carrying so disdain, as she spoke while picking up a bun from the tray and munching it.
Hearing this, Gu Changsheng was initially a bit embarrassed. Watching Beauty Sai munch the bun made her eyes sparkle brightly; she was craving it!
While Beauty Sai wasn’t paying attention, her little claws grabbed a bun from the tray, and Gu Changsheng stuffed it into her mouth without saying a word...
Wooing the handso man was a big deal, but starving was an even bigger issue!
If it doesn’t affect the plan’s implentation, please allow her to fake a little in this lodramatic play, and let her fill her stomach!
Hallelujah!
The bun quickly reached her mouth; Gu Changsheng could already sll the sweet dough’s aroma and the drooling scent of the at filling!
No hesitation!
Open mouth!
Bite!
"Ah!"
The next mont, a scream echoed in the guest room.
Gu Changsheng was left holding the untouched bun at her mouth, staring blankly at it, then slowly lifting her head to look at the big-bellied woman Beauty Sai, spinning her hand around...
This...
What the heck!
"Sis, you sure have quick and precise bites! If I called out a little later, would you have bitten a piece of flesh from my hand? Ouch! It’s painful!" Beauty Sai accused openly, holding up a hand with little tooth marks.
Gu Changsheng glanced at her bitten hand, and her mouth twitched, "I was biting the bun..."
It’s you who reached over with your hand!
Offering it to the mouth to be bitten, who should be blad?
She is not a monster, and Beauty Sai is not Monk Tang. She doesn’t eat Monk Tang’s at, nor does she want to bite Beauty Sai!
She... just wanted to eat a bun!
The next mont, Gu Changsheng felt her hand lighten. The bun she failed to bite had already moved to Beauty Sai’s hand. Beauty Sai gave Gu Changsheng a displeased look, triumphantly bit into the bun. The at juice instantly filled Beauty Sai’s lips, fragrant and mouthwatering, making Gu Changsheng swallow hard, her hands subconsciously covering her stomach...
"I told you you’re hopeless, and you really are hopeless! Stealing food again! I’ll make you eat! I’ll make you eat! Have you forgotten your handso man? Forgotten your wish?" Beauty Sai vented while munching on the at bun in her hand, taking big bites as if showing off. After gobbling it down, she grabbed another from the tray and continued eating with flair, "Sister-in-law, for your happiness, I’m willing to sacrifice myself and let you bite, but here you are always holding back. How is this right? Sister, being indecisive like this won’t do! From now on, sister-in-law will eat while you watch, sister-in-law will be full while you’re hungry. Everything, to knock down your man as the ultimate goal!"
"This..." Gu Changsheng twitched not only at the corners of her mouth but even the corners of her eyes as well, watching Beauty Sai enjoy her food, her temples throbbing, "This damn... it’s a bit too cruel..."
To think, in this plan to take down the handso man, she was nothing but a pitiful beauty!
Just like Zhao Lirong’s skit said, she’s simply a starving guest!
No! She’s even worse than a starving guest; at least a starving guest gets paid, but she’s getting nothing!
Gu Changsheng felt aggrieved, the sound of retreat was resounding...
"Sister, let tell you, just now when Wise Brother Shui Mu heard you hadn’t eaten, oh my, his whole complexion changed, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot..." Beauty Sai continued eating while reporting Zhou Mu’s reaction.
"With that mask on, how could his face not be black..." Gu Changsheng rolled her eyes at Beauty Sai, speaking sullenly.
"You don’t understand, a man’s feelings are hidden far deeper than ours; you have to learn to discern their emotions even from their smallest words and gestures. You didn’t see, when I ntioned urging you to eat, his grip was so tense I thought he’d hit soone!" Beauty Sai boasted proudly, crediting the success of her strategy to her mastery in playing little tricks on n.
"I didn’t have red eyes..." muttering discontentedly.
"I said you do, so you do! Show weakness! Feign weakness to make the enemy lower their guard, so they’ll be compassionate!" Beauty Sai glared.
Gu Changsheng sighed, "Alright..."
She was practically played by the happy-eating woman in front of her, wasn’t she?
Wasn’t she? Wasn’t she?
Starving wasn’t enough, she even got "red eyes" too!
Did Gu Changsheng seem like a woman who’d tear up at the drop of a hat?
Not to ntion Zhou Mu wouldn’t believe it, even she didn’t believe it!
The disgrace! Guess it can never be picked up again in this lifeti! Luckily, only this family and Zhou Mu knew!
Clutching her empty stomach, Gu Changsheng decided not to look at that big-bellied woman who made her want to punch her with every bite, turning back to lie on the bed, utterly drained.
Yet deep inside, a wicked whisper arose, damn it, if this plan fails, and her and Zhou Mu’s identities are exposed, would she be allowed to kill to silence the witness?
Could she make this woman who witnessed her embarrassing mont disappear from this world?
Really itching to act!
"Sister, today’s walnut crisps are well made, fragrant and crispy, absolutely delicious..."
After rambling through the plan to take down the handso man, Beauty Sai didn’t rush to leave but sat back in the guest room, eating eagerly, praising as she went, not caring at all about the feelings of the starving woman pretending to be dead on the bed.
"Hmm, these fried shrimps aren’t bad either, delicious..."
"This lotus seed porridge is really light and refreshing..."
"..."
Who on earth said we’d share hardships and joys together? Although she didn’t expect a pregnant woman to really endure hunger with her, damn, couldn’t she at least not feast right in front of a starving person?
Unable to bear it any longer, Gu Changsheng imdiately sat up from the bed, growling through clenched teeth, "Beauty Sai, keep eating! Keep eating and you’ll get fat and weak, when the ti cos to give birth, you’ll be waiting for a three-death outco!"
This worked, the chopsticks in Beauty Sai’s hand clattered onto the table, her big eyes blinking as she wiped her mouth, no longer daring to eat more!
Gu Changsheng was very satisfied, lying back down on the bed with a defeated expression, starting to channel her Inner Strength with her Witch Gu Power to try to distract herself. Manman had warned her that the Inner Strength she inherited without effort, although hers indeed, was fundantally unstable, and the downside of rapid advancent was never progressing further. In fact, Gu Changsheng, while never relying on Inner Strength, understood that without it, she would have died several tis already, so rging the Inner Strength truly had to be approached gradually!
"Sister, once you’ve let go of the arrow, it can’t be retrieved, what’s decided, no matter how difficult, must be pursued. This is the heroic spirit We in the Itinerant World should possess! Endure your hunger, and when Wise Brother Shui Mu can’t bear it anymore and concedes to visit, only then will you have a chance to take advantage." Ending with a sly grin, Beauty Sai’s smile was incongruous with her pregnant status, making it hard to watch directly.
Seeing Gu Changsheng lying on the bed ignoring her, Beauty Sai felt bored, rubbed her nose, called in maids to clean up the leftovers on the table, and then left.
Once Beauty Sai left, Gu Changsheng swiftly returned from rging Inner Strength, looking toward the dining table eagerly, and then...
Alright then! Not even a crumb was left for her!
Gu Changsheng lay back down with a face full of distress and enmity, so hungry!
Truly, the days of luxurious indulgence had spoiled her stomach, missing just one al left her famished...
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