Chapter 31 V2 : Cousin’s Instigation (2/2)

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could not help but laugh, and the three sat affectionately to have lunch.

Sang Wan discreetly looked towards Nanny Li with admiration. At first, she was afraid that Nanny Li might praise her a little too much in front of Wang Shi, for she had done so in front of Shi Fengju, which might result in Wang Shi’s dislike. But Nanny Li truly was quick-witted; her words come and go, leaving no trail behind, yet those words would unknowingly be welcomed into the heart of her listener.

After lunch, the three sat for a little while longer before Nanny Li left together with Sang Wan. But before so, Wang Shi once again reminded Sang Wan to never neglect Nanny Li and to treat her nicely. Sang Wan promised respectfully.

The first few steps Sang Wan and Nanny Li took outside of the courtyard, Gu Fangzi had already taken a few more steps in. In her hands were a large basket of loquats as she cheerfully entered.

Those were the newly harvested fresh fruits that were just gifted from a well-known farm.

Wang Shi could not help but find the deep yellow colored fruit to be cute. Taking a quick sniff of its fragrance, her mouth watered and she placed two into her mouth. The flesh was delicious and juicy, and the moment it entered her mouth, she could already taste its sweetness. Wang Shi smiled and praised the fruit before turning to Gu Fangzi, “Send a few to Ning Garden, will you? This year, the loquats are rather sweet. I’m sure Nanny Li also loves to eat these. Just send a few more over there.”

Gu Fangzi smiled and promised. “These were just sent to us from a well-known farm. All I did was pick a basket and have you taste some first, but I’ll pass the word to the servants to have them distribute the fruits.” Slyly, she continued, “Not too long ago, I saw figures of what seemed to be Nanny Li and Cousin Sang Wan, were they returning from here?”

Wang Shi smiled comfortably, “They were. Nanny Li returned to Ning Garden yesterday and came here specifically today to greet me. I asked for her to chat a little longer with me and then we had lunch together!”

Gu Fangzi clasped her hands together and laughed, “If I knew they were here, I would have sent these over earlier! Oh, that sounded too twisted. If they had heard, they would have thought I was avoiding them deliberately.”

“Rubbish!” Wang Shi spoke sternly but with a smile. “You overthink things. Nanny Li isn’t such a person!”

“Of course Nanny Li isn’t,” Gu Fangzu smiled, “but Cousin Sang Wan, in any case, entered this household recently; what’s more, this household is also under my management, I…”

“My good child, you can relax!” Seeing her worried look, Wang Shi could not help but gently held her hand. Softly, she comforted, “Aunt Wang is here, and I understand you!”

“Aunt Wang truly does care a lot about me!” Gu Fangzi showed a comfortable smile, and went on, “actually, it may just be me thinking too much. With Cousin Sang Wan’s temperament, such thoughts would definitely not surface in her mind, right? You should know that Nanny Li can be a little eccentric, but from what I observed, her relationship with Sang Wan seems to be quite close. If Sang Wan’s conduct towards Nanny Li is good, then her conduct towards me will naturally be the same!”

Hearing those words, Wang Shi’s brows became slightly raised. However, even though the dark clouds filled her heart, she scolded Gu Fangzi and vented it on her, “Nonsense! Nanny Li is an elderly in this household, and is also your cousin’s nanny; do not be impudent!”

“Yes, yes!” Gu Fangzi responded but spoke again cheekily, “Seriously, in which life did Nanny Li burnt such high graded incense that deserves such support from Aunt Wang and Big Cousin! What’s more, there’s even Cousin Sang Wan supporting her from behind now. Now, no one would even dare to provoke that old lady!”

“Is the relationship between Sang Wan and Nanny Li really that close?” Wang Shi could not help but ask.

“Yes,” Gu Fangzi laughed, “It may have been fate that Cousin Sang Wan and Nanny Li have an affinity. Those two would often laugh and talk with each other, and Cousin Sang Wan even personally helped Nanny Li when she needed to move from one place to another!”

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Wang Shi’s heart began to feel somewhat sour. Sang Wan is her daughter-in-law, so shouldn’t the person whom she should be getting close to is her? The thought of Sang Wan and Nanny Li being so close, although she could not put it to words, made her feel a little uncomfortable.

However, if she were to remain silent, it would show that she had placed her entire trust into those words. But how could she when she knew the friction between Gu Fangzi and Nanny Li? Her niece disliked Nanny Li, and Nanny Li had never not take her stand when in front of her.

There was the time when she was shook because of Nanny Li’s words. And because of that, she became reluctant to end off the marriage between the Shi family and the Sang family. Otherwise, she would have already done so due to the difference in both families’ financial position.

There was a small part in her that was not entirely convinced by Gu Fangzi’s words. Half fakingly, she asked, “Nanny Li returned to Ning Garden just yesterday only, how could their relationship be intimate in no more than just half a day? You must be exaggerating!”

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“My words have a basis, it isn’t any exaggeration!” Gu Fangzi pretended to feel wronged and continued, “Aunt Wang, you may not know this but Nanny Li was extremely furious last night and made a ruckus in Ning Garden! No matter how Big Cousin persuaded her to stay, it was to no avail! But guess what? From what I’ve heard, Cousin Sang Wan was able to persuade Nanny Li to comply with her in just a few words! Everyone in Ning Garden already knows of that incident!”

“Such a thing happened?” Wang Shi was surprised and hurriedly asked, “What else do you know?”

Gu Fangzi shook her head, “I didn’t hear much about the details, so I’m not exactly sure what happened at the start.”

Wang Shi puffed, “It must be Fengju!”

Gu Fangzi immediately stiffened and her eyes widened with surprise.