With Leng Yuan gone, Xu Wenwan lost interest in keeping up the act. She didn’t wait for Gu Jiaojiao’s help and stood up on her own.
Gu Jiaojiao watched her with a cool gaze, not surprised in the least.
Seeing her expression, Xu Wenwan couldn’t help but demand, "You knew all along I hadn’t sprained my ankle."
Gu Jiaojiao tucked her hair back. "I couldn’t care less whether you sprained your ankle. What I am curious about is this: we’ve clashed several times, yet you keep showing up in front of me. And you’re always staring at my husband. Don’t tell me..."
Xu Wenwan’s heart clenched.
Then she heard Gu Jiaojiao continue, "...it’s just as the villagers say. You’ve really taken a fancy to my husband."
Xu Wenwan had thought Gu Jiaojiao had figured out about the system; she hadn’t expected this misunderstanding.
She couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, she lifted her chin.
"Gu Jiaojiao, I’m married now. I married a young master from the An Family. Ever heard of them?"
Gu Jiaojiao shook her head. "I don’t know about the An Family. But you should stop using titles like ’young master.’ Be careful or your words will bring you trouble."
In times like these, the poorer you were, the more glorious. If your family had been poor peasants for three generations, that was a massive honor.
"You’re just jealous of me," Xu Wenwan said. She had come specifically to flaunt her new status in front of Gu Jiaojiao.
’Before transmigrating into this book, she had been overshadowed by her cousin her entire life. Now, there was no way she would let herself be outdone by Gu Jiaojiao.’
’In any case, she had married into a prestigious family. Gu Jiaojiao, on the other hand, could only live out her days with a country bumpkin like Leng Yuan.’
As soon as she thought this, Xu Wenwan remembered the heights Leng Yuan would later achieve, and her heart filled with boundless regret.
’If she had known that her transmigrating into the book would lead to Gu Jiaojiao marrying Leng Yuan, she never would have written him to be such an amazing character in the first place.’
’The only reason she’d made his character so perfect was to make Gu Jiaojiao understand that such an outstanding man would never be interested in her. It was just like that scene where Leng Yuan would rather soak in the river than lay a hand on Gu Jiaojiao.’
’She had designed those plot points specifically to trample all over Gu Jiaojiao.’


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