The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 207 - 206: Jin Zijin Arrives

Chapter 207: Chapter 206: Jin Zijin Arrives

Gu Youyou arrived home very late, and Yue Rujing was sitting in the study, reading by candlelight. The empty study now contained many more things, especially books.

"Cousin-in-law, you’re back!" Yue Rujing greeted her with enthusiasm.

Exhausted from the day and overwhelmed by the death of Doctor Zhou, Gu Youyou had no energy to concern herself with him taking over her study, nor did she acknowledge him.

Thinking of the surprise he had planned for later, Yue Rujing didn’t continue to pester her with chatter but merely gave a sly smile and returned to his book.

Gu Youyou washed up briefly and then went to sleep in her bedroom.

She didn’t light a lamp, and by the moonlight, she saw the thin quilt on the bed was piled up high, her eyes instantly fixed in shock!

The enemy, it seemed, had still come!

If it had been anyone else, Gu Youyou would have surely grabbed a stick and chased him out, but with Jin Zijin... she simply couldn’t bring herself to do it.

She deliberately made her footsteps louder as she walked, but the person on the bed didn’t stir.

Standing in front of the bed, Gu Youyou had no choice but to reach out and poke the person on the bed.

Jin Zijin turned over, his sleepy eyes hazy as he murmured, "Youyou? Are you back?"

His nonchalant demeanor stunned Gu Youyou!

How could he act as if nothing had happened? As if that divorce letter didn’t exist?

Feeling down these past several days, Gu Youyou truly had no desire to argue with him and said only, "Why have you run over to my place? I thought I made myself very clear in the letter I left for you."

"What letter?" Jin Zijin appeared utterly clueless.

Gu Youyou’s mouth twitched as she said, "The letter I left on the bed, don’t tell me you didn’t see it."

Jin Zijin had apparently decided to deny seeing it and said unaffectedly, "I really didn’t see the letter you’re talking about. What did it say?"

The thickness of his skin.

Gu Youyou scoffed, "Whether you saw it or not, you once said you never lie, and I hope that’s still true."

In the moonlight, Gu Youyou couldn’t see Jin Zijin’s face clearly, but she distinctly felt his composure was gone.

Yue Rujing in the study across had been craning his neck to listen to the conversation. Hearing Gu Youyou’s righteous speech, he even felt nervous for Jin Zijin!

He had thought Jin Zijin would have some method to stay, but it turned out Jin Zijin was following his lead with just four words: shamelessly sticking around!

Having grown up together with Jin Zijin, Yue Rujing knew he had the same stubbornness as the old man and never told lies—definitely a truth. He never imagined Jin Zijin would start to talk nonsense just to stay!

It was all too novel.

"Youyou!" The room was quiet, and after a long while, a gentle voice broke the silence as if heaving a sigh, "Youyou."

"You’ve made me break many principles!"

After dropping that senseless remark, he said no more.

Gu Youyou was stunned and then asked, "So, do you want me to write another one?"

"No need!" Jin Zijin replied, "I saw the divorce letter, but I don’t believe it’s valid."

Gu Youyou: "..."

He smiled and said, "You can divorce for barrenness only after three years without childbirth. We haven’t even been married a year, I can’t divorce you for that reason."

"Then let’s separate," Gu Youyou said angrily.

"It’s not easy to take a wife; I don’t agree!"

Gu Youyou sneered, "Even if three more years pass, I’ll still bear no children. We’re going to divorce sooner or later, so it’s better we part amicably while we’re both still young."

Gu Youyou laughed without reason, thinking that this body didn’t even menstruate—a piece of barren land where not even the hardest work could grow crops.