The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 753 - 747: Seeing Du Wanqing

Chapter 753: Chapter 747: Seeing Du Wanqing

Mostly, they were criticizing Second Master Jie for being blind, for not recognizing true gold and jade and instead cherishing a worthless stone in a dung heap. Now, realizing what he had lost, he finally appreciated its value, but sadly it was already too late.

When Second Master Jie’s servant heard those remarks, he became displeased and couldn’t help wanting to argue with those outspoken people.

For his part, Second Master Jie didn’t care in the slightest. Leaving behind the servant who was in the midst of the dispute with everyone else, he entered the great doors of Manxiu Building by himself.

The clerks and embroiderers at Manxiu Building had all come to recognize Second Master Jie. From the moment he stepped through the doors, they quickly sent someone to notify Miss Du.

Today, Miss Du was busy studying Gu Youyou’s new designs, so she responded with a hum to the messenger and said no more.

The woman who went to notify Miss Du didn’t know if that hum meant to meet or not to meet, so she had no choice but to brace herself and go out, leading Second Master Jie to a private reception room, where she said, "Our miss is currently busy examining Miss Gu’s drawings. It’s not convenient for her to see you now. Would you like to come back another day?"

On ordinary days, Miss Du wasn’t like other ruthless lovers who would avoid seeing him. Whenever he came and wanted to see her, she treated him as a regular visiting guest, meeting him if it were appropriate, being properly polite, but with a sense of distance.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it appeared that Miss Du had truly let go, not avoiding him, not hating him, just treating him like anyone else. The courtesy and distance in her eyes were the best testament to that.

But Second Master Jie didn’t see it that way. As long as she was willing to see him, he would come.

Of course, he had made up his mind. Even if she refused to see him, he would still come.

Today, when he heard that Miss Du was busy, he was unconcerned, simply saying, "Then I shall wait here, and when your miss is no longer occupied, please do inform me."

The embroiderer looked at him strangely, nodded, curtsied, and then left the reception room.

After suffering from burns, Du Wanqing, having spent a long time in her chamber, left her room for the first time. She had seized the opportunity while the two maids tasked with caring for her were absent. She had secretly wrapped her head in a scarf and, leaning on a cane, ventured out.

The scars on her body had healed, and the burned areas had recovered quite well. However, her right hand and left leg were left with permanent disabilities that would never heal.

She understood very well that this place belonged to Du Xintong, who took her away from the Jie Family while she was gravely injured.

She was unwilling to live under Du Xintong’s watchful eye, to live at her mercy. She wanted to return to the Jie Family; if she were to die, she wished to die in the Jie household.

Therefore, she had to leave this place.

Carrying a simply packed bundle, Du Wanqing struggled out of the room that had confined her, making her way through the back courtyard to the main hall. But, just as she entered the main hall, she saw one of the maids who watched over her coming out of a room, heading in her direction. Deeply startled, Du Wanqing clutched her bundle and pushed open a nearby door, hurrying inside.

The man seated by the window in the room, leisurely sipping tea with a smile on his lips, was clearly taken by surprise at the sudden entry of a woman in disarray.

Under Miss Du’s management, Manxiu Building maintained strict rules, and the female attendants and embroiderers would never act so rashly. This person...

When the panicked woman closed the door and turned to look at him, Second Master Jie was so shocked that the cup in his hand nearly slipped from his grasp, dropping to the floor with a clatter and shattering into pieces.

"You... Ah... Du Wanqing?"

The frazzled woman, her back against the door and her head wrapped in a scarf, revealing only her eyes, was immediately recognized by Second Master Jie.