Chapter 929: The effects
Mo Juxuan was speechless when she saw that the servants of her official husband's courtyard were treating her like a bandit. She looked at the servants who awkwardly looked back at her before clearing her throat and saying,
" Is your master not here? Why haven't you gone to call him by now?"
Her cold voice snapped the servants into a daze as one of them finally rushed to bring Qiao Nan out of the small kitchen.
" Master, Madam is here to see you," the servant who went to look for Qiao Nan told the mer about the arrival of Mo Juxuan. When Qiao Nan heard that his wife was here to see him, he could not help but frown —— though he did not hate his wife since he knew that loving the new and hating the old was normal for women who had money and power.
But that did not mean that he still had any feelings left for Mo Juxuan. Thus, when he heard that his wife was here to visit him, he did not feel any joy, he only felt troubled.
" Bring the chicken soup down once it is done and make sure that the seaweed inside it does not go lumpy," this seaweed was given to him as a complimentary gift by Chen Mi. Because it smelled bad, Qiao Nan did not have high expectations for it but the second he cooked it with tofu and chicken soup with a dash of coriander, Qiao Nan had to admit that it indeed smelled heavenly.
" Sure master, I might burn my hands but I will not let this soup fall out of the pot!" Li Lin gulped as he promised his master that he would take better care of the soup than himself. Seeing him act so serious towards a pot of soup, Qiao Nan shook his head before he headed out of the small kitchen and headed towards the main hall where his wife was sitting.
" Is something the matter?" As soon as he arrived at the main hall, Qiao Nan glanced at his wife lightly and asked.
When Mo Juxuan raised her head and looked at Qiao Nan, she was stunned because Qiao Nan looked considerably better than he did in the past. His complexion was not as wane and sallow as it used to be and his eye bags were a bit shrunken as well.
This was because Qiao Nan took a few sips of the soup which he was brewing just now. Because Yu Dong knew that the seaweed smelled a bit sour than the rest, she instilled more spiritual energy to clean its fishy smell but even so she did not instil a lot of spiritual energy inside the seaweed to make it different from the rest.
As long as one was not blind they would still see the small changes in their health and body.
" Ahem," Mo Juxuan cleared her throat before she said, " Am I not welcome here? As your wife, I should come to see you once in a while, right?"
If this was before Qiao Nan would have felt touched but this time around his heart was as gentle as a pond and he arched a brow, " Don't you think that you are five years too late for that?"
This time it was Mo Juxuan's turn to feel embarrassed, she was indeed five years too late for this. Back when she married Qiao Nan, she was happily in love with him but then he was poisoned and lost his ability to give birth. Her father did not like this husband of hers who was like a hen who could not lay eggs but since Qiao Nan's family was not weak at all, they couldn't divorce Qiao Nan.
Thus, Mo Juxuan 's father went ahead and brought her new mers every once in a while. Back then Mo Juxuan was young and the mers were skilled, in the end, a wedge appeared between her and Qiao Nan which neither of them tried to solve and heal. Because of this, the two of them have stayed away from each other for more than a year and now it was normal for them to not acknowledge each other.
If this was before Mo Juxuan would have simply turned around and left in a huff but the beautiful fragrance which was wafting towards her nose was impossible to ignore. She took out a few red packets and then placed them on the table before saying, " I was passing by and thought that I should hand you a few red packets… it must be hard for you to manage this courtyard all alone."
Mo Juxuan tried to be coaxing and charming but Qiao Nan who grew up with her was completely resistant to her charm. He picked up the red packets and then pocketed them before standing up and saying, " Then I shall thank madam. Now that I have received these red packets, then I will take my leave… you should also go and see what delicious dishes, concubine Ping has made for you."
With that, he bowed and walked out of the main hall leaving Mo Juxuan to stammer, " Bu…But I came here for a meal…"
How can she leave without getting a taste of those dishes which were cooked by Qiao Nan?
Though Qiao Nah heard what Mo Juxuan said, he pretended to not listen to her. For five years he had waited for her, and now she couldn't expect him to hug her without any hard feelings as if those five years did not happen… even Mo Juxuan understood that she was in the wrong.
She looked at the lonely back of the mer who walked away and then dropped her hand, where did she go wrong with Qiao Nan? Clearly, the two of them were in love and he was her childhood friend with whom she grew up.
Compared to others, he knew her much better!
So why did she hurt him like this? Didn't she promise that she will take care of him all his life?
As the scent of the brewed chicken soup hit her nose, the memories of the past came to haunt her. That's right when Qiao Nan learned to cook for the first time, he cooked chicken soup for her when she went out and met with an accident and returned with injuries.
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