[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 11

Chapter 11: Xue Mu Protects Her Wife

After paying respects to the two elders, Xue Mu looked around and didn’t see the brother and sister, Dugu Fengxing and Dugu Yunuo. She asked about them and found out that they had waited for her and Yuan’an at the Hour of the Dragon (7-9 am) but had left in a rage with foul expressions when they didn’t show up.

Xue Mu thought that Zi’ang would have notified them. Even if that maid didn’t like her, she had to consider her own mistress. She couldn’t let her lose face in front of the other young master and miss. It could only be said that Fengxing and Yunuo really didn’t like Yuan’an, and they liked her even less.

“Fengxing and Yunuo both have rather intense personalities, unlike Yuan’an who is gentle and indifferent.” Even Madam Dugu evaluated her own children this way. Xue Mu naturally didn’t take it to heart and just asked Dugu Yuan’an, “Let’s go eat something, okay? I’m hungry.”

Dugu Yuan’an nodded. “Okay.”

Madam Dugu was stunned. “You haven’t eaten since you woke up?”

“I only eat after soaking in the cold pool. Yuan’an accompanied me, so she didn’t eat either,” Xue Mu sighed. “What a stubborn woman.”

“Madam, don’t blame me anymore.” Dugu Yuan’an held Xue Mu’s hand. Her fingers were warm and soft, so she squeezed her knuckles, feeling it was quite novel. “Madam’s fingers are so soft.”

“Ah, surely not as tough as your knuckles.” Xue Mu implied something. Dugu Yuan’an must have learned some finger technique, and she was very curious about it. If she could learn a superior finger technique, she would definitely be able to win once when sparring with her master.

Dugu Huansheng watched them making eyes at each other and felt greatly relieved. She smiled and said, “Have your meal right here. I’ll have Zi’ang bring the food over.”

After speaking, she and Dugu Wenxing exchanged glances. The two left the main hall hand in hand, leaving only Xue Mu, Dugu Yuan’an, and the two guards at the door.

Zi’ang brought breakfast. On the tray were two bowls of sweet soup with silver fungus, lotus seeds, and orange flesh, a bowl of sliced cured meat, and a plate of steaming hot sugar-frosted glutinous rice cakes. Xue Mu realized it was the same portion that had been sent after they woke up at the Hour of the Rabbit and couldn’t help saying, “Did you remake this?”

“Naturally, it was remade,” Zi’ang said, a hint of disdain in her eyes. Xue Mu wasn’t annoyed and just reached for the sweet soup with a smile.

Before her fingertips could touch the sweet soup, a figure suddenly flashed before her eyes. By the time Xue Mu reacted, the maid was already behind her, calmly placing the tray on the table and saying softly to Dugu Yuan’an, “Master, please eat.”

Dugu Yuan’an, however, frowned slightly and scolded softly, “Zi’ang, you must not be rude to the Young Madam.”

Xue Mu waved her hand casually. “It’s fine. My Little Snow sometimes doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth and talks back to me, the Young Mistress. I’m hungry, let’s eat quickly.”

She sat down directly, picked up her chopsticks, and started eating the glutinous rice cakes. Zi’ang supported Dugu Yuan’an, who was leaning on a cane, to sit on the soft chair, her tone revealing a subtle mockery, “Our Master accompanied the Young Madam in the cold pool for so long, yet the Young Madam doesn’t even wait for the Master?”

Xue Mu handed the sweet soup to Dugu Yuan’an, thinking: Hmph, I knew you would mock me like this, so I deliberately didn’t help your master sit down. Since you love to serve, you serve her!

“Maiden Yuan’an, eat quickly,” Xue Mu said. “Careful, it’s hot.”

Dugu Yuan’an smiled. “Okay.”

She reached out to take the sweet soup and said faintly, “Zi’ang, go busy yourself first.”

Zi’ang: “Master—”

Dugu Yuan’an’s face showed no abnormality, but she just glanced at her. Zi’ang tactfully left. Xue Mu was curious seeing this maid being so respectful to Dugu Yuan’an. “Has Zi’ang always followed you?”

“Yes, she was originally Madam Dugu’s personal guard. Now she follows me all the time to protect me,” Dugu Yuan’an said.

“No wonder, I saw that she has lightness skills,” Xue Mu understood. “Madam Dugu treats you very well. It’s a pity her children don’t treat you well.”

Dugu Yuan’an smiled and used her chopsticks to put a thin slice of cured meat into her dish. “This cured meat is very good. Try it.”

The edges of the cured meat slice were slightly curled, shiny and oily, with a deep color. Xue Mu bit off half a slice. The salty and meaty fragrance spread on the tip of her tongue. The fascia on the meat was chewy, leaving a lingering fragrance in her mouth. She praised unreservedly, “Good!”

Dugu Yuan’an looked at her, eyes smiling. “Then eat more.”

Xue Mu naturally ate as much as she wanted, saying, “Maiden Yuan’an, you should have breakfast on time in the future. You don’t need to accommodate my schedule. You have to take care of your own body.”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “Okay. Madam cares about me, so naturally I must listen to Madam.”

Drinking the sweet soup, Xue Mu looked up at Dugu Yuan’an, thinking: Why is this woman so indulgent towards me, whom she has never met before? Alleviating my poison, accompanying me in the cold pool, and not allowing her maids and guards to be disrespectful to me. Could it be that she has her eyes on my Xue Star Tower?

Her mind spun quickly, and she said, “Maiden Yuan’an, I want to go to the Xue Star Tower this afternoon to take a look. Will you rest well in the Dugu Manor?”

Dugu Yuan’an shook her head.

Xue Mu said again, “I’ll come back before evening to have dinner with you.”

Dugu Yuan’an shook her head again.

Xue Mu asked her, “Why do you keep shaking your head? My Xue Star Tower does legitimate business. Don’t think my Xue Star Tower is like those brothels in other towns.”

Dugu Yuan’an was stunned, then shook her head. “Madam, don’t overthink it. I naturally know that the Xue Star Tower is your painstaking effort, and the women inside rely on their own talents, martial arts, and culinary skills to support themselves. It’s just that today is the second day of our marriage, I…”

Xue Mu suddenly realized. “It was inconsiderate of me. Then I won’t go today!”

After the two finished breakfast, Xue Mu said she wanted to push Dugu Yuan’an to the garden to bask in the sun. Dugu Yuan’an smiled and agreed.

However, when the two arrived at the garden, they ran straight into the siblings Dugu Fengxing and Dugu Yunuo. Seeing them, the smiles on the other party’s faces vanished instantly.

Fengxing nodded coldly and indifferently. Yunuo looked like she didn’t want to pay attention to them, but her gaze shifted, and she revealed a strange smile.

“Everyone says the master of the Xue Star Tower is a thorough ‘female hedonist.’ How come she is now willingly committing herself to my third sister who suffers from a leg ailment?”

As she spoke, Dugu Yuan’an’s expression remained unchanged, but Xue Mu felt anger rising. She frowned and retorted, “Is the Second Miss looking down on Xue Mu, or humiliating her own sister?”

Dugu Yunuo sighed, “Tower Master Xue, by marrying my third sister, everyone in town thinks you’ve been caught by some leverage!”

Xue Mu was dismissive. “Your sister has extraordinary looks, is dignified and magnanimous, and is considerate and gentle to others. Xue Mu married her willingly. On the contrary, Second Miss, why do you look down on your own sister so much?”

Dugu Yuan’an laughed softly.

Dugu Yunuo, however, sneered silently. Dugu Fengxing clasped his fists with a composed expression. “Tower Master Xue, you and I met during business dealings. When I have free time, Fengxing will definitely go to the Xue Star Tower to invite Tower Master Xue for a drink and a long talk.”

Xue Mu also clasped her fists. “Good! Big Brother Fengxing’s thoughts coincide with mine. It’s settled then!”

Dugu Fengxing seemed to want to squeeze out a smile but failed. Instead, he turned to Dugu Yunuo and said, “Let’s go.”

Dugu Yunuo was full of reluctance, but Dugu Fengxing gave her a meaningful glance, and she left resentfully.

Xue Mu watched their retreating figures, only to hear Dugu Yuan’an say in a tone full of meaning, “Willingly?”