The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 524 - 534 The Habit of Keeping Pets

"Hmm?" Gu Youyou looked up at her.

She felt a bit embarrassed and said, "I’ve implicated you, I’m so sorry. But I’m not just saying this for fun, at home my father and grandmother are the authorities, but the one who really calls the shots in the inner court is my mother. Having her bear a grudge against you would make for difficult days; just the reduced personal spending allowance alone would show that. If you’re concerned, just ask any of those concubines trying to curry favor and they’ll tell you.

"The clever concubines would rather offend my grandmother than dare to cross my mother."

"Really?" Gu Youyou was somewhat surprised and said, "I’m not competing with your mother for favor."

Lin Qianqing lowered her voice and said, "I felt a rapport with you, which is why I’m reminding you. What joys do women in the depths of a mansion have? Isn’t it all about battling for themselves and their children? Once they have outmaneuvered all the women of a household, they start battling those from other families..."

"Stop right there, don’t tell me your mother wants to seek amusement by picking a fight with me too?"

"Alas, of course not, what I mean is, whoever makes them unhappy, they’ll scheme in every possible way to make that person miserable for a lifetime. Isn’t that why you’re now remembered with resentment by my mother?"

Gu Youyou looked at Lin Qianqing speechlessly. Had she known it would be such a hassle, she would have kept a lower profile! She should have stayed away from Lin Qianqing earlier.

Well, what’s done is done. Considering this girl was going out of her way to badmouth her mother to warn her, she decided not to dwell on it.

"If you understand all this in your heart, why did you offend your mother?"

"It’s different for me; she has only me as a daughter."

"So, when you upset your mother, others suffer along with you, right?" Gu Youyou said with annoyance.

"That’s why I just apologized to you!" Lin Qianqing said laughingly.

Really, Gu Youyou shook her head helplessly.

"I’ll take things as they come, as long as you don’t betray me, she can do as she likes."

Lin Qianqing hastily raised her hands in a gesture of oath: "I won’t, I won’t. As long as you, my cousin, allow me to stay by your side, I’ll never betray you."

"Hmm? She’s your own mother!"

Lin Qianqing chuckled and said, "My mother has been fighting with my grandmother for years, and I’ve always been on my grandmother’s side."

"Ah?" Truly her own daughter? Gu Youyou looked at her in surprise.

"Why is it that she’s always controlling me, while my grandmother often helps me out."

"Hehe..." Gu Youyou laughed dryly, and said impatiently, "It’s your grandmother who is on your side, okay? Don’t get things backwards."

...

Gu Youyou didn’t just keep mice; she kept all sorts of vermin, a whole bunch of them, in a courtyard within a courtyard in the back of the mansion.

Seeing this courtyard, Yue Rujing regretted it so much that his guts turned green, as this courtyard was built under his instructions.

How come he hadn’t realized sooner that Gu Youyou had this peculiar inclination to keep these disgusting creatures?

Wrong, that half-wolf, half-dog creature Abao that Gu Youyou kept was also a freak.

Thinking of Abao... right, when the snow in the north melts, he should have Abao sent over.

As Yue Rujing turned to leave, he happened to come face to face with Gu Youyou returning. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

In her hands, she carried a cage, and without guessing, one could tell that it contained yet more odd and unusual creatures.

"Ahem... this hobby of yours is really quite unique," he said.

Gu Youyou pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "Your timing is perfect, I need your help with something."

Yue Rujing instinctively glanced at the cage in her hands and said, "If it has anything to do with those creatures, I’m afraid I can’t be of help."

"It is about them." Before he could refuse, Gu Youyou quickly spoke up.

"Don’t be in such a hurry to decline. Although it’s related to them, it’s not a difficult task; I just need you to help me find some food for them."