Quick Wear: The first person to love the host

Chapter 419 The Substitute Bride Becomes a Reality (20)

On the other side, inside the main bedroom.

Qi Jinyu, who had been neglected the whole way, saw Su Ziyu instructing Liu Ye to prepare hot water and men's clothes, and the resentment in her heart instantly turned into panic.

"My wife, even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. You can't abandon your husband!"

He suddenly pulled Su Ziyu into a tight embrace from behind, so tightly that it seemed as if she would disappear if he let go.

Su Zi tried to break free but couldn't, and said helplessly, "Qi Jinyu, let go first."

"I won't let go!" Qi Jinyu rested her chin on his shoulder, her voice tinged with grievance. "If I let go, I'll lose my wife! You'll have to compensate me!"

Su Ziyu was amused and exasperated by his irreverent, childish words. "I'll compensate you. I'll give you my sister, how about that?"

These words were like adding fuel to the fire, and Qi Jinyu tightened her grip on his arm even more, almost as if she wanted to knead him into her bones.

He helped Su Miaomiao escape her arranged marriage and went to great lengths to help her get rid of Qi Haolian. After going through all this trouble, was he just bored out of his mind?

His desires and wishes, from beginning to end, were nothing more than Su Ziyu.

“I don’t want a fake.” His voice was muffled, but it carried an undeniable firmness. “I only want Su Ziyu, the one and only Su Ziyu in the world.”

Su Ziyu's heart stirred slightly. She softened her voice and gently patted the arm around her waist. "Alright, stop fooling around. I need to bathe and change back into men's clothes. Or... does Your Highness only like me in women's clothes, hmm?"

"As long as it's you, no matter what you look like, I'll love you." Qi Jinyu's eyes didn't blink, and the words of love that came out of her mouth were sincere and passionate.

“Then let go.” Su Zi tried to reason with him. “There can only be one ‘Imperial Consort’ in the manor. Now that Miao Miao is back, I naturally have to change my identity.”

"Then you have to let her know about our relationship!" Qi Jinyu persisted, like a large dog afraid of being abandoned, determined to get a proper status. "You can't start something with me and then abandon me."

“A grown man…” Su Zi wanted to say, but then swallowed the words back.

The thought of confessing his relationship with Qi Jinyu to his sister felt strangely like he had stolen her "husband," making him feel extremely awkward and unable to bring himself to say it.

Qi Jinyu, thick-skinned as ever, volunteered: "If Madam is too embarrassed, I can go and talk to her myself."

He needed to stamp his name with Su Ziyu's seal before he could feel at ease.

Su Ziyu was speechless. "No! Let me do it."

If Qi Jinyu were allowed to speak freely, given his domineering nature and Miao Miao's existing prejudice against him, who knows what kind of trouble he might cause.

If the two of them have a disagreement and the negotiations break down completely, that would truly be a case of losing more than they gain.

Seeing that his wife had relented, Qi Jinyu continued to make demands, "Also, the main courtyard is our territory, and it's not really suitable for your sister, a young lady from a respectable family. Let's settle her in the side courtyard!"

Considering that women's reputation was indeed valued in ancient times, Su Ziyu nodded, "Alright, then we'll settle her in the side courtyard."

Dinner was held in the main courtyard's flower hall, where a table was laden with exquisite dishes.

The atmosphere was so oppressive that it made it hard to eat.

Ever since Su Ziyu stammered out his explanation that he and Qi Jinyu were together, Su Miaomiao kept her eyes down, silently eating small bites of rice in her bowl, seemingly oblivious to the delicious food in front of her.

Qi Jinyu saw her aloofness and suppressed resentment, and sneered inwardly, but suddenly a gentle smile appeared on her face.

He picked up a piece of deboned fish and placed it naturally in Su Ziyu's bowl, his voice so affectionate it could melt your heart: "Madam, you've had a long day, please have some more."

Su Ziyu was so overwhelmed by his sudden affectation that her hand froze. She gently kicked him under the table, signaling him to stop.

Qi Jinyu seemed oblivious. Seeing that Su Ziyu had a little sauce on his lips, she took out her handkerchief, leaned over as if no one else was around, and carefully wiped it off for him.

"How old are you? You still eat like a child." Qi Jinyu said with doting words, but her eyes swept over Su Miaomiao, who froze instantly, with a provocative look.

Su Ziyu felt so embarrassed that her ears burned. She turned her head and gave him a light glare, then said in a low voice, "Your Highness, I can do it myself."

This scene, however, took on a completely different meaning in Su Miaomiao's eyes.

She only saw her brother's body stiffen instantly and heard his embarrassed "Your Highness," which made her even more convinced that her brother was being coerced by this powerful prince and was now enduring humiliation and making concessions!

Her knuckles turned white from gripping the chopsticks so tightly, and her chest heaved with blood and qi, almost breaking the silver chopsticks.

The meal ended abruptly in a suffocatingly strange atmosphere.

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After dinner.

While Qi Jinyu was in the study handling business, Su Miaomiao pulled Su Zi back to their room in the side courtyard. She closed the door, her face revealing her anxiety and heartache, which she could no longer conceal.

"Brother!" She grabbed Su Ziyu's hand, her voice trembling with tears, "Let's leave here and go back to Jiangnan! Let's go now!"

Su Ziyu was taken aback: "Miaomiao, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm not talking nonsense!" Su Miaomiao's tears rolled down her cheeks. "I know everything... You and the First Prince... Were you forced by him? Because of my willfulness, you had no choice but to... submit to him?"

She choked back tears, "Brother, Qi Jinyu is a demon, a madman. Let's go, okay? Let's find a place where nobody knows us and start over..."

Su Ziyu felt both touched and helpless as she looked at her sister's tearful face.

He grasped his sister's hand and gently comforted her, "Miaomiao, you've misunderstood. It's not what you think. I stayed in the Prince's mansion not because I was forced to."

"Not forced?" Su Miaomiao looked up with tearful eyes, incredulous. "So you did it voluntarily?"

Su Zi opened his mouth, the word "yes" rolling on his tongue, but for a moment he didn't know how to explain the complicated feelings between him and Qi Jinyu to his sister, who was full of hatred for the royal family.

His hesitation, in Su Miaomiao's view, only confirmed her suspicion that her brother had endured humiliation to protect her.

"Brother, you don't need to sacrifice for me anymore!" Su Miaomiao was heartbroken. Seeing that she couldn't persuade her brother, a thought began to grow wildly in her mind.

Su Miaomiao wiped away her tears. "Brother, please think carefully about what I said. It's getting late, and I'm sleepy. You should go back and rest as well!"

Su Ziyu wanted to continue persuading her, but seeing that her sister seemed unwilling to listen to anything, she thought that time would tell and left the side courtyard with a heavy heart.

No sooner had he left than Su Miaomiao wiped away her tears, a resolute glint in her eyes. She took a deep breath, summoning all the courage she had ever mustered, and walked straight toward Qi Jinyu's study.

There are some things her brother dares not say, but she says them!

She absolutely could not stand by and watch her brother fall into this pit of fire!

Inside the study, Qi Jinyu seemed to have expected her to come. He sat leisurely in the main seat, looking at the woman who had the same face as his wife, but whom he found utterly displeasing.

"What business do you have with me?" he asked indifferently, exuding an innate air of authority.

Su Miaomiao straightened her back, meeting his scrutinizing gaze without fear, and got straight to the point. Her voice trembled slightly with nervousness, but it was exceptionally clear:

"Qi Jinyu, please spare my brother!"