the seventh bride

Chapter 77
As soon as Bai Muqing showed her face at the banquet, she disappeared, and most of the guests didn't see her.

If so, the men and women at the banquet started discussing again in twos and threes, wondering why Nangong Chen had already married his wife, but his wife was not present at the banquet together.

There are even some [-]-year-old women guessing the possibility to the origin, whether Nangongchen's new wife is still alive, or whether she has not survived as rumored.

It's not that Nangong Chen didn't feel the comments of others, but he just didn't bother to respond.

Gradually, Mayor Feng also felt something. Although he was dissatisfied with this kind of criticism, he couldn't say anything.After thinking about it, I finally came up with a solution.

When he was on stage to deliver a speech, he thanked Nan Gongchen and his wife for coming by name, and invited the young couple to the stage to cut the cake with him.

There was thunderous applause from the audience, and everyone's eyes were focused on Nangong Chen who was sitting in the first row.

Nangong Chen didn't expect Mayor Feng to make such a move, his brows were slightly frowned, and embarrassment filled his heart.He himself hasn't seen his little wife all night, where can he find her now?

Originally, he didn't care about it. Anyway, it's not that it hasn't been discussed by others. It's hard for anyone to decide whether it's true or not.Now that's all right, with Mayor Feng's kind invitation, the audience will see him alone.

He hesitated for a moment, then stood up from the applause and walked to the stage.

When Mayor Feng saw him coming up alone, his expression changed, and he leaned over him and asked, "Young Master Chen, where is your wife?"

"She's not feeling well, so let's go first." Nan Gongchen said with a slight smile.

"Ah?" Mayor Feng was stunned. Why didn't anyone tell him Mrs. Nangong left the stage before?Dare to feel that his move is doing bad things with good intentions.

"Thank you Mayor Feng for your kindness, and I wish you blessings like the East China Sea."

Mayor Feng smiled awkwardly, feeling so guilty that he wanted to hit the wall.He picked up the microphone and said to the guests: "Everyone, Mrs. Nangong left early due to physical discomfort, so today, Young Master Chen will help me cut this cake together."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience immediately discussed it.

Nangong Chen could even hear someone say: "Look, I said that the rumors are true, that woman is probably dead, and was handled secretly by the Nangong family just like those women before."

"My God, that's poor," said another voice.

Nangong Chen's expression changed slightly, but he soon returned to normal, and he cut the cake with Mayor Feng with a smile.

On the surface, he didn't care, but he had already hated Bai Muqing thoroughly in his heart. This woman is really daring, she dared to sneak away during the banquet?
Doesn't she know that the outside world has been staring at her, waiting to see her jokes?Didn't she know what this banquet meant to him and to her?

After getting off the stage, he walked to the balcony, dialed Assistant Yan's phone and gritted his teeth, "Go and help me find out where that woman died?"

"Which woman?" Assistant Yan didn't realize it for a while.

"Which other woman dares to play wild under my nose?" Nan Gongchen said this sentence extremely annoyed.

That's right, besides her, which other woman would dare to ignore him and leave him alone to be merry?It seems that I have been too kind to her recently, that's why I indulged her lawlessly.

Women can't be spoiled, they are easy to be petted and spoiled, this is absolutely true!

Assistant Yan was about to hang up the phone when Nan Gongchen suddenly stopped him and said, "Wait."

"What else is there? Young Master Chen."

"By the way, check the whereabouts of Lin Annan." He said.

It was unreasonable not to see Lin Annan's whereabouts in the banquet hall tonight, so instinctively, he connected the two of them together.

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After leaving the banquet at ten o'clock, Nangong Chen just received a call from Assistant Yan, telling him that Bai Muqing was by the river.

With a slightly raised eyebrow, he asked indifferently, "With whom?"

"I only saw Mrs. Young alone." Assistant Yan asked, "Young Master Chen, do you want me to send her to the venue now?"

Hearing that Bai Muqing was alone by the river, Nangong Chen's anger subsided a little. As long as she wasn't with Lin Annan, she still had a chance to survive.

"No, I'll go there by myself." After he finished speaking, he strode towards the parking lot.

After sending Xiao Lin away, Nan Gongchen drove the car to the riverside himself.

Although Yanjiang Road is very long, but because the night is already deep, there are not many pedestrians on it.From a distance, Nangong Chen saw that familiar figure.

He braked the car to the side of the road and lowered the windows.

This woman is really desperate. On such a cold day, she ran to the riverside to blow air without even adding a coat. Doesn't she feel cold?
Her coat was left in the car before entering the venue, and it will still be in the back of the car.It's just that Nan Gongchen, who was full of anger, didn't take her coat out of the car, but got out of the car alone, slammed the door hard and walked towards her with big strides.

Bai Muqing, who was immersed in sadness and remorse, could not feel the cold at all, nor could she feel that someone was approaching behind her.Since leaving the orphanage and coming here, the tears on her face have dried up one after another.

She even forgot that she was coming out to a banquet tonight, and she forgot that she was still wearing a sexy dress.

Nangong Chen stood behind her, and shouted at her back without concealing his anger: "Bai Ying'an! When will you learn to be a normal person?"

Bai Muqing froze, it was Nangong Chen!How did he come here?
That's right, tonight was his first time attending a banquet, but he left him alone at the venue.Thinking about this, Bai Muqing felt ashamed, but compared with Xiaoli's death, she still paid more attention to the latter.

She wiped the tears off her face, but turned her head in shame.

Seeing her ignoring him, Nangong Chen became more angry in his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "Did you watch too many movies and think that every ordinary woman can use rude, ignorant but self-respecting stupid ways?" To impress the hearts of rich men? Let me tell you, it's just a movie. In reality, no man would like such a self-righteous woman. If you still have a little shame, put away this boring little trick , because no matter how much you pretend, you can't get rid of the shameless brand of marrying into the Nangong family for money!"

"I order you, come here right now!" Nangong Chen finally said.

Bai Muqing was sitting under the guardrail by the river, and there was a distance of three or four meters between Nangong Chen and her, which happened to be a pedestrian passage.

Seeing that she still had no intention of moving, Nangong Chen was completely annoyed by the ground, stepped up after a few steps, grabbed her arm with a big palm and pulled her up: "I told you to come up, can't you hear me? "

His strength was boundless, Bai Muqing was pulled up from the floor by him in one go.

Under the dim streetlight, Nan Gongchen saw her pale face was almost flooded with tears.

Her face was pale, her arms were cold, and the shoes on her feet were missing.Knowing that this might be another trick she used to attract his attention, he froze for a moment, and instinctively said, "What's wrong with you?"

Bai Muqing didn't know whether her last tears were shed because of Xiaoli or because of his few words. In fact, Nan Gongchen was right. She married for money, and she was not qualified to be favored by him. She shouldn't be upset because of his few words.

She originally wanted to wipe away her tears and go back to Nangong's house with him obediently.But when she raised her tearful eyes, she couldn't help but choked up and said to him: "Xiao Li is dead..."

A flash of surprise flashed across Nangong Chen's eyes, Xiaoli died?how could be?

When he was in Yancheng a few days ago, he heard her tell him excitedly that Xiaoli's operation was successful and there would be no sequelae.

As for that child, he didn't pay much attention to him, but he knew that Bai Muqing always loved him as his own brother. Is that why she cried so sadly?
"I shouldn't have advocated his surgery. I killed him..." Knowing that Nangong Chen didn't care about Xiaoli's affairs, Bai Muqing couldn't help crying to him, because Nangong Chen was the only one standing by her side tonight. Apart from him, there is no one else she can cry about.

"So you didn't care that you were attending a banquet, and left me alone?" Nan Gongchen's big palm was still clasped on her arm, although his tone softened, he was still full of displeasure.

Bai Muqing stopped crying for a while, lowered her head and let him teach her a lesson.

"Do you know what other people are talking about? Everyone can't see your figure, and they are all guessing that you might be killed by me." Mentioning this Nangong Chen couldn't help being annoyed.

Originally, he deliberately brought her to the banquet venue to show her face, just to dispel the public's speculation, but she actually disappeared after playing with him?
"I'm sorry." Bai Muqing sniffled, and said with an apologetic expression: "I just went crazy when I heard the news of Xiaoli's death, and left the banquet hall. I didn't consider your feelings at all."

She knows how scary people's words are, especially those aimed at Nangong Chen, and she also knows that Nan Gongchen will definitely feel uncomfortable after hearing those comments.

It seemed... always she was making trouble for him, bringing trouble.

No wonder he said those words just now, and felt that she was using these abnormal methods to attract his attention.

After being silent for a while, she suddenly raised her small face to stare at him and asked worriedly: "Then what should I do? Are you going to be on the headlines again tomorrow?"

"Who knows." Nangong Chen was annoyed.

"I'm sorry..." She lowered her head again, like a child who has done something wrong.

Looking at her appearance, Nangong Chen couldn't get angry anymore, and looked down at her bare feet: "Where are your shoes?"

"I..." Bai Muqing retracted her toes, her voice murmured, "I fell into the water just now."

"You're such a big man, you can still fall into the water with a pair of shoes on." Nan Gongchen glanced at her reproachfully: "Look at my current image, do you still look like a woman?"

Being so disgusted by him, Bai Muqing unconsciously hugged her arms with both hands, looked down at herself, and realized that she was really terrible at this time.

The skirt on her body was wrinkled and dirty, and her shoes didn't know where to go. Needless to say, the hairstyle on her head must have been messed up by the river wind.

A gust of wind blew, and she flinched unconsciously, recovering from the sadness of a small death, and finally felt cold.

In such a cold day, she only wore a skirt and dangled by the river. No wonder the well-meaning people just asked her if she was overwhelmed.

She has embarrassed Nangong Chen again, it's really sad!

At this time, even if Nangong Chen was so angry that he strangled her to death, it would not be an exaggeration at all.

"I'm sorry..." She said the third sorry to him guiltily.

The originally cold body suddenly warmed up, Bai Muqing was stunned for a moment, then raised her head in surprise, saw the trench coat with a deep fur collar on her body, and then looked at Nangong Chen in front of her.

Here are his clothes!

Not only did he not strangle her to death in anger, but instead he put his clothes on her body to keep her warm. Such an unreasonable thing, not to mention her, even Nangong Chen himself felt shameful.

She was to blame for putting herself in such a mess, that he would pity her when he saw her trembling, and take off his clothes for her to wear.

"Hurry up and get in the car." Nan Gongchen dropped this sentence indifferently, turned around and walked in the direction of the car first.

Although his attitude was still cold, Bai Muqing's heart warmed up, she tightened the windbreaker on her body, and quickly followed his pace.

After getting into the car, Bai Muqing gratefully said to him: "Thank you."

Nangong Chen ignored her, started the car and drove towards home.

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Probably because of being blown by the river for too long, Bai Muqing started sneezing non-stop the next day.

She can't take medicine when she's pregnant, so she can only drink water non-stop, hoping that she can get well soon enough to detoxify with plain water.

Worried about the old lady's blame, she didn't even dare to let the second person know about her cold, and lied that she was too sleepy and stayed in the bedroom all the time.

Today is the weekend, Nangong Chen doesn't have to go to work, when he was having breakfast, he wondered if the old lady didn't lose her temper like before when Bai Muqing didn't come down for breakfast, and she didn't even have a word of reproach.

After breakfast, Nangong Chen hesitated for a moment when passing by Bai Muqing's bedroom, then pushed the door and walked in.

Bai Muqing was originally sitting by the bed drawing, but when she heard the sound of the door opening, she immediately threw away the pencil in her hand, turned around and climbed onto the bed to cover the quilt and pretend to be asleep.

Nangong Chen pushed open the door, just in time to see the scene where she put the quilt on her body and closed her eyes.

With a habitual frown, he walked to her bed and stood still, and said coldly, "Stop pretending, get up for me."

So it was him?Bai Muqing rolled her eyes speechlessly, turned over from the bed and sat up at the same time, and walked back to the easel while muttering, "Why don't you say anything when you enter the door, I thought it was Sister He...Ah Choo..."

She sneezed in a timely manner, took a piece of paper and twisted her nose.

"Have you taken your medicine?" Seeing her like this, Nan Gongchen knew that she must have caught a cold. It was strange that she didn't catch a cold while wearing a skirt and blowing the cold wind all night.

"Eat." Bai Muqing flattered casually.

"What medicine are you taking, bring me to see."

Bai Muqing was startled, she raised her small face and stared at him in surprise, didn't she?When did he become so concerned about himself?Do you even care about what medicine you take?

"Uh...." What should I do?She didn't take any medicine at all, and she didn't even know where the medicine box was.

"You obviously haven't eaten, right?" Nan Gongchen crossed his arms around his chest, with the expression of a judge: "Miss Bai, do you still remember what kind of woman I said I hate the most?"

"It's full of lies." Bai Muqing lowered her head, "I'm sorry... I can't swallow the pills, so... But I drink a lot of plain water, I believe I will get better soon."

"A lot of boiled water is not as effective as pills. You should know that I can't catch a cold. Do you want to infect me with germs?" Nangong Chen walked back to the cabinet, took out a box of cold pills and threw them into her arms. inside.

"I...not." Bai Muqing began to feel anxious.

She knew that Nangong Chen could not catch a cold, and would easily get sick when she caught a cold, but she was a pregnant woman, and it was still a critical period for the baby's development, so she couldn't take western medicine at all, what should I do?
"Why don't you just take the medicine quickly!" Nangong Chen's tone became more serious.

"I... I really can't take it... What I'm most afraid of is swallowing the pill...."

"Do I want me to feed you?"

"No." Although Bai Muqing answered like this, she still didn't take the pills. Nangong Chen took a step forward and snatched the pills back from her hand, and then opened the box to pick out a few pills from inside.

He was approaching her with boiled water in one hand and pills in the other.

Bai Muqing took a step back, then took a second step, and was finally cornered by her.She kept shaking her head, her tone changed from resisting to pleading: "No... I won't eat... I won't eat it even if I die."

Nangong Chen, who has always been domineering, has never been so resisted by others. He feels uncomfortable, and his desire to conquer her is getting stronger and stronger.

What's more, the matter has developed to such a point, if he suddenly compromises, what majesty will he have in front of this woman in the future?

"Are you going to eat or not?"

"I really can't eat..." Bai Muqing was about to cry, because she knew Nangong Chen, as long as it was his decision, no one could change it, and if she continued to resist, she would only annoy him.

Nangong Chen really got angry, put the water glass in his hand on the table next to her, clasped her arm with his palm and pulled hard, and Bai Muqing was instantly pulled into his arms.

His palm moved up to pinch her jaw, forcing her mouth open, and with the other hand, he stuffed the pill into her mouth.

Her mouth was forced to open and close, Bai Muqing felt the pill stuck in her throat, and then went down.

Yes, go down.

She pinched her throat with her hand, coughing desperately while staring at him in horror, what did he do?He force-fed cold medicine into her stomach?This god damn bastard!

"Nangong Chen, you bastard! How can you force others to do things you don't like? Who do you think you are? Why should I let you decide whether I take medicine or not?!" She pounced on her, frantically While beating his chest with her hands and screaming, she was anxious and angry, tears flowed down instantly.

Nangong Chen raised his hand and grabbed her wrist, sneered: "Didn't you say you couldn't swallow it?"

"You...I hate you! I hate you bastard!" Bai Muqing was so angry that she lowered her head and bit the back of his hand. Nangong Chen let out a low cry of pain, and instinctively threw her away.

"I don't want to take it! I just don't want to take medicine...!" Bai Muqing cried and scratched her throat with her fingers, trying to get the pill out of her stomach.

Probably because she picked too hard, her stomach felt overwhelmed and uncomfortable, and she ran to the sink in the bathroom, but she couldn't spit out the contents of her stomach.

Nangong Chen saw that she was already in great pain, but he still grabbed his throat with his hands without giving up, and was annoyed by her stubborn appearance.He pulled her up from the sink and said angrily, "Enough!"

There was a little guilt in his anger, yes, it was guilt.

Originally, she was only out of good intentions to get her better from her cold, that's why she was forced to take medicine. I didn't expect her character to be so stubborn that she insisted on fighting him to the end.

He, Nangongchen, never admit defeat, and never show weakness, he forced her to take the pill as he wished, and he won, but he didn't feel the joy of winning at all.

Bai Muqing was completely annoyed by him, struggling not to let him touch her, for a while, the two of them started to argue endlessly.

Ever since she found out that Bai Muqing was pregnant, the old lady had been extremely sensitive to Bai Muqing's personal safety, and had immediately caught up with her as soon as she heard the movement.

As soon as she walked in, she saw two people pulling shelves in the bathroom, and she yelled in fright: "What are you doing!"

The two people in the bathroom were shocked by the roar, and stopped tugging at the same time.

Seeing Bai Muqing's teary eyes and disheveled clothes, the old lady was so angry that she almost couldn't bear it, and couldn't help but yelled at her again: "Bai Ying'an, do you know who you are right now?!"

Bai Muqing knew that she was referring to her pregnancy, and she was still fighting here while she was pregnant, so it's no wonder she was so angry, but... she didn't want to.Thinking of Nangong Chen's behavior just now, she sobbed aggrieved and sad.

Nangong Chen glanced at her lightly, and said to the old lady: "Grandma, don't be angry, I'm fine."

"Who cares if you're okay?" The old lady habitually raised her palm and patted Nangong Chen on the head, angrily said: "How old are you, and you are still fighting here, tell you how many times you have been married live in harmony with each other.”

After the old lady finished speaking, she turned to Bai Muqing and asked, "Did he hit you? Are you hurt?"

Bai Muqing shook her head and remained silent.

Nangong Chen looked at the old lady in surprise, what's the matter?When did grandma care about this woman more than him?In the past, grandma would indiscriminately blame the fault on the other party no matter who was at fault, why today... .

He glanced at Bai Muqing again, but he just forced her to take a few cold medicines, so why cry like this?

"Where did you hurt her? Made her cry like this?" The old lady asked Nan Gongchen worriedly.

Without the favoritism of the old lady, Nangong Chen became more docile in an instant, opened his mouth and said, "Why not...force her to take a few cold medicines...."

(End of this chapter)