After Transmigrating, The Fat Wife Made A Comeback! Chapter 2144: I Want to Protect You

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Li Gui knew that this was happening because there were so despicable people who could not bear to see her doing well and were deliberately slandering her. The problem was that those people did not tell lies, but propagated half-truths. All those things had indeed happened, but not as badly as they made it out to be. However, if she stepped forward to explain herself, it would only make things worse.

For the next few days, Li Gui rejected Xu Ba and did not accept any invitations from him. It was not until Xu Ba ca looking for her three days in a row that Li Gui opened the door for him. Even then, she did not dare to look him in the face.

“The weather is very good today. I hear that there are many colorful lights in the park in the south. Let’s go there and take a look,” Xu Ba said in a gentle tone.

“I’m sorry, but let’s not contact each other in the future. We’re not suitable for each other,” Li Gui said.

“Are you rejecting because of the recent gossip?” Xu Ba asked.

Li Gui looked at Xu Ba in surprise. She did not expect him to ask her this question so directly. At the sa ti, she was also curious about how he had heard the gossip and about how much he knew.

Xu Ba seed to sense Li Gui’s confusion and explained, “On the first day when I ca to pick you up, soone had already told about all these things. I know everything.”

Xu Ba not only knew about Li Gui being held captive in the Zhao Family Village, but he also knew about Li Gui’s past in Foshan Village and those dishonest things that Qiao Yu had done in this house.

Since the gossip had been spreading around in the alley, there must be soone doing it on purpose. Li Gui had indeed rejected Xu Ba because of what the people outside were saying. After the amount of ti they spent together, she already knew that he held a position as a district mayor. If she continued dating him, it would cause him to suffer negative comnts too.

“If you keep quiet, then I’ll take it that you agree with . I don’t care about these things. Or rather, I should say that I don’t believe what they say. Perhaps all these things did happen, but it’s definitely not because of you that things ended up like this. It’s all that man’s fault,” Xu Ba said.

This was the first ti Li Gui had heard soone say sothing like this to her. It was also the first ti that soone other than her family mbers believed so firmly in her and chose to stand by her. She could not help but fall for Xu Ba.

“Thank you for being willing to believe ,” Li Gui said, feeling touched.

Xu Ba took a step towards Li Gui and said with heartache for her, “What happened in the past is in the past. We have to cherish the life we have now. Will you let protect you from now on?”

Li Gui instantly blushed. How could Xu Ba say such a mushy thing in broad daylight! Li Gui had never even heard such sweet nothings whispered to her in the privacy of her room.

She closed the door and ran back into the house, leaving Xu Ba standing alone outside the door in a daze. Qiao i witnessed everything that had just happened. She did not expect Xu Ba to be such a person, but she did not dislike the fact. A person like Li Gui, who was introverted and had an inferiority complex, needed to be wooed in such a bold manner.

“Mr. Xu, do you want to co in and have a seat?” Qiao i asked as she stood by the backyard door.

This was the second ti Xu Ba t Qiao i. They only saw each other briefly the last ti. At that ti, he felt that those rumors about Qiao i were not without reason and must be true. In fact, those rumors did not manage to describe her to the fullest.

Qiao i’s beauty, intelligence and capability were all more intense than what those people could imagine.

“Sure.” After saying that, Xu Ba followed Qiao i into the courtyard.

The Xu family’s old residence was a little bigger than Qiao i’s siheyuan courtyard house. After all, this was a family whose ancestors were top scholars and they had been quite well-to-do. However, when it ca to Xu Ba’s generation, there was only one house left. The house’s structure and fitout had already aged drastically and it was far from being as exquisite as Qiao i’s house.

Qiao i respected Xu Ba very much and did not just offer him a seat in the backyard. She brought Xu Ba all the way to the study in the front part of the house to sit down for a discussion. Along the way, Xu Ba caught sight of many antiques and he could tell at a glance that these were all made by famous masters.

It was not until he entered Qiao i’s study that he realized that the things outside were actually “worthless” in Qiao i’s eyes. The real good stuff was all in this room!

“This vase was made by a famous master and has been around for more than 600 years. I wouldn’t have expected you to keep it in such a pristine condition,” Xu Ba said as he looked at the porcelain vase on Qiao i’s bookshelf.

“I didn’t expect Mr. Xu to be so knowledgeable about such things,” Qiao i said with a smile.