Li Zichen looked at Gu Zichen seriously: "Then let him carry the meal to the kitchen to eat. In this way, he will not affect your mood, mother."
Gu Qingqing hesitated and said, "Is this okay? Isn't this unfair to Zi Chen?"
He said calmly: "Now that you are pregnant, mother, you are naturally the oldest."
Gu Zichen didn't resist. He picked up the small bowl in front of him and stood up from the chair, then turned and entered the kitchen.
Looking at Gu Zichen who didn't offer any resistance, Li Zichen was a little stunned.
He looked at Gu Zichen's leaving figure, and then frowned.
Noticing Li Zichen's abnormality, Gu Qingqing quickly picked up the ribs in front of him and put them in his bowl.
"Come, Zichen, with you accompanying my mother, I feel much better and my appetite has improved!"
Li Zichen paused: "That's good."
Gu Zichen walked into the kitchen with a small bowl and sat down on a small stool in the kitchen.
After a while, the servants gathered around him, seeming particularly puzzled.
Because in the Li family, the kitchen is a place where servants often stay.
The master eats at the dining table, and they eat in the kitchen.
And now, as the young master of the Li family, Gu Zichen actually came to the kitchen to eat!
"Young Master Zichen, why do you come to the kitchen to eat?"
"That's right! The kitchen is for servants like us!"
"Hurry back to the dinner table!"
…
Gu Zichen paused for a moment, then shook his head: "It's okay."
Gu Qingqing had long known that the kitchen was where the servants stayed, so she rushed him to the kitchen!
The purpose is to show off to Gu Zichen and let him know her current status in the Li family!
It also makes him understand who to stand behind!
The servants still tried to dissuade him: "Why is it okay? You should go back quickly."
He picked up the small chopsticks in his hand: "It's okay, you can eat your food and don't worry about me."
After Gu Zichen said this, the servants around him couldn't continue to persuade him.
They started eating the meal in front of them, and the kitchen was unusually quiet.
Gu Zichen was sitting among the crowd, but he didn't have the slightest appetite.
Not far away, there was a servant. She was sitting quietly in the corner, her head bowed so low that her face could not be seen at all.
The food she ate was also very monotonous, just a bowl of white porridge and liquid food.
He stood up and walked to her: "What is your name?"
"Young Master Zichen, my name is Xiaohua." She still lowered her head.
Gu Zichen glanced at the white porridge in her bowl: "Raise your head."
After hearing his words, her body trembled, and finally she slowly raised her head.
As soon as he raised his head, he saw her swollen lips. There were many wounds on them. Many of the wounds had formed blood scabs, which were so visible that they looked a bit scary.
Xiaohua's eyes were filled with tears, and her face was filled with shame.
After a pause, he realized why she only ate liquid food like porridge.
It's because she can only eat this kind of food.
"Feel sorry."
Gu Zichen lowered his head and apologized to her.
Hearing his apology, Xiaohua was even more stunned: "No no! Young Master Zichen, you did nothing wrong and there is no need to apologize."
He shook his head: "I didn't understand clearly, so I asked you to raise your head."
"It's okay." Xiaohua looked at the considerate Gu Zichen and couldn't help but sigh.
The next second, Gu Zichen took out a candy from his pocket and handed it to Xiaohua.
This is the last candy he just kept, the last candy given to him by Gu Manman.
"Young Master Zichen, what are you doing?"
His thin lips parted slightly: "When you are in a bad mood, eat some candy and your mood will improve."
Xiaohua stretched out her trembling hands to take the candy, and then began to sob uncontrollably.
She kept nodding towards Gu Zichen: "Thank you! Thank you, young master Zichen, thank you..."
The door of Li's house opened, and the old housekeeper and Li Jinze walked in together.
Li Jinze glanced at Gu Qingqing and Li Zichen at the dinner table, and then frowned.
Gu Qingqing smiled happily and said: "Li Jinze, you are back!"
Li Zichen patted the seat next to her: "Father, sit next to mother quickly and eat with her."
He did not sit down, "Where is Zichen?"
Li Zichen and Gu Qingqing both paused, "Zichen, he..."
"Where?" Li Jinze looked unhappy.
Gu Qingqing quickly said: "I don't know what happened to Zichen today. He got angry with us and then went to the kitchen to eat alone with his rice."
Li Jinze frowned: "What?"
The old housekeeper couldn't help but said: "The kitchen is a place where servants stay, how can we let young master Zichen go to the kitchen to eat!"
She shook her head: "No! He wants to go on his own. Zichen and I have stopped him, but he just wants to go!"
Li Zichen looked at Gu Qingqing in confusion, why did his mother lie? He was obviously the one who asked Gu Zichen to go to the kitchen to eat!
Li Jinze turned around and walked into the kitchen with a cold face, and the old housekeeper quickly followed.
Li Zichen looked at Gu Qingqing in confusion: "Mother, why did you lie to father? It was obviously me who asked Zichen to go to the kitchen to eat..."
Gu Qingqing quickly covered his mouth: "Shh, don't say that. Your father attaches great importance to Zi Chen now. To put it bluntly, Zi Chen's status in his heart exceeds the two of us."
She continued to provoke: "If you just told the truth, it would only make your father hate you even more and like Gu Zichen!"
"But, what if Gu Zichen tells the truth?"
Li Zichen frowned.
Gu Qingqing, on the other hand, looked like he wasn't worried about anything: "Don't worry, he won't say anything."
Li Jinze rushed to the kitchen and saw Gu Zichen sitting with Xiao Hua. A trace of distress flashed in his cold eyes, and he quickly rushed to his side.
"Zi Chen..."
He picked up Gu Zichen and carried him out of the kitchen.
When people in the kitchen saw Li Jinze coming, they all bent down and nodded: "Hello, Master!"
Seeing him carrying Gu Zichen out of the kitchen, the servants looked at each other. They thought that young master Zichen had fallen out of favor, but it seemed that was not the case!
The young master still pays special attention to young master Zichen, otherwise he wouldn’t have come to pick him up specially!
Li Jinze carried Gu Zichen out of the kitchen and placed him on the dining table. He also sat next to Gu Zichen.
"Zi Chen, why did you go to the kitchen to eat? Was someone forcing you?"
As he spoke, he turned his cold eyes to Gu Qingqing and Li Zichen in front of him.
Gu Zichen looked at Li Zichen, whose eyes were a little evasive, and finally shook his head.
"No, I just want to go to the kitchen to eat. It has nothing to do with them."
Li Jinze sighed softly and patted his little head, "If something happens, you must tell me as soon as possible, you know?"
Gu Zichen looked back at the kitchen behind him, and then said slowly: "Something's wrong."