7 MADAM GU, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE FRUGAL


    The next day, Lin Che opened her eyes to unfamiliar surroundings. It took her a few minutes to


    remember that she was now married.


    But where was her husband?


    She jumped off the bed. Everything on the couch had been returned to its original ce, but the


    person on it was nowhere to be found.


    Lin Che left the room and went to the dining room.


    The maid bowed to her from the side. "Madam, I''ll lead you to the dining room."


    The moment she arrived, she saw Gu Jingze bathed in sunlight. She walked over with light


    footsteps.


    His emotionless expression immediately lowered the temperature throughout the dining room by a


    few degrees.


    His well-defined body appeared even more upright in a suit. Without clothes, his body was


    muscr, only to appear leaner with clothes on. His face, which could make any woman heave a


    sigh, and his mysterious, dignified gaze made Lin Che''s brow rise slightly after just a simple nce.


    "Hi. Good morning," she walked over to greet him. However, Gu Jingze simply raised his eyebrows


    and looked her once over. The casual clothes she was wearing had been prepared by the maids.


    They ttered and entuated her figure. Gu Jingze lowered his head in silence. With his bony


    fingers, he reached for the white ceramic coffee cup on the table. He did not raise his head again.


    How cold and distant...


    Lin Che pouted and sat down.


    Throughout the meal, they did not interact at all.


    When they left, the maid looked at Lin Che''s unhappy face and said anxiously, "Madam, Sir is not a


    bad person. Sometimes he''s just grumpy in the morning, especially if he didn''t get a good night''s


    rest."


    Lin Che asked, "He didn''t sleep wellst night?"


    The maid replied, "Yes. Sir woke up in the middle of the night and went to the study room to sleep,


    so he didn''t sleep well."


    Lin Che opened her mouth slightly in surprise and was at a loss for words.


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    She came to a realization after thinking about it.


    He had been forced to marry her because of the ident. Understandably, he probably felt


    ufortable, especially when he loved another woman. It was unlikely he felt happy sleeping with


    her in the same room.


    Sighing, she thought to herself. Gu Jingze is also pitiable; he''s an unusually privileged person, but


    he''s afflicted with such a strange illness.


    Putting it this way, it was because she had carelessly mistaken him for someone else that he lost


    the woman he loved and had to marry her instead. She suddenly felt as if she had separated a pair


    of lovebirds and began to me herself.


    Lin Che packed up in preparation to go to thepany. On her way out, she saw a group of people


    walking out noisily. When she looked more closely, she saw Gu Jingze leading them. His tall and


    lean figure made her think of a crane standing among chickens. His neatly tailored pants wrapped


    around his long legs which maderge strides that were especially smooth and elegant. His gait


    diminished some of the aloofness in his eyes while his stern figure carried a slight indifference. An


    aura of calm authority could be naturally felt. He unhurriedly stepped through the double doors and


    seemed like he was about to leave.


    Lin Che chased after him in a hurry.


    "Wait for me. Wait for me."


    Gu Jingze''s austere expression changed upon hearing her chatter. His eyebrows knitted together.


    He turned his head to see Lin Che wearing a ttering dress cinched at the waist. She was running


    towards him like a madman. His brow furrowed even more.


    However, her iling ck hair entuated her white skin so that it seemed like snow. It made her


    appear cleaner and tidier. He drew in a long breath, turned his gaze away, and continued walking


    out.


    "Take me along, Gu Jingze. I''m going to thepany."


    "I''ll get someone to send you there," he said curtly while looking straight ahead.


    "Oh... Okay. You can just bring me to the bus stop. There''s no need to waste a car on me."


    Gu Jingze frowned. "The Gu family is not so poor that their Madam has to save money on transport


    by taking the public bus."


    His gaze rested on her face and after some contemtion, he said, "Get in."


    Hearing this, Lin Che quickly stumbled after Gu Jingze, eager to save two dors.


    Gu Jingze''s car was huge. It was not the car that they had taken yesterday. Inside, the seats were


    made of leather and had a fresh smell to them. Gu Jingze looked down at the marks that her shoes


    had left and frowned, "Why are your shoes so dirty?"


    Lin Che looked down and saw an unsightly footprint. Sheughed in embarrassment and said, "I


    don''t have shoes."


    Seeing Gu Jingze''s impable eyebrows twist again, she curled her lips and said, "What are you


    dissatisfied about? It''s not like I wanted it to happen; these are my only pair of shoes."


    Gu Jingze looked at her. She was dressed messily and her slender, long legs could be vaguely


    seen.


    He inspected her clothes—it was the same set of clothing that she had worn yesterday and she


    looked ridiculously shabby.


    He said, "I''ll take you to buy some clothes first."


    Hearing this, Lin Che blurted out, "My clothes are fine. It''s just that I didn''t bring them over. When


    there''s a chance I''ll go back, get my things, and bring them over."


    But Gu Jingze had already instructed the driver, "Find a ce where we can buy clothes for the


    Madam."


    The driver immediately took a U-turn.


    Lin Che was embarrassed. "It''s really not necessary. It will be too troublesome for you."


    Gu Jingze swept his eyes over her clothes. He did not know where she had bought the dress; it had


    been washed so many times that it was obviously old. She had probably worn it numerous times.


    "Your clothes are too dirty. I feel ufortable just looking at them."


    "..." Fine then. Since it makes himfortable, he can buy whatever he wants.


    To think that she had thought he was being nice.


    "This is called being frugal. What do you know?"


    "You''re used to treating shabbiness as thriftiness, but that''s not a habit of mine." His eyes were, as


    usual, indifferent.


    Lin Che said, "Yes, of course. It''s good to be rich. You can change your clothes every day. I don''t


    have many, so I wear each piece of clothing for a long time. How many times do you think I''ve worn


    this piece? It cost several hundred yuan. Of course, I won''t throw it away until I''ve worn it out."


    Gu Jingze looked at Lin Che. "The Lin family shouldn''t be that poor."


    Lin Che smiled while looking at him. "So you investigated me pretty thoroughly."


    "Naturally. You think I would casually marry a woman without investigating her?"


    Lin Che fiddled with her sleeves. "But didn''t you just find out that I''m an illegitimate daughter of the


    Lin family? My father never treated me as a part of the Lin family. As a child, I lived with the nanny.


    It was only when he saw that I had grown up and had value that he gave me a room. When I was


    younger, my clothes were always hand-me-downs from Lin Li and Lin Yu. Even if the clothes had


    been washed repeatedly or even torn, they were still nice clothes. I would always ask the nanny to


    mend them for me and continue wearing them."


    Gu Jingze''s eyebrows twitched. As he looked at her, his gaze began to settle.


    Soon, the two of them arrived at a branded fashion store. The moment they stepped in, Gu Jingze


    swept his gaze across the store and said to the salesperson following them, "Give me all the clothes


    in her size."


    Seeing how decisive Gu Jingze was, the salesperson''s eyes began to light up. He quickly led Lin


    Che further inside.


    Lin Che was a little dumbstruck. This was the first time she was experiencing how the rich went


    shopping.