Wen Zhaoyin switched hands, not letting him succeed. Seeing him withdraw his hand, she personally took up the spoon to feed him the porridge.
She performed this set of actions smoothly and naturally. Meng Huan didn't react in time and instinctively opened his mouth to eat.
In the past, it was always him feeding his girlfriend, and even then it was just symbolically feeding a couple of bites. He had never experienced this before and felt very awkward. So he sat up straight and said,
"Remember what you said before? Marrying you would mean a lifetime of food and clothing without worry? I've only been here for half a month and I almost starved to death because of your servant!"
His eyes widened as he tried to grab the bowl again. This time Wen Zhaoyin didn't dodge, and he naturally held the bowl and continued drinking the porridge. It wasn't the plain rice porridge from the past few days, but meat porridge! The kind that's soft and glutinous with floating oil!
Seeing that his porridge-drinking posture wasn't great, but at least not as ravenous as before, Wen Zhaoyin felt relieved. "I will definitely give you a satisfactory resolution to this matter."
She had already sent her personal maid to find Wang Fu. Although the Wen family estate wasn't small, finding a servant should be easy. She estimated he would be brought over soon.
Almost as if responding to her thoughts, the next moment Wang Fu was pushed into the East Wing, falling to his knees before their table with a thud. However, the person who brought him wasn't her personal maid, but another servant of Zu Jun named Wang Gui.
Wen Zhaoyin's face darkened, sensing that her father was about to interfere in this matter.
Sure enough, Wang Gui spoke up, "Reporting to the Family Master, Zu Jun was extremely angered upon hearing of Wang Fu's foolish actions. He ordered this servant to immediately bring the man bound here for your disposal."
"Zu Jun also instructed that after you've dealt with him, this servant should take him back. He said he wants to further punish him, saying Wang Fu has been a long-time servant in the family and has served by his side for many years. Yet he still doesn't understand the rules, so he must be severely punished."
Wen Zhaoyin didn't speak. Meng Huan, sitting beside her, understood clearly. The punishment wasn't the point; the key was that this was a long-time servant. That so-called Zu Jun was clearly trying to protect Wang Fu!
He bit the spoon and glared at Wen Zhaoyin, his eyes signaling to her: Didn't you just say you'd give him a resolution? Don't change your mind now because of a few words from someone else.
However, the next moment he heard her say with a smile: "Although Wang Fu was borrowed by me to look after Meng Huan, he is ultimately still my father's person. Since Father wants to deal with him, you can just take him back directly."
Wen Zhaoyin had her own conjectures. Her father had disagreed with bringing Meng Huan into the family in the first place, so it was uncertain whether Wang Fu was acting on his own for revenge or under instructions.
It was her oversight at the time, thinking an older servant would be more attentive, and fearing those from other courtyards wouldn't be careful enough, that she chose him. Now that she thought about it, it was quite inappropriate.
The punishment could wait. After some time when this matter had passed, she could have someone deal with it privately. But now was not the time to directly confront her father.
Watching helplessly as Wang Gui took the man away, Meng Huan angrily slammed the empty bowl on the table and turned to her, saying: "Do you know what you are? In modern times, you'd be called a mama's boy!"
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