Gu Yun stopped walking suddenly, the corners of his lips lifted uncontrollably. Ever since Yu Jiao made things clear to him, she had always treated him with aloofness and coldness. From the time they set out until now, Yu Jiao had hardly ever spoken to him unless it was necessary. Gu Yun felt lost and upset, but there was nothing he could do.

He couldn't resort to any rogue tactics to harass her, but he didn't want to give up either. His heart, once moved, wouldn't listen to his control at all. He couldn't stop liking her by giving her orders or shouting "you are not allowed to secretly like her anymore."

Although a forced melon is not sweet, there is still a saying in this world: wait until the clouds clear and the moon will appear, right?

After comforting himself in this way, Gu Yun suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth and followed Yu Jiao into the room.

Jianjia went downstairs and asked for a pot of the best Biluochun tea. After pouring tea for the two of them, she and Bailu stepped aside.

Yu Jiao took a sip of hot tea and stroked the hot cup wall with her fingers to warm her fingertips which were cool in late spring and early summer. She looked out the window at night and spoke after a long while, "Young Marquis Gu, am I really the daughter of the Liu family?"

Gu Yun was originally looking at her in a daze, but his expression became slightly nervous after hearing these words. He was not sure what Yu Jiao had heard, and why she suddenly doubted her own life experience after leaving the inn.

But there are probably not many people in this world who know Yu Jiao's true life experience, and they have all reached a consensus that they should let Yu Jiao live well like she is now, as the third daughter of the Liu family.

Liu Sanniang and her son are in Cangwu County, so the person Yu Jiao met should not be someone who really knows her background, but most likely someone who knew her before.

Gu Yun quickly calmed down when he thought of this. He said as a matter of course, "Of course you are Ziqi's biological sister, the third young lady of the Liu family. Who told you anything?"

Yu Jiao retracted her gaze from the window. She turned her head and glanced at Gu Yun. "When you and big brother went to Qingyu Village, I remember that you believed that I had a small red mole on my back at the beginning, and you even asked someone to check it, but I didn't have the small red mole you mentioned on my back, and then you left."

The night wind blew in from the window. Yu Jiao looked at Gu Yun and asked, "Why did you lie? There is no Ru Niang in this world."

Yu Jiao thought about how Cheng Ying adopted her as her adopted daughter, but she always carried a small portrait of Liang Wushuang with her. There is no good in this world without a reason. Cheng Ying was trying to use her, and what about Liu Ziqi?

The gift of fate had already been secretly marked with a price, but she didn't know it at that time. Yu Jiao didn't remember which book she read this sentence in, but she felt that this sentence was right. Whatever you gain, you will inevitably lose something as a price.

There was clearly no small red mole on her back, but Liu Ziqi colluded with Liu Sanniang to fabricate a person named Ru Niang and welcomed her back to the Liu family. If she was not the daughter of the Liu family and Liu Ziqi's third sister, then what was their purpose in making up such a lie and taking her back to the capital?

Gu Yun felt a little numb at being stared at by Yu Jiao. He subconsciously wanted to touch his nose, but he forcibly controlled this slightly guilty action.

"I..." Gu Yun quickly worked his brain, trying to come up with an answer without loopholes. He picked up the teacup in front of him and bought himself some time by drinking tea. However, telling a lie requires constantly making up new lies to fill it, and lies always have loopholes.

The warm tea poured down his throat, but instead of relieving Gu Yun's nervousness, it made the tip of his nose sweatier.