Chapter 122 Desire to Obtain

Gu Renjie gave the orders without even glancing at Gu Yingxue. He even addressed her as Li Yingxue, as if giving her the surname Gu would be a disgrace to the Gu family.

The guards quickly retrieved Chunxiang's indenture. As she watched her indenture being handed to Gu Yingxue, Chunxiang neither begged for mercy nor made a fuss. Instead, she obediently walked out of the Marquis's mansion.

For Chunxiang now, offending the eldest young lady is no different from offending the entire Zhongyong Marquis's mansion. She might as well leave with Gu Yingxue and live a more comfortable life.

Over the years, Gu Yingxue has also acquired some businesses outside, so she certainly doesn't have to worry about food and clothing.

If Chunxiang knew that Gu Yingxue owned two shops outside, and that the deeds to those shops were the pile of papers she had just seen, she certainly wouldn't have made such a rash decision.

After driving away the Li family, Gu Renjie waved his hand, and the door slowly closed amidst Gu Yingxue's pleading cries.

The usually aloof and taciturn eldest son smiled for the first time in front of so many servants.

As she was lifted onto a makeshift oxcart, Gu Yingxue thought her day's bad luck was finally over. Little did she know, another piece of news, one that would nearly drive her to despair, was quietly approaching.

Luo Yu returned to the Duke of Anguo's mansion after having dinner at the Marquis's residence.

Xu Feng had just returned to his room and changed out of his white clothes when he hurriedly pushed open the door and came in.

"What happened?"

Seeing Xu Feng's expression, Luo Yu knew that something big must have happened.

"Master, the people from the Duke's mansion are discussing having Miss Gu marry into the family."

"Oh? To become the Crown Prince's consort?"

Making a clueless girl his crown princess is really typical of their style.

Upon hearing this, Xu Feng looked at Luo Yu with a nervous expression and said, "It's not about becoming the Crown Prince's wife, it's about becoming the Second Young Master's wife."

Heaven knows how much pressure Xu Feng was under when he said those words. He had seen how much his young master cared for Miss Gu these past few days.

Although he had wanted to kill Gu Yingxue several times to prevent his young master from being distracted, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness when he heard that people wanted Gu Yingxue to marry that good-for-nothing Luo Zheng.

His master did so much, why should that kid get the benefit?

Luo Yu was not angry as Xu Feng had expected when he heard this; instead, he felt a sense of relief.

"Go do something for me."

Luo Yu whispered a few words to Xu Feng, who was taken aback at first, but then instantly understood his master's meaning.

Inside the Marquis's residence, Gu Shuyan stayed with the old lady until dark before getting up and returning to the North Courtyard.

Seeing Gu Renjie sitting in the courtyard waiting for her, Gu Shuyan jogged over to him.

"Why didn't you have someone call me when you came over, brother?"

As she spoke, Gu Shuyan took Gu Renjie's hand and walked straight into the house.

Holding Gu Shuyan's soft, boneless hand, and looking at her still frail body despite months of recuperation, Gu Renjie felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart.

"Shu'er, you've suffered all these years."

Thinking of what Gu Shuyan said to the Li couple in the front hall, although he knew the truth beforehand, it was far less heartbreaking than hearing it from the person involved herself.

She was such a delicate girl, who would have thought... Thinking of this, Gu Renjie wished he could kill the entire Li family to vent his anger.

“Brother, Shuyan is not wronged. Those things are all in the past.”