Chapter 233 Olive Branch

Seeing Gu Yuhe's appearance, Gu Yuxin shook her head with amusement. However, when she turned to look in the mirror, the smile on Gu Yuxin's face instantly vanished.

In fact, today's events were all part of her plan. After being beaten by Aunt Qiao yesterday, Gu Yuxin started plotting as soon as she got back.

Her only chance to escape Aunt Qiao's clutches was to move in with the old lady.

So she deliberately brought Gu Yuhe over to pay her respects later, with the aim of running into Gu Shuyan. And when she talked about the matter of the courtyard, she deliberately showed a look of being ready to die, just to make the old lady and Gu Shuyan suspicious.

While she was pulling at Gu Yuhe, she deliberately let Gu Yuhe expose a small section of her injured arm, which led to Gu Shuyan later using the excuse of taking them to the North Courtyard.

However, she thought she was doing all this without anyone knowing, but little did she know that Gu Shuyan had always known about her actions.

Gu Shuyan knew she was being used, yet she was still willing to help her, which made Gu Yuxin unconsciously develop a bit more genuine feelings for Gu Shuyan.

Meanwhile, in the North Campus.

Mingyu looked at Gu Shuyan and couldn't help but ask, "Miss, aren't you afraid that if Second Miss stays by the Old Madam's side, the Old Madam will be in danger?"

Although Gu Yuxin's performance today was convincing, it could only fool others. People like the old lady, Zhao Mama, and Mingyu, who had experienced a lot, would naturally not be fooled by her.

"My second sister is a smart person. With her by my grandmother's side, I have much less to worry about."

Gu Shuyan was clearly not worried at all; on the contrary, she was quite at ease with Gu Yuxin.

“But the Second Miss is, after all, Aunt Qiao’s daughter, and the Second Master is like that.” Mingyu was still worried.

Upon hearing this, Gu Shuyan could only look at her and explain, "It's precisely because she's Aunt Qiao's daughter that I feel more at ease. After weighing the pros and cons, which side do you think Second Sister will stand on?"

For a woman, the support of her family is of utmost importance, so having a strong backing in her maternal family is beneficial to every woman.

Aunt Qiao was already somewhat out of favor with Master Gu, and now that she had the opportunity to get on the good side of the Old Madam and the eldest son's family, anyone who wasn't a fool would make a choice.

People like Gu Yuxin, who were abused by their birth mother, understand this even better. They will desperately try to grasp any straw, let alone when someone offers them an olive branch.

Mingyu immediately understood this point. "Miss is wise. I was too naive."

"Concern leads to confusion; you're just overthinking things. Besides, if you all thought of everything, wouldn't I, as a young lady, be quite useless?"

Gu Shuyan looked at Mingyu with amusement, while Pearl couldn't help but say from the side, "Looks like I'm the most useless one."

She lacked both the intelligence of her mistress and the composure of her sister Mingyu; indeed, she was the most foolish one.

"Who says you're useless? Your attentiveness is the best thing about you."

As Gu Shuyan spoke, she immediately assigned a task to Pearl. Faced with her master's needs, Pearl instantly became fully alert.

That day, until nightfall, Aunt Qiao did not receive a single greeting from her two daughters or their maids.

However, Master Gu did not come to comfort her today; instead, he stayed in Niao Cui's room.

Lying in the empty courtyard, even with several servants attending to her, Aunt Qiao still felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.

Thinking back to before they entered the Marquis's mansion, although their family was crammed into a small courtyard, it was a place full of life and laughter.