Chapter 39 Conclusive Evidence

Seeing that Gu Renjie was still painting as if no one else was around, Gu Shuyan was not angry. She just ran closer and said, "Second brother went to Xueyuan just now and insisted on driving Gu Yingxue away."

Gu Renjie's eyes flickered slightly upon hearing this, but he still ignored her.

Watching Gu Renjie's wolf-hair brush never stop moving, Gu Shuyan leaned closer without caring, pressing half her face against the painting, before saying, "Second brother also said that it was eldest brother who told him to chase people away."

"Nonsense!"

Gu Yingjie finally reacted. He slammed down his pen and was about to confront Gu Yingjie.

Seeing this, Gu Shuyan quickly pulled him back from behind.

"That's not exactly what my second brother said."

Gu Shuyan quickly spoke up and relayed Gu Yingjie's words to Gu Renjie, whose expression softened.

"Big brother, why would you say that Gu Yingxue would harm me?"

Gu Shuyan looked at him with bright, expectant eyes, but she didn't know what she was expecting. Was she hoping that her older brother was also reborn? Or was she hoping that he wasn't?

The two stared at each other for a long while before she heard Gu Renjie slowly say, "Because her maid has a problem, she also has a problem."

There's something wrong with Gu Yingxue's maid, and there's something wrong with Gu Yingxue herself.

Yes, she spent the whole night thinking about this very question, and she never expected her older brother to understand it so quickly.

But if my elder brother is so smart, why was the Marquis's mansion destroyed in his previous life, and why was he used by Lu Youming?

Sure enough, it was all because of her. Because she insisted on marrying Lu Youming, her family was willing to be used as tools.

Seeing Gu Shuyan suddenly burst into tears, Gu Renjie panicked. He tried to recall his words, but he couldn't remember what he had said wrong. He had only said two sentences, how could that be wrong?

Just as he was thinking about how to coax his sweet little sister to stop her crying, she hugged him first.

"Brother, thank you."

Gu Shuyan's seemingly random remark completely baffled Gu Renjie.

He was not good with words to begin with, so all he could do was pat the little girl's head and quietly cry with her.

Because Gu Yingxue personally went to plead with Gu Jin, Gu Jin went to Shuntian Prefecture that afternoon.

He originally just wanted to inquire about the case and see if there was any room for maneuver, but he unexpectedly stumbled upon the entire trial process of the case.

Although the case was a murder case, the trial process was not complicated.

Because the suspect was caught on the spot, the tools used in the crime and the witnesses were all available, and the time of the victim's death and the amount of alcohol she drank before her death matched, she was ultimately convicted even though she refused to confess.

With Chunyan's identity as a murderer confirmed, Gu Jin, recalling what Gu Shuyan had once said, exchanged a few polite words with the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture before returning to his residence.

Gu Yingxue received the news in the evening that Chunyan would be executed in three days. Gu Yingxue collapsed to the ground.

To prevent her from getting involved in this matter again, Gu Jin instructed the housekeeper to personally make a trip to inform Gu Yingxue not to go out for the next few days.

Everyone thought that Gu Yingxue would stay quietly in her room for the next two days. But to everyone's surprise, on the second day, Gu Yingxue appeared before everyone as if nothing had happened.

Everything was normal. Gu Jin was initially worried that she would cry and make a fuss, but seeing her like this, he felt much more at ease.

"Miss, is Gu Yingxue up to something again?"