Chapter 16: I am willing to let her climb my high branch!
When Su Mengxue saw the person standing out from the crowd, a hint of surprise appeared on her face. This calm and composed man was the one she had just met in the department store. It turned out that he also knew the Gu family.
A hint of joy suddenly flashed through her heart. She was still nervous when she left the department store just now. She was afraid that if the man didn't come that day, Jiangbei was so big, it would be difficult for her to find the jade pendant again.
Now that he appeared at the Gu family's birthday party, it would not be difficult for her to find out his identity. Even if she couldn't raise enough money now, it would be much easier to find him in the future.
Gu Xuejiao did not expect that Chen Yanzhi would take the initiative to stand up and speak for Su Mengxue. His words were directed directly at her. When she thought about the shirt that Shen Min had just handed to Su Mengxue, it must also belong to Chen Yanzhi. She suddenly felt angry and panicked.
Although Su Mengxue was an illiterate bumpkin with no identity or background, after this country bumpkin dressed up today, she had to admit that she was indeed very beautiful.
She had never seen Chen Yanzhi care about any woman before, and he was the type who never meddles in other people's business. Today, he broke his usual habit and took the initiative to help out. She was afraid that he had other thoughts about Su Mengxue.
Thinking of this, Gu Xuejiao bit her lip hard. She had been pursuing Chen Yanzhi for so many years, but he had always been indifferent to her. Why did he look at Su Mengxue differently? Could it be that she, a rich lady, was not as good as a country bumpkin who carried manure and fed pigs?
A surge of anger instantly rushed from her feet to the top of her head. Her eyes were fixed on Chen Yanzhi, and her voice trembled as she asked, "Chen Yanzhi, why are you helping Su Mengxue? Are you attracted to her? Do you know that she will soon become my aunt?"
Just about to? Chen Yanzhi's eyes slightly raised, and his thin lips curled up into a smile: "Gu Xuejiao, I just don't want everyone to be deceived by you, so I tell you the truth as I see it."
Su Mengxue raised her eyebrows calmly. So he was Chen Yanzhi? Just now in the department store, her mind was focused on the jade pendant and she didn't look at him carefully.
At this moment, her eyes unconsciously fell on him. He was very tall, and a well-tailored suit outlined his superior body lines. Although he was dressed seriously, his hands were casually tucked into his pockets. When he spoke, the corners of his mouth raised an unruly arc, and the whole person looked wanton and flamboyant.
His appearance is different from the tough faces of this era. He has a delicate and somewhat ruffian look. Simply put, his looks are more in line with the young and handsome men in modern society, bright and elegant. No wonder Gu Xuejiao is so obsessed with him.
When Gu Yunting saw Su Mengxue's gaze fall on Shen Yanzhi, and thought of what Jiang Weilong had just said, his eyes sank and a dark current surged.
Gu Xuejiao was eager to know Chen Yanzhi's attitude towards Su Mengxue. Seeing that he didn't give a direct answer, she kept asking, "Chen Yanzhi, you are so protective of Su Mengxue, do you really like her?"
Chen Yanzhi hated it most in his life when others interfered with his private life, especially when Gu Xuejiao pursued him relentlessly. He looked at her and said coldly, "Gu Xuejiao, who are you to me? Do I need to report to you if I like someone?"
"Chen Yanzhi!" Gu Xuejiao completely ignored the strange looks cast at her by the people around her, and asked with red eyes: "You must answer me today, do you like her or not?"
Her voice was trembling, and her urgency was almost bursting through her throat.
Chen Yanzhi curled his lips. He and Su Mengxue had only met twice in total. He couldn't say that he liked her, but he admitted that he was interested in her.
Because she was different from other women he had met. She was good at talking and did not feel inferior just because she was from the country, nor was she timid. The spirit of not admitting defeat in her was very similar to Ye Lin.
When he thought of Ye Lin, a dull pain arose in his heart. Those dusty past events, wrapped in bitterness, flooded his heart like a tide, making him fall into deep thought.
"Chen Yanzhi, why don't you say anything? Are you attracted to this country bumpkin?"
Country bumpkin? Chen Yanzhi pulled himself out of his memories, frowned, and sneered, "So what?"
"Chen Yanzhi...you..." Gu Xuejiao's chest heaved violently. She was so angry at Chen Yanzhi that she stomped her feet on the spot, but her eyes were wide open and she could do nothing about him.
She turned to look at Su Mengxue, the jealous rage in her eyes almost burning Su Mengxue to ashes. She dug her nails into her palms and said with hatred, "Su Mengxue, you already have an uncle, aren't you satisfied? Why are you trying to steal my man!"
Su Mengxue and Shen Yanzhi just met today. She knew that Shen Yanzhi said this just because he was angry with Gu Xuejiao, but the idiot Gu Xuejiao couldn't see it for a while.
She enjoyed watching the fun, a playful smile on her lips, and replied lightly: "Gu Xuejiao, don't you understand what I'm saying? They said it had nothing to do with you, so how did you become the one who stole you?"
In Gu Xuejiao's eyes, Su Mengxue's response was tantamount to her admitting to seducing Chen Yanzhi. Chen Yanzhi was so protective of her, so she was convinced that there was an affair between them. At this moment, she completely lost her mind.
With bloodshot eyes, she roared at Chen Yanzhi, "Chen Yanzhi, are you blind? I, Gu Xuejiao, have both family background and looks. How can I be inferior to this wild girl from the countryside?"
As she spoke, she approached Chen Yanzhi and said word by word, "Who do you think she is? She was engaged to my brother back then, but she turned around and climbed into my uncle's bed. A scheming woman like her..."
"Shut up!"
Before Gu Xuejiao could finish her words, she was interrupted by Gu Changhe. Veins bulged on his forehead and a biting coldness emanated from his whole body.
He looked at Gu Weiguo and ordered coldly, "Is this the good daughter you raised? What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and take her away to save her from embarrassing herself here and talking nonsense!"
Gu Weiguo reacted immediately when he was stunned. He rushed to Gu Xuejiao in two steps, grabbed her arm, and scolded her in a low voice: "Jiaojiao, what nonsense are you talking about? Come with me and leave here."
Gu Xuejiao knew that Gu Changhe always protected Su Mengxue, an outsider, and even sent his own grandson to the Public Security Bureau to give her justice. But for her, a country bumpkin, to be able to marry her uncle was already a great blessing. Why should her brother be punished?
Thinking of her brother who was sent to the police station and Chen Yanzhi, whom she had been pursuing for so many years but could not get, Gu Xuejiao, who had always been afraid of Gu Changhe, suddenly was not afraid anymore.
She violently shook off Gu Weiguo's hand and screamed at everyone, "I'm telling the truth! Su Mengxue is a scheming woman! She took the initiative to climb into my uncle's bed just to climb up the social ladder. Otherwise, how could my uncle agree to marry her, an illiterate country bumpkin?"
After she finished speaking, she stared at Su Mengxue, with an almost insane hatred surging in her eyes: "Su Mengxue, you are just a country bumpkin who picks up manure and feeds pigs. Don't think that you can turn from a sparrow into a phoenix by marrying up with my uncle. No matter how nicely you dress, it won't change the poor appearance that comes from your bones!"
At this moment, the surroundings were dead silent, with only Gu Xuejiao's heavy breathing echoing in the air.
Sun Suqin knew that Jiaojiao shouldn't say these things in this situation. Although it was Su Mengxue who was scolded and the Gu family's reputation was lost, Xiangyu was sent to the police station because of this country bumpkin. How could she swallow this? So she didn't step forward to stop Jiaojiao.
Gu Weiguo was much more timid. He lowered his head and stared at the shoe surface, not daring to breathe, for fear that if he looked up he would meet Gu Changhe's angry gaze.
But the next second, to his surprise, the person who spoke was not Gu Changhe, but Gu Yunting.
"I'm willing to let Su Mengxue climb my high branch! As long as she agrees, I'll marry her tomorrow!"
Gu Yunting's voice was serious and low, and every word he said was like a heavy hammer hitting everyone's ears.
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