Chapter 17 Gu Yunting gets beaten!
Su Mengxue didn't expect Gu Yunting to stand up to defend her. After all, they had already agreed not to get married. She looked at Gu Yunting with a complicated expression, unable to guess what he was thinking.
The next second, Gu Yunting said solemnly under everyone's gaze, "I have been pursuing Mengxue all along, but unfortunately she didn't agree. There is no such thing as Mengxue deliberately seducing me to marry into a wealthy family. As for her engagement with Xiangyu, that was arranged by our elders many years ago. Times have progressed, and this is no longer the age of arranged marriages. What Gu Xuejiao said is not the truth. I hope everyone will stop making random assumptions."
Although everyone present was skeptical of Gu Yunting's words, once he spoke, they all responded, "Of course, we won't take the angry words of a child seriously, and we won't spread them."
Gu Yunting's back straightened into a sharp straight line. He turned abruptly, his hawk-like gaze piercing Gu Xuejiao. He said sullenly, "Gu Xuejiao, I think you've been spoiled to the point of being lawless. That's why you say whatever you want based on your own preferences. Do you know that spit can drown people? Besides, without the country people, there wouldn't be the white flour buns you eat now. If I hear you use disrespectful words like rube again, I'll send you back to the countryside and let you farm for a few years so you can experience their hard work."
Upon hearing this, Gu Xuejiao's face suddenly changed. She shook her head repeatedly and begged for mercy tremblingly, "Uncle, I... I..." She was so scared that she stammered and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.
Sun Suqin was already furious over Xiangyu's arrest, and now Gu Yunting's announcement that he was sending Jiaojiao to the countryside to farm further infuriated her. Where did Gu Yunting place her and her husband? Did he really think he could wield absolute power in the Gu family?
She subtly protected Gu Xuejiao behind her, and looked at Gu Yunting with a hint of warning, saying meaningfully, "Yunting, Jiaojiao is still young and naive. Even if she did something rash, and even if you want to vent your anger on Mengxue's behalf, today is Dad's 70th birthday. With so many guests here, as an elder, you should be more tolerant of the younger generation. Why embarrass her in public?"
Gu Yunting knew that Sun Suqin was full of resentment towards him, and he was even more aware that it was she who had spoiled Gu Xuejiao and Gu Xiangyu to their current state. If Gu Xuejiao did not realize her mistake, she would probably get into big trouble like Gu Xiangyu in the future.
"Sister-in-law, I know you..."
As soon as Gu Yunting opened his mouth, Gu Changhe signaled him to be silent with his eyes, and then said calmly: "Suqin, take Jiaojiao back to the room and change into clean clothes first. Now that the truth has been revealed, this is our Gu family's family affair after all. Letting everyone wait here is not our way of hospitality. We can discuss the rest later."
Gu Changhe said this as he looked around at the guests who were watching with bated breath. He paused and forced a kind smile from the corner of his eyes: "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. Please move to the front hall. Let's drink and listen to the opera together."
The guests naturally agreed with a smile and surrounded him to go to the front hall. Only Jiang Weilong and Gu Yunting were left in the yard.
Jiang Weilong's knuckles were clenched white, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down several times before he suppressed the anger in his heart. He asked coldly, "Gu Yunting, are you really going to marry that woman named Su Mengxue?"
Gu Yunting's eyes darkened. After a long silence, he looked up at Jiang Weilong and replied truthfully, "If she is willing."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Weilong grabbed Gu Yunting's collar with his veins bulging out. His eyes flashed with a cold glint of anger: "What should we do when Shi Yi comes back?"
Gu Yunting's eyelashes trembled violently when he heard this. He looked at Jiang Weilong and said apologetically, "I am sorry for Shi Yi, I..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Weilong swung his fist towards Gu Yunting's face. With a bang, blood instantly gushed out of Gu Yunting's face.
Gu Yunting stumbled back half a step, steadying himself by holding onto the pillar behind him. The blood on his face dripped down his cheeks onto his snow-white shirt.
Jiang Weilong's chest heaved violently. His hand, bloodied by the knuckles, hung in the air as he gritted his teeth and said, "Gu Yunting, you can cancel your engagement with Shi Yi, but she hasn't been found yet, and her life or death is uncertain. How dare you tell me you want to marry another woman?"
His voice seemed to be squeezed out from the deepest part of his chest, with a tremor that had been suppressed for a long time.
After enduring it again and again, he added, "If you hadn't taken Shi Yi and secretly climbed over the wall to escape, how could she have... been snatched away by human traffickers! You're delusional enough to think that a simple "I'm sorry" can erase everything. You think our Jiang family is easy to bully!"
He rolled up his shirt sleeves to his elbows, his expression growing darker. "Gu Yunting, I'm going to beat you to death today!"
As he spoke, he raised his fist and rushed towards Gu Yunting. Gu Yunting closed his eyes and stood there motionless.
Su Mengxue, who was hiding not far away, saw this and thought that if no one came to persuade Gu Yunting, he would probably be beaten to death by Jiang Weilong today. After all, it was Gu Yunting who defended her just now, and that was why he angered Jiang Weilong. Besides, if something happened to him, what would happen to her jade pendant?
Thinking of the jade pendant, she rushed to Gu Yunting's side in a few steps and opened her arms to block him. At this moment, the tip of her nose was only three centimeters away from Jiang Weilong's fist.
She was so frightened that cold sweat instantly broke out on her back. She looked at the man with bloodshot eyes and lost his mind and explained hurriedly, "There is a misunderstanding here. Gu Yunting didn't mean to break the engagement and marry me. Calm down and listen to my explanation."
江维龙眉头蹙起，冷哼一声：“还有什么好解释的，是他当年弄丢了我妹妹，我妹妹到现在还下落不明，他竟然急着要娶你，我怎么可能忍的了，我今天非得揍死他才能出了心中这口恶气。”
As he said this, he pushed Su Mengxue away and prepared to punch Gu Yunting in the face.
"Gu Yunting was drugged and he married me out of responsibility. He is also a victim. If you really beat him to death, I'm afraid your sister will hate you to death when she comes back." Su Mengxue explained anxiously.
Jiang Weilong's fist remained in mid-air for a moment, and finally slammed heavily on the wall beside him.
Su Mengxue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he hadn't hit anyone again. She slowed her voice and explained in a low voice, "I was originally engaged to Gu Xiangyu, but he looked down on me as a country bumpkin, so he drugged the water I drank and hired someone to do something bad to me so he could cancel the engagement. I don't know what happened in between, but in the end, by some strange combination of circumstances, it became me and Gu Yunting... He said he wanted to marry me out of responsibility for me. You can't blame him for this."
Jiang Weilong raised his eyelids slightly, looked at Gu Yunting, and asked coldly: "Gu Yunting, is what she said true?"
Gu Yunting spoke after a long pause: "Xiangyu was taken to the Public Security Bureau because of this incident. I originally wanted to wait until after my father's birthday party to slowly tell you, but you saw what happened just now. I can't ruin her reputation."
"You really can't ruin her reputation?" Jiang Weilong sneered at Gu Yunting, a storm in his eyes again. He asked with a sullen face, "Gu Yunting, if you want to be responsible for her, then who will be responsible for my sister? How are you going to explain this to my parents and my grandfather?"
Without waiting for Gu Yunting to speak, Su Mengxue looked at the angry man in front of her and said lightly, "Don't worry, I won't marry Gu Yunting."
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