What Wen heard meant that the second master's previous brides had married into the family, but none of them met his requirements, so they all died.
If Wen Yi also fails to reach that level, his fate will be the same as the others before him.
"In the crew, you can just tell me what position you want, but I'm telling you in advance that the help I can give you is limited. You need to rely on yourself. I don't care how you are in the crew, but you must give me the information I need as soon as possible."
"What I mean is, if I need your help, you might not agree. But I must give you what you need within a specified time, and it must be the right thing."
"That's right."
"If I succeed, I will be the mistress of the Imperial Garden."
Gu Huaixu nodded, his gaze towards Wen Yi filled with appreciation.
She is truly intelligent, but has always been underestimated and overlooked within the Wen family. If the Wen family were even a little smarter and focused some of their attention and resources on nurturing Wen Ge onto Wen Yi, the Wen family's future potential would be immeasurable.
pity.
There are always so many foolish people in this world.
“But it makes no sense to me,” Wen Yi suddenly said.
She lowered her eyes, her expression somber.
Wen Yi said, "I can say this very bluntly: given the reputation of Yutingyuan, I am already Wen's discarded child after I married into the family. Whether I am the mistress of Yutingyuan or not, I am excellent but of no use whatsoever."
"That only applies to the Wen family, not to you." Gu Huaixu stared at Wen Yi. "As for you, now that you've married into this family, I'm giving you the opportunity to climb to my level. In the future, you'll be the mistress of Yuting Garden, and half of Yuting Garden's business empire will be handed over to you. You'll be free. You can change the world you want to create yourself. Is that what you call meaningless?"
Wen Yi was stunned by what the other person said.
She never imagined in her life that someone would say such a thing to her.
She truly never thought about these things.
When she was with the Wen family, she just wanted her parents to see one day that she wasn't so incompetent and that she was better than Wen Ge.
After the incident of the substitute marriage, Wen Yi put in even more effort to prove that she was better than Wen Ge and did not want to be a substitute bride.
As for her entire life and future, Wen Yi never imagined what kind of person she wanted to become.
Today, this man has brought this matter to Wen Yi's attention, indirectly forcing Wen Yi to broaden his entire worldview.
Wen remained silent.
Gu Huaixu knew she was intelligent, so he only hinted at some things and left it at that; there was nothing more to say.
"Think it over carefully: do you want to give up on yourself and waste your life, or do you want to find meaning in your life and do something more meaningful?"
Gu Huaixu stood up and gently patted Wen Yi's shoulder as he walked past her.
Click.
As the door closed, Wen Yi was left alone in the room. She sat on the sofa, her gaze turning to the floor-to-ceiling window, her heart filled with conflicting emotions.
On one side was icy cold as ashes, and on the other side was a huge upheaval.
His words were tempting to Wen Yi.
She was proud, yet unwilling to accept defeat, and wanted to prove herself, or show herself, what position she could reach, how high she could go, and what her abilities were.
Second Master's words brought out Wen Yi's inherent arrogance, stirring up restless desires.
...
Second Master gave Wen Yi time to consider, but Wen Yi didn't sleep all night and still couldn't come up with a solution.
It was Wen Ge who called, and Wen Yi suddenly made a decision.
Wen answered the phone.
“Sister, it’s me.” Wen Ge’s voice was weak.
"I know."
After a couple of sentences, the two fell silent.
Wen Ge remained silent, and Wen Yi did not intend to break the silence.
Finally, Wen Ge couldn't bear the silence any longer and sighed, "Sister, are you alright in the Imperial Garden?"
"fine."
"Sister, if you've suffered anything, don't hide it from me, just tell me, okay?" Wen Ge's voice was already choked with sobs.
Wen listened to her words expressionlessly, then said expressionlessly, "I'm fine, nothing's wrong. Besides, even if I told you, what would my sister do? If something really happened to me, how could she help me?"
“I…” Wen Ge was at a loss for words when asked.
"So since my sister can't help me, why ask so many questions? In the end, should I tell her or not?"
"Sister, that's not what I meant, I..." Wen Ge's voice sounded so aggrieved, "I just wanted to care about you. Mom said yesterday that you didn't even go back to your parents' home. I was really worried. I just wanted to ask you, are you really not going back? Is there really no way to even get a chance to go back?"
“I know that asking you to come back to me and join the ‘Sword and Qin’ crew yesterday was putting you in a difficult position. I’ve thought about it a lot afterward and I know that my request was ill-considered. I won’t say that again today, sister. I just want to see you, really… Can’t I go back to my parents’ home?”
Wen Ge said a lot, but Wen Yi felt that her personality had not only become very bad, but she also had no patience.
Wen Yi found Wen Ge's long-winded talk annoying and had no patience left to play along.
"Sister, let's try again..."
"I will go back to my parents' home."
Wen Yi really didn't have the patience to listen anymore, and cut off Wen Ge's long string of words with just one sentence.
Because it was so direct, Wen Ge was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Wen Yi didn't care. "I'll be going back to my parents' home tomorrow. Tell them I'm very busy right now. That's all."
After saying this, Wen Yi hung up the phone without waiting for Wen Ge's reaction.
Wen Ge was caught off guard, holding her phone and listening to the busy tone coming from the receiver.
She hoped that Wen Yi could come to the "Sword and Qin" crew to be her assistant, otherwise she wouldn't be able to deal with Lin Manqing. However, Wen Yi refused so directly that Wen Ge finally realized that this older sister was no longer the same as before, and the "Sword and Qin" crew was a place she could never go back to.
However, Wen Ge needed a helper to marry Gu Zeyu, and that helper had to be Wen Yi. So she thought she had to make sure Wen Yi returned to her parents' home. Wen Ge had thought of many ways to phrase it, but she didn't expect that Wen Yi would agree so readily before she even had a chance to speak.
Wen Ge felt there was something wrong with it, but then she thought that her goal was to get Wen Yi to return to her parents' home, and the key point was that she agreed to return.
Wen Ge held the phone in her hand and pondered for a moment before going downstairs to find her parents.
The parents were still angry about Wen Yi's matter. They sat on the living room sofa, neither of them speaking to the other, and the atmosphere was quite tense.
Wen Ge walked over, hugged her mother's neck, and said sweetly, "Mom, I just talked to my sister, and she said she'll be going back to her parents' home tomorrow."
Wen's mother was surprised, "Are you serious?"
Wen Ge nodded, "Not only that, my sister said she'll also bring that second master from the Imperial Garden back with her."
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