"Why?"

As soon as she asked the three words, tears rolled down her cheeks. She trembled and said, "Brother Qinghua, you clearly promised me that you would be responsible for me. You have ruined my innocence, and now you say you can't marry me?"

"I really didn't expect you to say something like this to me!"

Shen Jiaojiao burst into tears, her eyes full of surprise.

Even when she heard last night that Gu Qinghua was guarding Shen Ruyi, she was still confident.

She thought he would come to see her soon.

Apologize to her, then have sex with her, and swear to be with her only.

After all, Gu Qinghua's heart has always been with her for the past year.

But unexpectedly, instead of comforting her, he came up and directly said that he wanted to break up with her.

Shen Jiaojiao was stunned and had no way of accepting this reality.

Gu Qinghua looked at her tearful face, but he lost his usual patience and sympathy. Instead, he felt a little annoyed and frowned, saying, "Jiaojiao, you have always been sensible, so you should understand the current situation. Shen Xiao stabbed Ruyi, and Ruyi wants to sever ties with us. Do you know what this means?"

"Once she marries the Ninth Prince, none of us will have a good life in the future."

Gu Qinghua reasoned with her, "Now, I must marry Ruyi. If she doesn't agree with you marrying her, then I can't marry you."

After saying that, he actually looked at her with some disappointment, "Jiaojiao, I thought you wouldn't be as unreasonable as she was before."

"I--"

Shen Jiaojiao was speechless after hearing his words and her eyes widened.

Before, she relied on the characters such as "sensible", "modest", "well-behaved and obedient", "weak and helpless", and "suffering all kinds of grievances" to control the Shen family father and son and Gu Qinghua.

This year, I have been very accurate in everything I do.

However, she didn't expect that such a useful trick would backfire on her in the end, so that she is now so wronged and has no place to seek justice.

As soon as she was reasoned with, she was accused of being "ignorant".

And he said she was being unreasonable!

Shen Jiaojiao was so angry that her stomach hurt. After a while, she said, "Brother Qinghua is right. You are my sister's fiancé. I should give in to my sister. I can't marry her if she doesn't agree."

Changing the subject, she looked at Gu Qinghua with tearful eyes, "But, does your sister really want to marry you? She said she wanted to be humble, but in fact she was so aggressive..."

Gu Qinghua frowned even more tightly, "You never said anything bad about her before."

Shen Jiaojiao: “…”

She wants to kill someone now.

Finally, I could only say: "Since Brother Qinghua thinks I am saying bad things, then I won't say anything. If you don't want to marry me, then don't do it. After all, you and my sister already have an engagement, so it's normal for you to play with me."

"Jiaojiao has a miserable life. She is just a weed in the field and is used to being trampled on by people."

As she spoke, she no longer paid attention to Gu Qinghua, turned around and hid in the bed curtains, sobbing quietly.

Gu Qinghua felt uncomfortable seeing her like this.

He has liked Shen Jiaojiao for a year, and it is impossible to say that he has no feelings for her. Now seeing her so pitiful, he couldn't help but comfort her: "Jiaojiao, don't belittle yourself. I can't marry you, but the situation forces me to do so."

"Besides, I have no intention of trampling on you."

Shen Jiaojiao wanted to turn around, grab his neck and ask him why he treated her like that, but she held back.

Without responding to Gu Qinghua's question, she said to the outside of the door: "Shuanghua, send my brother-in-law out. Men and women should not touch each other. From now on, Jiaoyang Pavilion does not welcome my brother-in-law. Don't let him in next time."

He added, "It's my fault too. How could I have coveted my sister's husband? It's my fault. One day, I will personally go to my sister's house and apologize!"

Shuanghua came into the room and said to Gu Qinghua with a complicated expression: "Mr. Gu, please go out. Jiaoyang Pavilion does not welcome you."

Gu Qinghua couldn't walk anymore.

"Jiaojiao, listen to me..."

He looked at Shen Jiaojiao guiltily and tried to go forward to comfort her.

Shen Jiaojiao rejected him and sobbed, "Brother-in-law, I wish you and sister a happy marriage and a son soon."

Now, he is well-behaved and sensible.

Gu Qinghua felt as if his heart was stabbed by a knife.

He couldn't bear to see Shen Jiaojiao being wronged.

In the past, even if it cost him his life, he would marry Shen Jiaojiao home! Not only marry her home, but also let her be the master of the house, and never let Shen Ruyi control her.

Who wouldn't feel sad when someone who is so dear to your heart suddenly says he wants to abandon you?

But times are different now.

No matter how soft-hearted Shen Jiaojiao is, she can never compare to the Southern Shaolin, the Priest's Hall and Fengyu Pavilion behind Shen Ruyi.

What's more, there is an unfathomable old beggar.

Thinking of this, Shen Jiaojiao's softness and cuteness had no real weight. No matter how soft and cute she was, she couldn't help him rise to the top. Men still had to make achievements outside...

Finally, I could only say cruelly: "Thank you for your blessing, I will continue to walk well with Ruyi."

After saying that, he went out and went downstairs.

Shen Jiaojiao was stunned when she heard the footsteps. She turned around, wiped her tears, and rushed to the window. She looked at Gu Qinghua walking away below and was shocked. "He's really gone?!"

In the past, whenever Gu Qinghua left her room, he would look back every few steps as he went downstairs.

Now she is crying like this and making such compromises, but Gu Qinghua doesn't even bother to comfort her. Instead, he just turns around and leaves. Is he nowhere to be seen now?

Shen Jiaojiao was simply stunned.

Shuanghua was also a little stunned, muttering, "Yeah, why are you really leaving? Master Gu was not like this before. In the past, as long as you showed a little bit of grievance, he would hug you and coax you for a long time..."

Songhua was also a little surprised and couldn't help looking at Shen Jiaojiao, "Second Miss, what he said today, couldn't it be true?"

It was agreed before that if Shen Jiaojiao married Gu Qinghua, she and Shuanghua would be maids accompanying her and would work in the Shangshu Mansion, so their future would be stable.

But who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, Gu Qinghua seemed like a different person?

After that, who would Shen Jiaojiao, a woman whose innocence was ruined, marry? Then, where would she and Shuanghua go?

In an instant, the two maids' faces turned ugly.

Shen Jiaojiao listened to these words, staring at the empty courtyard, her nails digging into her palms.

She really didn't expect that Shen Ruyi would snatch Gu Qinghua away from her without making a sound.

Fortunately, she went out and discussed with the midwife today and found a way to kick Shen Ruyi out of the house.

Otherwise, there is really no room for maneuver.

Shen Jiaojiao narrowed her eyes, wrote a note and handed it to Songhua, saying, "Go out and give this to Sister Song at Yingchunlou. She knows what to do."

No matter what, she still has to pave the way for herself in advance.

Songhua took the note and left quickly.

But Gu Qinghua, who had been almost certain of winning, suddenly changed his mind, which really made Shen Jiaojiao feel heartbroken. After the people left, she couldn't help but smash the tea set and vase on the table to the ground.