Chapter 4 The Gu family line will never end, you just keep cutting.
The sorrow welling up in Ji Ying's chest was instantly extinguished by the old lady's words.
She'd never even killed a fish before, and they'd made her do this.
Gu Gong panicked, "Mom, it's just a small misunderstanding, it doesn't warrant a knife, does it?"
The old lady sneered, "The once-prosperous Gu family mansion has become a filthy place right under my nose. Brother sleeping with sister... If this shameful affair gets out, what will become of the Gu family's century-old reputation?"
"Grandma, Auntie has delusions; that's not the case."
Gu Yanchen spoke up, which only fueled the old lady's anger.
"So what's the truth? Are you going to bring him back and force me to accept reality?"
"I have no intention of bringing her back."
Gu Yan paused for a moment, then added, "Besides, she has never said she wanted to come back."
"Impossible!" Wen Li interjected. "Lingxue committed suicide due to depression in a foreign country because she wanted to go home. Yan Chen, don't let them intimidate you into not bringing Lingxue back. Ji Ying wouldn't dare to do anything!"
"If you really care about Lingxue, then say less," Gu Yanchen said with a gloomy face.
Seeing how hard he tried to protect that woman, Ji Ying's turbulent emotions froze into ice.
She picked up the knife from the ground.
"Grandma, if I cut you down and the Gu family line ends, won't you blame me?"
Grandma Gu glanced at her grandson and said, "The Gu family line will never end, so just keep cutting!"
Ji Ying looked at Gu Yanchen, her hand trembling slightly as she drew her sword to vent her anger for the first time.
Gu Yanchen stared at her for two seconds, then suddenly unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his muscular chest.
“Come here, rip my heart out, and see if I’m telling the truth.”
He was very brave, and Ji Ying actually pressed the knife against his chest.
Wen Li stood up in a panic and yelled, "Ji Ying, you're a jinx! Your parents were right to abandon you. You're a menace wherever you go. Yan Chen's decision to divorce you was wise. You're nowhere near as good as my Ling Xue... cough cough..."
Her remaining words were interrupted by the old lady striking her with her cane.
"You shrew, if Yan Chen divorces Yingying, you'll be a sinner against the Gu family!"
Ji Ying looked at the knife in her hand and calmed down.
Making a scene won't solve their problems.
Ji Ying pushed Gu Yanchen's hand away, turned around and placed the knife on the table.
"Becoming a murderer for you isn't worth it. What I want is..."
Before he could utter the word "divorce," he was interrupted by Old Mrs. Gu's words.
"If you don't lay a hand on him, I'll take that as you forgiving him this time."
Ji Ying: "..."
Before she could speak, the old lady turned and began to scold her grandson.
"Protecting your wife is a man's responsibility. Don't let some worthless people break your wife's heart."
Gu Yanshen understood what the old lady meant, "I will not get a divorce."
The old lady nodded in satisfaction, but Ji Ying couldn't help but speak up.
"Aren't you tired of being both a devoted older brother and a loving husband?"
Gu Yanchen had been suppressing his temper all night, but now, looking at her, the last trace of tenderness in his eyes had almost completely vanished.
"Mrs. Gu, it's time to stop while you're ahead."
receive?
He thought he was playing hard to get?
Ji Ying was furious.
Just as she was about to speak, Wen Li scoffed, "You got away with it again. You pretended to brandish the knife just to wait for a man to coax you. It's a good thing your parents weren't here, otherwise they would be furious if they knew they had given birth to such a lowly thing."
A cold glint flashed in Ji Ying's eyes, and she grabbed the knife she had just put down and slashed at Wen Li.
The blade grazed past Wen Li's ear until a tuft of hair fell to the ground, at which point Wen Li belatedly reached up to touch the back of her head.
Ji Ying put down the knife. "Did you really think I wouldn't dare cut out your tongue?"
Wen Li broke down instantly.
"My hair, my hair that just cost over ten thousand yuan to treat, honey..."
Gu Gong also lost his temper, "Ji Ying, how could you cut your mother-in-law's hair? Kneel down!"
"Why are you kneeling!" The old lady stepped in front of Ji Ying. "Knowing that Yingying is most concerned about not being able to find her parents, your wife has provoked her time and time again. She has endured it until now, and it's already a favor that she hasn't stabbed her in the mouth with a knife."
"Mom, you can't have double standards."
The old woman pointed at his nose and said:
"I'm too ashamed to listen to what your wife just said. Are you deaf?"
"Don't think that just because I gave your stepdaughter the surname Gu, she can be compared to Yingying. I won't allow her to come back. If she's going to die, she'll die out there."
"Remember this: anyone who tarnishes the reputation of the Gu family, I will send him to meet the ancestors of the Gu family!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Gong felt a chill run down his spine.
"Both of you, get out of here and go to the ancestral hall!"
The old lady was furious, and Gu Gong dared not disobey her. He then dragged Wen Li, who was unwilling to give up, away.
"Grandma, be careful with your blood pressure," Gu Yanchen said.
Grandma Gu took two deep breaths.
"If you two are truly filial, hurry up and give me a great-grandchild. Once you have a child, your hearts will be bound together."
Whether it was a psychological suggestion or not, Ji Ying felt a throbbing pain in her lower abdomen when she talked about her child.
She and Gu Yanchen had been trying to conceive for a year without success, which should have been a sad thing.
But if this marriage is truly a scam, and if she is merely Gu Lingxue's shield, then not having children is actually a stroke of luck.
She instinctively clutched her lower abdomen, and Gu Yanchen, thinking her wound was hurting again, quickly supported her.
Ji Ying shook off his hand, bowed to the old lady, and walked out alone.
Grandma Gu shook her head.
Once a woman goes from doubting to believing, it's very difficult to win her back with just a few words.
"Zhao Ping, go do something for me."
...
She brought up divorce several times, but the old lady wouldn't let her say it.
As Ji Ying approached the garage, she suddenly felt uncomfortable sharing a car with him, so she turned around and almost bumped into Gu Yanchen.
"What are you going back to look for?"
Gu Yanchen casually put his arm around her waist.
Ji Ying pushed him away.
"I'll call a car myself."
Gu Yanchen's tone lost its warmth, "Still being stubborn with me?"
Ji Ying was utterly speechless.
"Is it stubborn of me to not be able to magnanimously support you in protecting your sister?"
Gu Yan's eyes were as dark as ink. "Listen carefully, I take care of Lingxue only out of a sense of responsibility, I have no other intentions."
Ji Ying laughed, "I'd like to hear what kind of responsibility would make you abandon your wife who almost died on the operating table and rush to her without hesitation?"
The undercurrent in Gu Yanchen's eyes vanished in an instant. "What I need to tell you, I will let you know."
Ji Ying laughed at his words, but it was a laugh filled with disappointment and desolation.
"We've been married for four years, and I haven't even deserved a single truth. This is our marriage. Gu Yanchen, I'm not a saint; I can't just stand by and watch someone take care of another woman without doing anything. We..."
Before they could even voice their thoughts of divorce, the housekeeper arrived and interrupted their conversation.
"Madam, these are the pieces of jewelry that the old lady bought at Linlangxuan a few days ago, but we found they weren't suitable for her, so we're having you take them."
The butler handed over an ebony box.
Ji Ying took it and opened it.
A jade bracelet with excellent translucency and a simple, antique design would be suitable for an elderly woman, but not for her.
Gu Yanchen understood the old lady's intention and sighed.
"Grandma is trying all sorts of ways to make you happy, so don't let her efforts go to waste."
Painstaking effort?
Wasn't the old lady reminding her that she needed money, and that only the Gu family's monthly check for one million could support her "family"?
Sure enough, the next second, Zhao Ping said, "Young Madam, the Old Madam said that if you insist on not liking this bracelet, just break it. If it breaks, it breaks; it's fate, and you can't force it."
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