Without the need for age order, Yu Tang knew that Gu Xi was one year older than her.

But she still smiled and told the year she was born.

Gu Xi smiled, turned to Pei Laoanren and Mrs. Shen and said, "It's my sister!"

Yu Tang thought about the grudges between them in their previous life and the expressions Gu Xi had shown towards her. She didn't want to embarrass herself anymore and call herself a sister of Gu Xi.

"Miss Gu!" She called Gu Xi with a smile, and the distance between their attitudes was visible to the naked eye.

Gu Xi didn't show it on her face, but her eyes narrowed. She said with a still lively smile, "Don't worry, sister. I'm not usually like this. It's just that when I saw that you're so beautiful, I really liked you and couldn't help but lose my temper. I apologize to you." After saying that, she reached out and pulled Yu Tang's arm.

Yu Tang sneered in his heart after hearing this.

Is this an accusation that she has a bad temper?

Wasn’t Gu Xi so stingy in his previous life?

Is it because she is not as destitute as she was when they first met in their previous life?

It can be seen how hypocritical Gu Xi's kindness and generosity in his previous life were!

But, who doesn’t know how to put on eye drops?!

She looked towards Lao Anren.

Old An nodded secretly, thinking that although the young lady of the Yu family had some minor flaws, she was not bad at heart. Although she introduced Miss Yu to Mrs. Shen and others as her relative, Miss Yu was not her after all. Gu Xi's enthusiasm for Yu Tang was obviously for her face. It seemed simple to be sisters, but if they really interacted, it would be quite complicated. Yu Tang could ask for her opinion at this critical moment, which showed that she still had a scale in her heart and could distinguish the importance.

"She is a timid person." Old An smiled and started to protect Yu Tang. "Since you are her elder sister, you should not bother with her." After that, he turned around and began to ask Mrs. Shen about her purpose of coming. "I remember you said that you needed to take care of the young grandchildren at home. Mr. Shen has been in Lin'an for five or six years and I haven't seen you come. What's the matter this time? Are you here to visit Mr. Shen? Or is there something wrong at home? If I can help, just tell me. Let's not talk about the relationship between Mr. Shen and our second son. When our old lady was alive, Mr. Shen was the one she admired the most. The two of them often went out drinking together. Since you have come to Lin'an, don't treat us as outsiders."

Not a word was said about the relationship between Yu Tang and Gu Xi.

The implication is that she is against Gu Xi and Yu Tang becoming sister and sister.

Gu Xi bit her lip and glanced at Yu Tang quickly.

She is good-looking and graceful in her gestures. It is obvious that she is not from a humble family. So what is her relationship with Lao An?

Why didn't Old An let her and Miss Yu get married?

Was it inappropriate for her to call Miss Yu "sister"?

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Gu Xi was shocked by himself, and then his heart started pounding.

Mrs. Shen is a generation younger than Mr. An, and she came with Mrs. Shen. She looks like Mrs. Shen’s younger generation, which means she is Mr. An’s granddaughter... Could it be that this Miss Yu is the fiancée that Mr. An has prepared for Mr. Pei San?

Gu Xi couldn't help but glance at Yu Tang again.

Yu Tang was listening to Old An quietly, and didn't notice Gu Xi's gaze. Moreover, even if she noticed Gu Xi's gaze, she wouldn't take it to heart.

In their previous life, they were sisters-in-law, living under the same roof, and she had no place to go, so there was nothing she could do. In this life, she has both parents and a brother and sister-in-law to help her. Even if Gu Xi dislikes her, why should she touch her!

On Mrs. Shen's side, Yu Tang discovered some interesting things.

According to Mrs. Shen, she came to Lin'an City because she was asked by Gu Chang to accompany Gu Xi. Pei Yan's aunt knew about this and asked her to bring some things with her. In addition to food and medicinal materials, these things also included some popular stories in Jiangnan in recent years.

Gu Xi is engaged to Li Duan. Is it appropriate for her to come to Lin'an City like this?

If Gu Chang had something to do, why couldn't he send his personal attendant or aide to help? He should ask Mrs. Shen to accompany Gu Xi to Lin'an City. Why did Mrs. Shen bring Gu Xi along when she came to visit the Pei family?

No matter how Yu Tang thought about it, he felt that there was something fishy about this matter.

But as long as Gu Xi's arrival does not involve the safety of the Yu family, it has nothing to do with her.

Yu Tang didn't want to ask any more questions and continued to sit quietly beside them and listen to what Old Anren and Mrs. Shen were talking about.

Gu Xi, however, was in a state of confusion.

Her visit to Lin'an to see Shen Shanyan was simply an excuse. In fact, she was here to see the old An people, and it would be best if she could make the old An people like her.

Thinking of this, her face felt a little hot.

The Li family was of no use. According to her brother, the best choice would be to marry into the Pei family. Especially since she had previously thought that since she had broken off the engagement with the Li family, it would be best not to have anything to do with the people of Lin'an City. As a result, Gu Chang told her about all the children of the noble families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there was really no one more suitable than Pei Yan.

Gu Chang also found out that the Pei family had high hopes for Pei Yan and would not marry anyone other than the daughter of a third-rank official or above. Even the previous engagement between their family and the Minister of Rites and Wenyuan Pavilion Grand Academician Li Xun was real. But before the two families could finalize the marriage, Old Lady Pei passed away, and the marriage between Pei Yan and the Li family was put on hold.

Originally, they did not dare to compete with the Li family, after all, the Li family and the Pei family had an engagement. But just last month, they heard that the only young lady of the Li family who was waiting to get married was engaged to the son of Yang Shoudao, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, which showed that something had happened to the engagement between the Li family and the Pei family.

But it is hard to find a good son-in-law. For someone like Pei Yan, everyone used to think that he had a verbal agreement with the Li family and would not have any intentions towards him. Now that he is a free man, once the news spreads, who knows how many families will be watching. By then, not to mention the Gu family, even the aunts and uncles of his mentor Zhang Ying's family will probably be eager to lure Pei Yan, the golden turtle son-in-law, to their homes.

Gu Xi pondered and sighed secretly.

Comparing the two, their Gu family is a little better than the Qian family. But the bad thing is that they don't have much friendship with the Pei family, especially among the female members. There is no one who can talk to the female members of the Pei family in confidence. If they ask their stepmother to do it, their stepmother will either make Pei Yan her niece's husband or mess up the matter. As for the others, they are even more unreliable.

After much thought, Gu Chang decided to target Mrs. Shen.

Of course, given Mrs. Shen's personality, she is not the best person to do this, but she can take Gu Xi to the Pei family. If Gu Xi can leave a good impression in Old An's heart, Gu Xi will have a greater chance of winning compared to other girls who heard about her from hearsay.

Gu Xi thinks more simply than Gu Chang.

If Pei Yan was not as good as her brother said, she would not agree to the marriage even if her brother insisted.

Rather than marrying a useless guy who would have to take care of both the back house and the front room, she would rather stay at home forever, be a high-handed lady, and live a carefree life at home.

It's just that she is very competitive. Although she doesn't know whether she and Pei Yan are destined to be together, since she has appeared in front of Lao An and the Pei family, she will be the best version of herself and show her best side, so that others will give her a thumbs up and praise her.

Therefore, it is particularly important to leave a good impression in front of Mr. Pei and the second wife of the Pei family.

Gu Xi drank tea in a dignified and elegant manner, secretly thinking about how to find out Yu Tang's background.

The more Yu Tang listened to Mrs. Shen's words, the more strange it seemed to him.

Mrs. Shen wanted to stay at Pei's house with Gu Xi for a few days because Shen Shanyan did not rent a house in Lin'an, but lived in the county school. There were too many scholars in the county school, and Shen Shanyan did not have an inner house or outer courtyard, and there was a difference between men and women, so it was inconvenient for her and Gu Xi to live there.

Yu Tang couldn't help but look at Mrs. Shen in surprise.

Having not seen her husband for such a long time, shouldn't she be happy and find every opportunity to spend time with him? Why is it that when it comes to Mrs. Shen, she keeps her distance?

Even if Yu Tang was slow to notice, he could see that Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen were not getting along.

Could this be one of the reasons why Mr. Shen came to Lin'an without bringing his family?

She didn't know the answer, but she could see clearly that Old An didn't like Mrs. Shen.

"You are the wife of a priest. What's so inconvenient about this?" Old An even said this in a serious tone. "I think you are too strict sometimes. At your age, you should relax as much as possible."

Mrs. Shen obviously didn't like what Old An said. She said, "If it's not convenient for Old An to stay here, I'll go stay at the guest house for two days. But I'm worried about Miss Gu following me, so please take her in for a few days."

That's true.

No matter how good the inn is, you are afraid of meeting a careless person.

Old An frowned, but finally took a step back and said, "I'm worried that it will be inconvenient for you to go to the county school. Since you think it's okay, I can easily deal with it here. I think you can just move in. I don't have much else here, but I have a lot of guest rooms. You can stay in whichever room you want."

Mrs. Shen and Gu Xi moved in like this.

When she was leaving, Yu Tang asked Aunt Ji who was seeing her off, "Does Heming Hall have many rooms?"

She saw that Hemingtang was just a courtyard with five rooms and three entrances.

Aunt Ji has become more familiar with her these days and speaks to her more casually.

"The five-entry courtyard next to it is also where the Heming Hall is." She whispered to Yu Tang, "Heming Hall was where the old widows and old ladies of the Pei family lived in the past, so naturally there are many rooms. However, in recent years, there have been many people in the Pei family who have lived long and blessed lives, and there are few who have passed away so early like the old lady, and there are no concubines, so the rooms are empty."

Yu Tang shuddered.

For some reason I felt that He Ming Tang was a bit eerie.

Aunt Ji laughed when she saw this and said, "You came to pay respect to the old lady last time. The Pei family is a wealthy family and very particular. If someone in the family is dying, there is a special courtyard. How can Heming Hall be so gloomy?"

Yu Tang smiled embarrassedly.

Aunt Ji said, "Besides, I have never done anything shameful in my life, so I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on my door in the middle of the night. What is there to be afraid of?"

Isn't it because her own experience is so unbelievable that she believes in some things so firmly?

Yu Tang muttered to himself and got on the sedan chair to go home.