Chapter 2: Marry Him
After traveling through time, Gu Leyou had never had a peaceful day. As soon as her soul came to earth, she was accused of being immoral. The next day, she shocked the whole village with her unprecedented act of a woman breaking off an engagement.
Gold will shine wherever it goes. It doesn’t matter what kind of light it shines, as long as it shines, Gu Leyou comforted himself casually.
In the afternoon, good friend Shi Yuechan came to visit.
"Leyou, are you okay?" Shi Yuechan took her hand and looked her up and down.
"Look, I'm fine, aren't I?" Gu Leyou liked Shi Yuechan's personality in the original owner's memory, so he seemed particularly familiar with her when he first met her.
"People outside are talking nonsense. I am so annoyed." Shi Yuechan didn't believe those rumors, but after all, it was in ancient times. A girl's reputation was more important than anything else. She was afraid that her friend would be upset. "Don't listen to them. You are so beautiful that you can get married."
The second half of the sentence was not an exaggeration. Gu Leyou also paid special attention to her new appearance. This face was simply the best interpretation of the aesthetics of oriental women, with willow-shaped eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and a gentle and charming appearance.
"Let them talk. Anyway, talking behind my back won't make me lose any arms or legs." Instead, Gu Leyou smiled and comforted Shi Yuechan, "I'm really fine, don't worry."
Gu Leyou even raised his arms and turned them around twice to show that he was really full of energy.
"Leyou, what's wrong with your arm?" Shi Yuechan had sharp eyes and saw the red rash on her arm at a glance.
"Over..." Gu Leyou swallowed the words back when he thought of the ancient times when there was no such word as allergy. "It's okay. Maybe it was irritated by something. It will be fine in a few days."
"Stimulation? Could it be drugs?" Shi Yuechan's face suddenly became solemn and she asked seriously.
"Of course it's possible." Gu Leyou answered casually.
"Yuechan, do you want to stay for dinner?" At this time, Gu Leyou's mother Lin's voice called out from outside the door.
Shi Yuechan then noticed the sky and stood up anxiously, "I've been chatting with you for so long that I didn't notice the time. I have to go back to make wine tonight."
"Then go back and remember to give me some of the wine you brew." Gu Leyou said with a smile. Shi Yuechan is the girl who is best at brewing wine in the area.
"Of course." Shi Yuechan nodded. Before leaving, she suddenly remembered something and turned back to whisper, "Be careful of Liu Suyu. I saw her go to the town to buy medicine that day, but I don't know what she bought. Maybe your rash is related to it."
Gu Leyou knew Liu Suyu, a young lady whose family had fallen on hard times, and her lover was Zeng Sibai, whom she had just broken off the engagement with.
"Got it." She straightened her expression and thought to herself that this was indeed a reliable friend.
"Thank you, auntie. I won't eat here!" Shi Yuechan's voice, smiling and refusing to stay, was heard outside the door.
Before Gu Leyou could find out Liu Suyu's background, another troublesome matter came that night - his uncle and his family came.
There are three brothers in the Gu family: the eldest brother Gu Haicheng, the second son Gu Haixiong, and the youngest son Gu Haiwei. Gu Leyou and his sister are Gu Haixiong's children.
Gu Haixiong and his wife have always been weak, and the people they fear most are their eldest brother and his wife.
As soon as Gu Leyou saw the two fat, middle-aged men and women with fierce looks, he knew that something bad was going to happen.
"I'm here today to talk about marriage for your Leyou. Leyou is here too, so let's listen together." It was the eldest aunt Yang who spoke first. It seemed that she was the one in charge, Gu Leyou thought to herself.
"Marriage?" Gu Haixiong and Lin looked at each other.
"Yes, now that you are old enough to get married, you have to find a family to marry into even if you have bad behavior." Yang glanced at Gu Leyou with eyes full of disgust.
Gu Haixiong and his wife lowered their heads, and no one dared to speak.
"I've thought about your family. With Le You's current reputation, she can't marry anyone else. She can only marry Lu Ting." Yang finally told the purpose of this trip.
"Lu Ting? He's a hunter." Gu Haixiong objected in a low voice, "Besides... he already has a child."
The impression Lu Ting left on the villagers was that he was taciturn and difficult to get along with. He was also a warrior who made a living by hunting. In addition, he already had a child, so no family was willing to marry their daughter to him.
Lu Ting has children? Gu Leyou widened his eyes. He actually didn’t see it that day.
"I'm telling you, it's already this time and you're still so picky. It's good enough that someone wants this kind of stuff!" Yang rolled her eyes and spoke sharply.
"No... You are not allowed to say that to my sister!" Before Gu Leyou could speak, the door to the inner room opened and Gu Leshu rushed out, shouting softly, "My sister can't marry that hunter either!"
Gu Leyou turned her head and saw that his face was pale and even his legs were shaking, but his eyes were full of determination, as if he would step over his body if he wanted to touch his sister. She was immediately moved.
"Go back to the room, a kid like you has no right to speak!" Gu Haicheng, who had been silent for a long time, slammed the table and shouted, scaring Gu Haixiong and Lin so much that they trembled.
"I'm not a child." Gu Leshu stepped forward and retorted in a trembling childish voice, "You can't bully my sister like this."
"Asshole!" Gu Haicheng relied on his hot temper to run rampant. He had never been disobeyed by anyone except his own wife. He suddenly became angry and slapped Gu Leshu in the face.
Gu Leshu was thin and could not withstand Gu Haicheng's slap. He took a few steps back and his forehead hit the corner of the cabinet, with blood flowing down his cheeks.
Gu Leshu was afraid of the pain, but didn't want to cry in front of the enemy, so he had to grit his teeth and hold back the tears, which welled up in his eyes.
Gu Leyou looked distressed and could no longer bear it, so he stood up and said coldly, "Whether I get married or not is none of your family's business, and who I marry is not up to you, so stop meddling in other people's business, and don't really think that our family is easy to bully!"
Yang didn't expect Gu Leyou's temper to become so tough. She stood up and said sarcastically, "You are bringing shame to the entire Gu family! If I were you, I would have committed suicide in front of our ancestors' graves and apologized for my crime. How dare you talk nonsense in front of our elders!"
"If it were me, I would feel guilty for being so arrogant in my brother's house and bullying the younger generation by relying on my age and brute force, instead of making excuses like you are doing now." Gu Leyou responded in Yang's tone, "Do you know how to write the four words 'disrespecting the elderly'?"
"You little bitch, are you qualified to teach me a lesson? I'll tear your mouth apart!" Yang couldn't bear it any longer. She rushed over, grabbed Gu Leyou's hair, and slammed her against the wall.
Gu Leyou felt the pain and wanted to resist, but the original owner's body had not recovered yet and he had no strength at all. He felt dizzy after the heavy blow and immediately lost consciousness.
“Sister!” Gu Leshu couldn’t hold back her tears any longer. She crawled to her sister’s side and shook her desperately, “Sister, wake up, sister!”
"Stop, stop it now, we agree to whatever you say, let the children go." Lin felt sorry for the children but was powerless to stop them, so she fell to her knees and kowtowed to Yang, "Sister-in-law, you can let Le You marry anyone, but you can't let her lose her life."
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