Seeing the bloodshot eyes of her daughter and son, Ye Huaisu felt heartbroken, but she could not express all this in front of her stepson. She had to swallow the resentment and sadness in her heart.
"It's me who's being too sentimental." Ye Huaisu grabbed the little hand that rushed towards him and said to Ye Wanshu, "Wanwan, you and your cousin haven't been together for a long time. You should spend the next two days with them and then send them back to the mountains to study as soon as possible."
This time, my cousin was able to come back thanks to the efforts of her younger brother and sister. Gu Tingchen was unwilling to let the siblings leave him.
He has now found a way to control his cousin.
"My son heard that Mr. Li is going to travel abroad to study. Qingmian and Tingji are still so young, how can they endure such hardship?" Gu Tingchen sneered and quickly advised kindly, "Why not invite a great scholar to come to the mansion? It would be a good opportunity to bring the Qin child who is with Wanwan to keep him company."
This wishful thinking was seen through by Ye Huaisu, not to mention Ye Wanshu.
This rebellious son now wishes to trap all the people that Wanwan cares about in the Duke's Mansion.
"Young people need to go out and hone their skills." Ye Huaisu said, "What can a child who is spoiled and pampered achieve in the future? It is a blessing for them to be able to travel and study with Mr. Li."
Ye Wanshu always felt that her aunt's words were strange. In the past, she was reluctant to send her cousin to the mountain to study with Mr. Li, fearing that the siblings would suffer. Now she was willing to send her own children to study with the old man.
After thinking about it for a while, Ye Wanshu roughly guessed what her aunt was thinking. She was afraid that her cousins would be used as bargaining chips by Gu Tingchen again.
Thinking about her next plan, she didn't want her cousins to stay in Lin'an.
With a look of heartache, Ye Wanshu wiped away the tears from the two little ones' eyes. She first asked, "Qingmian, Aji, would you like to go out and study with Mr. Li?"
The brother and sister hadn't seen Mr. Li for a long time, so they missed him a little, but they were also a little worried about their cousin.
Gu Tingji glared at Gu Tingchen angrily. When he turned his gaze back to Ye Wanshu, his eyes were filled with anxiety: "Cousin, we are leaving, then you..."
Knowing that the siblings were worried about her, Ye Wanshu quickly interrupted him, "Cousin will take good care of herself and your mother."
Looking at the wary expressions on everyone's faces, Gu Tingchen felt even more furious. It was bad enough that the aunt and nephew treated him as an outsider, but they even instigated their younger brother and sister to be wary of him.
"You are not allowed to go anywhere." Gu Tingchen said angrily, "Right now, the forces of all parties are surging undercurrents. The family has finally been reunited, why should we separate flesh and blood?"
"Gu Tingchen, you're so controlling that you're even delaying Qingmian and Tingji's studies?" Ye Wanshu bluntly exposed his thoughts: "It's not enough that you've trapped my aunt and me in this cage, you're also trying to ruin Qingmian and Tingji's future as well?"
"Wanwan, how could you misunderstand me like this?" Gu Tingchen felt as if his heart was being torn apart. He stepped forward and tightly grasped her wrist, angrily saying, "I can forget everything you did before, but now that you've returned to Lin'an, you should abide by your duty and marry me honestly. Don't even think of any more evil intentions."
Ye Wanshu was pinched so hard that it hurt. She struggled and said, "Gu Tingchen, let me go."
"Why, that bastard Fu Mingchi can touch you, but I can't?" Gu Tingchen roared.
"You hurt your cousin."
Gu Qingmian and Gu Tingji gnashed their teeth as they pushed him forward. Seeing the fierce look in Gu Tingchen's eyes, Ye Wanshu screamed anxiously, "Gu Tingchen, I have severed all ties with Prince Yongning. If you continue to be aggressive and do anything to hurt Qingmian and Aji, I would rather die than live in disgrace. I will fight you to the death."
Gu Tingchen was stunned.
After a brief moment of contemplation, he finally compromised: "Okay, as long as Wanwan stays at home, I can agree to let Qingmian and Tingji go on a study tour with Mr. Li."
As he spoke, he pointed at Ye Huaisu with a vicious look and said, "But if mother continues to instigate a marriage between her son and Wanwan, don't blame her son for not caring about family ties."
After saying this, he left the person who was still guarding the yard and left.
Ye Huaisu looked at his niece's red wrist, distressed, and said, "Wanwan, did that evil creature hurt you?"
"Aunt, I'm fine." Ye Wanshu smiled, quickly pulled the two little guys to her side, took out a jade token from her arms and stuffed it into Gu Qingmian's hand.
"Qingmian, you and Tingji are traveling with Mr. Li to study abroad. If you need any money, you can go to Tongshun Money House with this jade pendant."
Ye Wanshu lowered her voice and said, "The maximum amount you can withdraw is two million taels."
Hearing this number, the mother and her two children were all stunned.
"Wanwan, you... where did you get such a large sum of money?" Ye Huaisu asked in surprise.
"Grandmother left this for my aunt and me." Fearing the amount of money her grandmother left behind would be too shocking, Ye Wanshu remained somewhat reserved. "Grandmother was worried that after she passed away, my aunt and I would one day suffer the same fate as my mother, so she secretly deposited a sum of money in the bank."
"Mother," Ye Huaisu's face was filled with tears. She was always thinking about her children, but he couldn't even protect her most beloved granddaughter. He was really ashamed.
She knew that Wanwan must have her own ideas. As long as she could settle her two children, she would have no worries at all.
"Qingmian, you must take good care of Aji in the future. The money your cousin gave you is the life's work of your grandmother. You must not squander it. The right way is to study diligently with Mr. Li." Ye Huaisu warned in a deep voice.
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