The next morning, Gu Xin was about to go see Lu Zheng when Gu Shouxin stopped her, saying, "I'll go with you later."
Yesterday, his little girl was kidnapped, and today Gu Shouxin insisted on having her in front of him. What if Lu Zheng didn't kill them all?
That damned Lu Zheng.
Gu Xin wanted to hurry up, but after being glared at by Gu Shouxin, she obediently kept quiet.
Gu Shouxin patted her head: "It's not that Dad doesn't want you to go, but Dad is worried that you'll run away alone and get kidnapped again. Be good, Dad will make breakfast, and after we're done eating, we'll call your mother to come along, okay? Your mother is also worried about your brother Yuanyuan's injury."
Gu Xin was a sensible girl. She knew her father was worried, so she rolled up her sleeves and went to help.
Before long, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu also got up, as did Gu Hui, Gu Si, and Gu Nian. No one in the Gu family sleeps in late; they all get up quite early.
Uncle Gu and Zhang Shi brought Gu Ren to stay at Aunt Gu's place. Last night, they even came over and took Gu En with them.
While Cai Xiaolian was combing her hair in the courtyard, she heard a sound coming from the doorway, which seemed to be the voice of A Dong, who was next to Li Muyan.
She fixed her hair and went to open the door.
Upon opening the door, one finds Li Muyan shirtless, carrying a bundle of thorns on his back, kneeling at the entrance, with gauze wrapped around his wrist.
Cai Xiaolian quickly helped him up: "Child, what are you doing? You're still injured! Look at you, it's so cold, your forehead is all cold, what if you get frostbite?"
Li Muyan didn't rise: "Aunt Lian, I failed to protect Niannian yesterday, I..."
Seeing that people around them were watching the commotion, Cai Xiaolian quickly interrupted him: "Stop talking! If you want to apologize, what do you mean by kneeling at the gate? Are you afraid others won't know?"
Li Muyan then noticed that someone was standing not far away watching the commotion. Somewhat annoyed, he got up, then went into the courtyard and knelt down again.
Gu Xin had already seen this scene at the kitchen door and ran in to relay it to Gu Shouxin.
Gu Shouxin smiled and said, "Let him kneel if he wants! Xinxin, come here and sit by the fire."
Gu Xin was a little afraid of Gu Shouxin's kind of laughter, so she obediently sat down next to him.
At this moment, Gu Nian came out and saw Li Muyan's state. She ran up to him and pulled him up, saying, "Li Muyan, what are you doing? Are you crazy! It's freezing cold, don't you know your own body? You're not here to apologize, are you? You're here to morally blackmail our family!"
Gu Shouxin, sitting in the kitchen, raised an eyebrow. "Thank goodness, at least one of my daughters wasn't fooled by that brat."
Li Muyan stubbornly knelt down: "I've come to apologize. I'm sorry, Grandpa Gu, Grandma Gu, Uncle Gu, Aunt Lian, last night, I failed to protect Niannian. Hit me, scold me!"
Grandpa and Grandma Gu stood at the door of the main room, speechless at his behavior.
Gu Hui pulled Gu Si to the kitchen to help.
Li Muyan felt a little embarrassed. Apart from Aunt Lian and Niannian, no one paid any attention to him.
I guess Aunt Lian is only doing this because of his mother.
Gu Nian got angry: "Li Muyan, if you don't get up, we'll cut off all contact from now on!"
Li Muyan looked at Gu Nian in shock.
Gu Nian said very seriously, "Get up!"
Li Muyan insisted on kneeling, refusing to believe that the Gu family would truly ignore him today.
Gu Nian: "...Fine, kneel then, let's see how long you can kneel! Mother, don't mind him, let him kneel here!"
After saying that, Gu Nian pulled Cai Xiaolian away.
In his haste to explain, Li Muyan suddenly felt dizzy: "Niannian..."
Then he fainted.
He bled last night and didn't eat anything this morning. Madam Li didn't even know he had gone out. He had been kneeling outside for so long, and when the cold wind blew, he fainted.
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