Gu Yunzhen was speechless.
"I can only contact my third brother; I won't act as a matchmaker."
"What matchmaker?"
Shangguan Wu was stunned for a moment before she realized what she meant. She was both annoyed and amused: "I didn't ask you to matchmake Third Brother and Rou Rou!"
Gu Yunzhen coaxed her, "I misunderstood. Be good, open the door."
Shangguan Wu grunted and reached out to open the door.
Gu Yunzhen strode to the sofa, gently placed her on it, and said, "I'll contact Third Brother. You can talk to him later."
"I……"
Just as Shangguan Wu was about to speak, his phone rang. It was Du Wei calling.
She answered the phone and heard Du Wei say, "Miss, the Xiao family has left the hospital. Xiao Jingming and his mother left with Shangguan Xinyi and did not return to the Xiao family."
Shangguan Wu was taken aback.
Is Xiao Jingming planning to keep Shangguan Xinyi as a mistress and have his own mother take care of her?
Ah, men.
Shangguan Wu's lips curled into a sarcastic smile. After a moment, she ordered, "I understand. Have them keep an eye on things."
She had just hung up the phone when Gu Yunzhen called her third brother, gesturing for her to take the phone and speak to him herself.
She pursed her lips and answered the phone: "Third Brother."
"Did your sister-in-law need something?"
"It's like this, Third Brother, as you know, Rou Rou's family is forcing her to marry Ji Xianli. Rou Rou is unwilling, so she lies and says that she has someone she likes, and that person is you, Third Brother. However, Old Madam Yan doesn't believe it. She thinks that Rou Rou would be happier marrying you than marrying Ji Xianli, so she still refuses to agree unless Third Brother can personally call her and promise that he will marry Rou Rou after retiring from the military."
Shangguan Wu was a little uneasy after she finished speaking. Would her third brother agree?
Gu Chenye's lips twitched on the other end of the phone: "Sister-in-law, I feel like this is a series of traps. Why don't you two just pack me up and give me away?"
Well!
Shangguan Wu blurted out, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Gu Chenye laughed in anger: "You two really plan to sell me out?"
"I'm sorry, Third Brother..."
Before Shangguan Wu could finish speaking, Gu Yunzhen snatched the phone away: "It's getting late. Whether you agree or not is just a matter of one sentence. Why say so much?"
Shangguan Wu punched Gu Yunzhen and said loudly, "Third Brother, Rou Rou said that as long as you agree to help her, she will owe you a favor and will definitely repay you in the future."
"Sister-in-law, there's no need to apologize..."
She doesn't need to apologize.
Gu Yunzhen interrupted him, directly exposing his words: "You agreed to cooperate with Yan Yirou in the first place, wasn't it to avoid blind dates? You and Yan Yirou were just using each other. I didn't force you to act."
"Alright, alright, you're the youngest, I'll let you have your way. I'll contact her myself. Bye."
Gu Chenye ended the call after he finished speaking.
He was afraid that if he continued talking, he would have to punish his younger brother. However, he still had to save face for his brother in front of his sister-in-law.
Gu Yunzhen said in a low voice, "Alright, Third Brother can contact Yan Yirou himself. As for whether he will agree, it depends on whether Yan Yirou's conditions can move him."
Shangguan Wu blinked twice. "Is this okay?"
Gu Yunzhen said it was a good idea.
It would be best if Yan Yirou contacted his third brother directly if she needed anything, instead of always going to his wife!
"It's time to sleep. Go take a shower," he said.
“One last question!” Shangguan Wu raised his hand.
Gu Yunzhen raised an eyebrow: "Ask."
Shangguan Wu asked speculatively, "Honey, do you think Shangguan Xinyi moving into the Xiao family might be related to Yu Hao?"
"Yu Hao made a deal with Xiao Jingming."
After briefly explaining what the transaction was, Gu Yunzhen put her pajamas into the bathroom and said softly, "Time to take a shower."
"oh."
Shangguan Wu went into the bathroom to take a shower, and after showering, she went to bed in her warm blankets and fell into a deep sleep.
Meanwhile, Li Muqing, who lived at the Xiao family's house, couldn't fall asleep no matter what!
Because her mother-in-law and husband didn't come home!
The Xiao family's choice of Shangguan Xinyi was undoubtedly a betrayal of her; she became a discarded pawn, and no one remembered her dead son.
Li Muqing was furious and filled with resentment.
But she couldn't defeat Xiao Jingming on her own; she had to find outside help. The Li family was out of the question, and she couldn't touch the Xiao family, so who could she turn to?
The Qin family is the best choice!
Li Muqing thought to herself, but none of the younger generation in the Qin family are married, Qin Shao's girlfriend is far away in Changteng City, and she has no connection with Chen Xintong, so it would be faster for her to go directly to Qin Yiheng!
But why should Qin Yiheng help him?
Li Muqing knew she needed to produce evidence to get the other party's help!
While Xiao Jingming was still away, Li Muqing went to his study with a flashlight.
It was past 1 a.m.
Yan Yirou received a call from Gu Chenye.
For his sake, Yan Yirou swallowed back the curse that was about to come out of her mouth.
"Third Young Master, is there something you need from me so late?" she asked politely.
"Didn't you ask your sister-in-law to contact me?"
Gu Chenye countered with a question that betrayed no emotion, his tone indifferent: "Since you know so much, haven't you ever thought about breaking free from the Yan family's control?"
Yan Yirou frowned slightly: "Third Young Master, I was never a particularly strong person to begin with. If I leave the Yan family, can I guarantee that others won't try to control me?"
She knows some of the plot, but just because the characters in the novel are awesome doesn't mean that she, as the reader, is awesome.
Moreover, since she was occupying Yan Yirou's body, she did not want to harm Yan Yirou's closest relatives unless absolutely necessary.
Of course, if anyone from the Yan family were to harm her, she wouldn't hold back!
Yan Yirou has neither kung fu skills nor any special abilities that others don't have. Before transmigrating into the book, she was a working adult who loved watching dramas and reading novels. She knew her own limitations, which is why she was determined to cling to the female lead.
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