Although Mr. and Mrs. Gu were shocked, they accepted it after a struggle with their conscience.
As Gu Jiangli said, liking Jiang Huaizhi is better than liking that Jiang Huaisong.
There was another reason why they didn't object to Gu Jiangli: they noticed the changes in her.
She became mature and thoughtful; no matter how you look at it, she wouldn't let herself get hurt.
They are not the same as before, the ones who needed their care and attention.
The two elders relented, which can be considered as tacitly approving of Gu Jiangli's feelings.
Gu's mother held Gu Jiangli's hand, said many comforting words, and then went to sleep.
After they left, Gu Jiangli lay on the bed, listening to the breeze blowing outside the window, thinking about his next plan.
She still had the cloak Jiang Huaizhi had given her; she would rely on it for their next meeting.
However, she didn't intend to make any significant progress with Jiang Huaizhi through this meeting; she simply wanted him to remember her more deeply.
Now all I need to think about is how to meet with Jiang Huaizhi.
She certainly couldn't go directly to the city lord's mansion to meet him, so she had to find another way.
She kept trying to retrieve her last memories of Jiang Huaizhi from her mind, attempting to find something useful.
Fortunately, although the original owner didn't have much contact with Jiang Huaizhi, she still heard Jiang Huaisong complain about his older brother quite a bit.
Jiang Huai either stays home or goes to Wenfeng Tower for tea.
Jiang Huaisong ridiculed him quite a bit for this, thinking he was a blockhead who didn't know how to appreciate beauty.
This news was useful to Gu Jiangli.
Since Jiang Huaizhi likes to drink tea, she can just go to Wenfeng Tower and wait for him.
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Wenfenglou is the largest teahouse in Qingfeng City. In addition to literati and scholars who like to come here to discuss literature, the wealthy young ladies and gentlemen of the city also like to come here to chat.
It's more like a high-end business club.
Gu Jiangli chose a window seat on the second floor, with the main entrance of Wenfeng Tower just downstairs.
If Jiang Huaizhi comes, she will definitely be the first one to notice him.
She sits here every day without drawing the curtains, never concealing her identity.
When she passed by, wealthy young ladies who knew her would nod and greet her.
But nobody knows what she's doing here, and people who aren't close to her won't ask.
Gu Jiangli sat there for five days.
From day to night.
At first it was a bit boring, and she could only chat with the lotus flowers, but gradually she began to find more and more fun in it.
Here, she could wait for Jiang Huaizhi to appear while "eavesdropping" on gossip.
It turned out that even after the city lord's birthday banquet ended, Jiang Huaisong still couldn't escape punishment.
The city lord used family discipline to whip him dozens of times, and he lay on the bed howling for several days.
The city lord's wife probably felt ashamed, because she used to enjoy flowers and tea with the other ladies, but now she hasn't left the house for several days in a row.
The city lord has been claiming illness these past few days and has not been seeing any outsiders.
Gu Jiangli felt relieved and ordered several expensive cups of tea to enjoy with the lotus flowers.
Gu Jiangli had found out about the family's situation over the past few days, but the one name that was rarely mentioned was Jiang Huaizhi's.
It seemed that no one knew Jiang Huaizhi's current situation; all that was said about him was his heroic act of putting righteousness before family on the day of his birthday banquet.
Gu Jiangli was somewhat confused by this.
But her confusion didn't last long, as the news she wanted to hear came from the next room.
"Tch, what's so strange about the second young master being attracted to beautiful women? We're all men, who doesn't love beauty? It's just that the eldest young master is so noble, even when beautiful women are standing right in front of him, he doesn't even glance at them."
Gu Jiangli's ears perked up immediately upon hearing the words "eldest young master".
She quietly moved closer to the screen, hoping to hear more clearly.
At this moment, another young man also spoke up:
“Brother Li, I don’t quite agree with that. Who said the eldest young master doesn’t like beautiful women? Doesn’t he really like the Gu family’s daughter? Otherwise, why would he speak up for her in front of so many people, even risking his own brother’s reputation? Isn’t it all for the sake of a beautiful woman?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Brother Li, who had been the first to speak, chimed in:
“Brother Chen is right. Everyone in the city says that Jiang Huai is of noble character and can even put family members aside for the greater good in critical moments... It’s funny to hear that.”
"In my opinion, it's obvious that Jiang Huaizhi has taken a fancy to the Gu family's girl and wants to put on a hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress act. In the end, it's all for his own benefit. I really don't know what those girls admire about him."
The man surnamed Chen chimed in, "That's right. What's so great about Jiang Huaizhi? He calls his selfishness righteousness, and those girls really think he's some kind of amazing person."
The man surnamed Li's contempt deepened: "Of course! For a woman, he betrayed his family, disregarded the family's reputation, and went against his own brother. Humph, it's a disservice to Huai Song that such a hypocritical scoundrel is Huai Song's elder brother."
"And he's sickly too. Even if he takes a fancy to a beauty, I wonder if he'll have the good fortune to enjoy her."
"Hahahaha..."
The two men exchanged insults about Jiang Huaizhi, while other men around them occasionally chimed in with laughter and jeers.
These words were disgusting. Gu Jiangli hadn't seen their faces, but she inexplicably felt that they must look similar to Jiang Huaisong.
He must look like a villain!
Gu Jiangli waved gently, and the waiter walked over from the other side.
She whispered a few words in the waiter's ear and slipped a cool silver ingot into his hand.
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