Mrs. Shi, who was guarding the storehouse, was surprised to see that Gu Yanfei only had the key in his hand but no matching cards, so she wanted to stop him. However, she could not stop Juanbi, who was born with extraordinary strength.
Mrs. Shi, who was sweating profusely, had no choice but to rush to Cihetang to find Madam Gu.
Gu Yanfei ordered Juanbi to unlock the door of the west warehouse.
When I opened the door, a pungent musty smell hit me in the face, and the warehouse was extremely cold.
Juanbi walked in first with a lantern in hand and quickly lit seven or eight lanterns, illuminating the two-room wide west storehouse.
The warehouse was filled with old wooden boxes and rows of shelves, all of which were full.
Gu Yanfei didn't know where exactly the things she was looking for were, so she looked through the boxes and shelves one by one, matching them with the items in the booklet.
She asked Juanbi to make corresponding marks on some checked boxes, and asked her to move all the jewelry out of the west warehouse.
Heavy old boxes were placed one after another on the stone floor outside the warehouse, all with their lids opened.
In the light of the lanterns, the gold, silver and jewels sparkled.
Gu Yanfei reported the names on the brochure and asked Juanbi to search and check each item in the boxes one by one.
When she was halfway right, a loud commotion came from outside the archway not far away, as if a lot of people were walking towards this side.
"Madam, the second young lady is in there!" The cold wind brought the anxious voice of Mrs. Shi.
Juanbi looked in the direction of the voice and saw two old women carrying a sedan chair on their shoulders walking towards them. Madam Gu was sitting on the sedan chair. She was wearing a thick rust-colored cloak and still had the black headband on her forehead. She looked haggard.
"Gu Yanfei!" Madam Gu called out word by word, her voice still a little hoarse, revealing surging anger.
"Bang!"
At this moment, the sound of a clapperboard gong was heard in the distance, which was very penetrating in the silent night.
Gu Yanfei then raised his head from the booklet and looked towards Madam Gu who was four or five steps away, with a look of indifference.
The golden light illuminates a delicate and beautiful face.
In the night wind, the thinly dressed girl seemed to feel no cold at all, her clothes fluttering and her eyes shining brightly.
The sedan chair stopped ten feet away. Madam Gu, who was sitting on the sedan chair, looked down at Gu Yanfei and asked in a bad tone, "Where did you get the key? Did you go to find Sister Meng to make trouble?"
Mrs. Gu actually already had the answer in her heart and felt very sorry for her little sister.
Her sister Meng was such a good girl, she had been spoiled since she was a child, but because of the appearance of Gu Yanfei, Meng lost everything overnight.
Sister Meng is a blessed, generous and nostalgic child.
Compared to her future glory, she would not care about these material things at all. However, after all, she has called her eldest son and his wife her parents for so many years. How can she just throw away the affection they have had for so many years? She should at least have some thoughts about them.
The maids put the sedan chair on the ground. Madam Gu stood up from it and stared at Gu Yanfei with a threatening look. She said coldly, "Hand over the key to the storehouse!"
"key?"
Gu Yanfei took out a copper key from his sleeve pocket, shook it in his hand, and raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, his eyes moving around, clear and lively.
"Give it to me quickly!" Madam Gu's burning eyes were immediately fixed on the key.
Gu Yanfei moved, and slowly took a few steps towards Madam Gu, and the key in her hand moved closer to Madam Gu's palm...
When the key was in Madam Gu's palm, Gu Yanfei stopped moving, and the copper key stopped just an inch away from Madam Gu.
Gu Yanfei calmly looked into Madam Gu's eyes, her gaze as clear as water. Her thin dress fluttered slightly in the night breeze, like a nightshade flower blooming under the moon.
She smiled slightly and suddenly said, "I have found the jade pendant that the Duke of England wanted."
What?! Madam Gu's pupils shrank uncontrollably, and the corners of her eyes trembled slightly. She couldn't control the subtle changes in her expression at all.
Gu Yanfei understood Madam Gu's expression and took another step closer to her, only two feet away from Madam Gu's face.
She smiled, her eyes were bright and lively, and her ethereal temperament was hard to look at. She was calm and confident, as if she knew everything.
She flicked her sleeves lightly, and the wide cuffs floated like clouds.
The next moment, a muffled thunder suddenly exploded in the sky, and the loud "boom" sound scared everyone.
Madam Gu staggered and fell into the sedan chair behind her in a somewhat awkward manner. She was suddenly shorter than Gu Yanfei and her momentum was mostly gone.
The thunder came too suddenly. Madam Gu and the others subconsciously looked up at the night sky, and saw a bright moon and a starry sky with no clouds in sight.
The winter night is cold and solemn, and there seems to be a smell of sand and dust in the air, making it hard to breathe.
Madam Gu felt her heart suddenly contract violently, her eyes filled with shock.
It was so quiet around me that I could hear her slightly heavy breathing.
Gu Yanfei looked down at Madam Gu who was slumped on the chair, and a bit of talisman ash floated out from her sleeves.
The night wind blew up the talisman ashes, and they disappeared completely in the blink of an eye.
After a few moments of silence, Gu Yanfei said with a sigh, "Although the Gu family never raised me, I am back now. The Gu family and I are tied together."
The girl's slow and leisurely voice seemed to come from the clouds nine days above. It was calm, detached and indifferent. Her words revealed an extreme rationality and inexplicable majesty.
“…” Madam Gu was stunned for a moment, feeling uneasy and her mind in a mess.
"My last name is Gu, and my brother's last name is also Gu." Gu Yanfei softened her tone, and people's thoughts were inevitably drawn to her.
Madam Gu remained silent for a long time, her heart swaying.
Yes, what Gu Yanfei said is indeed correct, interests are the best rope to bind each other...
The swaying shadows of the trees above cast on her pale face, making her old eyes flicker.
"What do you think, Madam?" Gu Yanfei asked softly. His voice was soft and clear, like a stream of clear spring flowing into Madam Gu's heart.
In the cold wind, the girl in plain clothes has her sleeves fluttering in the wind, and she looks as if she is in a misty mountain fog, pure and elegant like an immortal.
Madam Gu couldn't help but nodded in response to her question.
That’s right, only when the Gu family is well, will Gu Yanfei be well.
It's good for the Gu family, and it's also good for herself!
(End of this chapter)
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