Xia Lian was stunned for a moment, bowed to accept the order, then turned and went into the inner room.
After a while, she walked out slowly with a copper key in her hand. When her eyes swept over Gu Yanfei, a hint of indignation flashed in her eyes.
"Young lady." Xia Lian first presented the copper key to Gu Yunyan, then hesitated to speak, and finally swallowed back the words that were about to come out.
Gu Yunyan then handed the key to Gu Yanfei: "Second sister, this is the key."
Gu Yanfei accepted it without saying a word and planned to go over and take a look.
She was thinking of leaving because she had something on her mind, but she heard Gu Yunyan say before her: "Second sister, I know you had a hard time in Huaibei in the past. It's reasonable for you to dislike me."
"But what happened back then... I was also innocent. I was just a newborn baby at the time. I knew nothing and was powerless to do anything."
"Second sister, I have already returned everything I could to you."
Whether it's identity, brother, engagement... or this key.
Gu Yunyan stared at Gu Yanfei steadily, his expression serious, and he spoke word by word: "I don't owe you anything."
Recalling the scenes in Cihetang, Gu Yun'er's expression became more determined, and his heart was settled: Gu Yanfei returned with hatred, and even his grandmother couldn't tolerate him, so how could she tolerate himself?
Suddenly, a cold wind blew in from the half-open window, blowing out an octagonal palace lantern near Gu Yun'er.
The room was half dark, with only another lamp on the other side still quietly emitting light.
Half of Gu Yun'er's face was dark and the other half was bright. His face, which was always full of smiles on weekdays, now looked solemn.
Xia Lian quickly relit the extinguished lantern, and the room was bright as day again.
As the lights came on, Gu Yunyan returned to his normal self and said gently, "If you still can't get over it, then from now on, we will keep our distance from each other."
She will not give in anymore, nor will she act out any sisterly love drama.
That's all.
Gu Yanfei tilted his head with a smile, revealing a pair of faint dimples, and asked calmly, "You said you are innocent, so what about the person who switched you and me?"
The person Gu Yanfei was referring to was naturally Su Niang.
"..." Gu Yun'er was speechless, as if his throat was strangled.
Since she was a child, Su Niang had been by her side as a wet nurse, taking care of her food, clothing, housing and transportation, paying attention to her joys and sorrows, caring about her every frown and smile, and caring about her well-being in every possible way.
Su Niang may have been sorry to Gu Yanfei, but she was extremely good to herself.
Gu Yanfei asked again: "Is she dead?"
"Have you sent it to the officials?"
"Where are the people?"
Gu Yanfei asked three questions in succession, which were concise and to the point.
Gu Yun'er pursed her lips, her expression unnatural, and her eyes wandered.
Half a year ago, after the incident of the real and fake daughter broke out, Madam Gu was about to give Su Niang medicine, but she stopped her, which saved Su Niang's life...
Gu Yunyan pursed her lips, looked directly into Gu Yanfei's eyes, and said righteously: "Second sister, do you want her to die? That's a living life!"
In this era where imperial power is supreme, human life is worthless and is the most despicable.
The master could beat his slaves to death at will, wrap the body in a straw mat and throw it into a mass grave without having to take any responsibility. Even if the family of the deceased reported the case to the government, it would be futile and they might even be beaten with a stick.
Gu Yanfei, who grew up in Huaibei, should understand this point very well. She should understand the helplessness and humility of the lower-class people best.
Gu Yun'er looked at Gu Yanfei with an indescribable look and sighed quietly in his heart: As expected, humans are the most forgetful animals. Gu Yanfei had just returned to the capital, but he had completely forgotten his past self and put himself back in the position of a superior person, looking down on all living beings.
"The mistake has been made. Even if we kill her, time cannot be reversed." Gu Yunyan first persuaded her with reason, and then with emotion, "Second sister, she brought you and me out of the battlefield in Yangzhou back then. Even if she didn't have any merit, she did work hard..."
"Su Niang was wrong. Everything she did was for me... Although this was not what I wanted, I have tried my best to make it up to you." Isn't that enough? ! These words are exactly the same as what Gu Yanfei heard from Mrs. Gu in his previous life.
She smiled, and the image of Su Niang in her previous life, the condescending benefactor she looked like when she faced her, emerged in her mind.
Gu Yun'er bit her lip slightly, her fingers curled up and pinched the handkerchief.
Gu Yanfei's eyes were clear and cold, and he said, "You said you have already returned everything to me..."
"What about my father? I should have been in his arms for six years."
"There are still fourteen years of misplaced life. During these fourteen years, you are in heaven and I am in hell."
"The Gu family shaped you into who you are today, and you still feel at ease enjoying everything the Gu family has given you, and you refuse to let go... You can't repay them enough!"
Every word and sentence she said left Gu Yunmen speechless.
Gu Yanfei didn't want to listen to Gu Yunyan's excuses anymore, so he said the last sentence in a neither light nor heavy tone: "Gu Yunyan, listen to me clearly, I am the legitimate daughter of the Marquis' Mansion, and you..."
"Just a home-born kid."
After she finished speaking, she didn't care about Gu Yunyan's reaction and walked away with the key.
The door curtain rose and fell, swaying back and forth, as if laughing in mockery.
Gu Yun'er stood there frozen in place, as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on her shoulders and back, making her unable to move at all.
The three words "house-born child" that Gu Yanfei said hurt her deeply, and the color gradually faded from Gu Yun'er's face.
Xia Lian did not see Gu Yanfei off. She looked at the swaying door curtain in front of her and said indignantly, "Miss, the second young lady really doesn't know what's good for her. You treated her so well, said so many good things about her in front of Master Fang, and even gave the first lady's dowry to her..."
Xia Lian really felt sorry for her daughter.
Gu Yunmeng opened the window again, and the cold wind blew towards her. Looking out of the window, she could see Gu Yanfei's back gradually disappearing into the night.
She gave in again and again only because she felt that she was the beneficiary in this matter, but that doesn't mean she is a coward.
It also does not mean that Gu Yanfei can take advantage of her concession to bully her.
The night wind grew cooler, the sky darkened, and the moon was like a hook.
(End of this chapter)
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