Chapter 19 The Playful Girl
Lady Jinning was unaware of Gu Shuyan's strange gaze. She only looked at Gu Shuyan's obviously underdeveloped body, her eyes welled up, and two tears fell.
Touching Gu Shuyan's emaciated body, Lady Jinning Marquis quickly took off the jade bracelet she was wearing and put it on Gu Shuyan's wrist.
“This was given to me by my maternal grandmother when my mother got married. I have one too!”
Suddenly, a playful girl appeared beside her. Looking at the jade bracelet on Gu Shuyan's wrist, the girl winked at her, looking incredibly cute.
Gu Shuyan didn't remember whether the girl appeared in her previous life, but seeing that the girl's rosy face didn't show any displeasure, Gu Shuyan felt a bit closer to her.
"Thank you, Aunt Xiu. Shuyan will take good care of the jade bracelet."
In her previous life, the Lady of Jinning Marquis also gave her a bracelet like this, but unfortunately, Gu Yingxue took it after she returned home.
She initially thought it was just an ordinary jade bracelet, but it wasn't until Xu Shan'er scolded her that she realized the white jade bracelet was actually made of a very rare warm jade, and the Xu family only had one pair.
"Sister Shuyan, let's go play in the garden!"
The girl, who was in her early teens, saw the sincere smile on Gu Shuyan's face, so she went up to Gu Shuyan, took her hand, and started to act coquettishly.
Seeing her daughter's rare closeness with Gu Shuyan, Lady Jinning immediately chimed in, "It's no fun for you adults to listen to us talk. Why don't you little girls go and play by yourselves!"
Hearing her mother's support, Xu Shan'er ignored Gu Yingxue and Yan Mei'er standing to the side and ran away with Gu Shuyan.
Only after they were far from the flower hall did Xu Shan'er look at Gu Shuyan and ask, "I heard you grew up in the countryside? What do you think about someone taking your identity?"
Once away from the crowd, Xu Shan'er seemed like a different person, hands on her hips, looking Gu Shuyan up and down. She shook her head as she looked her over, as if she disliked her appearance.
Gu Shuyan knew a bit about Xu Shan'er's personality, and seeing her tilting her chin up and pretending to be mysterious, she couldn't help but chuckle.
"You don't like Gu Yingxue?"
Gu Shuyan stared at Xu Shan'er with a knowing look. Xu Shan'er, having her thoughts exposed, immediately retorted, "Who dislikes her? I, I just can't stand her hypocritical attitude."
"Okay, okay, you don't hate it anymore, alright!"
For some reason, Gu Shuyan found Xu Shan'er's puffed-out cheeks rather cute.
Seeing that Gu Shuyan didn't intend to mock her, Xu Shan'er awkwardly lowered her hand from her waist.
"Don't blame me for not warning you, Gu Yingxue is the best at pretending to be well-behaved in front of elders. You just came back from the countryside, so don't be fooled by her. Also, Gu Yingxue has been eyeing that bracelet for a long time, so you have to keep a close eye on it and don't let her take it. Do you hear me?"
The girl spoke with a hint of awkwardness, but every word she uttered showed that she was thinking of her.
Seeing Xu Shan'er's smug expression, Gu Shuyan couldn't help but pinch her still puffed-up cheeks. "Don't worry! I'll be careful."
Xu Shan'er's face flushed red for some reason after her cheek was suddenly pinched. She stomped her foot and ran away angrily.
"Miss, what's wrong with Miss Xu?"
Just as Mingyu caught up with Gu Shuyan, she saw Xu Shan'er running off in a huff, and couldn't help but glance at Gu Shuyan with concern.
"It's nothing, he's probably just shy!"
Gu Shuyan spoke nonchalantly, but Mingyu couldn't help but rub her forehead.
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