Chapter 567 Becoming a sister-in-law
"Don't worry! I've already made arrangements!"
As Gu Shuyan spoke, she winked, her cunning expression truly resembling that of a fox.
That evening, Gu Renjie received a letter, an unsigned letter.
"Who delivered this letter?" Gu Renjie asked the servant.
The servant was taken aback and honestly replied, "I don't know either. The gatekeeper said it was delivered by a girl dressed as a maid."
A maid? Gu Renjie didn't think he knew any maids, so he tossed her aside without a second thought.
It wasn't until he had bathed and returned to his room that evening that Gu Renjie picked up the letter again.
Upon opening the envelope, the first thing Gu Renjie saw was the signature at the back of the letter. When the name Meng Wei appeared before his eyes, Gu Renjie felt a surge of joy for some reason.
However, after he finished reading the letter, he became gloomy.
In the letter, Meng Wei told him that she was about to leave the Meng family and had originally planned to see him before leaving to thank him for his help all along. However, she was afraid that seeing him would shake her newly made decision, and she was afraid that if she saw Gu Renjie again, she would be unable to resist the urge to stay. Therefore, she could only say goodbye to him by writing a letter.
Although Gu Renjie couldn't see the person who wrote the letter, he could clearly feel the writer's helplessness, reluctance, and resignation at that time.
Suddenly, Gu Renjie became restless. The thought that the person was about to leave the capital and might never see him again in this life filled him with a tangled mess of emotions, and an unprecedented sense of sorrow and agitation welled up inside him.
For the first time, Gu Renjie felt an impulse, an impulse to keep her by his side regardless of the consequences.
Thinking this, Gu Renjie did just that; he moved swiftly and stepped out of the room.
"Young master, it's getting dark. Where are you going?" The bodyguard who was serving him stepped forward, but Gu Renjie seemed not to hear him.
Because he now has only one thought: he wants to see that person and hear her tell him in person that she is leaving.
In a moment of impulsiveness, Gu Renjie went straight to the Earl's residence, only to find the gates already tightly shut. Standing before the Meng family's gate, Gu Renjie felt helpless for the first time. He raised his hand, intending to knock on the gate.
However, if a stranger were to request an audience with a young woman in her boudoir in the middle of the night, especially one who was already engaged, it would ruin Meng Wei's reputation.
In the end, Gu Renjie withdrew his raised hand.
"Young master, shall we climb over the wall and get in?"
Seeing his young master's distraught state, the guard couldn't help but offer a suggestion. However, he only received a cold glare from his young master in return.
Sneaking into someone's house in the middle of the night is hardly the act of a gentleman, and what would one do if caught?
"Never mind, let's come again tomorrow!"
Gu Renjie ultimately failed to enter the Earl's mansion, not because he was truly unable to, but because he did not want his arrival to cause Meng Wei any trouble.
Watching Gu Renjie leave with his men, Gu Shuyan was almost frantic with worry in the corner.
Her older brother is really stubborn; she's already helped him so much, but he still doesn't dare to take that step.
"Alright, the fact that he came here already shows that he likes Miss Meng. Do you think everyone is like me, barging into a woman's room whenever they want?"
Yun Yichen wasn't surprised at all by Gu Renjie's departure. Gu Shuyan glared at her angrily, "Yeah, do you think everyone is as shameless as you!"
"Oh? Then does Shushu like her husband being shameless?" Yun Yichen looked at Gu Shuyan with amusement. Gu Shuyan felt her face burning under his gaze and simply turned her head away.
But Yun Yichen wasn't about to let her escape so easily. The moment she turned her head away, he snapped her back and then braced himself against the wall.
"What, what are you going to do?" Gu Shuyan asked in a panic, trying to push the other person away.
Instead of backing away, Yun Yichen moved even closer to her, and then, unexpectedly, kissed her lips.
The soft touch sent a shiver through Gu Shuyan, and her body went limp, leaving her powerless to resist.
At that moment, no one noticed that Gu Renjie, who had already left, had returned.
This time, he climbed over the wall without being reminded. Seeing how hard he was struggling, the guards couldn't help but lend a hand, which allowed him to successfully enter the Earl's residence.
In the courtyard on the east side of the Earl's mansion, after washing up, Meng Wei first dismissed the servants before leaning against the window alone to look at the stars.
Looking at the twinkling stars vying for attention, Meng Wei felt like the most inconspicuous one, unwilling to fade into obscurity yet unwilling to leave the stage.
She knew that someone as high and mighty as Gu Renjie was not someone a woman from a humble and desolate noble family could ever hope to marry, yet she was unwilling to give up just like that.
"Perhaps I really will become a nun!"
Although Ji Shi expressed that she liked her very much, Meng Wei suddenly felt uncertain when she thought about Gu Renjie's attitude towards her.
Not far away, Gu Renjie made several turns and circled around the Earl's mansion before finally finding Meng Wei's courtyard.
But as soon as she entered, she saw Meng Wei staring blankly at the sky, saying forlornly that she was going back to be a nun.
In his haste, Gu Renjie didn't bother to check if anyone was around and immediately retorted, "Who said you would become a nun?"
Gu Renjie's words startled Meng Wei. When she turned around, she vaguely saw a figure that looked exactly like Gu Renjie!
"Oh my god, am I hallucinating?"
Meng Wei stood up in disbelief, rubbing her eyes as she did so.
She thought that perhaps it was because she had just thought of Gu Renjie that she had this hallucination. Otherwise, why would Gu Renjie be in her mansion, or even in her courtyard, at this time?
Seeing Meng Wei's somewhat silly actions, Gu Renjie couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Hearing the sound, Meng Wei looked over and saw that Gu Renjie was not only still there, but was also smiling gently at her.
It must be a hallucination. Otherwise, how could such a smile appear on Gu Renjie's face?
"Meng Wei, Meng Wei! You're going crazy thinking about him!"
As she spoke, Meng Wei turned around and immediately prepared to go back to bed. She was afraid that if she continued to think about it, something even more unbelievable might happen.
But after she had only taken two steps, a hand grabbed her.
When Gu Renjie climbed in through the window, he still couldn't believe that he, the eldest son of a marquis, would one day do something like climbing through a woman's window.
He felt a surge of shyness and shame, which caused his face to turn bright red.
"Miss Meng!"
Gu Renjie called out Meng Wei's name, but he felt even more embarrassed afterward and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Meng Wei had initially thought it was just her imagination, but when she actually felt the faint warmth emanating from Gu Renjie's hand, she was completely terrified.
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