Gu Jinyu clenched her fists, "If I hadn't been selfish and only thought about myself, I wouldn't have been used by Mr. Lu... He doesn't love me at all."
"I...I'm not jealous of you, I don't want to take Lu Zheng away, I just want to...want to use Lu Zheng to protect myself."
Gu Yao rolled her eyes secretly, "Are you showing off?"
Gu Jinyu's face turned red and she coughed lightly: "No, I just felt it and didn't mean to show off."
"You'd better go back home and rest quickly. You have an exam tomorrow. If staying up late affects your performance, wouldn't you be at a loss?"
"……All right."
Gu Jinyu took a deep breath, "I listen to you. After the exam tomorrow, I will go to pay my respects to my grandmother, and then go to the ancestral hall to offer incense to my father and pray that he can return safely. I..."
"You should stop cursing my father."
Gu Yao picked up Gu Jinyu, pushed her away, and gently covered the door. She leaned against the wall and let out a long breath, "Second sister is really amazing. Is this okay?"
"Do you think she is truly remorseful, or is she just pretending?"
"Of course I'm pretending."
Gu Yao raised the corners of her mouth with a mocking smile, "She is smart, but it's a pity that she is not as ruthless as the fourth brother, nor is she as open-minded as the fourth sister-in-law, nor is she as smart as me."
Gu Jinyu is just a girl with empty ambitions but no brains. She has nothing but ambition.
After Gu Jinyu returned to the boudoir, she ordered the maid to prepare water for bathing.
The maid reminded hesitantly, "Madam has ordered that you cannot take a bath."
"I just want to wash my body. I'm not seeking death. I'm just taking a dip. What are you worried about?"
Gu Jinyu frowned, "Don't you believe that I can withstand the blow?"
The maid waved her hands repeatedly, "I don't dare, I don't dare."
Afterwards, the maid put the barrel in the Nuan Pavilion as instructed by Jin Yu, and brought in enough clothes and shoes.
Gu Jinyu took off her clothes and sat in the tub. The warm soup wrapped her whole body, and Gu Jinyu sighed in comfort.
"Miss, you don't look good."
The maid looked worriedly at Gu Jinyu's pale cheeks and said, "Madam said that you need to take care of yourself for a while to recuperate."
Gu Jinyu bit her lip and murmured: "How can I support you? Who will care about me? Sooner or later, my father will dislike me, and then I...I will only die."
"But you can't give up."
"If you don't give up? Why should I give up? I don't even have the courage to commit suicide."
Gu Jinyu choked with tears, "You don't know... you don't know what kind of fear I have experienced. Ever since I was a child, I have never been so helpless and helpless as I am today. I don't even have the right to cry. I can't die. .”
"I haven't taken revenge yet, I haven't destroyed the Gu family! I haven't seen them kneel down and beg for mercy!"
Gu Jinyu grabbed the broken porcelain in the tub and threw it to the ground. The crisp sound of the broken porcelain was accompanied by the maid's scream of terror.
"Get out, everyone, get out."
Gu Jinyu shouted, "I just want to be alone for a while."
The maids left in a hurry. Only the maid who was personally serving Gu Jinyu stayed where she was. "Master, if you have any orders, just tell me. I am willing to help you share the burden. I just hope you can cheer up and stop thinking nonsense."
Gu Jinyu curled up her legs, "How can you help me? How can you take revenge on her? Are you going to make both my mother and the Gu family worse than death?"
"..."
The maid did not dare to speak any more for fear of irritating Gu Jinyu.
"I can't make it easy for them. Even if I cut off the relationship with my father, I can't let them live happily!"
Gu Jinyu wiped the sweat from her forehead, "I want to trample the Gu family under my feet, and take away everything Gu Yao has, such as her status... I want Gu Zhan to know that he chose the wrong person! He should marry his legitimate wife, Not someone like Gu Yao!"
She hated Gu Yao.
Why is Gu Yao noble?
Why can Gu Yao marry Lu Zheng?
She is unwilling to do so.
Gu Jinyu suddenly raised her eyes and asked, "Where is Mother Li?"
The maid was slightly stunned, lowered her head and said, "Mama Li is taking someone to the kitchen."
"You go out first."
"you……"
"I want to talk to her."
Gu Jinyu was silent for a long time, then slowly stood up and put on her clothes, and said softly: "I remember that Mrs. Li likes sweets. Please bring me some desserts."
The maid hesitated and said: "Well... many people have tasted that dessert. You have been feeling unwell recently, or..."
"You don't want me to do it?"
"I'm not. I'll take care of it right away."
The maid hurriedly ran out of the house and went to the kitchen to get dessert.
Mother Li was accompanying the third wife and others to discuss the process of the banquet, when she saw the maid rushing in, "Mother Li, Miss..."
"Shhh." Mother Li pricked up her ears, "The third old lady and several grandmas are talking. It is not appropriate to be disturbed."
The maid immediately shut up and lowered her voice: "Miss, please come over."
"Oh, do you have any instructions?"
Mother Li stood up and said, "Go and tell Mrs. Third that I have something to do."
"yes."
After the maid left, Mother Li knelt down and said to the third old lady: "Old madam, I have to excuse you for a moment. I will visit again later."
"Well, go and do your work."
The third old lady smiled lovingly and said: "They are not outsiders, so there is no need to be cautious."
Mother Li nodded and left, heading straight to Gu Jinyu's yard. Although she was a servant, she was half a master because of Gu Jinyu. After all, the third wife valued Mother Li very much.
Gu Jinyu was lying on the bed, listening to the news of Mother Li's arrival from the maid, and smiled:
"Let her come in, I've been waiting for her for a long time."
"Yes, slave, I obey."
The maid opened the curtain, let Mother Li step in, and bowed to retreat.
"Girl." Mother Li lowered her eyebrows and said softly, "Are you looking for me?"
"Um."
Gu Jinyu slowly opened her eyes, "Do you think I should continue to be patient? Be patient and watch their husband and wife get along well, be patient and watch their deep love?"
Mother Li shook her head and said, "No."
"what is that?"
Gu Jinyu asked back: "Do you think Gu Lu is unfilial and I don't know etiquette?"
"I don't dare to talk about my uncle's housework." Mother Li lowered her eyelids, "But if you don't do something now, I'm afraid...I'm afraid it won't be a happy ending. I'm not cursing you. If you keep tossing like this, I'm afraid you won't even be able to survive." You can't even save your life. If you don't tell others, the Third Young Master will take your life."
Gu Jinyu clenched her fists, "Are you threatening me?"
"I don't dare, slave."
Mother Li fell to her knees with a plop and begged: "Don't misunderstand me. I am loyal to you and will never dare to hurt your life."
Gu Jinyu snorted coldly: "Then what do you mean by what you said?"
"I just feel that..." Mother Li kowtowed and said, "If you still want to maintain the honor of the second young lady of the Gu family, you'd better keep to yourself. Otherwise, I'm afraid... I'm afraid that you will offend Fourth Master Gu and the ancestors of the Gu family. Not only will they They hate you, and... they will make your mother angry."
"The Gu family comes from a scholarly family and is accustomed to being arrogant. Even though your surname is not Gu, you came to the capital with your parents back then. Your parents had high hopes for you. I don't understand why you suddenly became what you are now. ?You wouldn’t have done this before.”
Mother Li wiped the cold sweat from her face, "Your true nature is not bad, or you were once a good child, but you forgot your mother's teachings and the rules of the Gu family. You... you are not possessed by a ghost. Alright."
"You said I'm haunted by a ghost?"
Gu Jinyu seemed to be greatly insulted and angrily accused: "You are slandering me, Mother Li."
"I will never dare to slander you. If you don't believe it, I can..."
Mother Li paused suddenly, as if she had thought of something, her face turned pale, "Your methods are not bad, but you are not insidious and vicious enough, and you do not have Gu Yao's ruthless determination. She has grown from a silly girl to a girl who is the pride of the Gu family. Son, you are far from her, let alone her wit and wisdom."
Gu Jinyu pursed her lips, "Are you mocking me? Are you mocking me for being stupid?"
"No." Mother Li consoled her earnestly: "I'm just reminding you. Whether you admit it or not, you did lose to Gu Yao."
Gu Jinyu gritted his teeth and said, "What do you know?!"
Mother Li sighed, "Actually, if you think about it carefully, you don't need to be jealous of Gu Yao at all. You may not be able to do what she can do, not even Gu Lu. The rules of the Gu family cannot be broken, even if you use No matter how hard you try, you can’t change anything.”
"Didn't you say that Fourth Master Gu loves Gu Yao the most?"
"..."
Mother Li hesitated for a moment, "I have only heard that Fourth Master Gu loves Gu Yao more than all his brothers and sisters, but I don't know what happened to you. You actually caused the two fathers and daughters to fall out, and you were also unfilial. On the charge of being unkind, Fourth Master Gu has ignored you these days, and he even... refused to even come to Gu's house."
"He actually misses me so much?"
Gu Jinyu clenched her fists, "How could he miss me so much?"
"Girl, please stop being so stubborn. If you don't let go of your bigotry, you will..."
"enough!"
Gu Jinyu shouted to stop Mother Li, "Get out of here, I don't want to hear your nonsense anymore!"
"girl……"
"roll!"
Gu Jinyu roared, "I told you to get out!"
"Slave...slave, take your leave."
Mother Li turned around and ran away, as if there was a wild beast chasing her. "Girl, take care, you must take care of yourself. You can't do this to yourself anymore. If God has a spirit, he will definitely punish you and let you get retribution."
Bang, the windows are closed tightly.
Gu Jinyu fell down on the edge of the bed, tears filling her eyes.
Has she been forced to this point?
But she was worth it.
She held on to the veil tightly and murmured, "Don't blame me. It's not that I want to be like this, but they bullied me so badly. Gu Jinxuan took away all my glory and glory, and Gu Zhan also abandoned me. I can't wait to kill them all." Everyone, let the world understand that I am the legitimate daughter of the Gu family, and Gu Jia can never compare to me. I am the only legitimate daughter of the Gu family, and no one can take away what belongs to me."
****
"Fourth uncle, Gu Jinyu went to the ancestral hall again."
"Is she crying again today?"
Fourth Master Gu tapped the table lightly, his expression as calm as usual, "Call Gu Lu, I will ask her, what exactly does Gu Jinyu want to do?"
"She...she said she wanted to pay homage to her grandmother."
"Nonsense." Fourth Master Gu sneered, "Does she still have a conscience?! How did her mother die in the first place?"
Gu Jinyu never mentioned how her niece was kicked out of the house. She seemed to have forgotten about it and was just immersed in her own pain every day.
She didn't want to mention it, or she couldn't say it.
The more Fourth Master Gu thought about it, the angrier he became, "Since she wants to go, let her go. She is not afraid of death. I want to see how long she can live and how much courage she has left."
"Fourth Aunt, you...won't you stop me?"
Gu Jiayao asked softly: "Aunt Four is not afraid that Gu Jinyu will violate the clan rules?"
Mrs. Jiang raised her eyes slightly and said softly: "Don't worry, Jin Yu was raised by me. Just like your third brother, she doesn't go crazy for no reason. She knows what everything she does means."
"But she went too far this time." Gu Yao frowned and said, "She actually showed off to the people in the clan with the jade pendant given by her grandfather. She also took away all the dowry left by her grandfather. It is said that her grandfather The gold, silver and jewelry left to Gu Jinyu are enough to feed and clothe Gu Jinyu for a lifetime."
"Gu Jinyu earned these with real materials."
Gu Yao was filled with emotion, "If only Gu Jinyu hadn't done such a ridiculous thing."
