023 Brother
Mrs. Gu's eyes wandered, unsure whether Gu Yuan already knew.
Gu Yuan took a few steps forward as if he didn't hear anything, his burning eyes always fixed on Gu Yanfei, his feet seemed to be filled with lead, and he walked slower and slower.
When his mother Xie passed away, Gu Yuan was only three years old. He still vaguely remembered his mother's face. As he grew older, his memory became more and more blurred. When he saw his sister now, the beautiful and delicate face in front of him was the same as that of her.
In the dream, the mother’s face overlapped.
His sister looks just like her mother!
He used to love to stick to his mother's swollen belly and feel his sister's fetal movements.
At that time, their family was very happy.
Gu Yuan stared at her without blinking, his eyes moist.
A throbbing rising from the bottom of his heart silently told him that she was a relative connected to him by blood.
He calmed down and said, "I am your brother, Gu Yuan."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."
The young man's voice was slow and hoarse, and the warmth, determination and sincerity contained in his words overflowed.
"Brother." Gu Yanfei called softly, showing her first smile today.
The tip of Gu Yuan's nose felt sore, but he controlled his emotions in a very short period of time, and turned to Mrs. Gu who came up and said: "Grandma, my sister has just come back. She is tired. If there is nothing wrong, I will take her away first.
Already."
Without waiting for Mrs. Gu's reply, Gu Yuan took one of Gu Yanfei's hands and left, completely ignoring the others.
"Brother Yuan!" Mrs. Gu shouted from behind, trying to stop Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan just pretended not to hear and didn't stop.
"Brother." Gu Yunkuang called from behind them, his voice a little low.
Gu Yuan still didn't look back, but he paused in his steps and clenched his hands into fists.
He didn't tell anyone that he took a trip to Huaibei alone in the past few days.
At the beginning of the month, Gu Yuan quietly returned to the capital for errands, but accidentally learned that the Tai Madam had left the capital to pick up the "second girl" in Danyang City.
This "Second Miss Gu" is not Gu Yunkuang. It is said that she is a treasure from Gu's ancestral home, which was just retrieved from Huaibei by someone sent by the Dowager Madam.
Gu Yuan felt that something was a little strange. After finishing his errands, he gritted his teeth and asked Shang Feng for leave. He first went to Danyang City, but unexpectedly the city gates were closed tightly, so he had to rush to Huaibei again.
After this investigation, he found out that his biological sister was not Gu Yunzhuang!
Not only was his biological sister seduced by the vicious Su Niang, she was also tortured and abused by that family in Huaibei, and she lived in dire straits for fourteen years.
Gu Yuan traveled day and night, changing several horses along the way, before finally rushing back to the capital. Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned home, he saw that Mrs. Gu had ordered that the sister she had just recognized be punished!
Gu Yuan closed his eyes, his hands and feet were cold, and he resolutely pulled Gu Yanfei through the door curtain together.
The door curtain was raised and lowered, making a rustling sound in mid-air.
The room was filled with silence, and the air was slightly oppressive.
After walking out of Cihe Hall, Gu Yuan let go of Gu Yanfei. He looked down at the little girl who was a head shorter than him. He had thousands of things to say in his heart, but he didn't know where to start. His heart was filled with deep guilt.
Fourteen years ago, my mother gave birth to a younger sister during the war and later died in childbirth.
He once swore to his mother's memorial tablet to take good care of his sister.
Later, Gu Yunkuang was sent all the way to the capital by Su Niang. Mrs. Gu took pity on her for losing her mother at a young age and raised her in Cihe Hall.
Gu Yuan wanted to study and practice martial arts, so he didn't have many opportunities to meet Gu Yunchun except for morning and evening meetings. However, over the years, Gu Yuan was still very concerned about his sister Gu Yunchun and thought of her in everything.
, giving her priority in everything.
Unexpectedly, he even got his sister wrong.
His real sister suffered fourteen years of hardship outside!
Thinking of what he saw and heard in Huaibei, Gu Yuan's eyes were as dark as night.
"Sister," Gu Yuan wanted to tell his sister that he would protect her in the future. As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of the little kitten in her arms from the corner of his eye, so he suddenly changed the subject, "...this is you
A cat you raise?”
"It's called Qingguang." Gu Yanfei casually touched the top of the cat's head.
When the milk cat heard his name, he subconsciously wanted to open his eyes, but was blocked by a bare hand.
In Gu Yuan's eyes, her small gesture turned into pity for the cat.
After thinking about it for a while, Gu Yuan said sternly: "Sister, my grandmother doesn't like cats. If there are any cats in the Hou Mansion, my grandmother will kill them."
"I'm currently working as an errand in the Xishan Camp. There is a small village nearby that is my mother's dowry. How about you move there?"
The reason why Gu Yuan proposed this was not only because of the cat, but also because he knew that if his sister stayed in the Hou Mansion, life would be difficult.
The grandmother obviously has no ancestral affection for her sister. If she disagrees with her, she will be punished according to the family law. The servants in the house are used to putting down others and flattering them, and will most likely make her look bad. There is no need for her to stay here and suffer injustice.
"..." Gu Yanfei looked at Gu Yuan blankly, looking a little dazed.
In her previous life, her eldest brother also proposed this to her, but at that time she was too inferior and ignorant, thinking that her eldest brother, Mrs. Xu, and Aunt Xu all looked down on her.
"Brother, I won't leave." Gu Yanfei slightly bent her eyes, her black and white pupils seemed to be filled with water, and her smile was as bright as a spring flower, "Don't worry."
In her previous life, she did not go to Zhuangzi.
In this life, she will not go, she will stay.
The milk cat in her arms meowed "meow" several times, which meant that whoever dared to kill it was a spiritual beast and all humans would worship it.
Gu Yuan fluttered his eyelashes twice, hesitating a bit, but in the end he did not force her.
After thinking about it, he made another suggestion: "Then sister, you can live in Yuhengyuan. That is the courtyard where my mother lived when she was still alive. It has been vacant all these years. You can live there with a little tidying up."
Yuhengyuan is located on the north side of the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion. Although it has been empty for fourteen years, it does not mean that it is abandoned. There are servants in the courtyard who are responsible for sweeping and tidying up to maintain its former appearance.
Gu Yuan was afraid that his sister would reject him again, so he was so nervous that his palms became a little sweaty.
When she said "Okay", Gu Yuan grinned with joy and couldn't wait to say: "I'll take you there!"
"If you need anything in the future, just send someone to tell me."
"If I'm not here, I'll tell my servant Wutong."
"After a while, I will find a way to transfer him back to the capital!"
Gu Yuan kept talking, a little wordy and a little clumsy.
Gu Yanfei listened quietly, smiling calmly.
Her eldest brother desperately wanted to make it up to her, and wanted to be good to her at all costs, just like that time...
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Chapter completed!