Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, I stood on tiptoe and whispered those words in Jiang Yinan's ear. When I let go, I saw him smile and turned back to signal Feng Shizhi that I needed to leave for a while.

Although the wedding was fake, elites from all walks of life were there, and it would be bad to let them leave after making a fool of themselves, so Gao Xinci and Song Fei had to invite everyone to sit down and start the feast. The Song family didn't know that Song Fei had done this, and of course they were all green-faced at this moment. Sooner or later, Song Fei and I would have to deal with each other, so I might as well take the opportunity to do her a favor. So Jiang Yinan took my place, and Feng Shizhi took people to help them entertain the guests and "appease" the Song family.

If I just want to "appease" her, I have to find someone to blame. Song Fei and Song Jie are from the same family. To prevent them from saying they are from becoming a family of He He Mei Mei and backstabbing me and Gao Xin Ci, I have to cut off her escape route today. After looking around, Song Chuan Yang stands out the most. He even follows Lu Lu and tries to show his affection. I immediately go to my brother, hold his arm, cross my waist and glare at him: "Brother! I don't like him!"

"Who is it?" My brother almost choked on his drink. He patted his chest and followed the direction of my finger until he understood: "The one called Hundred Steps Shooting Arrow? Did he bully you?"

"Look at how snobbish he is! He follows Lulu around without blinking an eye. He broke up Gao Xinci and I, and then he chased after me. Now he's trying to steal Chengcheng's girlfriend. He's just incompatible with our family and is against us! I get annoyed when I see him!"

Brother Qingyun poked his head out from the back and said, "If you don't like him, beat him up! Wait, I'll go find a colorful sack."

My brother shrugged his shoulders and expressed his helplessness, but he said that if the child wanted to play, he could play. He took a sip of wine and said calmly, "Be careful. There are many people here today. Don't let others see us."

Brother Qingyun responded casually and put down his glass and left. I had achieved my goal, so I naturally prepared to move on to the next one. I hugged my brother's arm and acted like a spoiled child: "Brother, you are the best~ Then I will go to toast with others. I promise that this is the only trouble I will cause today!"

"Don't say you've been very well behaved recently. I'm really a little uncomfortable with this. I feel much better after doing this." My brother knocked my head with a smile, and then just warned me: "Remember to bring some people to the hospital to express condolences and bring two fruit baskets, but don't let it slip that it was our family who did it."

"Okay!" I ran happily until I was out of sight of my brother and went to a corner to tidy up my clothes. The time left for the Gao family by the government was running out. Although the half an hour given on the surface was definitely false, and the Gao family would keep it a little longer, there is always a bottom line for everything. The time I could secretly meet Qin Yu would be even shorter. So I changed my expression and quickened my pace to the backyard of the Gao family.

Most of the Gao family were still entertaining guests outside. Only a few old people and powerless women and children stayed in the backyard to watch Qin Yu. The gate was surrounded by stewards. In addition, there were a few female students hanging by the door. One of them saw me coming and was worried but also had some hope. Unfortunately, as soon as I made a move to go in, I was immediately stopped by the stewards. Even though my legs were weak, they lowered their heads and bent over to block my way: "Miss Fu, outsiders are not allowed to enter the Gao family's backyard."

"Outsider?" I glanced at him and smiled. "Why don't you go outside and grab Gao Xinci and ask him if I am an outsider?"

As he was speaking, Zuo Qiao had already stood behind him. When the stewards saw that it was someone close to Gao Xinci, they immediately made way for her. They stuttered while speaking, lowered their heads, and addressed her as "Young Madam" in confusion.

After entering the door, I turned around and looked at Zuo Qiao. He naturally understood what I wanted to ask. He bowed to me even though he blamed me for Gao Xinci's matter. "Miss Fu, Xinci asked me to come. He said you can do whatever you want. No matter what happens in the future, at least he will give you a way out in the Gao family."

"Thank him for me." I didn't want to waste time on matters of the heart. I couldn't explain it clearly and I didn't want to talk about it. I just left after saying this. It was not until I saw Tan Yu and a few old people who were pointing fingers at her in the yard outside Showa Hall that I wiped away my tears and returned my mind to business.

At this time, there were four types of people in the yard: one was people like Qin Yu who were ready to die, the second was a few old people with long tongues, the third was women who complained with a bit of pity in their eyes, and the fourth was children who knew nothing.

The old people were cursing, and the women and children were too sympathetic to say anything because of Tan Yu's plight. Seeing the old man's curses getting more and more foul, I couldn't bear to listen any longer, and stepped over the high threshold: "You guys don't need to say anything about Aunt Tan's behavior. After all, she is just eating and waiting to die. No matter what, Aunt Tan has supported this family for many years. Even if she is down and out, it's not your turn to say anything. You eat and drink from her so much, don't you really think you have a share of the shares of Jianxing? Even if you are subordinates, you belong to the heads of several families, and you belong to the truly capable superiors. Who do you think you are?"

A few old men with serious faces turned around, and when they saw me, they got even angrier: "How can you have a say? This is my Gao family's business, we have no right to speak, so is it your turn? The girl from the Fu family is so uneducated."

"It's better for me to have no upbringing than to take advantage of my age and gossip here." I pretended to shake my sleeves and sneered without raising my eyes: "As for the title of 'outsider', I was engaged to Gao Xinci at the age of thirteen according to the arrangement of my elders. At the age of sixteen, I represented the Fu family and had business dealings with the Gao family. At the age of seventeen, I had a formal engagement ceremony. At the age of eighteen, my family suffered a disaster and I took the initiative to cancel the engagement so as not to implicate the Gao family. Even if we break up now, I will buy back the shares sold by the Gao family with my own money. The daughter-in-law who has not yet married into the family has paid more for the Gao family than you so-called Gao family members. You heads of the family don't dare to say that I am an outsider, what qualifications do you have?"

"You..." The old man with white beard was choked with anger, but he couldn't say anything to refute me. He and the other people could only look at each other, and they lowered their heads in silence. After a while, they walked out of the door in shame.

I then arrived in front of Tan Yu, who was looking at me with admiration, but more of a tired look. The women next to her breathed a sigh of relief, greeted Tan Yu while holding their children, and said their final and decent goodbyes. A few of them even smiled at me and called me Madam, just like the stewards did. I also responded to their greetings one by one, acting as a member of the Gao family at this time, and calling them aunt or aunt and auntie, who were of the same generation as Gao Xinci.

"Our affairs have nothing to do with them. If you want to do anything, just let them go out. They are holding their children. Don't scare them." Qin Yu suddenly said.

I turned around with some surprise, and then couldn't help laughing: "What did Aunt Tan think I wanted to do? This is the Gao family, and there are a group of officials watching outside, what can I do?"

"You can't just come here to see me." Qin Yu said, teasing the child not far away with his hands. "Otherwise, you are here to scold me on behalf of Gao Xingci. After all, because of my calculations, he broke off the engagement with you and hid abroad for three years. It took him a lot of effort to get back the position that belonged to him."

"Nothing in this world originally belongs to anyone, especially for people like us. Whatever we like and need, we have to snatch it away. For him, this is also a growth experience. Only when a person has everything and loses it, he will not be confused by the sudden emergence of new things, and the future path will be more stable. Xin Ci, there is nothing to blame you for. Even if there is, I am an outsider and it is not my turn to say it."

"Then why are you here? Are you... here to help me out? I'd be very grateful." Qin Yu sneered and bowed. The effect was different from what I imagined, but it was not impossible to save the situation.

I chuckled, walked forward and pulled her over to look me in the face. "Then I'll tell you what your aunt wants to hear. To most people in the Gao family, everything you've done, whether it's revenge or kindness, is justified. The Gao family's daughters should thank you for your excellence and for helping you grow up safely. The abusers who beat, scolded and bullied you because of your gender should kneel down and kowtow to you. But there's another saying. You're a victim, but it doesn't mean you can become a perpetrator just because you're pitiful. You've used and hurt those who had no grudges against you. Now that you've ended up like this, I can only say two words to you: You deserve it. Do you like to hear that?"

Tan Yu listened to every word and nodded, with a smile on his weathered but still proud face.

I took a deep breath and lowered my voice: "As an enemy, I shouldn't have any sympathy for you, but as a woman, I feel sorry for your past. I can give you one last thing. If you want to leave and live the rest of your life in peace and prosperity, that's fine."

“Who asked you to help me?

"A female student, she said she was your student, with short hair that was a little yellow, and she wore a pair of frameless glasses."

Tan Yu was a little surprised. After a few seconds, she wiped her tears and smiled: "She is a fool. She really thinks she can shake anything. Don't implicate her. She is not my student. I just said a few more words to her because I was bored. As for leaving, if I betray the Gao family, there will be no comeback. I will not allow myself to live a mediocre life. Thank you for your kindness. If it is not too much trouble, I still hope you can help me. I want to meet Gao Zhongwu. Of course, this must be considered as my help to you."

"What a coincidence, Fifth Master also said that he wanted to see you again." I smiled. As expected, Qin Yu refused to escape. The Gao family would not let her go. She had already lost completely.

"Really?" Qin Yu sighed, and suddenly saw something, his eyes lit up and he walked towards me again, reaching out to touch the thing on my head: "Your hairpin is so beautiful, can you give it to me?"

I was puzzled at first, but then I looked around and realized that the Gao family did not leave her a sharp weapon, and she would have trouble explaining to the Fifth Master. I touched the sandalwood hairpin on my head, which was inlaid with a few tiny velvet crabapple flowers. Unfortunately, my brother was worried that I would hurt myself, so the hairpins were all blunt and would not hurt anyone. However, there is always a way out. Behind me was the betrothal gift that had just been brought back from the Song family, which contained a complete set of headdresses. One of the emerald green hairpins was very sharp. I took it and handed it to Qin Yu.

"It's not worthy of your aunt. Let me choose a more suitable one for you. This hairpin suits you and the Fifth Master better." I emphasized the last four words, put the hairpin on Qin Yu's head, bowed, and went out.

After a while, Gao Zhongwu arrived. I was waiting at the door. The women and children who were originally in the yard were also asked to come out, and the managers held umbrellas for them. I didn't know what Qin Yu and Gao Zhongwu said, but it didn't take long. I had only been there for a while when Gao Hanseng and Cheng Xiaorui and his wife came again. Cheng Xiaorui went in a hurry, and I didn't stop her. But as soon as she stepped over the threshold, she was stopped by Qin Yu. She stood at the door in a daze again, with worry in her eyes.

"What is she going to do?" I stopped Gao Hansheng and asked.

Gao Hancheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Xiao Rui is soft-hearted. Aunt Qin treats her well. Knowing the moral character of the family, she can't bear it. She came here to persuade Aunt to be soft on the family. Then I can buy a yard outside and let Aunt live out the rest of her life with good food and drink."

"When has she been nice to Cheng Xiaorui?" I was full of disbelief. I still remember Tan Yu saying something like "Cheng Xiaorui alone can drag Gao Hanentang to death." It was obvious that he looked down on people. Gao Hanentang smiled helplessly but dotingly. I was really impressed by this saintly couple. There was no point in saying more. I could only nod and respond: "Mrs. Cheng is so innocent and kind. President Gao, you are so good to her."

After the polite words, we went in to watch the main event. Gao Hanseng and I stopped not far from the threshold. Qin Yu had probably finished her words. I saw that she had already started to pull out the hairpin on her head. Gao Zhongwu was still immersed in the illusion of so-called "love", and he burst into tears. He had never given anything, but still wanted love. It was sad and ridiculous, and naturally he had a miserable ending in the end.

"Qin Qin, no matter what, you should never, ever gamble the entire Gao family. That's our family's century-old foundation. I'm sorry, I can't help you get revenge anymore. If our child were still alive, he wouldn't want to see you become like this..." Gao Zhongwu said while beating his chest and stamping his feet, not noticing Qin Yu's gradually cold and disgusted eyes.

"I didn't know that sincerity is so valuable that it could make someone who claims to love me so much send me to hell with his own hands." Tan Yu walked closer step by step, holding the hairpin in his hand tighter, and finally stopped in front of Gao Zhongwu: "You betrayed me."

I closed my eyes first, and then I heard Cheng Xiaorui's sharp scream. The managers heard the sound and rushed in. I opened my eyes and walked to the corner after being touched. I glanced at her out of the corner of my eye and felt extremely disgusted.

Qin Yu stabbed Gao Zhongwu's neck with a hairpin, hitting the aorta. Blood splattered like a broken brake. The wind blew up a thick blood mist, which drenched the body and face of the laughing Qin Yu, making it scarlet and frightening. Gao Zhongwu opened his eyes wide, curled up on the ground, and froze in an instant. He just moved his stiff limbs to ask for help and crawled on the ground. At this moment, he was probably very much like Qin Yu begging people to save her child.

I sighed. From today on, the debt of their evil relationship has been completely paid off. Gao Zhongwu talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality and asked her to give up her child's life. Today, let Gao Zhongwu be "magnanimous" again and give up his own life.

The people soon stopped moving. The managers who had been standing there dumbfounded finally reacted and rushed over. Some of them escorted Tan Yu, some ran out to look for people, and some stayed to check Gao Zhongwu's breath. Then they sat down on the ground and cried for their parents. It was Cheng Xiaorui who was braver than the one who rushed over and held Tan Yu's hand and cried.

Gao Hansheng shook his head and said directly to me: "Miss Fu, you are very clever in killing someone with a borrowed knife. From now on, Xin Ci has the final say in this family."

"It's 'we' who have the final say." I turned sideways to face Gao Hanenteng: "Boss Gao is also very smart, otherwise I would not have been able to see Tan Yu. The stewards who can guard the inner courtyard of the Gao family's old house can't be those idiots. It seems that I don't have to come today. My Xin Ci is soft-hearted. The Gao family will have to rely on you, Boss Gao, to guard this door in the future."

"You're too polite, Miss Fu." Gao Hanshen curled his lips and bowed.

I don't need to keep track of the follow-up matters. I heard the noise outside gradually getting louder. I didn't want too many Gao family members to see me, so I left quickly. I turned back and took a last glance. Qin Yu raised his bloodstained hand and gently stroked Cheng Xiaorui's face:

"I never thought that after fighting for this family all my life, the only person I envy is you."

"Xiao Rui, you are so lucky that you didn't meet a hypocritical and heartless family."