Be in low spirits

After his father's funeral, Gu Jinluo socialized for a long time and was so tired that he slept in his room for a day and a night. Gu Lang's mother came to make trouble twice, but was persuaded by Gu Lang to go back. In exchange, he promised to get married within two years and let her have a grandson.

After dinner that day, Gu Jinluo locked herself in the study again. Gu Lang knocked on the door and told her: "Luo'er, Ye Fan has a letter for me to pass on..."

The door of the study was opened. She snatched the letter from her hand and asked with some doubts: "Why did he ask you to pass on the letter he wrote?"

"He was injured. This letter was transferred from the military hospital to Jinghua." Gu Lang felt a little guilty and was afraid that she would really open it and read the contents.

"Injured? Is he okay?" She held the letter, grabbed Gu Lang's arm, and asked nervously.

"Luo'er, he... is fine. He rushed to the battlefield again after his injury healed, but... this letter... you should..." Gu Lang didn't know what she would do after reading this letter.

"Letter, yes, read the letter." She let go of her arms and took out the letter tremblingly, tears falling on the envelope. This was the only news that made her happy in the past few months.

"Luo'er...letter, why don't you read it another day? There are still many things to deal with..." He covered the letter in her hand, afraid that he would regret it after opening it.

"I know." She pushed his hand away, took a step back and closed the study door.

Gu Lang knocked on the door and shouted anxiously twice, but it was useless. He ran to find Su Yaoer again.

Gu Jinluo took out a handkerchief and wiped the tear stains on the envelope. The tears fell on it again, and it seemed that they could not be wiped away no matter how hard she tried.

Gu Lang found Yao'er, held her arm, and said anxiously: "Miss Su, Ye Fan asked me to pass on a letter, but I'm afraid Luo'er will be upset after reading the contents of the letter. Can you help me go see her?"

"Letter? Why can't she bear it? She has been waiting for this letter, and at this time..." Yao'er was even more confused by his sudden action. Wouldn't it be easier for her to get over her father's death if she received Ye Fan's letter at this time?

"Oh, I can't explain it to you clearly at the moment. That letter...that letter is a letter of breaking off the engagement. You should go and stay with her. I'm really afraid that she will be upset." He pulled her towards the study.

Yao'er knocked on the study door and gently urged Gu Jinluo to open the door, but no one answered.

Gu Jinluo opened the letter, which read:

Falling:

Seeing your words reminds me of someone else, even though we are thousands of miles apart, my thoughts of you are still with me.

Xingzhi was lucky enough to have a good relationship with the girl and wanted to get married and spend the rest of his life with her. However, I am a soldier and it is my duty to fight in the battlefield. It is inevitable to get injured. Fortunately, there is a military doctor who takes care of me. Xingzhi has no way to repay her, so he can only get married with her.

I am ashamed to have failed the girl's trust. I and the spring breeze are just passing by, and you embrace the stars with the autumn water. Let's resolve the grudge and let go of the knot, and don't give each other gifts. Let's part ways and live happily.

Act with a sense of shame

She burst into tears and cried bitterly. She waited for a long time and finally received such a farewell letter.

Yao'er put her ear to the door and heard the crying inside. She couldn't bear to bother her any more, so she pulled Gu Lang aside and asked, "What happened to General Ye? Why did you want to cancel the engagement?"

Gu Lang sighed, shook his head and explained: "I also found out from the military hospital. I only heard that he was sent to the hospital because of injury, and he had a good impression of the doctor who took care of him in the hospital, so he wrote this letter." Although he knew that the content was not true, he also selfishly hoped that Luo'er could cut off her feelings and stay with him in Anjiang.

Yao'er didn't believe that Ye Fan would be such a person. How could he fall in love with someone else after just a few months?

"Master Lang, is there any way to contact them? Or ask Secretary Ye if there is any misunderstanding?" She was also anxious and always felt that things shouldn't be like this.

Gu Lang shook his head. The battlefield was changing rapidly. Even if he received any news now, it would have been several days ago.

Tears soaked the rice paper, and the words on it became blurred. Gu Jinluo threw the letter and the envelope out of the study door. Gu Lang picked up the letter and handed it to Su Yaoer, then leaned over the door and asked softly, "Luoer, should I ask Qiu Jin to make you some porridge? Or shark fin soup? You haven't eaten properly for many days. You can't always lock yourself in the room. You'll get bored."

Uncle Wu brought the Purple Cloud Immortal Vine Soup, knocked on the door and said, "Miss, would you like some Immortal Vine Soup? Chief Inspector Charlie from the Police Station wants to see you."

"Let him go back. I'll call him if there's any progress." Gu Jinluo's voice finally came from the study. There was no crying tone in his voice, but he sounded very calm.

Uncle Wu comforted Young Master Lang and said to her, "Today, I asked two young and strong servants to go to Mo'an Mountain and fetch a few buckets of spring water. Would you like to use it to make some tea tomorrow? I'll ask them to prepare some snacks."

"Be prepared."

Wu Bo received the order and stopped talking. He called Gu Lang and Yao Er away. After walking a distance, he said to them, "Don't worry, the young lady just wants to be alone and quiet. It will be fine in two days."

"But...she is like this every day. She locks herself in the study after dinner. What's more..." Gu Lang was still worried. He had never seen her like this since she was a child, and he used to watch her all the time.

"Master Lang, the more you are like this, the more she won't want to see anyone. Just let her stay alone for two days and she will be fine." Uncle Wu knew this young lady best. Because of Master Gu and this young master, she had few friends. Whenever she felt like being alone, she was always stared at by them or the servants at home, so she preferred to be alone.

Gu Lang was still afraid of something happening, and hesitated to speak. Uncle Wu comforted him, "The master has passed away, and the young lady can survive it. Nothing will happen to her."

"But...Uncle Wu, you don't know what happened." Gu Lang still felt something was wrong and wanted to turn around and go back to look.

"Young Master, you don't know what happened. During the time when the master was sick, people kept making trouble, but the young lady handled it properly and didn't make the master worry. That's why the master was relieved to leave." Uncle Wu's eyes were red with tears. He felt relieved that the young lady, who he had watched grow up, could become the head of the family.

"Yes, Luoluo is not completely depressed in the study. She can look at the account books and flip through the contracts. Master Lang, let's just leave her alone." Yao'er also agreed.

Gu Lang didn't know what to say, so he told Uncle Wu to deliver the meal on time.

Gu Jinluo drew the curtains of the study and turned on the desk lamp. The study was dim, and the ceiling extended to the second floor. The bookcase behind her also stood tall. The books inside were all the books her father had read in the past. When she was a child, she had also read quite a few of them here. Although her father knew about it, he did not stop her.

Now that her father was gone, she was alone in this study and this Gu family garden. She could decide what to read and where to go. But she felt sad for no reason, as if her throat was blocked by something. She curled up in the corner of the bookshelf, crying like she did when she was a child. Then her father would come in and scold her, saying that it was useless to teach her a lesson.

When the third aunt and the two cousins ​​came to ask for the redistribution of the inheritance, Gu Jinluo was drinking tea and chatting with the inspector of the police station.

Seeing the three people, she felt that it was time to clean up the house. She asked the inspector to sit in the tea room and she would come after she finished her housework.

Third Aunt said, "My son Lang'er knows the family business best, and he has been with your father for many years. Even if he has no credit, he has worked hard. Not to mention the management rights, he should also have a share of the Gu Family Garden."

"What does his division of the inheritance have to do with you as a mother? Does he want you to speak for him?" Gu Jinluo looked at these three people with the same posture and eyes as when she dismissed the servants. In her opinion, they were no different from those servants.

"I'm his mother. Since he can't speak, I'll speak for him."

"Well, then I'll discuss the good things you've done as a mother while the inspector from the police station is here."

When she heard the word "police station", Mrs. Gu's eyes flashed with panic, but then she pretended to be calm.

"Aunt Zhang, please call Axuan for me." She said it nonchalantly, but Mrs. Gu felt guilty listening to it.

When Ah Xuan saw Third Madam Gu, she said, "Third Madam, I said this because I felt guilty."

Mrs. Gu San immediately denied it and pointed at the maid and accused her of slandering her.

Gu Jinluo smiled. She was already anxious before she said anything. "Then Third Aunt, tell me, who are you scolding?"

The two cousins ​​sitting next to him also laughed out loud. Gu Jinluo glanced at them and then closed his mouth at the right time.