Rebirth: Mr. Fu will not cancel the engagement this time

There was an obvious coldness in Xu Cheng's eyes when he looked at Ye Pingting.

He said in a deep voice: "You probably don't know that it was actually my own choice to stay with the eldest lady. The old lady didn't force me, so the conditions you proposed are not tempting enough for me."

Ye Pingting thought of several possible answers from Xu Cheng, but she never thought it would be this one.

It was actually his own choice to follow Gu Jinhe, and the old lady even asked for his opinion?

All this was different from what Ye Pingting had thought. She originally thought that Xu Cheng followed Gu Jinhe because of the old lady's order or the request of Butler Gu.

why?

It is an established fact that Gu Jinkuan is the next person in power in the Gu family. Why would housekeeper Gu agree to let Xu Cheng follow Gu Jinhe?

Although Gu Jinhe is the descendant of the eldest wife, she is not the heir of the Gu family. Sooner or later, Gu Jinhe will get married. When the time comes, will Xu Cheng follow her or stay?

If he follows her, he will only be Gu Jinhe's housekeeper for the rest of his life. He cannot use the surname Gu and he will not be able to enter the Gu family ancestral hall after his death.

And if Xu Cheng had not left with Gu Jinhe and stayed in Gu's house, would Gu Jinkuan still be able to trust him wholeheartedly?

His loyalty to Gu Jinhe was seen by everyone in the Gu family. When Gu Jinhe was kidnapped in Canaan Temple, he was decadent and fearful, which was seen by many people at that time.

Later, on the way back from the Qin family banquet, Xu Cheng was attacked and accidentally separated from Gu Jinhe.

Although Gu Jinhe returned safely in the end, Xu Cheng still could not forgive himself.

In fact, it was not the old lady who punished him to go to the temple, but he asked to go there on his own initiative, just because he could not forgive himself for not staying by Gu Jinhe's side to protect her.

Few people in the Gu family knew about this matter, and Ye Pingting only knew about it from what she heard from Gu Chenliang by accident.

Gu Chenliang said that Xu Cheng was a man with a strong sense of responsibility, and if he made a mistake, he would punish himself even if no one blamed him.

Therefore, whether he leaves or stays, for Xu Cheng it is a result of his power being weakened.

He couldn't be like his grandfather, Butler Gu, who stayed in the Gu family all his life, was trusted by two people in power, and was remembered by everyone in the Gu family.

That's why Ye Pingting couldn't understand why Butler Gu let Xu Cheng stay with Gu Jinhe.

Since it was not the old lady's order, it could only be that Butler Gu played a key role in it.

Ye Pingting didn't know the reason, so when Xu Cheng rejected her conditions in person, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a while, Ye Pingting finally said, "Have you ever thought about the future?"

The old lady is not young anymore, and she will eventually pass away. When the time comes, will Gu Jinhe, without the old lady's support, still be so unscrupulous in the Gu family?

Unless, unless the next person in power, Gu Jinkuan, will treat Gu Jinhe the same way the old lady treats Gu Jinhe.

But is this possible?

Ye Pingting didn't know at this moment. The only thing she wanted now was to prevent Gu Feiwan from being taken away by Han Sheng.

In fact, before coming here, Ye Pingting knew the result in her heart. Gu Jinhe would not change his mind, and she would not forgive Gu Feiwan.

It started from when I met Gu Jinhe at the theater gate yesterday and heard her mention Lu Yuan's bracelet in the pavilion.

When asked about her relationship with Lu Yuan.

Ye Pingting knew that Gu Jinhe must have suspected something or knew something, otherwise she would not suddenly say these things.

Even after twenty years, she herself had almost forgotten the bracelet. It turned out that it was no longer hers.

She almost forgot what Lu Yuan looked like.

But the scene of her first meeting with Lu Yuan was still vivid in her mind. That was the first time she had seen such a quiet and elegant woman.

Lu Yuan was simply living the life she had imagined herself to be in her dreams, but when the dream became reality, the protagonist was not herself.

That's why she was so crazy jealous. Even if she tried to control herself, her expression and behavior represented her truest thoughts deep in her heart.

She deceived everyone except Gu Chenjun, so she said those words.

Words that she would never forget, words that made her feel shame and hatred.

Xu Cheng looked at the red lanterns hanging in the yard at the entrance with a complicated look in his eyes. Of course he had thought about the future.

When he learned that Gu Jinhe was in Jiangcheng, he knew that his future fate would be closely tied to her.

So he personally brought Gu Jinhe back. From the moment he saw her, he knew that they would never be separated in this life.

Only death.

As for having the surname Gu, he might have cared about it at first, but after years of subtle teaching from his grandfather, he no longer cared so much about it.

Even if his surname is not Gu, he is Gu Jinhe's butler, and this is a fact that no one can change.

Gu Jinhe's fate was already determined when he was born.

Even though fate was twenty years late, Gu Jinhe still returned to the Gu family, so he was still her butler, her only butler.

During the twenty years since Gu Jinhe disappeared, his grandfather once asked him if he had changed his mind.

Maybe Gu Jinhe will never be found in this lifetime. How will he deal with himself when Butler Gu grows old?

He has never been with Gu Jinkuan and has never gotten along with him. How should he face the situation that might happen next?

Perhaps the power of the Gu family's stewardship in this generation will not remain in the hands of the steward, but will be returned to the hands of the person in power.

After all, the Gu family’s housekeeper has too much power and can even give a vote on the next heir.

This was not a big deal in the past. If you wanted others’ loyalty, you had to pay a corresponding price, and that price was nothing more than wealth and power.

But the power given now is too great, and it will be too difficult to take it back when we want to.

Unless the butler gives up himself, the first person in charge of the Gu family left a message that no one can interfere with or replace the butler's authority unless the butler's successor gives up the surname Gu.

Xu Cheng knew Gu Jinkuan's character. He was kind and tolerant, and was not a narrow-minded heir.

If he really followed him now, he might not be trusted 100%, but he would definitely not be suppressed or treated unfairly.

But since he had decided to follow Gu Jinhe, Xu Cheng never thought of leaving.

Therefore, the conditions proposed by Ye Pingting were worthless in his eyes.

There was a barely perceptible firmness in Xu Cheng's tone: "As long as the young lady trusts me, I will not leave her."

"Fifth Madam, it's getting late. You should go back."

If she didn't leave now, Gu Feiwan might really be taken away by Han Sheng.

Just now, when Gu Jinhe said that Han Sheng would come, it was just a lie to Ye Pingting.

It was true that Han Sheng came to the Gu family because of Gu Jinhe, but even if everyone in the Gu family knew about their relationship, Han Sheng would not come to find Gu Jinhe.