The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

Gu Jinchu looked at him and felt pity for him for a moment.

She was about to reach marriage age, and was less than two years older than Gu Wenzhi. It was not appropriate for her to keep her cousin in Sui'an Hall.

Since they were not discovered when they came, maybe they could send him to Moxiangju.

My grandmother and the first wife had intended to adopt Gu Wen under my mother's name.

Now that we have invited Doctor Wu, we can ask him to check my mother's pulse again. Why hasn't she gotten pregnant again in all these years?

She wiped the crispy skin off Gu Wen's face with a handkerchief and said, "Just go like this... Mother will look at your pitiful appearance and maybe she will keep you here."

Gu Wen raised his head, his eyes brightened again, "Third sister, are you going to take me to find my aunt?"

Thinking of something, his eyes dimmed again, "Didn't Third Sister say that people must be valuable to be needed. You refused to help me before, why did you change your mind now?"

Gu Jinchu sat on the chair beside him and looked at him, his voice was light:

"At that time, your only need was to fill your stomach. To be honest, the things you were given were nothing to me."

"You are a life now, but don't ever think that I will pity you just because we all have Gu family blood."

Gu Wen also sat down, his voice muffled, "It's because I don't have a biological mother. I have no one to rely on in this world. Will it be easy to control me in the future?"

Gu Jinchu picked out a well-shaped honey fruit from the leftover pastries and put it in his mouth to feel its soft and glutinous texture.

"Because you want to live, the hatred in your heart can not only keep you alive, but also support you to live a better life."

Gu Wen, who had been tense all the time, burst into tears and fell limply from the chair to the ground while crying.

The humming sound was like that of a desperate and sad little animal.

Gu Jinchu did not go to help him. She avoided the place the moment he collapsed and sat by the window to continue her painting of pine and crane.

After an unknown amount of time, the tea on the high waisted flower table must have gotten cold. Gu Wen held it and gulped down the tea.

He burped and looked at Gu Jinchu with a red face.

Seeing that her attention was all on her hands, he picked up the black lacquered box on the ground and walked over to her in small steps.

Gu Jinchu kept threading the needle with his hands and teased him, "I thought you were going to flood my Sui'an Hall. If you delay any longer, it will be time for dinner."

After that, Gu Wen didn't speak for a while. Gu Jinchu put away the needle and raised his head.

Seeing that he was staring at her, she asked, "What do you want to say?"

Gu Wen licked his lips, his eyes became firm, "Third sister, I am not completely worthless."

Gu Jinchu raised his eyebrows and asked her to continue. The thin child came over and handed her the box he had been holding in his arms.

Seeing this, Gu Jinchu walked out from behind the embroidery frame and looked at the inconspicuous black lacquer box in his hand.

It was square and looked quite old, obviously used by girls. Then Gu Wen said in a low voice, "This is the only thing my biological mother left behind."

Gu Jinchu reached out to take it, but the weight in her hand made her unable to guess what was inside.

Open the lid and you can see what's inside at a glance.

A wooden diabolo, dried fruit that had been dried to the point where its original color could no longer be seen, and a folded letter.

Gu Jinchu looked at him, picked up the letter at the bottom, tilted his head and asked, "Is this what Wen Ge'er was talking about?"

Gu Wen nodded, "I found this a year ago. There are many more, but I was afraid of being discovered, so I only stole this one."

A lot of...stealing...

Gu Jinchu frowned slightly as he opened the letter. The faint smile on his face gradually faded and his expression became calm.

After reading it, she put the letter on the table and asked her cousin, "Brother Wen just said that you discovered this a year ago?"

Gu Wen described the situation in detail, "I was smaller than I am now, and I was digging earthworms in the bushes. At first I thought they were fighting..." He hesitated.

Gu Jinchu held up the letter with a scrutinizing look in his eyes, "Are you sure he doesn't know you stole the letter?"

Gu Wen stood in front of Gu Jinchu, his face flushed red, and his voice unconsciously increased:

"Not only am I sure he doesn't know, I also know that they always leave marks on the rockery. If you don't believe me, let's go to grandma and expose them, but you have to make sure I stay alive!"

Gu Jinchu put the letter away and glanced at him coldly, "Why are you shouting? Do you want to be drowned in the lake?"

The hand that pushed the door open paused there, and turned back to warn him, "Remember, you never found out about this, and you never told me about it!"

Gu Wen pursed her lips and followed Gu Jinchu towards Moxiangju.

He lowered his eyes, making it impossible to tell the emotion in them.

......

"What did you say?"

Aunt Lian's voice was a little sharp. She had broken the second set of teacups this month.

"From what you said just now, someone outside was destroying Sister Yan's reputation three days ago. Why did you tell me now?"

Li Wenshan brushed off the tea leaves on his body and smiled, "As expected of you being promoted to a co-wife, your temper has become worse!"

Aunt Lian had nothing to fall beside her. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and waved at the man, "Okay, I get it. Brother, come back now."

The man stood up and came to his sister and rubbed his hands:

"Sister, my brother-in-law has kicked everyone out of the Gu Mansion. In order to find out about our sister Yan's affairs, our family has been struggling to make ends meet these past two days. We must have a happy holiday as a family!"

Aunt Lian opened her eyes and looked at him coldly, "Then how much money do you think will make you live a satisfactory life?"

When Li Wenshan heard there was a play, his eyes rolled around and he started singing, reciting, acting and fighting, and he almost included the big yellow dog that guarded the house in it.

Noticing his sister's impatient look, he raised a palm in front of her.

Seeing that she didn't say anything or express her opinion, he reduced the number of fingers from five to two, stretched his neck and said:

"It can't be any less. We've been searching from street to street. Even if we don't get any credit, we've worked hard!"

"The rumor was spread by the eldest branch of the Gu family. It's really too much of a bully. Otherwise, I will go and fight to get justice for you and your niece."

Aunt Lian sneered, "Why don't you go and complain to your aunt? She is the Gu family's madam, the real head of the family."

When Li Wenshan heard this, he lost his momentum instantly and muttered, "Aunt is so mean, asking me to spit out the money I spent on shopping. Aren't we just talking about different things?"

Aunt Lian looked at him and yelled, "Get out! Get out!"

Looking at her brother's fleeing back, she clenched her hands tightly.

It’s all because of Gu Jinchu.

From the birthday party of the Song family's Madam, to the banquet for the eldest son Hui who passed the imperial examination, to the rumors about Yan Jie'er outside, Gu Jinchu's shadow was behind all of them.

Yan Jie'er hasn't even had her coming-of-age ceremony yet, but her reputation has been ruined like that. She's also a concubine's daughter. Which good family would be willing to marry her in the future?

Zheng, Gu Jinchu, since you are blocking my way...don't blame me for being unkind and unjust!