Chapter 640: Fate (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Gu Yuan and Gu Yanfei bowed appropriately to Chu You, who was riding a black horse beside the vermillion wheelbarrow. Gu Yuan cupped his hands and said, “Your Highness.”
Li Yunrong quickly got out of the red car with Chu You’s help.
The newlywed Li Yunrong had thin makeup on her face. She was wearing a real red silk peony embroidered on a red background. She had combed all her bangs, revealing her smooth forehead. The hair behind her was also tied into a bun. A stream of red, gold, and green beads was inserted into the bun. As she looked around, there was an indescribable charm and beauty.
A warm smile appeared on her lips. She called Gu Yuan “Big Brother” intimately first before smiling gratefully at Gu Yanfei. “Yanfei, I’m very happy that you specially came to put makeup on me that day.”
“Among so many people, you’re the only one who can help me put on makeup.”
She bit her lips, and her eyelashes trembled slightly, adding to her delicate and moving appearance. Her eyes were clear.
Gu Yanfei immediately met her eyes and said calmly, “Just for this?”
Chu You, who was at the side, saw that the brother and sister had no intention of getting off the horse at all. He frowned slightly, his eyes dark.
Looking at the calm Gu Yanfei, Li Yunrong had mixed feelings. All kinds of speculations appeared in her heart, and she was vaguely shocked.
She and Kang Wang had clearly imagined it and reminded Baili Yin to be more cautious with every move, but Gu Yanfei actually returned safely. They had yet to contact Baili Yin.
In the past two days, she and Kang Wang had been newlyweds and should have been soaking in a honey jar, but this matter was like a wooden thorn in her flesh, stabbing her from time to time. She really couldn’t figure out what went wrong.
Suppressing the uneasiness in her heart, Li Yunrong smiled again and asked as if nothing had happened, “I heard that you left the capital after leaving the Li family that day?”
“Yes.” Gu Yanfei nodded.
Hongyu, who was under her, was a little impatient. It shook its head gently, as if it was urging her to hurry up and play.
“Where did you go?” Li Yunrong asked again, her heart beating faster.
“I went to Cuiwei Mountain to take a look,” Gu Yanfei replied matter-of-factly. She touched Hongyu’s long and strong neck comfortingly. “With Big Brother, Jiaoniang, and the others.”
She turned her face slightly, and the corners of her lips curled up, as if she was saying, “Is there anything else you want to ask?”
“Didn’t you encounter anything on the way?” Li Yunrong widened her eyes slightly and blurted out.
After saying that, she immediately realized her slip of the tongue and hurriedly made up for it. “I heard that the suburbs of the capital have been a little chaotic recently.”
“No.” The smile on Gu Yanfei’s lips deepened. Her black and white eyes stared at Li Yunrong. “The Great Jin Dynasty is free of disasters and chaos. It’s very peaceful.”
“I wonder where Second Lady Li heard that the suburbs of the capital aren’t peaceful. It’s better to stay away from such people who spread rumors?”
Li Yunrong said perfunctorily, “Perhaps I remembered wrongly.” Her gaze stared intently at Gu Yanfei, but there was nothing unusual about her expression. She couldn’t help but think: Could it be that Baili Yin changed his mind and didn’t attack?
Otherwise, regardless of whether it worked or not, Gu Yanfei’s attitude shouldn’t be like this.
With Gu Yuan’s personality, he shouldn’t be indifferent after his sister suffered a loss.
Li Yunrong’s eyes darkened even more, and her faint gaze shifted to the cold-looking Gu Yuan behind her.
Gu Yuan met Li Yunrong’s probing eyes and asked coldly, “Why exactly are you here?”
A simple question made Li Yunrong feel like her heart had been stabbed. This used to be her home, and she was the owner of this place. She had never expected that she would one day be questioned like this by someone she treated as her biological brother.
Li Yunrong suppressed the rise and fall of her chest and said gently, “Today is the day I return to my maiden home. I want to come with His Highness to offer incense to Grandpa and Father. Father raised me. Even if I’m not his biological daughter, I should come and offer incense to tell him that I’m already married and comfort his spirit in heaven.”
She lowered her head and bit her lower lip nervously. She added, “I… really have nowhere to go.”
She suppressed the intense emotions in her heart and showed weakness again, her eyes shining.
Half of what she said was the truth. She indeed didn’t want to return to the Li family.
Although these people from the Li family were related to her by blood, there was no kinship between them at all. They weren’t real family, and the Li family would only embarrass her.
Even if Kang Wang didn’t care about her family background or her nominal family… She didn’t want to leave those ugly impressions on Kang Wang.
The Li family was clearly not her family, but it had become her shortcoming and her ugly state.
Chu You looked at Li Yunrong with heartache. He held her weak and boneless little hand and completely wrapped her cold little hand in his clear palm. His palm was hot.
“There’s no need.” Gu Yuan rejected Li Yunrong directly, not giving her any face at all. “We want to go out.”
“Moreover, our grandfather isn’t your grandfather, and our father isn’t your father.”
“Your father’s surname is Li. Don’t call him by the wrong name in the future.”
Gu Yuan’s voice was as cold as ice. Every word he said was like an ice needle that stabbed into Li Yunrong’s heart..