Chapter 23: Painful Confession (Part 2)

“I’m sorry.” Gu Anqi could only apologize, he couldn’t say another word.

He was afraid of saying too much and making a mistake.

He also understood for the first time what his sister was thinking, he even vaguely understood why her resentment was so deep.

They were all talking about guilt, but they demanded that their sister be obedient in exchange for family love.

They were unconsciously comparing their two sisters.

Even though they knew that their previous circumstances were worlds apart.

“I’m grown up now, I don’t need your hypocritical concern anymore. Please know that if I could choose, I wouldn’t choose to be your sister, to be a daughter of the Gu family!”

Gu Wanning looked out the window.

The willows by the river swayed gently, the sunlight shone on the river surface, making it sparkle like scattered gold, mischievous children were swimming in the river, occasionally a few small heads would pop out of the water. There were small boats here and there, the boatmen, bare-chested, happily pulled in a lively carp.

The summer scenery was so beautiful, but her heart was cold.

She vaguely heard a voice in her heart—Thank you, thank you for helping the tongue-tied me say these things that I couldn’t say.

I’m leaving, please live for me, I’m going to find a better place.

Gu Wanning’s eyes welled up with tears.

There is no such thing as empathy in this world, those who suffer have to keep suffering silently.

But why?

Girl, if it’s really that painful, then please go and find your happiness with peace of mind.

I don’t know why I came here, but since I’ve taken your place, I will live well for you.

The previous owner’s greatest evil was “tormenting” her concubines.

But how did she torment them?

She made them work in the fields, that was the worst treatment she could think of.

That was the hardship she had experienced.

Compared to the truly cruel behavior of the noble families, she was really “evil.”

“Wanning, Brother was wrong, I hope you can give me a chance to make it up to you.”

“The child is dead, but the milk has arrived,” Gu Wanning said rudely, “If you really want to make it up to me, then find a way to get me a divorce from Xu Weibei! I want to establish a female household, I want to live without depending on anyone.”

“Wanning, how can you have such thoughts? That’s a very difficult path, the Marquis, he…”

“I don’t care what you think, I want what I choose.” Gu Wanning said coldly, “This is the compensation I want. Besides that, don’t mention it again.”

The saddest thing about this matter is that there is no happy ending.

Everyone in the Gu family is not a truly evil person.

They, including Gu Wanqing, are even good people in the worldly sense.

Why do people like to read satisfying novels?

Because life is not a satisfying novel.

“Don’t be so clever, don’t be so self-righteous. Do you think you endured Xu Weibei’s punch, you didn’t care or pursue it, for me? I’m sorry, I don’t appreciate it. The only thing I want is to leave him, leave you, find a quiet farm, and live my own life.”

“If you can help me, I thank you.”

“If you can’t, don’t come and disgust me. Mr. Gu, I’ve said all I need to say, goodbye.”

Gu Wanning got up and walked out.

“This, this, Master, then this servant will leave too.” Er’ya said awkwardly.

She actually thought that Gu Anqi was a good person.

Maybe she’s stupid and her feelings are simple, if it hadn’t been for Gu Wanning’s explanation today, she wouldn’t have understood Gu Wanning’s hatred for her family.

But no matter what, she looked at Gu Anqi with rose-colored glasses.

Because Gu Anqi was the one who made the decision and helped when Gu Wanning brought her out of the farm.

“Go.” Gu Anqi waved his hand, “Take good care of her.”

He will find Er’ya again when he has the chance.

Today, under his sister’s bombardment, he was ashamed and embarrassed, but he also had an epiphany.

They really owed their sister too much…

“Hey, what are you doing!”

“I, I’m not doing anything. I, I’m protecting Madam!”

Gu Wanning saw the fourth concubine grabbing Gao Lan’s collar and wouldn’t let go, she couldn’t help but feel a headache.

“Let go, what are you doing! Aren’t you afraid that the Marquis will chop off your claws?”

“Madam, he was eavesdropping on you and Master outside.” The fourth concubine said.

But Gu Wanning was listless, “Let’s go, let’s go to Rongrong’s pawnshop, then I’ll treat you to dinner.”

What she said, there’s nothing she can’t say to people.

Xu Weibei didn’t like her anyway, adding some comments like “unreasonable” and “petty” to Gu Wanning was like scratching an itch.

“Isn’t Second Sister treating us to dinner? Big Sister got money, she’ll treat us to dinner tonight…” The fourth concubine counted on her fingers.

She was actually a little sweet girl, as long as she didn’t get angry, she was very sweet and likable.

“Okay.”

Maybe they could tell that she wasn’t in a good mood, no one dared to speak.

Gao Lan felt that he had escaped a disaster, he couldn’t help but feel secretly relieved, but he looked at Gu Wanning with pity.

He only knew before that Madam grew up on a farm, he knew that Madam liked to cause trouble, she was a troublemaker, people disliked her, but he didn’t know there were so many hidden stories.

Maybe, as Madam said, everyone actually knows what’s going on, but no one has ever thought about it from her perspective.

Madam is really pitiful.

Gu Wanning took everyone to the pawnshop and several other shops owned by the Jin family, she was showing off her power.

“When you open a business, you will inevitably encounter people who are blind. If you have any difficulties, just tell me. For small matters, find my third brother, he knows a lot of people in the Jinwu Guard; if you encounter a tough guy, I’ll ask the Marquis for help.”

The second concubine nodded vigorously, she thought to herself, Madam is really working hard, I have to show my gratitude to Madam later.

She called her fifteen-year-old brother out to bow to Gu Wanning.

Gu Wanning gave him a bag of gold and silver ingots she had prepared—she took it from the treasury, if it was a reward, she could take things from the public funds legitimately.

At noon, the second concubine invited everyone to have dinner at their family’s restaurant.

The fourth concubine couldn’t hold her liquor, but she had a big appetite, she drank three cups of fruit wine and couldn’t hold her head up anymore, she leaned on the eldest concubine’s shoulder and mumbled to the second concubine.

“Second Sister is a miser, she’s always crying poor, but it turns out that her family has mountains of gold and silver.”

“Nonsense, it’s just a facade.” The second concubine said, “Don’t you see how many people she supports, the expenses are like running water. It’s just that her parents left behind their ancestral property, she’s reluctant to part with it, otherwise she would have sold it long ago, it doesn’t make any money.”

Gu Wanning couldn’t help but smile.

The second concubine was indeed very stingy, she was very good at calculating.

But when it mattered, she didn’t hesitate to spend money.

For example, she spent a lot of money to buy Xu Weibei’s “first night” after he returned to the mansion.

Of course, it all went down the drain.

The third concubine sat by the window, holding a teacup, she looked out the window, lost in thought.

“What are you looking at?” Gu Wanning poured her a cup of wine, “Come back, come back and drink, let’s get drunk today!”

The her inside her body was gone.

Girl, I salute you, may you walk on a flowery path in the future.