invited all of them to this important event of a daughter's wedding."Meng Jinyao took the list and prepared to take it back later to have a good look.Zhang sighed several times.Meng Jinyao, hearing h...Looking at the young girl's confident demeanor, Gu Jingxi asked with interest: "What are your plans, madam"

Meng Jin Yao turned to look at him. Seeing the man's gentle expression, she didn't know why, but she inexplicably felt a sense of trust in him. After only a moment's hesitation, she told him her plan.

Gu Jingxi listened to the little girl finish speaking. In fact, the little girl's plan was still very naive to him. But a young lady raised in a secluded household could only do so much due to her limitations.

He nodded slightly and replied with two words: "Not bad."

Meng Jin Yao, hearing his affirmative answer, smiled even wider. She propped her elbows on the table, resting her chin in her hands, and asked with a playful smile, "Does my husband have any better plans"

Gu Jingxi turned his gaze to her and nodded. "Yes, but it's not suitable for you.

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Meng Jin Yao uttered an unclear "Hm" and looked up at him with confusion in her eyes, as if to ask.

Gu Jingxi said in a gentle voice: "Little girl, it's best not to use bloody means."

Hearing this, Meng Jinyao pursed her lips. She didn't dare tell Gu Jingxi that she actually preferred a simple and brutal method. She thought there was no need to be merciful to murderers, but she had no way or ability to do so, so she could only set a trap to frame someone else.

Gu Jingxi said again: "Madam, you can proceed according to the original plan."

Meng Jinyao glanced at him, quite puzzled: "Husband, you don't offer any advice, so you trust my plan this much What if it fails"

Gu Jingxi chuckled softly and replied, "Even if we fail, there's still husband."

He had a smile on his lips, speaking lightly and matter-of-factly. Meng Jinyao was stunned, feeling like he was coaxing a child, as if watching a child playing a game, letting the child play freely, even if they lost, there was an elder to support them.

Even so, Meng Jingyao still felt inexplicably at ease, and even a faint sense of emotion spread in her heart. Besides her grandfather, only Gu Jingxi would speak to her like this, supporting her when things went wrong, backing her up, and letting her do whatever she wanted without hesitation.

Actually, Gu Jingxi could have married her and then ignored her completely. As long as he provided for her basic needs, no one would be able to find fault with Gu Jingxi.

Gu Jingxi met her stunned gaze and asked with a smile, "Why are you looking at me like that, my wife"

Meng Jinyao shook her head slightly and replied, "It's nothing, I just feel that my husband treats me better than his son. No wonder our eldest son is angry."

Gu Jingxi was stunned, then chuckled lightly: "This is what the wife deserves. The wife is more obedient and sensible than that disobedient son."

Meng Jinyao blinked and asked, "What if I'm even more rebellious than him"

Gu Jingxi said with a smile, "Then I'll teach him a lesson. I can't possibly hold a grudge against a child younger than my own son."

Meng Jin Yao was choked by this remark. It seemed that the reason she received such preferential treatment from Gu Jing Xi was because of her young age. However, thinking about it, if Gu Jing Xi were ten years younger, he probably wouldn't have spoken to her so calmly.

For a moment, she reminded him, “Actually, many women become mothers at sixteen.”

The implication is: she's not a child anymore, she's an adult.

When it came to age, she suddenly remembered that it was because of her age that she had gotten married this year. Logically speaking, Gu Xiuming was only sixteen years old and there was no rush to get married. The second young master, Gu Xiuhong, who was over seventeen, got married first because she was at an age where she couldn't afford to wait any longer.

When she came of age, her grandmother saw that the Gu family hadn't mentioned marrying her to Gu Xiuming. She was worried and afraid that the Gu family looked down upon the impoverished Meng family, and that the Meng family wouldn't be able to marry into such a prestigious family because of it. But she didn't dare to bring it up with the Gu family.

Until late last year, her mother-in-law hosted a banquet, inviting her grandmother to the in-laws' house to discuss marriage arrangements. Only then did her grandmother's heart settle down, and she began making preparations for her granddaughter's wedding.

Gu Jingxi seemed not to have understood her meaning, and smiled: "Madam is also a mother now.

Meng Jin Yao:……

A son like Gu Xiuming is better off forgotten. She doesn't want him; having a son like Gu Xiuming would shorten her life by several years.

The next day.

Grandma Joe wore a worried expression and arrived at the teahouse private room with her son, Li Cheng, to wait. Her son had gambled before and owed money, but never this much.

Even the five thousand taels from the gambling den, let alone the one thousand taels that Zhuangzi had lost, were beyond her ability to make up for.

She is the trusted maid by the mistress's side, but she is about to make a deal with the eldest daughter. The eldest daughter has a grudge against the mistress, and she is betraying her mistress, who had once been kind to her.

Her heart was already tormented, and now that she had waited for a cup of tea at the appointed time and place, but Meng Jiny Yao hadn't appeared, her anxiety grew. She fidgeted restlessly, unable to sit still.

Li Cheng was just as restless. After all, six thousand taels wasn't a small sum. If the young lady went back on her word, he wouldn't be killed by the gambling den people, but if his master found out he'd used the thousand taels from the family estate to gamble, he would be beaten to death.

Grandma Qiao looked at her son, heartbroken and said: "Cheng'er, I told you not to gamble before. Nine times out of ten, you lose. Every time you promised me well, but then you turned your head and forgot my words. Now it's good, you owe so much silver, how can we fill this huge hole"

Li Cheng looked remorseful, his voice earnest: “Mother, this time my son will truly change. As long as Mother helps me repay this silver, I will definitely reform and become a better person.

Grandma Qiao's eyes reddened, her heart torn: "Six thousand taels of silver, trading with the eldest daughter, who knows what she would have us do If we do something harmful to Madam, where could I face Madam"

Li Cheng said unconcernedly, "Mother, you saved the madam once before, and nearly lost your life. That kindness from back then has already been repaid."

He spoke with a hint of anger in his voice: “Do you not care for your son's life for the sake of your master The mistress is important to you, but what about my only son Since mother doesn't care about my son, I'll go to the gambling den and tell them I have no money, only my life. At worst, they can beat me to death and leave my corpse in the street.”

Having said that, Li Cheng suddenly stood up and pretended to leave the study and go to the gambling house to meet his death.

How could Grandma possibly let her only son go to his death

If she had truly been willing to part with him, she wouldn't have come to the appointment with her son. A wife is important, but a son is also important; she was truly in a difficult position.

Seeing her son about to leave, she quickly reached out and grabbed him, whispering angrily, "You debt-collecting ghost, you really owe someone in your past life, this life is just collecting debts. Now that it's the time agreed upon with the eldest daughter, why haven't you seen her shadow"

Li Cheng was also uneasy in his heart: "Perhaps the young lady has been held back by something. Let's wait a while."

After about two hours, there was a knock at the door. Li Cheng stood up and quickly went to open it. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Meng Jin Yao, who was late, along with her two maidservants..Zhang said: "Before, when Xiuming made mistakes, the third brother would always educate him. This time, Xiuming made such a big mistake, but the third brother didn't even scold Xiuming once, he was s...