Mrs. Li's original intention of finding a wife for Gu Jingcheng was firstly to bring happiness to him, and secondly, she wanted to find him someone who knew both coldness and warmth to take care of him.

Their family is lucky to have a daughter-in-law like Xiaomu, but even this God is reluctant to let their family, Jingcheng, endure hardship.

"I can do it alone..."

Gu Jingcheng opened his mouth to refuse.

But Su Xiaomu stood nearby with sharp eyes and saw at a glance that the other piece of paper in Li's hand was her deed of betrayal.

Without thinking, she answered for Gu Jingcheng first: "Of course it's not allowed for my husband to be alone.

Don’t worry, mother, I will definitely take good care of my husband when I’m with him, and I will never let him suffer or get tired in Fucheng!”

Su Xiaomu took the initiative to take the deed of betrayal from Mrs. Li and stuffed it into Gu Jingcheng's arms.

She blinked her big watery eyes and said to Gu Jingcheng tenderly, "Don't worry, sir. As long as I'm by your side to take care of you, you will definitely win the first prize in the imperial examination!"

She was so happy, she swore that this was definitely the happiest day for her recently!

Not only did she have a very delicious banquet, but she also saw her contract of prostitution!

It is no exaggeration to say that at this moment, she feels that she has seen the dawn of freedom and will soon be able to get rid of her current identity and pursue the freedom she really wants!

Su Xiaomu will be Su Xiaomu, an independent and self-reliant Su Xiaomu, not Mrs. Gu, but Boss Gu!

She was almost immersed in the happiness she was about to have, and she didn't notice that Gu Jingcheng standing next to her had loneliness in his eyes.

The two people left Li's house not long after, but as soon as they returned to their own house and closed the door, Gu Jingcheng's expression changed when he looked at Su Xiaomu.

Somehow, Su Xiaomu felt that his expression was extremely bad right now. He clenched his fists when looking at her, as if he was suppressing some emotion or angry.

But she didn't say anything she shouldn't have said today, right?

And he has always been reserved. If he was really unhappy, he didn't seem like someone who would take his emotions out on her.

She stepped on her feet, leaned slightly toward him, and asked him cautiously: "Are you..."

"Do you really want to accompany me to the mansion for an exam?"

He intercepted her words, suppressed his emotions and asked her calmly, "What's the matter? Are you not worried about your shop and business here?"

If you go with me, you will have to endure hardships along the way, and you will have to stay in the inn and not go out on weekdays. Don't you think it's too restrictive for you? "

He knew that she only wanted to get a bond from him by going with him, and did not really want to accompany him, so naturally she would not be as worried about his future as he was.

Thinking of this, he took out the deed of betrayal and gave it to her, his tone getting colder and colder.

"I can give you this now, and you can leave here tomorrow. You don't have to accompany me to Fucheng to endure hardships."

"Don't you always want to be free?"

He paused, then looked at the astonishment on her face and sneered, "I can give it to you now."

"It's not that I can't accompany you to endure hardships. Besides, I have to do a full set of acting. I have already promised my mother to take care of you, so naturally I won't break my promise at this moment.

Besides, this can be considered a romantic relationship between you and me, and I will not be short of the due love in the end."

After Su Xiaomu heard him finish these long remarks, he could probably tell that he seemed to be struggling with something in his heart.

But she really doesn’t understand, so what’s there to worry about?

Originally, there was no love between the two of them. It was even said that their relationship was not so good that they could not even be considered as partners.

Now that the two of them are finally able to pursue their own futures, it should be considered a good thing.

He took the imperial examination route and became an official.

She manages her business well and strives to become rich as soon as possible in this other world.

"Then when are you going to leave? Do you want to say goodbye to me directly in Fucheng?"

He felt more and more depressed when he saw her looking at the selling contract over and over again.

Is she so eager to get rid of him?

Now in front of him, you don't even want to pretend to be reluctant?

She is so good at performing in front of her family on weekdays, why does she show so much true nature when she is just with him?

"Of course not. It's impossible for me to just take your deed of betrayal and leave. In addition to the deed of betrayal, we also have a marriage contract, so can you please write a letter of divorce to me after you go to high school?"

She put away the deed of sale and said to him in a serious tone: "I can only go to the Yamen to register my residence after I get your letter of departure."

"What's the reason? Did you ever think that it would damage my reputation when you asked me to do this?"

Once you have gained fame, you abandon your useless wife. Such utilitarianism is simply a taboo for scholars.

"No, you can make up any other reasons you want when the time comes. My reputation doesn't matter to me."

She gave him advice. Compared to him, she, a little passerby, couldn't attract much attention from people. When she moved to another place, no one would know about her past things.

"Ah."

Gu Jingcheng sneered, his hands dropped to his waist, and somehow his arms touched the peach blossom hairpin hidden in his belt.

She only wanted to leave, but he gave her a peach blossom hairpin?

It really feels like asking for trouble.

He slammed the door and left, leaving Su Xiaomu in the room with a confused look on his face.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, and my temper is so bad."

She muttered and went forward to close the door, then took out the small box where she hid the money from under the bed, and happily counted the money.

She was finally leaving, finally able to run to freedom.

She wants to use her dear little money to become bigger and stronger, and become a beautiful and rich woman!

The more she thought about it, the happier she felt.

Count from the copper plates, then the broken silver and silver coins.

At the end of the count, Su Xiaomu couldn't believe the total amount she counted.

God, one hundred and fifty-seven taels, has she already saved that much money?

Just when she was immersed in the happiness of having so much money, Gu Jingcheng opened the door again and came in. She was so frightened that she immediately put the money in a box and stuffed it under the bed.

She turned around and looked at him with an embarrassed expression, as well as his water-stained hands and water-stained robes.

Embarrassing...it turns out he didn't leave in anger, but went to wash up.

"Ahem...it's getting late, let's...let's go to bed early."

She silently kicked the money under the bed with her feet, then quickly climbed onto the bed, pulled the middle curtain, and fell asleep "pretending to be dead."

The way she shrank her head and neck fell into Gu Jingcheng's eyes, which made his face become increasingly ugly.

He only left for a while, and she was already happily counting money in preparation for leaving.

He said, why did she work so hard to do business for their family? She just wanted to make profits from it so as to pave the way for her future journey.

Sleeping on the bed, Gu Jingcheng stared at the roof with wide eyes, not feeling sleepy at all.

He didn't know why she was so nice to her family if she wanted to leave so much.

Why do you want to help him please the mountain chief and worry about his future?

Why can she pretend to be a good girl in front of everyone, but only show her true nature in front of him, without concealing her determination to leave at all?

"Are you asleep……"

He retracted his gaze and turned his head to stare at her on the other side of the curtain. Listening to her chaotic breathing, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "I can't sleep."

He couldn't figure it out, and many questions kept looping in his mind, making him unable to close his eyes.

Su Xiaomu suddenly stiffened when she heard him asking her question, and she blinked her eyes in confusion.

She didn't know if it was her misunderstanding, but she always felt that Gu Jingcheng didn't want her to leave that much.
Chapter completed!