The night was as dark as water, and the Gu family's back house, which had been silent in the past, was now filled with servants coming and going, making a lot of noise.
Gu Yunniang was standing at the second door, twisting her handkerchief, her lower lip had been bitten until it turned red.
She murmured,
"Tell me, how is Gu Qingyuan? Is it..."
Was it miserable? Were your arms and legs broken? And was your face ruined?
When brother Wenze protected her and left, she saw Gu Qingyuan standing by the courtyard door as the car curtain swayed.
She also had the opportunity to remind Wenze that brother Wenze was missing.
However, she didn't.
Why should she remind her?
Gu Qingyuan was left behind only because she suffered retribution and could not escape that disaster.
"Girl...she...the eldest girl is back...she is still fine..."
The maid behind her pulled at the distracted Gu Yunniang. Her tongue seemed to be knotted and she couldn't speak straightly.
Gu Yunniang followed the direction pointed by the maid and saw Lu Wenze walking this way while protecting Gu Qingyuan.
Gu Yunniang looked shocked and surprised, but Gu Qingyuan was still as graceful as before, and no one could see where she was injured.
Why can she come back unscathed?
Gu Yunniang thought scratching her head, staring straight at Lu Wenze and Gu Qingyuan who were getting closer and closer.
"Sister...you have suffered." No matter how angry she was, Gu Yunniang still stepped forward to hold Gu Qingyuan's hand with tears on her face.
To outsiders, the two seem to be really close cousins.
Gu Qingyuan glanced at her, said nothing, and moved away lightly.
Gu Yunniang had never received such a look of disregard from Gu Qingyuan.
It feels like she is a piece of rotten wood, which makes people feel dirty no matter how much they touch it.
Gu Yunniang's whole body was stiff and she was about to cry with embarrassment on her face.
"I'm sorry, sister, I don't know..."
Gu Qingyuan sneered in her heart and looked at Gu Yunniang with a gentle expression.
"Why do you want to say sorry, second sister? Why are you sorry for me?"
Gu Yunniang hesitated. She knew that Lu Wenze abandoned Gu Qingyuan in order to escape for his life, and also knew that she had concealed the fact that she saw Gu Qingyuan asking for help, so she subconsciously said sorry.
Now being asked by Gu Qingyuan, she faltered.
What could she say?
"Ayuan, Yun Niang is your sister. She cares about you very much. Why are you so aggressive?"
Lu Wenze on the side walked up to the two of them, frowning and looking at Gu Qingyuan displeased.
Gu Qingyuan raised her eyes, looked at each other in silence for a while, suddenly smiled, and asked calmly,
"Master Marquis, why am I so aggressive? My sister said I'm sorry for no reason. Do I have to accept it with peace of mind?"
After she finished speaking, Lu Wenze's pupils suddenly shrank.
The atmosphere was almost stagnant for a while.
"Are you blaming me?" Lu Wenze stared at Gu Qingyuan and put his arm around her shoulders. "You are resenting me. When the earthquake happened, you took Yun Niang away first and did not return to find you."
He couldn't deny that he felt guilty about Gu Qingyuan, and he still looked at Gu Qingyuan condescendingly, as if questioning,
"Also, Ayuan, should you explain why Pei Jinting saved you?"
Gu Qingyuan laughed lightly as if she had heard some joke,
"Why are you either saying I'm sorry or saying that I have resentment towards you?" Her eyes swept over Gu Yunniang, and she pushed away Lu Wenze's hand with a slight self-mockery,
"Brother Wenze, I don't blame you, I don't resent you, and I don't have any thoughts about Yun Niang."
"As for Third Young Master Pei, Lord Marquis, does it matter who saved me? Or would you rather me die in the Imperial Manor than be saved by someone you hate?"
People who know her think that Gu Qingyuan is gentle, and she doesn't like meaningless arguments.
However, she is not completely temperless.
On this day, she first clearly saw Lu Wenze's hypocritical face. She was frightened when the earthquake happened, and she was already exhausted mentally and physically.
Facing Lu Wenze's questioning at this moment, she couldn't help it.
Lu Wenze had never seen her lose her temper like this. If it had happened before, she would have been even more unhappy.
Now, he felt that it was better for Gu Qingyuan to be angry with him than resentful.
Thinking of this, he soothed his tone, reached out and put his hand on Gu Qingyuan's shoulder,
"Ayuan, I'm sorry. It was my negligence at that time. As for Yun Niang..."