Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 189 Promise
Facing Mrs. Xue's gaze, Gu Sixiao lowered her head subconsciously.

After a moment of silence, she said in a low voice: "Grandma, you know that things can't be so simple. You are just saying these words now because you are too sad and eager. After tonight, you won't think like this again gone."

"You don't want to?!" The old lady Xue raised her voice, stared at Gu Sixiao, showing undisguised anger, "You have been in Xue's house for two years, how did your father treat you? Your second sister How did it treat you? Now that the Xue family is in trouble, but you let it go?!"

"It's not that I don't care, but I can't care as you said!" Gu Sixiao stood up and made it clear.

"Grandma, you now say that you recognize me as the daughter of the Xue family, but you and I both know that it is not true! Even if I really listen to you and recruit a son-in-law to take charge of the Xue family's business, after that What? The child I gave birth to, you let him be named Xue? When Dashan and Nier grow up, you don’t want them to inherit the property of the Xue family? Really willing to see me, an outsider, occupying everything in the Xue family? !"

Looking at the old lady Xue whose lips were trembling, Gu Sixiao shook her head and said in a deep voice: "You know very well in your heart that holding me now is just a stopgap measure, and you don't really think of me as your own granddaughter, let alone really want to Let me inherit the Xue family."

"Well said..." Mrs. Xue smiled wryly, "You are right, a fake is a fake, no matter how you say it, it can't become true. But, Hua'er, even though you are not my granddaughter, I ask myself Not bad, your father regards you as more important than his own daughter! Do you really have the heart to leave him alone and marry into the Su family?!"

"Grandma, don't worry, I've already said that I won't ignore it. Although I'm not as capable as my sister, how can I let go at this time?"

With a wry smile, she said lightly, "Grandma will stop talking about recruiting a son-in-law. The Su family won't agree, and I won't agree either. I, I will tell Jing Chun to postpone the wedding..."

"Postponed? When will it be postponed? One year or two years?" The old lady Xue sneered, "After one or two years, Dashan and Nier will just leave. If you withdraw your hand, won't it be the same as now? , pushing the whole family into someone else's pit of fire?!"

"What does grandma want?! Do you want me to stay in Xue's house without marrying and take care of the children?!"

Pursing the corners of her lips, Mrs. Xue remained silent.

It's not that she didn't mean it, but she couldn't say that.

"Actually, the Su family has a great career, so it may not be a good match."

"Yeah, it's better to find someone to marry after getting married..."

Gu Sixiao smiled mockingly, but swallowed the following words when she caught a glimpse of Mrs. Xue's expression.

"Grandma, don't worry. I won't leave the Xue family alone, not to mention that my father will recover after two years of recuperation. Even if I get married in the future, I will never let go. I think Jingchun will understand me ..."

"A married woman is still in charge of her mother's affairs, and her husband's family will understand?!" Mrs. Xue smiled and wanted to say more, but seeing Gu Sixiao's expression, she also knew that it would be useless to continue.

"Forget it, since you said that, then I won't say anything about marrying or not. But, Hua'er, since you said you would take care of the Xue family's business and take care of the two children, you must do it! If you Breaking this oath..."

"Lightning strike?! Grandma, do you want me to make such a poisonous oath?!"

Frowning, Gu Sixiao said lightly: "Perhaps, what you should be most afraid of is not that I will let go, but that I will control too much. Even if Dashan and Ni'er grow up, they will not let go of the power in their hands. Return the property of the Xue family to them."

Lowering her eyes, Mrs. Xue looked at her fixedly, "Can you?!"

"Will I?" Gu Sixiao turned her head and smiled slightly, "You ask me now, of course I can't answer. But who knows how I will answer more than ten years later? So, grandma, you must If you want to live a long life, hold the power in your hands and watch me carefully."

The old lady Xue's eyes flickered, and a smile appeared on the corner of Xue's mouth, "Okay, I will live a long life, and I will take good care of you—Hua'er, if you are really the daughter of the Xue family, how wonderful it is..."

Raising her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, the old lady Xue couldn't help crying again.

Sitting aside, Gu Sixiao couldn't help wiping her tears with her backhand.

Who would have thought that a good family would be so ruined in just two months?

In the final analysis, it's all about money.

Li Chongyang schemed for money, harmed others, and ultimately harmed himself.

The funeral was very low-key, not only the Xue family acted in a low-key manner, but also other people felt that the Xue family was too unlucky. Two daughters and son-in-law died in a row, so they were afraid of sticking to this bad luck.

Only a few families with close friendship with Xue's family sent their nephews to worship.

Many more people spread gossip among the people, pointing fingers at the Xue family.

"This is really evil! Several people died in a row. Really, it's just cheap for the adopted daughter! Could it be that there is something else wrong here?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I know about this. Haven't you seen that only the third lady of the Xue family was buried in the funeral of the Xue family? Let me tell you, this is how it happened. The son-in-law hired by the third lady of the Xue family ..."

This and that kind of news are all over the street. Gu Sixiao has heard a lot, even the one who said that she is a "lonely evil star" who lost Xue's family.

Although she heard a lot, she didn't pay much attention to it.

These rumors can be spread as they like, as long as they don't reach Xue Wen's ears.

Close the door tightly, Gu Sixiao was afraid that there would be a rumor coming into the back house of Xue's house, which would startle Xue Wen who was recuperating.However, how can there be an impenetrable wall in this world?
After all, paper can't hold fire, Xue Wen still knows the news of Xue Wanying's death.

Hearing the news, Gu Sixiao hurried back to Xue's house from the shop, and ran into the doctor who came out of the house head-on.

Seeing Gu Sixiao, the doctor shook his head and walked out without saying a word.

Gu Sixiao was anxious and startled, when she entered the room, she saw Aunt Yun with her head bowed and weeping.

"Little lady, you're back! The doctor said that the official had a second stroke, and this time he might be paralyzed on the bed."

Aunt Yun was crying sadly, but Gu Sixiao was relieved.

Fortunately, not dead!

Thinking back to what she said earlier that she had cheated on everyone in the Xue family, Gu Sixiao couldn't tell what it was like in her heart.

If she didn't recognize Xue Wen as her father and entered the Xue family, perhaps the Xue family would not—no, even if she didn't come to the Xue family, Li Chongyang would not give up. This kind of thing, it's just a matter of time.

Money is the devil, once it controls the mind, it can do anything.

"Daddy, I'm here to see you..."

Seeing Xue Wen who opened his mouth but couldn't speak, just kept drooling, Gu Sixiao swallowed the following words.

Gently holding Xue Wen's hand, she said in a low voice: "Daddy, I know you are sane. You can understand what I say--I'm sorry! I shouldn't have kept it from you..."

After finishing the sentence, she shed tears first, "I don't know how to tell you about the third sister, so I can only lie to you. I, I..."

Before she finished speaking, Xue Wen was already in tears, blinking, but suffering from a second stroke, he could only make a sound of "ahhh", and couldn't even utter a complete word.

"Don't worry, Daddy, I will take good care of grandma and the two children. I will also invite the best doctor to visit you. Daddy, you are the backbone of the Xue family. As long as you are here, the Xue family will still be the Xue family!"

That's what Xue Wen said, but the Xue family is no longer the original Xue family.

Because of Li Chongyang's death, those shopkeepers who had taken refuge in him before are now panicking.Who knows if the newly appointed lady will find fault with them?What if we drive them all together? !

"I said, you don't have to worry so much. Isn't there a saying that 'the law does not blame the public'? Anyway, there are more than ten or twenty shopkeepers like us! If she fires all of them, then the Xue family will Is the business still going on? Why did she hire so many shopkeepers all at once?"

When they were gathered together, there was a shopkeeper who boldly emboldened everyone.

Saying this really reassured everyone.

This makes sense!So what if the little lady really became the young boss, can she really drive them away?
Thinking of it this way, when facing Gu Sixiao, everyone felt courageous and didn't mean to be wronged.

Looking around at the shopkeepers in the hall, Gu Sixiao only found it ridiculous.

These people, following Li Chongyang in greed for money from the Mo Xue family, how could they be so righteous?
"My shopkeepers, from today onwards, I will temporarily take over the business of the Xue family. All the people here are acquaintances, so I won't say those polite words anymore."

Scanning around with her eyes, Gu Sixiao said in a deep voice: "If you don't tell lies in front of Ming people, I believe you all know how Li Chongyang died."

When she said this, the shopkeepers who were still raising their heads looked a little ugly, and the shopkeeper Zhang in Nancheng immediately lowered his head, deliberately avoiding Gu Sixiao's gaze.

"I don't think I need to say what he did in the Xue family before he died. You all know it well. If you want to say it, I'm not such a ruthless person, so I didn't intend to say anything about it at the beginning. How are you shopkeepers?"

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Gu Sixiao said again, "But Xue's family doesn't run a charitable hall, let alone the kind that people steal and rob. A dumb person. So all shopkeepers, don’t pretend to be dumb here! Everyone can do what they want, and they are bright in speaking and doing things!"

"I won't report to the officials to take you, but you have to return what you took from Xue's house! Ten days! I only give you ten days to return the stolen money, and I will let the past go. We are still good guests and hosts! But if you don't If he came back, then I’m sorry! Let him go and send him to the yamen for a while, but I want to announce the things he did to the public and cut off his way in this industry!”

Looking across the shopkeepers with different expressions, she said coldly: "At that time, everyone, don't blame me for being cruel, you asked for it yourself!"

(End of this chapter)