"Mingcheng, Mingzhu can’t wait any longer," Xu Nianhua said faintly. She was very clear, Gu Mingzhu didn’t have the time to wait any longer.
Looking at Gu Mingcheng’s guilty eyes, she smiled and said, "Mingcheng, it’s okay. They helped my elder brother and found good jobs for my parents. I’m not even done thanking them yet. I owe them. I’m doing this willingly."
Although her elder brother had died unexpectedly, she was still grateful that the Gu Family had supported him back then, giving him dignity and not letting him die a criminal.
"Nianji," Gu Mingcheng felt even more conflicted after hearing her words. His reason told him he should reveal the truth, but Gu Mingzhu was also his sister. If he told the truth, could his elder sister and Nianji really get along well in the future?
That day, he too had only found out about Xu Nianji’s accident afterwards. If he had known earlier that the one sleeping in that room was the drunk Xu Nianji, he definitely wouldn’t have just watched Ai Jiaxin enter the room, only for an accident to happen afterward.
"Mingcheng, thank you for caring so much about me. Your school is about to start soon, hurry home and rest. You don’t need to keep watch over me," Xu Nianhua always considered Gu Mingcheng’s feelings and said, "Make sure to pack everything, and don’t leave anything behind. I made some chili sauce for you; you like it a lot, don’t you? Take a few bottles with you this time, and when you run out, I’ll make more for you."
Such a good Nianji, such a truth, should it really be kept from her?
But, Nianji’s elder brother was no longer in this world. What good would it do for Nianji to know the truth?
Gu Mingcheng was nearly torn apart by his own contradictions, with two lines of thought continuously clashing in his mind, not knowing what to do.
He remained troubled until just before school started, and in the end, Gu Mingcheng left Xu Nianhua a letter.
Xu Nianhua thought Gu Mingcheng couldn’t bear to leave her, his Nianji. When she opened it, her face changed instantly.
She raced out after him, but Gu Mingcheng had already boarded the train. He had made sure to leave discreetly; how could Xu Nianhua possibly catch up?
She read the letter over and over. She couldn’t understand why Gu Mingzhu would plot to frame her brother.
What good did it do to her brother?
Ai Jiaxin ended up marrying her brother, and she had met her a few times. Her brother and Ai Jiaxin, if not exactly on good terms, at least treated each other with mutual respect, a harmonious relationship on the surface.
Until her brother’s death...
Xu Nianhua felt a twitch in her eyelid; an uncontrollable thought arose, but she quickly denied it. When her brother had his accident, the police came too. They specifically checked and confirmed that her brother’s drowning was accidental, not a murder.
Gu Mingzhu, why would Gu Mingzhu do such a thing?
Xu Nianhua’s heart was filled with tens of thousands of whys.
"Nianhua, are you having trouble sleeping?"
Gu Mingzhu came in with a glass of milk. Even sick, her face still had a light makeup, and she was wearing a silk nightgown, outlining her beautiful figure. If one hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, it would be hard to believe she had borne a child.
"No, just sitting for a while," Xu Nianhua subconsciously tucked away the letter.
But Gu Mingzhu was one step ahead and snatched the letter, saying, "Who wrote you a letter? Is it a boy who has a crush on you? Let me have a look, which boy has such good taste to fall for my beautiful sister?"
Gu Mingzhu’s words were sweet, but as she unfolded the letter, she saw the familiar handwriting.