Yue Ruxue cursed as she tried to grab Gu Youyou and lift her to throw her into a corner, but before she could finish her sentence, she fainted, her consciousness blurring.
Gu Youyou pushed her away and tucked the silver needle back into her sleeve before dusting off her hands.
She sighed, "After all, you’re too young, with such little wit, you’re nothing without the Marquis Residence backing you..."
Urgent footsteps came from outside the door, Gu Youyou turned to look, and suddenly sunlight spilled in.
In the pitch-black room, the sunlight was blinding, causing her to instinctively raise her hand to shield her eyes.
She saw a tall figure striding towards her, sweeping her into an embrace.
"Youyou!" A familiar voice, his characteristic scent.
She had known he would come, but not this quickly. If she had known, she would’ve delayed instead of provoking Yue Ruxue to act against her so soon.
She should have left the heroic rescue to him.
"I’m fine," Gu Youyou said.
"Axue!" On the other side, Yue Rujing had already helped Yue Ruxue up.
"Axue!" Yue Rujing looked at Gu Youyou and said, "What happened to her?"
Gu Youyou, with a cold face, snorted, "She won’t die, it was just a little anesthetic."
"What is going on with you two? Why have you started fighting again?" Yue Rujing didn’t like Gu Youyou’s attitude.
"Didn’t the person who reported to you explain clearly?" Gu Youyou said irritably. "Since it’s not clear, why not wait for your dear sister to wake up and you can ask her yourself? Zijin, let’s go."
Jin Zijin glanced at Yue Rujing and left with Gu Youyou.
On the road, Gu Youyou began to recount the day’s events to Jin Zijin.
"Yue Ruxue brought me here to force me to agree to let you marry her and also to step aside for her; she wants to be the head," Gu Youyou said, looking at Jin Zijin, who frowned deeply in response.
She continued, "I heard that the Marquess planned for Yue Ruxue to marry you. It’s just that he didn’t expect you to return after so many years and already be married. You must have known about this, right?"
Jin Zijin, somewhat bewildered, honestly replied, "I really didn’t know."
"Now that you know, what will you do?" Gu Youyou pressed on.
"That’s their business, it has nothing to do with me," Jin Zijin stated bluntly.
"All right, don’t worry about it. Don’t talk about things that aren’t certain yet. Even if there was such a matter, I will not marry again. I only want you and that’s enough!"
His words left Gu Youyou with a fluttering, joyous heart.
"Yue Ruxue really did something so capricious. I believe the Marquess is an honorable man and will give us an explanation."
Fine, she was eager to see how the Marquis Residence would explain themselves after Yue Ruxue had dug herself into a hole.
Two days later, Yue Rujing came to Jisheng Hall as usual to find Jin Zijin to go to the military camp together, but today he looked somewhat tired.
Because of Yue Ruxue, Gu Youyou’s disdain for him grew, and when she saw him, she turned to leave.
"Hey, wait!" Yue Rujing stopped Gu Youyou.
Gu Youyou indifferently responded, "Your senior brother will be down soon, just wait here for him."
"I’m looking for you!" he said. "It’s about Axue."
"Oh?" Gu Youyou raised an eyebrow. "You’re planning to give us an explanation, then?"
"Why can’t you be a little forgiving? Axue is still so young. It was wrong of her to treat you that way, but aren’t you fine? Instead, she got caught in your trick," Yue Rujing said sharply.
Gu Youyou found issue with his logic and scoffed, "So being young means you can act recklessly without being responsible for your actions? If I forgive her this time, what about next time? The time after that? Do you really want a fatality to happen before you consider it a serious matter?"