Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

The test half a month ago made Gu Tingye realize that his father didn't like Nanny Chang very much. From then on, he asked Shitou to look for a house in the city.

Shitou was a rough man who didn't know much about Feng Shui, so he specially found several Feng Shui masters to accompany him in the shopping.

A servant of the Gu family was familiar with a pawnbroker. After hearing about this, he took the news to the eldest son of the Gu family to exchange for a reward.

Gu Tingyu thought that his second brother was having a mistress, so he sent people to follow Gu Tingye, hoping to catch them all in one fell swoop.

That day, after Gu Tingye and Zhuang Xuejiu said goodbye and received a lecture, they went out to check the house and saw a familiar figure on the road.

"Why is there a tail?" Gu Tingye was riding on the horse and looked back pretending to be nonchalant.

"Sir, it's Youqing from Dalang's room. He has been following me for a few days." Shitou was also riding a horse and didn't even look.

"I've never heard that he has any skills. How could you be followed by him?" Gu Tingye asked puzzledly.

"Please forgive me, sir. It was a spy who leaked the information, so they got hold of the handle. He is in my eldest brother's room, I can't do anything to him without permission, for fear of causing trouble for you."

Gu Tingye sighed: "That's right, he is a man who obeys orders, don't make things difficult for him. Just let him know how powerful you are."

After hearing this, Shitou grinned and said, "Yes!"

The two men suddenly turned their horses to the right alley. Youqing quickly followed them, trotting away at the sound of horse hooves, but he was still not as fast as the horses, and soon he could no longer hear the sound. While turning in the alley, he turned back and bumped into a broad chest. He looked up and saw that it was Shitou.

Shitou laughed and hooked his neck, dragging him into a corner. Gu Tingye leaned against the wall leisurely, also looking at him with a smile.

Youqing's scalp numbed by the laughter of the master and servant, and he wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, but Shitou's arms were as indestructible as stone, nailing him firmly to the wall. Youqing felt his toes hurt.

"You must be tired after following me for so long. Do you want Shi Tou to help you loosen up your muscles?" Gu Tingye looked amiable.

"No, no, no, sir, I'm not tired at all!" Youqing's legs felt weak.

"So, you still want to follow?" Gu Tingye asked with a smile.

Youqing was very sensible and said quickly, "No, I won't follow you anymore!"

Gu Tingye: "So, you were following me for the past few days?"

Youqing then realized that he had fallen into a trap. He grabbed Shitou's arm and begged for mercy: "I'm just a servant. I eat the eldest master's food, so I have to listen to him! Second young master, please be magnanimous. If you have any problems, don't come to me. Ask the eldest young master instead." He sold out Gu Tingyu before he could even ask him.

Gu Tingye: "Then tell me, what did you find out? What did you tell my brother?"

Youqing: "It was Xiaolian from the fifth room who said that there was a broker who was her cousin, and he told the eldest master about your house search. I have been following Shitou around the city these days, and I only know about the few houses he helped you choose. There is no other information."

Gu Tingye: "Really?"

Youqing: "I swear to God, there really is nothing left."

Gu Tingye: "So what are you going to do when you go back and tell my brother?"

Youqing: "I, I, I... I just said that my mother is sick and I have to go back to take care of her. I can't do this!"

"Your mother is also in the Gu Mansion. Who are you thinking of fooling by saying this?" Shitou raised his eyebrows and strangled his neck with a "crack" sound.

Youqing was so frightened that his soul left his body. He struggled with a hoarse voice, "No, no, no! I'll pick up my mother and go back home together. We'll leave today!"

"When you go back later, pack up and leave, and don't let me see you in Bian Jing again!" Gu Tingye finally stopped smiling.

Youqing was so scared that he shit and pissed everything. He crawled back to Gu's house without saying anything to anyone. He took his mother and went straight to the city gate.

Gu Tingyu heard the servant come to report and asked, "He didn't say why he left?"

The visitor said, "No, he just said he was going to guard our farm outside the city. But he looked very frightened. Could he have encountered something unclean?"

Gu Tingyu's eyes were cold: "Humph, what else could it be except that evil?"

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Gu Tingye did not choose from the several houses selected by Shitou, but found a place that was not too remote - Tianshui Lane.

Shitou was puzzled: "Sir, it's so lively here, wouldn't it be easy for my family to find out?"

Gu Tingye: "This is called the darkest place under the lamp. You have been looking for relatively deserted areas before. If they want to look for it, they will probably look for it in those streets and alleys. They will never think that we will be placed under their noses."

"Then why did you buy such a run-down house? You should live in a better place!"

"We are not going to separate. If my father sees me buying such a nice place, he will be mad at me."

After getting the land deed, the sun had already set. When Gu Tingye got home, dinner had already been served.

He changed his clothes and was about to sit at the table, but Gu Yankai yelled at him, "Stop."

Gu Tingye was stunned for a moment and asked, "What does father want?"

"You, step outside the door and kneel there."

Gu Yankai took the bowl of soup from Xiao Qin without looking at Gu Tingye.

"Father, why is this?" Gu Tingye did not move.

Gu Yankai then looked at him coldly: "What's the matter? You can't pretend anymore after a few months?"

Gu Tingye didn't say anything and looked at his "family members" sitting in a circle.

The eldest brother Gu Tingyu covered his mouth with a handkerchief, his eldest sister-in-law Shao was picking up food for him, his stepmother Xiao Qin looked worried, and his father Gu Yankai continued to drink his soup.

Gu Tingye expected that he would be scolded by his father when he got home, but he didn't expect that he would be asked to kneel in front of everyone. He was embarrassed and stood there without moving.

Gu Yankai shouted again, "I told you to kneel down. Are you deaf or lame?"

Gu Tingye took a deep breath and knelt back in the courtyard.

Gu Yankai then continued to scold: "Hehe, I saw that you have been acting a bit in the past few months, and I thought you had repented, but I didn't expect that you would make a big mistake! Do you think that if I let my guard down, you can do whatever you want, or do you think that you have supernatural powers and nothing will be discovered by your family? Hehe, you think you can do anything just because you passed the imperial examination? Are you in a hurry to divide the family and become the head of the family? You are a useless thing!"

Gu Tingye finally couldn't help it, and looked at Gu Tingyu with a gloomy face: "Big brother, you really can't bear it for a moment."

Hearing this, Gu Tingyu started to cough violently and said intermittently: "I... I am doing this for your own good! You haven't started a family yet, and your father is still alive... Why did you... build a house for yourself? You are... You are relying on the property given by your grandfather to do whatever you want... Don't do this again, second brother!"

"You should take more care of your own health instead of spending all your time trying to plot against me." Gu Tingye said coldly.