Rebirth: Mr. Fu will not cancel the engagement this time

When everyone was sitting in the dining room eating hot pot in the evening, Shuhua noticed that one person was missing and asked why Wu Lu was not there.

Shu Mo glared at her. Even eating hotpot couldn't stop her talkative mouth.

Wu Lu must have something to do when he was not here. Even the eldest lady didn't ask about it, so what was Shuhua asking so anxiously?

Gu Jinhe said: "He won't be back during this period of time."

Shuhua was about to ask why he didn't come back when someone stepped on his foot under the table.

She hissed and almost couldn't hold back her expression. When Gu Jinhe looked over, she laughed awkwardly and said, "The ingredients I prepared are a bit spicy."

Xu Cheng first scooped out a bowl of ginseng soup from the pot and placed it in front of Gu Jinhe, then put the meat slices and vegetables in.

Shuhua and Shumo were not surprised by his actions. Xu Cheng seemed to have always been very careful, especially when it came to taking care of the eldest lady, he paid great attention to details.

After dinner, it started to drizzle outside, and a slight coolness came with the wet breath.

Gu Jinhe stood in the corridor, watching the rain falling from the sky, his expression was unclear under the dim light.

Shu Mo came over with a thin blanket and put it on Gu Jinhe's shoulders, saying, "It's cold outside, don't get sick, Miss."

After a long silence, Gu Jinhe turned his head to look at Shu Mo and said, "What kind of person do you think the old lady is?"

Shu Mo knew that she shouldn't talk about the old lady, but it was already late at night and there was no one else in the corridor except her and Gu Jinhe.

Shu Mo thought for a moment and said, "The old lady is someone I admire. She was able to stabilize the turbulent situation of the Gu family by herself. She is an extraordinary woman."

Gu Jinhe lowered his eyebrows and curled the corners of his lips. Yes, she is an extraordinary woman.

Given the situation back then, it was a remarkable thing that she was able to stabilize the Gu family and resist outside intrusion.

Just like the old lady told her, she had no choice but to do this to protect the Gu family and her children.

Later, for the sake of her father Gu Chenjun, she wanted to arrange a marriage relationship between him and the Yang family in order to save his life.

From her perspective, everything she did was for others, not for herself.

In the eyes of others, it was her selfless dedication and her strict self-discipline in managing the Gu family for half her life that earned her the title of Iron Lady.

So, in her heart, she was not wrong.

Even Shu Mo felt that the old lady was a very remarkable woman.

Shu Mo carefully looked at Gu Jinhe's expression and asked softly, "In the eyes of the eldest lady, what kind of person is the old lady?"

At this time, a cold wind blew light rain towards them. Gu Jinhe gathered the blanket around him and said in a calm voice, "She is a very selfish person."

Shu Mo opened his eyes slightly, then quickly lowered his head to restrain the emotions on his face and said nothing.

Gu Jinhe glanced at her and said with a slight curve of his lips: "I have only said this to you. I will not mention it to anyone else."

Gu Jinhe's brows became more indifferent: "She seems to have always considered others more in her life, and never considered herself. Just this point alone makes people have no place to reason."

Even if she selfishly makes decisions for others, no one can say anything.

After all, as a mother, she has fulfilled her motherly responsibilities by considering so much for her son.

This is also the most frustrating part.

If I had known this would happen, why would I have given birth to Gu Chenjun?

If the old lady had listened to Murong Qinglan and not wanted the child, would what happened later have not happened?

The four sons she gave birth to for the Gu family would also be named in the correct order, instead of having to wait until the next generation to start the correct order.

Nor will these sufferings continue for three generations.

But how could Xie Yun, the eldest daughter of the Xie family who had been spoiled and had everything she wanted since childhood, think of these things?

She has always only thought about herself. Even after so many things happened, she still guarded the Gu family for Gu Yanzhi without any regrets. Perhaps there was an element of atonement in this, too?

Otherwise, she could just go back to her Xie family and continue to be the eldest daughter of the Xie family.

Why should I stay and take over this hot potato?

Shu Mo is a smart person. She keenly heard from these two short sentences that this was the problem between Gu Jinhe and the old lady.

She asked, "What is the old lady considering for the young lady?"

Gu Jinhe stretched out a hand from under the corridor and caught the tiny drops of rain. The slightly cool feeling quickly filled his entire palm.

Shu Mo heard Gu Jinhe speak in a tone so calm that no emotion could be heard.

"She arranged a marriage for me."

Shu Mo suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Jinhe, and asked in shock: "When did this happen?"

Why had she never heard of this incident in all the more than 20 years she had lived in the Gu family?

There is no rumor in the outside world that the old lady has arranged a marriage for Gu Jinhe?

Is it because Gu Jinhe has been missing for twenty years that no one outside knows about it?

Gu Jinhe took back her hand and clenched the rain in it, as if she was grasping her own destiny. She whispered, "A long, long time ago, when I was just born."

Shu Mo didn't expect that it would happen so early. When the eldest daughter was still in swaddling clothes, the old lady actually arranged a marriage for her.

Shu Mo asked, "Whose house did the old lady book for you?"

"Fu family, Fu Huaiyuan."

It turned out to be him?

When Shu Mo heard this name, the first thought in his mind was that this person was worthy of his eldest daughter, and the old lady did not match them up randomly.

But she looked up at Gu Jinhe's emotionless expression and frowned slightly. Could it be that the eldest daughter didn't like this engagement and that's why she had a rift with the old lady?

Shu Mo said: "If the eldest lady doesn't like this engagement, you can persuade the old lady to cancel the engagement for you."

After all, the old lady loves the eldest lady so much. As long as the eldest lady goes to ask for it in person, I believe the old lady will definitely agree.

Gu Jinhe lowered his head and looked at the raindrops that slowly dripped down from between his fingers. After a long silence, he said indifferently, "She didn't agree."

Shu Mo was speechless: "How could it be?"

Gu Jinhe: "Surprised, right?"

Shu Mo said in confusion: "Since you know you don't like this marriage, why doesn't the old lady agree to cancel it? Do you want you to continue to fulfill the engagement and really marry into the Fu family in the future?"

Wouldn't that make the eldest lady and Fu Huaiyuan a pair of resentful lovers, given that the eldest lady does not agree to this marriage?

Gu Jinhe loosened his hands, his palms were wet, and the warmth from his hands made the rain milder.

"As I said earlier, she is a very selfish person."