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

"Do whatever you want?" Ye Pingting cut off a branch of flower with a pair of scissors, her eyes were cold.

Gu Jinyu still looked angry and said, "Mom, why does grandma treat Wanwan like this? She is also the daughter of the Gu family. If it weren't for mom blocking the news and letting people know that Wanwan was confined to copy Buddhist scriptures, how could she go out and meet people in the future?"

Ye Pingting glanced at the fallen branches on the ground and narrowed her eyes: "Wanwan is my daughter. No one can surpass her in the Gu family."

Gu Jinyu thought of what happened in the hall before: "Mom, Gu Jinhe is different from what we thought before. Grandma treats her differently when she just came back and made such a promise. I'm afraid she can't be Wanwan's stepping stone as we thought."

"From the first moment I saw her at the door, I knew she was no ordinary girl. She looked like someone who grew up in the Gu family and was carefully taught for many years. But she did not grow up in the Gu family. So where have she been all these years and who trained her?" Ye Pingting put down the scissors, sat down on the chair, and said lightly.

Gu Jinyu seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up: "Mom, do you think she might not be the real Gu Jinhe, but someone else pretending to be her? Didn't something like this happen to the Liu family before? They raised a daughter for more than ten years, but they didn't expect it was an orphan pretending to be her." He grew up in such a family, so he naturally knew how difficult it was to cultivate an outstanding child.

Ye Pingting frowned when she heard her son's words, looked at him with some dissatisfaction and said, "Do you think that with the Liu family's previous experience as a lesson, given your grandmother's style of doing things, she would not investigate thoroughly and take Gu Jinhe back to the Gu family so easily?"

Gu Jinyu knew he had made a stupid mistake the moment he said that. Without mentioning anything else, he knew she was a member of the Gu family the first time he saw Gu Jinhe.

Because she looks very much like grandma when she was young, the people in the eldest branch of the Gu family look the most like grandma, the first being uncle, and then Gu Jinhe. He has seen photos of uncle and aunt in the ancestral hall. It can be said that Gu Jinhe not only looks like grandma and uncle, but also like aunt.

With her looks, when she stands next to grandma, anyone would think they are a family.

But Gu Jinyu was still puzzled: "Although we just met for the first time today and don't know much, her temperament is obviously different from that of a child who grew up in an ordinary family. Didn't Mom suspect that she was carefully trained by someone just to return to the Gu family?"

But this doesn't make sense. No matter what kind of person Gu Jinhe is, as long as she is the daughter of the Gu family, the Gu family will not sit idly by.

Ye Pingting shook her head. There were some things that she couldn't explain to her children. She looked at her son who was much taller than her, touched the bracelet on her wrist, and smiled, "Okay, forget about these things for now. The dinner is about to start, and I've prepared the gifts for you. Remember, don't lose your temper again."

"I see."

Gu Jinyu knew that his performance in the hall was a bit impatient, but when he heard his grandmother say that, he still felt unwilling.

I introduced several other uncles and brothers in detail, but only their family was given the word "respect". Even my sister Wanwan was not introduced. The more I thought about it, the more unwilling I became. Grandma is really too partial!

After leaving the hall, Gu Jinhe was led by the old lady's hand and slowly came to the courtyard where she had lived in the Gu family for five years in her previous life. It was a courtyard with a beautiful environment, a large area and bright sunlight.

Flowers and plants are planted everywhere. The archway leading into the courtyard is covered with roses climbing all over the walls. They are golden, red, pink, and white, blooming in all colors and are extremely beautiful.

There is a lotus pond in the yard, which occupies more than half of the front yard. A wooden bridge is built over the pond. It is almost October and the lotus flowering period has ended, but I don’t know if it is due to the climate or some other reason, there are still many lotus flowers blooming in the lotus pond. You can even see a few calla lilies blooming when walking on the bridge.

Gu Jinhe knew the origin of this lotus pond. It was built by her grandmother before she was born. The lotus was clean, pure and white, growing out of the mud without being stained. Perhaps her grandmother hoped that she would be a pure person in the future.

Along the way, Gu Jinhe has almost figured out what is different between this life and the previous one, and the problem lies with herself.

I still remember the first time I met my grandmother in my previous life. She was so nervous that her face turned pale and she even stuttered when she answered.

Now she faces them calmly and confidently, and is not shy when looking into the eyes of her grandmother. The contrast is like heaven and earth.

But she was able to remain calm and composed because she had received five years of instruction in the Gu family. In the first year after returning to the Gu family, she hardly even went out of the courtyard. She had been receiving instruction from her teachers and learning all kinds of things she had never thought of before, not only music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and etiquette courses, but also the family roots and connections. She had to know the detailed information of all families or people that were close to the Gu family.

Even now when thinking back on those turbulent years, Gu Jinhe still feels that it was a dark time with not a single moment of respite.

But she also understood the reason for doing so.

If she was just the eldest daughter of the Gu family, with her grandmother and the Gu family around, she wouldn't have to work so hard to learn so many things. But she had an engagement and knew nothing, so she couldn't be the mistress of the Fu family.

The mistress of one of the four major families is related to the honor and disgrace of the family. How can it be a good person? Just like when the old lady of the Gu family lost her husband in her early years, if she had not been firm and decisive in taking the power of the Gu family without hesitation, the Gu family might have fallen into the hands of a side branch or been swallowed up by other families.

"You loved this courtyard when you were little, but you were still young and we were worried about you living here alone, so you lived with me most of the time. You even named it the Rose Courtyard because of the roses that covered the courtyard wall. You thought they were pretty and often asked someone to pick a few and send them to my room. The Gu family has never planted roses anywhere else except here."

The old lady brought Gu Jinhe into the courtyard which had been deserted for twenty years as its owner had returned. Now that the owner of the courtyard had returned, it was expected that the courtyard would become lively again.

Gu Jinhe helped the old lady sit down in the hall, gently placed her hands on her knees, and slowly squatted down. She looked up at the old lady and asked softly, "Grandma, will you always like me?"

The old lady raised her hand and stroked Gu Jinhe's hair, her eyes were complicated, and after a while she seemed to sigh, and then she said, "Miao Miao, in the Gu family, no one will question my love for you."

Listening to the old lady's firm words, Gu Jinhe's nose suddenly felt sore and tears gradually filled her eyes, but she always raised her head and looked at the old lady. Even though tears blurred her vision, she did not blink.

Because she knew that tears were the most useless thing. The old lady hated others shedding tears the most. She said that tears would mislead your enemies, making them think that you are cowardly and timid, and then they would strike and destroy you without mercy.

The old lady took a handkerchief and gently wiped the tears from the corners of Gu Jinhe's eyes. Looking at her granddaughter, whose facial features were somewhat similar to hers, the huge stone that had been deposited in her heart for many years finally turned to dust.

The old lady thought that her granddaughter, whom she would never see again in her lifetime, had returned to her side and had grown up to be so outstanding. She felt both relieved and regretful in her heart. The complex emotions made her immersed in her own thoughts.

After the old lady wiped her tears, Gu Jinhe quickly recovered. She couldn't let her grandmother down again. She had made one mistake after another in her previous life. This time, she would definitely listen to her grandmother and become her pride.

The hall was silent for a while, and then footsteps were heard outside the door. It sounded like quite a few people were coming.

Gu Jinhe stood up and turned around, and saw that it was the old butler of the Gu family standing at the door with about twenty people, and standing next to the butler was Xu Cheng.

The position of Gu family's steward has been passed down from generation to generation, and Xu Cheng is the grandson of this Gu family's steward. When he becomes the steward of the Gu family, he will be given the surname Gu and will be in charge of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of everyone in the Gu family, big or small, including family interests outside that are related to the Gu family.

It can be said that the identity of the Gu family's butler is very important. He holds a pivotal position in the Gu family. If something happens to the person in power of the Gu family, the butler has a vote to decide the appointment of the next person in power.

The old lady was in a situation where she was attacked from all sides and her children were still young. She had to protect the children while stabilizing the situation of the Gu family. She was able to quickly gain a foothold and allow the Gu family to recover. Butler Gu put in a lot of effort at that time.

Originally, the old butler should have retired and enjoyed his retirement, but due to an accident, his only son died while protecting his second uncle, leaving behind Xu Cheng, who was only five or six years old.

In order to ensure that there would be no gap in the next generation of housekeepers in the Gu family, the old housekeeper took Xu Cheng to live with him and raised him. He did everything himself and never delegated anything to anyone else.

It can be said that in order for Xu Cheng to become as outstanding as he is now, the old butler has paid a lot of hardships that ordinary people can't imagine.

But Xu Cheng, who was supposed to be with Gu Jinkuan, the next generation heir of the Gu family, was arranged by the old lady to be with Gu Jinhe.

This action almost caused chaos in the previous life, but soon under the deterrence of the old lady's thundering means, the peace of the past was restored.

But the apparent peace and order cannot cover up the storm that is stirring up secretly.

The old butler brought Xu Cheng into the hall, and the rest of the people were guarding outside. They all stood straight with their heads slightly lowered. They stood in two rows, both men and women, but they were all young people, definitely no older than thirty years old.

The old lady looked at the old butler and Xu Cheng who had returned to their usual seriousness. She asked Gu Jinhe to sit down next to her, obviously having something to say.

Gu Jinhe sat down in silence. She knew what would happen next. As expected, the old lady announced the decision that Xu Cheng would stay with Gu Jinhe from now on.

The old butler and Xu Cheng had obviously known about it a long time ago, and the three of them quickly completed the handover, and Xu Cheng took two steps forward and stood below and to the right of Gu Jinhe.

Gu Jinhe moved the corners of her lips, looked at the old lady's solemn face, and slowly lowered her eyelids. Now she had just returned home, and there were some things that even if she said them, grandma would not listen to her.

Gu Jinhe turned to look at Xu Cheng who was standing next to him. He lowered his head slightly, and the lines of his profile were gentle yet tough.

She closed her eyes and thought, in this life, she would definitely let Xu Cheng have the surname Gu.

Let him have no regrets.