Gu Jinhe didn’t know how the fifth room disciplined Gu Feiwan, nor did he want to know.

The reason why she brought this matter to the old lady was just to keep Gu Feiwan quiet for a few days. She had other things to do and didn't want to play this jealous game with Gu Feiwan.

On the second day, the winter solstice, the old lady held a family banquet and Gu Jinhe also received many gifts.

The faces of the people from the five rooms were not very good that day, except for Gu Chenliang who was the same as usual. Gu Jinyu had a cold face when he saw Gu Jinhe, and Ye Pingting was also rather cold.

Gu Feiwan did not attend the banquet that day. The reason given by the Fifth Room was that since she had made a mistake, she should reflect on it and it was not suitable for her to attend such a banquet for the time being.

Gu Jinhe did not comment. As long as she and the fifth room could maintain a respectable relationship for now, it would be best if no one got close to each other. But if they crossed the bottom line, they would lose even this little bit of respect.

A few days after this incident, the Gu residence slowly returned to peace. Even the fifth room was quiet. It was said that no one heard any signs of Gu Feiwan getting angry.

It was a sunny day, and Gu Jinhe had someone move a recliner to the yard. She lay on the chair, covering her face with a book, and lazily basked in the sun.

Shumo and Shuhua also sat down in the corridor to take a rest. Shumo and Shuhua sighed that it would be great if such days could last forever.

Shu Mo lowered her eyes slightly, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. She had recently felt vaguely from the eldest lady's behavior that the calm surface of the lake would soon be broken, and perhaps such a peaceful life would become farther and farther away from them in the future.

Gu Jinhe seemed to have entered a dream in a daze. In the dream, there was a teenage girl and a couple. They disciplined her strictly. Endless peeping and orders accompanied this girl with weakened shoulders for more than ten years.

The couple controlled the girl's entire life and time, not allowing her to make friends, not giving her time to have fun, and even fewer opportunities to watch TV.

When other students already had mobile phones, the girl's parents did not allow her to indulge in pleasure, let alone touch a mobile phone.

After living like this for a long time, the girl wanted to rebel. She started to do odd jobs secretly. After a few months, she finally saved enough money and bought a very cheap mobile phone.

One day she was hiding under the quilt in her room, secretly looking at her mobile phone, but unexpectedly the quilt covering her head was pulled away by someone.

Her parents were standing beside her bed, looking at her sternly.

In the end, the girl was punished and made to kneel in the living room, where she watched her father smash the mobile phone she had saved up so much money to buy onto the ground again and again. In an instant, the phone parts cracked and shattered.

Part of it rolled down to her legs.

Finally, the girl's father stepped on the remains of the phone, looked at the girl, and asked her very calmly, even gently: "Will you touch your phone again in the future?"

The girl cried and shook her head, looking at the scattered parts on the ground with red eyes, and said something.

“······No, I will never touch my cell phone again.”

This incident became a shadow weighing on the girl's heart. From then on, she had a hidden fear of mobile phones. The mobile phone that she had always wanted to own finally became something dispensable.

It was not until her parents died unexpectedly that the girl finally bought a mobile phone again, but only to make it easier to contact her teachers and classmates.

While people around her are always holding their cell phones, the girl has almost no dependence on the phone. She would not use it if possible and even doesn’t like the feeling of carrying a phone on her body.

The scene of her kneeling in the living room that day, watching her phone turn into wreckage bit by bit, has remained in her mind.

Fear accompanied by despair made her lose all hope for her future life.

But one day later, someone found her.

It turned out that she was the missing eldest daughter of the Gu family, a prominent family in Beijing. Coincidentally, her adoptive parents also had the surname Gu. She has been using the name Gu Jinhe until now and has never changed it.

The girl thought that if she returned to her real home, she would get the family love she wanted. She looked forward to having her real relatives who would care about her and protect her.

Unexpectedly, it seemed as if the world was playing a huge joke on the girl. She started a new round of study all over again, and even did better than before.

It is so strict that you have to follow the rules on what time to get up, what time to rest, and even meal times.

Documents and materials that were a hundred times more complicated than her academic assignments were placed in front of her. She had to read them word by word and memorize them.

She had to learn etiquette and remember the background of each family. For four whole days, the girl never slacked off for even a single day.

What carried her through these four long years was her longing for family affection and a glimmer of hope for the future.

Even when faced with various crises later, the girl never backed down.

But one day, when the girl was abandoned by her family and deserted by everyone, she suddenly realized how sad and ridiculous her life was.

Getting the family love I had always longed for was no different from not having it. Instead, the shackles on my shoulders became even heavier.

For the past 28 years, except for the days in the orphanage, she was adopted at the age of seven and was always under strict discipline. After returning to the Gu family, she was taught even more strictly. She spent a full 20 years under discipline.

In her last year, she had to face many assassination attempts. It was not until the bullet pierced her heart that she finally relaxed.

It’s better to die, and put an end to everything.

Just when she thought her life was about to end, unexpectedly, God played another huge joke on her.

There was even a moment when she didn't want to live. She was too tired and in too much pain.

But when she thought about the person who died to save her, and the only relative who truly loved her, who was still waiting for her to come home...

Thinking of the danger her family would face, she had to stand up again and walk the path she had already walked.

A road full of obstacles.

This dream seemed very long, yet very short. It was a girl’s short life, and it ended in just a few words.

Gu Jinhe took away the book covering her face, opened her eyes and saw the high wall in front of her. She was trapped under this high wall in her previous life.

You can't see the scenery outside, nor can you see through the various aspects of life in this world.

For more than twenty years, which was neither long nor short, she was always trapped in a cage. She was taken from Jiangcheng to the more luxurious and exquisite prison in Beijing.

Gu Jinhe sat up and said to Shuhua, who was sitting in the corridor, "Show me the list of scenic spots you prepared earlier."

Hearing this, Shuhua stood up excitedly and said, "Okay, I'll get it right away!" The eldest lady is going out to play again.

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