Gu Jinhe's eyes were fixed on Yang Xiu's face, as if he wanted to see clearly the emotions hidden in her heart.

"You were trying to force me to hand over your son, and now you're paying attention to who gave my mother the bracelet."

"Is a bracelet more important than your only biological son?"

A hint of gloom flashed across Yang Xiu's brows: "You just need to tell me who gave this bracelet to Lu Yuan. I will ask about Murong Qingxuan later."

Gu Jinhe looked at Yang Xiu's face twice, then retracted his gaze and said in a calm voice: "Why should I tell you?"

Yang Xiu: "Now the seven great families have united to deal with the Murong family. My Yang family has contributed a lot. Miss Gu, do you really want to affect the overall situation for such a small matter?"

Gu Jinhe's eyebrows turned cold: "Are you threatening me?"

Yang Xiu: "This is not a threat, I am just stating the facts."

If the Yang family turned against the other families at this time, it would definitely have a very bad impact on other families.

After all, Yang Xiu was also present when they were discussing how to deal with the Murong family. She knew a lot of inside information. If she told the Murong family, it would be a very dangerous thing for other families.

Gu Jinhe said coldly: "Do you think I would let you into the Gu family if it weren't for this matter?"

Yang Xiu refused to give in: "Since you let me in, it means you still need me. At this time, the bridge has not been crossed yet. If I demolish the bridge, we will all fall into the water and only one person will die."

Gu Jinhe: "It wasn't a threat just now, so what about now? Is it still not a threat?"

Using other noble families to threaten Gu Jinhe to compromise is truly despicable and shameless.

Gu Jinhe placed his left hand on the table and tapped it lightly with his index finger. Xu Cheng, who had been standing behind him without saying a word, stepped out from behind, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Gu Jinhe.

Suddenly, a faint fragrance of osmanthus permeated the air.

After Yang Xiu smelled it, her eyes determined, and she turned to the tea that had already gone cold on her table. She hadn't noticed before that the tea was just ordinary boiled water, without a single green leaf.

A surge of violent emotion rose up in Yang Xiu's heart for a moment, but fortunately she held it back at the last moment and did not show it on her face.

Gu Jinhe picked up the teacup that exuded a faint sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance and said in a leisurely tone: "I am a person who is easy to talk to, but there is only one thing, I hate being threatened the most."

The swirling white mist moistened Gu Jinhe's eyebrows, making her cold eyes appear a little softer.

"You just threatened me twice, I'm giving you a big gift."

Gu Jinhe snapped his fingers with his right hand, and immediately someone walked in from outside the door, holding a dark brocade box the size of a palm in his hand.

Yang Xiu glanced at the brocade box and frowned slightly. It seemed that there was some other smell mixed in the air besides the sweet-scented osmanthus scent.

It's the smell of blood!

Yang Xiu immediately fixed his eyes on the brocade box, and perhaps he had a premonition of something bad, and his face darkened.

Gu Jinhe put the teacup to his nose and sniffed it: "Open the box and give it to Ms. Yang."

Upon hearing the order, the man opened the box without hesitation, then placed the box steadily on Yang Xiu's desk, next to the teacup, and then stepped away.

After the brocade box was opened, the bloody smell burst out without any concealment.

Yang Xiu couldn't help but look over, and what caught his eyes were two bloody fingers!

Yang Xiu's face turned pale for a moment. She stared at the fingers in the box and her eyes turned red instantly.

Gu Jinhe looked at the expression on her face and said, "Do you still like the gift I gave you?"

Yang Xiu finally came back to her senses. Her face was pale, but her expression was full of coldness. She looked at Gu Jinhe and said in a hoarse voice: "Gu Jinhe! He is your brother!"

“How could you——!”

Gu Jinhe sneered: "Why can't I?"

"Why didn't you say no when he led his men to attack me that night?"

"I was shot in the shoulder, blood was all over the floor, and I almost went into shock from excessive blood loss. Why didn't you say no at that time?"

"Besides, his last name is Murong. He is not my brother. Now he is talking to me about our kinship. Unfortunately, it is too late."

Yang Xiu turned a deaf ear and continued, "He is your cousin and you are his sister. How can you treat him like this?!"

Gu Jinhe gently turned the teacup in his hand, looked at the light yellow tea in the cup, and said, "Then I have to ask you this."

Yang Xiu was stunned: "What does this have to do with me? I have never hurt you, but you have hurt my son many times, and every time you tried to kill him!"

Gu Jinhe's tone turned cold: "If you hadn't come to my house today, Murong Qingxuan would still be fine, with all his limbs intact. But you came to my house to ask for someone and threatened me. I really don't like it. Someone has to pay the price."

"You are now representing the Yang family and working with other families to deal with the Murong family. I can't do anything to you, but the son has to pay the mother's debt, so I have no choice but to ask your son to pay the interest."

Yang Xiu's face was fierce: "Gu Jinhe!"

Gu Jinhe: "Do you still want to threaten me? Your son still has eight fingers. If you want to see more, you can continue."

This obvious threat made Yang Xiu stop what she was about to say. Her face turned pale, her eyes were bloodshot as she looked at the fingers in the box, and her eyes were cold as she looked at Gu Jinhe.

Gu Jinhe raised his eyes and met her gaze from a distance, without dodging. He just looked straight at her, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, which was light but cold.

Yang Xiu suddenly said, "You think you only have two months left to live, so you don't care about anything anymore, right?"

Gu Jinhe raised an eyebrow: "Is this a threat?"

Yang Xiu quickly glanced at the finger in the box and said immediately: "No!"

Gu Jinhe looked at Yang Xiu steadily: "Is it really not a threat?"

Yang Xiu shook his head and gritted his teeth: "No."

Gu Jinhe's eyes suddenly turned cold: "What do you mean by that? If I understand correctly, you wanted to threaten me with the people around me, right?"

Yang Xiu's brows were filled with gloom: "No."

Gu Jinhe: "I will give you two choices. One, continue to fight against the Murong family with other families. Two, you can leave the Gu family now."

"Don't worry, I will deliver the gift to your door before you go home."

Yang Xiu frowned fiercely. Her expression was so ugly that she couldn't hide it. After a while, she said in a hoarse voice, "The Murong family wiped out my entire clan. I must avenge this."

That means she chooses one.

Gu Jinhe put down the teacup and stood up. She glanced at Yang Xiu's ugly face and said in a cold voice, "Show the guest away." Before she finished her words, she turned around and left the hall.

Xu Cheng walked up to Yang Xiu and raised his hand to signal, "Please take the gift and leave the Gu family, Ms. Yang."

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