I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 117 Do You Know the Bai Family - Bai Ruonan 26

Qingyue turned to Luzhu and said, "Send someone to invite the Marquis here."

"Yes, madam." Lu Zhu responded and went downstairs.

After about a cup of tea, Qingyue heard a noise outside the yard. It was Gu Yan who came in.

Qingyue looked at him and felt that he had changed so much over the years. Gu Yan had lost a lot of weight, and wrinkles were clearly visible at the corners of his eyes. Perhaps it was because he often frowned and was irritated when things were not going well. There were also obvious wrinkles on his forehead. Although his hair was combed neatly, many white hairs had grown on his temples. Overall, he looked much older than his actual age.

Qingyue just felt that standing with him was like two generations apart, so normally, unless it was necessary, she would not stay with him.

Of course, Qingyue also contributed to his current state, because she would find time to torture him from time to time.

Gu Yankai is a man with some capabilities. When the original owner married into the Marquis' Mansion, he had already been promoted to the rank of Commander of the Left Army. Over the years, Qingyue has been controlling him, and she will not let him have any free time, so he is busy most of the time and works wholeheartedly for the government. This time, he is even more valued by the government than in the original plot.

Such unhealthy busyness would of course lead to his body being overdrawn. Qingyue estimated that he would not live for many more years.

The position that Gu Yankai obtained this time is even higher than that in the original plot. After his death, all the honors and fame he had won during his lifetime will naturally benefit her and her two children.

Qingyue felt that Gu Yankai should thank her. She was doing this for the good of the Ningyuan Marquisate. With his support, her two children would surely have a smoother career in officialdom in the future.

Looking at Gu Yan's back as he walked into the room, she temporarily returned the control of her body to him. No matter what he said, except for the things that he was controlled by, she would not let him say it out loud, not even to a dying man.

Qingyue asked everyone to go down, and no one else was left in Gu Tingyu's room. Only the two of them, father and son, were left to talk alone.

Not long after she returned to the main courtyard, a servant came to report that the eldest son had passed away.

Qingyue didn't feel sad at all, she just asked that Gu Tingyu's funeral be conducted according to the rules.

At night, Qingyue asked Gu Yankai to come to the main courtyard.

Seeing that his hatred towards her was about to burst out, Qingyue was not angry at all, and even wanted to know what he would say to her.

So Qingyue let him temporarily control his body. Gu Yankai felt it and immediately asked with gritted teeth: "It's not enough that you hurt me so badly. My son died at such a young age. Did you do it?"

"He's in poor health himself, what does it have to do with me?" Qingyue said calmly.

"And..." Qingyue looked at his hideous appearance and said, "How miserable can you be? If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be so successful in the officialdom and be highly valued by the government."

Gu Yankai was angry: "You..."

Qingyue interrupted him and continued, "Why are you pretending in front of me? I don't think you love Gu Tingyu that much. You came to the main courtyard many times before, and every time I let you control your body, why didn't you mention Gu Tingyu?"

"Don't say your body is controlled. You don't know Gu Tingyu's situation. I didn't block your ears so that you can't hear what others say."

"People around Gu Tingyu would go to the front yard to see you every once in a while. I didn't ask anyone to stop him every time he went. The servant would tell you about Gu Tingyu's situation and said many times that Gu Tingyu wanted to see you as his father."

"I originally thought that when you were able to control your body in front of me, you would tell me that you wanted to go see your eldest son. It seems that I overestimated you. You didn't even do it once."

"Now that your eldest son is dead, you are still pretending to be a loving father. How hypocritical of you."

Gu Yankai was hit on the point by her words and looked a little annoyed. She was right, he actually loved himself the most. He knew Gu Tingyu's situation and how much Gu Tingyu wanted to see him.

But he had already been miserable enough in front of this woman. Every time she came before, she would beat him up. To this day, his chest and back were covered with layers of scars from beatings. If he told her about his request to see Gu Tingyu, what if she tortured him even more severely?

He also knew that she had not deducted the monthly allowance that Gu Tingyu was supposed to receive in the courtyard. It was not worth it for him to be tortured even more severely just to see her, so he had never made this request.

As time went by, his fatherly love for Gu Tingyu almost faded away, and there was no need for him to meet him anymore.

Today, Gu Tingyu held his hand tightly and asked him why he didn't come to see him for so many years. There was a longing for him as a father in his eyes, and even more hatred towards him. Seeing his eyes like this, Gu Yankai's rare fatherly heart was aroused.

That's why he questioned Qingyue today, trying to blame Gu Tingyu's death on her, in order to alleviate his guilt towards Gu Tingyu.

Qingyue knew what he was thinking. It seemed that she had not hit him too lightly before.

So, this time Qingyue beat him even harder, and even put some medicine on his wounds before he left the hospital. Of course, it was not medicine to heal wounds, but this medicine would make him more painful.

He should just enjoy himself during this period.

.......

Gu Tingyu's death did not cause any waves. After all, many people knew about his physical condition, and his death was also expected.

After the wake, Gu Tingyu was buried.

On the way back, Gu Tingye and his men were walking along a street. He was very perceptive and felt that someone was looking at him with malice in their eyes, so he immediately looked in that direction.

Passing through the crowd, his sight fell precisely on two women. The two women were wearing coarse cloth clothes, without any decorations on their bodies, and they carried baskets on their arms. When they noticed his gaze, they immediately looked away and stopped looking at him.

Gu Tingye carefully scanned the faces of the two people. As far as he could remember, he had never seen these two people before, but why did they look at him like that?

Gu Tingye was a little confused.

Gu Tingshuo, who was following him, noticed that he had been looking in one direction, so he followed his gaze and asked, "Brother, what are you looking at so seriously?"

Gu Tingye turned his head and didn't say what he felt just now. Maybe he was wrong.

"Nothing, let's go back quickly, mother is still waiting for us."