Pingning Town
Mrs. Gu prepared several boxes of betrothal gifts and was doing the final check in the hall with the booklet. Seeing Gu Changsheng coming back, she said happily: "Changsheng, I have prepared all the betrothal gifts. We will go to the county in three days and go to Yuqing's house to propose marriage."
Gu Changsheng glanced at the things in the hall and said calmly, "I'm not going. Mother, if you really like my cousin, just let my second brother marry her."
"Nonsense, Yuqing likes you." Mrs. Gu said angrily.
"Do I have to marry her just because she likes me? I don't like her at all." Gu Changsheng curled his lips in disdain, "I'm sleepy. I'm going back to my room to rest."
Mrs. Gu hurriedly stopped him: "Wait."
"Mom, is there anything else?" Gu Changsheng asked knowingly.
Madam Gu said earnestly, "Changsheng, mother has compared your horoscopes for you two. You and Yubiao are a natural match. Our two families are also well matched. You should listen to your parents when it comes to marriage."
"I don't want it." Gu Changsheng got angry, "I don't like her, and I already have someone I love."
"Xia Qianqian?" Madam Gu sneered, "She is not worthy of you. Mother absolutely does not agree."
Gu Changsheng shrugged. Since Xia Qianqian didn't want to get married now, he was not in a hurry.
"Changsheng, it's been decided. You must propose marriage and you must marry Yuqing." Mrs. Gu said.
"Mom, you don't love me anymore." Gu Changsheng said, his eyes suddenly becoming sad.
Qing Tong stood aside, his lips twitching: Young Master is becoming yandere again...
Madam Gu was indeed distressed and said, "Nonsense, how could I not love you? Among the three of you brothers, I love you the most."
"But you are forcing me to get married." Gu Changsheng said.
"Mom, this is for your own good. You've grown up, it's time for you to get married and have children."
"So I have to be my cousin? Mom, let me tell you something you may not like to hear. The person I dislike most is my cousin."
Mrs. Gu's face changed drastically: "How could it be?"
"She always thought I was stupid and bullied me a lot. Now that I'm well, she tries to please me in various ways, thinking that I don't remember the past. Oh, actually I remember everything, but I didn't say it out of consideration for my mother."
Mrs. Gu felt more and more upset and asked in a trembling voice, "How did she bully you? Don't make up stories."
"She said I was a fool, that I was sold and counted the money. Her maid replaced the good fruit in my house with bad fruit, and tricked me into eating it."
"Another time, I wanted to play with my cousin, so I chased her. She said I scared her and scolded me."
"I also heard them say that I was a toad wanting to eat swan flesh, but I didn't even take a piss and look at myself."
Every time Gu Changsheng said something, Mrs. Gu's face became uglier. How could she let someone abuse her son like this? Even if he was a fool, he was still the treasure of their Gu family!
Madam Gu was so angry that she was shaking: "Changsheng, is everything you said true?"
"Mom, when have I ever lied to you?" Gu Changsheng smiled gently, and then started coughing again.
Mrs. Gu hurriedly patted his back to help him calm down.
"Mother, although I am not stupid anymore, I am still a sickly person and I don't know how long I can live. Back then, Xia Qianqian refused to be sold to my family as a concubine. Wasn't it because she was afraid of becoming a widow? Doesn't cousin Yuqing have any selfish motives?"
Mrs. Gu thought about it carefully and felt that what her son said made sense. Yuqing was good-looking, had a good family background, and was talented, but she did not participate in the selection. Instead, she wanted to marry Changsheng wholeheartedly. Did she like Changsheng so much
(End of this chapter)