Delicate Flower Chapter 231: Strong words

Gu Xi knew that her brother wanted her to marry into the Pei family, but he wanted her to marry Pei Yan, who held real power, not Pei Tong, who had the title of eldest grandson.

But she changed her mind after contacting Pei Yan.

Instead of being a respectful couple with Pei Yan for the rest of their lives, it would be better to marry Pei Tong, who wants everything from her.

This is what she said to Gu Chang. But in fact, she had a vague feeling in her heart that Pei Yan was not that easy to manipulate. At least in her opinion, there was nothing special about Pei Yan's treatment of her. He looked at her like a stranger, even worse than a stranger. Indifferent, with a bit of disdain and contempt, as if he could see through her thoughts and know her plans at a glance, which made her feel uneasy and scared at the same time.

Especially because Pei Yan was so handsome, so handsome that even a woman who was born as a woman felt uncomfortable with being surrounded by jewels.

She felt that she had no advantage in front of Pei Yan, and was a little afraid of him.

This is completely different from the feeling Pei Tong gave her.

Pei Tong is also very handsome, not inferior to Li Duan, and even more temperamental than Li Duan. The important thing is that he is gentle and polite, modest and humorous, frank and sincere, and the eyes he looks at her are extremely soft, which makes her instantly gain confidence in front of him, and it is the special confidence of a woman.

She prefers Pei Tong to Pei Yan.

Even if Pei Yan is in charge of the Pei family now.

If Pei Yan cannot be used by her, what does it have to do with her even if Pei Yan is in power? What benefits can she get from Pei Yan?

After thinking about this, she chose Pei Tong without hesitation.

That's why she deliberately mentioned the Li family's affairs, and said schemingly: "Brother, look at what kind of family my wife is looking for for me?!"

Gu Chang didn't speak, feeling guilty.

Gu Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Her goal was achieved.

As long as her brother feels a little guilty about her, he will not pursue the matter of her engagement with Pei Tong against his wishes, but will also defend her.

She said hurriedly: "Brother, let's not talk about the past anymore. What did Mr. Pei San say about Mr. Pei going to Hangzhou to study?"

Gu Chang is also having a headache about this matter.

In his opinion, unless Pei Tong has no talent in studying and relies entirely on hard work, even if Pei Yan wants to prevent Pei Tong from coming forward, he will only be able to suppress him for a few years at most. It is impossible to suppress Pei Tong forever. In this case, why not do Pei Tong a favor and simply let him go to Hangzhou to study. Moreover, the Gu family is not like the Yang family. The Yang family has little background and is more impatient in their behavior. If they catch Pei You, the eldest son of the Pei family, they are reluctant to let go. The Pei family's personal network resources were used by their Yang family, and the Pei family was naturally disgusted.

But their Gu family has been passed down from generation to generation through farming and education. They believe that helping in-laws means forming good relationships and benefiting future generations. I don’t know how many relatives and friends with reading talents they have mentored. Of course, he also has selfish motives. If Pei Tong accepts the favor from the Gu family, he will definitely have to look up to Gu Xi after getting married, which will be good for Gu Xi's future married life.

This is also the reason why he agreed to help Gu Xi with her proposal.

When Gu Xi mentioned it again at this time, he smiled bitterly and said, "Pei Xiaguang did not agree. According to his wishes, it depends on Pei Tong where he wants to study. If Pei Tong intends to go out to study, let Pei Tong Go talk to him yourself."

Gu Xi was stunned and said, "Didn't Mr. Pei tell Mr. Pei San?"

The brother and sister looked at each other.

Gu Chang stood up immediately and said: "There is something wrong with this matter - if Pei Tong is really as good as you said, why is he not even willing to take responsibility for this matter, and instead let you, who has not yet officially married, be Come forward for his woman. Axi, you should reconsider this marriage."

Gu Xi was obviously aware of it, but she was still holding on to a sense of luck and said, "Then I'll ask him. Brother, don't be so nervous. Maybe there's something going on that we don't know about. ?"

The two families have already exchanged marriage invitations and married couples, and they are just about to officially announce the appointment. The marriage has been decided. If they regret the marriage at this time... Gu Xi has already regretted the marriage once... The situation is very unfavorable for Gu Xi. .

Gu Chang said solemnly: "Don't worry about this matter for now. I have something important to discuss with Pei Xiaguang tonight. After I see him, I will take the time to talk to him about it. If it is Pei When the eldest lady asks, you just say you don’t know and you have already left everything to me.”

After all, the eldest lady is Gu Xi’s future mother-in-law, and Gu Xi will definitely not dare to offend her openly.

Gu Xi nodded.

Gu Chang asked again: "Has the eldest lady come over for this lecture? Where are Pei Tong and Pei Fei? Are they here?"

The eldest wife is a widow, so she shouldn’t attend such gatherings. But firstly, this place is a temple, a place to worship Buddha, and secondly, it is hosted by the Pei family. It makes sense for her to come out as the eldest daughter-in-law of the clan to help Pei Lao'an entertain guests.

Gu Xi said: "The eldest madam, the eldest young master, and the second young master are all here. But the eldest madam is so happy that she only saw me."

Gu Chang heard something interesting and asked her: "Have you met the eldest son and second son of the Pei family?"

Although he was asking Gu Xi, his tone was very sure.

Gu Xi's face turned red and she whispered: "I had met Mr. Pei before my father agreed to the marriage of the Pei family. He is quite a nice person, and he told me that he had been with the Yang family since he was a child. My cousin was my childhood sweetheart, but unfortunately her cousin Fu Qian died of a sudden illness."

Pei Tong also confessed to her that he was still thinking about how well his cousin treated him, but from the moment he decided to marry her, he would only keep his cousin in his heart and treat him well. Future wife and children. Because his future wife and children are right and should not bear his feelings for his cousin.

This made Gu Xi feel that Pei Tong was extremely sincere.

Gu Chang is a smart man, and he can guess Pei Tong's attitude towards his sister.

He looked confused.

This eldest son of the Pei family, whom he has never met before, is obviously not a vegetarian. If this person was not his brother-in-law, he would give him high fives and praise him, but this person was his brother-in-law, and his requirements were different.

Gu Chang felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.

He raised his eyes to see the satisfaction on his sister's face and the glimmer of relief in his eyes. He knew that it was too late for him to say anything. His sister probably fell in love with Pei Tong.

The relationship between husband and wife is like a game, whoever pays more loses!

Gu Chang couldn't help but remind his sister: "Be careful, he is using you!"

Gu Xi, however, was very confident and said with shining eyes: "Being able to be used by others means that it is valuable. If he uses me, I am using him. It's just a competition to see who has more means. Pei The eldest son has very little chance of winning now. If he is willing to pretend to be affectionate in front of the Yang family, it will certainly be better for him. Maybe I can still make friends with the female members of the Yang family!"

That's true.

Gu Chang is afraid that when Gu Xi really gets there, the love between son and daughter will grow.

Gu Xi said: "Brother, I can't rely on you forever, so why don't you try to let me go for a while? If that doesn't work, it's not too late for you to support me."

Gu Chang thought for a while and felt that his sister's words were reasonable.

As long as Gu Xi becomes the daughter-in-law of the Pei family, even if the two of them turn against each other, Gu Xi will still be the daughter-in-law of the Pei family. Maybe because of this, Gu Xi will have the value of being exploited by Pei Yan, and it may not be certain that she will be protected by Pei Yan.

"Okay!" Gu Chang finally decided to let his sister go for a while, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. If it doesn't work, I will still have my brother!"

Gu Xi smiled gratefully at his brother.

Without her brother, how could she have the courage to give it a try?

She didn't want to talk about it anymore, so she changed the subject and asked about something she was very concerned about: "I'm about to leave the government, haven't I chosen a sister-in-law yet?"

As Gu Chang listened, the woman in honey-colored clothes that he met on the corridor immediately came to mind.

It would also be okay if she was a girl from the Song and Wu families.

To stand in the world, a true man cannot rely entirely on others, but he cannot rely entirely on himself either.

Although the Song family is now in decline, and although the Wu family is snobbish, they are still barely capable in-laws.

Gu Chang felt hot in his heart. The corners of his mouth turned up without even realizing it, and he said, "Brother has his own ideas about my affairs. Just mind your own business." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt on pins and needles. He felt that this small wing was so stuffy and cramped that he couldn't stay there for more than a quarter of an hour. He followed his heart and said, "Brother, let's go first. Please stay in the wing." Here, keep your spirits up so that you can accompany Mr. Pei Lao'an to attend the sermon tomorrow. This is the first time you appear in front of everyone with the female family members of the Pei family. There will definitely be a lot of people paying attention to you, so you should pay more attention. Yes. ~IndoMTL.com~ Gu Xi also had to prepare the clothes for attending the sermon tomorrow. In addition, it was already getting late. Even though they were brothers and sisters, there were differences between men and women. She did not stay with Gu Chang for long and personally escorted Gu Chang to the gate. She stood under the eaves and waited until Gu Chang's figure disappeared outside the courtyard wall, then she returned to her wing.

As soon as Gu Chang left his sister's residence, he couldn't wait to ask Gao Sheng: "Have you found the person I asked you to check?"

"I only know that she came with the Pei family to attend the sutra lecture." Gao Sheng said guiltily, "I haven't found out which lady from which house she is from?"

Gu Chang said "Oh" with some disappointment, and ordered Gao Sheng to continue investigating, but he didn't know that Gao Sheng, like him, had gone in the wrong direction. He was preoccupied with investigating the ladies from several aristocratic families who were worshiping the Buddha, and subconsciously ignored it. Maybe Yu Tang is just a girl from an ordinary family, just someone who came here with the female family members of the Pei family.

The Song family and Miss Peng family quickly found out the details of Yu Tang.

Miss Song Liu opened her eyes wide and asked in disbelief: "Is she really just a young lady from an ordinary scholar's family? Then why did the Pei family treat her so kindly? And Miss Xu, who is the most tricky, also Make friends with her. Could it be that we made a mistake?"

The person who checked Yutang was a member of the Peng family.

Miss Peng immediately became unhappy and said, "How could there be a mistake? I asked Brother Eleven to investigate. Only when there is something important in our family can we ask Brother Eleven."

If the Peng family had not planned to marry the Pei family this time, they would not be able to invite Peng Shiyi.

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