Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Chapter 1277: Luck

Gu Jin’an directly got on the mule cart, and Brother Cheng dared not delay. After glancing at Gu Jinli, he hurriedly climbed onto the mule cart.

Zezi quickly drove the mule cart away. Gu Jinli only turned around to go home after the mule cart was out of sight. As she entered the door, she saw Gu Jinxiu.

Gu Jinxiu withdrew her gaze from the mule cart and asked Gu Jinli, "Is it serious?"

Once she realized something was amiss with Brother An and the others, she immediately came out to see.

Gu Jinli remembered what Gu Jin’an said about not always protecting the eldest sister and letting her be aware of some difficult matters, so she nodded and said, "Yes, it’s serious."

If things go wrong, it could mean a severed relationship between the Ouyang family and theirs, with Master Ouyang taking Third Sister away, never to return.

Gu Jinxiu was shocked and fearfully asked, "How serious?"

Gu Jinli didn’t say more, only replying, "Let’s wait until Big Brother comes back. Maybe Big Brother and Brother Cheng will have good luck and get through this."

After all, it was her family’s fault. No matter what punishment they had to endure, her family would have to accept it.

However, selfishly speaking, she was glad Brother Cheng did this... Big Brother is the kind of person who only wrongs himself and wouldn’t let the people he cares about suffer. In an ancient society where family status was highly significant, Big Brother wouldn’t have rashly approached Third Sister before achieving success.

He would have kept his feelings buried in his heart until he was worthy of Third Sister before going to the Ouyang family to propose.

But by the time he carved out a remarkable achievement, Third Sister might have several children, leaving no room for him.

...

Brother Cheng knelt in the mule cart, occasionally glancing at his elder brother... After getting in the cart, Big Brother had kept his eyes closed, not even looking at him or saying a word.

Brother Cheng was very scared; what if Big Brother ignored him from now on?

He wanted to apologize to Big Brother, but he knew an apology wouldn’t help now. He could only obediently admit his mistake and ask the master not to be angry with Big Brother.

"Young Master, we’ve arrived." Zezi stopped the mule cart and spoke to Gu Jin’an inside.

Brother Cheng quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Gu Jin’an.

Gu Jin’an opened his eyes after a while, took a deep breath, lifted the curtain, swiftly got off the cart, clenched his fists, and knocked on the Ouyang family’s door.

Ah Song soon came out to open the door. Upon seeing Gu Jin’an, he directly said, "First Place Gu, go back. The Second Old Master is furious and said he won’t see you."

This was Master Ouyang’s residence. Master Ouyang had a staff, and Brother Cheng entered the inner quarters with a nanny accompanying him. As long as Master Ouyang wished, he could know what Brother Cheng had done.

Honestly, Master Ouyang was fuming; he hadn’t expected that Gu Jin’an, whom he had always admired, was pursuing his granddaughter with such subtle means to express his feelings to Miss Ming.

Don’t say that Gu Jin’an was uninformed and that it was all Brother Cheng’s doing. The primary beneficiary of this incident was Gu Jin’an, and it started because of him. Just based on these two points, Gu Jin’an was guilty!

Gu Jin’an’s heart sank. As expected, Master Ouyang knew.

Brother Cheng, already pale with fright, pleaded with Ah Song, "Brother Song, please let us in... This isn’t Big Brother’s fault. I acted on my own. Once Big Brother found out, he beat me up and dragged me here to apologize to the master."

Ah Song shook his head, "No. The Second Old Master has already instructed not to let you in. You better go back first."

Otherwise, with the Second Old Master still angry, he might draw his sword on you. In his youth, the Second Old Master was quite fierce.

After saying that, Ah Song ignored them and directly shut the door.

With a bang, the sound of the closing door startled Brother Cheng, bringing tears to his eyes as he understood for the first time the reasoning his elder brother told him... not to offend the noble family’s authority.

Brother Cheng didn’t know what to do. He bent his knee, intending to kneel down and apologize, but Gu Jin’an pulled him up.

Although it was dusk, it wasn’t completely dark yet. There were still passersby in town. Kneeling in front of the Ouyang family’s main gate like this would definitely make them tomorrow’s biggest gossip in Qingfu Town.

Pulled up by Gu Jin’an, Brother Cheng looked at him, wanting to ask: Are we just leaving like this?

Gu Jin’an certainly wasn’t going to leave just like that. Leaving now would mean it was truly over.

"Zezi, drive to the back gate of the residence." With these words, Gu Jin’an pulled Brother Cheng and headed toward the alley at the back gate of the Ouyang residence.

The residence Master Ouyang stayed in belonged to Xia Gu, who prided himself as a madman scholar, despising rural folks. After arriving in town, he spent a considerable sum to buy the houses around the residence, merging them into the current big residence. Thus, the back alley of this residence had no inhabitants, only the Ouyang family.

And the Ouyang family had Shadow Guards; the alley was guarded by Shadow Guards, preventing idle people from getting close, a place where they could kneel freely.

Gu Jin’an, taking Brother Cheng, knelt at the back gate of the residence.

The Shadow Guards of the Ouyang family, seeing this, hurriedly went to report to Master Ouyang.

Master Ouyang, still angry, said, "If they want to kneel, let them kneel. Just make sure you chase them away before dawn; I don’t want to become the new gossip of Qingfu Town!"

"Yes." The leader of the Shadow Guards accepted the order, having someone guard the alley not allowing outsiders to enter, while waiting, calculating the time to chase them away before dawn.

It must be said, Gu Jin’an and Brother Cheng had good luck. It began to pour heavily when they were kneeling halfway through the night.

The downpour looked like a proper summer rainstorm, but after all, it was already August, and such a heavy rain was quite chilling.

Brother Cheng, injured, was almost on the verge of fainting after getting drenched in the rain. Fortunately, after an hour of being drenched, the back door of the Ouyang residence finally opened, and Ah Song came out.

"The Second Old Master wants to see you, follow me." Ah Song gave each of them a bamboo hat to wear to shield from the rain and led them to the study in the front courtyard.

Before entering the study yard, Brother Cheng was stopped: "You can’t go in yet; the Second Old Master wants to see First Place Gu alone."

Brother Cheng panicked, fearing his elder brother might get beaten, and quickly said, "Brother Song, please tell the master that it’s all my fault, it has nothing to do with Big Brother. If the master wants to punish someone, let it be me."

Ah Song: "How to handle this matter, the Second Old Master has his plans. Whatever you say now is too early."

Having said so, Ah Song took Gu Jin’an into the courtyard and soon came out to stand outside with Brother Cheng.

Brother Cheng kept his ear out for the movement inside the study, but separated by a yard, he couldn’t hear clearly what the master and Big Brother were talking, occasionally hearing angry shouts and noises of things being smashed.

His heart was in his throat; the master was furious. Big Brother was probably being beaten.

It was unclear whether Gu Jin’an was beaten, but Brother Cheng was indeed beaten again.

After Master Ouyang spent more than half an hour in the study with Gu Jin’an, he drove Gu Jin’an out and had Ah Song bring Brother Cheng in, holding a rattan stick, saying, "Since you’re my student and have done wrong, I must discipline you, so you learn the pain!"