Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 168. Spread out
"What exactly do you want?" Gu Kaiping felt that he couldn't see through Gu Kaiyuan anymore.

“I only need one promise from my elder brother,” Gu Kaiyuan said, his eyes fixed on Gu Kaiping.

"You tell me first."

Seeing that his eldest uncle hadn't refuted anything, Gu Anwei knew that what his third uncle said was true. He tried hard to control himself and not let himself tremble. He was so excited. He thought he would have to become a peasant and start living a hard life, but now he knew that there was a large fortune waiting for him to inherit. The feeling was simply amazing.

"It doesn't count for me to tell you this; Second Brother has to come too."

"You're not letting Dad know?"

"Brother, if you want Father to know, just go ahead and tell him."

I imagine Father would be very interested to know that you've already considered all of his wealth as your own.

"I didn't..." When he saw Gu Kaiyuan's ambiguous smile, he could only grit his teeth and admit it. "It's good to let Kaichen come over and talk it out."

Bai Suihe yawned. "Since you brothers have something to say, I won't disturb you here. But don't talk for too long, Dongmei and the others are standing so far away, they might get a little cold."

It wasn't that she didn't want to stay and watch the excitement, but Gu Kaiping and the others definitely wouldn't allow it, so she might as well bring it up herself.

It was only then that Gu Kaiping realized that Bai Suihe and the two little cubs were also there.

She glared at Gu Kaiyuan. Couldn't she have said some things to him in private?

Gu Kaiyuan helped the person to the shelter and drew the temporary curtain. The small stove inside was still burning, and it was already warm inside.

After checking the chimney opening again to make sure there were no problems, he sat back down.

"Kaiyuan, why are you being so humble?" Gu Kaiping looked down on Gu Kaiyuan's behavior. It was too much of a degradation for a proper young master of an official to have to serve a merchant's daughter.

“No need for you to worry about that, elder brother. Have your nephew go and call your second brother over,” Gu Kaiyuan said to Gu Anwei, pointing to the pile of firewood beside him. “I see you really enjoy stealing firewood. Take some more back and tell your father that it was your uncle who asked him to come and steal the firewood.”

Gu Anwei felt a bit awkward hearing this.
He had bigger things on his mind, so he didn't delve into the matter. He walked over, grabbed two more large tree branches, and ran away as fast as he could!

"Aren't you tempted?"

"Just because I'm tempted, does that mean you can give it to me?" Gu Kaiyuan looked at Gu Kaiping with a half-smile. Even at this point, he was still testing him.

"Don't you want to know just how much Father has hidden?"

Gu Kaiyuan shook his head. He really didn't want to know at all. Every time he entered the space, he would take a look whenever he had free time, and that would make him happy all day.

"Can you tell your older brother what exactly you want?"

"I want to wait until the Third Prince exonerates our family so that I can become an independent force."

Gu Kaiping: "...You're holding a grudge against your family."

"Brother, you are mistaken. How can there be any resentment? I only wish for a peaceful and prosperous life with the Bai family in the future. I don't want to live in constant fear or be punished because of anyone."

"I'm doing a little better, at least I get to enjoy the life of an official, but look at our clansmen..." Gu Kaiyuan leaned forward slightly, "Brother, after Father is gone, I'll just be your clansman too. I don't want to go through what our clansmen went through."

“Setting up a separate branch also means that you will be separated from the entire Gu family and all the Gu family members. At that time, you will be isolated and helpless. How will you stand in this world?” Gu Kaiping was not thinking about Gu Kaiyuan, but wanted to test whether he could win him over.

Although Gu Kaiyuan did not enter officialdom, he was a skilled worker. With his intelligence and the Bai family behind him, he could be a great help to me.

“If I can’t make a good living, that’s my choice, and that’s my fate.” Gu Kaiyuan wanted to tell him something else now: “As the younger brother, I’ve done my best to live up to my older brother’s expectations.”

From now on, I will not fight with you for anything in the house, but there is one thing I hope you will not disturb our lives.

Suihe is heavily pregnant right now, which is not easy for her, and I don't want her to worry about these trivial things.

Father has too many things to deal with, and we are unable to offer any help, so we won't get in your way.

I believe my elder brother can explain this matter clearly to Father, don't you agree?

Gu Kaiping, "There's nothing our family has done to wrong you..."

Gu Kaiyuan stared at him intently. Gu Kaiping still wanted to struggle a bit more, "When a family lives together, some friction is inevitable. I know that Father and Mother are somewhat biased, and you have indeed suffered some grievances over the years, but we are all family. Can't you just be more tolerant?"

Gu Kaiyuan chuckled and said, "You, the eldest brother, have the least right to say that. In the early years when you were the only child in the family, did you ever think about how hard your younger brother had it?"

My father always talked about brotherly love and respect, but I couldn't see a trace of friendliness in my two older brothers. If I did anything wrong, I would be a sinner against the entire Gu family.

"Brother, you're one of the beneficiaries, so there's no need for you to stand on your moral high ground and criticize me."

"I really didn't know you had such eloquence, Third Brother. If you had used it for good earlier, you might have achieved just as much as me." Gu Kaiping was somewhat embarrassed and angry at his mockery, and retorted sarcastically.

"Brother, tell me why I got a bad reputation back then?"

Is it really true that I can't study?

Gu Kaiping, “…”

Gu Kaiyuan pointed to his face and said, "It's because of my face. When my grandmother was alive, she urged my father to make progress every day. If my grandmother hadn't kept a close eye on him, do you think my father would have achieved what he has?"
To succeed, one must endure hardship, but he misinterpreted his grandmother's good intentions, thinking that she was forcing him.

He achieved great success, but his grandmother didn't live to see it, so he vented all his anger on me. He wanted to ruin my education, which was also a way of taking revenge on his grandmother.

As for my mother, it was because of my face. My grandmother didn't want her to come into the family, and because she was injured giving birth to me and couldn't have any more children, she took all her anger out on me.

Gu Kaiping remained silent, not expecting that Gu Kaiyuan already knew.

This must have been told to him by his clansmen. No wonder his third grandfather was so tolerant of Gu Kaiyuan and didn't hold a grudge against him. It must all be thanks to this face.

He had almost forgotten what his grandmother looked like, only that she was a strict yet loving old lady who, when he was young, although she was dissatisfied with his mother, also doted on him, her eldest grandson.

But when did it start? He forgot about his loving grandmother, and didn't even offer incense during festivals.

“These are just your guesses,” Gu Kaiping said after a long pause. “No matter what, they are still our parents.”