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

Chapter 223. Warning
"Mother, what's going on?" Gu Antong asked quietly after Xu Yulan took Fan Meilin and the others to wash the dishes.

She didn't think her second uncle and the others were talking nonsense, and judging from her father's expression just now, she was sure that everyone's food tasted different.

Liu Yun said, "Don't listen to your second uncle's nonsense. Everyone ate well today. Do you think it was too salty?"

If only Gu Kaichen noticed something wrong with the whole pot of dumpling soup, then it must be his own problem.

Gu Kaichen, “…” Am I the only one who spoke frankly, or am I the only one who got hurt?

Gu Kaiping, “…” I was just covering for you, but it made my stomach suffer.

Xu Yulan, “…” I’m really going all out to avoid cooking.

The mother and her two daughters were speechless. Why do you think I didn't say anything?
Gu Antong shook her head.

"Then there's no problem. Right, but you have to be careful around the Fan sisters. Aside from having them do things for you, try not to be alone with them."

Gu Antong obediently agreed, "I understand, but I'll have them do more work later, as for Grandfather..."

“Don’t worry about your grandfather. He’s not senile yet,” Liu Yun said. She didn’t know what Gu Baijiang was thinking, but she was certain that for the sake of the Gu family’s interests, Gu Baijiang would not make things difficult for Gu Antong.

"You should just focus on your work. It's good that these two sisters are here with you, so you can relax a bit, especially since your hands are getting rough."

Gu Antong raised her hand. Even though Liu Yun had taken on most of the work, her hands were still not as delicate as they had been in her boudoir. There was even a small scar on the back of her hand from when she lit a fire last time.

Xu Shuanghong and her two daughters huddled together and whispered. Fan Meilin said, "Mother, when will this end? I never used to do these things to serve others. Look at what they have to do all day today, they make us sisters do it. I feel like my hands are rough, and look, they're all red from the cold."

Fan Meibao chimed in, "Sister is right. Look, my hand is still red and swollen. That old man must have had ulterior motives towards you. Why don't you talk to him? He can't just bully people like that."

"You two, have you forgotten what I told you before you came?" Xu Shuanghong felt heartbroken looking at her two daughters' hands. These were her daughters whom she had carefully raised, yet the Gu family treated them so cruelly.

"You all need to bear with it. After this hurdle is overcome, you'll have better days ahead."

But you two sisters remember this: stay away from the Gu brothers.

Fan Meilin said with some disdain, "Mother, how can we get away from such a small place?"

That person's eyes were disgusting; I wanted to poke him out of his skin.

Fan Meibao nodded in agreement, "That's right. The way he looked at me and my sister was like he was comparing goods. He didn't even consider that he was worthy of her."

“I know you’ve been wronged, but you all need to tone down your expressions. If you can’t stand it, then keep your heads down,” Xu Shuanghong warned again. “If you mess things up, our whole family will be doomed.”

The Fan sisters nodded in unison, but they still had one question.

Fan Meibao asked with some doubt, "Mother, when you and my sister ate dumpling soup before, didn't you find it salty?"

“You also think it’s salty,” Fan Meiling thought it was just a few individual bowls that were like that, but now it seems they were all wrong.

Fan Meibao nodded. Xu Shuanghong said, "It seems we've all been targeted." "But that doesn't make sense either. Wasn't the second brother also...?" Fan Meibao suddenly realized something was wrong. "They're staging this themselves, preventing us from having a chance to speak."

They've already said what they wanted to say, so of course they can't bring it up again. They have to swallow this bitter pill whether they want to or not.

"Gu Lao Er should be real; he's the same as the stuff in our bowls."

"I don't know about the others, but the younger ones are definitely fine," Xu Shuanghong analyzed. He could understand that the adults were scheming, but the two boys from the Gu family wouldn't have such a way of putting on an act.

“Mother, let’s go tell Gu Baijiang,” Fan Meibao said, feeling thirsty again after talking for a while. “If they can add salt to our food this time, who knows if they’ll poison us next time?”

Xu Shuanghong didn't answer her, but stared thoughtfully ahead for a while before whispering, "Yes, this time they can put salt in, but what will they put in next time? This is a warning to us."

The Fan sisters were terrified, feeling as if they had witnessed the truth.

They had previously felt that their sudden appearance was too rash, but these were not decisions they could make.

The Lord said that the more impossible something seems, the more likely it is to go wrong in a small detail.

Their unconventional approach might actually have a surprising effect.

Whether it's effective or not, they don't know; right now, they just feel like their lives are hanging by a thread.

“I heard that this young mistress is the aunt of the Marquis of Zhenyuan’s mansion. Women in such big mansions are bound to have some tricks up their sleeves,” Fan Meilin said, her face pale. “She’s warning us that she can easily deal with us.”

Fan Meibao nodded in agreement; she thought so too. This Liu family was truly hateful; they dared to use such methods as soon as they arrived.

Xu Shuanghong said, "So you two should be careful these days and avoid clashing with the eldest son's side for now. We, the three of us, can discuss things slowly together."

"But do we really have to stay by Gu Antong's side as servants?" Fan Meibao was somewhat unwilling. She used to have servants serving her, so she didn't want to be a servant herself.

"There's no choice," Xu Shuanghong suddenly said sternly. "If you want the lives of the three of us, then you'll have to swallow all the grievances you've suffered during this time."

I can't promise you anything else, but I can assure you of one thing: one day, I will make you pay back double.

"Double is too little, I want to get it back tenfold or a hundredfold," Fan Meibao said with a sinister look, already imagining how many clothes Gu Antong would have to wash and how many things she would have to do to vent her anger.

"Whatever you say," Xu Shuanghong coaxed perfunctorily, but in her heart she was thinking that the Gu family was so complicated with only a few people. It seemed that she could only endure the disgust and get rid of Gu Baijiang as soon as possible.

More than ten years have passed, and Gu Baijiang doesn't seem to realize that he is no longer the spirited county magistrate he once was. His face is covered in burn scars, and he feels pressured when walking with others, yet he still acts like a benefactor to Gu Baijiang.

After appeasing the two sisters and getting them to help the Gu family with chores, he tidied his clothes and sat down by the fire again.

"Your two girls are quite diligent," Gu Baijiang said, trying to find a topic to praise her when he saw her return. "Shouldn't you two be engaged by now, at your age?"

　I worked diligently until the wee hours today, come and praise me!

　　(End of this chapter)