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

Chapter 255. Elders
The Gu family saw the two people sitting by the fire, talking about something, and occasionally they could hear low laughter.

Liu Yun and the others glanced at the scene and could only go to sleep in silence.

Anyway, it's none of their business, and they can't say anything about it, so let's just ignore it.

But in their sleep, a scream came from inside the carriage, startling everyone awake.

They looked around, "What's wrong?"

“Dad, it’s a shout coming from the other side of the carriage,” Gu Antong thought the voice sounded familiar, but she didn’t say anything.

Xu Yulan had no such concerns. "That's Xu Shuanghong's voice, isn't it? What does she want to do so early in the morning?"

Why did she get to the carriage so early?

Since they started using tarpaulins to build shelters, people prefer to sleep outside because it's warmer near the fire.

"They're not planning to steal anything, are they?" Xu Yulan covered her mouth. "I knew they weren't good people. We can't let people of unknown origin stay..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Shuanghong got out of the carriage, her clothes disheveled. The moment she lifted the curtain, she could see her father-in-law's ferocious face, his entire chest exposed as he sat there.

Liu Yun immediately covered her daughter's eyes, but it was too late; Gu Antong had seen everything.

"Why is it so lively over there so early in the morning?" Several households far away were also awakened by the noise, staring at each other and looking in this direction. They all saw Xu Shuanghong, disheveled, jump off the bus... Some, due to the angle, could see the scene inside the bus clearly...

"This Lord Gu is truly blessed with good fortune in love..."

"I really don't know how that woman could do that, her face was so terrifying..."

"How do you know it was voluntary? What if they were forced?"

"........."

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Bai Suihe and Gu Kaiyuan never expected that they would wake up to find themselves with an elder.

"Father wants you to come over here to settle your status."

Gu Kaiping, with a dark expression, came over to relay the message.

Gu Kaiyuan said, "The team is about to set off. We can talk about anything else when we stop to rest tonight, right, brother?"

Gu Kaiping glanced at Gu Kaiyuan. It turned out that the smartest person in the Gu family was this third son. He had really misjudged him before. "Then we'll talk about it when you have time."

He didn't leave immediately, but stood aside and watched them pack their things.

The third brother and his wife are really living a comfortable life. They can do most of the small things, while Dongmei and the others have already taken care of everything else.

Aren't you curious about what happened last night?

Gu Kaiyuan: "I'm curious, is there anything else that can be changed?"

"If it's going to rain, it'll rain; if Dad wants to remarry, what can we sons say?"

"But from now on we'll have to call that woman 'Mother'..."

"Have you gone through all the formalities of marriage? Brother, are you going to formally acknowledge your kinship so soon?" Gu Kaiyuan mocked. He wondered what had happened to all those years of studying, or if he had just gone crazy.
"What kind of formalities are involved in these conditions, such as the three letters and six appointments?"

“Even ordinary families wouldn’t be this uncouth,” Gu Kaiyuan said with disdain. “At most, it’s an unmarried affair. If you’re willing to follow your mother’s wishes, that means you’re willing to lower your status. If that’s not possible, your father can remarry, but it has to be done according to proper etiquette. Otherwise, she’ll just be one of your father’s concubines, and we’ll give her some respect.”

Gu Kaiping's eyes lit up. That's right, how come he didn't think of this question?

What kind of nonsense is this about giving Xu Shuanghong a formal title? This old man is really confused.

“But if he really goes through the formalities of marriage…” Soon, he had another concern. The old man had money and Lord Ming’s help. If he really went that far, it wouldn’t be impossible.

Gu Kaiyuan was worried about the older brother's intelligence. "What will he use to get by now? Who has time to play these games with him?"
You live with your father, don't you know you should try to persuade him?
We can all understand that Father wants to remarry, and we can't stop him, but the choice of wife shouldn't be based solely on his wishes.

Bai Suihe glanced at Gu Kaiyuan, thinking that his tongue was getting sharper and sharper, wondering how he would trick Gu Baijiang this time.

"But that's our father."

“I didn’t say he wasn’t,” although he hoped he wasn’t, Gu Kaiyuan didn’t want them to have another inexplicable elder above them, especially since Xu Shuanghong, who didn’t appear in the previous life, was an unknown hidden danger.

Perhaps in his previous life, Gu Baijiang was not disfigured, and these people knew that Xu Shuanghong would not be favored because of her status, so they did not make this move.

"Stop keeping me in suspense, I know you're not the same person you used to be. You can ignore other things, but you really can't ignore this one." Gu Kaiping finished speaking and then looked at Bai Suihe, his meaning quite clear.

“Your father used to be very fond of arranged marriages and also liked to maximize profits. You can definitely discuss this with him.”

Gu Kaiping frowned. "Before Father's face was injured, this was a good starting point, but now it doesn't make much sense."

Even if I return to the capital, who wouldn't be intimidated by my father's face?

“If the legitimate daughter isn’t suitable, there are still illegitimate daughters, and there are quite a few noble widows. If Father is willing, it’s not impossible to find another high-ranking relative. What do you think, elder brother?”

Although Gu Kaiping felt this was somewhat rebellious, he felt very pleased whenever he thought about it, as his father had arranged the same thing for him back then.

"But now..."

"Big brother, you mean they've already made it a fait accompli, right?"

So what?
In a way, their union was an unplanned affair. Since it was already a done deal, one more servant by Father's side wouldn't hurt; the right person should sit in the right place.

At this moment, the team had already set off. Gu Kaiyuan helped Bai Suihe into the carriage, then turned around and stood with Gu Kaiping, slowly walking forward.

Although Bai Suihe couldn't hear what the brothers were saying, she could tell from Gu Kaiping's face that it was no longer dark and that he was smiling as he left that Gu Kaiyuan had come up with a lot of dirty tricks.

Gu Kaiyuan saw the person off and was just about to get into the car when Gu Baihe came over again.

"Uncle," Gu Kaiyuan said, somewhat puzzled. Members of the Gu clan usually didn't come over unless something was wrong.

You know about your father's situation, right?

"I just found out not long ago."

“Your great-grandfather is very angry right now. He said he has completely disgraced the Gu family. He asked me to talk to your father. What do you think I should do?”

Gu Kaiyuan looked bewildered. "Uncle, no matter what, he is still my father. How can I, as his son, interfere in what happens in his room?"

Gu Baihe touched his nose. "I know I shouldn't have come to you about this. It's not that you have too many ideas, I just wanted to ask for your opinion."

Gu Kaiyuan said, "My eldest brother just came to ask us to come over. According to my father, he wants us to acknowledge this elder. However, the team has already started to set off, so we'll wait until we stop tonight to discuss it."

(End of this chapter)