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

Xu Shuanghong still wanted to live a good life in the Gu family, so she wouldn't go too far. Anyway, revealing her identity today was enough. She thanked the onlookers politely once again before leading her two daughters and striding confidently through the gate. From this day forward, she was the mistress of this courtyard.

"Kaiping, you've been reinstated?" They had already found out, but given Gu Kaiping's past actions, they couldn't blame her for being disrespectful.

Sure enough, he saw Gu Kaiping's face twist for a moment, and he was immediately delighted. If they were having a hard time, the Gu family wouldn't have an easy time either.

You want to get rid of them? They're not without legs.

The mother and her two daughters looked around as soon as they entered the house; this would be their future home.

Seeing the servants bustling about, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, finally relieved that they wouldn't have to live that miserable life anymore.

With so many people serving them, their good days have finally arrived.

They didn't care about the disdain in the servants' eyes when they were with them. Once she was in charge, their lives would be in her own hands.

Gu Baijiang frowned as he looked at them. "Why are you here?"

Xu Shuanghong gestured for her two daughters to sit down, and then took the seat of honor on the right. The stench emanating from the three of them made Gu Baijiang want to stand up and leave; they hadn't looked this disheveled even during their exile.

"Why can't we come? Or do you not want us to come?"

"How could that be? Didn't we agree before that someone would be sent to pick you up?" Gu Baijiang, thinking of the upcoming good day, suppressed his disgust and held back his anger. "Look at you, you came here on your own, you must have suffered a lot on the way, right?"

Xu Shuanghong: "Of course, but we did it on purpose. After all, if the three of us women don't make things a little more difficult for ourselves, we probably won't make it here alive."

We were hoping you would come and pick us up, but you don't know how much has happened since you left. If we hadn't come out on our own, we probably wouldn't even know where we are now.

Gu Baijiang looked puzzled and tried to come up with a better excuse, "What could possibly happen if we just stayed in Tiancun?"

Xu Shuanghong looked at the Gu brothers with a half-smile, "Don't you feel like something's missing?"

Gu Kaiping: "By the way, why did you come alone? Where are my second brother and the others?"

"Oh, Gu Dashao is so loyal to his brothers, he immediately thought of the main character." Xu Shuanghong said sarcastically, "He's living a good life now, addicted to gambling all day long, living a life where he only has to worry about himself."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Kaiping was somewhat incredulous. How could his second son, such a coward, dare to gamble?
When he was broke, he had considered taking a gamble, but he held back at the crucial moment. Anyone with a bit of rationality and common sense knows that gambling is bad.

They didn't leave much silver for the second son when they left. With that little silver, how many games could he gamble?
Gu Baijiang's expression turned grim. "Tell me what exactly happened?"

Xu Shuanghong yawned and clutched her stomach. "I haven't been eating or sleeping well on this journey. Let someone get me something to eat first. Where is your courtyard? I need to freshen up and rest properly before I can talk to you properly."

Xu Shuanghong and her daughter refused to talk about it, and the Gu family father and son had no choice but to order people to make preparations.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they turned around, found their rooms, closed the door, and went straight to sleep. The Gu family father and son were anxious. They had already caused a scene, and they really didn't dare to make things worse. After all, the servants in the mansion were not on their side, so they could only endure it.

They waited until dark before the mother and her two daughters finally woke up. As soon as they woke up, they started asking for food. They only opened their mouths after they had eaten their fill.

“Life is so much more comfortable like this. You have no idea what kind of life we’ve been living since you left. If it weren’t for the fact that it’s warmer in Lingnan and wild vegetables are sprouting, we probably wouldn’t have made it out of Tiancun alive.”

"Tell me quickly, what exactly happened to my second brother?" Gu Kaiping wasn't really concerned about his brother, but rather that they were making efforts here so that Gu Kaichen wouldn't hold them back later.

For their family to maintain a firm foothold in Beijing, a prestigious reputation is also of utmost importance.

"What's the rush? We're talking right now." Xu Shuanghong is now the rightful matriarch of the Gu family, and she can't back down in the slightest, otherwise how will she manage this large family in the future?

"Speaking of which, this is also the master's fault. It's fine if you don't trust me, but the steward is a woman's matter. Instead of handing the silver notes to Gu Kaichen, you might as well give them directly to Madam Xu."

Gu Baijiang, “…” No matter how bad Gu Kaichen is, he is still his own son. How could he possibly hand over the money to an outsider without his permission?

But we can't say it like that. Just let everyone know. "Tell me what happened?"

Sensing the impatience in Gu Baijiang's voice, Xu Shuanghong said, "Men turn bad as soon as they have money. I heard that at first, Kaichen just played a few small games with a few nearby villages, sometimes winning and sometimes losing. Later, I don't know who took him to the gambling den in the county town, and that's when things started to get out of control."

Not only did he lose all the silver you left behind, but the gambling den also came to collect debts several times. Since we had no silver, we had to use goods as collateral—all the grain and jewelry in the house were taken. Even so, Kaichen showed no remorse whatsoever, and even thought…

As Xu Shuanghong finished speaking, she looked at her two daughters, who immediately covered their faces and burst into tears.

The Gu family father and son began to feel uneasy. Once a person gets involved in gambling, it won't be so easy for them to repent.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, both father and son knew that when someone is blinded by greed, they're capable of betraying even their own family.

Not to mention Xu Shuanghong and her daughter, who have no blood relation to Gu Kaichen, it's no wonder they were willing to endure hardship and overcome all difficulties to come to the capital.

"But what will happen to my second brother and the others if you leave like this?" Gu Kaiping was really annoyed. Gu Kaichen didn't have the money to pay back, so would he sell his second brother's wife?

If it were Xu's mother and daughter, it wouldn't have much impact on their reputation, since who in the capital would know that her father had remarried?

If the second son can really sell the mother and her two daughters, it would be like solving a big problem for them.

Now look what happened! That idiot not only filled it in himself, but he also ruined his whole family.

"How am I supposed to know what to do? We can't just stay there and wait to be sold, can we?" Xu Shuanghong's eyes were red. "No matter what, I am his stepmother. Since you left, they have not cared about the lives of the three of us. If it weren't for my little bit of savings, the three of us would probably have starved to death in Tian Village long ago."

But he can't be so heartless as to sell us off to pay off his gambling debts. If we can't leave Tamura, I will definitely report him to the authorities. (End of Chapter)