Heartless and ruthless, a turn of events in marriage

  "As soon as the word 'child' came out, Gu Yunxi, who had been stiffening her body and not moving, slowly raised her head. A bloodthirsty smile hung on the corner of her lips, and her cherry lips moved slightly to spit out two words, 'Is it?'"

  Zhen Lian's gaze followed his large hand as it slowly slid down from Gu Yunxi's shoulder, without noticing her abnormality at all. "Tsk tsk, this Zhen manor is really too stingy towards the second miss, I'm truly heartbroken..."

  Zhen Lian's approach was getting closer and closer, Gu Yunxi retreated a step with her eyes downcast, looking shy and vulnerable. Zhen Lian's eyes flashed with warmth, his voice trembling slightly as he spoke, "It's so cold outside, why are you dressed so lightly? Come, come into my arms..."

  With a "clang", Gu Yunxi's body was already leaning against the knife rack behind her. Zhen Lian's eyes gleamed brighter at the sound, and his large hand slowly slid to Gu Yunxi's waist. His mouth curled up, emitting an urgent and impatient voice that made Gu Yunxi want to retch, "Anyway, you're going to marry me next month, how about letting me have a taste first?"

  Gu Yunxi slightly tilted her head, her two hands awkwardly propped against the knife rack behind her. Unbeknownst to her, either due to excessive force or years of disrepair, the wooden rack was snapped in half by her. The broken wood had a smooth surface, tapering from thick to thin, razor-sharp. She slightly turned her waist, causing Zhen Lian's hand to miss its mark. In a soft voice, she said, "Zhen Laoye is overthinking, you might not be able to marry me after all!"

  Zhen Lian only felt that the person in front of her was slender and small, but very agile. No matter how hard his hands tried to grasp her waist, which was too thin to be grasped, they could only brush against her clothes. When he heard Gu Yunxi's words, he thought she was just being childish and pouting, so he casually asked, "Why?"

  Gu Yunxi smiled softly, her clear voice falling on Zhen Lian's heartstrings. Just as Zhen Lian was stunned by her sudden bright smile, she opened her mouth and said, "Because you're going to die!"

  With a "poof" sound, Zhen Lian's stunned expression had not yet dissipated when a huge pain suddenly attacked his eyes, and those dull pupils instantly enlarged, followed by his entire face contorting together.

  Gu Yun's eyes stared coldly ahead, while Zhen Lian's body had stiffened in place. After a moment, a faint scent of blood wafted out.

  "You, you dare——"

  Zhen Lian's large hand subconsciously grasped Gu Yunxi's wrist, and although he was over a hundred years old, his strength far exceeded what Gu Yunxi had imagined.

  Gu Yunxi's eyes flashed with a hint of anger, and she swiftly brushed off Zhen Lian's large hand. As she twisted her slender waist, she had already moved behind Zhen Lian. Her small hands danced across his back, measuring it inch by inch from the nape of his neck down: one inch, two inches, three inches...

  Zhen Lian's face turned pale with rage, he let out a cold hum, one hand covering his injured waist and abdomen, the other hand reaching out to grab the person behind him, "Who's there! Come——"

  Gu Yun's eyes suddenly sank, her fingers seemed to have the power of a thousand pounds, and with just one press and lift, there was a cracking sound. On Zhen Lian's slightly hunched back, a lump protruded, and Zhen Lian's body was nailed to the ground at an eerie angle!

  Gu Yunxi took a slight step back, panting softly, and saw Zhen Lian's knees go weak, causing him to kneel down on the spot. His head hung down limply, his gray hair covering that ferocious face.

  The wound in his waist was not fatal, but when his spine broke, he was doomed to have no hope of survival. The simple room was as silent as death.

  Gu Yunxi's deep eyes stared at Zhen Lian on the ground, her whole body exuding a stern and murderous aura. She didn't necessarily want his life, but this person was simply too greedy and sinful, and she had so many things to do, it was better to settle everything now!

  "Ah" a loud cry, like a thunderclap in this house, Gu Yunxi suddenly came back to her senses, who is it!

  She suddenly turned around, her hands already clenched into a deadly shape. Her gaze swept across the room, and she saw that the door had been pushed open. Outside the door was a vast expanse of white snow and ice. Standing at the entrance of the small room was a young boy with a jade crown on his head, probably around eleven or twelve years old.

  Her eyes were icy cold and fell directly on that young man's body, as if they would take his life away in the next instant!

  The Jade Crowned Boy didn't look at Yun Xi, his gaze was icy as he stared at the corpse kneeling on the ground. After a long while, just when Yun Xi was about to take action, he lightly spat out a sentence, "He deserved to die!"

  Gu Yunxi was taken aback, but the young man's gaze at the door fell on her at this moment. "I thought my second sister was an ugly and timid pushover, but I didn't know that you even dared to kill your own fiancé!"

  Second sister?!!

  Gu Yunxi's heart tightened, Zhen Shi was pregnant with Gu Zhongzheng and had a son who is now 12 years old, studying at the Imperial Academy in Beijing. It must be him!

  Gu Yunxi's eyes fell on Gu Zixuan with a hint of puzzlement, she didn't miss the flash of resentment in his eyes. He was born as a noble son in the Prime Minister's residence, how could there be such an resentful expression on his young face?

  Suddenly, the murderous aura in her eyes gradually dissipated. The man behind her with a pedophilic tendency had done how many heinous and evil things...

  "You don't have to look at me, even if you didn't kill him I would have killed him anyway, it's just that you were one step ahead of me. Now I just want to know, how are you going to deal with him? When I arrived just now, the servant who was sweeping the martial arts arena was about to come over."

  Gu Zi Xuan's expression had a hint of cold interest, Gu Yun Xi's heart tightened. Behind this short house, there was a small martial arts training ground belonging to the Gu family, which was usually deserted. Now, it must be because Gu Zi Xuan had returned that the servants were eager to come and clean up.

  Outside the window, the cold wind howled, but the atmosphere inside became stagnant. As time passed, even Gu Zi Xuan felt a bit tense. With a loud "bang", the broken window frame was blown open by the icy wind carrying snowflakes. Gu Yun Xi only felt a gust of cold air hitting her face, and she furrowed her brow. Amidst the wind, there was a familiar scent that caught her attention.

  She raised an eyebrow and looked at Gu Zi Xuan, "Young master came back and went straight to this side, didn't you know that there's something new in the mansion?"

  Gu Zi Xuan was taken aback, "I heard that thing had just been delivered, how did you know?"

  Gu Yunxi turned his head to glance at Zhen Lian's corpse on the ground, which had long gone cold. His mouth twitched slightly as he said, "It's said that the Yan land's tiger hunters are born with a cruel nature. Tell me, if this Mr. Zhen accidentally stumbled into the tiger enclosure and was unfortunately killed by a ferocious tiger... wouldn't that be fate?"

  Gu Yunxi didn't need Gu Zixuan's answer, her cold voice slowly came out, Gu Zixuan only felt that this voice was even more chilling than the cold wind outside the door, his eyes moved slightly, and he spoke softly, "I'll help you."

  Gu Yunxue may not know what a hunting tiger is, but He Lianjiao does. It was that night when she came out of the Lan Garden and saw the tall wooden box, and asked about the special smell, she knew that such a huge creature had arrived at the mansion. At that time, she didn't know that this fearsome bird of prey would be the beginning of her step-by-step rise to power.

  Gu Yunxue returned to Mei Garden when the people in Zhen's house were waiting, just because the uncles and elders of the Zhen family all knew that their own family was about to marry a second miss from the Xiang family, so they immediately became curious and wanted to see her first.

  Gu Yunxi's mouth twitched, and she followed with a pale face. Although Luo Qingyi was worried, he felt relieved when he saw Gu Yunxi's determined eyes.

  Gu Yunxi followed behind the maid, all the way were pointing and snickering servants, their eyes with a mocking smile, as if watching a play, looking at Gu Yunxi heading towards the bamboo garden.

  "Master!"

  Gu Yunxi's footsteps stopped in front of the bamboo garden gate, and even other servants with ulterior motives were startled by this voice. Only to see Yang Niangniang from Zhen Niangniang's room rushing towards this direction with a shocked face, her voice already carrying a few hints of shrillness before she even entered the door.

  "Master! Master, come out quickly, Young Master has encountered trouble in the outer courtyard!"

  Gu Yunxi's mouth curved up slightly as she retreated and turned around. This time, she had never planned to enter that door anyway!

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  Digression

  I got back from work so late, which means this chapter might not be written very well. I'll revise it when I'm on break and in class again, thank you for your support!