Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

In the study, Gu Yichuan sat at the table for a long time, but he had no intention of reading.

He took out the jade plum blossom hairpin that he always carried with him, held it in his hand and rubbed it repeatedly. The jade hairpin was lustrous in color, cool to the touch, and its shape and charm were very much like her.

He felt angry for a moment, thinking that he was not really cared about, and then he felt a little regretful. Was he too demanding?

From her perspective, she really had done nothing wrong.

On the desk was the salted plum that she disliked yesterday. He ate one. It was very sour, but not as sour as his heart.

Shen Nankui never thought about it.

Because of this incident, Gu Yichuan didn't go back to his room to sleep for several days.

The two of them had less and less interactions. Apart from a few words at the dinner table, Gu Yichuan locked himself in the study until he went to the county town again.

Gu's mother was still resentful, but after seeing this situation, she couldn't say anything.

After all, it was my son who was too stubborn.

Song Dong'er still tries to commit suicide every day, and both Gu's mother and Liang have to keep a close eye on her to prevent her from doing anything stupid.

This situation did not ease even after Gu Yichuan left.

Shen Nankui thought for a moment and said, "It's not a good idea to let cousin Dong'er continue to make trouble like this."

Mother Gu had been tortured to the point of exhaustion over the past few days. She sighed and said, "So what do you think we should do?"

"It's impossible for my mother-in-law and sister-in-law to keep an eye on her every day. It's not safe to leave her outside. I think it's better to lock her up at home on the pretext of recuperating. Don't put any ropes or sharp objects in the house. First, make sure she doesn't commit suicide again."

Liang nodded, "That's a solution."

She has already neglected a lot of work in the past few days. If she continues to waste time like this, she will not be able to make a living.

Mother Gu felt a little sorry, "How long will she be locked up? Will she never be released?"

"That won't happen."

Shen Nankui shook her head and said, "My husband doesn't want to marry her, so it's impossible for her to marry into the family. My idea is that we should keep cousin Dong'er stable while finding a husband for her as soon as possible and marry her off. Otherwise, we will be living under the same roof and will see each other every day. It will be embarrassing for each other. I'm afraid that cousin Dong'er will find it even more difficult to get over it if she stays at home."

Mother Gu frowned and asked, "Marry? Marry where?"

"Of course, the marriage of cousin Dong'er is decided by mother-in-law. You regard her as your own daughter, and my husband regards her as his own sister. Naturally, we have to find a good place for her with a clean family background and who can treat her sincerely. Only in this way can we all feel at ease."

Seeing that she was not going to drive her niece away, Mother Gu's expression looked better and she sighed.

"That's all I can do. I'll pay close attention."

After Song Dong'er was locked up, she made a fuss every day at first. But after a few days, when she saw that no one paid attention to her, she seemed to accept her fate and stopped crying and trying to commit suicide.

Gu's mother and Liang went to persuade her whenever they had time, and perhaps their words worked.

Song Dong'er actually compromised.

"Aunt is my only elder. My marriage should be decided by her."

Hearing her say this, Mother Gu couldn't help but be overjoyed, patting her thigh and said, "Good Dong'er, it's best that you can think it through. There is more than one man like Chuan'er in the world. Auntie will definitely find you a good one and let you marry him as his legal wife. In the future, the Gu family will be your natal family, and you can come back anytime!"

Song Dong'er just smiled faintly, "I'll listen to my aunt."

Since she is no longer seeking death, there is naturally no need to keep her locked up.

Gu's mother took her to the county town and bought her a new outfit, including new clothes, new hairpins, new rouge and powder...

Song Dong'er finally had a smile on her face, and life seemed to have returned to the way it was before.

However, she never spoke to Shen Nankui again.

Shen Nankui didn't care about her attitude. As long as she didn't cause trouble, everyone would just keep to themselves.

Gu's mother has also been busy recently. She visited several matchmakers in the town and asked them to find a good marriage for Song Dong'er.

Perhaps because she was reluctant to let her niece, who had accompanied her for many years, get married, Gu's mother did not let Song Dong'er do any work. Every day she only asked her to go to the town to drink tea and listen to opera, or go out to visit her friends and play with them.

Mother Gu knew very well that once a woman got married, it would be difficult for her to have such peaceful and leisurely time again.

So during this period of time, she indulged Song Dong'er a lot.

Shen Nankui had nothing to say about this.

Since Song Dong'er didn't work, Liang's burden became heavier, but she didn't complain.

In a blink of an eye, it was already late July.

During this period, Gu Qingrong came back twice, holding a thick stack of account books and asking Shen Nankui for advice.

"Second brother's wife, these are other properties under our boss's name. He knows that you were behind the last incident, so he asked me to bring them to you to see if there is anything wrong with them."

Shen Nankui took one day to read through all the account books.

"I've circled all the problematic ones, big brother, take them and hand them in."

Gu Qingrong's eyes were full of admiration. "As expected of my second brother's wife, I have also read these account books, but I didn't find anything. Our boss said that if you can help him find some wrong accounts this time, he will definitely reward you handsomely."

Shen Nankui smiled faintly, "As long as I can help my brother."

After Gu Qingrong left, she sat at the window in a daze.

It was evening, the sun was setting, and the summer sunset was always as gorgeous as a piece of colorful brocade. Thinking of the man who took her to watch the sunset last time, she felt inexplicably empty in her heart.

She has been distracted like this lately, and Liang couldn't help but sigh when she saw it.

"Are you thinking about your second brother again?"

"No way."

Shen Nankui quickly withdrew his thoughts.

Liang brought her a plate of sliced ​​melon and said, "I really don't know what you are thinking. Last time, my second brother was clearly on your side, but you insisted on listening to mother and pushing him away. I say, as long as you two are of one mind, no matter how strong mother is, what can she do to you?"

She shook her head. "Now, not only has the matter not been accomplished, but it has caused a rift between you and your spouse."

Shen Nankui was eating the melon, but he didn't know the taste.

"Sister-in-law also thinks that I did something wrong?"

"It's more than wrong! It's terribly wrong!"

Liang looked at her helplessly, "The most precious thing in the world is the sincerity between husband and wife. It is especially difficult for us women to be born with this. If we can get the respect, love and care of our husbands, our lives will be much better. You have always been very smart, how could you not understand this truth?"

"So what do you think I should do?"

Liang thought for a while and said, "I won't talk about what happened in the past now. I see that my second brother treats you sincerely. You have to take the initiative in the future. Men with the character of my second brother are rare in the world. If you really push him away, it will be too late to regret it!"

Shen Nankui's heart began to tighten again.

Is he really sincere to me?