After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

Su Liuxi shyly withdrew her hands that were tightly held by Gu Shi, "Brother Gu Shi, this is what I should do.

I also hope that if I marry you in the future, Xiaoxiao will be able to accept me as her...stepmother."

When mentioning the word "stepmother", Su Liuxi paused obviously, with a bit of grievance that Gu Shi could easily detect.

Gu Shi looked at her lovingly yet helplessly, "How could I be so worthy to meet such a wonderful and generous person like you."

Su Liuxi smiled shyly, shook her head, and gently nestled into Gu Shi's arms.

"I should be the one saying this, Brother Gu Shi, thank you for helping me when I was most helpless, helping me escape from the Yu Mansion, and satisfying all of Yueyue's fantasies about her father.

Just because of your tolerance towards me and Yueyue, let alone being Xiaoxiao's stepmother, even if my sister comes back and only lets me be a concubine, I'm willing to do that."

"Why are you mentioning that woman?"

Gu Shi let go of Su Liuxi, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes.

"But..." Su Liuxi bit her lip. "After all, I've been with you for all these years, and many people in the capital have heard that you married and had a daughter in Danyang..."

"Don't mention Danyang anymore."

Gu Shi raised his voice a little excitedly.

Facing Su Liuxi's frightened eyes, he slowed down his tone again, "I'm sorry, Xixi, I didn't mean to be mean to you."

"only..."

Gu Shi glanced at Gu Xiaoxiao who was sleeping.

The hard times of the past seven years in Danyang are still fresh in my mind.

Whenever he closed his eyes, he would think of Shen Muxi's brilliant smile because the money she saved was enough to buy him another set of new clothes.

Life was hard, but she could always find a way to scrape out a few candies for him and Xiaoxiao during those bitter days...

"Brother Gu Shi, just what?"

Su Liuxi's voice brought Gu Shi back to his senses.

Gu Shi forced himself to expel the image of Shen Muxi from his mind.

"Nothing. I haven't found that woman yet these days, so Xiaoxiao still needs your help to look after her."

"Brother Gu Shi, what trouble is there between you and me?" The gentle smile on Su Liuxi's face did not change at all.

Gu Shi said "hmm" and turned to leave.

He didn't notice at all that smile that froze on the corner of Su Liuxi's mouth the moment he turned around.

He just felt that he was dirty.

I actually think of Shen Muxi when I am with Xixi.

He is absolutely crazy.

I think this is because his desire to find Shen Muxi and Li has reached its peak recently.

Thinking of this, he secretly decided to send more people out, even if it meant digging three feet into the ground, to find Shen Muxi.

...

Dali Temple.

"Sir, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Even with ice, the female corpse won't be preserved for long."

Du Zhong looked at Pei Wang with a worried look on his face. "Now we have lost all clues to the bandits. Lord Liang said that the emperor attaches great importance to the bandit disaster. If it really doesn't work out, we should do as Lord Liang said and destroy the female corpse..."

"After destroying the female corpse, what next? Let the tiger go back to the mountain?"

Pei Wang half-closed his eyes lazily, supporting his chin with one hand and playing with the bracelet carved with hibiscus flowers with the other.

Du Zhong was speechless after hearing his question.

Pei Wang stood up and said, "Since the clue can be hidden, we can naturally dig it out. Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Du Zhong asked without thinking.

"Go find a breakthrough."

...

A few more days passed slowly.

Gu Xiaoxiao still didn't wake up.

But Gu Shi has been visibly irritable and angry these days.

Because he found that he missed Shen Muxi more and more.

Sometimes he would stare at Gu Xiaoxiao in a daze beside her bed, and sometimes he would wake up in the middle of the night and blurt out "Xixi".

What's even more outrageous is that one time he somehow dug out the old clothes he had worn in Danyang.

Shen Muxi felt sick when she saw Gu Shi's abnormal behavior.

Su Liuxi obviously also felt that something was wrong with Gu Shi.

When Gu Shi was once again staring at the sleeping Gu Xiaoxiao in a daze, Su Liuxi walked gently to his side.

"Brother Gu Shi, you've been absent-minded these days. Are you worried that your sister is not doing well out there?"

Gu Shi quickly denied it, "How is that possible?"

Su Liuxi looked at him distressedly, "But your worry is written all over your face..."

"Sister, if I really have a crush on someone, can't I just tell you clearly? Why do I have to run away from home to take revenge on you..."

Before Gu Shi could get angry, the servant's voice came from outside the house.

"Your Highness, Master Pei Wang Pei has arrived. He said he brought something with him and wants Your Highness to review it."

"This Pei Wang is really haunting us." Gu Shi stood up irritably.

It seemed like he was venting the anger he had just felt after hearing what Su Liuxi said.

Su Liuxi raised her hand and grabbed his sleeve, "Brother Gu Shi, that Master Pei took you to the charity cemetery last time to tease you, weren't you afraid..."

Gu Shi glanced at the still sleeping Gu Xiaoxiao, then took Su Liuxi's hand and patted it, "Please take good care of him for me first. Pei Wang is the Minister of Justice after all, and we will probably have to deal with him in the future. It's not good to make enemies."

Now that things have come to this, if Su Liuxi continues to pester him, she would be being unreasonable.

"...good."

She let go obediently.

Looking at Gu Shi's back as he left in a hurry, Su Liuxi's back teeth were almost broken.

He was clearly thinking about that bitch Shen Muxi.

After thinking about it, she stomped her feet and followed.

...

lobby.

Pei Wang was as gentle and elegant as ever, but the gleam in his eyes was so sharp that one glance at him would make people afraid to act rashly.

Including Gu Shi.

He took two deep breaths before his tone became calm and normal.

"I wonder what business Master Pei has in visiting me this time?"

"Of course, it's to send a message to Prince Rong."

Pei Wang gently shook the folding fan in his hand which had not yet been opened.

Du Zhong, who was standing behind him, respectfully placed the wooden bracelet engraved with hibiscus flowers that Liang Huai brought last time in front of Gu Shi.

Gu Shi’s eyelids twitched.

Then Pei Wang spoke calmly, "I heard that Prince Rong has been searching for someone these days and hasn't found him. Hasn't Prince Rong ever considered that the person might no longer be alive?"

Gu Shi's heart suddenly sank and he stood up abruptly.

"Pei Wang, what do you mean?"