Quick Transmigration Sweet Story, The White Moonlight Rescue Plan

The ancestral hall was filled with the smoke of incense. Ling Nanchen stared at the three gilded characters "Ling Yubai" on the memorial tablet and suddenly chuckled, "Brother, this is the good wife you abandoned everything and were willing to break with your family to marry."

The next day, Gu Xiao was summoned to the ancestral hall as soon as he woke up.

The north wind whipped up the withered leaves outside the ancestral hall. Gu Xiao stood before the ancestral tablets, clutching his sleeves, his knees still bearing the bruises from kneeling the night before.

Ling Nanchen stood beside the clan leader, holding a hand warmer. His silver fox fur collar accentuated his sharp features, and his compassionate expression made him seem like the true head of the Gu family.

“My sister-in-law has no children, and it wouldn’t be right for the clan to entrust such a large family business to someone outside the family.” He traced the stack of birth certificates on the jade table with his fingertips, the sound of the golden nanmu wood scraping painfully against one’s eardrums. “I heard that the eldest elder’s heir has just turned one year old, a perfect age for him to be loved by his parents.”

White smoke rose from the bronze incense burner with the sparrow holding a ring. Gu Xiao stared at the drifting mist and suddenly remembered Ling Nanchen's unusual behavior last night.

"What does the First Madam think?" The clan elder's ingratiating voice drifted over, carrying with it the scent of incense ash.

Gu Xiao snapped back to reality, her nails digging into her palms to suppress the metallic taste in her throat. Ling Nanchen's move to undermine her was truly ruthless; if Gu Xiao did indeed adopt a son, she would be unable to remarry according to clan rules.

"Please ask the clan leader to adopt a son?" Gu Xiao's fingers, gripping the teacup, turned white, and the lotus pattern on her palm left red marks. "Nan Chen, you know perfectly well about my relationship with your brother..."

“It’s all for my brother’s sake.” Ling Nanchen stroked the cool jade thumb ring, the one his brother had placed on his finger before his departure. “If my sister-in-law is truly virtuous, what is there to fear about raising a child?” He took a half-step closer. “Or is it that my sister-in-law is waiting to use her status as the matriarch of the Ling family to serve as a pledge of allegiance to someone?”

Snowflakes danced in the air outside the window, and a white silk begonia flower adorned Gu Xiao's hair. It was Ling Yubai's favorite style, but now it only made her face appear even paler.

Ling Nanchen suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, and vaguely saw her many years ago, looking just like this, holding the nuptial wine and shyly confessing her love to him. How could they have become such a bitter enemy now?

In the past, Gu Xiao would have been panicked and confused, not understanding why Ling Nanchen was pressing her so hard. But after a year of trials, she was no longer the wronged person who would hide behind others and suffer in silence.

She has her own businesses and connections. Even the head of the Ling family has to give her face. If you want her to agree, you have to be respectful and ask her if she is willing.

Ling Nanchen, however, still had a smug look on his face, and arrogantly used the tone of "this is all for your own good" to persuade her to swallow the half-cooked rice.

At this moment, Gu Xiao understood why she avoided Ling Nanchen like the plague. It wasn't because the suffering he had brought her was too painful for her to bear, but because he was selfish, stubborn, and shameless, using his supposed gentlemanly words to exploit her.

She felt a physical aversion to Ling Nanchen.

I thought I could find someone to shelter me from the storm, but I never imagined that the storm was brought on by this person.

A good lover is like a gardener; even in difficult times, they don't want to burden you and give you your freedom. A bad, rotten person, on the other hand, only waters flowers with filth and complains that the flowers aren't as vibrant as before. When they see flowers in another garden, they'll have malicious thoughts and want to possess them.

Ling Nanchen, a hypocrite, is worlds apart from Ling Yubai. Like begets like, and the son of a rat can only be a rat.

How could the son of someone as treacherous and vicious as Qin Shuanghua possibly be a virtuous person?

Thinking of this, a smile suddenly bloomed on Gu Xiao's beautiful face, a smile as charming and flamboyant as a peach blossom in spring.

She tilted her head slightly, her gaze fixed intently ahead, and said softly, "I am still in mourning, and I never imagined that my late husband's dear younger brother would be so eager to covet my eldest son's family property? Tsk tsk tsk... What an ugly sight!"

At this moment, the woman's face, which was originally as white as snow, was still covered with glistening tears, as pitiful as dew rolling on a lotus leaf in the morning.

However, despite such a charming and pitiful face, the words that came out of her mouth were so sharp and sarcastic, showing no mercy whatsoever.

These words not only caused Ling Nanchen's face to darken instantly, but also made everyone in the Ling family look embarrassed, unsure of how to respond.

“Gu Xiao, I’m trying to find a way out for you. You’re a woman who’s cursed to bring misfortune to her husbands. You have no children to rely on. When you’re old and die, no one will even be there to collect your body.” Seeing that Gu Xiao was so shameless in bringing up this matter, Ling Nanchen had lost all his former affection for her and said with a dark face.

Gu Xiao disagreed, "They're all dead now, who cares who will collect my body? If I get old and nobody takes care of me, I'll just kill anyone I don't like at their doorstep."

“You…” Ling Nanchen didn’t expect Gu Xiao to be so uncooperative, and his face turned ashen with anger. “Stubborn and unyielding, no wonder my elder brother was cursed to death by you.”

Gu Xiao wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, her expression lazy and disdainful, and said, "There's always trouble around a widow's door. If you don't want your elder brother's ghost to haunt you in the dead of night, then mind your own business." Gu Xiao watched as the faces of the group of people in the hall changed because of her words, and smiled inwardly. It seemed that Ling Yubai's reputation for sharp tongue could still inspire fear even in death.

Gu Xiao paused deliberately, then straightened a stray hair behind her ear, gave everyone a polite smile, and explained, "Please excuse my behavior. My husband has just passed away, and I'm not in a good mood. I hope you can all understand! If you are here to mourn your deceased husband, then I will treat you with courtesy. But if it's for other reasons... then don't blame me for losing my temper and kicking you out."

Seeing Gu Xiao change from a shrew to a dignified demeanor, everyone felt a chill run down their spines. The clan leader, in particular, who had been dragged over by Ling Nanchen, quickly distanced himself while Gu Xiao was still relatively normal, saying, "Madam, we have troubled you greatly. We are only here to see off the young master today, for no other reason than to clarify the matter of adoption."

Gu Xiao nodded politely and smiled as she saw him off.

Seeing his clansmen so sycophantic, Ling Nanchen was furious, but he was powerless to do anything about it.