On the way back to Yousu, Gu Zhen remained silent.

Gu Yao stole glances at his cousin's back, and even from a distance, he could feel the oppressive atmosphere emanating from her. He didn't know what to do.

But this stalemate can't go on forever.

Gu Yao tentatively called out, "Second Sister..."

Gu Zhen turned her head, her eyes filled with tears, which were about to overflow, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

Those emerald eyes, inherited from the Su royal family, held unspeakable anger, resentment, and...sadness.

Gu Yao had never seen Gu Zhen cry.

Gu Zhen was already quite grown up when he was born.

Gu Zhen has always been the one protecting her.

Gu Zhen is stubborn and strong-willed, and extremely mischievous. She has never had the quiet demeanor that a girl should have since childhood.

In Gu Yao's memory, even when she led her out of You Su and was injured by the raging monsters outside, she fought the monsters with her life and did not know what it meant to bow her head and avoid them.

Even if it is severely injured, that monster will pay with its life.

When she returned, she went to her elders to receive punishment, where she was whipped with a golden willow branch and forced to kneel outside the door.

Even when severely injured and kneeling, Gu Zhen's back remained perfectly straight.

Like a proud pine tree, it refuses to bow its head.

She went to receive punishment only because she had almost hurt her younger brother, and she wanted to punish herself for it.

He didn't think he had done anything wrong by risking his life to kill that monster.

She will not back down if she believes she has done nothing wrong.

But the elders punished her more because she disregarded her own life.

Reckless, headstrong, stubborn, and inflexible.

This is the evaluation given to Gu Zhen by the elder of the Su Criminal Law Hall.

Gu Zhen simply smiled and let it go after hearing it.

Even though her back was covered in bloody welts from being whipped, when Gu Yao went over to comfort her while crying, she could still grimace and say, "It doesn't hurt."

They didn't care how ridiculous they looked.

After kneeling for a while, he can lie in bed for a few days and be as energetic as ever again.

He continued to take Gu Yao along to tease cats and dogs, and to do whatever he wanted.

She is optimistic and cheerful, always with a smile on her face, like a little sun that shines brightly forever.

There was never any gloom.

But now, Gu Zhen, who is usually optimistic and cheerful, is crying so sadly that Gu Yao is stunned.

Gu Zhen looked at Gu Yao's ever-changing astonished expression, blinked unconsciously, and a single tear slid down her cheek, shimmering in the sunlight.

She raised her hand in surprise and wiped away the tears, staring blankly at the teardrops on her fingers.

It was as if she couldn't believe she had cried.

Gu Yao felt a pang of sadness seeing this, and was about to offer a few words of comfort when he saw Gu Zhen tilting her head back and covering her face with her sleeve, as if trying to hold back all the tears welling up in her eyes.

But to no avail.

The large teardrops still slid down her cheeks, leaving deep and shallow, scattered marks on the ground.

Even the priceless brocade was soaked through by these silent tears, leaving a wet stain on the cuff.

Gu Yao swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

Right now, Gu Zhen isn't so much trying to stop crying as she's trying to avoid losing her composure in front of herself.

The older sister, who has always appeared before him as a protector, is unwilling to fall from her pedestal in front of her younger brother.

Gu Yao lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, unsure whether he should leave Gu Zhen alone.

But he also wanted to tell his older sister that he, her younger brother, was someone she could rely on.

Gu Yao clenched his fist, his eyes filled with determination, looked up at his older sister, and stepped forward to hug her tightly.

He pressed Gu Zhen's head against his shoulder and gently comforted her, "Second sister, this way I won't see your face and you don't have to worry about being embarrassed. Just treat me like a wooden stake. Cry if you want to. After you're done crying, tell your little brother who bullied you, and we'll fight back!"

I am the founder of Yousu, how could I allow my own people to be bullied? Even though Yousu is weaker than the other two clans, it is not a clan that can be bullied by just anyone.

Gu Zhen was taken aback by Gu Yao's actions.

However, the moment she rested her head on her younger brother's shoulder, she realized that her brother, whom she thought hadn't grown up and still needed protection, was now half a head taller than her.

He's an adult now.

She's also started protecting her older sister.

Hearing Gu Yao's protective words, she felt a pang of bitterness, and the pent-up grievances in her heart erupted in an instant.

It turns out she had the right to be willful; someone would bail her out.

Having always positioned herself as a protector, over time, even Gu Zhen almost forgot that she was actually a junior member of the Su royal family.

Her family members will stand up for her.

She grabbed Gu Yao's clothes by the chest, rubbing the expensive dress to pieces, and then buried her face in Gu Yao's shoulder and burst into tears.

Gu Yao didn't care whether the dress was alive or dead, and let Gu Zhen vent her emotions.

He gently placed his hand on his sister's back, stroking it lightly, while softly soothing her overwhelmed emotions.

His eyes were filled with heartache, and a hint of... murderous intent.

My older sister has always been a proud and arrogant person, and she never takes trivial matters seriously.

The person who could anger her second sister to this extent must be someone close to her.

After all, the pain is the most intense when you're stabbed in the back by someone close to you.

Don't let him know who it is.

66 looked at Gu Yao from the void. His emerald eyes, which suppressed a chilling killing intent, and his solemn expression were the prelude to an impending storm.

He sighed softly, knowing that someone had truly crossed Gu Yao's bottom line this time.

Instead of waiting for Gu Yao to ask, it's better to find out now which unlucky guy offended this little devil.

The host's anger is so intense, it's like he'd tear up that person's ancestral graves.

Let's observe three seconds of silence for that unfortunate guy.

However, the person who could anger Gu Zhen to this extent must have done something extremely outrageous.

People's hearts are always biased. Having been by Gu Yao's side for so long, he also quite likes people like Su.

66 stopped disturbing the two and turned to enter the system space to investigate what had happened.

If someone offends the most terrifying host and the most protective of their own, Su, that person will suffer a terrible fate.

But what does this have to do with him? After all, she just casually gave the host some information that he could find.

Even if he doesn't give it to him, with Gu Yao's abilities, he'll find out sooner or later.

What bad intentions could 66 possibly have?

I just wanted to help Xiao Jiu's host.

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