After my luck was stolen, I led my whole family to defy fate and change our destiny.

Before Madam Chen could speak, Chen Xining ran out.

Su Xiuran: "What about my family rules?"

Gu Linglong dragged along a stick longer than herself: "Mother, here you go."

Gu Liyao: Am I your biological brother?

[Hey, Second Brother, if you don't go after Sister Xining and explain things clearly, your wife will really run away. Sister Xining must think that my Second Brother hates her and that's why he's always looking at portraits with disdain.]

"Your Majesty, I'm just offering my advice."

"I think you're just causing trouble."

"No, Mother, you've misunderstood me."

Gu Liyao jumped around and chased after her, but what good would it do? Chen Xining didn't like him anyway. He had secretly asked her what kind of person she liked before, and Chen Xining said she liked someone talented.

Doesn't that exclude him? Apart from some talent in medicine, he has absolutely no talent whatsoever.

[Sigh, does my second brother even know that Sister Xining likes him? Sister Xining is even reading medical books to have more things to talk about with my second brother, but she's too clear-headed. She knows you like Shen Qingqing and she also knows that our social standing is a bit inferior. She feels that she's not good enough for my second brother.]

But my mother is such a good person, she definitely wouldn't just look at social status, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen Li Xiaohan to be my sister-in-law.

Gu Liyao suddenly understood: "Mother, I'll apologize when I get back."

"Mother, wait for me to bring Chen Xining back to you."

"Wha, what do you mean?"

Madam Chen looked at Gu Liyao running out with a puzzled expression.

Su Xiuran smiled and pulled Madam Chen to sit down: "Oh dear, no matter how much he rambles on all day, let's sit down and continue watching."

Chen Xining ran to the back garden and squatted down, burying her head in her knees. How could Gu Liyao interfere in her marriage so casually?

Gu Liyao ran over and saw Chen Xining squatting on the ground. His heart ached, and he squatted down as well: "Xining?"

Chen Xining ignored him, but Gu Liyao called out again. Chen Xining looked up at her with her big, red eyes and asked, "Do you really hate me? You can find fault with everything your aunt said?"

No...that's not it.

"why?"

Gu Liyao suddenly felt a little ashamed to say it, but thinking of his sister's words, if he didn't speak up, his wife might really run away.

"That's because I want you to choose me."

Gu Liyao spoke softer and softer.

Speak louder, I can't hear you.

Gu Liyao took a deep breath and said loudly, "I said I was nitpicking because I wanted you to choose me. I like you."

Finally, he said it, and he felt much better. He turned his head and found that Su Xiuran, Gu Yu'an and Madam Chen were all looking at him. Gu Linglong covered her mouth and chuckled.

Gu Liyao's ears turned bright red, and he quickly ran away. Oh dear, how embarrassing!

Chen Xining blinked and realized what was happening; her ears turned red, and she nervously clutched her handkerchief.

"I...I...I...I'm leaving now."

Su Xiuran asked Madam Chen with a smile, "What do you think of my son, Liyao?"

"It's good, but..."

"Just tell me if you're satisfied or not."

"But the difference in our social standing is just too great..."

"As long as both children are happy and well, that's all that matters, don't you think?"

Seeing her daughter's shy and bashful expression, Madam Chen understood perfectly and immediately agreed.

In the days that followed, Su Xiuran was busy with her two sons' engagements, keeping her extremely busy.

Either don't get engaged, or get engaged at all. Fortunately, Gu Yu'an's marriage is scheduled for March next year when spring is in full bloom, and Gu Liyao's marriage is scheduled for the latter half of next year. This avoids any competition, otherwise we would be too busy.

Another piece of good news recently is that Gu Liyao opened a pharmacy called "Minxitang".

When Gu Linglong heard this name, she exclaimed, "Oh my god, I can't stand it!"

When Minxitang opened, they only hung red paper on the plaque and set off firecrackers. They didn't accept any flower baskets. After all, it was a medical clinic, and they didn't want to make a big fuss. However, Gu Mingtang and others were present.

Today's free clinic was very popular, and Gu Mingtang ended up running errands for everyone.

A young apprentice medicine boy approached Gu Liyao: "Dr. Gu, here is a letter for you."

Without thinking twice, Gu Liyao immediately opened the envelope.

"Come to Yuexiang Tower alone. If you hadn't come, I would have thrown the poison I concocted into charitable institutions and onto the streets of beggars. You know I'm not entirely incompetent. Shen Qingqing."

Gu Liyao frowned. Shen Qingqing actually dared to show up again? And she even wanted to see him alone. Could it be that she still had her eye on his spiritual root?

He couldn't bear to think of the innocent children and beggars in the charity hall. Now that he had made some progress in his cultivation, he was no longer afraid of Shen Qingqing's decree to strike his spiritual root again.

Let's go through with this.

Gu Liyao put the letter in the cabinet and went away alone.

In a private room at Yuexianglou, Shen Qingqing was pouring wine for Gu Liyao.

It seems you're still worried about me.

"Stop talking nonsense, hand over your poison and turn yourself in."

Shen Qingqing laughed a few times: "Am I stupid or are you stupid? I would turn myself in? Don't even dream about it."

"Who exactly rescued you?"

Shen Qingqing raised an eyebrow: "You want to know?"

"Get him out of jail so we can get a reduced sentence."

"Gu Liyao, Gu Liyao, you've even learned to lie now."

"How about this, you go and cancel your engagement with Chen Xining, and I'll tell you."

"dream"

Shen Qingqing sat down. "So there's nothing to discuss then."

"Unless you turn yourself in."

Shen Qingqing's expression suddenly changed: "Then let's try out my newly learned illusion magic!"

Shen Qingqing's eyes suddenly turned green and she stared intently into Gu Liyao's eyes.

Gu Liyao felt his head go heavy, and Shen Qingqing in front of him suddenly turned into Chen Xining.

Gu Liyao: "Xi Ning? What are you doing here? Did you follow me? You'd better leave quickly, lest that poisonous woman Shen Qingqing sees you."

"Come on, I'll take you away."

Shen Qingqing's expression turned slightly ferocious for a moment. How dare you call her a poisonous woman?

In that instant, Chen Xining's face transformed back into Shen Qingqing and then back into Chen Xining.

Gu Liyao realized that Shen Qingqing had used an illusion on him, so he immediately focused his attention and formed a hand seal to "break" it.

Chen Xining's face gradually transformed into Shen Qingqing's. Shen Qingqing's illusion was broken, and she coughed up blood as she stared at Gu Liyao in disbelief.

"You've actually cultivated? And you can even break my illusions?"

"Is it weird?"

Shen Qingqing's eyes turned green again.

"Again? Don't blame me for hitting women then. I'm not like my older brother, I'm a gentleman of integrity."

Gu Liyao delivered a powerful palm strike, seemingly from a distance, like striking a bull.

I learned this trick from Gu Linglong.

Shen Qingqing: "You..."

If you're going to fight, then fight! Why are you swearing at me?

After a few exchanges, Gu Liyao grabbed Shen Qingqing's arm and said, "Come with me to the government office to turn yourself in."

Shen Qingqing snorted: "You didn't think I was the only one who came, did you?"

"What do you mean?"

Shen Qingqing suddenly shouted, "Master, come quickly and help me!"

The door was kicked open from the outside: "Useless thing, you can't even do this simple task."