Exchange Fate! She Saved the whole family and the Short-Lived Marquis!-Chapter 103: She Wants Lin Qingqing to Taste This Humiliation Too
Sure enough, even Mrs. Gu couldn’t see any flaws.
"It’s just..." Mrs. Gu sighed, "Why did you wait until now to speak up? Now it’s obvious to Madam Fu that our family is interested in the second Miss Fu."
"Suddenly saying we want to switch to the eldest Miss Fu now, the Fu family wouldn’t agree." Mrs. Gu said with difficulty, "From the attitude of the Fu family towards the marriage of Miss Fu, it’s clear that they have rules and cherish Fu Mingzhu. Now if we suddenly say we’re interested in the eldest Miss Fu, the Fu family would never agree."
Gu Lingyi didn’t think too much and said instinctively, "Brother, why didn’t you say so earlier?"
Gu Yunze couldn’t admit he had an ulterior motive early on, otherwise, it’d be obvious.
So, Gu Yunze said, "I didn’t have any intentions initially. It’s just that you and Lingyi kept finding opportunities for us to meet the Fu family girls, and that’s when I realized, without knowing, I was attracted to the eldest Miss Fu."
Mrs. Gu paused, just about to ask if Fu Mingzhu had any intention of approaching Gu Yunze.
If so, that would be stealing her own sister’s marriage.
Such a person, the Gu family absolutely couldn’t accept.
However, before Mrs. Gu could ask, Gu Lingyi said, "I noticed that the eldest Miss Fu doesn’t pay much attention to you. Today, for some reason, she seems even less willing to engage with you. What if she doesn’t want to reciprocate your feelings?"
"The eldest Miss Fu isn’t fond of your brother?" Mrs. Gu found this quite curious.
"It’s not that she doesn’t like him, it’s just that her attitude was always ordinary and courteous because he saved her once, so she’s always been polite and grateful to him." Gu Lingyi said, "But today, I don’t know why, she seemed a bit colder to my brother."
"You noticed too?" Gu Yunze was feeling down, "So it wasn’t just my illusion, but why?"
"Is it because mother and I are always revolving around the second Miss Fu?" Gu Lingyi frowned, "But that doesn’t seem right, since the relationship between the eldest and second Miss Fu hasn’t changed, they are still close."
"Besides, it’s not like I just started getting closer to the second Miss Fu today, the eldest Miss Fu never seemed unhappy about it in the past." Gu Lingyi turned to Mrs. Gu and said, "Mother, I feel the eldest Miss Fu is really broad-minded."
"Because I heeded your advice earlier, I paid more attention to the second Miss Fu and inevitably spoke with her more, somewhat neglecting the eldest Miss Fu, but I’ve never seen any dissatisfaction from her."
"Today was no different from usual; I still spoke more to the second Miss Fu." Gu Lingyi pondered with a frown, "It’s actually my brother; I hadn’t noticed before, but today when he mentioned it, I realized my brother barely spoke to the second Miss Fu, he was always trying to find chances to chat with the eldest Miss Fu. But the eldest Miss Fu didn’t seem interested in talking to him today."
"That’s it." Gu Lingyi and Gu Yunze didn’t understand, but Mrs. Gu did, "She must have seen how you two were enthusiastic towards the second Miss Fu and guessed our family’s intentions. But instead, your brother seemed indifferent to the second Miss Fu, always seeking chances to talk with her, making the eldest Miss Fu feel you were slighting the second Miss Fu, hence she wasn’t happy."
"If it’s truly as I speculate, then the eldest Miss Fu is indeed commendable." Mrs. Gu nodded in satisfaction, "Even when everyone else focuses on the second Miss Fu, she doesn’t feel jealous or unfair, but rather becomes unhappy because your brother doesn’t value the second Miss Fu."
"But that’s just mother’s guess." Gu Lingyi said.
"It must be so." Gu Yunze suddenly realized, standing up anxiously, "I need to explain everything clearly to the eldest Miss Fu."
"Don’t rush, sit down." Mrs. Gu watched her tall son pacing before her like a blocking wall, giving her a headache.
"Don’t panic." Mrs. Gu said, "Let’s proceed as before, meeting the two Fu sisters as usual, and Yunze, you carry on as you originally did."
"Lingyi, don’t change your attitude abruptly and suddenly become overly enthusiastic towards the eldest Miss Fu." Mrs. Gu instructed, "Incorporate the eldest Miss Fu into your conversations naturally, and gradually show more enthusiasm."
"Afterwards, we’ll explain properly how your brother’s heart is with the eldest Miss Fu."
"Mother." At this moment, Gu Yunze was a bit worried, "Even if you don’t mind the eldest Miss Fu’s status as a concubine-born, other families would surely value her title as a Noble Lady."
"If we don’t hurry, what if another family gets there first?" Gu Yunze said anxiously.
"We can’t go to the Fu Mansion today and say we misunderstood my son’s intentions, that he likes the eldest Miss Fu, not the second Miss Fu, can we?" Mrs. Gu said, "If we say that, will Madam Fu let us visit again?"
"Even if the eldest Miss Fu is being considered by others, it won’t finalize immediately." Mrs. Gu said, "I’ll keep an eye on things for you."
Thinking it over, Gu Yunze still felt uneasy, deciding to keep a closer watch himself.
Chunmian packed Fu Shinian’s belongings and headed to the marquis residence to find Fu Shinian.
Fu Shinian agreed to stay at the marquis residence not just to keep an eye on Xiao Chengyu’s rest but also to monitor Xiao Fengxing a bit.
She always wanted to catch evidence of Xiao Fengxing being with Lin Qingqing.
Originally, Fu Mingzhu was schemed against, married not with splendor, but quietly, and later even in the capital, Fu Mingzhu was looked down upon, unable to attend many gatherings.
At the marquis residence, she was bullied by the old aunt Liu and couldn’t hold her head high.
She wanted Lin Qingqing to taste this kind of humiliation.
Since Xiao Fengxing was eventually to be betrothed to Lin Qingqing, why should Fu Mingzhu bear those unfair treatments and disdain, while Lin Qingqing could marry grandly?
She wanted Lin Qingqing to finally marry Xiao Fengxing quietly in a small sedan chair, unable to hold her head up in the capital.
Even though Xiao Yingyue suggested Fu Shinian sleep with her at night and chat together.
Fu Shinian, however, was a guest, and the marquis residence certainly couldn’t truly let her squeeze into a room with Xiao Yingyue.
So the old lady Xiao specifically had someone set up a courtyard for Fu Shinian.
The courtyard was close to both Xiao Yingyue’s and Xiao Chengyu’s courtyards, a great location that the old lady managed to find.
As soon as Chunmian entered, she called, "Miss."
Seeing this, Fu Shinian asked Chunmian to go into the bedroom with her, not letting the marquis residence’s maids follow.
With just the two of them left in the bedroom, Chunmian said, "When I left the house, I coincidentally ran into Hu Zi who was here to pass a message."
Hu Zi, originally from the nursery, was lively and could even be considered mischievous, thus he couldn’t settle down to study and didn’t have much talent for accounting.
Therefore, Fu Mingzhu arranged for him to work at a teahouse owned by the Cheng Family in the capital as a runner.
