I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 352 - 270: Single by Ability

In the summer, the entire street in front of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is filled with the fragrance of magnolia flowers.

This is because the Xie Family’s ancestral home has a century-old magnolia tree, and Gu Changting grew up with the scent of magnolias.

As a child, he did not know Xie Yun yet, nor who lived in the neighboring courtyard. Back then, the Xie Family had not yet been completely eradicated. Occasionally, he would clamber over the wall with determination, pick a sprig of flowers, and give it to his little cousin, Gu Lan, who had loved flowers and plants since childhood.

Even though many people said his cousin was arrogant, domineering, and effeminate, he never thought there was anything wrong with it.

In this world, some people like swords and spears while others prefer romance and poetry. However, later on, after learning martial arts, Brother Lan could beat ten of him with just one punch.

Sometimes, he would also break off a branch to give to the little girls playing by the roadside who wanted magnolias. He too was a scoundrel, but only limited to this street. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

As Gu Changting grew up, he stopped stealing flower branches. Later, the girl he liked fell for Xie Yun.

The year Xie Yun became a top scholar, he wrote a poem about the magnolia in his family’s courtyard. Gu Changting asked him, "Your family doesn’t even have a magnolia tree." Xie Yun replied that the tree was at the ancestral home, but Gu Changting never thought it was next door to his own house.

Then the girl he liked, started wearing dresses embroidered with magnolias, swearing she would marry no one but Xie Yun.

Gu Changting felt wronged, thinking he too liked magnolias.

At that moment, looking at Lu Congyun in her magnolia dress, his handsome face still held a mocking smile.

Second Young Master Gu once said that his son was too straightforward and not suitable for court politics. With a pure heart, he never knew how to hide his emotions.

So, at this moment, Gu Changting was using all his acting skills to avoid crying out loud.

Real men don’t cry easily, so how could he cry just because he saw the girl he liked five years ago?

Lu Congyun’s expression was calm and serene upon seeing Gu Changting.

Only she knew that her hand at her side was uncontrollably twisting her dress, and even her breathing was half a beat slow.

How long could she wait for this man named Gu Changting? How long could she continue to like him?

One year, two years, three years, or five years... How many five years does a person have in their lifetime, and how many such five years from a fifteen-year-old girl to becoming a laughingstock in the entire Capital City?

The youth who once held a snow-white magnolia flower and said he would marry her when he grew up had long since forgotten her.

Everyone in the Capital City thought that Miss Lu of the Lu Family, Lu Congyun, eldest daughter of Lu Bingxin, the Minister of Revenue, was infatuated with Xie Yun for a full five years. Xie Yun wrote poetry about magnolias, and so she wore magnolia-embroidered dresses, waiting until she became an unwanted old maid, and yet still couldn’t get Xie Yun to look at her twice.

Only Lu Congyun knew that she liked the fool beside Xie Yun.

"Why is Miss Lu here?" Gu Changting asked with a frown upon seeing Lu Congyun at the door of Xie Yun’s house, trying to remain calm, "Waiting for Xie Yun?"

Lu Congyun opened her mouth, wanting to say she was waiting for him but not knowing how to voice it.

Gu Changting’s heart was dull and bitter, though he still smiled on the surface.

For five years, this woman had not given up; he truly couldn’t understand what was so great about Xie Yun.

At that moment, Xie Yun, who was reading at home, sneezed three times in a row. He took a handkerchief to wipe his red nose: "It’s easy to catch a cold when the seasons change. Geng Tao, close the window tightly for me, please."

Geng Tao rolled his eyes slightly: "You even have a runny nose; seriously, what do all those pretty sisters in the Capital see in you?"

Xie Yun: "..." As if having a runny nose was his fault.

"Yes, waiting for Xie Yun," Lu Congyun answered softly, looking up at the magnolia tree with a few branches sticking out in the courtyard, her gaze deep and profound.

Gu Changting took a deep breath, recalling what Xie Yun had said about checking the dossiers for evidence against the Su Family, and said, "Xie Yun is probably busy today; he won’t be going out."

Lu Congyun’s eyes reddened, and she bit her red lips.

Seeing her disappointed appearance, Gu Changting’s temple throbbed angrily, finally unable to resist saying:

"Five years have passed; do you like him that much? What’s so good about that bastard Xie Yun that you insist on warming up to someone like him?"

Five years ago, Gu Changting gathered his courage to confess to Lu Congyun after her coming-of-age ceremony.

Lu Congyun fled in panic, and he spent a whole night drinking with her brother, Lu Rufeng. Upon waking, he learned that Lu Congyun had publicly given a embroidered handkerchief to Xie Yun, expressing her affection for him.

She also said she would wait for Xie Yun for five years.

Now, five years had passed, and Lu Congyun went from being the famous talented woman of the Capital City to its laughingstock.

Lu Congyun curled her lips coldly and said, "He’s better than you, a thousand times, ten thousand times better. Besides, whom I fancy is none of your business!"

The last time they met was when Young Master Gu nearly married Lu Congyun’s younger sister, Lu Feifei, due to a marriage decree from the Empress Dowager.

Gu Changting gritted his teeth in frustration: "Fine, just wait and see how everyone laughs at you as you keep getting rejected."

Lu Congyun was both angry and resentful, her eyes red as she stared at Gu Changting, constantly cursing in her heart, wondering how someone could be this foolish and childish.

Yet, despite everything, she liked this foolish and childish idiot.

Seeing the flickering tears in her eyes, Gu Changting suddenly panicked inside and explained, "What I meant was that everyone mocks Xie Yun, mocking that old idiot..."

"Gu Chuanze."

Lu Congyun earnestly called out his full name and courtesy name.

Few people called him that, and it made Gu Changting even more flustered and stammering:

"Wh-, what?"

"I know you’re Xie Yun’s sworn enemy, and you two are even political adversaries, right? Although his position is higher than yours now, but given time, leaning on the Gu Family and your father, you might also become a top official."

Gu Changting stiffly nodded: "Yeah, what’s up... I am at odds with Xie Jingqi."

In many people’s eyes, he and Xie Yun were indeed sworn enemies ever since their days at the Imperial Family school.

Lu Congyun gazed into Gu Changting’s clear, dark eyes, wondering, with such big eyes, how could someone so young seem so blind?

"I’ve liked Xie Yun for five years, yet he humiliates and rejects me. Since you’re his sworn enemy, I’ll marry you. Gu Chuanze, do you dare marry me?"

Lu Congyun articulated each word clearly, her voice steadfast and resounding.

Her gentle eyes looked unusually strict, unblinking, revealing unprecedented courage.

"..."

Gu Changting thought he misheard: "You... want to marry me?"

"Aren’t you brave enough to marry me?" Lu Congyun retorted.

For a long while,

A gust of wind blew, lifting a fluttering magnolia petal that landed on Lu Congyun’s black hair.

Gu Changting lifted his hand, gently picking the petal from her hair.

Lu Congyun stared dazedly at the handsome young man so close to her, her breath catching, her heart fluttering as if a rabbit were leaping chaotically within.

Gu Changting took the petal away, slowly speaking: "Xie Yun always rejected you decisively and cleanly; he never humiliated you."

Lu Congyun’s breath stalled, her mouth twitching, her hand clenching into a fist: "Go, just go back to Xie Yun."

"I-I didn’t mean it that way!"

Gu Changting wished he could slap himself, urging himself to calm down.

But he couldn’t calm down.

Lu Congyun shook her head slightly, gave a bitter smile, and turned away.

"Indeed, Lu Congyun has long become a joke in the Capital City, and my sister too. Our Lu Family and your Gu Family have absolutely no chance."

Gu Changting abruptly stepped forward, grabbing her wrist, yelling with all his might:

"I will marry you! Gu Changting is willing to marry Lu Congyun, fearing nothing!"

His voice was so loud, it startled the magpies resting in the tree and caused Young Master Gu, who was eavesdropping, to nearly fall from the courtyard wall.

He thought if Lu Congyun married Gu Changting, and Lu Feifei had smoothly married him, it would be a double happiness. What a pity.

Having sister-in-law experience the wedding sedan especially sounds exciting.

Only after a long while did Gu Changting coldly add: "Let it be clear, marrying you is to spite Xie Jingqi."

Lu Congyun chuckled coldly, retorting without mercy: "Haha, I’m marrying you to spite Xie Yun too."

"You’re quite vicious."

"Pot calling the kettle black."

This time, Gu Lan really fell off the courtyard wall.

Being a fool and still having someone like you is quite a feat;

But being idiotic is different; you can be single by sheer capability.