Chapter 680: I Am Also My Mother

Soon the bloodstains at the door were washed clean, and Gu Kang also came to the side courtyard next door, changed out of his clothes, and much blood from the sword he had just thrust out splattered onto his body.

His face, half‑covered by the mask, sank at this moment into something frightening; the servants attending on either side dared not step forward, shaken by their master's cold killing intent, the hands holding the water basins trembling slightly.

Then it was carefully placed on the table, and a servant on the other side brought over a soft cloth to help Gu Kang wipe away the bloodstains on his body.

Gu Kang watched as both hands were submerged in the water, watching his father's blood slowly disperse, and in that instant he felt like vomiting.

Although he had long hated that man to the bone and the father‑son bond was broken, Gu Kang had never thought of killing him with his own hands.

Gu Kang sometimes truly hated his own parents, wondering why they had brought him and his elder sister into this world to suffer so much hardship and torment.

He lowered his brows and eyes, but that flicker of frenzy in his heart could not be suppressed.

Another servant entered carrying another basin of clear water, and when he set it down on the table he accidentally spilled some water; Gu Kang turned and kicked him to the ground.

In an instant, all the servants fell to their knees before Gu Kang, each one terrified and ashen‑faced.

"Spare my lord, spare my lord!"

These people had truly seen it with their own eyes; at this moment, in their eyes Gu Kang was a madman, a devil.

Gu Kang gasped heavily, feeling as if he could barely catch his breath in that moment.

The whole side courtyard fell into dead silence, then a sound of footsteps approached. xmь. m

"Get out!" Gu Kang's voice trembled slightly. Both hands were hidden in his sleeves, clenched tightly into fists.

"You all may withdraw," Gu Jiu Ling said lightly.

Just now she had left Gu Kang's villa together with Xiao Yin; Gu Kang saw them off and did not return with them.

Gu Jiu Ling knew that Gu Kang needed to wash the blood from his body.

Halfway there, Gu Jiu Ling still decided to turn back and have a proper talk with Gu Kang.

Since this was a matter between the brother and sister, Xiao Yin, as a brother‑in‑law, did not want to get involved, especially seeing Gu Jiu Ling's attitude; he did not wish to take part.

Afterward, a few imperial experts were dispatched to escort Gu Jiu Ling back, and she herself returned to the capital first.

Gu Kang was jolted by the sight of Gu Jiu Ling's figure; he hurriedly turned to look at her as she walked in from outside.

His throat suddenly choked, he felt a suffocating pain, and he wanted to cry.

He really couldn't hold on any longer, and he didn't really want to keep holding on.

But the teacher had said, once things have come to this point, there's no turning back like an arrow loosed from a bow; he must go on, no matter what.

He sometimes also hated Gu Jiu Ling for having handed over all those exclusive connections to him in the first place; now he wants to withdraw but cannot.

Having received the Du family's mantle, it means he must bear greater responsibility.

The servants kneeling on the ground had heard the Empress's words, yet they dared not move even half a step, each still prostrated there.

"All of you, get out!" Gu Kang's voice hoarse, the servants all rushed out of the courtyard.

Gu Kang's confidant did not forget to close the door from outside.

At this moment only Gu Jiu Ling and Gu Kang, brother and sister, remained in the hall.

The hall was filled with a strong smell of blood that made one want to vomit.

Gu Jiu Ling stared fixedly at the disheveled Gu Kang before her, her eyes icy, and she said word by word: "Why would you do this?"

Gu Kang took a deep breath, then lifted his gaze to his elder sister; his eyes regained their usual calm composure, and he smiled, saying: "Gu Shijie deliberately stirred up trouble between you and your brother‑in‑law, harboring no good intentions—we have already given him a chance, and it was he who refused it."

"I originally wanted to raise him well in the suburbs of the capital; these past days he has suffered enough in that little town in the southwest."

"I wanted to let him stay in the capital's outskirts as an ordinary wealthy gentleman, to spend his remaining years in peace, but Xiao Yin stood up for you and forced him to endure another long journey."

"But I never imagined he would hate you to this extent."

"Speak the truth!" Gu Jiu Ling suddenly growled, as if trying to find a crack in Gu Kang's stern, composed face.

But to her regret, she saw nothing of the sort—only the composed Gu Shangshu of Southern Qi.

Gu Kang's hand, hidden in his sleeve, tightened a fraction; he slightly raised his stern chin, looked at his elder sister and smiled, saying: "I don't understand what you mean, elder sister; everything I say is true……"

With a slap, Gu Jiu Ling raised her hand and landed a hard blow on Gu Kang's face.

The half‑mask on Gu Kang's face was knocked to the ground, rolling clatter‑clatter to the door, revealing the true face beneath his mask.

Gu Kang's face instantly paled a bit, yet he lowered his head and spoke no further.

"Speak! What else are you hiding from me?"

"Why does he say that I and Xiao Yin cannot stay together? What is the reason—Gu Kang, you know, don't you?"

Gu Kang's face had been turned a few degrees by that slap from Gu Jiu Ling; he immediately pressed his tongue against the struck cheek, then looked at his elder sister with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

This person was half calm, half mad; the two contrasting expressions on his face confronted Gu Jiu Ling, making anyone who saw it break out in a faint sweat.

"Elder Sister Zhang," Jia Kang chuckled softly. "Back then, Elder Sister Chang used Li Ruoxi's design to pull me out of my dazed state, and she handed over all the vacation's vision to me, yet you pushed aside these troublesome matters—why are you now asking me about this?"

Qiu Lin's eyes were a little yellow; his thought was to let this child reform from evil to good, to let a truly good person invade, but unexpectedly there were signs of a supermodel developing, and he does not enter the news abnormally.

But Gu Qiu Lin understood that once Gu Kang decided to uphold something, he would certainly persist.

Gu Jiu Ling could not possibly beat sense into Jia Kang's little brat of a head, let alone make him, while alive, shout those names from the customer's mouth.

"Don't forget, don't forget—I am also of the vacation, I am also for my grandfather's sake, I am also my mother's child as a nephew; what secret could I possibly keep from myself?"

Jia Kang drew a breath, a hint of bitterness passing from his cracked foot, and also before the liberation, looking at his own long street.,: "That's right, you are also a young child, but vacation, these things, these people and affairs can only belong to one child."

As Gu Kang's words just fell, Gu Qiu Lin's face changed instantly; he felt that Gu Kang's words had hidden meaning—what is meant by a 'vacation person' can only be one child; inheriting the Du family's those Yibo Art Galleries, Gu Jiu Ling also knew the rules of this era; it is a woman about to be added to Prince Rui, how could she possibly go and stand with her own younger brother in those therefore countries' Yibo, all given to the brother to eat, and she herself indeed has no qualification to meddle in the brother's and vacation's affairs.

I have a feeling I really can't ask anything at all; afterwards I stared fixedly at the person before me.: "Walk the proper path, otherwise don't be my younger brother, and I won't be polite to you anymore."