Chapter 177: A Family Outing

Gu Wenyan nodded honestly: "If it were just me, of course I wouldn't care whether others are happy or unhappy... it can't affect me in any way. But she is your mother, and since I married you, she is also my elder."

"Out of respect and consideration for her feelings, I also can't completely ignore it, so..."

"Yanyan, I've already discussed the things that happened these past few days with Mother, and I'm doing my best to persuade her. She'll come around. Don't overthink it, alright?"

Saying so, Bao Sihan ruffled Gu Wenyan's hair: "The only thing you need to think about right now is how to marry me beautifully at the wedding, looking your very best."

Gu Wenyan's cheeks flushed slightly: "Got it."

"So about Auntie..."

"Don't worry. She did have some rather unreasonable notions before, but I know she'll realize soon enough that there's no one in this world more suited for you and me than each other."

Bao Sihan leaned close to Gu Wenyan, a smile curling at the corner of his lips: "We were simply made for each other."

"How can you be so confident? What if there really is someone more suited for each of us?"

Bao Sihan said in a low voice: "There won't be. No one in this world will love you more than I do."

"What about me?"

He said dominantly: "You can only love me too, understand?"

"Alright... in this world." Gu Wenyan nodded and said to him very seriously, "I won't fall for anyone else. Apart from you, everything else is just passing clouds to me."

After having met someone who truly loved her in the truest sense, how could Gu Wenyan possibly feel the same way about anyone else?

Moreover, for Gu Wenyan, the sincerity and the preciousness of this deep affection were what she cared about most, and what she needed to keep close to her heart and protect well.

Gu Wenyan had already died once. If she still wasn't clear on what she needed most, then everything she suffered in her previous life... might very well happen again.

She wouldn't be that foolish again.

After the two of them finished eating, they went to confirm some details about the wedding venue, and then returned home.

Coincidentally, Mother brought up the matter of going on vacation.

"Your wedding with Si Han is about to be held. We'll set off tomorrow, go out and have fun for two days, then come back, and you can continue preparing for the wedding. The timing works out perfectly, how about it?"

Ye Yiwen said: "Our whole family has never gone out together like this before... You'll soon..."

She sighed: "You definitely won't be coming back as often in the future."

Gu Wenyan said: "Mom, even though I'm marrying him, if I want to come back, I can still come home whenever I want."

"I know, but after all, you should care more about your own family..."

Gu Wenyan smiled: "So where are we going tomorrow?"

"We have a villa in the suburbs. I've already had someone clean it up, and there's a hot spring pool in the back. It's perfect for going over tomorrow."

Gu Wenyan thought about it — fine, anyway the company didn't have much going on these two days, and the wedding hadn't been held yet either... she was free and bored, so she might as well go.

Besides...

Gu Wenyan looked at Gu Mianmian, who was sitting beside her without a word, her expression mild, but seeming to be hiding some secret.

Gu Mianmian probably wouldn't just let it go like this. Once her wedding with Bao Sihan was successfully held, she would be Bao Sihan's wife.

In the future, once she became the Head of the Family's wife of the Bo Family, it would be even harder for Gu Mianmian to deal with her. Would Gu Mianmian just sit and watch her wedding go through successfully?

Definitely not. So before that... Gu Mianmian would certainly do something to stop her.

Wang Ma came out of the kitchen, and Gu Mianmian suddenly looked over: "We're going out tomorrow. Wang Ma, won't you be bored staying home alone?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Yiwen also looked at Wang Ma: "How about you come with us, Wang Ma?"

After all, Wang Ma had served in this household for so many years, and had practically watched the young masters and young misses of the Gu Family grow up, so the relationship between them and the family was more like that of relatives.

Not a servant.

The fact that Ye Yiwen would make such a suggestion showed how much she valued Wang Ma.

Wang Ma smiled awkwardly: "That wouldn't be proper, Madam. Your family is going on a trip, I won't intrude..."

Gu Mianmian stood up and walked toward Wang Ma: "Please go. Mom has already said it — you are one of our Gu Family people. Don't be so polite. We've never treated you as an outsider!"

"Besides... when we were little, you took care of me and my brothers, and treated us like your own children. Won't you come with us tomorrow?"

Gu Wenyan saw Wang Ma show a thoughtful expression, and after a long while she seemed to reluctantly nod in agreement: "Alright, alright then... in that case, I'll come along for the fun too. I've never been to a place like that to soak in a hot spring..."

And so the matter was settled.

Gu Wenyan returned to her room, already having an idea in mind.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Gu Wenyan saw her elder brother standing outside and gave a faint smile: "Is something the matter?"

"I'm taking the day off tomorrow too. Our whole family is going out together."

"Mm, I know. Mom already mentioned it."

Gu Yechen said: "This might also be the last time our family goes out together before you get married. Have a good time."

Saying so, Gu Yechen handed over the thing in his hand: "I originally planned to give this to you at your wedding, but now seems like the right time too."

"What is it?"

Gu Wenyan opened the box Gu Yechen handed her. Inside was a key. She looked at him in confusion.

Gu Yechen nodded: "I bought an apartment, two hundred and sixty square meters. I've already had it renovated. Even though you're married now, a girl still needs to have a home of her own."

"Besides the Gu Family being your backing, that place... if you don't want to come home, and feel unhappy staying at your in-laws' house, you can go there too."

At today's housing prices, a two hundred and sixty square meter apartment is worth roughly thirty to forty million. That's no small sum.

Gu Yechen just gave it away like that. While Gu Wenyan was still in a daze, Gu Yechen reached out as if to pat her hair, but pulled his hand back just before touching it, and sighed: "Big Brother knows he owes you a lot. From now on, I'll make it up to you bit by bit. I hope one day you'll forgive me."

"I can't accept this apartment."

"Yanyan, it's registered under your name. Even if you don't want it, it doesn't belong to me. Keep it."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Gu Wenyan looked at the key in her hand and shrugged. Anyway, the Eldest Young Master of the Gu Family was not short on money, so she might as well keep the apartment. Of course she wouldn't claim it for herself, but this news...

How could she not let Gu Mianmian know about it?

So when they set off the next day, in front of all the Gu Family members including Gu Mianmian, Gu Wenyan expressed her sincere thanks to Gu Yechen.

Gu Mianmian's expression on her face instantly turned extraordinarily dark and terrifying, her eyes filled with hatred and fury.

After all, this was only the beginning—how much more would Gu Wenyan obtain in the future?