Chapter 35: Second Miss, What Happened to You!

Bo Si Han was a man of his word; he really did come to the Gu Family that evening.

With him there, the atmosphere in the Gu Family became even more silent and stifled, though he himself was quite composed, not feeling in the slightest that his presence here would be at all awkward.

Bo Si Han sat very calmly beside Gu Wenyan, taking care of her throughout the meal, asking after her well-being with meticulous consideration.

Gu Mianmian watched their every move, feeling increasingly regretful and hating Gu Wenyan all the more.

But at this moment, Gu Mianmian dared not let anyone discover this hatred she held for Gu Wenyan.

If anyone were to find out, her future plans would become increasingly difficult to implement...

As for the members of the Gu Family at the dining table, their attitudes were not significantly different from before.

Although Ye Yiwen had begun to value Gu Wenyan more and more and wanted to make up for her past neglect, she was still mindful of Gu Mianmian's presence, so she only occasionally reminded Gu Wenyan which dishes were tasty and said nothing more.

Including Gu Jue and Gu Yechen, everyone held the same attitude; they all tacitly maintained this state of affairs.

Gu Wenyan smiled without a word.

After the meal, she saw Bo Si Han to the door, but before they had gone many steps, the man took her hand and said in a low voice, "Go back inside, no need to see me out."

"Let me see you off a little further..."

"No need. Once your body has recovered, I will take you out to have some fun."

At this moment, Bo Si Han's mood had returned to complete calm, showing no trace of the cold, dangerous air he had displayed in the afternoon.

He was just like this—impossible to fathom, as if many versions of him were hidden within his very bones.

Occasionally, Gu Wenyan would discover another side of him that he kept deeply concealed—the Bo Si Han who was chilling, frightening, and capable of striking terror into one's heart.

But even with such paranoia in his body, while the Gu Wenyan of the past would have fled far away, now, she would no longer do such a thing.

Since she had decided on her future life, as long as Bo Si Han did not let go, she would stay with him, and she would not change her decision because of the domineering and unruly nature in Bo Si Han's bones...

Bo Si Han turned and left with calm composure, and just as Gu Wenyan was preparing to head back, she suddenly saw Gu Mianmian standing in a corner behind her.

She stopped in her tracks: "Why did you come out?"

"Sister... I... I want to say a few words to you, is that alright?"

Gu Wenyan smiled softly: "Sure, where shall we talk?"

Gu Mianmian murmured: "Let's go to my room."

"Oh, alright, let's go to your room."

Gu Wenyan was very curious to see what kind of scheme she was cooking up again.

One doesn't visit a temple without a cause; Gu Wenyan didn't believe for a second that Gu Mianmian had anything sincere to say.

She followed along with calm indifference and soon arrived at Gu Mianmian's room.

Gu Mianmian's room looked like a princess's bedroom, with a large bed, transparent and beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows, and even a massive walk-in closet connected to the room.

This closet alone was almost the size of Gu Wenyan's entire room.

She walked in and took a glance, observing everything, but did not show any particular reaction.

Because everything that belonged to her would eventually return to her.

Gu Wenyan was not in a rush to achieve her goal in such a short amount of time.

"Sister, sit down first!"

There was a lazy sofa in the room, but Gu Wenyan did not walk over to it, instead standing near the doorway: "Let's just talk here."

"Sister... I want to know what exactly is wrong with you lately. Is it because you are harboring resentment toward me in your heart, and that is why you have always been so dissatisfied with me?"

Gu Mianmian began to feign grievance: "As long as you tell me, I will work hard to correct it!"

"Obviously not, you're overthinking it, aren't you?" Gu Wenyan did not play along, "Actually, our relationship has always been like this; it doesn't seem to have changed much."

"That's not true, Sister! I remember before, you trusted me so much and were so good to me, but now, I feel like there is a huge rift between us, and I don't know where the problem lies... I'm so scared..."

"What is there for you to be scared of? No one ever stipulated that you and I must be very close sisters, did they?"

"But I care about you so much!"

Gu Wenyan sneered: "If you care about me, then let's maintain our current relationship; we were never actually that close anyway."

"Sister, I..."

"Alright, if that is all you wanted to say to me, then let's stop here. I need to go back to my room to rest."

Gu Wenyan yawned; she was actually feeling a bit sleepy.

Gu Mianmian's final attempt failed, and a flash of ruthlessness passed through her eyes.

She became certain that it was impossible for her and Gu Wenyan to return to their previous state, nor could she easily manipulate Gu Wenyan anymore.

Since that was the case, she would just let everything fall apart and tear off this mask...

Just as Gu Wenyan was about to turn around, Gu Mianmian suddenly swiped a water glass off the table; the glass shattered, and she collapsed to the floor.

One of her hands happened to press down onto the broken glass, instantly becoming a bloody mess as bright red blood seeped out.

The commotion was loud, and since the door hadn't been closed tightly, the servant outside heard it and pushed the door open, screaming upon seeing the scene: "Second Miss, what happened to you?!"

This scream quickly brought her parents, who hadn't gone to sleep yet, as well as Gu Yechen, over to the room.

Gu Mianmian only felt it was a pity that the third brother wasn't home today due to other matters; otherwise, with him there, it would certainly have been easier to cause trouble for Gu Wenyan, but this would suffice...

"Heavens, what happened?!" Ye Yiwen entered, and seeing this scene, her face turned pale with fright; she rushed to Gu Mianmian's side, "Mianmian, are you alright?"

"Mom, my hand hurts so much..."

Tears the size of pearls rolled down her face, hitting the floor drop by drop. At this moment, Gu Mianmian looked aggrieved and helpless, so pitiful that it tugged at one's heartstrings.

"Quick, get up, I will call the family doctor immediately to treat your wound!"

Gu Mianmian nodded while crying and said, "Mom, please don't blame Sister, she definitely didn't mean to..."

"What?" Gu Jue followed closely behind and walked in, his cold, sharp gaze quickly landing on Gu Wenyan's face, "What did you do to your sister?"

Up to this point, in Gu Jue's heart, the person he trusted more was always Gu Mianmian, so once again, he acted without rhyme or reason.

Under Gu Mianmian's secret instigation, he chose to look at Gu Wenyan with cold eyes and interrogate her.

Gu Wenyan shook her head calmly: "I did nothing."

"Dad, please don't blame my sister. I believe she definitely didn't do it on purpose. Just now, it must have been me who accidentally fell to the ground..."

The more Gu Mianmian spoke up for Gu Wenyan and pleaded for mercy, the more Gu Jue felt that some kind of dispute must have occurred between Gu Wenyan and her just now, which led to this situation.

He turned directly to the servant who had been the first to discover Gu Mianmian had fallen: "You tell me, what happened?"

"Sir, I just walked in and saw the Eldest Miss standing here, and the Second Miss lying on the ground. It seems like the Eldest Miss..."

Gu Mianmian glanced at the servant she had bribed and smiled imperceptibly.