Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 196 - 129: Do You Think This City is Beautiful?

Chapter 196: Chapter 129: Do You Think This City is Beautiful?

In the afternoon, in front of the tombstone, Gu Xiaoxi stretched her hand to wipe away a tear that hadn’t yet fallen from the corner of her eye.

She swore that she would avenge her mother’s death.

Xiao Jiang and Tang Yisheng had followed Gu Xiaoxi back.

These were actually the only two people that Gu Xiaoxi knew.

It was not surprising for Xiao Jiang to follow her, but Tang Yisheng’s presence piqued her curiosity. On the way back, Gu Xiaoxi looked at Tang Yisheng and asked, "What’s your relationship with Quan Shaoqing? Why are you following me?"

Tang Yisheng spoke indifferently, "I am his subordinate, and when a superior officer has a need, naturally I will offer help anytime, anywhere. However, I wish to ask, what is your relationship with the superior officer?"

It had indeed surprised him to be assigned to protect a mere soldier.

"He’s family!" Gu Xiaoxi simply explained.

Xiao Jiang immediately expressed his happiness, "I knew it! You must be the superior officer’s sister, otherwise why would he let you stay at his place?"

Tang Yisheng nodded, "No wonder he assigned me to protect you. Since you are his family, it’s natural that your safety would be at risk."

"You’re protecting me?" Gu Xiaoxi looked up at Tang Yisheng, as if saying, supervising me is more like it, right?

"Correct!" confirmed Tang Yisheng.

Gu Xiaoxi laughed lightly without saying a word!

Upon returning to her little home in Luoli City, the room was still arranged as she had left it, now covered in dust.

Gu Xiaoxi took two antiques from the Treasure Pavilion, which were meant to serve as birthday gifts for Old Master Gu.

At the same time, while cleaning Gu Lirou’s room, she unexpectedly found a cherished diary.

An ancient notebook that recorded a secret, penned by Gu Lirou herself.

The diary dated back ten years and read as follows:

It has been five years since I left home. Mother, please forgive me for only understanding now why you took your own life.

Gu Yunshan was never a stepdaughter but a daughter fathered behind your back by my father and Xiong Zhu. Father had long been unfaithful to you, and he is also responsible for your death.

Gu Ruicheng, the adopted son of the Gu Family and my betrothed, consistently delayed our marriage. Only today did I discover that he and Gu Yunshan had a son long ago. Gu Ming, now ten years old, meaning he had wronged me much earlier.

Perhaps my father and Xiong Zhu, Gu Yunshan, and Gu Ruicheng, they all have been scheming against you and me for a long time.

How could father be so cruel? You were his wife, and I his daughter. And yet, he heartlessly wanted us dead.

All the while, we were kept in the dark.

Mom, rest assured.

I will, sooner or later, avenge you.

As Gu Xiaoxi read on, her expression turned sullen. These were the grudges of the previous generation of the Gu Family. She had not expected them to be so deeply entangled.

It just went to show, the members of the Gu Family were far from virtuous.

Old Master Gu, Gu Baofeng, had a mistress (Xiong Zhu) in his youth, abandoned his wife, let his adopted son be with his illegitimate daughter, and plotted against his own daughter, Gu Lirou.

Indeed, very cruel!

Gu Xiaoxi clenched the notebook tightly and turned to the next page.

The handwriting still belonged to Gu Lirou, with no date mentioned, but the writing was very recent, not more than a year old.

The content was as follows:

Father is indeed a terrifying man, his operations have failed seventeen times over these years.

Only today did I discover that he actually has connections with Gunsmoke Gate (a major drug lord). One of his subordinates is even a Special Ability User who can manipulate objects from a distance and move heavy items.

Today’s operation exposed my whereabouts. I don’t know whether he will be utterly ruthless in dealing with me.

Perhaps his men are already on their way...

The handwriting grew more and more chaotic towards the end.

Gu Xiaoxi clutched the notebook, her eyes full of rage.

By now, she had guessed who the murderer was.

It was Old Master Gu.

The hatred Gu Lirou and Gu Baofeng harbored for each other had deepened so much that they disregarded familial bonds and wished death upon each other.

Gu Xiaoxi sat in Gu Lirou’s room for a long time, closing the notebook.

If things were as such, then it probably all made sense.

Gu Baofeng wanted to kill Gu Lirou, so he sent the butler, and that butler was probably a Special Ability User, who, if able to move heavy objects, could easily fabricate the illusion of a car accident in the blink of an eye.

Regardless, she was determined to visit the Gu Family this time.

Not just to visit, but to secretly turn their world upside down.

Even if she couldn’t do much to the Gu Family, she had to expose their ugly deeds to the public. Even the mobster elite needed to save face.

On the surface, Gu Baofeng married again after his wife’s death, the stepdaughter was beautiful and sensible, the adopted son married the stepdaughter, and the family business was booming.

He could deceive everyone, but not the truth.

Gu Xiaoxi put away the notebook.

Tang Yisheng stood at the door, and after a long while without Gu Xiaoxi coming out, he couldn’t help but knock. Before he left, Quan Shaoqing had instructed him to follow her for twenty-four hours without fail and to never let her take even half a step outside Luoli City.

Hearing the noise outside, Gu Xiaoxi hid the notebook well, then returned it to a hidden corner in the cabinet before nonchalantly going to open the door.

"Is there something you need?" she asked knowingly. If she were to leave tonight, she had to shake them off and find a way to prevent them from reporting back to Quan Shaoqing.

She needed to act alone in secrecy.

"It’s time for dinner, asking you to join us. I’m inviting you out to thank you for your last lecture, which was quite brilliant," Tang Yisheng said.

"Your attitude wasn’t like this in the beginning, was it?"

"Haven’t you won us over with your talent, Miss Gu? May I have the honor of taking you to dinner?" Tang Yisheng said with a smile.

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, realizing she was quite hungry indeed.

However, she was thinking about how to deal with these two people before slipping away quietly.

The lunch was settled in a high-class Western restaurant, where Xiao Jiang utterly admired Gu Xiaoxi. Especially after hearing Gu Xiaoxi’s lecture, his respect for her was even stronger.

Tang Yisheng was the vigilant type, no matter where Gu Xiaoxi went, he would follow.

That included waiting outside the restroom when she went to use it.

Gu Xiaoxi stood in the restroom, turning on the tap to wash her hands. Her bright eyes pondered what to do.

The simplest, most direct method would be to knock them out, leave them in the hotel, find someone to take care of them for a few days, and then come back after everything was settled. They’d be none the wiser.

Gu Xiaoxi thought about it and then did just that.

After the meal, Gu Xiaoxi found the nearest hotel, booked two rooms, and said to Tang Yisheng, "Let’s stay at the hotel for these three days! It’s been too long, the house is not bearable, it needs tidying, and it won’t be sorted out in a jiffy."

Tang Yisheng and Xiao Jiang had no objections and followed her instructions, going up to the hotel rooms with her.

In the hotel room.

Xiao Jiang and Tang Yisheng were quite satisfied with the room.

Xiao Jiang looked around, his expression showing that he liked it.

Tang Yisheng was the first to go to the window and looked down from it.

The street was bustling; although Luoli City was not a first-tier city, it was still beautifully scenic, and the hotel was very luxuriously decorated.

Gu Xiaoxi quietly walked up behind him, and said with a light laugh, "Do you find this city beautiful?"