<h4>Chapter 303: Great News Is Coming (II)</h4>


    Trantor: Ning LL


    That maid got dazed first but still answered yes.


    As Shao shi thought of this, she suddenly felt grieved andy on the bed, sobbing, “My poor girl. She used to be the legal daughter of Marquis Ningyuan, but now she has to y up to a wild girl whose blood mother is from nowhere!”


    The maid was shocked to hear that. Then she stepped forward in a hurry, saying, “Madam, what happened? Did Second Madam give you a long face?”


    Shao shi shook her head, “No, she treats me very nicely…” The words got stuck in her throat, “Although she looks childish, she is not a simple woman indeed. Even a powerful woman like Old Madam cannot take advantage of her at all, how’s it possible for me to offend her?”


    “Then, Madam, why are you being like this? This is a good thing.” The maid was confused.


    “When master was alive, I couldn’t socialize because I had to look after him. Now that I have be a widow, it’s inappropriate for me to attend all kind of social asions too. I only me myself for being useless, having no acquaintances or connections.” Shao shi said that while trying to retrain herself from crying.


    The maidforted her, “Madam, you are too worried. No one would look down upon you even if you don’t socialize, since your identity is unshakable.”


    Shao shi shook her head and sat up, murmuring, “… Tingcan is waiting to get married at home. However, ever since she is a young girl, she has been a beloved daughter all along. In spring, she could view the blossoms, in autumn, she could hold poem parties. She always invite thedies who are close to her to our mansion and they always respond to her calls. Every year, our mansion would be bustling because of her activities.”


    The maid fell into silence for a long time. Xian was also the legal daughter from the Gu’s first family, but her had a much lower status than Gu Tingcan.


    “But my Xian… Xian, she could only live a lonely life with me.” Shao shi was choked, “She could only have a teacher with the help of Second Brother’s family! What about her future?”


    The maids also shed tears, but she still put on a reluctant smile and coaxed, “Madam, don’t think like that. We have to rely on certain ones to live a good life considering of our condition right now. Old Madam is a kind woman, now it seems that Second Madam Ye is also a great person. I believe that you and ourdy won’t have a hard time.”


    Hearing her gentle words, Shao shi gradually stopped crying.


    “Ourdy is a clever girl. Every time she goes to the Cheng Manor, she always wears that joyful look. Have you ever seen her unwilling to go? ording to my observation, I feel that Second Madam truly likes ourdy. Although youngdy Rong seems a bit unrestrained, she is sincere to ourdy. That’s all because ourdy is a likeable girl.”


    Those words pleased Shao shi a lot. She then melt into smiles and felt more relieved then.


    …


    That night when Gu Tingye came back home, Minn helped him get undressed while saying, “… Then, Xian could finally go too.”


    Gu Zijin didn’t say anything with his face turningpletely sullen and his eyebrows knitted. Minn observed his face from his side while guessing that this man perhaps was thinking, ‘I have been bullied by Gu Tingyu for so many years, but now I have to look after his daughter. That is so unfair.’


    Minn then ended this topic right away and talked about her doubt today, “… Ever since I married into this family, I always found Old Madam Qin very elegant and restrained. Never have I seen her so cheerful. I wonder what it is all about.”


    Gu Tingye raised one of his thick eyebrows slightly and snorted, “That’s not hard to guess. She has a son and a daughter, so there are only two things which will make her happy.”


    “What are those?” Minn took a sip of the white fungus soup to test if it was hot.


    “First is that I am dead, and my Third Brother inherits my title.” The tall many on the armchair and said that.


    Minn was almost choked, with her hand and wrist going stiff in the air, while she was still holding the cup. She sized up the man carefully and said slowly, “I think you aren’t going to die for a while.”


    Gu Tingye gave out a cozy smile, “The second one is Tingcan’s marriage.”


    Minn put the hot white fungus soup on the table to let it cool. As she thought it through, she said admiringly, “So, your Seventh Sister’s engagement is on the track now.” It was always a good thing for an over-aged girl to get married. Minn wondered which family would be able to ept such a cold and proud girl. In the hot days, that family wouldn’t need to use ice. Oh my.


    As she turned to Gu Tingye, she found thetter having no intention to air any opinion. Then she couldn’t help but tease at him, “You are her brother. Why don’t you care about your sister’s marriage at all?”


    Gu Tingye taunted at her immediately, “You are her sister-inw, I never see you caring about her so much either.”


    Minn gave a wry smile and walked to Gu Tingye, sighing, “Tingcan and I never talked too much. I really don’t know how to start a conversation with her.”


    Gu Zijng raised his arm and dragged Minn onto his leg, saying with a vague smile, “That’s great. Me, either.”


    “How’s that even possible?” Minn was astonished. After all, Gu Tingye and Gu Tingcan had been brother and sister for dozens of years.


    Gu Tingye rubbed the soft flesh on her belly with his arm around her waist and said with an indifferent look, “She is a high-minded girl from a young age and always disdains the bad behaviors. How can she tolerate a notorious man like me?”


    Minn was speechless, not knowing what to say. The brother was almost ten years older than the sister. At the time when Gu Tingcan started to remember things, Gu Tingye was in the period of his life when he had been the most impulsive and mutinous. Minn guessed that Gu Tingcan must have witnessed lots of outrageous things Gu Tingye had done.


    Gu Tingye raised his head to look at the air with a weird look on his face while muttering in a gentle voice, “That’s good, that’s good…”


    “What’s so good?” Minn murmured in a low voice. She enjoyed his massage a lot. Then, with her arms around the man’s strong waist, she clung to his chest and fell into a sleep in his warm arms.


    Gu Tingye lowered his head, seeing Minn curled herself up in his arms like a little kitten with smooth furs. Her eyshes were long, and her face was rosy, giving out a pleasant smell. The girl seemed to be about to fall asleep. He only felt veryfortable holding this chubby girl in his arms.


    He weighed the girl and sighed slightly, “My girl truly got fat…”