Chapter 2: If a man doesn't obey, just give him a beating

Gu Huaizhi has distinct brow bones, a thin chin, and a pair of vicious eyes. He looks cold and gloomy.

　　Su Wan swallowed her saliva, always having the illusion that he wanted to strangle her to death.

　　In fact, Gu Huaizhi has a very good appearance, but perhaps because of his frail and pale appearance, he looks gloomy.

　　Those eyes in particular would have been particularly beautiful, if they weren't so cold, so fierce, or even so disgusted at staring at her.

　　"The medicine you took is moldy. It can't cure your illness and it's poisonous."

　　Su Wan thought that she wasn't going to harm him, nor sell his siblings, so why should she be afraid of him?

　　If a fight really breaks out, Gu Huaizhi, a sickly guy, may not be able to beat her.

　　Suddenly she realized that the original owner couldn't possibly speak so kindly. She was afraid of being exposed. Gu Huaizhi noticed that she had changed her mind and imitated the original owner's tone, sneering: "Although you don't look like someone who will live a long life, try to live longer. I don't want to be a widow at such a young age."

　　Su Wan thought of the book where Gu Huaizhi lived longer than her, and she suddenly felt depressed.

　　The veins on Gu Huaizhi's forehead jumped, he pursed his thin lips and glanced at the medicine soup on the ground.

　　"What are you looking at? Didn't I just spill your medicine?" Su Wan followed the original owner's demeanor and glanced at Gu Huai with contempt, saying condescendingly, "At worst, I can buy you some good medicine to compensate you."

The corners of Gu Huaizhi's lips twitched, revealing a hint of sarcasm.

　　As if to say she was bragging.

　　Su Wan was so angry that she reached into her sleeves, ready to take out a handful of silver and throw it at Gu Huaizhi's face.

　　His sleeves were shrunken, and he didn't have a single copper coin, let alone a handful of silver.

　　She realized belatedly that she didn't get a single penny of dowry when she married into the Gu family!

　　Su Wan was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

　　Mother Gu brought a broom and dustpan from the kitchen to clean up the broken pieces of bowls, while persuading Gu Huaizhi: "Alright, it's not a big deal. It's just a bowl of medicine spilled. Wanwan didn't do it on purpose. She was just afraid that you would get a stomachache."

　　Su Wan was stunned. Gu's mother was a top-notch character in the book, famous for her fierceness. She was born with a round waist and thick arms, and her old face was covered with deep wrinkles. She looked very difficult to deal with. She was only in her forties, but her hair was gray, like an old lady in her fifties or sixties.

　　Gu's mother was very protective of her children. In the book, she treated the original owner very well and would rather starve her own children than fail to feed the original owner. However, the original owner did not appreciate it and thought that Gu's mother was trying to curry favor with her and climb up the social ladder in the Marquis's Mansion.

　　"Wanwan, don't pay attention to him. If he gives you the cold shoulder, just beat him up. Men can't tolerate people with bad behavior." Mother Gu forced a kind smile at Su Wan.

　　Facing the kind-hearted Mother Gu, Su Wan felt at a loss as to what to do. She felt guilty and embarrassed.

　　Gu Huaizhi had an indifferent expression on his face. He coughed a few times, stood up, and prepared to go back to the house.

　　"Mother! Mother! The human traffickers are here! They want to capture me and my sister!"

　　The second son, Gu Jingyun, ran into the house, his sallow and skinny face full of panic.

　　The third child, Gu Baozhu, grabbed the corner of Gu's mother's clothes and said in a trembling voice, "Mom, the human traffickers are chasing us. What should we do?"

　　"What are you afraid of? Mom will protect you!"

　　Mother Gu hugged the two children behind her and was about to go out.

　　"Su Wan, get out of here! You took my deposit, but the two kids haven't been sent to me yet! What? You cheated me?"

　　The voice of the man-bearer came from the door, and he threatened: "If you don't hand over the child today, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"

　　Everyone in the room stared at Su Wan.

　　Su Wan was confused. When did she receive the deposit?

　　She suddenly remembered that the original owner had no money, so she collected a deposit first, bought arsenic to poison Gu Huaizhi, and agreed to give the two children to the human traffickers today.

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