Gu Xinian's smile froze at the corner of his lips, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice was solemn: "What did you just say? Say it again!"
Ye Qinglan looked at him quietly and repeated softly: "Let's break up!"
...An unprecedented anger surged from the bottom of Gu Xinian's heart, almost immediately breaking his proud calmness. Although he lowered his voice, the anger was spoken word by word.
It was clear in his words: "Ye Qinglan, don't be ridiculous!"
Ye Qinglan had already collected all her emotions and said calmly: "Gu Xinian, I'm not fooling around, I'm serious."
Yes, she did say the word "break up" calmly and seriously.
The smile on Gu Xinian's face disappeared, and his expression became grim: "Is it because I didn't have time to read your letter and reply to you? Ye Qinglan, I'm not the kind of young man who does nothing all day long and only knows about romance. I have my own things to do.
I have to do it. Moreover, I have already explained to you that I went on a tour with the prince a few days ago and was not in the capital..."
"None of this is important." Ye Qinglan said calmly: "The important thing is that the fate between the two of us has ended. No matter what, we can still be considered acquaintances, so we can get together and part ways."
...Fuck it, have a good time together!
Gu Xinian glared at Ye Qinglan fiercely, and asked through gritted teeth: "What are you talking about? Why do you want to separate from me?" The handsome face in anger was extremely gloomy, and his black eyes were full of the coming storm.
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Ye Qinglan showed no fear, and even smiled helplessly: "How long are you going to keep pretending to be stupid? I already know everything about that. It's over. Neither of us can change anything. We can only separate."
That thing... what the hell is it!
Gu Xinian narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Stop beating around the bush and tell me clearly what happened." These days, he was so busy that he couldn't even touch the ground. What on earth did he do to cause trouble?
It's her turn!
Ye Qinglan was still chuckling, but there was a hint of bitterness in the corners of her raised lips: "On the day we entered the palace, Sixth Sister and I met Cousin Yue in the imperial garden. It was the Queen Mother who summoned her to the palace."
Zhang Yue? Gu Xinian frowned and said a little impatiently: "What does our matter have to do with her? What should we do if we involve her?"
Ye Qinglan frowned: "It's already now, what else do you have to hide? The queen summoned cousin Yue into the palace to help her secure a marriage."
Gu Xinian nodded matter-of-factly: "I know this...wait a minute!" An idea flashed in his mind, and he finally understood what the problem was: "Don't you think that the Queen wants to marry her for me?"
...isn’t it?
Ye Qinglan was a little confused, frowned and said: "A few days ago, when the British father-in-law came to add makeup to the sixth sister, she also admitted personally that the queen wanted to propose cousin Yue's hand in marriage. It can't be a lie!"
Gu Xinian stared at her with a cannibalistic look: "Yes, she didn't lie to you. The queen wanted to marry Zhang Yue and wanted Zhang Yue to marry to the Duke of Dingguo. But don't forget, Ding
I am not the only unmarried man among the Duke of my country."
…
Ye Qinglan could no longer maintain her indifferent look. Her eyes widened in shock and she was speechless for a long time.
Finally he knew where the misunderstanding was. Gu Xinian said angrily: "I told you before that I would never marry Zhang Yue. If I were willing to let others dictate my life-long affairs, I would have gotten married a few years ago.
Why wait until now? A few days ago, my grandparents forced me to agree to the marriage with the British Crown Prince, but I refused at that time. In order to be afraid of future troubles, I simply went to the Queen to ask her to agree to grant me a marriage of freedom.
The queen did not agree to my request at the time. Later, I did something... You don’t need to ask more about the specific things. Anyway, she has already acquiesced to my request. However, she felt that it was a pity to let go of such a good marriage opportunity.
, so I took the idea to my cousin Yongnian."
Ye Qinglan moved her lips, but didn't know what to say.
Gu Xinian quickly continued: "My cousin is very smart, but unfortunately he has not used it on the right path and does not pay attention to his studies. He is also sixteen this year, and he has not even passed the exam. If he directly proposes marriage, the British government will
It was absolutely impossible for the queen to agree to this marriage. Therefore, the queen specially summoned the British duchess and Zhang Yue to the palace, and personally guaranteed the marriage. She also personally promised to find a good background for her cousin, so that Zhang Yue could marry into the Duke Dingguo's palace in glory.
The British Duke-in-law cannot refuse and has already nodded in agreement. At most half a month, the marriage decree will arrive at the British Duke-in-law's residence. This is actually the whole thing, do you understand now? "
Ye Qinglan nodded stiffly, but still had the courage to look directly at Gu Xinian.
It turns out that the truth of the matter is this... The entanglement and pain of the past few days, as well as the breakup that I thought was so easy today, are all a farce...
It's so embarrassing! She has never made such a mistake before!
Gu Xinian spoke for such a long time, but his anger was still simmering in his heart. His words were still cold: "When you encounter such a thing, you can't wait to draw a clear line with me. Ye Qinglan, I really doubt that you treat me.
Somewhat true."
Ye Qinglan couldn't resist, so she weakly said: "But at that time, the eldest aunt and the sixth sister also thought that the queen was planning a marriage between you and cousin Yue. I wrote to you to ask, but you didn't reply for several days. Of course I will
Misunderstand……"
"If it's not a misunderstanding, you really want to break up with me, right?" Gu Xinian's face became more and more ugly: "Don't you even have this little confidence in me? Or is it because you have been trying to leave me?
Your idea, once there is any trouble, you can't wait to get away?"
Ye Qinglan was struck by what he said and felt a little guilty: "It's nothing, don't think about it. I was afraid that you would be in a dilemma, so I offered to break up..." When this word was mentioned, Gu Xinian's face turned ugly. Ye Qinglan
Decisively change the subject: "Okay, don't be angry. I misunderstood you, and I apologize to you."
Gu Xinian glanced at her coldly, obviously still angry: "Is it enough to apologize?"
Ye Qinglan was a little annoyed by his cold words and glared back: "Hey, you're almost done! Anyone would misunderstand this kind of thing. You didn't tell me what your plan was.
, can you blame me? I wrote you a letter, but you didn't reply. Of course I thought it was wrong. I took the initiative to break up for your consideration, fearing that you would be unhappy by being forced by your family. If you don't appreciate it, forget it.
What else is there to be angry about?"
...Sure enough, she is still the same sharp-tongued Ye Qinglan! She is not willing to bow her head and admit defeat at all.
Gu Xinian glared at Ye Qinglan, and Ye Qinglan stared back without showing any signs of weakness.
After a moment of stalemate, Gu Xinian said with a cold face: "Forget it this time, if you encounter something in the future, you must ask me personally before drawing any conclusions."
Ye Qinglan snorted softly: "I want to ask you, but you should also ask yourself, when did you tell the truth to me happily? You said I don't trust you, how can you really trust me!"
Since the moment they met, the two of them have been hiding from each other, guarding against each other, and testing each other. It is not easy to really open up and trust each other! But between a man and a woman, no matter how strong the relationship is, the thought of the other party hiding something from them makes them feel uncomfortable.
It won't be much better.
It's like a thorn stuck in each other's heart. Usually you can't see it, but at a critical moment, it will come out and stab the person hard.
Gu Xinian choked for a moment, and then said after a while: "I did make a mistake this time. I should have told you in advance that I had solved the problem, so that you would not have misunderstood."
Gu Xinian rarely softened his attitude, and Ye Qinglan was too embarrassed to keep a straight face anymore, so she lowered her tone and said, "It's not entirely your fault, I'm also at fault. What I said before... I take it all back now. Just pretend you haven't heard it."
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Gu Xinian glanced at her with a half-smile: "What would you think if someone stabbed you in the heart with a knife and then pretended that you had never been stabbed?"
...What a cautious man!
Ye Qinglan rolled her eyes in her heart, and then spread her hands in a rogue manner: "I've said it all, so what do you want me to do?"
Gu Xinian seemed to be thinking seriously for a moment, and then he said slowly: "As long as you owe me once, I will forgive you for now. When I make any requests in the future, you are not allowed to object."
Ye Qinglan looked at him warily and declared warily: "Let me tell you first, I will not do anything that is harmful to nature. I will not do anything that is not within my ability. Also, you can't force me to do things that I hate very much!
"
…
Gu Xinian resisted the urge to roll his eyes and tried his best to maintain the elegance of the noble master: "Deal!"
Ye Qinglan immediately had the urge to regret it, but he estimated that if she kept talking, the dignified Fourth Young Master Gu would definitely be so angry that he would vomit blood. Seeing that he had been stabbed in the heart by her today, he would just take it for granted.
What a loss...
When Gu Xiyu and Ye Qingning came back from admiring the flowers, they saw two people sitting opposite each other with neither good-looking faces.
Gu Xiyu was startled and immediately ran over and asked nervously: "Brother, did you quarrel with Cousin Lan again?"
Gu Xinian: "..."
This time, Gu Xiyu really got it right. Ye Qinglan squeezed out a gentle smile: "It's okay, Cousin Gu and I just had a great chat."
Ye Qingning looked at Gu Xinian, then at Ye Qinglan, and asked uncertainly: "Did you two really not quarrel just now?"
Gu Xinian glanced at her sideways and said calmly: "Why, do you really want to see us quarrel?"
When Ye Qingning saw him like this, he swallowed all the words he wanted to speak out for some reason.
The look in Cousin Gu's eyes is really scary... How did she get her eyes before? How could she think he was an infatuated and gentle man?
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