Became a vicious male mother

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chapter272

Li Zhuang, standing outside the courtyard, had his buttocks sticking out high, almost squeezing his eyes through the crack in the door.

When the door opened, she almost fell inside.

"Hey, why do you walk so quietly?" Li Zhuang said with an embarrassed smile.

The evening glow illuminated half the sky.

"You've been waiting since just now? It's almost sunset."

"Of course not, I just wanted to know if you'd like to come here to work. If you want to stay here, I can even help you with your luggage."

"Wait a minute." Gu Xinglan raised an eyebrow in confusion. "You live here too?"

“Yes.” Li Zhuang nodded.

"Didn't you live in the outer courtyard? Why did you suddenly move here?" He was thinking of going to the outer courtyard to find some work with Li Zhuang so he wouldn't be too bored.

People from the outer courtyard often travel to and from the town, where there are many more entertainment options than on the mountain.

As it turned out, Li Zhuang was Li Jianbai's man.

Gu Xinglan scratched his head. "Never mind, I'm going back now."

"You're not planning to work here?" Li Zhuang asked incredulously. "Didn't Third Master mention this to you?"

"What are you talking about..."

Gu Xinglan pulled her foot back, which she was about to lift.

"Of course I'd come here as a maid! The wages are so high; after working here for a few years, I could buy an apartment in Jiangtong!"

Li Zhuang was so anxious he was jumping up and down.

If he could bring Gu Xinglan in, Third Master would also prepay him three years' salary. With that, the money he saved would be enough to take the train to Wushui and buy an apartment.

"Young man, this is a great opportunity!" he said earnestly, grabbing Gu Xinglan's clothes to prevent her from leaving.

The sky was red, the grass was green, and the people around were good-looking; it was the kind of place that would make you feel happy just by looking at it.

No wonder Third Master brought this person in.

This is a portable cooling balm!

"I haven't thought it through yet," Gu Xinglan could only explain, unable to break free.

"Is there even a need to think about it? Just mention it to Third Master! If you say it now, you can become Third Master's servant right now!"

Li Zhuang thought that Li Jianbai had been all alone all these years.

There are rumors about the third wife in the Li residence. In any case, no one around Li Jianbai can stay for more than six months.

After six months, he must leave, otherwise the Third Master's illness will spread to him.

Some people say that Third Master was clearly dying of illness, and he was only able to live by relying on the lives of those around him.

This person looks so healthy and energetic. Just being near him makes you feel refreshed. If Gu Xinglan were by Third Master's side, he could definitely help Third Master live a few more years.

His inner thoughts were practically bursting out of his eyes, but when he met Gu Xinglan's gaze, he didn't know what to say...

"It takes time to consider, I'll think about it some more," Gu Xinglan sighed.

Li Zhuang's gaze was simply too fixated.

He did want to come to Li Jianbai's place, where he could enjoy good food, drink, and a comfortable bed, but before that, he had to meet with Li Hetai.

What if Li Hetai comes back one day and finds him gone, then gets upset again?

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Life in the Li family remained unchanged. Gu Xinglan would admire the moon in the courtyard at night, bask in the sun in the courtyard in the morning, take a nap at noon, and go to bed at dawn. This went on for two or three days.

One day, the rocking chair stopped creaking and swayed very smoothly. Belatedly, he realized that he had even figured out the pattern of the rocking chair's quiet swaying!

As the sun began to emerge from the clouds in the east, and it was almost ten o'clock, he hurriedly ran to Li Jianbai's courtyard.

Today is different from usual.

Several people were gathered in the courtyard.

Just then, there was also the old man who had previously led people to splash water on his bed, still wearing bright yellow clothes.

"Third Master, it's not that I'm not giving you face, but you've been protecting this person for so many days, and now the deadline has come."

Li Jianbai, leaning on his cane, stood alone at the door, looking somewhat helpless.

Seeing that things were not going well, Gu Xinglan tried to leave, but a group of people surrounded her from behind.

"Four days ago, the Li family received a message from the town's police station. This is something that has never happened in the past ten years. We are the ones who go to the police station. The police station has never asked anyone from the Li family to come over before."

The old man's sharp gaze shot over.

Gu Xinglan turned her head away, looking left and right but refusing to make eye contact with the old man in the distance.

“Uncle Yuan, he’s one of my men,” Li Jianbai said weakly.

"Third Master, please don't joke around. Harboring outsiders who violate family rules is a serious crime and a violation of the rules established by the Li family ancestors!"

"..." Li Jianbai stopped talking and began to cough heavily, his face turning red.

When Gu Xinglan saw Li Jianbai coughing, she already had experience in mind and knew which places to massage to make Li Jianbai feel most comfortable, and also knew where to massage to reduce the frequency of Li Jianbai's cough.

However, the two were far apart.

As soon as he moved, the burly man behind him would force him to kneel on the ground, a scene that inexplicably overlapped with when he first arrived.

"Indeed, outsiders are outsiders. Young Master Li Hetai is like a rough jade stone, which can be transformed into a gentle and refined gentleman once it is carved. Outsiders, no matter where they are, are just stones that are not worth polishing."

“Since he has done something wrong, he should have the right attitude. Men, take him to the washroom and lock him up for a day.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the group immediately surrounded him.

"Wait, are you going to punish me just because I was called to the police station?"

An oppressive feeling washed over her as Gu Xinglan's hands were pulled high into the air.

"You don't actually think you've helped someone, do you?"

The old man squinted.

That night, he went down to the town's police station and saw a little boy holding a bunch of tung blossoms, with pink stamens hidden in the white petals.

She looked at him expectantly.

It turns out, this is a student preparing for the college entrance examination.

"Can you tell me where Mr. Gu is?"

The boy, with a mixture of anticipation and uncertainty, excitedly echoed, "[If it weren't for Mr. Gu, I might have missed this year's college entrance exam and had to wait in the hospital until next year, but I know that no school would be willing to accept me for a repeat year...]"

As consciousness returned, the atmosphere that had been building grew increasingly anxious.

The old man, enraged at the mere thought, growled, "Do you know that this is interfering with other people's karma? There will be retribution! When that retribution comes upon you, you're harming the Li family by living in their house, and you're affecting their feng shui!"

"..."

For a moment, Gu Xinglan's expression cracked into pieces, and the sound of collapsing echoed in his ears.

Water room.

It was truly water; the passageway was filled with water droplets that kept dripping down, hitting people's heads and arms. It was scorching hot outside, but it was freezing cold inside.

As soon as he looked up, he could see the cold air constantly emanating from the ceiling, so cold that his teeth started chattering.

Until we went deeper.

Long chains coiled on the ceiling, extending downwards and plunging into the water.

The water droplets dripping from the surface rippled, blurring the faces of the people on the shore.

"If you want to stay in the Li family, you have to accept their rules. I won't force you to go into this cold water pool. If you don't go in today, you can leave today. Go back to where you came from and never appear in front of the Li family again."

"Then you're too late," Gu Xinglan thought.

He not only married the current heir of the Li family, but also has a past-life entanglement with the next heir of the Li family.