Chapter 201: Don’t Mess With Qiao Xi!
Qiao Xi chuckled, and her eyes were filled with coldness.
“In your eyes, I’m just a toy. I have to do whatever you want me to do. Even if you want to kill me, I should accept it. You all think that Meng Wan has been wronged, so I should apologize?”
Madam Gu was slightly surprised. She did not expect that Qiao Xi would not be nervous at all and would actually retort.
“You… You actually dare…”
“Madam Gu, I’m not a pushover that anyone can bully. I won’t let you manipulate me. Moreover, it was Meng Wan who destroyed Gu Zheng’s medicinal herbs, yet you guys kept avoiding the facts and treating it as my fault!”
Qiao Xi raised her eyebrows. “Looks like… Madam Gu really wished that she would destroy Gu Zheng’s things. You want him ruined. Furthermore, I’m not at your mercy. Is that why you want us to get a divorce?”
Everyone gasped, and the surroundings were perfectly silent.
They all knew very well that Madam Gu hated Gu Zheng and wished for him to die.
Madam Gu and Old Master Gu had asked Meng Wan to marry Gu Zheng because they wanted her to control Gu Zheng. It would be best if she could let Gu Zheng walk toward death step by step.
It was just that they pretended not to know anything and were speaking self-righteous words.
Had Qiao Xi gone mad?
“Nonsense! Shut up!” Madam Gu was surprised. Then, she flew into a rage and shouted.
Her hands trembled as she pointed at Qiao Xi. “Capture this sl*t! How shameless!”
The servants immediately went forward. Just as they were about to do something, the door slowly opened.
Gu Zheng strode in with large strides and shielded Qiao Xi’s face as he looked at Madam Gu with a gloomy gaze.
“I said not to provoke Qiao Xi!”
With Old Master Gu around, Madam Gu instantly had the confidence to scold him loudly. “Gu Zheng! I’m your mother! This b*tch is just your toy. I was just teaching her how to be a qualified daughter-in-law. Is that wrong?”
Everyone held their breaths.
Suddenly, Gu Zheng sneered. “Madam Gu, if you think you’re very free, I can make you busy. For example, I can make you leave the Gu family?”
Madam. Gu was so angry that her whole body was trembling. Gu Zheng was threatening her? He was going against her because of that b*tch Qiao Xi?
“Brother Gu Zheng, it’s all my fault,” Meng Wan said with tears. “Aunt Lan is doing this for your own good. Sob… If I hadn’t gone to the Gu family to look for you, nothing would have happened. I’ll leave now…”
Gu Zheng looked up at Meng Wan.
He waved at the people behind him. Song Shijing walked up to her and said in a cold voice, “Miss Meng, the president has told you not to come looking for the Gu family anymore.”
Meng Wan lowered her head in grievance and sobbed. “Brother Gu Zheng…”
Hearing Meng Wan’s cries, Madam Gu’s face was filled with viciousness. “Gu Zheng, I asked Qiao Xi to apologize to Wan Wan because I wanted to quickly resolve this matter. The Gu and Meng families have been close for so many years, so we can’t fall out over a woman!”
Gu Zheng’s expression was calm, and his eyes were cold.
Song Shiyu said again, “Miss Meng, please leave.”
Madam Gu and Old Master Gu’s expressions darkened.
Old Master Gu was infuriated. Gu Zheng was too unbridled!
He roared angrily, “Gu Zheng! Have you gone mad? You’re going against everyone for this b*tch?”
Old Master Gu slammed the table. “I absolutely don’t agree! I won’t allow this shrew to affect the Gu family. She was the one who seduced you and made you hide Jinchuan Grass. When you saw that Old Master Meng was seriously ill, you refused to take it out! You’re simply ungrateful!”
Qiao Xi: “…” The old master was indeed good at scolding people!
Meng Wan looked pitiful. “Brother Gu Zheng, it’s fine if you don’t like me, but you can’t cut ties with the Meng family for Miss Qiao’s sake. It’ll affect your future!”
Everyone agreed. “Miss Qiao, I advise you to be sensible. You don’t deserve to be the mistress of the Gu family. Only a young miss like Miss Meng has the right.”
“You still have the cheek to pester Young Master Gu at a time like this?”
Madam Gu was delighted. “Gu Zheng, Wan Wan also knows that you don’t like flowers and plants, so she destroyed those things. It’s all for your own good. How can you blame her?”
Gu Zheng mocked. “For my own good? I’m really thankful to her, then!”
Qiao Xi: “…”
Everyone was silent, and Old Master Gu’s expression was gloomy. “Gu Zheng, it’s fine if you don’t get Qiao Xi to apologize, but you have to stop oppressing the Meng family! In the future, you’ll know that Wan Wan is the most suitable person for you. That woman is just a toy. You can play with her, but the mistress of the Gu family is absolutely not her!
“If you hand over Jinchuan Grass now, I can forgive you. Take her back!”
Gu Zheng narrowed his eyes. Jinchuan Grass?
Now that everyone knew that he had Jinchuan Grass, Old Master Gu naturally heard about it too.
Hence… they were causing such a commotion today because they wanted Jinchuan Grass?
Chapter 202: Mr. Feng Is Here
“Gu Zheng, since you have so much Jinchuan Grass, it doesn’t matter if you give one to Old Master Meng. Save him first!”
As soon as Old Master Gu finished speaking, everyone looked greedy.
This was Jinchuan Grass they were talking about! Gu Zheng actually had over a hundred stalks in his hands! There would be enough to give one to everyone here.
Their eyes were fixed on Gu Zheng, and Old Master Gu frowned. “Gu Zheng, Old Master Meng saved my life, after all. Even if you’re dissatisfied, you should give him a stalk of Jinchuan Grass. Moreover, my health has been poor recently, so you should give me some too. It can be considered as filial piety.”
Qiao Xi sneered in her heart. Old Master Gu was really thick-skinned.
In order to force Gu Zheng to hand over Jinchuan Grass, he got a bunch of people to pressure him.
Old Master Gu and Madam Gu looked at Gu Zheng greedily.
He coldly swept his gaze across the crowd and said indifferently, “I don’t have it.”
The atmosphere instantly became awkward.
Old Master Gu glared at him and stood up abruptly. “Gu Zheng, what do you mean by this? Rumor has it that you have more than a hundred stalks of Jinchuan Grass. If you don’t have any, why would such news spread? I think you’ve been bewitched by that woman! You’re not even listening to my words anymore…”
Madam Gu’s face was filled with anger. “Qiao Xi… It’s all because of Qiao Xi… It’s just a few flowers and plants, yet she refuses to let the matter go. Someone! Chase her out! I don’t want to see her anymore!”
Gu Zheng’s expression was ice-cold as he pulled Qiao Xi along and intended to leave, yet Qiao Xi stopped him.
She smiled slightly. She could not leave now because the show was about to start.
At this moment, a servant rushed in. “Old Master, Madam, Mr. Feng, the man beside the divine physician, is here.”
The divine physician?
Mr. Feng was the assistant of the divine physician. Why was he in the Gu family’s old mansion?
Everyone was in disbelief. They rubbed their eyes and clearly saw Mr. Feng slowly walking over.
It was indeed Mr. Feng!
All these years, the divine physician had been traveling everywhere with Mr. Feng. Furthermore, the divine physician had saved Old Master Lu many years ago, so they had all seen him before.
Although Mr. Feng was old, his face was ruddy and he looked strong.
Old Master Gu walked past the crowd and quickly went forward. He said warmly, “Mr. Feng, I didn’t know you were coming. Sorry for not going out to meet you.”
The divine physician had been living in seclusion for many years. No one knew his whereabouts, and it was rumored that he had already passed away.
Mr. Feng’s sudden appearance meant that the divine physician might be in Li City too.
Gu Zheng looked at Qiao Xi. His poison was probably something that only the divine physician could cure. It just so happened that Feng Zhang was here with the Gu family. Could it be…
Feng Zhang swept his gaze over everyone before it finally descended on Qiao Xi. He instantly stared with wide eyes. “Six…”
Old Master Gu and Madam Gu hurriedly went forward to welcome him. “Mr. Feng, please have a seat.”
“I came here today because of Jinchuan Grass.” Feng Zhang sat down and got straight to the point.
“Young Master Gu, you have a hundred stalks of Jinchuan Grass. It’s extremely precious, but ordinary people won’t know how to use it. I’m just here to tell you how to use it.”
A plan instantly hatched in Madam Gu’s mind. She sighed helplessly and said, “Mr. Feng, so you’ve already heard that Gu Zheng has Jinchuan Grass. Now that Old Master Meng is seriously ill, he urgently needs it. However, this unfilial son of mine refuses to give it to him!
“Our Gu family and the Meng family have always been close, but Gu Zheng was seduced by that vixen and hid away Jinchuan Grass. He watched as Old Master Meng was enduring the pain of his illness. The person in charge of the Gu family is so ungrateful. If news of this gets out, the entire Gu family will be affected. That vixen is really vicious!”
Meng Wan sobbed softly.
Feng Zhang frowned.
She scolded Sixth Miss for being vicious in front of him? She even wanted Jinchuan Grass?
The reason why Feng Zhang was here was because Third Young Master had called and asked him to cooperate with Sixth Miss in putting on an act.
He cleared his throat. “Since Old Master Meng is in danger, we should indeed give Jinchuan Grass to the Meng family. Xi Xi, give the Jinchuan Grass to Miss Meng.”
Everyone was stunned. Why would Mr. Feng call Qiao Xi ‘Xi Xi’?
Then, Qiao Xi’s face was full of helplessness as she said in a weak voice, “Mr. Feng, I no longer have Jinchuan Grass.”
Meng Wan was angered to the point of gnashing her teeth, and she wished for nothing more than to charge over and tear Qiao Xi into pieces.
B*tch! Vixen! She was deliberately not giving it to her.
Meng Wan retracted her fierce gaze and pretended to be aggrieved. “Miss Qiao, even though I destroyed your flowers and plants before this, I’ve already apologized and paid the price. Yet you still refuse to forgive me and you’re even disregarding my grandfather’s life!
“Now that Mr. Feng has already spoken, you’re still refusing to give it to me. Are you really going to watch my grandfather die in front of you? You’re so vicious! Why don’t you just kill me…”