The previously expressionless face of Gu Yi immediately showed a look of anxiety. He stepped forward first and asked.
"What happened? What's wrong with my sister?"
Zhi Yuan also noticed Gu Yi. Her anxious eyes lit up for a moment when she saw him. She immediately ran in front of Gu Yi and began to explain.
"Miss had an argument with Gu Yimiao!"
Gu Yimiao had always been straightforward and reckless in her actions. Xie Jiuan was afraid that Gu Jiangyue might be in danger. Without even bothering to ask for the reason, he immediately said,
"Let's go quickly and check it out."
The three of them followed Zhi Yuan in a hurry and rushed into the Gu Mansion. As they walked, Zhi Yuan explained the situation to them, and her tone was filled with undisguised anger.
"Gu Yimiao saw that Miss had bought some things for the young master. She said that she didn't know what means Miss had used to get the silver. She even tried to snatch the things from the young master and said that these things were... were for the dead. It was a waste..."
When she said this, her tone became a bit hesitant. Gu Yi couldn't hold back and asked first.
"For what?"
Seeing this, Zhi Yuan didn't hesitate anymore. She gritted her teeth and said directly,
"She said that it was a waste to use them on the dead..."
After she finished speaking, everyone fell silent. It was easy to guess that Gu Yimiao was clearly scolding Gu Yi as a dead man. Gu Yi showed no expression after hearing this. It was hard to tell whether he was angry or not, but the anxiety in his eyes never faded.
However, after hearing Gu Yimiao scold Gu Yi as a dead man, Xie Jiuan had a different thought.
How was Gu Yimiao so sure that Gu Yi was dead and dared to directly try to snatch the things? With Gu Jiangyue's status, Gu Yimiao would never have dared to rob them openly.
As Xie Jiuan thought about it, he found the answer in his heart. He quietly walked to Ji Yunsheng's side. There was also a sinister smile in Ji Yunsheng's eyes. He glanced at Xie Jiuan and then whispered,
"Gu Yimiao is very suspicious."
Xie Jiuan also nodded. Both of them understood what the other meant.
Led by Zhi Yuan, the three of them quickly arrived at Gu Yi's courtyard. No one had entered Gu Yi's courtyard for several years. Even the servants thought it was inauspicious and were reluctant to set foot in it to clean it.
However, the once dirty and overgrown courtyard had been cleaned extremely clean by Gu Jiangyue. Gu Jiangyue remembered that Gu Yi liked flowers and plants, so she had specially placed many of them there.
Everything in the courtyard in front of them was fine, except that there was an uninvited guest standing in the middle of the courtyard, scolding Gu Jiangyue.
"He's just a dead man. It's simply a waste for you to buy so many things for him. Recently, the Gu Mansion has been short of money. It's not even certain whether you stole this money. I'm also a member of the Gu family. It's already good that I don't mind the things of the dead. How dare you stare at me."
Gu Yimiao held her head high, with a look of pride on her face. Every word she said showed her venomous heart. She thought that everyone from the third branch had left, and no one could ever shake the status of their second branch again.
Gu Jiangyue looked at Gu Yimiao with red - rimmed eyes. She couldn't believe that Gu Yimiao dared to say such things about Gu Yi. If it weren't for the fact that Gu Jiangyue was firmly held by Gu Yimiao's maids, she would have rushed up and beaten Gu Yimiao up.
"You don't even deserve to mention Gu Yi!"
Gu Jiangyue struggled desperately. Gu Yi was extremely important to Gu Jiangyue, but the maids tightly grasped her wrists. The red marks on Gu Jiangyue's wrists were shocking.
Gu Yimiao looked at Gu Jiangyue and burst out laughing. She was so happy that she didn't even notice that there were already many more people in the courtyard.
"Today, the old matriarch is not in the mansion. I'd like to see who can back you up. I'm going to teach you a good lesson about your place."
Gu Yimiao became more and more arrogant. There was a fierce light flashing in her eyes. She raised her palm and was about to slap Gu Jiangyue's face.
Just then, a leaf flew straight over. It was so fast that one could faintly hear the sound of it breaking through the air. The leaf came so suddenly that it directly penetrated Gu Yimiao's raised palm. Even after penetrating the palm, it didn't stop. The leaf was directly nailed to the pillar behind Gu Yimiao.
"Ahh!!"
Gu Yimiao let out a shrill scream. Her voice was so shrill that there was full of panic in her eyes as she stared at her own palm.
"Quick, come and save me. Hurry up!"
Blood gushed out from Gu Yimiao's palm, directly staining a patch of the ground under her feet red.
Seeing this, the maids who were holding Gu Jiangyue quickly let go of her and walked forward. But they didn't dare to get too close and just stood there looking at Gu Yimiao.
Gu Jiangyue's wrists were finally released. She moved her almost broken wrists and turned to look. She immediately saw the figures of Xie Jiuan, Ji Yunsheng, and Gu Yi. Seeing that Gu Yi was safe and sound, Gu Jiangyue held back her tears. Before that, she still had to deal with Gu Yimiao.
Gu Yimiao's palm was still bleeding. She didn't dare to move at all, for fear that if she moved a bit more, her palm would be completely useless. Gu Jiangyue wouldn't give her any time to recover.
She stepped forward. Under Gu Yimiao's panicked eyes, Gu Jiangyue also raised her hand. Gu Yimiao seemed to have guessed what Gu Jiangyue was going to do. She raised her other hand to block, but Ji Yunsheng saw her movement. He immediately flashed to Gu Yimiao's side and grabbed the hand she was about to use to cover.
Now both of Gu Yimiao's hands couldn't move, and she completely lost the chance to resist.
A crisp "slap!" was heard. Half of Gu Yimiao's face swelled up.
"The one who deserves to die the most is you."
Gu Jiangyue was expressionless, and her eyes stared fixedly at Gu Yimiao.
Ji Yunsheng also let go of her. Gu Yimiao was so frightened by Gu Jiangyue that her legs went weak, and she just sat on the ground.
Seeing Gu Yimiao like this, Ji Yunsheng felt bored. He looked down at Gu Yimiao and said in a very intimidating voice,
"If you don't want to die, get out quickly. If you're too slow, you might lose your life."
Gu Yimiao had also seen Ji Yunsheng in action last time. She knew Ji Yunsheng's strength. She didn't even dare to look up at Ji Yunsheng. She immediately used all her strength to get up and was about to run.
But before she left, Ji Yunsheng still called her back.
"Wipe the ground clean first. Your blood is filthy."
Ji Yunsheng smiled like a gentle spring breeze, but Gu Yimiao was scared out of her wits. She looked around and found that the maids she had brought had already run away. Gu Yimiao completely broke down in an instant. Tears welled up in her eyes like a bursting dam.
She kept using her dress to wipe the blood on the ground. Her once clean and gorgeous dress was in a mess. Gu Yimiao couldn't bear it anymore. After wiping it clean, she ran away.
Gu Jiangyue looked at the undamaged courtyard and finally let out a sigh of relief. With a smile on her face, Gu Jiangyue stepped forward and wanted to hug Gu Yi.
Ji Yunsheng also returned to Xie Jiuan's side. He was a bit skeptical about Gu Yimiao's intelligence.
"Is she really stupid enough to do this?"
Just then, Gu Yi, who had been watching everything from the side, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. He swayed and then closed his eyes and fell forward. Ji Yunsheng quickly reached out and caught him.