Qiong Pavilion was a shabby place and she had no attachment to it. But she enjoyed living there. Isolated from the rest of the family, no one from Gu Mansion would ever think about visiting that place. So, Qiong Pavilion was basically left alone in peace most of the time.
She planned to start losing weight these days, and Qiong Pavilion suited her needs.
As she thought about this, Chaoyan shook her head. "Thank you for your kindness, Grandma, but I have been used to living in my yard all these years."
Seeing Gu Chaoyan turning her offer down, Madame Gu did not insist on it again.
Anyways, Madame Gu had wished secretly that she would turn down her offer of a new yard.
The Wang Family might be thankful to the Gu Family at the moment, yet gratitude did not last forever, especially from a family like the Wangs. Everyone tended to forget about the favor after some time. At that point, this ugly girl would be useless to the Gu Family. She did not want to see this girl showing up in front of her when that became true.
It would not be pleasing to the eye.
For a girl, her appearance was the most important thing of all. But this girl had nothing. Even if she had been pretty, since the Wang Family's gratitude would not last forever, Madame Gu did not want to spend too much time and energy upon her.
Seeing Gu Chaoyan's ugly face and chubby body, Madame Gu said a bit coldly, "Go back to your pavilion and take a rest. Come to the front yard for dinner."
Chaoyan bowed slightly and left from there. She could see the changes on Madame Gu's face.
Was she that unpopular in the Gu Family?
Gu Chaoyan left in large steps, feeling no willingness to linger on.
She had just gone out of the hall when Gu Zhenkang caught up with her.
Gu Zhenkang looked serious and said to Gu Chaoyan in a displeased manner, "It was your luck that you managed to cure the little boy, just luck! Don't ever think that you would be able to achieve something big out of it."
In his eyes, he did think that the Wang Family's gratitude was of great importance. But a useless girl like Gu Chaoyan would not be able to extract any benefits from it. To begin with, that face was disgusting and because of that, she won't be able to marry in any good family. Moreover, her mother had belonged to a merchant family, which made the situation worse. Finally, he reached the main point of this conversation. In a stiff and stern voice, he said, "Go and cure Ruxue's face. She has got rashes. "
Haha.
Chaoyan laughed brightly. "Me? Cure Ruxue's face?"
"…"
"You just said that I had only been lucky to know some medicinal knowledge. So, now you are asking me to try my luck on her?"
Having said the words, Gu Chaoyan continued to laugh indifferently.
She had never met anyone more ridiculous than Gu Zhenkang. If he had been a tough man, she could have taught him in a different way. But after showing strictness, he was still turning to her for help. What thick cheeks he had!
"What are you talking about?!"
Seeing Gu Chaoyan's behavior, Gu Zhenkang bellowed in disgust. He pointed at Gu Chaoyan's face and said, "She is your sister. Cure her if you know how to. Are you hoping that her face becomes as ugly as yours?!"
Gu Chaoyan looked calm and replied coldly. "To answer your question, I would be lying if I said no. As for your 'request', I know how to cure her, but I refuse."
With chin raised, she looked at Gu Zhenkang in a dominant manner, making him dizzy for a moment. At that moment, he believed that it was not his daughter standing in front of him, until Gu Chaoyan's ugly face brought him back to reality.
"How dare you!!" Gu Zhenkang was furious. "I am going to punish you according to the family law!"
"Understood." The servant answered when he caught Gu Zhenkang's gaze and went to fetch the tool.
Gu Zhenkang did not want to see Gu Chaoyan's face for even one second, because her face scared him. He feared that Gu Ruxue would become equally ugly in the future. Ruxue was considered as the prettiest girl in the entire city. She was the hope of the whole Gu Family and was the princess-to-be.
"Miss." Qing was shivering. She was obviously scared. The next second, she kneeled down on the ground and started to kowtow. "Old Master, punish me instead. Don't punish my mistress. It's not her fault!"
Qing kept kowtowing, because she was indeed worried. When her miss was a young girl, she had accidentally pushed Miss Ruxue in excitement, causing her a little injury. The Old Master had become so worried that he beat her terribly at that time. Her mistress could not get out of bed for months post that incident.
Seeing Qing's behaviour, Gu Chaoyan remembered that she had hated this kind of a feeble woman in her previous life.
But Qing was protecting her with all she had, and that moved Chaoyan to tears and warmed her heart. She took a step forward and pulled Qing up from the ground. "Get up, we do not have to kneel in front of this foolish man."
"Miss, have you forgotten how you almost died because of the beating that year. Let's beg him. Please Old Master, have mercy." Qing panicked.
She could not let her young miss get punished again.
"Get up, Qing!" She sounded determined.
Qing was startled and got up out of reflex. She stared at Gu Chaoyan, transfixed. Oh, she sounded so powerful!
"What is going on?" Madame Gu's annoyed voice reached them. She had just started to relax when she heard about the situation. She had no choice but to go and check it out. After all, Chaoyan was now related to the Wang Family, and she could not be trampled upon like before. She knew what her son was capable of, clever in small things but stupid in major stuff. He had pinned all his hopes on Ruxue, but he did not realize that Gu Chaoyan was also of some value now.
She was flanked by Gu Xiuying and Gu Caiqin on each side. In order to show their love towards their grandma, they were holding Madame Gu's forearms.
Gu Chaoyan sneered.
When she came home a while ago, neither of them was present. But when she was going to be thrashed, they were here to watch the show.
Unfortunately, the beating would not take place today.
Gu Zhenkang was looking at Gu Chaoyan in anger. "Mom, this impolite girl doesn't want to treat Ruxue even though my poor daughter is suffering. Worse, she dares to mock her and me. She has an evil heart and doesn't care about our reputation. She is hoping that Ruxue would become as ugly as she is. I have to beat her to death today!"
Madame Gu looked at Gu Chaoyan with a pair of unfriendly eyes.
Gu Chaoyan was standing there with her back straight.
She might have felt furious or wronged in the past, but that Gu Chaoyan was long gone.
She held no emotional connection with the Gu Family.
Gu Zhenkang was a father with a terrible heart and he disgusted her.
She was the one who had made Gu Ruxue's face get rashes. It was her punishment for bullying Qing. She did not give her a potent drug and Gu Ruxue would become better soon. But these people didn't know that.
If they wanted her to treat Gu Ruxue, she would do it, but on her own terms.
Although Gu Chaoyan was now related to the Wang Family, Madame Gu would still give preference to Gu Ruxue, after all.
She asked. "Chaoyan, can you treat your sister's rashes?"
Gu Chaoyan nodded. "Yup."
"But you are not willing to?" Madame Gu looked serious.
"I am, only on one condition."
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