Capítulo 6: Chapter 6) Grandmother
"Gu Yanyan!! What do you mean? What do you mean by I should be introduced to an etiquette teacher?" Hearing what this country bumkin had said, fifth young lady of Gu Residence and third daughter of second master, Gu Tianhao, Gu Yanwen couldn't help but screech out loud.
At her outburst, all the elders present couldn't help but frown.
Even though they didn't like, Gu Yanyan suggesting such things just after her arrival in the Residence, they were more displeased at Gu Yanwen's lack of manner in front of her elders and couldn't help but look at her with disapproving looks on their faces.
Few of them even thought to think about Gu Yanyan's suggestion.
This Gu Yanwen really had no respect for her elders.
'Hmph. In her past life you made 'her' life living hell, let's see how you gonna live this life of yours.' Gu Yanyan amused at the expressions of the Gu family members for Gu Yanwen's lack of etiquette.
In 'her' last life these little girls, who has been nurtured in the Residence by their mothers, often used to mock 'her' and bully 'her' for lack etiquette and elegance of a true young lady from an aristocratic family since she was raised in manor by the nanny arranged by Madam Yun who almost raised 'her' as a good for nothing, if not for 'her' natural talent in flower arrangements and embroidery.
Even though Madam Lin was raised in a general's backyard, her mother a famous beauty in Quzhou city in her generation. Along with her physical beauty, she was also famous for her beautiful painting and needlework and even empress dowager at that time had praised her for having such precious and skilled hands.
Back to present...
After getting a satisfactory response from everyone at Gu Yanwen's outburst, Gu Yanyan ignored her and stepped forward.
Without any explanation, she plopped to her knees and kowtowed in front of old Madam Gu and called out her name.
"Grandmother."
Old Madam Gu was stunned for a moment at sudden change in her granddaughter's attitude but it was only for a moment.
Within seconds, she adjusted her facial expressions and smiled as a kind old Grandmother and asked Gu Yanyan to stand up as the floor was cold.
Gu Yanyan also didn't stand on ceremony and stood up quickly immediately after old Madam Gu asked her to stand up.
It was early spring and weather would be little warmer in the day but old chinese Residences were made of thick wooden walls and it's roof were made of mud tiles, it made house cooler than the houses made off red bricks in the modern world.
The foor was really cold, bad for her precious knees, if not for making old Madam put down her guards against her, she would have never bowed in front of her, forget about kneeling.
To make her plan successful, she first had to make this old lady to put her guards down against her, belive her and favour her, even if it's just on the surface.
Only then, first part of her revenge will start against this Gu Residence, The Great Gu Clan, Madam Yun and the Yun family behind her.
Thinking of all these, her eyes turned cold for a moment but only for a moment, soon it turned to normal and a pure and harmless smile appeared on her child like face.
She was only thirteen years old this year, in the modern world, she would still be considered a child but here in this stupid era, she is already a young lady and in couple of years, she would already be at the age of marriage.
Hmph.
As if.
After getting on her feet, Gu Yanyan smiled sweetly and brightly at Old Madam Gu.
Looking at her smiling face, old Madam couldn't help but smile too and raised her hand to signal the maid by her side, it was housekeeper Jing, Old Madam Gu's personal and most trusted person in the Gu household.
She was brought to Gu household by Old Madam Gu in her dowry and she had been her side since then.
Even though she is also a servant in the household, because of her seniority and closeness to Old Madam Gu, she had the power of half of the mistress in the household.
Other than Old Madam Gu, she wouldn't take orders from anyone else. Even eldest master amd second master couldn't order her around, forget about mistresses in the household.
Seeing Old Madam smiling brightly at Gu Yanyan in synce and even signaling housekeeper Jing, Madam Yun's hands couldn't help but clenched around her silk handkerchief.
She had to grit her teeth to keep her expressions from falling apart.
"Yanyan, child, come, come to your mother, let me see how beautiful you have grown up." Even though she was burning internally, Madam Yun could still pretend to be a kind Mother.
Wiping her non-existing tears with her clean handkerchief, she stretched her other arm towards Gu Yanyan, looking hopeful but still nervous as if fearing Gu Yanyan wouldn't take her hands in return or worst, she would even despise her.
Second master Gu even leaned towards her to console her and glared at Gu Yanyan for making his wife suffer.
Gu Yanyan "....." I didn't even said anything dude, could you please become more reasonable?
So dramatic.
Gu Yanyan, internally marvelled at her this so called step mother's superior acting skills, if she were to be borned in modern era, Gu Yanyan can bet with all of her assets that she would be a successful acting queen.
Looking at Madam Yun's stretched hands, she really didn't wanted to take it but... she still stepped forwards and put her fingers on Madam Yun's palm, to show others that she had accepted this step mother of hers but only she and her step mother knew, how much sincerity was in the acceptance.
Gu Yanyan sneered in her heart, 'if you can act then so I.'
Without giving Madam Yun any chance, Gu Yanyan, gripped Madam Yun's hand with her both hands tightly and choked out a single word which made Madam Yun almost bleed to death.
[Good news: webnovel had said, they would show my novel on <Fresh Stories> tomorrow; 2024.11.22| hurrey!!!!!!. And they also said if I keep it up, my novel have the potential of being contacted. I don't know the percentage of the possibility but we should always have a positive approach towards good things, right? So let's hope, we could make it before the end of this year. What do you say? I'm I being too overconfident? Let me be. Anyway, I don't have anything other than confidence in my life at this time. So pitiful.. sob sob
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