Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 258 So pitiful

"I'll see Physician Hu off," Gu Yuanjin said, forcing himself to stay alert. He walked towards the door with Physician Hu. The people standing in the room made way for him. When they saw Physician Hu coming over, they wanted to ask, but hesitated to speak.

Only after seeing Physician Hu and Gu Yuanjin walk out of the courtyard did the person standing inside the room look towards the bedside again.

"Everyone, go back first and let Mother rest well," Gu Yuanming said through gritted teeth, using an immense amount of willpower.

Looking at his mother, who was on the verge of death, he was so heartbroken that he could barely stand, and his whole body was trembling.

"Ming'er, please accept my condolences and let your mother pass away peacefully. Don't let her worry about you brothers before she leaves."

The eldest wife, Madam Liu, wiped her eyes with a handkerchief in her hand, looking extremely heartbroken. Her tone was sorrowful, but her words were like knives piercing the hearts of the two brothers.

"No need for your help, Aunt. My mother is protected by gods and Buddhas. Aunt is a devout Buddhist, so I hope you will devote yourself to Buddhism and accumulate more blessings for the eldest branch of the family," Gu Yuanchen said coldly to Liu Shi.

In an instant, Liu's face turned bright red with anger.

"Auntie meant well, Chen'er, how could you say such a thing? No matter what, I am your auntie. Is this how you second branch of the family are raised, showing such disrespect to your elders?"

Liu pointed at Gu Yuanchen's nose, as if the person who had just spoken so softly was an illusion.

She's going to make those two brothers apologize to her today. That woman is finally going to die, let's see what they have to do with their arrogance!

"Shut up!" The old Duke had just stepped into the courtyard when he heard Madam Liu cursing loudly.

Upon hearing the old Duke's voice, Lady Liu immediately fell silent.

She wiped her eyes repeatedly with the handkerchief in her hand, and her voice became soft and weak again.

“Father, listen to this! These second sons of the wife are out of control! I felt sorry for their mother being so ill and tried to reason with them, but they dared to…”

"Shut up!" The old Duke shouted sternly, his head throbbing from Liu's sobbing.

“Father?” Liu tried to explain.

"Changqing, take your wife back, and the rest of you go back too!" The old man's words left no room for argument.

Gu Changqing was also very dissatisfied with his wife's tendency to cause trouble.

Of course, he was also very angry that his two nephews were so disrespectful to their eldest son's family.

However, knowing that Qin was seriously ill and the two brothers were in a bad mood, they decided not to dwell on it for the time being.

As the people from the first and third branches of the family walked out of the courtyard one after another, only the old Duke and the brothers Gu Yuanchen and Gu Yuanming remained in the house.

The three men looked solemn and remained silent for a long time.

"What did Physician Hu say?" After a long pause, the old Duke asked.

The two brothers shook their heads, still remaining silent.

Looking at his mother lying on the bed, barely breathing, Gu Yuanchen finally couldn't hold back his tears. The usually carefree and spirited young man cried until his body trembled.

"Young Master," Gu Chao's voice rang out from outside.

After waiting for a while, Gu Yuanming finally spoke in a low voice: "Come in."

"The Fourth Young Master and Miss are back," Gu Chao said in a low voice.

"What?" Gu Yuanming practically jumped up from his chair.

"They arrived so quickly?" It's only been less than two days since they sent the letter.

"We're already in the backyard," Gu Chao said excitedly.

He knew Gu Qingyue's medical skills, especially her acupuncture skills, which were superb.

He saved countless lives in the military camp, and he also spread the art of acupuncture widely in the Lizhou camp. Now, almost all military doctors know how to do it.

"Big brother, second brother, third brother!" Before Gu Yuanming and Gu Yuanchen could even step out the door, Gu Yuanen's anxious voice came into the courtyard.

The old Duke's expression changed drastically!

He just realized that Gu Chao was saying that his granddaughter, the granddaughter who had been lost for more than ten years, was coming back.

He was so excited that his whole body began to tremble. He wanted to go out and greet them, but he found that his legs wouldn't obey him. He tried several times before he could barely stand up.

Looking up, he could see a woman in a light purple dress walking gracefully towards him from behind, under the dim lights.

Travel-worn, yet with light steps and a slender figure.

Her phoenix eyes shone brightly under the lights, like stars in the sky, dazzling and captivating.

Her small, palm-sized face was as white as jade, with exquisitely beautiful features.

Despite the long journey, he was not weak at all.

Conversely, she walks with a dashing and confident air, making people feel that the woman in front of them is dazzling and irresistible.

Is that his granddaughter?

The old duke's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

“Grandfather?” Gu Yuanen hadn’t noticed the old Duke was also in the room at first, but when he rushed in, he found the person standing by the octagonal table.

"En'er, is this your... sister? Yue'er?" The old Duke's voice was hoarse with excitement. He wanted to reach out and touch his granddaughter's hair, but found that his hand was trembling and he couldn't lift it.

Gu Qingyue turned around and, following Gu Yuanen's voice, saw the old man standing by the table.

Instantly, her pupils contracted, and a bittersweet feeling rushed to her chest, a swelling, aching, and mostly heartache and resentment.

In an instant, boundless joy washed over me.

Just like a child who prays to God every day for a bag of candy, praying day after day, year after year.

Suddenly one morning I woke up to find my bedside piled high with all sorts of delicious candies, filling the space to the brim, instantly filling the pain and sorrow I had been praying for for so many years.

I discovered that God had never abandoned me; He was thinking of me.

At this moment, Gu Qingyue had a sudden realization!

Heaven caused me to experience suffering in my past life and have weak ties with my relatives.

I grew up almost entirely alone.

She thought that God had abandoned her and that she did not deserve God's favor, but at this moment she discovered that she was the blessed one!

The old man before me—wasn't he the grandfather who had watched me grow up?!

Instantly, her eyes filled with tears!

A surge of inexplicable grievances and longing welled up inside me, and tears streamed down my face uncontrollably.

The old Duke never expected that the little girl would suddenly burst into tears the moment she saw him. He was so shocked that he almost fell over.

"Moon, Moon, don't cry, be good."

The old man, dressed in a brocade robe, suddenly had a feeling that his granddaughter must have suffered too many grievances outside, and that she had been waiting for him to pick her up, but he could not find her!

Thinking of this, the usually strong old man suddenly hunched over, and his eyes instantly reddened.

A dull, persistent pain swept through the old Duke's body, aching and unbearable.

Gu Qingyue's actions startled the three Gu brothers. Why did their sister burst into tears as soon as she saw her grandfather?

Gu Yuanen was completely dumbfounded!

My sister, such a strong and independent person, looks so pitiful when she cries.

This caused him to lose his composure for a moment!

It felt as if time itself had shifted, and I was torn apart.

He felt that the pitiful, crying sister in front of him was not the same person as the valiant and decisive sister in Lizhou.

But then I saw my younger sister crying so hard she couldn't catch her breath, and my heart ached.

I never expected my sister to still remember what grandfather looked like. She must have missed him a lot all these years!