Chapter 564: Chapter 564: Republic of China Gentlewoman Divorced Wife VS Amorous Actor (Part 18)
The Yan Family ca knocking.
On his father’s birthday, Yan Ruohua’s father sent soone to Cloud City to deliver a letter to the married eldest daughter.
Only then did they discover that their eldest daughter had divorced the young master of the Loo Family several months ago!
This was indeed major news!
The servants of the Yan Family didn’t even have the ti to take a sip of tea before they hurriedly returned to report this news to Old Master Yan and his wife.
This caused quite an uproar; Old Master Yan was furious and urgently sent people around Cloud City searching, and soon Gu Shengyin, who had no actual place to hide, was found by an old servant of the Yan Family.
“Miss, the master requests that you return ho,” the old servant said, his eyes wide with astonishnt at the sight of Gu Shengyin.
He had served in the Yan Family for twenty years, having watched Yan Ruohua grow up, mature, and then get married.
He knew very well what kind of temperant the young miss had; where could she have gotten such a vibrant aura?
The clothes and jewelry she wore were also styles he had never seen before, fresh and very appealing.
Looking at her, the young miss seed even more radiant and beautiful after her divorce than before.
He wondered what she had experienced in the Loo Family to have changed to this extent.
Gu Shengyin sighed inwardly; she really did not want to go back to Yan Ruohua’s ho.
But obviously, she had no way to refuse at the mont.
“Please wait a mont, Auntie Zhang; I will pack my things.”
Gu Shengyin asked Shiao Shiao to go out and inform Boss Shen. Upon hearing the news, Shen Yuanhang imdiately sent several capable servants over, all of whom were discreet and honest.
Gu Shengyin instructed Auntie Lin to secure all valuable items and lock them away, keeping the keys with her personally. Those few people would be looking after the courtyard during this ti.
Gu Shengyin, along with Auntie Lin and Shiao Shiao, took a carriage back to the Yan Family’s residence in Xianping City.
The difference between Xianping City and Cloud City was quite significant, Gu Shengyin observed all the way.
The local attire and styles were unlike those in Cloud City; they still bore the old-fashion of the previous dynasty. n wore long robes, while won generally wore their hair in buns and donned cumberso and dull-colored long skirts.
Even in traveling, many used horse-drawn carriages, unlike in Cloud City where rickshaws had beco the majority, and those in better conditions even rode in automobiles.
This was a city that had yet to be touched by the reforms spreading from the outside world.
“Miss, we’ve arrived.”
Gu Shengyin alighted from the carriage and entered the large Yan Family house.
As soon as she stepped through the gate, it felt as though a suffocating atmosphere pressed down on her, making it hard for her to breathe.
Gu Shengyin knew in her heart that this was the body’s reaction, belonging to Yan Ruohua, to this old mansion.
In the sixteen years before Yan Ruohua was married off, this mansion left her with an impression of decay, imnsity, antiquity, and horror.
It was like an aging beast nearing its end, which, despite its impending demise, still insisted on oppressively dominating its subjects until its last breath.
Her parents were waiting for her in the main hall.
“Daughter pays respects to father and mother,” Gu Shengyin said as she entered and bowed.
“Kneel down!” the elder seated in the main chair commanded sternly without even glancing at her.
As expected.
Gu Shengyin did not kneel, instead, she looked up at him.
The elder, dressed in a dark red mandarin jacket and donning a black lon skin hat, had a long crease between his eyebrows that added a touch of severity. On his left thumb was a green jade ring.
This was a typical image of a feudal patriarch.
Seeing that Gu Shengyin did not obey his command, Old Master Yan finally directed his gaze toward his own “rebellious” daughter.
“Unfilial child! Have you forgotten all your basic manners and rules after a few years away?”
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