Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Beside the pool, Gu Yunqiao climbed on the railing, looking at the few jade lotuses in the center of the pool in a trance, as if she had something on her mind.

Xu Shuhua saw that her brows were worried, and asked, "What's the matter? You don't seem to be very interested."

Gu Yunqiao was still in a daze and didn't reply.

After a while, she suddenly opened her mouth and asked without beginning or end: "Sister Shuhua, is it sad that you have to leave your parents and brothers when you get married?"

Xu Shuhua was slightly surprised: "Why do you ask that?"

Gu Yunqiao lowered her eyes and said sullenly: "When I was hired earlier, I saw Mr. Xu's eyes were red, and he was hiding in a corner and secretly wiping tears. I felt that he was very reluctant to let you leave home to marry."

Xu Shuhua was stunned, and then explained in a warm voice: "Reluctance is for sure. My father raised me with his own hands. Naturally, he hopes that I will have a good life in the future. At this time, I may feel sad, but more often I see that I will have a happy life. The gratification of a happy home."

"What about you, Sister Shuhua? Are you sad?" Gu Yunqiao turned her head and looked up at her, "I'm going to get married in a few years. When I think about leaving my brother and the others, I feel so sad. It hurts so bad."

Xu Shuhua raised his hand to touch her shoulder, and said softly: "Of course I will also be sad. Who wouldn't be sad to leave my father and brother, and the home where I have lived for more than ten years, to reintegrate into another family? But every time I thought that the person I'm going to marry is your brother, so I'm not so sad."

Gu Yunqiao said in a melancholy tone: "That's because you and your brother are in love, but I don't have a man I like. I don't know what kind of man I will marry in the future, and I don't know what kind of man I will go to. My family, all of this is unknown, and it is inevitable. I saw it getting closer, but I was at a loss and didn't know what to do."

Xu Shuhua patiently enlightened her: "Then you can imagine what kind of man you like. If you figure it out, you can choose your husband and son-in-law according to this standard in the future. With a goal in mind, you will naturally not be at a loss."

Seeing that Gu Yunqiao still didn't understand, Xu Shuhua added: "For example, most women in the world hope that their future husbands will be handsome, have a rich family background, be able to get a gold medal in high school, and have a bright future. You can too. Think about these things."

Gu Yunqiao rested her chin and thought for a while, then said disapprovingly: "There are many handsome men who pursue admirers, and they might be philandering; even if the men on the high school gold list can show their talents, their character may not be able to match them."

"In my opinion, appearance and family background are external things. Judging from the criteria for choosing a husband, these are not necessary conditions. If there is, it is icing on the cake; if not, it cannot be completely denied."

Xu Shuhua saw that she seemed to have made a fortune, so he asked, "Then what kind of man do you like?"

Gu Yunqiao blinked a pair of bright eyes: "Me? Um... I don't want to be born in a noble family, I don't want to be talented or look better than Pan An, but I want to—"

As she spoke, her brows and eyes were bent, and her eyes were shining: "Kindhearted."

Xu Shuhua: "Confidant?"

"Yes, bosom friend." Gu Yunqiao nodded firmly, "I know his ambition, he knows my wish, we share our hearts, and our affection is genuine. Isn't this more enviable than a husband and wife who respect each other as guests?"

Xu Shuhua smiled: "Although that's the case, it's hard to find someone who knows you well."

Gu Yunqiao sighed, feeling depressed: "Of course I know this. Finding a good husband with a good heart and mind is simply as difficult as climbing the sky."

Xu Shuhua reassured: "Don't worry, you are still young, you can look for it slowly. Maybe this person has appeared beside you, but you haven't noticed it yet."

Gu Yunqiao didn't take her words to heart, and after saying a few words casually, she pressed the button and didn't mention it.

While talking, the two walked towards the front yard, saw Gu Yunji sitting alone in the yard from a distance, and walked towards him.

Seeing this, Gu Yunji stood up and said with a smile, "Are you tired after walking around for so long? Come sit down and have a rest."

Xu Shuhua frowned slightly as he smelled alcohol on the tip of his nose: "Have you been drinking? Now it's almost two hours before lunch. Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach is not good for your health. Drink less in the future."

Gu Yunji smiled helplessly, and explained: "I didn't drink it, it was Cheng Yan who drank it, so I just sat here with him for a while without even touching a drop of wine."

Hearing these words, Xu Shuhua's brows relaxed, and he was relieved.

Sensing the look in the eyes of the two who were about to stick together as soon as they met, Gu Yunqiao smiled knowingly, found a reason to leave casually, and left them a space to get along alone.

Gu Yunji looked at Gu Yunqiao's leaving back, and asked, "What did you guys talk about? I just saw Qiaoqiao frowning when he was talking to you, and he seemed to have something on his mind."

Xu Shuhua said: "Little girl, seeing that we are getting married, I started to worry about my own marriage."

Subconsciously, Gu Yunji still felt that his sister was a child, so he was surprised when he heard this, "How old is she? Are you starting to worry about this?"

Xu Shuhua looked at him helplessly, and said: "Qiaoqiao is 14 years old this year, and she will reach adulthood next year, and she will soon be able to marry, how can she be so young?"

Gu Yunji didn't take it seriously, and subconsciously said: "So what if Jiji is an adult? He's still a child, 15 years old, and his mind hasn't matured yet, and it's still too early for love and marriage."

Xu Shuhua was silent, and asked quietly: "Did you forget what you were doing when you were 15 years old?"

Gu Yunji was taken aback for a moment, but when he realized it, his face flushed red with embarrassment.

When Gu Yunji was 15 years old, he had just entered Luxi Academy to study. That year, he worshiped Xu Chengyu as his teacher, settled his feud with Fang Zi, and participated in the entertainment fair... The most important thing is that he and Xu Shuhua had already made up their minds at that time.

If the 15-year-old is judged arbitrarily immature, then what was he then?
It seems that he was still too deeply influenced by the thoughts of his previous life. People in this era are generally precocious, and the age of marriage is much earlier than in the previous life. The social environment is different, so naturally they cannot be compared.

Seeing that Gu Yunji was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say, Xu Shuhua changed the subject empathetically: "What did you and Cheng Yan talk about that made him so worried? You started drinking properly."

Speaking of this, Gu Yunji couldn't help sighing, his eyebrows were tangled together in worry: "Coincidentally, it's also a marriage. But it's not him who is worried, but I am worried for him. He is alone now, I think Let him get married early so that he can have a family earlier, so that he will not be deserted, but he is not in a hurry."

The more Gu Yunji thought about it, the more he felt a headache: "Tell me about these two, one is old but doesn't worry about his own marriage; the other is not old yet, but starts worrying early, what's the matter?"