Cheating on her husband's mistress? I seduced her third son.

"Chengyan, you should choose Aunt Gu. I have your younger brother Huaiye, that's enough. As for you, you should take good care of Aunt Gu in the future."

She sighed softly and reached out to pull Gu Huaiye's hand.

"Let's go."

When Gu Chengyan heard that Su Yutang had made a decision for him without his consent, and heard her say, "I have Gu Huaiye, that's enough," his heart felt like it was being crushed. He straightened up abruptly and asked urgently in a trembling voice.

"Yutang, are you abandoning me?"

Su Yutang slowly turned around, her gaze calm.

"The moment you started to hesitate, you had already made your choice, Gu Chengyan. Let's end it. Let's pretend that everything before never happened. Take care."

As he spoke, he turned to leave.

Gu Chengyan rushed forward instantly, standing firmly in front of Su Yutang, his eyes red and his voice choked with sobs.

"You two are the people I love and care about most. Yutang, my mother is getting old, and I can't upset her anymore, but I won't let you leave me!"

Su Yutang looked up at him quietly, and after a moment, she suddenly smiled.

"Gu Chengyan, you can't have your cake and eat it too! There are always gains and losses. No one in this world has a smooth life. It's me who doesn't want you anymore! Goodbye!"

She decisively pushed Gu Chengyan away, took Gu Huaiye's hand, and turned to walk out.

At that very moment, a series of hurried and frantic footsteps came from the entrance of the hall.

Gu Xizhou rushed in!

His hair was disheveled, his face bore the marks of smoke and fire, and his clothes were torn.

When his gaze was fixed on the unharmed Su Yutang, his already reddened eyes could no longer hold back, and hot tears instantly welled up in his eyes.

This sudden turn of events stunned everyone present.

Even Gu Ruyan, who was still crying, instantly forgot to cry and looked at Gu Xizhou with a shocked expression.

The entire Gu family hall fell into a deathly silence in an instant.

Su Yutang stared blankly at Gu Xizhou, who was standing not far away, her heart skipping a beat.

He was in a terrible state at this moment. His clothes were charred and torn by the fire, covered with soot and ash, and his face was covered in soot, with only a pair of red and tearful eyes showing.

Just a second before the ancestral hall's roof beams collapsed, several firefighters rushed forward and pulled him out of the fire with all their might, thus saving his life.

Gu Chengyan was the first to come to his senses. He quickly walked up to Gu Xizhou, reached out and patted the ashes and scorched earth off him, his brows furrowed.

"What happened to you? How did you get yourself into this state?"

Gu Huaiye followed closely behind, looking at him in disbelief.

"Xizhou, did you go to the ancestral hall to put out the fire?"

Gu Xizhou didn't answer them. Hot tears kept rolling down his face. His bloodshot eyes were fixed on Su Yutang, as if she were the only person left in the whole world.

Su Yutang gazed at him quietly, their eyes locked in a long, silent standoff.

She knew perfectly well what was going on; she didn't even need to ask to be absolutely certain...

That fool must have thought she was still kneeling in the ancestral hall, which is why he rushed into the fire without thinking, leaving himself covered in wounds and in such a sorry state.

He's so stupid!

It was so stupid that it made her heart clench.

Gu Xizhou choked up, tears blurring his vision, his voice so hoarse it was almost inaudible, managing only to utter a single sentence with difficulty.

"It's good that some people are alright!"

After confirming that Su Yutang was indeed safe and sound, he didn't say another word or ask for any response. He simply turned around silently and left the villa alone, step by step.

Su Yutang instinctively wanted to chase after him and ask if he was injured.

He had only taken a few steps when Gu Huaiye grabbed him.

The next second, he simply picked her up and carried her horizontally.

"Tangtang, I'll take you home."

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Chengyan rushed forward, grabbed Gu Huaiye's shoulder, and said urgently, "Give her to me!"

Gu Huaiye gave him a cold look.

"Brother, you're out of the game. Tangtang has already said she doesn't want you anymore, so don't shamelessly chase after her anymore."

Gu Chengyan refused to let go, his gaze flustered and anxious as he looked at Su Yutang.

"Yutang, I haven't made a choice yet. I just... I just felt so sorry for Mom."

Su Yutang shook her head, her eyes filled with only disappointment.

"Gu Chengyan, I told you, I don't want you anymore. You should go back and comfort Aunt Gu."

Sudden.

From the depths of the hall came Gu Ruyan's heart-wrenching cries, each one more piercing than the last.

"Cheng Yan... Cheng Yan..."

"Mom has a headache...Mom's whole body aches..."

Just as Gu Chengyan was distracted by Gu Ruyan's heart-wrenching cries, Gu Huaiye had already left without looking back, carrying Su Yutang in his arms.

Gu Chengyan clenched his fist and slammed it hard against the wall with all his might.

"Thump—"

A muffled thud.

The knuckles broke open instantly, bleeding profusely, and bright red blood beads slid down the wall.

He hated, hated to the extreme.

He hates himself for being the eldest son of the Gu family, and he hates himself for not being the second or third child.

If he weren't Gu Chengyan, burdened with the heavy responsibility of his family and required to be steady and filial, he could love and go crazy without restraint.

No longer will they be bound by identity, responsibility, and filial piety, unable to even utter a sincere choice.

Gu Xizhou sat in the car and watched from afar as Su Yutang was carried away by Gu Huaiye and disappeared from sight before slowly starting the car and returning home.

Pushing open the door, his charred and tattered clothes were particularly striking.

He raised his hand and took off his burnt coat, instantly revealing the wounds on his arm.

The blisters from the scalding had long since burst, the cloth strips were stuck to the skin and flesh, and the blood was dripping out, a shocking sight.

He didn't go to the hospital or ask anyone for help; he simply walked to the locker and took out the first-aid kit from his home.

Alcohol, cotton swabs, and burn ointment were laid out, and he began to treat the wound with a blank expression.

When the cold alcohol was poured onto the wound, a piercing burning pain instantly swept through the entire body.

Gu Xizhou shuddered violently, biting the towel in his mouth tightly, his jaw clenched, and his forehead instantly covered in cold sweat.

After getting his wound bandaged and going upstairs, Gu Xizhou dragged his exhausted body, changed into clean clothes, and collapsed heavily onto the bed.

He reached under his pillow and pulled out a photo of Su Yutang, gently stroking the person in the photo with his fingertips, his gaze tender as water.

He held the photo and looked at it quietly. Before long, he fell into a deep sleep, exhausted.

When Su Yutang returned home, while Gu Huaiye was running a bath for her, she picked up her phone and sent a message to Gu Xizhou.

Are you alright? Are you hurt?

After sending it, she held her phone and waited for a moment.

The screen remained silent, with no response.

Unbeknownst to her, Gu Xizhou was fast asleep in bed.

Gu Huaiye filled the tub with hot water, then scurried to the bedside, squatted down in front of Su Yutang, and said in a cheeky tone, "Tangtang, the water's ready. Let's take a bath together!"