Chapter 21 Birds of a feather

Chapter 21 Birds of a feather

“The Shen family will not give up on the marriage alliance with the Gu family, but my older brother and cousin are already married, so they have no chance and can only set their sights on me.”

Zheng Jiayu was stunned upon hearing this, staring at Gu Yunting in disbelief: "You mean, he said these things to get me to go to him, so that when the time is right, he can use this to drive a wedge between us, separate us, and finally... let Shen Lin take advantage of the situation?"

Gu Yunting nodded; his guess was exactly as Zheng Jiayu had said.

Shen Xizhen is not approaching Zheng Jiayu now because Zheng Jiayu doesn't trust anyone but him, and Shen Xizhen doesn't dare to take the risk.

The reason Shen Lin was beaten this time was not only because she did something wrong, but more importantly because she ruined Shen Xizhen's plan.

“Jiayu, you may already be part of the Shen family’s plans,” Gu Yunting said, looking at Zheng Jiayu with a serious expression.

Zheng Jiayu was so angry she laughed. She never expected that she would be targeted as prey so soon after arriving here.

One of them considered her their mortal enemy and wanted to kill her.

One of them saw her as prey, ready to hunt her down at any moment.

These two siblings are truly birds of a feather.

"These brother and sister are disgusting. What is Shen Xizhen's purpose in targeting me?"

"It's still unclear." Gu Yunting's intuition was spot on.

In Gu Yunting's view, Shen Xizhen's interest in Zheng Jiayu was definitely not just because of the marriage alliance between the Shen family and the Gu family, nor was it entirely for Shen Lin.

After all, Shen Xizhen and Shen Lin's relationship wasn't that good.

Seeing Gu Yunting frowning, seemingly lost in thought, Zheng Jiayu waved her hand in front of him and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering whether this was Shen Xizhen's plan or Shen Yang's plan behind the scenes."

“If Shen Yang is behind this, their ambitions are definitely not just what we see now,” Gu Yunting said with certainty.

Zheng Jiayu couldn't help but scratch her head: "But I don't know Shen Yang either."

“I’ll investigate this matter. You pretend you know nothing. Stay away from the Shen siblings if you can, and distance yourself if you can’t.” Zheng Jiayu was a child who had been pampered since childhood, and he was very worried that Zheng Jiayu would be deceived by that person.

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of kid who can be easily fooled with a piece of candy."

If she hadn't known the purpose of the Shen siblings, she might have gotten involved with them without even realizing it. But now that she knew Shen Xizhen's approach was purposeful, she naturally wouldn't give Shen Xizhen a friendly look.

“Now everyone in the family compound knows about my relationship with Shen Lin. I can use this information to distance myself from them. I can just say I'm afraid Shen Lin will come looking for trouble again, and then no one can say anything.” Zheng Jiayu told Gu Yunting her thoughts.

Gu Yunting nodded in agreement: "That's a good excuse."

Now everyone knows that Zheng Jiayu and Shen Lin have fallen out. Even if Zheng Jiayu says something unpleasant, everyone will think that Shen Lin and the others deserve it.

As for Shen Xizhen, he is Shen Lin's brother. Zheng Jiayu is worried that he is here to take revenge on Shen Lin, so she wants to distance herself from Shen Xizhen. Isn't that understandable?

"That's right, don't you even know who I am?"

“I’ve been taking care of myself all these years. I’m not some naive, innocent girl. He can’t use this to make me compromise or scheme against me,” Zheng Jiayu said with a cold snort.

Her parents have been busy with work all these years and have had no time to take care of her.

If she were that kind of person, she would have been devoured long ago, leaving not even a trace.

Gu Yunting then remembered Zheng Jiayu's living environment.

Although her family treats her very well, it's normal for them to not come back for a year or two at a time due to the nature of their work.

Zheng Jiayu has been taking care of herself all these years, which shows she is much more vigilant than most people.

If it weren't for the good relationship between his grandfather and Grandpa Zheng, and the fact that he was Zheng Jiayu's fiancé, he might not have gained Zheng Jiayu's trust so quickly.

"That's good."

Afterwards, Gu Yunting was busy with training, while Zheng Jiayu went to the county town with the others and bought two silver locks, as well as eggs and brown sugar.

Back home, we waited for Gu Yunting to return in the evening so we could go see Zhang Sufeng together.

Zhang Sufeng smiled when she saw Zheng Jiayu approaching.

Lin Dali's parents have arrived. Lin's mother is helping to take care of the two children, while Lin's father is helping out on the side.

Seeing Zheng Jiayu and the others arrive, Lin's mother asked, "Sufen, who are these two...?"

"Mom, this is Dali's good friend. He's the one who reminded Dali to take me to the hospital, otherwise my child and I would be in danger."

"As for Jiayu next to her, she is Captain Gu's wife."

Upon hearing that it was their daughter-in-law and grandchildren's savior, the two elders quickly expressed their gratitude: "Captain Gu, thank you so much for this. If it weren't for you, our family wouldn't know what to do."

"That's because Dali is willing to listen to me and isn't worried about spending money. Otherwise, if it were someone else, they might not listen to me and would blame me for meddling." Gu Yunting's words were indeed true.

Lin Dali's quick reaction was because he cared about his children and wife, and had little to do with him personally.

"You can't say that. If it weren't for your reminder, even if Dali treated Sufen well, he wouldn't have known that Sufen had to go to the hospital to give birth, and something would still have happened. So we still have to thank you for this," the two elders quickly explained.

They knew all too well what kind of person their son was.

If it weren't for Captain Gu's reminder, the son would definitely have let his wife give birth at home without any hesitation.

It will be too late to send them to the hospital by then.

So in the end, it was Captain Gu and his team who saved their family's three lives.

This is their family's savior.

"Auntie, please don't keep thanking me like that. It makes everyone uncomfortable," Zheng Jiayu said, suppressing a laugh as she saw Gu Yunting's helpless expression.

Gu Yunting quickly nodded in agreement: "Jiayu is right. This matter is over now. It's good that your sister-in-law and the child are alright."

Seeing the two of them like this, the two elders didn't say anything more, but they remembered this incident and planned to treat them better in the future so that they could repay their kindness.

Zheng Jiayu sat next to Zhang Sufeng, looking at the child.

She reached out and touched the child's face: "This child is so cute."

The child whose face was being touched suddenly reached out and grabbed Zheng Jiayu's hand. The small hand gripped her tightly, making Zheng Jiayu afraid to move: "Gu Yunting, their hands are so soft, I dare not move."

Gu Yunting couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zheng Jiayu's nervous expression.

I leaned closer to look at the child. The child had opened his eyes at some point, was waving his other hand, and was smiling with his eyes crinkling.