Chapter 13: What I Do Shall Be as You Wish

Gu Yunzhou’s gaze was as sharp as a blade, piercing straight into Lin Yichen. Lin Yichen narrowed his eyes slightly. “What I do is none of your business, isn’t it?”

“Lin Yichen, who do you really like—Qingwan or Luo Sheng?”

Lin Yichen didn’t answer Gu Yunzhou. He pulled open the car door and got in. The driver, seeing this, slid into the driver’s seat and drove away.

“That bastard…” Gu Yunzhou was furious. He just couldn’t figure out what Lin Yichen was really thinking.

Or had Lin Yichen quarreled with Gu Qingwan? Was today’s incident deliberately staged to make Gu Qingwan jealous?

Once he grasped this possibility, Gu Yunzhou hurried back to the villa, intent on asking Gu Qingwan what was really going on.

After Lin Yichen left, Gu Luo Sheng entered the kitchen. The buns in the pot were still warm. Gu Luo Sheng wasn’t picky; she grabbed two to fill her stomach.

She also wanted to use the kitchen to experiment with the secret recipe for barbecue seasoning.

The Gu family’s kitchen had everything. Gu Luo Sheng gathered what she needed—fine chili powder, thirteen spices, cumin…

In the living room.

Gu Qingwan’s mood was completely opposite to Gu Luo Sheng’s cheerful state. She sat with her brows lowered, feeling deeply aggrieved.

Why had Lin Yichen’s attitude toward her suddenly turned so cold? Had she done something to displease him?

Ren Fang noticed Gu Qingwan’s unhappiness. She took her hand and said, “Qingwan, did you and Yichen have a fight?”

“I remember he liked you at first. Why would he propose marrying Luo Sheng?”

“Mom, I didn’t fight with Yichen. I don’t know what’s going on. He just seems unwilling to talk to me lately…”

“Why not arrange a private dinner with him and talk it out?” Ren Fang didn’t want to see her daughter so upset and tried to offer suggestions.

“I’ll try in the afternoon…” Right now, Gu Qingwan didn’t want to initiate a conversation with Lin Yichen; she preferred to wait until her emotions had settled.

Gu Yunzhou returned to the villa and went straight to Gu Qingwan’s side, asking, “Qingwan, are you and Lin Yichen having some kind of conflict?”

“I asked him just now, but he said nothing and left.”

“No, I just want to be alone for a while.” Gu Qingwan withdrew her hand from Ren Fang’s grasp and climbed the stairs heavily to the second floor.

Ren Fang sighed deeply. “Ah, matters of the heart are truly unpredictable.”

“Mom, where’s Luo Sheng?” Gu Yunzhou looked around, but didn’t see Gu Luo Sheng.

“She went to the kitchen for breakfast.”

…

Gu Yunzhou entered the kitchen and found Gu Luo Sheng busy with something. “What are you doing?”

The sudden voice startled Gu Luo Sheng. For some reason, seeing her startled expression made Gu Yunzhou recall everything that had happened last night in Gu Luo Sheng’s room.

Gu Luo Sheng, recognizing Gu Yunzhou, spoke in a voice devoid of emotion. “Nothing.”

The proportions for her barbecue seasoning powder were already set. Gu Luo Sheng packed the powder into a small bag.

As she was about to leave the kitchen, Gu Yunzhou deliberately blocked her way. He pointed to the bag in her pocket. “What’s in your bag?”

Gu Luo Sheng opened the bag in front of him, dipped some powder onto her hand, and said, “Relax, I didn’t poison anything in the kitchen.”

“That’s not what I meant…” Gu Yunzhou was simply curious about the powder in the bag, not suspecting her of anything sinister.

“Forget it. I want to ask—what’s really going on between you and Lin Yichen? From the way he acted today, it seems he wants to marry you. Are you two secretly in touch?”

Gu Luo Sheng looked at Gu Yunzhou as if he were an idiot. “Second Young Master Gu, are you confused? I spent five years in Camphor Tree Village. Didn’t you keep track of everyone I met and contacted? Shouldn’t you know better than anyone?”

“I have no idea what’s gotten into Lin Yichen, talking about marrying me. Maybe he and Gu Qingwan are just having a spat. Let them resolve their issues—it has nothing to do with me.”

“That’s true…” This time, Gu Yunzhou believed Gu Luo Sheng. Her five-year confinement in Camphor Tree Village was very secretive; Lin Yichen had no clue, and previously even asked where Gu Luo Sheng had disappeared to five years ago.

And if Gu Luo Sheng still liked Lin Yichen, she would have responded differently to him earlier. Instead, she tried to help reconcile Lin Yichen with Gu Qingwan.

“So you don’t like Lin Yichen anymore?”

“No, not at all!” Gu Luo Sheng tied up the bag and put it back in her pocket.

“Rest assured, Second Young Master Gu, whatever Gu Qingwan wants, I won’t compete with her. Whatever I do will be as you all wish.”

Gu Yunzhou frowned unconsciously. Hearing Gu Luo Sheng’s words, he felt as if something was being pulled away from his heart.

Gu Luo Sheng had no intention of wasting time arguing with Gu Yunzhou about irrelevant matters. After all, today’s situation truly had nothing to do with her.

Gu Qingwan had repeatedly harmed her, and now she was even speaking up for Gu Qingwan—she had already done more than enough.

“Luo Sheng, are you heading out?” Ren Fang saw Gu Luo Sheng with her backpack, ready to leave, and asked.

“Yes, the weather’s nice. I want to go for a walk.”

Gu Luo Sheng made her way to the parking lot where the barbecue cart was parked. The skewers left unsold were already spoiled—she hadn’t yet bought a fridge to store them.

Since she hadn’t set up her stall yesterday, the skewers were no longer fresh and couldn’t be used.

Gu Luo Sheng decided to test the waters again, buying fewer ingredients and skewers from the market, to see how tonight’s sales would go.

Even if she couldn’t sell them all, there wouldn’t be much waste.

As night fell, neon lights flickered on in streets and alleys. The stars glimmered faintly, heralding the arrival of evening.

Gu Luo Sheng drove her barbecue cart to the intersection where she had last set up her stall, hoping for better business tonight—at least enough to sell all her skewers.

She had roasted a few skewers in the afternoon as a trial, and paired with her secret seasoning powder, the flavor had indeed reached a new level.

“Gu Luo Sheng!”

Hearing her name called on the street, Gu Luo Sheng’s heart gave a little jump. She looked toward the voice, delighted. “It’s you!”

Shen Mo walked up to Gu Luo Sheng’s stall, his handsome eyes curving as he smiled softly. “You’re setting up your stall as soon as dusk falls? So enthusiastic about business?”

Gu Luo Sheng grinned. “Start early, earn more! Hard work makes up for shortcomings.”

“What, are you short of money?” Shen Mo knew Gu Luo Sheng was the Gu family’s fake heiress, but he assumed even a fake heiress wouldn’t lack spending money.

He still didn’t know she had been disowned by the Gu family.

The events between Gu Luo Sheng and Gu Qingwan five years ago were known only to the Gu family and Lin Yichen.

Even if Shen Mo had tried to investigate, it would have been hard to find out much.