Gu Fangzi wiped her tears and hesitated, "Auntie, is it possible that my sister cannot tolerate me and that’s why—Auntie, I dare not contend with my sister! I’m just an orphan, and nowadays her brother is Xie Yuan, soon probably a scholar. How could I dare to cast an egg against a rock? I will keep to my proper place and not overstep even a single step, Auntie, should I go and explain things clearly to my sister?" "No need!" Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "It’s uncertain whether Miss Wan even knows about this! Fang’er, I’m telling you the truth, Fengju feels the same, perhaps you should reconsider?" Gu Fangzi’s face turned pale in an instant, Auntie couldn’t keep things hidden, slight fraud and she will tell all! There’s no way that this doesn’t involve Sang Wan, but Gu Fangzi believed that Sang Wan didn’t have the guts or the means to persuade Mrs. Wang to speak on her behalf. There was no reason for Mrs. Wang to bring this up to her, so there was only one possibility—it was young master’s intent! She guessed it, but she didn’t want to believe it! Before Mrs. Wang said it herself, she was unwilling to believe it! But now, she had resigned herself to her fate! It was indeed the young master! He did not want her anymore and wanted her to remarry! "Auntie," Gu Fangzi’s tears fell like broken pearls, "Auntie, Fang’er is loath to leave you, loath to leave the young master! Fang’er doesn’t know what has suddenly made the young master have such concerns, if you ask what Fang’er wants, Fang’er doesn’t want to leave! Fang’er would rather stay at Shi Mansion and be a slave than leave! I beg Auntie to make it happen!" "Silly child, what are you talking about!" Mrs. Wang quickly clasped her hand. Having said so much, Mrs. Wang found it difficult to speak further, her heart inevitably filled with myriad emotions! She sighed, "My child, ah, what should Auntie say! Alright, stop crying, there you go, you should head back first, don’t think too much!" "Auntie, have you agreed to keep Fangzi here? Auntie, please don’t drive Fangzi away!" Gu Fangzi wept with tears filling her eyes. "Why would Auntie drive you away? Don’t be silly!" Mrs. Wang gently patted her hand, indicating her to go back. Gu Fangzi felt muddled and disturbed, how could she calm down enough to go back? But even if she didn’t go back, there was nothing she could do, the key to this matter was not with Mrs. Wang, and she must return and sort out her thoughts properly. "Auntie, then Fangzi will go back first! I’ll come to see Auntie tomorrow!" Gu Fangzi said with tears, stood up, and left. Lan Xiang was shocked to see her master with swollen eyes and tear-stained cheeks, and dared not ask what happened. When they returned to peony garden, before she could ask, Gu Fangzi commanded to close the door and coldly relayed what Mrs. Wang had said. Lan Xiang was also shocked, her face turned pale! She couldn’t believe it was true for a long time! "Has something happened these few days? Didn’t I ask you to keep an eye on the movements in Ningyuan? Did you find out anything?" Gu Fangzi coldly asked. "It seems... nothing really happened!" Lan Xiang pondered secretly, thinking if she must mention something then it would be that the young master and his wife seem to have grown noticeably closer! But these words Lan Xiang would never dare to say to Gu Fangzi. "Seems?" Gu Fangzi asked back, clearly very unsatisfied. "Ah!" Pressed by her, Lan Xiang suddenly had a flash of realization and hurriedly added: "I remember, indeed, something odd did happen a few days ago! One morning, the great lady went to greet the senior madam extraordinarily early. I heard she was made to wait quite a while before she was allowed to see her, and then, the young master also went there, but he didn’t leave together with the great lady, he left alone looking quite furious. Later, the senior madam and the great lady went to the banana garden where the elder madam lives. When they left there, the senior madam seemed to be very angry, and it’s said that the great lady tried to assist her but was publicly pushed away!" "There was such an incident?" Fangzi quickly asked: "That sounds unusual, why haven’t you investigated it?" Lan Xiang said with some grievance: "After the next day, everything went back to normal, just as if nothing unusual had happened, I thought—it wasn’t anything important, so—" "Nonsense!" Gu Fangzi frowned and said: "How many times have I told you, any incident in Ningyuan, no matter how minor, must be taken seriously and investigated clearly! Go find out now! No, never mind! You may leave, I need to be alone for a while!"