Gu Qingyao emerged from the Mo house. She frowned when she saw Sun Mei and w.a.n.g Li. She ignored them and simply stepped around them and left.

But Sun Mei hurried to catch up with her.

“Yao Yao!”

Gu Qingyao: “…”

Had she heard wrongly? What had the girl just called her?

“Yao Yao, you're back! I heard that you went to the city to take care of your third aunt. Did you get back yesterday? I didn't see you come out to play.”

When Sun Mei arrived in front of Gu Qingyao, she tried her best to appear warm and friendly.

Her grandfather said that whether she got Mo Beihan back, or decided to marry Gu Qingyao's older cousins, she must first develop a good relations.h.i.+p with Gu Qingyao. In that way, she would have more opportunities to interact with Mo Beihan and the Gu family boys.

Her grandfather said that although the Gu family were bad elements, they were rich. They had definitely hidden some of their wealth.

Up to now, their family had lived well because of the things they had stolen from the Gu family. If she became part of the Gu family, she could obtain even more things.

So what if they were bad elements?

It was Gu Chonghua who was a bad element. The grandchildren were not greatly affected.

She was just a girl, and the Gu family was rich. With the treasures, they could exchange them for more food and resources, and she could just stay home and enjoy life.

Sun Mei smiled brightly. “You haven't been back for many months. Many interesting things have happened in the Qing River Brigade and the Southern Lake Brigade recently! I bet you haven't heard about it yet. Let me tell you about it!”

Gu Qingyao: “…”

Was there something wrong with the girl's brain?

Why did she have a feeling that the girl was trying to win her favor?

She smelt a rat!

Gu Qingyao glanced at her as if she was an idiot. She walked away without even bothering to make a perfunctory remark.

“Hey…”

w.a.n.g Li was rather shocked by Gu Qingyao's coolness. She did not know what to say.

Even Sun Mei was taken aback.

She was used to being praised and had never tried to ingratiate herself with someone else before. Gu Ruoqing had been the exception.

She had remained proud even when she had been trying to ingratiate herself with Gu Ruoqing. Although Gu Ruoqing had been rather arrogant because of her status as a city dweller, she had been very polite to Sun Mei, and the latter had discreetly tried to please her because Gu Ruoqing wanted good stuff from her.

But this Gu Qingyao was ignoring her completely.

w.a.n.g Li glanced at Sun Mei. “What should we do? She's just ignoring us. How can we make friends with her?

“I think we should just forget it. Mei Mei, let's think of another plan, all right? Look at how Gu Qingyao is acting. Do we have to continue fawning on her? Who does she think she is?”

Sun Mei's expression turned ugly as she bit her lip. She was clearly unused to this kind of treatment.

When she got back to the Gu house, Gu Qingyao went back to her room. She sat on her bed with a frown.

Why was Sun Mei acting so strangely today?

Why was she trying to ingratiate herself?

She had already lowered herself in winning Gu Ruoqing's favor. Now that things had gone awry with Gu Ruoqing, she should be embarra.s.sed and angry to encounter her again.

Win her favor?

How would it benefit them?

Gu Qingyao thought for a long time, but could not figure it out. She had not encountered such a situation in her previous life.

But she knew that something was definitely amiss.

Since she could not figure it out, she could not be bothered to think about it anymore. But that did not mean she could not deal with Sun Mei!

Gu Qingyao c.o.c.ked her head and her lips twitched wickedly. No matter what, Sun Mei was certainly plotting against her.

You must have too much free time!

Let me find something for you to do.

Hehehe! With the Gu family's treasures, you have plenty to eat without having to work. You must be too full and bored from having nothing to do!

She must find an opportunity to search the Sun house and get the Gu family's treasures back!