1590 I Must Have an Explanation (1/2)

The siblings gave each other a look before quickly realizing that hearing cups tumbling over in these occasions was frequent and would not warrant any surprise.

Luo Zhanyu strained his ears. He heard some vague form of speech in the adjacent room, as though a group of six or seven people was reveling in inebriation.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said, ”Xijiu, just exactly what happened? Just tell me about it, I can't allow anyone to bully my little sister!”

Gu Xijiu did not want to become like Xianglin's wife [1] who harped on about her problems to everyone, so she only spun her wine glass and said, ”Nothing, it's just that our personalities don't match and so we decided to break up.”

It was clear that Luo Zhanyu did not believe her convenient reason for her breakup and persisted with his questions, but to his dismay, he was unable to obtain the slightest piece of information from Gu Xijiu.

Luo Zhanyu became frantic. ”Xijiu, if you don't tell me, I'll get an answer from the Celestial Master mansion myself! For this matter, I must have an explanation!”

Gu Xijiu felt worn out. ”What type of explanation do you want?”

”You… Although you two did not enter into an engagement outside, you were betrothed to him in the forbidden land! How could he break up with you and leave?”

”So you're saying that I could not let eight years of his sleeping with me go to waste?” said Gu Xijiu with a smile.

Luo Zhanyu did not expect her to be so brazen and brusque. After pausing for a while, he said with disapproval, ”Xijiu!”

Gu Xijiu waved her hand in dismissal. ”Brother, I know that you're doing this for my sake, but I do not want anybody else being involved in my matters with him. I've already changed into another body that is brand new, still preserved my integrity and, moreover, it was me this time who forced him out of the engagement. If he didn't agree to my wishes, I would've submitted myself to the prince consort.”