Transmigrated as the Villainess, She Made the General Blush - Chapter 29

Gu Yongjia originally thought that with this, Mu Chengyang would leave on his own.

But she didn’t expect that upon hearing the words “Sister Wangshu,” Mu Chengyang seemed to explode with anger, as if he had swallowed gunpowder.

There were only so many official young ladies in the Capital, but very few were named Wangshu-one could count them on one hand. The most prominent among them was Xiao Wangshu.

Among all the official young ladies qualified to attend the banquet today, only Xiao Wangshu was named Wangshu!

“So you’re from the lackeys of the Xiao Family!”

As Mu Chengyang said this, he reached out and snatched the pearl butterfly from Gu Yongjia’s hand.

Because Gu Yongjia was holding it too tightly, he used too much force when grabbing it. The hinge on the butterfly’s wing broke off, and he even scratched Gu Yongjia’s hand.

Gu Yongjia stared at the beads of blood welling up on her hand, stunned for a moment, then burst into loud sobs.

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“Waaah! Grandmother! Waaa!!”

Following the sound of crying, Xiao Fuguang and Chen Chu arrived to witness this scene.

Mu Chengyang casually tossed the pearl butterfly onto the ground and threatened the wailing Gu Yongjia, “Stop crying! Or I’ll strip off your clothes and let everyone see!”

“Young Master Mu, what an impressive display of power!”

Xiao Fuguang strode over, stood protectively in front of Gu Yongjia, blocking Mu Chengyang, and continued to question him, “What, you dare run into someone else’s back garden again? Do you want your father to be grounded with you at the Mu Mansion once more?”

Mu Chengyang was young and not very tall.

With Xiao Fuguang standing there, he was half a head taller than Mu Chengyang, exuding a strong sense of pressure.

If that was already intimidating, then the towering Chen Chu, standing nine feet tall behind him, was even more so.

When Chen Chu stood beside them and swept his gaze over, it was as if an eagle was eyeing three little chicks.

Gu Yongjia was so frightened she hiccupped twice, not daring to cry anymore.

“General Chen, please escort him to the front hall and explain the situation to the Gu and Mu families. A boy who is neither scholarly nor martial, yet disturbs and intimidates the ladies-what a disgrace!”

Xiao Fuguang picked up the broken pearl butterfly from the ground and immediately recognized it as the one his sister had recently commissioned a craftsman to make.

So, the little girl before him must be the rarely-seen precious granddaughter of the Gu Mansion.

Mu Chengyang, oh Mu Chengyang, truly is his father Mu Han’s good son.

While Mu Han was in the front courtyard, smiling and trying to win over Old Master Gu Cheng, Mu Chengyang was here, tearing down his father’s efforts by sneaking into the back garden to bully the Gu Family’s precious darling.

“Xiao Fuguang! You and I are both sons of court officials, what right do you-let go! You brute! Let me go!”

Mu Chengyang had only spoken halfway before Chen Chu grabbed him by the back of his collar and carried him off like a chick.

On the way out, Mu Chengyang kicked and struggled fiercely.

But Chen Chu was unmoved, carrying him straight toward the front courtyard.

After Chen Chu left, seeing Gu Yongjia still sobbing, Xiao Fuguang squatted down, picked up the scattered pieces from the ground, and began to carefully reassemble them.

“Don’t cry, I’ll fix it for you.”

When his sister had the craftsman make this butterfly, she also had a folding pen rack made for him.

So he was familiar with its structure.

Now, the components had only come apart, but none were actually damaged. With a bit of assembly, it could be put back together.

Gu Yongjia glanced at him, then at Chen Chu, who was already carrying Mu Chengyang away, and felt less afraid.

She wiped her tears with her hand, squatted down, and helped Xiao Fuguang pick up the fragments.

“Do you know who I am?” Xiao Fuguang asked as he assembled the butterfly, chatting casually with Gu Yongjia.

Gu Yongjia shook her head and answered honestly, “I don’t know, but brother, you’re a good person.”

Xiao Fuguang was amused by her, waved the butterfly in front of her, and continued, “The sister who gave you this butterfly-I’m her younger brother.”
Gu Yongjia’s eyes lit up instantly. “Are you really Sister Wangshu’s younger brother?”

Sure enough, Grandfather was right: birds of a feather flock together, and only those of the same family enter the same door.

Sister Wangshu is a good person, and her brother is a good person too.

“Why would I lie to you? Didn’t the person who was dragged away just now already shout it out? My name is Xiao Fuguang.” Xiao Fuguang replied casually.

Gu Yongjia nodded and called out earnestly, “Brother Fuguang.”

At this moment, the Maids and Guards of Gu Mansion hurried over, following the sound of crying from earlier.

Seeing Xiao Fuguang, an outsider, appear in the back garden, and right in front of Gu Yongjia, they instinctively took him as the culprit who had made Gu Yongjia cry.

“Eighth Young Master Xiao, though you are an honored guest, how can you trespass into the back garden of our Gu Mansion!”

Two Maids rushed to Gu Yongjia’s side and thoroughly checked her from head to toe. Seeing that her eyes were only a little red and her finger slightly injured, with nothing serious, they finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Gu Yongjia explained, “Ah Qu, Ah Li, don’t be rude. Someone tried to snatch my things just now and wouldn’t let me cry, even said they’d strip my clothes to show others. It was Brother Fuguang who drove the bad person away and saved me.”

Then, she added, “The one who was dragged away just now is the bad person. Brother Fuguang is a good person.”

The last sentence Gu Yongjia added was automatically ignored by the two Maids; they only heard the first half.

Ah Qu anxiously squatted down, wiped Gu Yongjia’s tears, and checked her collar again, saying, “As long as Miss is alright, that’s good, that’s good.”

It was just a small cut on her hand, nothing serious.

The other Maids and Guards who arrived were also badly frightened. If Little Miss Yongjia had really been stripped of her clothes, they would all be finished.

“Where did this Lecherous Rogue come from, daring to run wild in Gu Mansion!” Ah Li shouted angrily.

At this moment, Xiao Fuguang, who was squatting on the ground, slowly stood up and said, “I’ve already asked General Chen to escort the person to the front courtyard. I believe the Central Secretariat Director Mu and Old Master Gu will handle it properly. But as for you, why weren’t you properly accompanying your Miss, and left her alone here?”

As he spoke, Xiao Fuguang returned the repaired pearl butterfly to Gu Yongjia.

Gu Yongjia immediately beamed with joy upon receiving the butterfly, and even most of the fear from Mu Chengyang’s earlier threats dissipated.

“Yongjia thanks Brother Fuguang.”

Gu Yongjia even gave Xiao Fuguang a proper bow.

Xiao Fuguang smiled brightly and said, “It was nothing, Yongjia, you’re too polite.”

Ah Qu and Ah Li now realized they had wrongly accused someone and explained apologetically, “We Maids went to fetch tea and snacks for Miss just now, but were separated by the crowd on our way back, so we were a bit late. In our haste, if we offended Young Master Xiao, please forgive us.”

Another Guard added, “Something happened by the Fish-Watching Pond, so all the Guards and Maids in the garden gathered over there, which is why we couldn’t get to Miss in time.”

Speaking of this, the Guard continued, “Oh right! I heard someone say that the Miss of the Xiao Family and Miss Xu got into a quarrel, and someone pushed someone into the water. I didn’t hear clearly who pushed whom, and rushed over here.”

“What!?” Xiao Fuguang’s expression changed. “Where?”

The Guard was startled by him and quickly pointed in a direction, saying, “The Fish-Watching Pond is over there.”

Xiao Fuguang immediately strode off in that direction.

He moved so quickly that his robe whipped up a gust of wind.

“Why don’t you ever listen carefully?” Gu Yongjia stomped her foot, and without caring about the small wound on her hand, grabbed the pearl butterfly, lifted her skirt, and ran after Xiao Fuguang.

Her Maids and Guards hurried to follow.

Meanwhile, the womenfolk in Old Lady Gu’s quarters, as well as the guests in the front courtyard of Gu Mansion, upon hearing that chaos had broken out in the back garden, all headed in a grand procession toward the Fish-Watching Pond.