Even after Gu Lingwei suffered such great humiliation in public, upon returning to the Marquis Manor, no one dared to trouble Gu Qiurong as they had before.
There were two reasons for this. First, the Marquis Manor was hosting guests, making it improper to act as recklessly as in the past. Second, the blame for the incident lay entirely with Gu Lingwei. Even those who felt that, regardless of Gu Lingwei’s mistakes, Gu Qiurong should not have forced her to kneel and apologize on such an occasion, dared not speak a word of it.
After three days of peace, Gu Qiurong and Shen Shixuan went to the lake together.
Chapter 51