304: Guo Jing? Mu Nianci? Marriage?

Fortunately, Mu Nianci was by his side to support him.

“Father, what is wrong? Are you alright?” Mu Nianci asked concernedly.

The moment she spoke, Guo Jing was startled. He abruptly turned his head toward the door and happened to see Yang Tiexin and Mu Nianci.

“Who are you two? Why have you come here?” Guo Jing asked with a frown.

“Who are you? Why are you in the Yang Family Ancestral Hall?” Mu Nianci frowned as she looked at Guo Jing.

The honest and simple Guo Jing was momentarily stunned when he saw Mu Nianci.

This was not the first time he had seen a beautiful woman; previously at the Misty Rain Tower, there was a woman in purple whose looks were like a Fairy descending to the mortal world.

However, although the woman before him was not as beautiful as the woman in purple, she was still a rare beauty. In particular, she possessed the temperament of a girl from a humble but respectable family, which caused him to daze for a moment.

Mu Nianci felt a bit flustered by Guo Jing's gaze and couldn't help but shoot him a glare.

Feeling shy, she lowered her eyebrows, not daring to meet Guo Jing's eyes.

“You lecher, what are you looking at? Is this how you stare at a girl?” Mu Nianci said with shy annoyance.

“Ah? That... I am sorry, I am sorry. I didn't mean to,” Guo Jing hurriedly apologized.

Yang Tiexin snapped out of it. Looking at Guo Jing's somewhat familiar face, his lips trembled with excitement, and for a moment, he actually couldn't speak.

“Father, don't be so excited yet. Let me ask him,” Mu Nianci comforted Yang Tiexin.

“Hey, you haven't said why you are in the Yang Family Ancestral Hall. What is your name!”

“Uh, my apologies, I was being reckless.”

“I... my name is Guo Jing. This is my Uncle Yang's ancestral hall. I came to pay my respects,” Guo Jing quickly explained.

“You... are you really Jinger?” Yang Tiexin's lips quivered as he looked at Guo Jing excitedly.

“And you are?” Guo Jing looked at Yang Tiexin with a face full of confusion.

He felt that this elderly man looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.

“I... I am your Uncle Yang,” Yang Tiexin said excitedly.

“What? You... you are Uncle Yang, Yang Tiexin?” Guo Jing looked at Yang Tiexin in shock.

“That's right, it's me, it's me.” Yang Tiexin nodded and stepped up to Guo Jing.

“That's not right, Uncle Yang. Weren't you already dead? How are you still alive?” Guo Jing looked at Yang Tiexin in confusion.

The expression on Yang Tiexin's face froze. Did this fellow not know how to speak? If you can't speak well, it wouldn't hurt to say less.

“Uh, it happened like this...”

Yang Tiexin recounted everything that had happened over the years. After finishing, his heart was filled with emotion.

Yang Tiexin looked at Guo Jing. What he wanted to know now was what had happened to his wife, Bao Xiruo.

“Jinger, tell me quickly, how is your Aunt? Where is she now?” Yang Tiexin excitedly grabbed Guo Jing's shoulders, his eyes fixed on him.

“Uncle Yang, I...”

Guo Jing opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Could he really just tell Yang Tiexin: your wife and child are dead, and they died right in front of me while I could do nothing about it?

And that your son was a traitor who acknowledged a villain as his father? If he said that, wouldn't the old man just ascend to heaven on the spot?

Seeing Guo Jing's expression, Mu Nianci noticed at this moment that there were two more memorial tablets in the Yang Family Ancestral Hall.

When she saw the spirit tablets of Yang Kang and Lady Bao of the Yang Family, her face changed instantly.

“Father, look...” Mu Nianci pointed at the spirit tablets, her face becoming somewhat panicked.

Yang Tiexin was worried about his wife's situation and didn't pay any attention to what Mu Nianci meant.

“Oh, Nianci, I know you're anxious, but don't be in such a hurry.”

“Wait until your Elder Brother Guo clarifies the news about your mother.”

“Um, Uncle Yang, maybe you should first see what Sister Nianci wants,” Guo Jing said with a sorrowful expression.

However, seeing Guo Jing's expression, Yang Tiexin felt a bit unhappy in his heart.

But he didn't say anything and turned to look at Mu Nianci.

When he saw Mu Nianci gesturing for him to turn around, Yang Tiexin became even more confused, not knowing what exactly had happened.

He turned to look behind him. What was there to see? He came to the ancestral hall every month to pay respects and clean; what could be worth seeing?

Wait, there seemed to be two extra tablets.

This discovery caused Yang Tiexin's heart to tremble with an ill omen. When he saw the names on the two extra tablets, he was instantly struck as if by lightning, his whole body turning stiff.

With a pale face, he stared at the names on those two tablets.

Yang Kang, Lady Bao of the Yang Family... “No... no... I don't believe it... this isn't true...”

Yang Tiexin let out a cry of grief, his face changed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He fell backward toward the sky, his eyes vacant and his heart like cold ashes. For a moment, he simply could not accept this fact.

“Father, Father, how are you? How are you? Are you alright?” Mu Nianci supported Yang Tiexin in a panic.

Guo Jing's expression changed, and he quickly stepped forward to check Yang Tiexin's condition.

“Let's go, we must find a doctor quickly,” Guo Jing said anxiously.

“Elder Brother Guo, you watch over my father first, I will go find a doctor.” As Mu Nianci spoke, she was about to get up to find a doctor.

“Sister Nianci, you stay here and keep watch, I will go find a doctor.” After Guo Jing finished speaking, he turned and ran out.

Yang Tiexin had merely suffered a rush of blood to the heart from sudden agitation and couldn't accept the blow for a moment. After a doctor applied acupuncture, Yang Tiexin recovered.

Once he was awake, Yang Tiexin immediately asked Guo Jing what exactly had happened.

Guo Jing recounted what had happened at the Misty Rain Tower. After Yang Tiexin heard it, he spat out another mouthful of blood, and his face turned sallow.

He looked weak and powerless, appearing as though he didn't have many days left.

“I never expected that my Yang family, loyal and heroic for generations, would actually produce such a traitor who acknowledged a villain as his father and became a turncoat in my time.”

“I have failed the ancestors of the Yang family.” Yang Tiexin looked utterly miserable, his expression filled with sorrow.

“Uncle Yang, you mustn't blame yourself. This was all the doing of that bastard Crown Prince of Jin.”

“However, the Crown Prince of Jin is dead now, which can be considered as avenging Brother Kang and Aunt.”

“You must take care of your health; you still have Sister Nianci to look after,” Guo Jing urged anxiously.

“Jinger, I am fine. In this matter, my Yang family has implicated your Guo family.”

“I have failed Elder Brother Guo, and I have no face to meet him.”

“Now, the only one I am worried about is Nianci.”

“Jinger, promise your uncle one thing.” Yang Tiexin grabbed Guo Jing's hand, his expression agitated.

“Uncle Yang, if there is anything you need me to do, just say the word. As long as I can do it, I will certainly not refuse,” Guo Jing nodded.

“Nianci is an adopted daughter I took in back then. When I am gone, I entrust her to you.”

“You must take good care of her. Promise your uncle that we will hold a wedding for you two today.” Yang Tiexin grabbed Mu Nianci's hand and Guo Jing's hand, placing them together.

Guo Jing had never experienced such a situation before; his face instantly turned red, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

Mu Nianci was no better; she was still an unmarried young maiden and had never gone through such a thing.

For a moment, she didn't know how to respond.