The girl beside him was beautiful with delicate features. She was slender and graceful, with a single mole of vermilion between her brows. Her eyes were filled with tears, and her expression was one of pitiful helplessness. When she looked at Gu Jiuyao, there was a trace of timidity in her gaze, and she hid behind the middle-aged man.,Back then, for the sake of the family, my mother gave up on her grandfather's efforts to find her a husband and foolishly married Zhao Yun who she had once rejected.,Unfortunately, her mother was weak and sickly. She passed away soon after giving birth. Gu Yun inherited his mother's poor health from a young age. Ironically, there was only one child in the third generation of the Gu family. Therefore, Gu Yun adopted Gu Qing's siblings under the pretext of protection.。