The Beautiful Wife of the Whirlwind Marriage novel Chapter 1224

at the gu residence.

the clan relatives were still waiting in the central room.

at the moment, the room was full of noise. gu xiande was not around, nor was gu jingze. even mu wanqing was not around. everyone was currently talking amongst themselves. it was so noisy that it was like they were at a market.

right now, these wealthy people who were accustomed to this, nevertheless, seemed like uncles and aunts talking in a disorderly manner about the gossip that they knew.

"i heard that hes already dead."

"how can he possibly be dead? they havent even found his corpse. they say that he went to a secret factory outside and is being controlled by someone using a chemical weapon. otherwise, how could those personal guards have died so quickly? but gu jingze is intelligent after all. he soon noticed that something was wrong and escaped."

"does that mean hes fine?"

"something may have happened to him too. but hes missing right now. who knows what could be wrong with him?"

"in that case, whos in charge of the gu family right now? no ones here to take charge either."

by then, inside the room, xue mengqi could no longer hold herself back.

she looked in front and saw that no one was going up to speak. the entire room was a complete mess.

at the side, the maids had already gone out of control and started to talk amongst themselves.

xue mengqi murmured, "the master isnt here and neither is the mistress. what should we do now?"

"precisely. mr. president didnt come either?"

"even if hes here, hes not the master. he cant take charge of many things. furthermore, if he gets involved, it will affect him quite greatly. if others found out, it may affect his position as the president, so he has to think about this carefully."

on the surface, xue mengqi appeared to hesitate for a moment. then, as if she had no other choice, she drew in a breath and stood up all of a sudden.

everyone was sitting there and chatting when they suddenly saw someone stand up and walk towards the carved wooden chair in front, which the master usually sat on.

everyones gazes shifted there.

xue mengqi stood there and faced the people below. seeing that it was her, everyone gradually seemed to consciously turn silent.

xue mengqi cleared her throat before saying, "the gu family has not been faced with such chaos for many years. this may be a heavens test for the gu family. its a test to see if we can stay united right now and survive during these difficulties. perhaps all of you have never experienced such a thing. but many years ago, there was immense unrest in the xue family. i know that if everyone can unite at such a time, our relationship will be even better in the future. because weve experienced something like this, well be able to get closer to one another. thus, i hope that everyone can face this together instead of having mutual misgivings."

everyone looked at each other. slight expressions of approval appeared on their faces.

xue mengqi said, "now that the master and mistress are both not around at the moment, we must remain calm nonetheless. we should find a way to help ourselves. i think"

she spoke slowly. as she stood there and looked at all the clan relatives of the family gazing at herself, she thought of how she felt standing at the place where only the master and mistress used to stand. the passion and vigor she felt truly made her heart swell.

the feeling of everyone treating her as their only guide was way too enjoyable.

she felt like a king towering above everyone else. this feeling was so great.

however, at this moment

all of a sudden, a commotion could be heard outside.

soon after, the crowd saw a row of security guards immediately fill the area outside the courtyard.

someone saw the security guards standing uniformly and cried out in surprise, "arent those gu jingzes guards?"