Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 161 Qualifying Match (4)

Qiu Niang quickly explained her feelings: "Madam, I just can't bear to hurt anyone."

Rather than let these three people suffer, I'd rather end it all myself. Just let me die.

Gu Shijiu said helplessly, "Child, it's not that I'm stopping you, it's that my two good sons can't bear to let you die."

Seriously, what's the point of crying to me?

Qiu Niang: Something doesn't sound right to this.

Gu Shijiu grabbed a handful of nuts from the fruit plate.

Putting aside other things, the snacks during the Republic of China era weren't very tasty, and there was a lack of technology and hard work.

While Gu Shijiu mourned the potato chips, beef jerky, and small cakes in her heart, she watched her adopted sons perform.

Sure enough, when the eldest brother heard Qiu Niang say that, he grabbed her hand tightly.

"Qiu Niang, I won't allow you to die. I want you to live well. It's all my fault. I will never force you to make choices again."

Whoever you choose is your choice; I just want to see you live happily.

The second brother caught up and tightly grabbed Qiu Niang's... other hand.

“Brother is right, Qiu Niang. It is we brothers who are in love with you. What did you do wrong?”

...The three of them hugged each other and wept bitterly.

After finishing the nuts in his hand, Gu Shijiu picked up a handful of sunflower seeds.

As the three of them cried, they realized something was wrong; it seemed as if a gaze was fixed on them.

Chen Wangdong turned his head and was startled to see Gu Shijiu's burning gaze.

"Mother, why are you looking at us like that?" That staring gaze was rather frightening.

Gu Shijiu came to her senses: "I was just watching you cry."

Chen Wangxi: Is this really that good?

The three of them couldn't cry anymore.

Chen Wangdong looked at Gu Shijiu and said, "Mother, please don't pressure Qiu Niang. This is not her fault."

"It's not like you have to choose one. If you don't like either of them, you can like someone else or just want to be single."

Gu Shijiu believed he had no feudal or backward ideas.

Qiu Niang, lost in her own thoughts, cried even harder.

Chen Wangdong took a deep breath, as if he had made a great decision, and knelt down before Gu Shijiu.

“Mother, the political situation is turbulent and complex. Countless families have fallen. I want to leave the Zhou family and find new opportunities.”

She said that, but actually she didn't want Qiu Niang to be torn between herself and her brother.

Gu Shijiu immediately nodded: "Okay, I'll have the housekeeper prepare your luggage and dry food."

Of course, don't try to bring too much money.

Chen Wangdong was momentarily speechless. He had prepared a whole host of arguments, waiting for his mother to refuse.

However, there was no obstruction as expected, and Gu Shijiu let him go so easily.

Gu Shijiu then asked Chen Wangxi, "Your brother is gone, are you leaving too?"

Let's go, let's all get out of here.

Chen Wangxi looked bewildered: "Why should I leave, Mother? Don't you want me to stay by your side and fulfill my filial duties?"

"Oh, I thought you also wanted to go out and make your own way in the world."

Gu Shijiu looked somewhat disappointed and turned to Qiu Niang, asking, "Now that one of them is gone, are you going to stay with the second brother?"

"Mother, did you send me away so that Wangxi could marry Qiu Niang?" Chen Wangdong immediately protested.

He left temporarily not to make room for Qiu Niang, but to spare Chen Wangxi any blame.

Chen Wangxi felt very complicated, as if a treasure had been forced upon him, and he repeatedly refused.

"Mother, I want to compete fairly with my elder brother and I will never take advantage of any weaknesses."

If you force me to marry Qiu Niang, then I'll have no choice but to leave home.

Gu Shijiu didn't understand that Chen Wangxi was threatening her, or you could say he was being coquettish.

She nodded: "Then you can go."

"..." Chen Wangxi hadn't originally planned to leave, but now that things had come to this point, it seemed inappropriate not to.

Gu Shijiu had already instructed the housekeeper to pack all the luggage into suitcases.

Chen Wangdong was somewhat dissatisfied: "Mother, I'm going on a long trip, and my return date is uncertain. You're only giving me ten taels of silver?"

Gu Shijiu was shocked: "What? The steward actually gave you ten taels of silver?"

She quickly summoned the housekeeper and learned that because she hadn't given any instructions, it was Chen Wangnan who made the decision.

Gu Shijiu clutched her chest, then thought better of it: "You already have ten taels, what else could you be dissatisfied with?"

She had just asked, and it turns out that even if several people in an ordinary family worked for a year, they might not be able to save a tael or two of silver.

Chen Wangdong felt that his mother was using money to coerce him into staying. He was a man of his word and would not be swayed by such threats.

He mounted his horse and was about to leave without looking back.

"Wait a minute." Gu Shijiu quickly stopped the person.

Chen Wangdong was very stubborn: "Mother, you don't need to stop me. I will not stay in this feudal and corrupt family."

When I've made something of myself, I'll marry Qiu Niang openly and honorably.

“What I mean is, you can’t take the horse with you either.” Gu Shijiu pulled Chen Wangdong off the horse.

Onlookers: Madam, you have great strength.

Chen Wangdong was furious: "Do you think I'll give in like this? No, nothing can change my will..."

Gu Shijiu watched him give his thoughts with a blank expression.

After a while, Chen Wangdong finally finished expressing his feelings and left the Chen family gate with an air of indifference.

When it was Chen Wangxi's turn, Chen Wangnan, having learned from his previous experience, only gave him one tael of silver.

Gu Shijiu was fairly satisfied, feeling that her daughter wasn't entirely without merit.

Only Chen Wangxi was very dissatisfied and really wanted to say he wasn't leaving.

But if his elder brother is so resolute, wouldn't he lose to his elder brother if he went back on his word?

Losing to her elder brother is not a big deal, but Qiu Niang already had a better relationship with her elder brother, so this would make her look bad in his eyes.

We agreed to compete fairly with my older brother, so how can I just stay here and refuse to leave?

Chen Wangxi had many thoughts running through his mind, and in the end, he could only leave, looking back every few steps.

After kicking her two sons out, Gu Shijiu felt much better, and she figured Qiu Niang probably felt the same way.

"Child, now you don't have to worry about who you like anymore. You can take your time to find someone you like."

Qiu Niang almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

She grew up in the Chen family, and because of her affair with the Chen brothers, the whole town was in an uproar. Who would want to marry her?

There were quite a few people watching the spectacle in the live stream.

"Haha, it's a romance drama, what a strange style."

"Shouldn't this be the start of a power struggle within the household? Why did they drive away all the main characters? What's the point?"

"Where did 6187 go? Why are they never together?"

"He's in a terrible situation. Go watch his live stream and see him as a soldier in the army, fighting in the mud every day."

"Never mind then, I still prefer watching palace intrigue."

"I have serious doubts about their fighting ability; I wonder if they can even put up a fight."

Unlike the preliminary rounds, the qualifying rounds won't have as many participants in a single scenario.

Aside from a small team, only a few other people will come in.

The map is also much larger, and many people may not even meet again after the match ends.