Chapter 225: Chapter Two-Hundred and Twenty-Five: Infighting
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Chang Hui had an ugly expression on her face. Bai Jie tried to smooth things over, saying, ‘You know, I think Yun Liu looks quite similar to you, Gu Wei. I guess it’s true when people say that children resemble whoever raises them. This way, our two families have even closer ties.”
Gu Wei nodded. “Yeah, Yun Liu does look like me. Maybe Zheng Xiu and I were sisters in our previous life, and in this life, we’re raising a daughter together.”
“Wow, it seems like Zheng Xiu and you were meant to be. Speaking of which,
Yun Liu is quite lucky. My sister-in-law and I were talking about our Uncle Gu Bei’s daughter just now. She also went missing when she was a child. I heard they found her recently, but she’d already passed on. *Sigh* The poor thing,” Bai Jie stated. The woman’s diplomatic ability was probably beyond the other women combined; she placated everyone with just a few words and successfully changed the topic.
Zheng Xiu evidently hadn’t known about this and said surprisedly, “Really? Oh, my! How can this be?”
Gu Wei and Yun Liu were confused, not knowing the Gu family well enough to know what they were talking about. Zheng Xiu hurriedly explained, “Uncle Gu Bei is the Gu main family’s second son and only has one daughter. She’s the youngest child of our generation. She went missing when she was five years old. Uncle Gu Bei and his wife searched for her all their lives and didn’t have another child. *Sigh* It’s a real pity.”
So saying, Zheng Xiu adopted a well-timed mournful expression. Gu Wei was shocked and commented, “Heavens! They didn’t have any other children just for the sake of their missing daughter?”
Zheng Xiu nodded. “Yeah. Uncle Gu Bei and Aunt Chen Yao are a loving couple. Aunt Chen Yao missed her child so much she went a little mental for a few years, so Uncle Gu Bei quit all his jobs and brought her everywhere to search for their child. *Sigh!*”
Zheng Xiu sighed heavily and continued, “Therefore, after our Yun Liu went missing, our elders didn’t allow us to do as Uncle Gu Bei did, and that’s why Yun Liu also has a younger brother. However, my health broke down after birthing him. Fortunately, Chang Hui took pity on me and helped me raise Gu He, treating him as her own.”
Yun Nan and Xiang Yang looked at each other as they listened in on their conversation and thought, ‘No wonder Yun Liu is such a schemer; it turns out she’d inherited it from her biological mother. To think that you can inherit such a thing; how terrifying!’
This Little Madam Gu managed to wash herself of any blame with just a few words. She’d conveyed that though someone else in their family had also lost their child and had chosen not to have any other children, she wasn’t allowed such a luxury, so that’s why Yun Liu had a younger brother. Zheng Xiu’s son was the only male heir in their branch of the family, so he was raised by the branch family’s matriarch, Madam Gu. Despite being the family matriarch, Madam Gu didn’t have a son, so everything in the Gu branch family would belong to her son!
In that one statement, Zheng Xiu mocked Gu Wei and Chang Hui but then turned around at the end and complimented Chang Hui, making her feel better. Zheng Xiu was truly masterful with her words.
Bai Jie was also impressed and slightly threatened by Zheng Xiu’s skill and secretly thought it was fortunate that Madam Gu and her husband were in charge of that branch of the family instead of Cheng Xiu. No matter how capable Zheng Xiu was, she could only be suppressed by Madam Gu and her husband, unable to do much. As for Madam Gu and her husband… one was stupid, and the other honest and modest; they won’t amount to much.
“Thankfully, you have my younger brother to accompany you, Mom.
Otherwise, you would’ve repeated Uncle Gu Bei and Aunt Chen Yao’s mistake,”
Yun Liu commented distressedly. Bai Jie was again impressed, this time by Yun Liu’s clever and quick response. ‘Indeed,’ she thought. ‘Good genes are important. Look how well Cheng Xiu’s daughter turned out despite not being raised by her.’
Chang Hui frowned. Although she didn’t have time to work out their intentions, she knew very well that these women were pretentious and overbearing. Thus, she interrupted their touchy-feely show and said indifferently, “Speaking of which, I know you grew up with the Yuns, but Gu He is your biological brother, so he’s the one you will be relying on in the future. Since you’ve now returned to our Gu family, you should think of our family first before anyone else. You have to side with us. Your female cousins all dote on Gu He, doing everything he says since they were kids, and I hope you—his sister—do as well!”
“I will!” Yun Liu replied with a smile. “Auntie, I’ll keep that in mind.”
Gu Wei felt slightly upset when she heard this and sighed lightly at Zheng Xiu before saying, “When Yun Liu was with us, she only had one elder brother, and he also doted on her and did everything she said. We have all pampered her since she was a kid, and she grew up gentle and sensible. Don’t worry, Zheng Xiu. Yun Liu is a caring and considerate child!”
Chang Hui was very unhappy when she heard that—Gu Wei’s words were obviously targeting her. ‘IfI didn’t ask Zheng Xiu to fonn connections with the Yun family, she would’ve left after taking her child without even a backward glance. Who does Gu Wei think she is? How dare she spout such nonsense before me/ Chang Hui inwardly fumed.
Hence, she glared at Zheng Xiu. Zheng Xiu lowered her eyes and took a sip of her coffee. She didn’t appreciate Gu Wei’s help, nor would she thank her. She didn’t instigate her. What Gu Wei did had nothing to do with her.
Bai Jie was delighted at the scene playing out before her. Despite their many children, the Gu’s main and branch families only have one male heir each. Gu He, as the branch family’s only male child, had grown up pampered and competed with Gu Fei in everything. Like Gu Fei, Gu He has been climbing higher in their family’s company these past few years. Due to that fact, the branch family’s women became brazen and occasionally tested and trampled on the Gu main family. Bai Jie ignored them, so they thought themselves powerful.
During her trip here, Bai Jie had come to the understanding that the best way to make these women stop was to instigate them into fighting each other! Bai Jie would do whatever it takes to remove all obstacles for her son..
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