Chapter 2313: Chapter 2317: Even an Upright Official Finds It Hard to Settle Family Matters
After breakfast, everyone went about their own business.
She and Gu Junzhu took Xiao Shu and Lingyue to school.
After dropping off Xiao Shu, Gu Junzhu was going to accompany Wan Chong to the Wan Family.
After sending Xiao Shumiao to school, Gu Junzhu asked her, "Are you going to the company or coming with me to enjoy the spectacle?"
Ye Xingbei: "...It’s lucky Wan Chong didn’t ride in this car, otherwise your friendship would surely have sunk by now."
Gu Junzhu laughed, "Impossible, the friendships between men aren’t as fragile as the plastic sisterhoods among women."
"Tch," Ye Xingbei scoffed, "You guys are the ones with plastic brotherhoods!"
Gu Junzhu laughed and asked, "Are you coming or not?"
"Is it appropriate for me to go?" Ye Xingbei hesitated.
"What’s inappropriate about it?" Gu Junzhu said, as if it were obvious, "I’m going to see the spectacle anyway. Whether I go alone or take my wife, it’s all the same, so why wouldn’t it be appropriate?"
"If you think it’s appropriate, then I’ll go," Ye Xingbei said, "Xiao Xue said that not watching the spectacle makes one a fool."
Gu Junzhu snorted, "Yian Jingxue lives for the spectacle; don’t learn from her, she exaggerates too much."
Ye Xingbei couldn’t stop laughing, "Who exaggerates that much?"
"Should I put it another way?" Gu Junzhu said, "Her life is all about watching the chaos."
Ye Xingbei: "...Even putting it that way isn’t much better, is it?"
The two chatted and laughed, arriving at the Wan Family.
Wan Chong had informed Senior Master Wan ahead of time that Gu Junzhu would be visiting him today.
Senior Master Wan knew Gu Junzhu’s status and was very attentive to his arrival, getting ready early in the morning, with the whole family at home waiting.
Upon hearing from the butler that Gu Junzhu had arrived, he came out with Wan Chong’s father, stepmother, two half-sisters of Wan Chong, and two cousins to greet them.
After ushering Gu Junzhu and Ye Xingbei into the living room, they took their respective seats.
Senior Master Wan was very hospitable, even seeming a bit excited about Gu Junzhu’s visit.
He had the old-fashioned mindset that while business makes money, it occupies a low social status.
In the hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, merchants rank last.
Therefore, he was especially excited when he learned Wan Chong might achieve greatness.
He thought their Wan Family could change their fortunes.
Unexpectedly, the height of happiness led to sorrow when he asked Wan Chong to return for his birthday, resulting in the miscarriage of Wan Chong’s stepmother, leading to Wan Chong’s disqualification.
Having mixed in the business world all his life, he’s an old fox, no longer spry, but still sharp.
Wan Chong’s stepmother miscarried, and he speculated on many possibilities.
He also guessed that the miscarriage of Wan Chong’s stepmother might very well be his stepmother’s conspiracy.
He didn’t believe Wan Chong would be foolish enough to sabotage his own future by harming his stepmother’s unborn child.
Even if Wan Chong feared his stepmother was carrying a son who would compete for the family inheritance, he wouldn’t be foolish enough to act personally.
Therefore, the notion that Wan Chong caused his stepmother’s miscarriage was most likely his stepmother’s conspiracy.
He was very angry about his stepmother’s scheming.
But, Wan Chong being disqualified was an irreversible fact.
Even if he got rid of Wan Chong’s stepmother, Wan Chong couldn’t return.
No matter what his stepmother was, she was still his son’s wife.
With Wan Chong already disqualified, digging into the matter was useless.
So he took a relaxed approach, letting the matter slide.
After all, he had made up his mind that the Wan Family would only pass down to his grandson.
He didn’t care whether the child his stepmother miscarried was a son or daughter; without being born, anything said was futile.
Now he had only Wan Chong as his grandson, and in the future, everything in the Wan Family would belong to Wan Chong!
