Chapter 88 p2
Although Gu Yixi was prepared to be endlessly pestered by Xu Lai, she hadn’t expected it to be in this way.
Now she was at the Gu Estate, sitting with her grandmother, and the whole family was in a meeting.
Today she was not sitting in the main seat, but her grandmother was.
For everyone present, this was a signal. In the past, when a family meeting was held, it was always Gu Yixi who sat in the main seat, but this time was different.
Grandma Gu was getting older and older. She now had to use a jade cane to get around, but she was back in the main seat.
No one spoke, and the atmosphere was dead silent.
“Gu Yixi,” Grandma Gu had never called her so seriously. “I believe you’ve seen your own affairs recently.”
Gu Yixi lowered her eyes and was still nonchalantly playing with the prayer beads in her hand. She gave a “mm.”
“Be serious. You weren’t like this before,” Grandma Gu said seriously.
Gu Qing sat beside her mother, secretly happy to see her grandmother “teaching” her aunt a lesson.
Yes, her grandmother was teaching her aunt a lesson because a post on social media had gone viral.
It was posted by a reporter, saying that the head of the Gu Group was disregarding her own mother, disregarding family ties. She had been raised by her mother with great difficulty, and after she had returned to the Gu family, she had turned her back on her.
This reporter had written a very long report, from Xu Lai’s perspective, detailing her difficulties, and how she had raised Gu Yixi with great hardship after the actress Gu Yanyu had passed away—
But the good times didn’t last long. After all, it wasn’t easy for a single mother to raise a child. Xu Lai had, in the midst of her “busy work,” accidentally lost Gu Yixi.
Then, in the middle, it was Xu Lai’s own hard history, how she had worked hard to find Gu Yixi for a long time, and in the end, had returned empty-handed. Now, she had finally contacted Gu Yixi, but Gu Yixi had ignored her.
“She contacted you?” Grandma Gu asked.
Gu Yixi nodded and said, “Yes, she contacted me.”
“Well, and you didn’t answer her call.”
Gu Yixi still nodded.
The grandmother and granddaughter fell into a long silence.
Gu Yixi was also thinking about that article. Actually, when this article was published, Ning Yi, who was monitoring public opinion, had come to greet her. At that time, Gu Yixi had had Ning Yi suppress the readership of this article.
Strangely, it hadn’t been suppressed.
But although this article had gone viral, it hadn’t become widely known.
There was always a sense of awkwardness. Gu Yixi had decided to observe for a while, but who would have known that her grandmother couldn’t sit still and had called the whole family over.
“You’re so obedient, not answering her call.”
“Yes, didn’t you say before that I shouldn’t contact her?” Gu Yixi smiled.
Although she was sitting in a side seat, she was still imposing, calm and composed.
Grandma, Gu Yuhua was just this kind of person. She was used to using such means.
Whether it was to make Wen Fan and Zhou Xiali never enter Jiangbei, or to make Xu Lai never contact the Gu family, these were all her usual means.
Grandma Gu raised an eyebrow and said, “Yes, I said before that you shouldn’t contact her. But this post cannot be ignored.”
Gu Yixi said yes.
“Also, didn’t you invest in an assistive device company last year? Now your holding has reached the maximum, right?”
Gu Yixi paused for a moment, thought about it, and also nodded.
The Gu family was involved in all walks of life. Whether it was catering, fashion, or medicine, their family would get a piece of the pie.
It was quite normal to intervene in the production of medical assistive devices.
Grandma Gu asked others some questions, and then she reiterated how the family style should be, and then she let them go back.
This was of course a warning: Gu Yixi, who had always sat in the main seat and had been regarded as the head of the family, was actually relegated to a side seat. This had to be a signal.
Gu Yixi left, but her sister, Gu Yishan, and the others did not.
Gu Qing was pulling on Grandma Gu and was still crying. “Grandma, then what do you think I should do now?”
Grandma Gu rubbed her head and said, “Don’t worry. Isn’t it just an Alpha? Qingqing, you’re a member of our Gu family. Where would you worry about not finding a suitable person to marry?”
Gu Qing still didn’t stop crying. “Yes, Grandma, marriage is convenient, but you have to marry someone you like!”
Grandma Gu sighed and said, “So, you really like that Su Guan so much?”
Speaking of which, it was simply a matter of losing one’s conscience and corrupting the family style.
The first time Old Mrs. Gu had heard Gu Qing talk about this, she had almost fainted from anger.
Listen, a niece and an aunt are fighting over the same Alpha, and they both like the same Alpha. And it was originally the niece’s marriage partner, and she was just snatched away by the aunt…
How could such a thing happen? Maybe it happened elsewhere, but it absolutely could not happen in their Gu family!
Old Mrs. Gu made a quick decision and immediately gave Gu Qing a promise that she would definitely give her an explanation.
“Grandma, you called my aunt over today. Did you tell her about this?”
Old Mrs. Gu’s face was a little hot. Although she had promised her granddaughter that she would back her up, she really hadn’t told Gu Yixi about this.
She could only say, “Slowly.”
“Alright, slowly,” Gu Qing was still wiping her eyes, not letting the tears flow out, but she was still sobbing. “I don’t like that Su Guan anymore. No matter who she likes, if my aunt likes her, then she can be with my aunt. And they’re already married now. No matter what the truth is, no matter who Su Guan really likes, it’s very difficult for them to be separated now.”
Old Mrs. Gu’s heart ached, and she was filled with emotion. “Sigh… don’t worry, Qing’er. Grandma will definitely give you an explanation.”
“It’s fine, Grandma. I’m very happy to hear you say that. And, I’m really not very interested in marriage. I was a little expectant before, but now I’m not. Because if I don’t get married, I can always live at the Gu Estate and always be with Grandma.”
This was heartwarming. Old Mrs. Gu almost immediately said, “It’s fine. Even if you get married in the future, you can still live at the Gu Estate.”
Gu Qing had always been her favorite child, without exception.
Hearing this, Gu Qing was secretly happy.
Even Gu Yixi had to move out of the Gu Estate, but she had gotten her grandmother’s approval and could live at the Gu Estate. It went without saying.
Some people, if they don’t live at the Gu Estate, is it because they don’t want to?
She had to step up her efforts when she got back. Xu Lai just finding a reporter to write a report, what was that?
After appeasing the old lady, Gu Qing still had to go back and discuss it with her mother.
Now that this gambler Xu Lai was back, although they didn’t expect her to do anything big, to be able to stir up the water was already very impressive.
Old Mrs. Gu’s health was getting worse day by day. Although she had attended the meeting today and sat in the main seat, calling out to Gu Yixi beside her, she was, after all, an old lady, and Gu Yixi was still young and held real power.
What if she got angry and had someone kill the old lady?
Gu Qing’s family discussed it and felt that they had to act on all fronts.
“If we don’t control Gu Yixi now, it will be even harder for us to shake her position when they have a child in the future.”
If she didn’t have a child, their Gu family still had a tradition of adoption—otherwise, why had the old lady always been nagging about marriage?
“Contact Xu Lai directly. Transfer more money over. I heard she’s in a million-dollar debt again,” Gu Yishan sighed. “Contact her and have her prepare an account. There are things she needs to post.”
Gu Qing nodded, a triumphant light in her eyes.
You, Su Guan, don’t think you’ve latched onto a high branch and want to step on my head? Don’t you look at what kind of person you are.
“By the way, this matter must be kept a secret,” Gu Yishan turned her head and instructed Gu Qing again. “Even when you’re negotiating, just say it’s us.”
Power struggles were not uncommon in the Gu family. They were all survivors of a bloody struggle for power. The old lady was very sensitive to struggles now. If anyone showed too much desire, the old lady would definitely punish them.
Just expressing it was like that, let alone the dangerous plan they were now carrying out.
…They were even colluding with people outside the family, and the bargaining chip was also the family’s interests.
Damaging the family’s interests and completely losing their status, Gu Yishan’s family had chosen the former.
Anyway, it was fine as long as the old lady didn’t know.
“So, what did Xu Lai say?”
“She said, whatever you want to post, you have to prepare it all before you send it to her,” Gu Qing spread her hands, a look of helplessness on her face.
Gu Yishan rolled her eyes. “This idiot, the only time she’s smart is at the card table!”
This Gu Yixi had such a stupid mom, and she was able to sit in this position for so long. Gu Yishan even found it funny.
But the thought that she was the one being stepped on by Gu Yixi made Gu Yishan unable to laugh anymore.
