Faced with the choice between the life and death of her family and her daughter, Madam Du did not hesitate to choose the former. Even though she loved her daughter dearly, she had no choice but to compromise and give up in the end. "You're the one who exposed this, so you have to solve it yourself. Otherwise, your parents will have no choice but to give you up in order to save the Du family."

"Perhaps severing ties with the family and expelling her from the genealogy is the only way to appease the Gu family's anger." Brother Du harbored deep resentment towards Du Lixue because his sister's overconfidence was tantamount to the Gu siblings directly waging war. Of course, the Du family was no match for the Gu family, and they didn't even dare to expect the direct descendants of the five great families to come to their aid.

After all, the lower five families had warned their collateral branches not to provoke the five families without orders, especially Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen.

Their defeat stemmed from underestimating their enemy; they failed to recognize that the seemingly mad couple before them were actually Gu Wanwan and Fu Jingchen.

Furthermore, the Du family hired a useless woman named Shi Zhenxiang, who still calls herself the mistress of the Gu family. How could the mistress not recognize her own niece from her husband's family? She is, after all, a chicken from a humble family. Even if she enters the Gu family, she still can't change the fact that she's a phoenix.

What could Shi Zhenxiang do? She felt quite depressed. The saying "a girl changes drastically at eighteen" perfectly described Gu Wanwan. No wonder she didn't recognize her. Even though she had seen Gu Wanwan when she returned to Beijing and stayed at the Cheng family's house, she still couldn't be sure.

The main reason is that the changes are too great. Her appearance has become even more beautiful than before, and even her skin has become a shade fairer.

Gu Peichuan often stayed at the military base and rarely went home. Given that the other party was covered in dust and dirt before leaving, it was understandable that he didn't recognize him.

Needless to say, the twins would have been starving and skin and bones in Gu Qiulin's house, and would never be the chubby, plump figures they are now.

Sheng Chuxuan had been following Gu Peichuan around. With his years of training, she had become a dark-skinned girl since childhood. In just a short time, she had transformed from a dark-skinned girl into a beautiful girl with skin as smooth as jade.

As the saying goes, fair skin can cover up three flaws. The difference between fair and dark skin is too great. It's obvious to the naked eye that she has become a different person. Perhaps it's because she has been nourished by love, turning from a tomboy into a gentle little woman.

Each one has changed so much that she is sure that even if Gu Qiulin and Gu Huaien, or even members of the He family, came to the Gu siblings, they still wouldn't recognize them as their original selves.

Pei Guangzong finally got his revenge. Du Lixue had previously looked down on him, but now the Du family was begging him to marry her.

Cui Hailu's eyes darted around. "What goes around comes around. The Du family will have to humble themselves one day too. Your Du Lixue is so arrogant and looks down on my Guangzong. If you want Guangzong to marry her, at least the dowry should be generous. Otherwise, we dare not marry a woman with a bad reputation, a promiscuous woman who has offended the Gu family and is eyeing the Gu family's son-in-law."

"Besides my Guangzong, who else would be so loyal and righteous as to want to take on the disgraced Du family daughter?"

Madam Du was provoked by Cui Hailu's shamelessness. "Do you think my Du family is selling our daughter? If you hadn't switched the baby, the Pei and Du families would have been betrothed long ago, and my daughter would be the regimental commander's wife by now."

Grandma Fu scoffed, "The Pei and Du families, huh? If the children hadn't been switched, would Fu Jingchen have become the regimental commander? The Fu siblings' elders are still alive; they have their biological parents. It's not up to the Pei family, who have no blood relation, to make decisions on their own. Just now, Pei Tai was talking about arranged marriages; be careful Captain Cheng doesn't come after the Pei family."