Chapter 58 The Truth

Shen Zihuai was startled and quickly said, "Recently, Su Maoshi has been frequently visiting a temple, which we found strange, so we started to investigate."

We discovered that he was actually supporting a master in a temple. At first, we thought he had unusual tastes, but later we found that he was very humble, so we felt that there was a secret behind it.

Our men impersonated robbers and kidnapped the master, who then revealed some secrets between wealthy families, including what Su Maoshi had done back then.

That master used to be a gardener in the inner courtyard of the Li family. The matriarch of the Li family was kind-hearted and treated all the servants exceptionally well. Hearing that his family was poor, she took extra care of him.

This gave rise to some inappropriate thoughts in the gardener. Later, when the head of the Li family was away, he secretly sneaked into the master bedroom, confessed his love to the mistress, and even tried to sexually assault her. He was discovered by the head of the Li family when he returned.

He was beaten and chased away, but the gardener felt that the head of the Li family had ruined his relationship with his mistress and separated them. He hated the Li family and, driven to desperation, went to a temple to become a monk.

Later, he happened to run into Su Maoshi, who was not favored by his family at the time, going to a temple to worship the gods. He then gave Su Maoshi a wicked idea.

He tricked Su Maoxian into believing that his daughter was destined to die, and that keeping her at home would ruin all his good fortune and affect his inheritance of the family business.

They need to find a girl with an extremely auspicious destiny to replace Su Xin, shield her from that fatal calamity, and also allow Su Maoshi to rise rapidly and smoothly take over the family business.

Su Maoshi believed him when he was desperate, but after he tried his best to bring Su Ruan home, a miracle actually happened.

In those years, the Su family's business flourished, making great strides into the circles of the wealthy. Moreover, Miss Su Ruan's talent and intelligence quickly won over Old Master Su, who doted on her.

Before his death, he transferred a portion of the company's shares to her, allowing Su Maoshi to inherit the company smoothly. As a result, Su Maoshi almost always obeyed the master's words.

However, over the years, Su Maoshi has held great power and enjoyed immense prestige, so he has gradually forgotten the master's words.

It wasn't until recently, after Su Xin returned, that he started making things difficult for Miss Su Ruan. Miss Su Ruan later escaped the Su family's control by being with you, which made Su Maoshi anxious, and he began frequently visiting the master's residence seeking help again.

"That bastard!" Gu Jinyuan slammed his fist on the table in anger, and the broken porcelain shards immediately cut his palm.

Blood flowed down, but he seemed not to feel any pain.

In his memory, that bright and radiant girl should have been living a life of luxury and privilege.

However, he was used as a tool by Su Maoshi to protect his daughter from harm and to seek benefits for himself.

No wonder she was strictly controlled by her family when she was a child, like a caged canary, not allowed to have her own thoughts, and all her actions were restricted.

If she had grown up in the Li family, she would be an exceptionally elegant princess in Beijing's elite circles today.

She should be showered with love and affection, instead of suffering mental torment in the Su family.

The entire Su family deserves to die.

His palm pressed down sharply, digging into the sharp shards of porcelain. Only pain could suppress his urge to kill in his frenzy.

"Boss, should I take action and wipe out the Su family completely? To avenge Madam?" Shen Zihuai asked in a low voice.

After a long pause, Gu Jinyuan's deep, hesitant voice finally came through the phone, "Don't move yet. All operations are suspended now."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Jinyuan stood there for a long time.

Based on his past temper, he would have destroyed the Su family at all costs.

However, now that he has won Su Ruan's affections, he cannot disregard her feelings.

He wanted to know what Su Ruan would think after learning the truth, but he didn't want to tell her, afraid that it would make her too sad and in pain.

He was extremely conflicted and began to feel some fear.

During his time dealing with the Li family, he deeply felt how terrifying this opponent was.

She is more difficult to deal with than all his previous opponents combined. What if Su Ruan finds out that she is a child of the Li family and wants to acknowledge her ancestors?

That Li would definitely oppose her being with him, and might even make them divorce and find her a new marriage with someone of equal social standing.

Su Ruan is a person who values ​​relationships and honors. If she disagrees with her family's opinions, she will have a falling out with Li Shi.

He didn't want to see Su Ruan in a difficult position, nor did he want Su Ruan to leave him. With his mind heavy, Gu Jinyuan decided to keep the matter of recognizing his relatives a secret for the time being.

He sent Shen Zihuai a message, instructing him to conceal his wife's relationship with the Li family.

Then, pretending nothing had happened, she picked up the broken plate, bandaged her wound, and continued cooking.

Su Ruan hummed a little tune as she walked home after get off work, only to find Gu Jinyuan wearing an apron and busy in the kitchen as soon as she entered.

Her heart softened, and after changing into slippers, she ran over and hugged Gu Jinyuan from behind, acting coquettishly.

"Honey, what delicious food did you make today? It smells so good!"

With a smile on his lips, Gu Jinyuan turned around and hugged the person tightly, teasingly saying.

"Did my wife sneak some honey today? Her mouth is so sweet."

Su Ruan beamed with joy, her mood light and cheerful. "I have good news for you. The Song family's crisis is over, and Xiao Wan'er can finally get a good night's sleep tonight."

Gu Jinyuan gave an "oh" but didn't reply. Su Ruan looked up at his expression and sighed helplessly.

I don't know if Gu Jinyuan and Song Feiwan had some kind of grudge in their past lives. These two are incompatible. They fight whenever they meet, and they can't stand each other. They are always plotting against each other and kicking each other when they are down.

However, the fact that Gu Jinyuan didn't speak ill of his best friend behind her back today is a significant improvement.

Gu Jinyuan tapped the tip of her nose. "I'm worried about you. You can finally get a good night's sleep after all this time."

Su Ruan smiled guiltily, but her gaze immediately fell on the injury on Gu Jinyuan's hand, and she immediately showed concern.

"What happened? How did you get hurt?"

"It's nothing, I just got scratched by a broken plate," Gu Jinyuan said casually.

"How could you be so careless? I told you to hire a housekeeper to cook, but you insisted on doing it yourself. Are you hurt? Are you bleeding? Let me see, how deep is the wound?"

I'll take you to the hospital...

Gu Jinyuan lowered his eyes, staring intently at the anxiety on Su Ruan's face, his heart burning with passion.

He wanted Su Ruan's focus to always be on him; he wanted to possess all her beauty; he wanted her to be happy forever.

"The wound is small, so there's no need to go to the hospital. I have another very urgent matter to discuss, and I'd like to ask my wife for help."

Su Ruan looked up. "What is it?"

Gu Jinyuan slowly approached, blew a breath of hot air into her ear, and said in a roguish tone.

"My dear wife, have you forgotten that your husband is a normal man? You've been ignoring me for so many days, shouldn't you at least comfort me?"

Su Ruan's eyes darted around, and she changed the subject, "Uh... what did you cook today? I'm so hungry, let's eat quickly."

Gu Jinyuan wrapped his arms around her slender waist from behind, lowered his head and nuzzled against the crook of her neck, "Wife, all I want to do right now is eat you..."

Seeing that things were not going well, Su Ruan tried to run away, but the man behind her picked her up around the waist and carried her straight to the bedroom.

"Gu Jinyuan, I'm really hungry, let me eat first..." Su Ruan made a last-ditch effort.

"Wife, I'm really hungry, please have mercy on me."