Chapter 339: You reap what you sow
"Why, you've betrayed me too? Do you think that couple is capable enough to stick with them?"
Du Shuang's eyes were red with anger, and she grabbed Gu Hongying's hand even harder, her nails digging into the flesh.
"When Lu Youyou gives birth to a child, and you have another grandchild to compete with you for the family property, how much do you think you will have left?"
Gu Hongying didn't care about the pain. She looked at her mother's ferocious face and was confused: "Mom, did you know that my sister-in-law is pregnant?"
Wasn't it because the mother attacked Lu Youyou that the incident became such a big deal? Now that it is brought up again, could it be that she has some new ideas? !
Du Shuang sneered: "Sister-in-law, you are already calling me so affectionately? Do you still have Yuan Zheng in your eyes, and do you still have me, your biological mother?!"
Gu Hongying grabbed her mother with her backhand and held her tightly, as if she was afraid that she would do something rash: "Mom, Dad is very good to me and has not forgotten my brother. Can't we live a peaceful life?"
Du Shuang's anger burned even more after hearing this. Of course she knew that Gu Bohuai was good to Gu Hongying, so why did he care about both Gu Bohuai and Gu Yuanzheng?
"Live a peaceful life? You guys live a peaceful life, but I don't, and neither does your brother!" Du Shuang started to become hysterical.
Gu Hongying's eyes turned red. She didn't understand why her mother was so unreasonable.
Didn't Dad give Gu Yuanzheng the money to go to Pengcheng? When did Dad say he didn't care about Gu Yuanzheng anymore?
My mother didn’t know what my brother did in Pengcheng, but my father knew. If it weren’t for the Gu family’s occasional care, my brother would have been deceived and ended up on the streets.
It is obviously Gu Yuanzheng's own fault that he is not doing well, so why are you blaming this and that? You just refuse to admit that Gu Yuanzheng is a playboy and has accomplished nothing!
"Mom, you only have my brother in your heart. Haven't you ever considered me?!" Gu Hongying's voice was filled with tears.
The bedroom was suffocatingly quiet. Du Shuang's pupils trembled violently. She never expected to hear such words from her daughter.
Dongdong——
There was a knock on the bedroom door, and Du Xue's voice came from outside: "Hongying, Auntie cut some fruit, come down and eat."
Gu Hongying quickly wiped her eyes and broke away from her mother's hand: "Mom, you have a good rest, I'll go downstairs first." After that, she quickly stood up, opened the door and slipped out.
In the corridor, Du Xue looked at her niece with red eyes and sighed. She couldn't help but blame her sister for still being unable to let go and for making such a sensible daughter suffer.
She put her arm around Gu Hongying's shoulders and walked downstairs, and advised softly: "Hongying, your mother is in a bad mood, don't take what she said to heart, just do what you should do."
Gu Hongying didn't say anything. With the family in such a mess and her mother favoring her brother since childhood, how could she not take it to heart?
"Hey, Hongying, you have to remember that everyone has his or her own life. Your mother is your mother, Yuanzheng is Yuanzheng, and you are you. You should be filial to your parents, but when your parents are unreasonable, you should just live your own life..."
Gu Hongying paused for a moment and looked at her in surprise.
Du Xue smiled and said, "Why, do you think what I said is wrong?"
Gu Hongying immediately shook her head: "I just didn't expect my aunt to say that." She said it so bluntly.
"You reap what you sow. The facts are before our eyes. What's the point of struggling any further?"
Du Xue has always been dissatisfied with Du Shuang's way of educating Gu Yuanzheng. Even though things have come to this, she still refuses to let go. If it is really for the good of her son, she should go to Pengcheng and bring him back herself. Why is she making things difficult for her daughter?
The eldest brother is a fool, the second brother is indifferent to worldly affairs, Du Shuang and Gu Yuanzheng are both overambitious and incompetent, and Gu Hongying is the only good candidate in the whole family.
At least with Gu Hongying around, the Du family's connection with Gu Bohuai is not completely cut off. At a time like this, they should train Gu Hongying well, care about her and love her. Why should they always be thinking about the useless Gu Yuanzheng?
"I'm going to tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Your mother has reached a dead end. Your brother is already in his twenties and he doesn't work hard. What can you, as a younger sister, do? So, taking care of yourself is the greatest filial piety to your parents. You don't have to worry about anything else."
Gu Hongying's eyes felt hot. This was the first time someone had said such words to her. She suddenly couldn't stop feeling wronged. She leaned on Du Xue's shoulder and tears burst out.
"Alright, alright, it's okay. Your aunt loves you after all. Your dad has always loved you, hasn't he? Life is never perfect. You are still young and it's time to strive. Don't worry so much."
Gu Hongying nodded silently. She didn’t want to cry either. How could she, a heroic female warrior, cry?
She went to wash her face and waited until her eyes were no longer red before going downstairs.
After Du Xue came down, she looked at her husband Zhao Junyan. Meeting his inquiring eyes, Du Xue shook her head gently.
While everyone was busy, Zhao Junyan pulled his wife aside and asked, "What's going on? Is the eldest sister making trouble again?"
Du Xue frowned. The same things happened every year when she came back, and she was very annoyed.
"I have long advised my sister that spoiling a child is like killing him. She doesn't love her smart, sensible and capable daughter, but insists on raising her useless son. What era is it that still values boys over girls?"
Du Xue became more and more angry as she spoke: "Big brother is the same. He has been the deputy director for so many years, but he is still so confused. He doesn't make progress himself and just relies on nepotism. If he could persuade my sister to be more rational, things wouldn't have turned out like this!"
It's bad enough that she spoiled the child, but she also caused such a big trouble. Although she is not in the capital and does not rely much on the Gu family, her elder brother and sister have such a quarrel with Gu Bohuai. Isn't it a loss of both the wife and the army?
Is it worth cultivating Gu Yuanzheng's character?
It's just that my sister herself can't see clearly. In Gu Bohuai's eyes, Gu Hongying has always been more important than Gu Yuanzheng. He has no intention of neglecting his daughter for his son.
Now the only bond between them and Gu Bohuai is Gu Hongying. Even if not for the Du family, for herself, her husband and children, she would not allow her family to treat Gu Hongying like this.
Zhao Junyan understood his wife's thoughts and comforted her in a gentle voice: "If you can persuade her, persuade her. If you can't, don't force it. Anyway, our family is in Shanghai. It's good to borrow the Gu family's potential. If not, it's fine. Don't you believe in my ability?"
Du Xue glared at him and said, "If I didn't believe you, would I have married you?"
When Du Xue got married, Mr. Du was still alive, and Zhao Junyan was also a good son-in-law carefully selected by him. Over the years, it has been proved that the old man has a good vision.
Of course, it was also because Du Xue was smart and capable of business, unlike Du Shuang who had evil intentions from the beginning.
"So let's just live our own lives. Some things can't be forced."
"Hey, I know. Isn't it because Hongying feels sorry for herself, caught between her parents and with a useless brother holding her back..."
(End of this chapter)
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