The following evening, Gu Chengyu returned to the Gu family home, his brows furrowed with a cold glint. A moment later, Madam Gu's elegant figure appeared in the living room. Her eyes held lingering sorrow. "Mom," Gu Chengyu greeted her curtly. Madam Gu sat down, sighed softly, and spoke first, her tone pleading: "Chengyu, since you're free today, I'd like to discuss the marriage announcement with you." "I've been thinking, perhaps the Gu family could issue another statement, saying that there was a misunderstanding due to a communication error, which led to this whole mess." "That way, at least the Song family's reputation can be preserved, and Qingwan won't be embarrassed too much." "After all, your Aunt Song and I have a good relationship..." Before she could finish, Gu Chengyu interrupted her. "There's no need for that." His voice was calm, yet undeniably firm. Madam Gu was startled, looking at her son, only then noticing that his expression today was different from usual, as if a storm was brewing. Gu Chengyu raised his eyes and looked at his mother: "The first thing I did when I got back today was to deal with this, but not to clarify anything." "Mom, those rumors circulating online slandering Qianqian, the ones initially spread and promoted by online trolls, the person behind them is Song Qingwan." "What?" Madam Gu's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief. "How could this be? Qingwan, how could she..." Gu Chengyu's lips curled into a cold smile: "Not only that, she also hired people to monitor Qianqian's movements and take those photos." "Mom, do you think this is something a gentle and well-mannered young lady should do?" Madam Gu was completely stunned, unable to process what she was seeing. The image of Song Qingwan's always gentle, smiling face flashed through her mind, along with the refined and upright appearance of Song Shuhua and Song Qingzhi. She couldn't connect them with the image of the scheming woman her son described. "How could this be..." she murmured to herself, her brows furrowed tightly. "How could such upright people like Song Shuhua and Song Qingzhi raise such a daughter?" She simply couldn't understand it. "Just because she likes you? Unable to get what she wants, she hates you because of love? Even so, she shouldn't resort to such methods!" "A family like the Song family, which values integrity and moral character, should leave with dignity and grace, just like her mother, Shuhua. She looks gentle, but she's actually straightforward. She'd rather speak her mind directly than resort to such underhanded tactics." The more she spoke, the more absurd and disappointed she felt. Seeing his mother's shocked expression, Gu Chengyu's eyes remained icy: "It's precisely because of your relationship with Madam Song that I've come to inform you beforehand." "I will make her pay for what she's done." "She will be utterly disgraced, more thoroughly than you can imagine." Madam Gu's heart tightened: "Chengyu! What are you going to do? Can't you..." Gu Chengyu interrupted her: "No!" "Moreover, I've not only found out what I just mentioned, but also some other things." "About Song Qingwan's true background, and why she's so afraid of losing the Song family's prestige, even resorting to any means to capture me." "I will reveal all of this." "It's time to let people see the flaws inside this seemingly perfect jade of the Song family." Madam Gu was completely speechless, sitting blankly on the sofa. She had only intended to resolve the mess left by the arranged marriage, but she hadn't expected to uncover such a shocking truth. If it were any other noblewoman, she would have thought it was only human nature. But with the Song family couple's daughter, she truly couldn't understand.
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