☆, Chapter 40: Exploding New Melon
As Mr. Gu's late-born son, Gu Ze'an is said to be very much loved in the Gu family, but he is not spoiled and even has little sense of existence.
Gu Ran has been living here for two days and has not spoken to Gu Ze'an.
Gu Ze'an doesn't communicate with others much in his daily life. He is usually alone in his room. Even when everyone goes downstairs to eat, Gu Ze'an doesn't come over.
[How did these two get together? What were they doing on the terrace so late at night?]
Gu Ran couldn't suppress her curiosity and glanced around. She felt that she was too conspicuous standing there. If anyone came out of the room, they would be able to see her at a glance. Or if Gu Na and the others left suddenly, they would easily see her.
The door of a storage room in front was open. Gu Ran took a quick glance and walked in quickly.
The soles of her slippers were soft and the third-floor corridor was carpeted, so they made almost no sound.
"Tomorrow is the last day of the wake. Some people might leave by tonight. Will we still have a chance to talk like this?" Gu Na's voice was soft and a little sad. "Xiao An, do you dislike me?"
"Why do you say that? Of course I won't." Gu Ze'an said sincerely.
"Then why can't you stay with me for a while longer?" Gu Na's voice was soft, and even Gu Ran felt numb when she heard it.
"I..." Gu Ze'an seemed to have no answer, and was very confused. He hesitated and said, "Then what about..."
Before he could finish his words, he was suddenly interrupted by another voice.
"What are you doing here?"
This voice is also very familiar...
[It’s actually Second Aunt Gu!]
Gu Ran was completely stunned.
[Why is Second Aunt Gu here? It's so late at night, isn't everyone awake?]
"Second sister-in-law." Gu Ze'an called out in a tense voice.
The sudden appearance of Aunt Gu obviously scared him as well.
"Yeah." Aunt Gu responded gently, came closer, glanced at Gu Ze'an, her eyes did not linger on him for long, and then looked Gu Na up and down.
"It's so late, why are you two not sleeping? What are you doing here?"
There was a rattan table and a pair of rattan chairs on the terrace. Gu Na was sitting on one of the rattan chairs, supporting her forehead with one hand. She raised her eyebrows and looked up at Aunt Gu with a smile on her lips.
"Please sit down. What? Can being so far away really get in the way of Second Aunt?"
The tone sounded somewhat provocative, as did the expression.
Gu Ze'an was a little nervous and quickly came out to smooth things over. "Second sister-in-law, Gu Na was in a bad mood and was drinking here. Drinking so late is bad for your health, so I tried to persuade her."
"Oh? Is Gu Na in a bad mood? I thought Gu Na was in a good mood!"
Second Aunt Gu looked at Gu Na unkindly, with a forced smile and the corners of her lips curled up.
"With her adoptive father dead, her adoptive mother away to take care of the family, and her brother not around, Nana is still able to be so carefree and contented in the Gu family all by herself. How can this be achieved by an ordinary mind? I thought you were very happy."
Even a fool can hear the sarcasm in these words.
This morning, Gu Guofeng fainted from anger and suffered a heart attack. He died without rescue efforts. All follow-up work at the hospital was handled by Aunt Gu San.
The people in the Gu family were busy fighting for power and profit. After Gu Guofeng's death, there was still one less person to share the property, so naturally no one cared about it.
For the entire day, no one except Lawyer Wang even went to the hospital to take a look.
It would be fine for others, but after all, Gu Na is Gu Guofeng's adopted daughter. Aunt Gu San was able to put aside past grudges and take care of the funeral in the hospital. It is really unacceptable for Gu Na not to even show up.
Gu Ze'an didn't know about the bad things happening in Gu Guofeng's family. After hearing what Second Aunt Gu said, he felt that it was unreasonable and followed suit to give some advice.
"Nana, why don't you get some rest early and go to the hospital tomorrow morning."
"I'm going back to sleep." Gu Na did not agree with him. She crushed the beer can in her hand, stood up and left.
"Second sister-in-law, I'll go back and rest too." Gu Ze'an said to Second Aunt Gu.
Aunt Gu glanced at him and cleared her throat. "I have something to say. I hope you don't think I'm meddling in your business, Ze'an."
"Of course not." Gu Ze'an waved his hands repeatedly.
"That Gu Na is not a good person." Second Aunt Gu came straight to the point and was very direct.
"You'd better not get too close to Gu Na. If she approaches you, she must have other motives, most likely for the property you can inherit."
"I know you're kind and have no bad intentions, but the more you're like that, the easier it is for you to fall into other people's traps."
"You haven't been involved much in the past two days. You've been staying in your room and haven't come out much, so you don't know a lot of things that have happened."
"Gu Na has a lot of connections with Gu Guofeng, Cheng Shan, and even Gu Ciyuan. I don't want to say anything too harsh, but you're not a child anymore, you should understand what I mean."
"This..." Gu Ze'an was speechless.
What happened to Second Auntie all of a sudden? Why is she giving Gu Ze'an serious advice? Isn't she the type who doesn't like to meddle in other people's affairs?
[She seems to care about Gu Zean a lot. Is she... is she...?]
[Is she attracted to Gu Ze'an?]
[That shouldn't be the case. Although Gu Ze'an calls her Second Aunt and Second Sister-in-law, that's because he's older than her. There's a huge age difference between them!]
[There must be a reason I don't know about. Qiqi, are you still there? Please help me check.]
Gu Family: Check it out! It’s really scary to let Gu Ran’s thoughts diverge! I almost scared Dad and Mom to death just now.
[What! Are you sure you didn't check it wrong, Qiqi?]
[Gu Ze'an is actually Second Aunt's biological child? How is this possible? Isn't Gu Ze'an the son that Old Man Gu had in his later years?]
The Gu family was also shocked!
If it wasn't too conspicuous to go out at this time, they really wanted to eat the melons up close.
How did Gu Ze'an become Aunt Gu's child? Could it be...
With the experience of Aunt Gu San and Gu's father's deep understanding of his own playboy father, he suddenly understood something...
Sure enough, Gu Ran’s next words confirmed his guess.
Second Aunt Gu, like Third Aunt Gu, also has that kind of relationship with Old Man Gu...
[I don’t want to say, this old man Gu is too shameless, right?]
[How old is he? He has three daughters-in-law, and he has two!]
[No, no, I can’t say that. It’s a bit weird…]
[But Second Aunt Gu and Third Aunt Gu are both Old Man Gu’s daughters-in-law. Even if Second Aunt Gu wanted to take revenge on Second Uncle Gu because of his philandering, would Old Man Gu really just go along with it?]
[Oh my god…]
[Is this really how wealthy families are? It's definitely different from what's described in novels. I'm just too ignorant.]
Gu Ran deeply felt that his knowledge was still too limited.
When she was a screenwriter, she had seen and even written quite a few melodramatic and outrageous plots, but to be honest, seeing a wealthy family in such a mess, one could only say... she had broadened her horizons.
[No wonder Second Aunt Gu cares so much about Gu Ze'an. He's her own son, how could she not care?]
Since coming to the Gu family, there are countless new news every day.
Although Mr. Gu has many children, these children have failed one after another and are unable to bear the heavy responsibility. It is obvious that none of them is truly sad about Mr. Gu's death.
The only stable father, Gu, is not on good terms with Old Man Gu. Now Gu Ciqian and Gu Ze'an can be said to be the only two sons in the family. It is no wonder that Second Aunt Gu keeps an eye on her own sons like the apple of her eye.
Even if you don't value family ties, you still have to value this hard-earned right of inheritance.
After Gu Ran finished complaining in his heart in shock, he found that the two people outside had left at some point.
She also hurried out of the room, got some water and went back to rest.
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