☆, Chapter 43: Sweet and Caring Little Cotton-padded Jacket
A guess suddenly came to Gu's father's mind. Looking at Old Man Gu who was getting closer and closer, he said, "You are faking your death."
He was very sure and used an affirmative tone rather than a question.
"This young man is teachable." Old Master Gu smiled conceitedly, then glanced at everyone, "I knew you all had your own agenda, but I never thought you could make things so ugly."
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[Old Man Gu actually faked his own death. Wow, this wasn't even mentioned in the original novel.]
[This is even more exciting than a TV drama. Is this the legendary twists and turns?]
[When Old Man Gu's plane crashed, he suspected there was a mole in his family, right? So he simply played along, faking his own death to deceive everyone and see how they would react to his death and what they would do after his death.]
[No wonder they said they were holding a wake but there was no body. They only had something they said was an urn in the mourning hall, not even a portrait. Was Old Man Gu afraid it would be unlucky? He simply didn't do anything.]
[What a perfunctory fake death! It's a shame everyone's minds are focused on the inheritance, no one is thinking about this.]
[I didn't expect this to happen. I eat these people's melons every day, but I didn't expect there would be someone else behind the scenes.]
[So where in the villa has Old Man Gu been sneaking around these days? Lawyer Wang should know the truth, right? I don't know if the housekeeper knows, but I guess he knows too.]
[When there's something new, Lawyer Wang will probably learn from Mr. Gu.]
[Wow, it's really embarrassing to think that these people are fighting each other and being watched from behind.]
[Old Man Gu is truly cunning and sly!]
[Oh, so boring. Brother Bai and Grandpa Bai are gone, and everyone else is gone too.]
Gu Ran sighed and got off the bed. He went to the terrace and faced the green lawn outside the floor-to-ceiling window. He felt lonely as the snow.
Two hours had passed since Mr. Gu suddenly appeared in the restaurant.
Mr. Gu has not been idle during these two hours.
He first greeted and thanked his good friend Bai Qingyuan, personally saw the father and son of the Bai family off, and then called all his children to the room to talk.
Leaving Gu Ran and the other younger generations in their own rooms.
Ever since Gu Ran came to the Gu family, he has either been eating melons everywhere or has someone always around him. In short, he is always busy.
Now she is alone in the empty room, full of enthusiasm but with nowhere to express it, feeling very bored.
There are people in the villa who are as bored as her, such as Gu Na and Gu Ze'an.
However, since he found out about Gu Na's past, Gu Ran's feelings towards her became complicated, and he felt embarrassed to pry into her other privacy.
Gu Ze'an and her were not familiar with each other at all. Apart from greeting each other on the first day they met, they didn't even talk to each other. There was really nothing to talk about.
Life is lonely like snow, only the system is there to accompany you.
Gu Ran kept nagging.
"Dad and Mom Gu have been gone for so long, and I don't know how long it will take for them to come back. Qiqi, can you help me see what they are talking about? What did Old Man Gu say?"
Gu Ran was curious. All her previous thoughts were just guesses. In fact, Mr. Gu was a very secretive person. How could she have guessed everything?
Sure enough, the system feedback was different from what Gu Ran had imagined.
[It turns out that Old Man Gu only returned last night. He had been receiving treatment in a foreign hospital before.]
Although the plane crash didn't cause any serious harm to Old Man Gu, he did suffer some minor injuries. He simply took advantage of the fact that he was recovering in the hospital and lied to the Chinese public that he had passed away.
[It turns out he's not just suspecting the Gu family. He has too many enemies to pinpoint specifically. He even suspects people on the company's board of directors. How many bad things has Old Man Gu done to make so many enemies?]
[He set up this trap not only to find out who was behind it, but also to test the extent of his children's loyalty to him.]
[So, people can't be tested. Look, they've completely messed it up. Old Man Gu died, and none of his children were sad. Instead, so many big scandals were exposed.]
[Ever since I came here, I've been eating melons until I'm almost tired of it.]
[The messy relationships between Second Uncle Gu and Third Uncle Gu are fine, but Fourth Aunt, seeing this taciturn man, is actually hiding so much. He must be a ruthless person!]
[There really isn't a single good person in the Gu family. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they're all evil.]
[Except our family!]
The cell phone suddenly rang, and Gu Ran quickly ran to the bed and picked up the phone from the bedside table.
The caller ID showed it was actually Dad Gu.
Gu Ran was a little surprised and quickly picked up the phone, "Dad? Are you done?"
[You escaped from Old Man Gu's clutches so quickly?]
Father Gu: "We're done. We're going back to the room to pack up. You should also pack up your things quickly. We'll be leaving soon."
"So fast?" Gu Ran was surprised.
Although she didn't know what was considered a normal speed, it seemed a bit too fast for them to leave since Mr. Gu had just appeared.
Apart from anything else, how long will it take to clean up this mess?
"The inheritance has nothing to do with us, and their dispute has nothing to do with us either. There's no need to stay any longer." Father Gu explained Gu Ran's question as if he knew what she was thinking, and then said, "Pack up, we'll be leaving soon."
[That's right, Dad Gu and Old Man Gu don't have a good relationship, and he definitely doesn't want to get involved in these messes. It's right for him to leave early.]
[Those people are coveting the property, so it's normal for them to stay and curry favor.]
[Gu Dad is a wealthy family himself, so he doesn't need to bow down for a few pieces of silver.]
“…”Father Gu.
I was in a bad mood after a conversation with Mr. Gu just now, but after listening to Gu Ran's complaints, I felt much better unexpectedly.
My daughter is indeed a caring little cotton-padded jacket, Father Gu thought.
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The few of them didn't bring much with them when they came. It took them less than ten minutes to pack up and leave the villa.
When the group left, Mr. Gu didn't even show up, and only asked the butler to see them off.
Naturally, Father Gu didn't need to say anything high-sounding. He simply said goodbye to the housekeeper and got in the car.
The car slowly drove away. Gu Ran looked at the old house that was getting smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror, feeling a little empty in his heart.
This feeling of emptiness is not because of a certain person or a certain thing, but simply because I feel that there is no beginning or end.
Although I have heard a lot of gossip in the past two days, this farce has come to a complete end after Mr. Gu showed up.
But... maybe because too many things happened, Gu Ran always felt that many things had no results.
It’s like watching two-thirds of a wonderful movie, and then it ends badly when there is only one-third left. The feeling of being neither up nor down is hard to describe, as if it was picked up high and then put down gently.
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