Gu Juan searched for Gu Zhinian for several months but there was no news. Helplessly, he had to ask his partners in the mainland to help him find Gu Zhinian's information.
The partners were very happy to get in touch with Gu Juan and naturally would not refuse. Gu Juan asked for half of the profit, but the partners expressed their willingness to help for free. This free help was priceless. The favor of the Gu family was more valuable than gold.
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Zhang Pingping and Han Li have already become enemies. Neither of them is willing to give in to the other, and they always make sarcastic remarks to each other when they meet.
In the narrow stairwell, Han Li was about to go downstairs, but Zhang Pingping deliberately went upstairs to stop her, looking at her provocatively. Han Li bumped into her directly, and Zhang Pingping screamed in fright. She held the handrail with one hand and barely managed to steady herself.
Han Li sneered and went downstairs directly. She had already found a new place and would move in a couple of days. There was no need to be with an annoying person every day. It was so depressing.
Zhang Pingping stared at Han Li with vicious eyes. Those who had bullied her in the past were all dealt with by her in cruel ways. With the protection of her family, no one dared to do anything to her. If it were in the past, Han Li would have been dealt with by her long ago, and she would not have been able to be so arrogant until now.
Zhang Pingping called home again and finally got through. The housekeeper answered.
"Butler Wang, where's my mom? Let her answer the phone!"
Butler Wang anxiously replied, "Miss, the company has gone bankrupt. The husband committed suicide by burning charcoal in the company. In the past few months, the lady has been asking for help everywhere, and your cousin has been shutting herself in. Please come back as soon as possible!"
"What!"
Zhang Pingping's mind went blank and she was so panicked that she couldn't hold the phone. No wonder her cousin didn't answer the phone when she called her before. It turned out that she didn't want to bother with her because her family went bankrupt. She was really a snob. She wanted to go home, but she didn't even have money in her pocket to buy a plane ticket.
"Butler Wang, please mail me some money! I don't have a penny left!"
Steward Wang refused:
"Miss, I don't have any money either. Madam hasn't paid me for several months. I...I'm planning to leave here. Miss, you can take care of yourself!"
Butler Wang hung up the phone. Zhang Pingping's legs were so weak that she couldn't stand up. The phone in her hand fell down and swayed back and forth along the phone line.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and a glimmer of hope burst out. Gu Juan, the only one she could hold on to now was Gu Juan. As long as she was with Gu Juan, she could re-enter the wealthy circle of Hong Kong City, and her status would be even higher than before.
After that, Zhang Pingping did nothing but look for Gu Juan on the street all day long. When she was hungry, she would buy steamed buns to eat. She didn't care about her old clothes and continued to wear them. She wandered around the street like a possessed person, muttering Gu Juan's name, which made Han Li feel uneasy.
"What's wrong with her? She's completely different from when we first met."
Zhang Pingping was tirelessly looking for someone and she finally found him. One day, Gu Juan was riding a bicycle on the road and Zhang Pingping stopped him like a madman. Gu Juan didn't recognize her and thought she was a madman. Not wanting to cause trouble, he changed his route, but Zhang Pingping stopped him again.
"Gu Juan! It's me! Zhang Pingping!"
Gu Juan's eyes showed a hint of surprise. Zhang Pingping? The Zhang Pingping who loved to dress up and look pretty? How could she have made herself look like neither human nor ghost?
Gu Juan parked his bicycle aside, took a few steps back, and spoke in a distant yet polite tone.
"Miss Zhang, what can I do for you?"
Zhang Pingping pouted in grievance.
"Gu Juan, I miss you so much. I've been looking for you for months. Where have you been? I... I'm unfamiliar with this place. I only know you. It was my aunt who told me you were here and asked me to come here to look for you."
Gu Juan frowned and scolded sternly.
"Ms. Zhang, be careful with your words. I have nothing to do with you. If you dare to try to make connections again, don't blame me for being rude!"
Zhang Pingping had never seen Gu Juan so stern, and she shuddered all over.
Gu Juan's eyes were filled with disgust. He straddled the bicycle with his long legs and threatened:
"Miss Zhang, for your cousin's sake, I forgive your disrespect this time. If you dare to catch up with me again, don't blame me for being rude! You don't want to know my methods!"
Gu Juan rode away on his bicycle, and Zhang Pingping chased after him in a daze.
"Gu Juan! Gu Juan! Don't leave me!"
Zhang Pingping failed to catch up with the man and tripped and fell to the ground, his body covered in bruises. He stared at his departing figure with resentment, clenched his fists, and pounded the ground unwillingly.
“Ahhh…Gu Juan! Gu Juan! How could you do this to me!”
People passing by pointed at her.
"This woman is like a madman."
"She is a lunatic. I saw her running around like a madman on this road."
"Mom, there's a crazy woman here!"
Zhang Pingping got up from the ground in a daze, staring at everyone with dark and sinister eyes.
"What are you looking at?! I'm telling you, I'm the eldest daughter of the Zhang family in Gang City. My father is the chairman of the Wanglong Group. Our family's wealth is beyond the reach of you poor bastards!"
Everyone laughed and pointed at her, saying, "She's really a lunatic!"
"That's right. You're so poor that you can't even afford to eat, yet you still call us poor. No matter how poor we are, we can still afford to eat meat."
"Get out! Get out!" Zhang Pingping yelled in shame.
Everyone looked at her with disdain, shook their heads and left.
Han Li found a new place to live, packed up and left. Gu Zhinian rented a rickshaw to accompany her to her new place.
The two of them sat in a rickshaw. Han Li gently patted her big belly and said, "The baby will be born soon."
"Well, it's been over eight months. The baby is due next month, so it's probably by the end of the year."
Han Li smiled and said:
"That's a shame. The baby is only one or two months old and is considered one year old."
Gu Zhinian smiled and nodded, "Yes."
Zhang Pingping stood by the roadside, staring blankly at the rickshaw passing by. Neither of them noticed her. The smile of the woman next to Han Li kept appearing in her mind. She remembered that the woman looked very similar to the old lady of the Gu family when she was young.
She had seen photos of the old lady of the Gu family when she was young. She was bright and dazzling, a rare beauty in the world. It was said that when the old lady of the Gu family was young, she was fought over by four richest men, and in the end, Mr. Gu got her.
She heard Han Li call that woman Zhinian,
"Zhi Nian, Zhi Nian..." Zhang Pingping suddenly had an idea.
"Gu Zhinian! She looks like Old Madam Gu, she's a member of the Gu family!"
She has always known that there is a missing eldest daughter in the Gu family's main house. If she had not been lost, she would be the treasure of the entire Gu family and the one that the wealthy wives and daughters in Hong Kong would compete to flatter.
There was a crazy smile in Zhang Pingping's eyes.
"Hmph! Gu Juan! Gu family, you all look down on me. I will definitely make you regret what you did today. The daughter of the Gu family will never be able to return to the Gu family in this lifetime. Why should I have a miserable life while you want a happy reunion? If Gu Zhinian dies, the Gu family will be devastated! Hahahaha..."
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