"Who do we have here? It's just a good-for-nothing dog that my second wife kicked out of the Gu family." Gu Ziqi had drunk some wine and was a little tipsy. He squinted and looked around, his gaze finally settling on the four Gu siblings.
"Oh, the twins are here too. Weren't they sold by their aunt a long time ago?"
These words confirmed that Gu Qiulin had mistreated her nephew and niece.
"You bad guy, I'll beat you to a pulp!" Anbao and Youyou rushed forward with a fierce look on their faces, each kicking him with a little foot.
Caught off guard, Gu Ziqi was kicked to the ground by the two brats. "You little brats, are you trying to rebel? My second branch is now the head of the Gu family. If you dare to offend me, believe me, I'll make sure you can't survive in Beijing. A soldier, an educated youth, and two brats, I can crush you with ease. So what if you have the Cheng and Sheng families backing you up? Can you even get into the Gu family?"
"You are all down on your luck. You will never be able to return to the Gu family in this lifetime. Grandpa Sheng, Grandpa Cheng, this is a matter for the Gu family. Do you want to interfere? Although my Gu family is not as good as it used to be, my sister is still a guest of honor in the lower five families. She is a woman of good fortune."
“I advise you to accept the Gu family as soon as possible. No matter how bad the second branch of the Gu family is, it is still better than the Gu siblings who have fallen on hard times. I am the future heir of the Gu family. What are Gu Sijin and Gu Peichuan?”
Old Cheng had always disliked Gu Ziqi's arrogant and conceited attitude. "Your so-called soldier has already risen to the rank of regimental commander, and the educated youth you look down upon are already special talents. What right do you, a good-for-nothing who just loafs around, have to be compared with them? Your second wife did get into the Gu family, but unfortunately, it's not legitimate. Even your Gu Yarou couldn't bring down the Gu siblings. What about your ungrateful parents and your troublesome relatives?"
Old Master Sheng found Gu Ziqi particularly ridiculous. "You don't think that just because you're engaged to Old Master Zhao's daughter, Zhao Jingrui, the second branch of the Gu family can act with impunity and do whatever you want, do you? A promiscuous woman that Si Jin didn't want is a perfect match for you. You say we have no right to interfere with the Gu family? We and Old Master Gu are like brothers, having gone through thick and thin together. It's you second branch that have the least right."
“If you insist on calling us outsiders, then unfortunately, Pei Chuan is my future grandson-in-law and my Chu Xuan’s boyfriend. As in-laws, I have the right to interfere. If you dare to bully my grandson-in-law, I, Lao Sheng, will be the first to object.”
"The Gu siblings are the grandchildren of meritorious officials from our five great families. Your second branch of the Gu family is not worthy of their respect." Like Elder Sheng, Elder Cheng had no respect for the second branch of the Gu family. "You rely on the Zhao family's son-in-law to maliciously frame your own family. You have the guts to do it, but not the guts to admit it?"
Seeing Gu Ziqi being angrily rebuked by the two elders, Qin Baoming was about to speak up for him, but when he heard that Old Master Sheng had decided that Gu Peichuan was his granddaughter's husband, he immediately objected, "That's not right, isn't Sheng Chuxuan my future wife? Sheng's mother and my mother have already discussed and agreed to hold a wedding for us. How can she go behind my back to find Gu Peichuan? Isn't that adultery and unchaste?"
"Sheng Chuxuan, you must give me an explanation. You are my woman now, the future daughter-in-law of the Qin family. Without my permission, I will not allow you to betray me."
He had already planned it all out. After marrying Sheng Chuxuan, he would definitely teach her a lesson. Women shouldn't be spoiled; if they are, they'll take advantage of him. He wanted to restore his former husbandly dignity.
Gu Ziqi came up with a crooked idea for him, still thinking that the Gu siblings were easy to manipulate. "Is the commander so powerful? Does the commander have the power to steal someone else's love? What are you afraid of? I'll back you up. If Sheng Chuxuan and Gu Peichuan are going their own way, you can just report them for being a hooligan and having an affair."
With Gu Ziqi's guarantee, Qin Baoming became bolder and more confident. "Gu Peichuan, Sheng Chuxuan, you two adulterers, if you don't want to be disgraced, then get the hell out of here!"
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