"Niannian, what exactly is going on? Is it the Gao family and the widow from their village?" Cai Xiaolian asked Gu Nian after Gu Shouxin left.
"It was them. Those two sorcerers first contacted the Gao family. The Gao family initially wanted to target our family of four, but when they realized that wouldn't work, they shifted their focus and targeted Aunt and Renren."
"The Gao family had Zhang Dahu's mother deceive my aunt, and later they conspired with Old Lady Zhang. Although my aunt listened to her own family in everything, she truly loved her son. Her son and the money were her lifeblood, so she was still very hesitant. In the end, when the Gao family saw that this was not working, they had several widows in the village who had grudges against my aunt gossip about her. My aunt fell for it."
Gu Nian explained.
"Your aunt is... well, I don't know what to say about her." Cai Xiaolian was somewhat speechless.
"She had high hopes for her son. Seeing that my father was about to become a scholar and was always ranked first in the exams, she thought she would have Renren and Enzi study with him and take it slow. But after being provoked by those widows, she couldn't stand it anymore. She wanted to make Renren a child prodigy so she could show off. Didn't she fall for that? When it really comes down to it, I wonder if she will choose her son or herself?" Gu Nian pouted.
“She will definitely choose her son. A mother’s love is strong, and no matter how absurd she’s done, you can’t deny that. Your aunt, although she’s quite annoying and has an unstable temperament, is truly devoted to her son. She secretly cried when she saw that Renren didn’t want her and wanted to sleep with your grandparents! She comes to me to brag that her son is spoiled by the old folks, but in private she’s so aggrieved she’s about to cry. I can’t bear to hurt her feelings,” Cai Xiaolian sighed and said.
Gu Nian didn't quite understand. She had never had parents before, nor had she ever been a parent herself, so she didn't understand the mindset of being a parent.
However, she did not refute it, and brought up another matter: "My father, Lu, and Zhou Yuan all suspect that there are people behind those two sorcerers. But we will only know if we capture them."
Cai Xiaolian nodded: "If there are any others, it must be the Jiang family. Xie Jiaoniang's husband's family, didn't they come to poach people before? Your fourth uncle's senior brother was poached, so we deliberately gave them some problematic blueprints so they would suffer the loss."
Gu Nian: "...If that's really the case, then this trouble was caused by our second branch of the family. No, Mom, you should mentor Auntie more in the future and make her more shrewd. We're all pretty good at causing trouble, so if others can't deal with us, we'll have to go after other people. Grandpa and Grandma are fine, but that simpleton Uncle is lucky if he doesn't drive people crazy, Third Uncle is a cunning man, and Fourth Uncle seems honest, so it'll be hard to mess with him. Therefore, Auntie is the only loophole."
Cai Xiaolian laughed and said, "No problem, just treat her as a subordinate! Your mother used to turn a naive and innocent girl into a ruthless and cunning one."
Gu Nian stopped at the door with Cai Xiaolian by her arm, looked at the figure flashing in the window of Empress Dowager Jiang's room, and then said, "Mother, I suspect that Renren is my nephew who traveled through time."
Cai Xiaolian was taken aback: "Your father and I only thought he was a time traveler or a reincarnated person."
Gu Nian pursed her lips and said, "I'm all too familiar with that brat's provocative expression. At first, I didn't think that far ahead, but after it happened twice, I realized it was him!"
Cai Xiaolian: ...
Gu Nian said, "When he comes back, the three of us will carry him to bed and give him a good scolding! That damn brat! I don't know if he's a real baby who can't talk, or if he's just deliberately not talking."
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