Old Madam Gu: "..."
Gu Jinghui: "..."
Qin Yuan smiled and smoothed things over, "The Marquis... I only know that the Marquis is the one my mother loves the most. A beating is a sign of affection, and scolding is a sign of love. My mother is so strict with the Marquis because she loves him so much. The Marquis knows all this in his heart, but he just can't say it."
Madam Gu said, "Your mother loves you too."
Qin Yuan said, "My mother loves me, and that love extends to everything related to her. But if I hadn't married the Marquis, how could I have met such a wonderful mother?"
With deep emotion, Old Madam Gu held Qin Yuan's hand and sighed, "They say daughters are a mother's little cotton-padded jacket, but my daughter-in-law is too. You understand your mother's good intentions. Unlike me, this good-for-nothing son of mine, I get so angry just thinking about it."
These words made Gu Jinghui lower his head and say in a hoarse voice, "Mother, please at least save some face for me in front of Madam. I know I was wrong, so please don't be angry."
Despite having a thousand words to say, Madam Gu ultimately uttered only one sentence due to Qin Yuan's presence: "You'd better be."
Gu Jinghui fell silent.
Qin Yuan listened to the mother and son talking from the side and felt exhausted.
Madam Gu ignored her son and asked Qin Yuan, "Why are you back so late? Are the managers difficult to manage?"
Gu Jinghui also stared at Qin Yuan, pricking up his ears to hear what she had to say.
“They did take advantage of my youth and lack of business acumen, but I had learned mental arithmetic from my father when I was young, so reading the ledgers wasn’t too difficult for me, and they couldn’t fool me.”
Seeing that Madam Gu breathed a sigh of relief, Qin Yuan continued, "My daughter-in-law wanted to stock up on some pepper, so she went to Ranxiangju to find Manager Leng, which took up some time."
Granny Rong hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
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