Chapter 60: Stirring up pornography
night.
After Li Zhi, Li Yanjing, and Gu Yu all went upstairs, Gu Yanran glanced at Jiang Ruyun, her eyes flickering, and finally her gaze fell on Gu Yuntian, who was drinking tea at the main seat, and said, "Dad, Mom and I have something to discuss with you..."
Gu Yuntian put down the teacup in his hand and looked up at her, "What's the matter?"
"Today I had dinner with my mother and Aunt Huo. She mentioned her engagement with Brother Tingzhou and wanted the two families to find a time to have dinner together to finalize the matter." Gu Yanran said slowly.
Gu Yuntian frowned slightly. Now that Li Zhi was back, the engagement naturally fell on her. However, she had been married once and had children, so it was obviously impossible for her to marry into the Xie family. Therefore, the engagement had to be cancelled.
He collected his thoughts, looked at Jiang Ruyun, and said, "Let's go to the Xie family together tomorrow to cancel this engagement. Zhizhi is in such a state that we can't fulfill it."
Jiang Ruyun glanced at Gu Yanran who was sitting next to her. She was still struggling and didn't say anything.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Gu Yuntian asked, "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
Seeing that Jiang Ruyun didn't move, Gu Yanran didn't wait for her to speak first, "Dad, I want to marry Brother Tingzhou."
Gu Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard this, then he reacted and looked at her again with a look of surprise on his face, "What did you say?"
Gu Yanran clenched her hands and whispered, "Since my sister can't marry him, I can marry him in her place. After all, the Xie family and the entire circle still don't know that I'm not your biological child..."
Gu Yuntian's face darkened. He finally understood what she meant. "You want us to keep the mistaken baby story secret and fulfill the engagement so that you can marry into the Xie family."
Gu Yanran hummed, lowered her eyes, and didn't dare to look him in the eye. "Dad, I know this is to deceive the Xie family, but as long as you don't say it, no one will know..."
She paused, then continued logically, "Compared to breaking off the engagement... it's obviously better for me to marry him... it will elevate the Gu family's status. Even if my sister remarries in the future, she can only choose those who are below our Gu family..."
Gu Yuntian naturally understood this truth. For wealthy heirs like them, in order to expand and develop their family, they would only choose to marry into a powerful family.
The same is true for him and Jiang Ruyun.
Gu Yanran raised her eyes again and looked at Gu Yuntian, tears glistening in her eyes. She looked pitiful and begged, "Dad, I really like Brother Tingzhou. I want to marry him... Please help me this time..."
Gu Yuntian pressed his brows with a headache, his eyes fell on Jiang Ruyun, who had been silent the whole time, and asked, "Ruyun, do you agree with this too?"
Jiang Ruyun shook her head. "I don't know. I'll listen to you."
Gu Yuntian suddenly thought of something and asked again, "Have you mentioned this engagement with the Xie family to Zhizhi?"
Jiang Ruyun was about to reply "no" when Li Zhi's voice suddenly rang out in her ears, "What engagement?"
As soon as the words fell, the three people sitting in the living room turned their heads in unison to look in the direction of the sound.
Gu Yanran's expression changed when she saw Li Zhi coming over and Li Yanjing following behind her. She obviously didn't expect that the mother and son would suddenly come down at this important juncture.
Isn't this meant to ruin her good fortune?
Jiang Ruyun was also a little surprised, "Zhizhi, why did you come down?"
Li Zhi controlled the electric wheelchair to a stop. "I couldn't sleep and wanted to get off and walk around, to get some fresh air. I just happened to hear you guys talking about an engagement."
She glanced at Gu Yanran casually and asked, "Dad, Mom, what's the matter with the engagement with the Xie family?"
Seeing Li Zhi and her son, Gu Yuntian's expression softened a little. He waved to Li Yanjing, motioning him to come over.
Li Yanjing walked over with his little legs and called out obediently, "Grandpa."
Gu Yuntian responded with a smile, reached out and picked him up and put him on his lap, then he said:
"It's like this. You are engaged to Xie Tingzhou, the eldest son of the Xie family. It was arranged by your grandfather and the old man of the Xie family."
"Now the Xie family wants to invite us to have a meal together to discuss a date and facilitate this happy event."
Gu Yuntian paused, his eyes passing over Gu Yanran, and continued, "But in your current situation, it's obviously impossible for you to marry into the family, so I'm thinking of canceling the engagement with the Xie family."
"So that's how it is." Li Zhi nodded, "Then this engagement must be cancelled, otherwise it won't be good to keep dragging it on."
Gu Yanran's temples throbbed, her brain working rapidly. Just as she was thinking about what to say, she heard Gu Yuntian say again:
"That's exactly what we should do, but Yanran wants to marry him for you."
"Marry her for me?" Li Zhi frowned, his eyes fixed on Gu Yanran. "Sister Yanran, this is my engagement with the Xie family. If you want to marry her for me, you should get my consent, right?"
Gu Yanran's expression stiffened for a moment. She looked up at her and said softly, "Sister, I'm considering the overall situation. A marriage between the Gu and Xie families will only benefit both parties and will not harm them. It will help our Gu family reach a higher level."
Li Zhi chuckled, her eyes reflecting deeply. "Sister Yanran is truly self-sacrificing. But have you forgotten that you have no blood relationship with our family? If you marry into our family like this, wouldn't that be a blatant deception to the Xie family?"
"Truth will always come out. If the truth ever comes out and the Xie family knows you married a fake one, who do you think will bear the consequences?"
Gu Yanran bit her lip and said slowly, "But as long as my parents and sister don't tell anyone about this, no one will know..."
Li Zhi raised her eyebrows slightly, retracted her gaze, and looked at Gu Yuntian again, saying slowly: "If that's the case, then I can also marry him. As long as you keep the fact that I have a child a secret for me, isn't it the same?"
Gu Yanran: “…”
Jiang Ruyun realized it later. She had been led around by Gu Yanran the whole time and had forgotten about this.
If it is also a deception, then Li Zhi can also do the same and marry into the Xie family. Then obviously it would be better for her, right?
"Dad, you are a businessman, so you must know that integrity is the most important thing. Can't our Gu family survive without this marriage with the Xie family?" Li Zhi said again.
Gu Yuntian had already made up his mind and nodded, "Zhizhi, you are right. Tomorrow your mother and I will go to the Xie family to cancel the engagement."
Gu Yanran's temples were throbbing, and there was a breath stuck in her chest and abdomen. She couldn't swallow it or spit it out, and it was stuck in her throat, making her feel very uncomfortable.
She was almost convinced, but Li Zhi suddenly ran down and ruined her plans.
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