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When Gu Chen returned to the courtyard where he and Ye Ruan lived, Ye Ruan was looking at a night-blooming cereus in the courtyard.
Qiu Shun stood at the door waiting for him.
Upon seeing him, Qiu Shun greeted him respectfully.
Hearing the voice, Ye Ruan turned around and ran to him with a joyful expression, taking his hand. "Gu Chen, look how big the buds of the epiphyllum are. I estimate that it will probably bloom in the next couple of nights."
"Why don't we stay and admire the magnificent sight of the epiphyllum in full bloom before we leave?"
"Okay." Gu Chen gently ruffled her hair.
Qiu Shun glanced at Gu Chen with concern.
Gu Chen looked at Ye Ruan with a gentle smile in his eyes and brows, "You play by yourself for a while, I have something to take care of."
"When you're alone, stay in this little courtyard and don't wander off. I'll go with you wherever you want to go later."
Ye Ruan: ...
Why did she inexplicably have the feeling that Gu Chen was raising a daughter when she listened to his instructions?
Ye Ruan watched Gu Chen lead Qiu Shun into the room, trying hard to suppress the guilt in her heart, and glanced thoughtfully at the epiphyllum that was about to bloom.
If she hadn't happened to see the epiphyllum about to bloom when she came out, she really wouldn't have had any excuse to stay.
Just then, a servant entered the courtyard and walked up to her.
The maid looked at her and gestured with her hand, pointing outside.
Ye Ruan understood that she meant someone in the old house wanted to invite her over.
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On the other side.
Clan Chief Gu Changxuan had already returned to the clan chief's courtyard with his two trusted confidants, Gu Pei and Gu Jing.
Gu Pei is about fifty years old and is the next clan leader whom Gu Changxuan has groomed to succeed him.
Gu Jing is only in his thirties, and the clan leader had already internally decided on him to take over the Gu family and replace Gu Chen.
As soon as Gu Jing followed Gu Changxuan into the courtyard, he asked somewhat impatiently, "Uncle, what should we do if Gu Chen refuses to relinquish power?"
Gu Changxuan turned and glared at Gu Jing, frowning as he scolded, "Why are you in such a hurry? You still want to take over the Gu family business? Can't you learn from Gu Chen? Look at the ancestral hall just now, there were so many of us, did Gu Chen get anxious?"
Gu Jing looked embarrassed. "Uncle, I'm not saying I'm being clever. More than ten years ago, he was just an eight-year-old child, and he was able to take care of all the people you sent."
Now he wants to sever ties with the Gu family and cut off all relations with the clan. If he succeeds, it will be a disaster for our Gu family...
"Such a big matter, and I haven't experienced as many hardships or been as resourceful as you, how could I not be anxious?"
As Gu Jing spoke, he supported Gu Changxuan's arm.
His words made Gu Changxuan feel very comfortable, and Gu Changxuan softened his expression and said, "He wants to sever ties between the Gu family and the clan, so I can let him have his way."
Back then, Gu Zhi was even more ambitious than him. He first married a woman outside the family, and then turned around and tried to swallow up the Gu family's assets.
They even found an excuse to get his parents out, thinking that once the whole family was gone, they would be free from the clan chief's control. And what happened?
Gu Jing quickly flattered, "Uncle, you are so wise and resourceful. Gu Chen and his ilk are nothing but clowns in your eyes."
At this moment, Gu Changxuan said, "I have already sent someone to invite the woman that Gu Chen brought back. I want to see whether Gu Chen wants a woman or wealth and status."
Gu Pei cautiously said from the side, "Clan leader, Gu Chen dared to sever ties with the clan when he brought that woman back, so he must still have some backing. What if he doesn't allow that woman to see you alone..."
"Hmph!" Gu Changxuan snorted coldly, "There's no one that the mute slave can't bring!"
After he finished speaking arrogantly, he said in an even more sinister tone, "If the mute slave really fails to bring that woman, then there is no need for Gu Chen to be kept alive."
"It's time for those stand-ins we've been keeping to come in handy."
Gu Pei and Gu Jing exchanged a glance. It would be best if Gu Chen were willing to hand over the entire Gu family business.
If he really won't hand it over, then dealing with him and sending a substitute as a puppet, while they secretly control the Gu family's real power, and then slowly plotting to completely erase Gu Chen's traces, isn't so bad.
Gu Pei supported Gu Changxuan with even greater respect. "Clan leader, we don't lack substitutes for Gu Chen, but the four people around Gu Chen are not easy to deal with."
Even if we deal with Qiu Shun, who came back with us this time, what about Shan Heng, Yu Qi, and that fat guy who's been hiding in the shadows?
"Hmph, we've been conserving our strength for so many years, are we afraid of a few of them?" Gu Changxuan snorted coldly, speaking nonchalantly.
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