Chapter 118 Is it just because she is Gu Ye’s daughter?
Zhou Wanrong took a step forward and leaned back to block the movement behind her.
But Li Xiaoyao's gaze slipped past her side and he happened to see a figure wearing a black hat, crouching in the grass beside the redbud tree, squatting and moving forward.
The man's eyes widened instantly and his heart skipped a beat.
No way! His young master's mother was secretly meeting a man near this cemetery?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he quickly shook his head. No, Madam has always been dignified and would never do such a thing!
Just as the chaos was going on, Zhou Wanrong's voice suddenly rang out, "Li Xiaoyao, you dare to question me?"
He suddenly realized that he had been distracted and waved his hands hurriedly.
"No, no, no, Madam, how dare I question you? It was...it was the young master who asked me to chase someone. He said he saw a figure coming this way just now, so I followed him!"
Fu Sinian, who was following behind, was also stunned when he saw Zhou Wanrong suddenly stop in her tracks: "Mom, why are you here?"
Zhou Wanrong's eyes wandered, her fingertips unconsciously twisting the corner of her clothes, and she managed to come up with an excuse: "I... came to see an old friend."
"Old friend?" Fu Sinian glanced around the cemetery, his brows furrowed even more. "Which friend's tombstone is here?"
"Not really a relative, just a friend I knew from a long time ago."
Zhou Wanrong avoided his gaze, and her eyes suddenly fell on Gu Xiangsi behind Fu Sinian. Her eyes lit up, and she quickly changed the subject, "Miss Gu, you're here too? What are you two doing..."
Before he finished speaking, Fu Sinian hugged Gu Xiangsi into his arms, his palm deliberately placed on her slender waist, and his tone was somewhat deliberately intimate.
"Mom, let me introduce my girlfriend, Gu Xiangsi."
Zhou Wanrong had never expected her son to be so direct. The words she had prepared were all stuck in her throat. She was stunned for a few seconds before she reacted. She coughed a few times to cover up her panic, and then her face darkened.
"What? Girlfriend? Fu Sinian, you want to use Assistant Gu as a shield again, right?"
She grew angrier and angrier as she spoke, and suddenly the conversation turned to another matter: "You did what happened to Lika, didn't you? As soon as she returned home, her mother came to me crying, and I haven't even come to terms with you about this yet!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Wanrong pulled a thin branch from the bushes nearby and raised her hand to hit Fu Sinian.
Fu Sinian raised his hand and grabbed the branch, and with a slight force of his wrist, he fixed the branch in mid-air. Then he moved sideways to block it, firmly protecting Gu Xiangsi behind him, his tone filled with helplessness.
"If you don't believe it, just ask Xiaoyao."
Zhou Wanrong paused holding the branch, and her eyes immediately swept to Li Xiaoyao beside her.
Li Xiaoyao nodded and bowed hurriedly, her voice filled with anxiety: "Madam, yes, yes, yes! Miss Gu... Miss Gu is Mr. Fu's first love. They have been together for five years!"
As soon as he said this, Zhou Wanrong's eyes suddenly widened, and then she looked at Fu Sinian, her tone full of realization.
"So the one who made you drink for three days and three nights, and then made a scene in the villa looking for Ali, was Miss Gu?"
"Ms. Gu is Ali?"
The scandal was exposed in public, and Fu Sinian's ears felt slightly hot. He felt a little embarrassed and coughed uncomfortably. He pulled Zhou Wanrong's wrist and took the branch away, with a bit of coquettish tone.
"Mom, you are my biological mother. How can you expose your son's shortcomings in front of outsiders?"
Zhou Wanrong crossed her arms, raised her chin slightly, and snorted, "You still know how to expose someone's shortcomings? You've been pretending all these years, one moment you're saying you're misogynistic, the next you're saying there's something wrong with you. So it's all because you can't forget someone?"
She paused, then slapped her forehead in annoyance. "Why didn't you tell me earlier that Ali was Miss Gu? I thought you were talking about Li, the Li from Rika. I've been worrying about you for nothing."
"I'll talk to her mother about her side of things later."
After she finished speaking, Zhou Wanrong's gaze softened and fell on Gu Xiangsi, and her tone became much gentler.
"Ms. Gu, let Si Nian formally take you home for dinner someday, and we can have a good chat."
Gu Xiangsi was still confused.
She was the girlfriend by agreement just a second ago, but in the blink of an eye, she was pushed to the official position by Fu Sinian.
She just raised her eyes to explain, but met Fu Sinian's gaze. She couldn't help but glare at him. Just as she opened her mouth to shout, "Auntie, I...", she was interrupted by Fu Sinian.
"Mom, you have to prepare a gift for the meeting." Fu Sinian smiled and rubbed Gu Xiangsi's shoulder, deliberately joking, "An ugly daughter-in-law will easily feel shy when meeting her parents-in-law."
"Enough, stop talking nonsense." Zhou Wanrong waved her hand and suddenly changed the subject, "What are you two doing here?"
"Mom, aren't you here too?" Fu Sinian raised his eyebrows.
"Just taking a walk." Zhou Wanrong's eyes flickered away and she asked again, but she suddenly paused as if she remembered something, "Where are you coming from?"
"Ahri's mother... is buried here,"
Zhou Wanrong raised her eyes and stared at her, her tone suddenly becoming serious: "Your last name is Gu, and your father is Gu Ye?"
Seeing Gu Xiangsi nod, the warmth on Zhou Wanrong's face instantly faded, leaving only a coldness, and even her tone was indifferent: "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. Remember to come home after you finish sweeping the tomb."
After saying that, he turned around and walked forward, his steps much faster.
Fu Sinian looked at her back, his eyes gradually narrowed, and he turned to look at Li Xiaoyao, lowering his voice: "Go and find out who my mother has been meeting recently."
Li Xiaoyao nodded quickly and quietly stepped aside.
Gu Xiangsi looked at Zhou Wanrong's back and pulled Fu Sinian's sleeve: "Does your mother dislike me?"
"Don't overthink it." Fu Sinian squeezed her hand and said lightly, "My mom is probably going through menopause and her mood is unstable."
As he said that, he put his arm around her waist and led her towards the tombstone of Gu Xiangsi's mother. "Let's go see Auntie first."
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Deep Water Bay Manor.
It was almost 2:30 in the afternoon when Fu Sinian returned to Deep Water Bay.
In the living room, Zhou Wanrong sat alone on the sofa. There were several dishes on the dining table, but her chopsticks had hardly been touched, and it was obvious that she had not eaten much.
He took off his coat and handed it to Li Xiaoyao who came to greet him. He walked straight to the restaurant and sat down. He glanced at the dishes on the table and said casually, "Mom, why don't you eat? Is it not to your liking?"
Zhou Wanrong looked up at him, her tone filled with a hint of grievance: "I'm alone in such a big villa, how can I have the heart to eat?"
She paused, then deliberately lengthened her tone, "Why, have you been with your sweetheart long enough that you remember me as your mother?"
"Are you jealous?"
Fu Sinian picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of food and put it into his mouth. He smiled helplessly and said, "I wasted some time at the cemetery this morning. I just finished dealing with some things at the company."
"Si Nian, you and Miss Gu are not suitable."
Zhou Wanrong's tone was cold and hard, completely different from the warmness she had shown when she first met Gu Xiangsi in the morning. Even her eyes were a little gloomy.
Fu Sinian frowned, put down his chopsticks and looked at her: "Mom, are you...really in menopause?"
"You little brat!" Zhou Wanrong grabbed the pillow beside the sofa and threw it at him. "I want to tell you something serious!"
Fu Sinian raised his hand and caught the pillow steadily, leaning forward, his tone becoming more serious.
"You said we are not suitable, is it just because she is Gu Ye's daughter?"
"Did you find out anything?" Zhou Wanrong asked.
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