"This recording was left by the illegitimate child. He was afraid that the Fifth Elder would default on his debt, or that he would kill people to silence them. I used some tricks to get this recording from him."

After Gu Shuzhi finished speaking, he looked at Gu Zhaoming and said, "Uncle, do you believe what I said now?"

In fact, he had originally intended to use this recording to create internal strife between Gu Zhaoming and the five elders, and then he would benefit from it.

But now the first branch has such a close relationship with the Xiao family, and Gu Zhaoming has his two daughters, Gu Jin and Gu Yang, to help him, so their third branch has no chance of winning at all.

So he decided to use the recording to negotiate with Gu Zhaoming.

Gu Zhaoming said in a deep voice: "Send the recording to me, I will do what I promised you."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Gu Shuzhi sent the recording to Gu Zhaoming and then left.

After he left, Gu Pei asked, "Is it really the Fifth Elder? Why did he do that?"

Gu Zhaoming remained silent. He had always trusted and been close to the Fifth Elder, and it was obvious that he had suffered a great blow.

"It should be to get Dad back to Beijing." Gu Yang had guessed this possibility, but she thought it was done by Old Man Gu, but she didn't expect it was done by the Fifth Elder.

I just don't know whether Mr. Gu knows about this.

After returning to the Gu family’s old house.

Gu Zhaoming called the fifth elder.

When the fifth elder came, he was smiling as usual and looked very kind and gentle.

"Zhao Ming, why did you have time to ask me to come here today? Did something happen in the family?"

Gu Zhaoming played the recording he got from Gu Shuzhi for him.

The Fifth Elder's smile gradually disappeared, "You already know everything."

Gu Zhaoming looked up at him with a complicated expression, "Fifth Uncle, why?"

The fifth elder sat there and smiled dejectedly, "Why? Zhao Ming, didn't you guess it all? Fifth uncle has always wanted you to go home. You are the heir designated by the old man. You are the only one in the Gu family who can shoulder the family responsibility.

But for so many years, no matter how Uncle Wu persuaded you, you were unwilling to come back. Uncle Wu is old, and he passed away at some point. I really don’t have the patience anymore.”

Gu Zhaoming clenched his fists, suppressing his anger. "So you hurt my wife and daughter just to force me to return to Beijing? But my wife almost died on the operating table!"

Whenever he thought about the car accident, he felt terrified.

The Fifth Elder was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry, Zhaoming, Xueling. The casualties in that car accident were beyond my expectations. I have tried my best to reduce the impact, but I didn't expect it to cause such a tragedy."

His original intention was to attack Gu Yang and Gu Jin, to injure them slightly, so that they could not take the last college entrance examination, or to affect their last examination, to stir up hatred between Gu Zhaoming and Gu Zhaoan, Gu Zhaoye and the old lady, so that he would return to Beijing for revenge, seize power, and become the head of the Gu family.

Gu Yang and Gu Jin have excellent grades. Even if they don't take the last course, they should be able to get into a good school. Even if they fail, they can still get good grades by repeating a year.

But he didn't expect that the car suddenly lost control. Ruan Xueling was seriously injured in her attempt to protect her daughter and was in critical condition.

(End of this chapter)