Chapter 231: Chapter 231 - Two-Hundred and Thirty-One: Mother and Daughter

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“How is this possible?” Chang Hui muttered in disbelief. “There’s no way this is possible! They’ve been searching for their daughter for so many years and still couldn’t find her. And suddenly, they skipped over their daughter and found themselves a granddaughter?! What on earth is going on?”

Bai Jie and Zheng Xiu were also confused, but they didn’t want to discuss this with Chang Hui out here in public. Bai Jie said, “Let’s head home. We need to let our husbands and family know about such a big matter.”

Chang Hui regained her rationality and commented, “Bai Jie, there’s no need to worry. She’s only a granddaughter; she won’t affect anything.”

Bai Jie held back her anger at Chang Hui’s idiocy and replied, “What I mean is, we should let our family know so we can be happy for them! Uncle Gu Bei and Aunt Chen Yao have been looking for their daughter for so many years. Shouldn’t we all celebrate now that they’ve found her and got a granddaughter as well?”

Chang Hui realized she’d spoken too plainly and openly and quickly shut her mouth. Zheng Xiu only wished that she could be anywhere but here at this moment. The more Chang Hui spoke, the deeper the hole she dug herself into.

Yun Liu and Gu Wei returned to the Yun family home with an armful of shopping bags. Tired, Gu Wei sat on the sofa and sighed in relief before saying to Yun Liu, “Guess I’m getting old; my stamina isn’t what it used to be.”

Yun Liu personally brewed the health tea brew Gu Wei always drank and considerately helped Gu Wei massage her shoulders, all without saving a word.

Gu Wei finally noticed her silence; she held Yun Liu’s hand and pulled her close, asking, “Sweetie, what’s wrong? What’s upset you? I have the feeling that you weren’t very happy before your birth family either.”

Yun Liu lowered her eyes and forced a smile as she said, “No, Mom. Of course, I’m not upset. We’ve finally talked things through with my birth family, and now I can be with you, Mom. I can care for both my birth and adoptive families; I can’t be happier.”

However, the more she said this, the more obvious her daughter’s unhappiness was to Gu Wei. “Silly girl,” she chided. “Although I didn’t give birth to you, I raised you! I watched you grow up from a small child to the adult you are today, so don’t think you can lie to me about your feelings. Tell me, who made you unhappy? Was it your brother?”

Tears fell from Yun Liu’s eyes when Gu Wei appeared to have read her mind.

Yun Liu quickly shook her head when she heard her mother mention Yun Zhang and sobbed, “No, no! Yun Zhang loves me so much; he would never make me unhappy! I only realized he was the best brother in the world when I went home with the Gu family! I feel so bad about making him angry in the past. It’s all my fault; I was so immature!”

Seeing Yun Liu’s tears, Gu Wei felt distressed and uttered, “Then tell me what’s wrong so that I can help you!”

Yun Liu threw herself into Gu Wei’s arms and cried, “Mommy! You’re the best mom in the world! And Daddy and Yun Zhang, too! You’re all the best! I was so lucky in the past, and I didn’t even realize it, and I even felt unsatisfied with what I had! Only now do I know that not all parents love their children so much, and not all kids love their parents. Only our family is the best!”

Gu Wei’s heart just about melted. Teary-eyed, she hugged Yun Liu. Yun Liu calmed herself down, leaned against Gu Wei, and began to confide in her.

Yun Liu’s biological father, Gu An, and her uncle, Gu Ping, are from the Gu branch family in White City. Due to the talents and efforts of their family’s past two generations, their branch family didn’t fall behind and instead followed closely behind the main Gu family. Thanks to their hard work and achievements, although the Gu main and branch families didn’t have very close blood ties, they had the closest interactions. The branch family also had a very large business but still more or less relied on the main family, so others jokingly referred to them as “the Little Gu family.”

There were very few males in the Gu family; Gu Fei was the main family’s only grandson of their current generation, while the others were all daughters. The Little Gu family was in the same situation. Yun Liu’s younger brother, Gu He, was the only male heir, and the whole family doted on him very much.

Yun Liu’s uncle, Gu Ping, was in charge of the Little Gu family, and Yun Liu’s father, Gu An, was his little brother. Aside from having a younger brother, Yun Liu also had two older sisters, Gu Mei and Gu Li. Her uncle also had two daughters, Gu Ling and Gu Wen. Gu Ping and Gu An’s two eldest daughters had married well; both were marriages of convenience that would benefit the family. That left Yun Liu with two older sisters—one biological and the other a cousin—who were still unmarried.

Yun Liu pitifully told Gu Wei, “My second elder sister and my uncle’s second daughter don’t like me. They’re worried I’ll upstage them and steal away their marriage prospects, so they’re always making things difficult for me. Fortunately, my parents treat us girls quite fairly. And then there’s my younger brother, Gu He. He was raised by both my parents and my uncle’s family and is very pampered. He’s both our families’ top priority and gets the first pick of everything. I love durians, but when I’m with my birth family, I have to wait for Gu He to finish taking his fill before I can have some.”

Gu Wei was shocked. “It’s just durian. Don’t tell me the Gu family can’t even afford durian!” she exclaimed, thinking, ‘That’s ridiculous!

Yun Liu shook her head. “It’s not that we can’t afford it, but it’s how our elders set the ground rules. My younger brother will be the head of our branch of the family in the future, so everything our two families own will belong to him. We have to put Gu He first in everything. We have to always keep him in mind and do our best to help him, even after we get married.”

Yun Liu lowered her head as she said, “I look at him every day, and I think of how good Yun Zhang is to me. Ever since I was a kid, Yun Zhang has always been soft to me and gave me everything I wanted..”