Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Public opinion was shaken! People from all walks of community were shocked!
It wasnât just the entertainment industry, even the financial world shookâto the point that stock prices fluctuated after the market opened.
This was because the news that was spreading all over the place involved several long-standing influential families. Naturally, this affected many top listed companies, including but not limited to popular new stocks. Even the old established A-shares that were stable all year-round werenât unaffected. It canât be helped; the Gu family had gotten themselves in a truly deep mess this time!
Gu Fei, the only male heir of the Gu main family, was exposed as a gay man. Not only did he frequent gay bars and get involved with all sorts of men, he even brought his younger cousin, Gu He, along with him on many occasions. From this alone, his character leaves a lot to be desired.
The Gu familyâs previous attempt to form a marriage alliance with the Shi familyâs young daughter was merely to hide the scandal of Gu Fei getting another woman pregnant. Who wouldâve thought that not only did Gu Fei swing both ways, he was also an irresponsible scumbag who had no regard for human lives?
It was a well-known fact that Gu Fei was the successor the Gu family had been grooming. The Gu family had spent the past two years expanding their domestic market for his sake, even shifting their focus from White City to Rong City, trying their best to forge ties with the four great families of Rong City. The unmarried young ladies of the Gu familyâGu Feiâs sisters and cousinsâoften socialized with the children of the rich and powerful in Rong City just to pave the way for Gu Fei.
The various media outlets went wild the moment this scandal broke out, digging far and wide for evidence. Despite how powerful and resourceful the Gu family sisters were, they werenât able to shut down all of them, and could only watch as the ivory tower they built for Gu Fei through blood and sweat crumbled and fell, beyond tears.
Bigshots from all branches of the Gu family rushed to Rong City to save the situation. Having nowhere to vent, the Gu familyâs women took their anger out on Yun Liu, thinking that things wouldnât have gotten out of hand if Yun Liu hadnât brought the media reporters to the scene back then.
âGu Feiâs scandal not only ruined Gu Fei, but Gu He as well!â
Chang Hui was the first to jump up and point fingers at Yun Liu, scathingly scolding her. Chang Hui didnât dare to say anything to Gu He as he was the hope of their branch and was dragged down by Gu Fei, but Yun Liu made the best punching bag.
Yun Liu hadnât even had time to deal with her own matters before she was brought over to be lectured. Even her biological mother wasnât on her side this time.
Zheng Xiu only cared about her son, Gu He, and only had eyes for him. She was currently at a loss for what to do and cared for nothing else as she insistently asked Chang Hui, âWhat of Gu He? Sister-in-law, what should we do?â
Chang Hui unceremoniously pushed her away and angrily retorted, âDonât ask me, ask your precious daughter! Ask her if she has our family in her heart, if she treats Gu He as her biological brother, and if she seriously takes you as her mother! We kindly let her back into the family, but what about her? Is she trying to dig up our Gu familyâs grave?â Chang Huiâs sharp words were spoken at Zheng Xiu, but her eyes were glaring at Yun Liu.
Yun Liu, too, was filled with grievances that had no outlet, and Chang Huiâs venomous words and attitude was the last straw for her. âAuntie, itâs not like you just found out about Gu Feiâs character today. Why didnât you stop Gu He? This is all because you guys want him to suck up to Gu Fei and donât dare to offend him! Youâre blaming me now that things have gone south? Gu Feiâs the one at fault so shouldnât you go throw a tantrum at him instead of me since youâre so capable?â
No one expected Yun Liu to snap back. Everyone immediately quieted down and stared at Yun Liu with wide eyes. Chang Huiâs face was already purple with rage, and the finger she pointed at Yun Liu trembled.
Yun Liu looked at her fearlessly. Seeing this, Chang Hui backhandedly slapped Zheng Xiu, who was the closest to her, and snarled, âWhat a âgood daughterâ you raised!â
Zheng Xiu was dumbfounded. âNo matter what, Iâm still the second madam of the Gu family. Even if sheâs my sister-in-law, Chang Hui has no right to hit me! Especially not under the eyes of everyone from the main family branch,â Zheng Xiu inwardly fumed. She pushed Chang Hui so hard she staggered, and countered, âYou have something to say about how I raise my kids? What about you?! Gu He is my son. I havenât even gotten started with you for raising him into this!â
âWhat does that have to do with me?! Itâs clearly your genes that are at fault!â Chang Hui returned fire.
âHeâs a good boy! Youâre the one who spoiled him rotten!â The two women began to blame each other, moving closer and closer together.
Seeing that they were about to come to blows again, Bai Jie coldly stated, âThatâs enough! You two knock it off! Whatâs most important now is Gu Fei! If his reputation is ruined, I assure you no one will have it easy!â
Gu Rou and her sisters glared at Chang Hui and Zheng Xiu coldly. Chang Hui turned to Yun Liu and shouted, âYun Liu! Apologize! Get out of the Gu family if you donât resolve this matter!â
Yun Liu looked at her mother. Zheng Xiu tilted her head to the side and busied herself with tidying up her messy hair, avoiding Yun Liuâs pleading gaze. Yun Liu couldnât help but recall Gu Manâs words. âWe are all pawns of the Gu family. Weâll be thrown away once weâre useless.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Initially, sheâd thought that she wouldnât end up like Gu Man, no matter what, but it turned out thatâ¦