Chapter 429: Chapter Four-Hundred and Twenty-Nine: Setting A Trap
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Lan Long leaned back on the sofa and combed his hair back in frustration with his fingers. He’d thought he would be able to resolve everything here very quickly. He didn’t expect to have such a rough time and encounter problems everywhere. ‘Argh! How annoying!’ he mentally grumbled.
Yun Liu threw herself into Gu Wei’s arms and cried uncontrollably. Yun Xiang furrowed his brow and wanted to comfort her, but he swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue after glancing at his son standing at the side.
He stood up and said, “I should head back to the company. I still have a meeting to attend.”
Yun Zhang sent him off. “Dad, don’t tire yourself out. I’m here to help if you need anything.”
Yun Zhang had recently sorted out the company’s various businesses. First, he carried out drastic reforms in cost control, removing a lot of the company’s chronic problems. And then, he brought in several considerable investment projects, giving the Yun Corporation a thriving momentum. This made Yun Xiang very pleased.
On such a premise, Yun Zhang’s words carried a lot of weight, and Yun Xiang and Gu Wei silently agreed to his plans for Yun Liu after some consideration. Yun Zhang and Yun Liu are both their children, both dear to their hearts, so they couldn’t bear to hurt any one of their feelings by taking sides. Especially after seeing Yun Nan staying firmly with the Shi family now—they were very upset to be disregarded so by their own flesh and blood.
They never expected Yun Liu, who they’d raised like she were their own, to have a sharp change in attitude towards them after obtaining Yun Corporation, and were quite disappointed. Therefore, Yun Zhang had the final say in this family now.
However, Yun Liu wasn’t aware of that yet.
Gu Wei allowed Yun Liu to hug her and cry in her arms, and her heart softened in spite of herself. She sighed and patted Yun Liu’s back in comfort. “Alright, that’s enough tears now.”
Yun Liu gradually stopped crying and stood up straight while sniffling. Gu Wei took her hand and pulled her over to sit down on the sofa before taking out some tissues and handing them to Yun Liu.
Yun Zhang sat on the sofa opposite them and nonchalantly said to Gu Wei, “Mom, Yun Nan sent you some formal dresses. I had the maids put them in your room. They’re custom-made by Yun Nan’s costume designers according to your size. You should try them on when you have time so that we can get her designers to fix and alter them first thing should they not fit.”
Gu Wei felt a little uncomfortable upon hearing Yun Nan’s name and looking at Yun Liu before her. Yun Zhang relaxedly leaned back on the sofa and continued, “We’ll be attending their wedding ceremony in two days. We wouldn’t want you to not look your best.”
“Hmph!” Gu Wei snorted. “It’s not like I’ll get to sit in the parental seat with her during her wedding anyway!”
Yun Zhang’s expression remained unchanged as he countered, “Mom, you and Dad were the ones who renounced Yun Nan in public and disowned her. You can’t blame anyone else for not being able to sit in the parental seat.”
Gu Wei froze, and her face darkened. Seeing this, Yun Zhang uttered, “She’s your biological daughter after all. You and Dad are so heartless to her, but she still thinks of you two as her relatives and hopes you guys can attend her wedding. Although you guys can’t attend as her parents, you’re still important guests.”
“Mom, after the wedding, whether our relationship with Yun Nan can be repaired depends on what we do. Yun Nan doesn’t need our help now that she’s loved by everyone in the Shi family and has Old Master Gu Bei backing her, and all I ask is for you guys to show her some family love and affection. It’s up to you and Dad to decide whether to take this way out.”
Gu Wei pursed her lips in thought for a while before asking, “What about you?”
“Me?” Yun Zhang shrugged. “I have collaborations with both Yun Nan and Shi Nian, and they help my business out a lot. For what reason would I not be a good brother?”
Gu Wei’s troubled expression eased slightly. Yun Liu, who was sitting at the side, had long forgotten to continue her sobbing. The shock she felt as she listened to every word the mother and son said was indescribable. ‘No wonder!’ she thought. ‘No wonder Yun Zhang put in so much effort to help Yun Nan!’
“Well, since Yun Nan acknowledges you as her brother, then won’t she have to acknowledge Yun Liu as her sister as well?” Gu Wei stated coldly.
Yun Liu trembled at being called out suddenly. It was only then that Yun Zhang glanced at her indifferently as he stated, “Yun Liu will be her sister-in-law in the future, but you know how Yun Nan is. Treat her well and she’ll repay that kindness tenfold, but if you plot against her once, she’ll cut off all ties with you.”
“She grew up in such difficult circumstances and made it to where she is today without any of our help and support, so don’t even think about using you guys’ status as her biological parents to pressure or force her. If that backfires and makes things worse between us and Yun Nan, we’ll be the ones embarrassed, not her.”
Gu Wei was lost for words, but what her son said did sink in. Thinking back to the past, Yun Nan indeed wouldn’t care about the consequences. That girl wouldn’t give in just to protect her reputation. Gu Wei couldn’t manipulate that biological daughter of hers at all.
Yun Liu burst into tears. “Mom, I don’t want to marry Yun Zhang. He’s my brother! I’m your daughter! How can I possibly become your daughter-in-law?”
Gu Wei was upset over her sour relationship with her biological daughter so when she heard Yun Liu’s words, her face darkened. “What? Do you think you’re too good for my son? Does the Gu family’s young lady find our Yun family unworthy of her? Did we raise you all these years for nothing? I can forgive my other daughter’s ungratefulness given her upbringing, but I won’t allow the one I raised myself to also be so heartless!”
Yun Liu stopped crying, intimidated by Gu Wei.