Gui Zhi looked at Madam Bao silently.
She thought to herself: The good days for this concubine are coming to an end.
She quickly brought all the newspapers, a total of over ten.
Su Ruanruan was in every single one.
Madam Bao and Bao Jingyuan both showed expressions of triumph—
Now, the old lady should see Su Ruanruan’s true nature, right?
But after the old lady finished reading, she said, "Is this it?"
Bao Mingyuan sighed: "What else does the old lady expect?"
The old lady sneered: "Catch a cheat in action! Ruanruan is Madam Gu’s lifesaver, Lin Sheng considers her his daughter, doesn’t that make Gu Ze her brother? Is there a problem with a brother doting on his sister?"
Madam Bao was displeased: "The old lady can’t be so biased! Do brothers look at their sisters this way? Besides, he’s not even her real brother."
"Heh, and Ziqi even slept with Ruanruan’s third sister and some cousin, huh? Why didn’t you say a word?" the old lady was unreasonable.
She anxiously said: "No, I have to bring Ruanruan back home."
"It’s too late." Bao Mingyuan held the old lady’s hand.
He said softly: "I’ve dismissed her from her role at Di Jing, she even returned her company shares."
The old lady was stunned on the spot.
She couldn’t believe it: "Mingyuan, since when did you become so ruthless? Just a few days ago you valued her as if she was your own, and now you’re ruthlessly pushing her to the brink?"
Bao Mingyuan wanted to retort.
The old lady trembled with anger: "Even if she and Gu Ze had something, it’s a matter between two unmarried individuals, nothing deserving betrayal to Ziqi! But for Ziqi’s little face, for the Bao Family’s little reputation, you ruthlessly cast Ruanruan aside, how will she establish herself in Jiangcheng afterwards?"
After speaking, the old lady slumped down.
She stayed silent for a long time, and finally headed back to her courtyard without saying another word.
Bao Mingyuan went to knock on the door, the old lady wouldn’t see him.
Gui Zhi came out and said, "I’ve never seen her this heartbroken."
Bao Mingyuan couldn’t help saying: "I’m not feeling any better! Do I not have feelings for that child?"
As he became emotional, Bao Mingyuan looked up, "Aunt Gui Zhi, I truly hoped she and Ziqi would be good together, I didn’t expect..."
Gui Zhi smiled: "Mingyuan, you call me Aunt Gui Zhi, now I have a surefire thing to tell you."
Bao Mingyuan absentmindedly said: "Please speak."
"Miss Su and Young Master Gu definitely weren’t together! Don’t you think someone might have intentionally framed her?"
After Gui Zhi spoke, she gazed intently at Bao Mingyuan.
Bao Mingyuan muttered: "Could it be?"
Gui Zhi smiled: "I heard that day Madam had arranged to meet people from the Xia Family for dinner, Miss Su incidentally was delivering medicine to Madam Gu and somehow encountered them."
Bao Mingyuan’s heart skipped a beat.
He looked at Gui Zhi.
Gui Zhi implied no more: "Madam has always disliked Miss Su."
Bao Mingyuan felt a heavy weight in his heart.
Did he wrong Ruanruan, that child?
But why didn’t the child refute, defend herself?
As if seeing through his thoughts, Gui Zhi smiled indifferently: "In that situation, would her defense have mattered?"
Bao Mingyuan was at a loss for words.
He lost his appetite and heavily headed back to the main house.
Second floor master bedroom.
Madam Bao, having removed a significant worry, was in a very good mood trying on clothes.
Seeing her husband come in, she casually asked: "Mingyuan, which outfit looks better?"
Bao Mingyuan lay on the bed and responded wearily: "Why another banquet?"
"You forgot? We are dining with people from the Xia Family." Madam Bao put down the clothes and came over.
She sat beside her husband, triumphant: "The Xia Family has promised oracle bone script as part of the dowry, Mingyuan, this is truly a family of scholars! Minglan is much better than Su Ruanruan."