It was evident that Grandma Gu was using Gu Sheng’s situation to provoke Gu’s mother.
If you say the child was gone, Grandma Gu would feel heartbroken, but wouldn’t Gu’s mother feel the same pain? Unlike Grandma Gu, who is from a different generation, the child was a part of Gu’s mother herself.
Plainly put, the elderly woman just didn’t like Gu’s mother, this daughter-in-law, and deliberately provoked her.
"It’s okay," Gu’s mother said, sounding just like Gu’s dad, "Your grandma is straightforward and unfiltered. She can be like that at her age, but we shouldn’t."
Gu’s mother had come to terms with it, so Gu Nuan didn’t say much.
The family was eating a delayed breakfast.
As Grandma Gu and Gu’s second aunt walked back to Gu’s second aunt’s new house, Grandma Gu couldn’t help but urge Gu’s second aunt to call Qiu’s third aunt to verify what Gu’s dad had said. Orıginal content can be found at 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝙣𝙚𝙩
Gu’s second aunt was also having doubts. She had heard that Qiu’s third aunt had made a large amount of money, which is why she could afford to send her daughter to school in the city, but how she earned it was a mystery; Qiu’s third aunt kept it secret and told no one, who could have guessed it was somehow related to Gu Nuan.
True or false, they had to hear it from Qiu’s third aunt herself. But, fearing that Qiu’s third aunt wouldn’t talk due to being tight-lipped, Gu’s second aunt came to her senses and decided to call her son, Qiu Jiaxuan, who must know since he was always by his mother’s side.
When the call reached Qiu Jiaxuan, he had not expected someone to inquire about his mother hiring Gu Nuan as a financial advisor. Ironically, his mother always criticized him for being useless compared to Gu Nuan. Qiu Jiaxuan scoffed, "What are you talking about? My mom earns her own money; why would she need to consult Gu Nuan? Aren’t they still living in that old shabby house? If she were so capable, wouldn’t she buy her family a bigger house?"
Gu’s second aunt and Grandma Gu were stunned.
It was now impossible to discern if the story was true or false. After all, according to their knowledge, Gu’s dad was not a man who liked to lie, and moreover, spreading such a lie, if revealed as false, would bring no benefit to Gu’s dad.
With heavy hearts, the two returned to the new house. Speaking of Gu’s second aunt’s new house, it was said to be purchased by her new son-in-law, but in reality, the money wasn’t all from her son-in-law.
Gu’s second aunt’s son-in-law had said it frankly: If he was the only one who paid for the house and if any disputes arose in the future, it didn’t matter whose name was on the property deed; as long as the court could trace back who provided the funds, the house would have to be returned to him. Therefore, it was better for multiple parties to contribute money for future security.
It was unclear whether the son-in-law meant this sincerely or casually. Gu’s second aunt just knew that her son-in-law, who ran a small business and was a small business owner, had some money and skills. Why wouldn’t Gu’s second aunt listen to someone who was capable, rather than those who had neither money nor skills, including herself?
But Gu’s second aunt had to save face in front of Gu’s mother, and of course, she could only say that it was her son-in-law who financed the house for his mother-in-law’s retirement.
Just as they stepped through the door, they heard voices inside.
It turned out that Gu’s second uncle and Grandpa Gu were at home, entertaining a visitor. This visitor, conveniently, was a friend introduced by Gu’s second aunt’s son-in-law.
What did this friend do? Right, he was there to be the financial advisor for Gu’s second aunt’s family.
Although the family knew Gu Nuan studied finance, Gu Nuan was just a student who only knew how to study and not how to do practical work—how could they trust him? No elder in the Gu family believed Gu Nuan could really make money.
On the other hand, as Gu’s second aunt’s son-in-law had indeed made money, the friend he introduced was naturally more credible.