Chapter 14:1 Agree to Pretend to be Your Spouse, but I Have Conditions!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Ye Xingbei hesitated for a moment before withdrawing the stunned gaze she had fixed on him. Sitting up straight, she said plainly: “Perhaps…I’m just not likable to them, or maybe because they personally raised Jiang Siyou from a child, they have feelings for her. I, on the other hand, was mistakenly taken in by the wrong family since childhood, and thus they harbor no affection for me.”
“Even if they hold no affection, would one’s own family casually kick you out based on a false accusation?” Gu Junzhu chuckled, “Xiao Shumiao is not your biological son. It didn’t take much for me to find out, so I refuse to believe that Jiang Family, once the numero uno family of Jiang City, wealthy and influential as they were, an authority unrivaled in the city, wouldn’t have been able to uncover this fact!”
Gu Junzhu looked at Ye Xingbei with interest: “They must have known that Xiao Shumiao isn’t your biological son, yet they still drove you out vehemently, accusing you of things you never did. Do you think one’s own parents would do that to their biological child?”
“What exactly are you trying to say?” Unable to help herself, Ye Xingbei turned to look at him. Her voice came out hoarse: “Are you suggesting that I’m not a daughter of the Jiang Family, that Jiang Zhengxing and Xu Yanlai are not my birth parents?”
Gu Junzhu looked her straight in the eyes, chuckled fondly, and assured her confidently: “Yes, you’re not!”
“No… it’s impossible…” Ye Xingbei shook her head resolutely, her face pale. “When my grandfather brought me back to the family, he had a paternity test done confirming that I am his granddaughter. The nurse who inadvertently switched me with Jiang Siyou was found, she admitted that she had made a mistake due to a lapse at work and, fearing the wrath of the parents involved, kept quiet about it. There’s evidence, and my grandfather is shrewd. If I were not his granddaughter, he wouldn’t have claimed me back without a reason!” “There must be a reason behind all this, but what that reason might be…” Gu Junzhu looked at her and said leisurely: “If you agree to pretend to be my wife, not just in name but in spirit, I will tell you everything. A dog-eat-dog world of the mega-rich, and also…”
Gu Junzhu held up a finger, lightly waving it in front of Ye Xingbei. “Don’t even try to investigate by yourself. I can confidently say that no one below my position can ever uncover the secrets of once the premier family of Jiang City. If you don’t cooperate with me, then you’ll forever remain a fool in the dark!” Ye Xingbei was livid: “Are you blackmailing me?”
“No, no, no, how could this be blackmail?” Gu Junzhu chuckled sincerely: “I am simply trying to salvage your life, to save you from being a fool manipulated by others for the rest of your life without even knowing who your biological parents are.”
Ye Xingbei choked on her words.
She knew Gu Junzhu was telling the truth.
More often than not, power manages to cover up the truth.
Back in the day, the Jiang Family, being the premier power of Jiang City, could easily bury any secret they wished, never to be unearthed again.
However, the Gu Family, the elite of Beijing, could easily unveil all their secrets.
Even if she was now worth billions, she lacked the transcendent status and power that the Gu Family had. She could not attain what they could!
She stared at Gu Junzhu, her mind in total chaos.
Could it be true that Jiang Zhengxing and Xu Yanlai weren’t her biological parents?
Then, who were her true parents?
Were they still alive?
Did she have any siblings?
She was desperate to know!
She gritted her teeth, no longer hesitant, and said to Gu Junzhu: “Deal! I’ll agree to pretend to be your wife, on one condition!”
Upon hearing her agreement, a hint of delight flashed in Gu Junzhu’s eyes: “Say it!”