"Wang Ma, you’ve been by Grandma’s side for quite a few years now," Gu Annan strode into the elevator and spoke unhurriedly, "You are well aware of many things regarding the Gu Family."
Wang Ma lowered her head, "Yes, Young Master. I have a general understanding."
"How did the old lady suddenly fall ill?" His voice was icy cold, carrying an oppressive force in its calmness.
Wang Ma hesitated, then stammeringly said, "Young Master, I, I don’t know how it happened; I’ll tell you everything I know, but please don’t be angry. The old lady saw some photographs, and after seeing them, she insisted on having Xiaowu, who knows how to use the internet, help her investigate. After inquiring, the old lady fell ill, insisting on finding you..."
"Photographs?" Gu Annan abruptly looked up, "What photographs?"
"Please wait, Young Master, I’ll go and find them for you."
After the elevator reached the floor, Wang Ma hurriedly led Gu Annan towards the sickroom.
Upon entering the sickroom, they saw a woman in her forties or fifties, dressed like a lady of status.
"Annan, you’re here," the woman got up quickly as she saw him.
Gu Annan gave her an indifferent glance, "Auntie has been troubled."
The woman’s name was Xue Ru, and although she was his elder by generation, she was only related to the collateral side of the Gu Family, the daughter-in-law of the second uncle and thus, Gu Yunsi’s mother.
Xue Ru, listening to the somewhat mocking tone in his voice, still greeted him with a smile, "You are the most filial, coming to see the old lady so quickly."
Wang Ma stood at the door and called out to him.
Gu Annan looked at the old lady lying unresponsive on the bed, then walked straight out.
"Young Master, it’s these photographs," Wang Ma pulled out an envelope, from which she poured out a stack of photographs, "Both the photographs and the envelope were when the old lady saw them."
Gu Annan opened the envelope and looked inside; the photographs weren’t anything indecent but included pictures of him with those two children, and also of Lu Wanwan with the two children.
Wang Ma added from the side, "Young Master, see for yourself. If it were someone else, it might be ignored. But the old lady has watched you grow up since you were a child. The contours of these children look so much like you when you were young, especially when you stand together with them... Ah, the impact on the old lady must have been tremendous."
He didn’t answer, looked through the photographs one by one and then put them back into the envelope and secured it.
"Even if the photographs are a bit shocking, that’s no reason to be so furious she had to be hospitalized. Hasn’t Granny always wanted to see her great-grandchildren? Isn’t this fulfilling her wish?"
Wang Ma’s face showed difficulty, "Young Master, this... it’s not the same."
"Then, what did Granny ask Xiaowu to check?"
"Xiaowu was checking some things related to Miss Lu..."
Gu Annan looked over coldly, interrupting her, "That is the Young Madam."
Wang Ma opened her mouth in shock, suddenly at a loss for words.
How could she casually call her Young Madam, when the Young Master had already divorced her?
If the old lady heard her calling that woman Young Madam, she would probably get angry again.
"Yes, Young Madam," Wang Ma lowered her head, going along with his words for the moment, "Xiaowu found all the gossip about the Young Madam from the past years, but there was nothing to find. So the old lady... she asked him to check the adulterer. And then, by accident, she saw photographs of Mr. Bo with the young miss. The old lady believes that taking away Gu Family’s child was already unforgivable, yet she even acknowledged someone else..."