Chapter 167: Chapter 167: A scandal Chapter 167: Chapter 167: A scandal That night, Gu Shimo stayed up all night.
At three o’clock in the morning, he asked Gu Ziyang to go to bed.
He kneeled in front of the ice coffin and pieced together all the bits and pieces of the past few years. He figured out the true meaning of Zhao Qinlan’s seemingly strict or loving actions towards him.
As well as the two times he had been in danger when he was a teenager…
Zhao Qinlan’s attitude toward Wanwan was completely different from Xiaoquan Gu’s.
He hadn’t thought about it before, but now he understood that it was like this.
“Dad, you’ve been unwilling to come home all these years.”
He showed the photo on his phone to Gu Xiaoquan.” If you really loved her so much, why did you compromise and marry someone else back then, causing her to die tragically?”
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The night before the funeral.
Zuo Zhi told Gu Shimo,” Master, we’ve found out about Zhao Qinlan.”
“Where?”
Gu Shimo asked calmly.
A few meters away, Gu Ziyang was talking to a servant.
Zuo Zhi lowered his voice and said,” Shangri-La Hotel in A City. She and Mu Yuan are very close…”
“Mu Yuan?”
Gu Shimo’s long and narrow eyes narrowed sharply.
Zuo Zhi nodded.” Yes, I took a few photos.”
“My phone.”
Zuo Zhi respectfully handed over his unlocked phone.
Gu Shimo’s slender fingers swiped through the photos. Two of them were taken when they left the hotel, and one was taken when they entered the hotel. And during mealtimes…
“Get someone to take more useful photos.”
“Yes, sir.”
Zuo Zhi took the phone and went out to make arrangements.
Gu Ziyang walked over.” Should we get someone to find Mom and ask her to come back?””
Their father’s funeral was tomorrow.
If their mother didn’t show up, wouldn’t they become the joke of the entire South City?
Gu Shimo glanced at Gu Ziyang. Bo Yi pursed his lips into a thin line and turned on his phone.
She opened WeChat and saw the photo that he had sent to her from Zuo Zhi’s phone.
“Ziyang, when did Mu Wei come to our house?”
When he looked up at Gu Ziyang, the color in his eyes was bottomless.
Gu Ziyang was stunned for a moment, perhaps because he felt his coldness. He thought of what he had heard a few days ago.
He pursed his lips and said,” He came two days ago. That Mu Wei is Uncle’s confidant. I don’t know why he was willing to let him come to our house.”
“Ziyang, that day, you were outside Zixi’s school for an entire day.”
Gu Shimo changed the topic.
Gu Zishi did not follow him for a moment. He looked at him in shock. A few seconds later, he reacted and covered it up,”Brother, I did have an appointment that day.””
Gu Shimo’s long and narrow eyes narrowed slightly.
The aura around him turned cold.” You’re not good at lying.”
“Okay, it’s Mom’s idea. You know that she has always liked Bai Shanshan. She was afraid that you wouldn’t be willing to marry Bai Shanshan because of Wanwan. So, let Mu Wei take Zixi away to ensure that your wedding with Bai Shanshan can be completed.”
Gu Ziyang said in one breath.
Seeing that Gu Shimo’s expression did not change, he did not seem surprised at all.
He didn’t feel surprised, but he mocked himself.” Brother, did you know that I was a man?” Why do I have to say it out loud?”
“Because I don’t want to hear you lie.”
Gu Shimo sized up Gu Ziyang.
He had a gentle personality since he was young and did not lie.
It was also because of this that Ye Qingwan could not stand Gu Shimo’s strict demands over the years and spent more time with Gu Ziyang.
Most of the time, if Gu Shimo did not agree to something, she would look for Gu Ziyang to be the peacemaker.
“Brother, I don’t know why Mom likes Bai Shanshan so much either. Maybe she thinks that Wanwan lost her parents. Although the Bai family isn’t as good as our Gu family, they were still considered a wealthy family in Southern City before they went bankrupt. She was also a movie queen…Don’t be angry with her. No matter what she does, she’s still the one who gave birth to us and raised us.”