Chapter 265: Chapter 265: Members of the Gu Family Still in Jinling City Chapter 265: Chapter 265: Members of the Gu Family Still in Jinling City And what mattered most was family reunions; everything else was inconsequential.
Gu Qingfeng realized that the things he once valued so highly seemed worthless when he looked back on them.
And the things he had not paid much attention to before now felt very important.
He looked around at the gemstones; they were beautiful, precious, yet cold and lifeless, devoid of any warmth.
They couldn’t talk to him, join him for meals, or even provoke his anger.
He thought it would be a shame to die so cold and lifeless, and thankfully, he had found his descendants.
Otherwise, these things would have vanished from the world along with him.
For this, he had long been prepared!
He spoke solemnly, “Qiaoqiao, you can come and go as you please here, do whatever you want.”
Gu Qiaoqiao chuckled, “Really, I can come to the secret chamber whenever I like?”
“Nonsense!” Gu Qingfeng glared, “You already know the mechanisms, and you’re aware of the secrets here, are you saying this to vex me? Do you know how old I am?”
“I know you’re in your eighties, don’t worry, with your vitality, you can live another ten years easily,” Gu Qiaoqiao said with a smiling squint.
Gu Qingfeng liked hearing that.
And, inexplicably, he believed it.
Especially since it was Gu Qiaoqiao who said it, his belief was unshakable.
Gu Qiaoqiao left the Treasure Room.
When the bookshelf door closed, the splendor and brilliance inside were once again locked away in the dark chamber.
Gu Qiaoqiao looked at the intact bookshelf, walked up to it, and looked it over, forced to admit that the mechanism was indeed ingeniously crafted.
She couldn’t detect the slightest seam.
Gu Qiaoqiao turned to look at Gu Qingfeng behind her, still voicing the doubt in her heart, “If you never found us, to whom would you have left the Treasure Room?”
Gu Qingfeng was taken aback.
This child was still testing him.
He tapped his cane on the ground a few times, his somewhat aged voice echoed in the room, “Qiaoqiao, there’s no need to test me, I’ll tell you the truth. The possessions of the ancestors of the Gu family won’t be left to outsiders. Although Gu Cheng bears my surname, his ancestors bear the surname Chang. What’s rightfully his, I won’t begrudge him. But what’s not his, he won’t even get a needle.”
Gu Qiaoqiao inwardly curled her lip in disdain; once a person died, how could they know what happened after?
The Treasure Room in her previous life had certainly fallen into the hands of that vindictive mother and son.
Seeing the skeptical look on Gu Qiaoqiao’s face, the Old Patriarch felt a tightness in his chest.
He walked to a sofa, above which hung a painting of lakes and mountains.
Gu Qingfeng lifted his cane and pointed at the painting, saying, “Behind the painting is a self-destruct mechanism. If I haven’t found you before my death, this room will be completely blown to smithereens once the switch is activated…”
Gu Qiaoqiao glanced at the painting on the wall, blinked her eyes, but still asked somewhat puzzled, “Do you only have one son, my grandfather, or are there no other siblings or nephews?”
Even if someone is an orphan, they still have distant aunts and uncles, clear and unclear.
People don’t just pop out of rocks; how can they have no relatives at all?
Gu Qingfeng’s expression darkened, yet he knew some things had to be said even if left unspoken.
Looking at the painting, he pondered for a long while before speaking, “I had a brother. He had three children, two boys and a girl. He stayed in Jinling City. Before and after the liberation, we stayed in touch, and the children attended school in the Imperial Capital. But during the turbulent times…”