A simple and calm retort: "What about you."
Though the words weren’t clear, they caused Gu Mingzhu’s face to change instantly.
Gu Hai resented her, her younger brother Gu Mingcheng disliked her, her husband divorced her, only her mother stood unwaveringly by her side.
Gu Mingzhu’s expression changed, then she straightened her spine even more, her chin tightened as she said, "I’m doing well too."
"I’m worried for you." Xu Nianhua knew well that her tough facade was just a front, in reality, she was a paper tiger. A person who once caused her family to be torn apart; thinking of her future downfall made her happy. A faint smile played on her lips as she said, "Miss Gu, truly radiant. But I wonder how long you can maintain this title of Miss Gu."
"What do you mean?" Gu Mingzhu’s eyes were sharp, almost tangibly piercing as she stared at Xu Nianhua.
Xu Nianhua shrugged and said, "Nothing much, just thinking that Gu Hai has been dissatisfied with you recently, the pharmaceutical factory is gone, the textile factory’s fate is uncertain, and you..." Aren’t Gu Hai’s biological daughter.
She didn’t say the last part, instead changing the subject and asked, "Tell me, why did that Wild Wolf confess? Clearly, you were the one behind all of this, so why would she take all the blame herself?"
In her eyes, there seemed to be confusion and puzzlement.
Gu Mingzhu pursed her lips, making sure she knew nothing, then said, "You’re mistaken, the incident originally was done by him, if he doesn’t confess, who would?"
"Tsk, tsk."
Xu Nianhua clicked her tongue and said, "If Wild Wolf saw how cold-blooded you are now, I wonder if she would regret it?"
She was satisfied to see Gu Mingzhu’s increasingly unpleasant expression and suddenly felt there was nothing more to discuss. She took a step back and said, "I have no blood relation with the Gu Family, nor any relation with you. I think there’s nothing more for us to talk about."
With those words, Xu Nianhua turned to leave. After a few steps, she stopped and turned her head to say, "Oh, heard your illness was misdiagnosed, congrats to you." Just hope that when you actually find a disease, you’re not too surprised.
Gu Mingzhu hadn’t even reacted before Xu Nianhua’s figure drifted away.
What did she mean by that?
Gu Mingzhu stared at her back, wondering if she might have guessed the misdiagnosis’s truth, but what would it matter?
Gu Mingzhu’s hand tightened involuntarily, originally wanting to see Xu Nianhua’s downfall, yet inexplicably felt like a clown jumping into the fray before her.
Xu Nianhua was too composed.
Gu Mingzhu frowned in deep thought, pondering Xu Nianhua’s earlier words, feeling uneasy. Could it be she knows something?
Impossible.
As soon as the thought emerged, Gu Mingzhu rebutted it internally; this matter will be her biggest secret, and no one will ever know it in her lifetime.
...
Ningbei.
"No, I must go to South City, I must go to Gaoliang County. I need to know if Nianhua is truly my Yuyu!" After regaining consciousness, Jiang Wanru’s first action was to go to South City, to Gaoliang County, and see Nianhua.
"Wanru, your body..." Su Jinrong had just started speaking, only to be sharply rebuked by Jiang Wanru, "If Nianhua really is my Yuyu, how could I not go? That is the Yuyu I fought desperately to bring into this world!"