Listening to Gu Changchuan’s question, Gu Zhiqi shook her head.
Gu Yuluo and Gu Huaijin would occasionally mention some fragmented things, but they had never specifically talked to her about the Gu family.
"Have they told you about the incident where you and Yueyue were switched at birth?" Gu Changchuan asked Gu Zhiqi with a gaze.
Seeing this, Gu Changchuan fell silent for two seconds. Then he looked at Gu Zhiqi seriously and said, "I don’t know if it’s because you found out about the baby switch or because of the amnesia, but I always feel that since you’ve come back, you’ve become much more distanced from the family, as if you don’t feel a strong sense of belonging here. That’s why Dad wanted to talk to you."
"Girl, whether or not you are the Gu family’s biological child, you will always be the daughter of the Gu family. Unless you don’t want to, nobody else can change that."
"So, don’t be so estranged from the family."
Hearing Gu Changchuan’s words, Gu Zhiqi just slightly lowered her eyes and did not speak.
Seeing this, Gu Changchuan sighed deeply, "It’s okay, after all, you’ve lost your memory. Some things are forgotten, and it’s true that feelings can fade. We’ll take our time to cultivate the bond with the family."
As he spoke, Gu Changchuan raised his hand and gently rubbed Gu Zhiqi’s head.
If it weren’t for the red envelope he gave, a gesture would have cost someone an arm on Aquamarine Star.
"Regarding the issue of belonging, Dad also wants to have a chat with you." After successfully rubbing Gu Zhiqi’s head, Gu Changchuan, somewhat reluctant to let go, withdrew his hand and continued to speak to Gu Zhiqi, "The lack of a sense of belonging here is simply because you feel that you are not the biological daughter of the Gu’s, and that everything here should belong to Yueyue."
"But Zhizhi, what I want to tell you today is that the ’Gu’ of the Gu Family Manor doesn’t refer to Gu Changchuan’s, but to Gu Zhiqi’s."
"Aren’t those two... the same character?" Gu Zhiqi looked up at Gu Changchuan and asked very straightforwardly.
"Cough, well, what Dad means is that this manor actually belongs to you. It’s just temporarily registered under Dad’s name for now, so in the future, don’t feel uncomfortable at home, and don’t think that everything here doesn’t belong to you."
"If even you don’t feel a sense of belonging here, then those of us who are dependent on you, shouldn’t we feel it even less?"
Are you trying to cheer me up with playacting?
"Yes, yours." Gu Changchuan said, and couldn’t resist rubbing her head again, "I am now living on my daughter’s support, staying in the manor she bought."
Suddenly she went from being a poor woman to a wealthy lady with a manor.
It just feels quite abrupt.
All of a sudden, Gu Zhiqi really wanted to drink a cup of milk tea to calm her nerves.
Without milk tea, she could only quietly pick a small piece of watermelon from the fruit plate and put it into her mouth.
After finishing the watermelon in her mouth, Gu Zhiqi looked at Gu Changchuan with some suspicion and asked, "When was this manor bought?"
"I don’t know exactly when it was bought, but I do know that our family moved into this manor seven years ago. You said at that time that you bought this manor, but since you were underage, it was registered under Dad’s name," he said, pausing to reminisce a bit, "Before that, we all lived in the old Gu residence."
That year, the Gu enterprise faced a crisis and was on the verge of bankruptcy. The family home was mortgaged away.
A large family was driven out of their home.
Just when they thought they would be homeless and living on the streets, his daughter brought them to this manor.