C2321 She Brought This upon Herself
"Grandpa, what do they think? Just let them find Gu Tingshen. If you ignore them, you will be able to relieve a lot of your worries."2
Huo Niannian poured a cup of tea for Old Master. While massaging Grandpa to calm his anger, she secretly mocked the Du family for having such a good plan.
"I know what you are talking about, but I still feel cold in my heart."
Old Master sighed. His expression was still not good.
He understood all of Huo Niannian's reasoning. However, Gu Changqing was his son after all. As a father, when he saw that his son had reached the year of heaven's mandate, he was still unable to distinguish right from wrong. How could he not feel cold in his heart?
Tingshen was such a good child. Gu Changqing did not know how to cherish him, but he doted on a lowly Gu Zifan!
Now, for the sake of Gu Zifan and the Du Family, he actually wanted to stab his own son in the heart!
Whenever Old Master Gu thought of this, his heart felt like it was stuck with a big stone. It was suffocating.
"Grandpa, you don't have to worry about Tingshen and me. Although he was Tingshen's father, and Tingshen had sincerely treated him as a family member, but..."
Huo Niannian was silent for a moment. They both understood what she meant.
Gu Tingshen had sincerely loved Gu Changqing, but Gu Changqing's actions had killed Gu Tingshen and his father-son relationship time and time again.
She paused and continued, "In our eyes, the safety and health of our family is the top priority. It doesn't matter what others say or do."
The meaning behind her words was very simple. They did not treat Gu Changqing as a family member.
Old Master Gu understood what she meant and sighed. This was Gu Changqing's own fault.
"I have never liked this family to be torn into pieces. It is a hundred-year-old family. If we don't unite among ourselves, it will be very difficult for us to continue. The old ancestor handed the family business to me. If I don't handle it well... If I go down in the future, I won't have the face to see them."
When Old Master said this, his tone was a little gloomy. Huo Niannian could feel that this should be what Old Master was thinking from the bottom of his heart.
She knew that Grandpa was lamenting the indifferent relationship between Gu Changqing and Gu Tingshen. He was worried that this family would be torn apart in the future.
"There are some things that Grandpa cannot control, so there is no need to always use it to make things difficult for himself. The family unity that you seek is actually very difficult to achieve. The Gu family is too big, and there are also many people in the Gu family. People are divided into three grades, six grades, and nine grades, gentlemen and villains. Gentlemen represented justice, while villains represented profits. Why do you need to worry about the future generations? I'm probably an outsider, so I don't have the right to tell you all this..."
A gentleman's words are righteous, and a villain's words are beneficial. It was very difficult for a large family to not produce some lowly people who were controlled by their desires. For example, Gu Zifan. It was impossible for you to be kind and moral to them. They would not care about blood relations. In their eyes, there were only benefits.
Huo Niannian was very clear that she did not have any hope in the family unity that Old Master had mentioned.
Old Master listened to her words and became silent. It was good to be loyal to the ears. Although what the little girl said was unpleasant to hear, what she said was the truth.
He sighed, thinking that he had lived his entire life, but not a single little girl had lived through it.
"Enough, enough. How can she be an outsider? Didn't she marry into our Gu family? Although his words are unpleasant to hear, it makes sense. "
As Old Master spoke, he also took a sip of tea and looked at the sky outside. Then he said, "Alright, let's not talk about this for now. Wait for Tingshen to come back. I still have something to tell you. You go to the kitchen to take a look first. I'm a little hungry."
Huo Niannian smiled lightly and turned around to go to the kitchen.
Old Master himself sat in the tea room for a while but was unable to sit down. He also went to the kitchen.
At this moment, he still felt quite sorry for these two children. Because after the incident, they did not think about asking him for help. They had to carry it on their own. Gu Tingshen did not have any intention of asking him for help. He was with his blind son. It was a stark contrast!
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