She Lives without Regret in This Life

Chapter 1926: Chapter 72: Gu Family Patriarch

Gu Sinian sipped his tea, indifferent to the situation. He grew up with Gu Yuehong and had seen her countless times being two-faced, playing tricks, so he was used to it.

Although he looked down on Gu Yuehong’s lowly tactics, he never exposed or stopped her. Because he was essentially no different from Gu Yuehong, so why bother!

The two Gu brothers also remained silent. The elder brother glared at his son, Gu Sinian, and then said to his niece, "Yuehong, why are you kneeling? Stand up! After New Year’s, there’s no red envelope for you after kneeling."

Gu Yuehong seized the opportunity to get up, but the old man suddenly shouted, "Let her kneel for me." After speaking, he still felt it wasn’t enough, and scolded, "What? You have a temper now? Dare to turn your back on everyone? Should I come over personally?"

Everyone was scared into silence; the old man hadn’t been this angry in many years. The last time he scolded someone this sharply and directly was twenty years ago!

Fu Shuzhen couldn’t bear seeing her daughter’s face turn pale and then blue, so she stood up and said, "Dad, what’s wrong? The New Year hasn’t ended yet! If there’s anything, let Yuehong stand up and speak."

"Exactly! Dad."

Others also pleaded, seeing the old man’s expression slightly soften, and someone went over to personally help Gu Yuehong stand up. However, she dared not sit down again, standing honestly in front of everyone.

"Explain to me what happened at home," the old man commanded with a stern face.

Gu Yuehong’s mind was shrewd; she had been adept at shirking responsibility since childhood. She blinked her large, innocent eyes and said, "Grandpa, what’s actually going on? I don’t understand!"

The old man laughed angrily, "Humph! People have come to make trouble, and you’re still acting dumb here with me."

As expected... Gu Yuehong resented Ping Simin’s family to death. The last time she schemed against Ping Simin was purely for fun, part of her wicked hobby. This time, she truly harbored a grudge.

Gu Sinian watched her leisurely, almost feeling sympathy for the Ping Family. Gu Yuehong was just a venomous Poison Snake; anyone she targeted was bound to be unlucky!

"Grandpa, it’s Ping Simin’s problem. How can her family’s unreasonable actions be blamed on me? I’m a victim too. If she had been more decent, would I be implicated?" Gu Yuehong said, her eyes turning red with grievance, looking pitiful.

"I was embarrassed to go out during the New Year; it was entirely her fault, causing our family to suffer as well. Humph! Surely because our family has been too accommodating over the years, that’s why such people dare to cause trouble."

"That’s right! Dad, children playing is very normal."

"Yuehong did nothing wrong; I heard it’s the other girl who was indecent."

"If they dare to come again, just kick them out. If they’re ungrateful, make them leave even further."

The old man was even angrier hearing this, not because of Gu Yuehong’s arrogant domineering nature, for he himself was a very dominant and authoritative person. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have built the Gu Family to its current success. Though just a businessman, in his youth, he was quite the hero.

His grandchildren being domineering and unreasonable were acceptable, but they mustn’t be stupid or conceited. He had always been very satisfied with Gu Yuehong and had turned a blind eye to her little tricks because this granddaughter was indeed clever. Her peers were all manipulated by her.

But now, he discovered that his granddaughter was too conceited. No matter how smart a person is, once they become conceited, they become stupid beyond imagination.

"Conceited, shortsighted," the old man slammed the table, "Do you think I don’t know about the things you’ve done?"

"Grandpa..." Gu Yuehong’s face finally changed, becoming even more unpleasant.

Clearly, she had done more excessive things before, used more lowly tactics, and her grandfather never said anything. Why was he so angry this time? He even specifically came back from the Southern?