Chapter 405 - Chapter 405: Chapter Four-Hundred and Five: Compromise (1/2)
Chapter 405: Chapter Four-Hundred and Five: Compromise
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Only she, as his mother, would love and care for Gu Fei whole-heartedly. Zheng Xiu had to spare no effort to fight for everything for Gu He. Yun Liu was her most handy knife, and Yun Zhang was going to steal her away. ‘There’s no way I’ll let Yun Zhang take such an advantage so easily!’
“Right now, no one can save you except for me,” Yun Zhang said sedately. “You can preserve the Gu family’s reputation only by leaving with me.”
‘Not in a million years!’ Yun Liu silently and vehemently refused. She stared warily at him, her feelings complicated. Never had she ever expected that Yun Zhang would one day become a threat to her. They’d grown up together and knew each other only all-too-well. However, at this moment, she didn’t understand Yun Zhang’s intentions at all. ‘Did his brain get switched? What’s he trying to do? Why is he doing this?’
This was the first time in her life that Yun Zhang made her feel scared. “Rubbish! I won’t go with you! Absolutely not!” Yun Liu screamed.
Bai Jie frowned. She didn’t like Yun Liu, but it would bring great benefits to the Gu family if the girl could manage to marry into the Shi family. However, privately, she didn’t want Yun Liu to marry into the Shi family—because Yun Liu doesn’t deserve to. ‘On what grounds does she get to marry better than my daughters?’ Bai Jie thought. And now, seeing Yun Liu like this, she only felt disgusted and also somewhat relieved.
“Auntie, let’s settle Gu Fei’s matter like this, then?” Bai Jie tried to bring the subject back to Gu Fei. ‘I have yet to resolve Gu Fei’s matter, and now Yun Liu’s matter pops up. That girl can marry whoever she wants, I couldn’t care less—the worse her marriage is, the happier I am. It’ll be even better if she can’t marry into the Shi family,’ Bai Jie thought, at this point no longer having the intention of using Yun Liu to exchange for benefits.
Gu Fei was also stupefied by Yun Zhang’s sudden appearance. ‘What on earth is that all about?’ Hearing his mother’s words, he quickly recovered and adamantly uttered, “I’m not getting married! It’s only negative publicity. Just throw money at the matter to suppress it! What’s such a big deal? Why make a mountain out of a molehill? What does the corporation’s stock price drop have to do with me? Don’t blame everything on me!”
Bai Jie wished she could go over and cover Gu Fei’s mouth. Chen Yao ignored the mother and son and looked at Zheng Xiu, who was on her guard against Yun Zhang.
“Gu An’s wife, Zheng Xiu, right? We’ve applied for a degree programme for Gu He at Country Y’s Eton College. I wonder if you’re willing to send him there to study,” Chen Yao said warmly.
Zheng Xiu’s expression went blank for a second, her mind a little dumbstruck by the words “Eton College.” She couldn’t imagine it. Eton! It was the academic establishment where the children of the world’s top aristocrats and royals from various countries studied—it wasn’t a place you could get into just because you had money. Students had to be vetted through multiple stages, with referrals and guarantees by top figures, and had to be extremely outstanding to make it in there.