Chapter 773 - Birthday Party (16) (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Gu Nianzhi’s voice was tender and crisp, but punctuating the words like that made them resonate powerfully. It was very shocking. There was absolute silence in the hall for a short while. Everyone’s eyes were constantly moving back and forth between Gu Nianzhi and Gu Yanran. Gu Yanran’s heart was beating wildly. It was about to jump out of her throat.

When she heard Gu Nianzhi say that she wanted to divide up the family property, all the blood in her body nearly gushed out through the top of her head. It was practically impossible for her to control herself. She had used up all of her self-control. She almost drove her freshly-done nails right through the skin of her palms.

Gu Yanran made a long sighing sound. It sounded a bit shaky. She said, “…Divide up the family property? I’m afraid not. What family property can we divide? Father is not dead.”

She meant that, for now, the Gu family’s property was still under Gu Xiangwen’s name.

Gu Nianzhi looked down at the pink diamond crown in her hand. The corner of her lip curled up in ridicule. She didn’t even look up as she said, “You don’t have to worry about that. You don’t understand the law. Just because you say not to divide it, doesn’t mean it will not be divided.”

With great difficulty, Gu Yanran resisted those eyes that were looking down on her and said in a composed manner, “It’s true that I don’t know. Father is still alive and you want to divide the family property, what logic is that? What country’s law is that?”

“Here, I’ll break the law down for you again.” Gu Nianzhi held the pink diamond crown in her palm. Her facial expression was very calm. “Listen up, that person on the sickbed had already been in a vegetative state for seven years. He has completely lost all of his abilities. He’s no longer a person that is part of the princ.i.p.al part of the law. The law could end it. That’s why we can divide the family property.”

A person who had been missing for seven years could be declared dead under the law. Of course, people in a vegetative state were also treated that way.

Unfortunately for her, Gu Nianzhi still could not openly kick Gu Yanran out because Gu Yanran’s identification doc.u.ments proved that she was actually Gu Xiangwen’s daughter. It didn’t matter if the person in a vegetative state was Gu Xiangwen or not, it wouldn’t affect her legal status. After Gu Nianzhi had weighed the pros and cons, she decided not to deny her ident.i.ty as the daughter of the Gu family. That was why, under the circ.u.mstance of not having a will, Gu Yanran could claim half of the family property. But seeing Gu Yanran’s activities and movements in those few years, Gu Nianzhi had reasonably and rationally guessed that Gu Yanran had already squandered most of her portion.

“In the past, you thought of me as being underage and not able to manage the family property, but now I’m an adult. I’ll take at least half of all the things belonging to the Gu family.” Gu Nianzhi’s eyes quickly looked around the hall. She had a panoramic view of everyone’s expression.

“You want to fight over the right to manage the Gu household? Fine, we’ll talk about it in the future. Today is… Miss Tan’s birthday. You shouldn’t…” Gu Yanran paused and looked at Prime Minister Tan gently.

When Prime Minister Tan saw that, his heart ached and he helped her to get out of the trouble she was in. He had a solemn expression as he said, “This is your family’s private matter. Why make such a scene and so much noise in the Prime Minister’s Residence? How did you get in here? Who gave you an invitation?”

Gu Nianzhi raised her eyebrows. She didn’t want to say where she got her invitation from. Prime Minister Tan had held it in that whole night. But he finally couldn’t hold it in anymore?

Seeing the way he looked at Gu Yanran, she thought pigs were more likely to flythan for there to be nothing going on between the two.

Gu Nianzhi couldn’t refrain from secretly pus.h.i.+ng aside Gu Yanran’s meat and vegetable. Still want to get Prime Minister Tan, this old outer leaf of cabbage, when you have Ye Xuan, the little wolfhound. Seriously…

She didn’t want to be her sister! She didn’t want them to be sisters even if it was only under the law! While Gu Nianzhi was pondering how to break Yanran herself, she was also verbally attacking Prime Minister Tan.

Her facial expression changed and she said in a serious manner, “Prime Minister Tan, you sure are quick to burn bridges after you’ve crossed them. How did the dispute I have with my sister become our family’s private matter? Are you really going to act like this has nothing to do with you and your wife?”

“The more you talk the more out of place it becomes. What does this thing have to do with Prime Minister Tan and Mrs. Tan?” Gu Yanran was a bit scared when she refuted it. “Enough. We will talk about the problems when we get home.”

“Why talk about it when we are home? The thing that I want to say has to do with Prime Minister Tan and Mrs. Tan.” Gu Nianzhi turned and looked at Tan Dongbang. She was tall. Her pair of black eyes were so bright that they astonished people.

The crystal chandellier in the hall was reflected in her eyes. They looked like tens of thousands of stars had fallen into an pond in autumn. The pond rippled slightly and crushed the starlight. They dispersed the little specks of stars. They could capture a person’s soul.

Prime Minister Tan looked at her and then looked away. In a displeased way, he said, “If it’s private matter, we can talk about it in the future.”

“It’s not a private matter.” Gu Nianzhi said it openly and simply. “I want to talk about the money Gu Yanran put into your campaign fund to make up the deficit.”