Chapter 446: Father and Son Align on Granularity

Ke Zhongyu came over with a blanket, covered Jiang Lai with it, then picked up the phone on the table, preparing to take the call elsewhere, and Jiang Lai grabbed his wrist.

Ke Zhongyu sat down.

On the other end of the call, Assistant Zhou fell silent after realizing the person answering wasn't Chief Ke.

"Keep going." Ke Zhongyu hadn't expected Jiang Lai to stay silent, so Assistant Zhou thought it was him and directly spoke up.

Jiang Lai stared at the phone.

Assistant Zhou: "However, the Gu clan's cooperation with the authorities hasn't been settled yet."

Not having settled it, they first rented an entire floor of an office building; it looks like they really intend to open a branch in A Company, and they definitely need to establish a foothold here.

Ke Zhongyu grunted an "uh": "Keep watching."

Assistant Zhou: "Should I lend a hand?"

As Ke Zhongyu looked toward Jiang Lai, Jiang Lai also looked back at him, her eyes clearly showing doubt.

"Not for now." He hung up the phone and explained to Jiang Lai, "I don't know whether the Gu family will take any action unfavorable to you, so we've had someone keep an eye on things."

Jiang Lai pinched his fingers: "I know."

She lowered her eyes, hesitated a moment, then asked: "What did Assistant Zhou just mean? Is the Gu family coming to A City?"

"Not the Gu family." Ke Zhongyu turned his hand to hold Jiang Lai's, thought it over, and still decided to tell her: "It's Uncle Gu; he's coming to A City."

Jiang Lai lightly nodded: "Oh."

Then she said nothing more, just rested her head on Ke Zhongyu's shoulder and dozed off again.

Ke Zhongyu raised his hand to touch her face, sat quietly, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

Not long after, his phone vibrated.

It wasn't a call; it was a series of messages from Ke Zhongying.

【Got you a bargain】

【Really got you a bargain!】

【My sister Jiang Lai is just so bewitched by you that she's living with you!】

【Goodness, does she still have any easy days ahead?】

Ke Zhongyu especially put a question mark after that sentence.

Ke Zhongying replied: 【You're big and tall, you'd better not bully her to death!】

Ke Zhongyu: 【Didn't bully】

Ke Zhongying: 【Pfft!】

Ke Zhongyu: 【Didn't really bully】

Ke Zhongying: 【Sniffle… you should be nicer to her, even nicer, even more nicer—do you understand?】

Ke Zhongyu understood, but he didn't know why a little girl like Ke Zhongying would worry so much about adult matters; she'd be better off worrying about her own graduate studies.

He didn't reply again.

Ke Zhongying's messages didn't stop.

【Sister Jiang Lai isn't replying to my messages; she must be getting bullied badly by you and is catching up on sleep.】

【You're not human!】

【Sister Jiang Lai is your god of wealth; can't you show her a little respect?】

Ke Zhongyu switched his phone from vibrate to silent, replying last: 【Don't disturb her rest.】

Ke Zhongying gave another "pfft," scolding him for putting on a fake kind face.

Ke Zhongyu has been in a good mood lately and doesn't take it to heart.

……

Gu Sen agreed to Gu Zhiyan joining the project team, but only as a member; Gu Zhiyan had no objection, after telling Li Dan about this, he also thanked Li Dan for lending him a place to stay, and now he's going to move to his father's place.

Li Dan asked him over the phone: "Are you planning to stay here from now on?"

Gu Zhiyan nodded: "Most likely."

Li Dan: "Just to ask, you and your dad have both come over here—hasn't your mom and Gu Yinxue's side had any quarrels?"

On the surface there really haven't been any arguments, but his mother sends who-knows-how-many messages a day, never asking what they're doing here, just sweetly asking when they'll go back, gently reminding them to eat well and add layers, hot days and cold nights, watch out for chills.

Seeing this, Gu Zhiyan felt uneasy inside.

Ever since he exposed Gu Yinxue last time, she hasn't sent him any messages.

Gu Zhiyan said: "This time I came to A City and went to G Province, and I learned a lot."

As for what exactly, it's not appropriate to tell Li Dan—family shame shouldn't be aired outside.

Li Dan heard the pain and restraint in his voice and comforted him: "Every family has its own hard-to-recite sutra. Speaking of something else, I'm getting engaged to Fu Youqing—please be my groomsman at the wedding."

Gu Zhiyan congratulated him sincerely, then suddenly thought of something: "I recall that Miss Fu and Jiang Lai have a pretty good relationship?"

Li Dan: "Right."

Gu Zhiyan: "If anything happens with Jiang Lai, please let me know."

Li Dan smiled and agreed.

Gu Zhiyan hung up the phone and asked the nanny they'd just found in the villa: "Is my father in the study?"

"Yes."

He went into the study to look for his father.

Gu Sen gestured for him to sit: "It's perfect; I have something to tell you."

Gu Zhiyan: "I also have something to say, concerning Jiang Lai and Yin Xue."

Gu Sen raised his eyebrows in surprise, because he too wanted to talk about this—Gu Hui had already found out that Gu Yinxue had someone do a paternity test, and it was a long time ago, even before he recognized Jiang Lai.

He had Gu Zhiyan speak first.

Gu Zhiyan said he had gone to visit Lin Shutong in prison, concealing that he might have been infected from a bite and that two women had blindfolded him together—after all, it was too embarrassing.

「Ji Lao was reported by Yin Xue, not Jiang Lai. 」

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Sen's brows furrowed quickly.

「Yin Xue deliberately used this to provoke Lin Shutong; Lin Shutong, angry over Ji Lao's arrest, took it out on Jiang Lai, drove to hit her—if it weren't for Ke Zhongyu being there, Jiang Lai would have gotten into a car accident. 」

「I never thought Yin Xue's mind could be so vicious. 」 So vicious that she could deceive and exploit even the brother who raised her; Gu Zhiyan's lips trembled slightly, hatred in his eyes.

Gu Sen felt as if struck by a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

He told Gu Zhiyan that Gu Yinxue had already done a paternity test as early as last December.

Gu Zhiyan's expression was also as if he had been struck by lightning.

「So she already knew she wasn't a Gu family member? Even knew that Jiang Lai was my true sister? 」

Gu Sen nodded: "Yes, she knew all along, which is why she secretly targeted Jiang Lai, using you, using Lin Shutong……"

He never expected to have raised such a vicious, ungrateful wretch.

Upon learning this, many of Gu Zhiyan's inner mysteries were resolved.

Why, even though he clearly knew Lin Shutong had contracted a disease, did he still try to matchmake them?

Why did he speak vaguely about what happened on the day of Lin Shutong's trial, refusing to be straightforward?

Everything was supposedly for his own good, but it was all lies.

Gu Zhiyan's voice turned hoarse: "So that day outside the study, what did she faint from? What made her heart hurt? What tears did she shed in the hospital?!"

Gu Sen closed his eyes slightly: "All fake, it's all fake."

This adopted daughter's mind is too deep.

She would also feign a heart condition as a disguise.

Gu Zhiyan laughed in anger: "We've raised her for so many years at home, yet we've raised an enemy instead."

Gu Sen immediately made the decision: "She must leave the Gu family."

Gu Zhiyan shouted angrily: "She doesn't deserve to share my surname! She doesn't deserve to be a member of the Gu family, let alone my sister!" He almost gritted his teeth.

Gu Sen nodded: "I will also withdraw the funding for the photography base."

Gu Zhiyan stood up: "I'll go back to handle it!"

「You stay here, I'll go back. 」 Gu Sen looked at him, 「You can't deal with your mother. 」

Gu Zhiyan looked at his father's lifeless gaze, his heart startled: "Dad, you and Mom…… you……"

He wanted to ask, "Are you planning to divorce?"