Chapter 463: Jiang Lai Forced Song Shiwei to Admit It

Jiang Lai reached out and hooked Ke Zhongyu's finger, asking softly, "Why did you come?"

Ke Zhongyu bent down close to Jiang Lai, his gaze still fixed dead on every person in the Gu family: "With collective interests at play, I was worried you wouldn't be able to walk out of here today."

Jiang Lai frowned.

Just then Ke Zhongying walked to her side and explained in a low voice: "Sister Jiang Lai, you don't understand—born into a large family like ours, the thing we're taught most is that family interests come first, just like the sense of collective honor teachers emphasized in school. At school it was only emphasized within the school, but family interests are instilled from birth. Under such deep-rooted thinking, even when conflicts arise and they can't stand each other, they'll still present a united front against outsiders."

This kind of thing has been disciplined into their minds, forming a natural conditioned reflex.

Jiang Lai nodded slightly to show she understood.

Ke Zhongying added, "Don't worry, we're here. Don't be fooled by just the three of us coming inside—the Gu family grounds outside are all our people."

It was precisely because she still cared about the relationship between the Gu family and the Nian Family that her brother hadn't led bodyguards to force their way in; only the three of them came inside.

Ever since Jiang Lai resolved to stay away from the scumbag, she had met Ke Zhongyu, met Ke Zhongying, and met quite a few friends—every one of them would stand by her side.

No wonder everyone wanted so badly to "possess"—because possessing certain people meant obtaining what you longed for.

Chi Ce turned around and said, "Alright, Mrs. Gu's health is no major issue—it's just years of suppression leaving her in poor condition."

Put quite tactfully.

Jiang Lai looked over: "Since it's nothing serious, then tell us about what happened back then. If you won't tell it, I'll say it, and you can listen—that works too."

Song Shiwei shut her eyes, two lines of clear tears streaming down. When she opened them again, her gaze toward Jiang Lai held nothing but resentment: "From the very first moment I saw you in A City, I knew… I knew you were a ghost coming to collect a debt!"

To this day, Song Shiwei still showed not a trace of remorse—only hatred.

No matter how iron-hearted Jiang Lai was, her biological mother's attitude and words would still scratch a mark across her.

Ke Zhongyu heard this and his brow furrowed sharply, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "I don't like hearing that. Take it back."

Song Shiwei trembled all over and forced herself to say, "I am your elder!"

Ke Zhongyu: "The premise is that Jiang Lai acknowledges you. If she does, you are; if she doesn't, the Song family as it stands now is beneath my notice."

Song Shiwei was so angry her lips went pale.

Ke Zhongyu's piercing gaze swept across—no one dared to say a word on Song Shiwei's behalf, each protecting themselves.

Ke Zhongyu looked at Song Shiwei and continued the topic Jiang Lai had raised earlier: "You talk, or Jiang Lai talks."

Song Shiwei knew she couldn't escape today; tears rolled down her face line after line. At a moment like this, she so wished Gu Sen were also by her side—how could Gu Sen allow a younger generation to bully her like this?

But Gu Sen… Gu Sen also refused to see her, refused to stand up for her anymore.

All of this was caused by Jiang Lai.

If only Jiang Lai had never come back.

Jiang Lai's return had shattered her peaceful, beautiful life.

The more Song Shiwei thought about it, the angrier she got. She ground her teeth and said to Jiang Lai, "I really hate that I fought with my life back then to give birth to you, only to bring a curse upon myself."

In an instant, the murderous aura on Ke Zhongyu was nearly impossible to conceal, and Ke Zhongying was also furious.

Jiang Lai grasped Ke Zhongyu's hand, shifted slightly to the side, and stood in front of Song Shiwei: "The one you fought with your life to bear was a son—you didn't want to give birth to me."

"You thought I was a curse, so you left me out in the snowy cold—were you trying to freeze me to death and be done with it once and for all?"

Hearing Jiang Lai calmly say these words to the face of the very culprit, Ke Zhongyu's heart suddenly ached, and his grip on Jiang Lai's hand tightened considerably.

Song Shiwei did not answer Jiang Lai's question.

Jiang Lai continued: "Abandonment, attempted murder—you're guilty of both."

"Who can prove it!!!" Song Shiwei roared with all her might, the veins on her neck bulging.

Jiang Lai suddenly smiled: "Far too many people."

Song Shiwei froze instantly, eyes wide—she didn't believe Gu Sen would actually step forward to testify.

"You don't know?" Jiang Lai looked at the woman before her, elegantly dressed yet bearing a hint of madness. "Someone saw with their own eyes where you took the child. If it weren't for his threats, why would your husband have resigned?"

She knew about Zhao Zheng!

Song Shiwei's eyes widened in terror—had they found Zhao Zheng themselves, or had Gu Sen told them himself?

Either possibility was unbearable for Song Shiwei, especially the latter.

Jiang Lai: "I don't want to ask you why. I already know the reason you discarded me. I only want to ask you this: do you admit that you left me, a newborn, out in the snowy cold to freeze me to death?"

Seeing that the situation could no longer be stopped, Old Master Gu sighed helplessly and had someone help his old bones into a seat.

Let them make a scene.

As long as they let off steam making a fuss at home, and it doesn't spill outside, everything is negotiable.

Song Shiwei was still being stubborn, refusing to admit it.

Jiang Lai asked again with an oppressive force: "You left me, a newborn, out in the snowy cold to freeze me to death. Do you admit it, or not?"

It wasn't even a rhetorical question—it was a statement.

Unable to withstand such crushing pressure, Song Shiwei retorted: "I didn't intend to freeze you to death! I never thought that—someone would definitely pass by and pick you up, there definitely would be…"

After she finished speaking, large drops of tears rolled down her face.

Jiang Lai's heart still couldn't help but ache, but in the next instant she said softly, "Oh, so you admit you intentionally abandoned me."

Those in the Gu family who hadn't known were all in an uproar.

She was actually abandoned.

And it was Song Shiwei who abandoned her with her own hands.

Tang Yun nearly lost her footing. She had lived a quiet, dutiful life—obeying her parents at home, obeying her husband after marriage, plain and uneventful all her life. The biggest thing she had ever encountered was Gu Jin's mother's suicide; the second was Song Shiwei abandoning her own biological daughter.

She actually knew why, yet also didn't know why.

Perhaps because she had no daughter herself, she couldn't understand the act of discarding a daughter.

Gu Jin couldn't help but let out a faint sob, turning to bury her head in her husband's chest. She truly hated this place—if not for having once known a mother's love, she wouldn't have the slightest attachment to it.

The others were scrutinizing Song Shiwei.

Song Shiwei covered her face with her hands, shaking her head: "I didn't want to either, I didn't want to do this, but, but you—why, why…"

"Why does it have to be a girl?" Jiang Lai asked in return. "Weren't you born a girl too?"

"That's exactly why I know how hard it is to be a girl!" Song Shiwei looked at Jiang Lai with red eyes. "Can't carry on the family line, can't inherit the family business, can only marry off—just look at Gu Jin, just look at her!"

"Because she's a girl, her mother was driven to the end of her rope!"

"Just look at who she married now..."

Slap.

Old Master Gu slapped Song Shiwei across the face and warned sternly, "What you should say and what you shouldn't say—after more than thirty years in the Gu family, you still haven't learned the rules."

Song Shiwei was already unwell, and the old master's full-force slap knocked her to the ground.

Song Shiwei's face burned with pain; she was crying, then suddenly laughed, tilting her head up to look at the old master: "The only reason I did this is because the Gu family forced me to! If women had any standing in the Gu family, why would I have needed to do this! The Gu family is nothing but..."

Slap!

The old master gave her another slap, and after striking, his own body staggered too—fortunately someone caught him.

"Song Shiwei, I will have Gu Sen divorce you."

Almost in an instant, Song Shiwei went from her earlier defiant fearlessness to pleading, shaking her head and saying, "No, you can't, absolutely not—I'd rather die than agree to a divorce!"