Chapter 485: Unable to Reverse the Heavens

Jiang Lai raised her hand and knocked on the door; Gu Sen on the sickbed and Ms. Nian sitting beside him both looked up toward the entrance.

"Mother, father, Uncle Gu," Ke Zhongying walked toward the three.

Jiang Lai and Mo Yi walked a little slower; Mo Yi stepped forward and said, "Mr. Gu, this is pigeon soup we simmered at home; if you like it, have some more; there's more at home."

"Thank you," Gu Sen gave Mo Yi a slight nod, his gaze again falling on the daughter who had come to visit, showing a kindly smile, and asked her, "You weren't scared last night, were you?"

Jiang Lai shook her head, sat down on the stool, called out to Ke Yue and Ms. Nian's uncle and aunt, but did not call Gu Sen, only glanced at the spot on his arm where he was injured.

Gu Sen immediately said, "It's already stitched; just let the wound heal, no need to worry."

Jiang Lai said nothing about worry, nor about not worrying; she simply scanned the medical report on the table, looking at it a couple more times.

"Uncle Gu, let me see your medical report," Ke Zhongying, ever the meticulous one, picked up the report and sat beside Jiang Lai, sliding the report toward her.

Jiang Lai: "......"

Ms. Nian pursed her lips and smiled; seeing the two had looked enough, she asked Jiang Lai, "Why didn't you rest properly before coming over?"

Jiang Lai, instinctively obedient to Ms. Nian, replied, "I've rested."

Ke Zhongying added, "It's because you all said you wanted to see Uncle Gu, so I had to come too. Brother went to the company, we couldn't leave Sister Jiang Lai alone at home, so I dragged her along. Not sleeping during the day is fine; then we can sleep at night, otherwise we'd be up all night."

Jiang Lai smiled at Ke Zhongying and agreed, "Ke Zhongying is right."

Ke Zhongying lifted her lips, looking very proud.

Ms. Nian reminded Jiang Lai, "Don't spoil those two siblings too much; each has a temperament; a little praise can send them soaring."

Ke Yue said, "It's fine to indulge a girl, but not a man; the household still can't let Ke Zhongyu act arbitrarily."

Ke Zhongying kept agreeing, "Exactly, exactly."

Jiang Lai lowered her eyes slightly, just pursed her lips in a smile, thinking she should record this for Ke Zhongyu to hear.

Gu Sen sat on the sickbed watching the interaction among the four, and a feeling of envy rose in his heart.

The Nian mother and daughter laughed and chatted with Jiang Lai, and even the usually solemn Ke Yue could joke with her.

The biological father, once mistaken, every day mistaken, having missed his daughter for twenty‑eight years, doesn't even have the right to feel jealousy or resentment.

Nian Zhaoning, perceptive, sensed something off with Gu Sen and glanced at her husband.

Ke Yue asked Gu Sen, "What are your plans after you recover? Retire and enjoy old age, or keep working? Zhongyu told me the team you led in A City performed quite well."

Gu Sen: "Half‑retirement, I have little experience in business like Zhi Yan."

Ke Yue nodded; as a father, he always had endless concerns.

Everyone sat in the ward, they didn't even get to talk about the Gu family or Song Shiwei, enjoying a brief peace, but some matters couldn't be avoided.

Gu Sen's big incident meant the Gu clan couldn't have no one come; the old master, bedridden because of Gu Yinxue's kidnapping of Gu Sen and his wife and the possible consequences after his arrest, still remained in the hospital ward.

After Gu Zhiyan's fever broke in the morning, he declined many visitors, even family members, not allowing a swarm to disturb his father, so only Gu Kai came.

Gu Kai saw the Ke family members in the ward, and Jiang Lai as well, and his expression froze for a moment.

Ke Yue and Ms. Nian could tell Gu Kai's visit wasn't just a simple family check on Gu Sen but also to discuss matters on behalf of the clan; they were outsiders, so they politely got up and left.

Ke Zhongying and Mo Yi were also taken away.

Jiang Lai didn't leave; as Gu Sen's biological daughter, no one could drive her away.

Gu Kai first expressed concern for Gu Sen, then, after setting the stage, began probing about Gu Yinxue: "Was Gu Yinxue captured last night? I heard the younger sister went mad, beat her, aiming at the heart area; she must be badly injured, right?"

Jiang Lai gave Gu Kai a look; she knew what the Gu family was thinking.

If Gu Yinxue were simply dead, the debt would be cleared, no trial needed, and the scandal of abandoning a child twenty‑eight years ago could still be covered up by the Gu family's methods, preserving their face.

The calculations were certainly loud.

However, Ke Zhongyu had already found doctors to rescue her; doctors, nurses, and orderlies were attending her well, waiting for her to wake and receive the deserved punishment.

They couldn't let the Gu family know Gu Yinxue's exact condition, lest they act behind the scenes.

Gu Sen's thoughts were identical, and he said, "I don't know; I was knocked unconscious, I still don't know the details or the outcome."

The police were pressing the case, Ke Zhongyu was also acting covertly, the Gu family couldn't easily learn the truth, so they tried to gauge Gu Sen's tone.

"If Gu Yinxue is okay, how do you plan to handle this?" Gu Kai probed.

Gu Sen replied calmly, "Let the law handle it as it should; you wouldn't expect me to write a letter of forgiveness and turn this kidnapping into a family matter, would you?"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Lai saw Gu Kai's expression become a bit awkward, clearly having been caught on that hidden thought; fortunately Gu Kai shook his head in denial, otherwise admitting it outright would be truly disgusting.

Gu Kai sighed and changed tactics, looking sincere as he said, "Gu Sen, the old master has already agreed to let you leave the Gu clan; you won't have to deal with the clan's affairs anymore, but you still bear the Gu name, Gu blood runs in your veins; can you bear to see the Gu family's reputation crumble?"

"We've been pushing the news down hard, but there's still a lot of chatter online; the first to be affected will be Gu Clan Travel Literature, and you refusing to stay and lead the situation really puts us in a bind."

The chief couple of Gu Clan Travel Literature were both kidnapped; if it were just a political enemy or business rival, it would be one thing, but they could use this to crush the enemy.

The mastermind happened to be the two's adopted daughter; this drama hits every netizen's gossip point, the media can be blocked but not every person.

First Gu Clan Travel Literature is affected; then when Gu Yinxue explains the kidnapping's background, the Gu family will immediately face investigation—not to the point of everyone being in danger, but who wants to be investigated? Who wants their career affected and entangled?

Now the old master is bedridden, the whole family looks to Gu Kai to lead, yet Gu Kai, only half of the head of the family, knows nothing about the events of twenty‑eight years ago.

Gu Kai felt more white hair on his head, and his crown was balding even more.

"Gu Sen, breaking bones and tendons, you…"

"Pressuring them alone won't work," Jiang Lai said calmly, "Gu Yinxue is wanted for inciting murder; the target was me. The kidnapping was another crime she committed while fleeing. Even if the two crimes aren't punished together, the incitement to murder will still face trial; everything that needs to be said will be said."

Every word hammered into Gu Kai's heart; there was no way to reverse the heavens.