Chapter 129: Not Close With Her

Gu Wenyan hadn't seen Gu Mianmian appear in any Gu Group scripts these past few days — at this point, Gu Mianmian probably had no interest in wasting her time at Gu Group.

For Gu Mianmian, doing this kind of thing held no benefit for her, and she didn't want to spend her time on work either.

Gu Mianmian would rather remain that idle rich young lady than seriously go to work.

There was nothing wrong with that way of thinking — Gu Mianmian truly had the ability and the confidence to stay so carefree forever, regardless of whether she tried or not.

But now, with Gu Wenyan's appearance and the comparison she invited, Gu Mianmian's continued idleness looked especially ridiculous.

Online, everyone was discussing the differences between them, using them as a point of comparison.

Even those voices that had once praised Gu Mianmian to the skies — enviable life, role model, winner — had changed their tune.

Now the so-called winners of life had switched their target, and Gu Mianmian's social media followers were steadily dropping.

Many people had run off to follow Gu Wenyan.

They had lost interest in Gu Mianmian, thinking that a rich young lady like her was a dime a dozen — no different from all the others they'd seen before.

Only Gu Wenyan was the truly special one.

So everyone was talking about Gu Wenyan, paying attention to her; even those friends in Gu Mianmian's circle were now very interested in Gu Wenyan.

They specifically asked about topics concerning her.

They were very curious about the current relationship between Gu Mianmian and Gu Wenyan — whether there was any chance they could become the kind of close sisters they imagined.

Naturally they wanted to use Gu Mianmian's connection to get close to Gu Wenyan, but these people had never taken Gu Wenyan seriously before, never thought she had any merits.

Nor did they think Gu Wenyan had any right to enter their circle.

But later, everything Gu Wenyan did gradually changed their views — yet by then, it was already too late to mend the relationship with her.

So now, they could only hope to get close to Gu Wenyan through Gu Mianmian.

But faced with everyone's concern and enthusiasm, Gu Mianmian's expression was especially ugly.

"I'm not close with Gu Wenyan — stop asking me about her."

Everyone was shocked: "What happened? You two fighting again?"

"Now… will there be a fight over the family inheritance? Will the whole inheritance go to Gu Wenyan in the future?"

"Are all your brothers favoring Gu Wenyan now? If the whole inheritance goes to her, what will you do?"

"And… Mianmian, you're not actually a biological child of the Gu Family, right? Will Gu Wenyan kick you out of the Gu Family someday?"

"If that day really comes, what will you do? I feel so bad for you!"

"You've been the Gu Family's Eldest Miss for so many years — everything was fine, and now it's come to this. You must be very upset, right?"

"You've been the most pampered one at home all these years, and now someone comes along and steals all that affection away from you… If I were you, I'd be furious right now!"

Hearing everyone chime in one after another — though on the surface it sounded like concern — those words grated on Gu Mianmian's ears especially harshly, making her particularly irritated.

Gu Mianmian could no longer hold back her temper, and burst out angrily: "Can you all just stop talking? Whether I get a share of the inheritance later, whether I'm the most pampered — what does it have to do with you!"

Everyone exchanged glances; after a long silence they tried to ease the mood: "We were just joking — we only said it because we care about you. If you don't like us bringing up this kind of topic, we won't mention it again…"

"Right, right, change the subject — let's talk about the upcoming auction. Are you guys going?"

Everyone started chatting about the auction being held soon, where many necklaces and diamond rings designed with precious gemstone roughs would be exhibited.

Every item carried a high value and was worth collecting; and for a group of second-generation rich kids like them, the thing they loved most to do in their daily lives was to fritter away their time on shopping sprees like this.

So once they got onto a topic they liked, they grew even livelier and forgot what had just been said.

Hearing them talk about this auction, Gu Mianmian couldn't help but be tempted — now everyone said she didn't have the means to spend money freely, but…

She absolutely could not show weakness in front of them!

Someone happened to ask Gu Mianmian: "Is there anything you like? Reserve it in advance, get the deposit ready, and join the auction when the time comes?"

"Something I like? Yes — these few are pretty good, and this Kashmir Sapphire… I've taken a fancy to it. I'll definitely win the bid for it."

"Mianmian is still so generous! Looks like the Gu Family hasn't treated you too badly!"

"Although Gu Wenyan is more popular and talked-about now, your brothers still care more about…"

Gu Mianmian lifted her chin and boasted proudly: "My brothers watched me grow up — how could their relationship with me possibly be the same as with Gu Wenyan? It's completely different!"

Hearing Gu Mianmian say this, everyone nodded, believing that just as she boasted, she would soon be able to get that gem.

But…

In her heart, Gu Mianmian actually had no confidence — with the savings she had on hand now, she couldn't possibly bid for a piece of jewelry worth tens of millions, or even possibly over a hundred million.

But if she couldn't win the bid, she'd already bragged — what would she do then?

Gu Mianmian naturally thought of her parents again, but recently her parents had put aside everything to prepare for a trip around the world; only her brothers were at home. If it were before…

Gu Mianmian could casually bring up the topic, and they would certainly be willing to pay that sum for her — but now, Gu Mianmian had no confidence.

Especially since Gu Yeting had pampered her the most in the past, and now Gu Mianmian didn't dare ask him for that money either.

Gu Mianmian could only set her sights on her eldest and second brothers.

But when Gu Mianmian returned home, she saw the auction's lot list at home as well.

Gu Wenyan was sitting on the sofa casually flipping through it, chatting with Gu Yeting about the matter: "I think this auction is just so-so — nothing that rare."

Gu Yeting curved his lips into a faint smile and said: "You call that not rare? The gems up for auction this time haven't appeared on the market for a long time — given how precious they are, the prices will be very high."

"Really?" Gu Wenyan said casually, "Then I'll just bid for this Kashmir Blue Sapphire Necklace — since you think it's worth it."

Gu Mianmian was shocked — since when had Gu Wenyan and her brother gotten so close that they could sit on the sofa chatting casually??

They had clearly been at each other's throats before, but what Gu Mianmian saw today was nothing like that scene at all…

Gu Mianmian's heart suddenly lost its confidence again.