Chapter 63: It’s My Aunt

Ji Yunfeng entered from the door, and Gu Yalan stood up with a smile to greet him.
“Yunfeng, you’re back!”

“Aren’t you supposed to be quite filial? Why didn’t you go to the hospital to visit Grandma?”

“I will, I’ll go right now!” Gu Yalan ordered the servant to pack the soup and take it to the hospital.

After Gu Yalan left, Ji Yunfeng snorted coldly and walked upstairs to the study. Ji’s father was in the study handling documents. Ji Yunfeng mysteriously said:

“Dad, I think I found my biological aunt.”

“What! What did you say?” Ji’s father stood up, shouting excitedly.

“I met someone in the army, Shen Yunhe. This person looks a lot like you. At first, I thought he might be your illegitimate son.”

Slap! Ji’s father slapped him across the face.
“Brat, what nonsense are you talking!”

“Dad, let me finish. I knew you’d hit me. But then I thought about it. With how much you dote on Mom, it’s impossible for that to happen. How could someone look so much like you for no reason? There must be some blood relation. So, I thought about my aunt, who’s been missing for years. If it was her child, and the child looked like you, that would make sense. After all, a nephew looks like his uncle. So, I stayed there and investigated. Guess what I found?”

“Brat, stop teasing me. Hurry up!”

“According to the villagers, Shen Yunhe’s mother was brought back by his father when she was about ten years old. At that time, she was seriously injured and had amnesia. I stayed in the village for a while, and I saw what his mother looked like. She resembles the photos of my aunt when she was young, both in age and appearance. It matches perfectly. That must be my aunt. After the investigation, I didn’t dare to confront her, so I rushed back to tell you.”

“When the Shen family found your aunt, she was severely injured?”
“Yes, everyone in their village knows about it; it’s not a secret. Apparently, the village doctor was the one who treated her at the time.”

“Who harmed your aunt?”
“Do I need to think about that? It must have been Gu Yalan. After my aunt disappeared, she strutted around in our Ji family, enjoying all the privileges of being the eldest daughter. I’ve never liked her. Only Grandma is blind and can’t see her poisonous nature!”

“Brat, what are you saying? How can you speak like that about your grandmother?”
“It’s the truth!”

Ji’s father sighed. “Your grandmother is old and confused. She has lived this long because she’s been waiting for your real aunt to come home.”

Ji Yunfeng said nothing more. Ji’s father gave him a serious look and instructed,
“I’ll go to that village and check things out. You keep quiet for now. If it turns out to be your aunt, I’ll personally bring her back.”
“Okay.”

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In the hospital, Gu Yalan was keeping watch over the elderly woman in the ward. The woman, now over eighty, had little time left. She emitted a strong, unpleasant odor of old age. Gu Yalan was forcing herself to endure the discomfort as the old woman held her hand.

This old woman had millions in assets. To get a share of the inheritance, Gu Yalan had no choice but to endure. In her youth, the elderly woman had been the eldest daughter of a wealthy family. Her collection of jewelry alone was worth a fortune.

Being an adopted daughter meant nothing. As long as she could win the elderly woman’s affection, Gu Yalan would get half of the Ji family’s wealth. She was confident she could get her hands on the elderly woman’s precious jewels.

As for what the Ji family thought, it had nothing to do with her. What mattered was the position and wealth of the Ji family’s eldest daughter. With those things, she could accomplish everything else she wanted.

The elderly woman clutched her hand, babbling incoherently,
“Wanting, my dear, I’ve waited for you my whole life. Now that you’ve finally returned, I can die in peace.”

Gu Yalan was furious. This old woman was still waiting for Ji Wanting. She had been by her side for over thirty years, yet she couldn’t compare to Ji Wanting,
“Mother, I’m Ji Wanting. I’ve come back!”

Suppressing her anger, Gu Yalan forced herself to smile, comforting the elderly woman,
“Wanting, I’m sorry, I didn’t take good care of you. I’m sorry you had to suffer. I’m so sorry for your father as well. I don’t have the face to meet him after I die!”

“It’s okay.”

“After I die, I’ll leave all my property and jewelry to you, as compensation.”

Gu Yalan’s anger surged. She had spent over thirty years with the elderly woman, and now the old woman wanted to leave all her property to Ji Wanting? Luckily, she had already gotten rid of Ji Wanting, or she would have to worry about Ji Wanting coming back to snatch the inheritance.

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Gu Yalan’s people in Chuan’an County successfully retrieved Gu’s father and mother from the police station. Gu Jiali was waiting outside,
“Dad, Mom, are you alright?”

“We’re fine. Let’s go home first,” Gu’s father said, standing at the police station door, worried about losing face.

Once at home, Gu Jiali couldn’t hold back her complaints,
“What should we do? Dad, I can’t just divorce Gu Qingci like this. I’m not going to let him off easily!”

Gu’s father looked at his daughter seriously,
“Tell me the truth. Is Gu Jiaqi really Gu Qingci’s son?”

Gu Jiali lowered her head, frightened by her father’s serious expression, and didn’t dare to speak. Seeing this, Gu’s father understood,
“Who is the biological father of the child? Tell me!”

“I don’t know! I really don’t know!”

During the first few years of their marriage, Gu Qingci completely ignored her. Her mother-in-law kept pressuring her to have a grandson, constantly mocking her. She felt like a chicken that couldn’t lay eggs. Filled with resentment, she began to retaliate.

After drinking too much one night, she slept with several men. At first, she was terrified, fearing Gu’s family would find out. But one day, when her mother-in-law pressured her about marriage again, she yelled in anger,
“Your son doesn’t even sleep with me. Who do you expect me to have a child with?”

What she never expected was that her mother-in-law had drugged her husband’s cup, and that was how she got pregnant. She comforted herself, thinking it would be a child of the Gu family. But after the child was born, she began to fear. The child didn’t look like anyone in the Gu family, but her mother-in-law doted on him, which gradually eased her worries.

Gu’s father slapped her across the face, his hand trembling as he scolded her,
“How could I have raised such a shameless daughter? You’ve completely embarrassed me!”

“What are you doing? Why are you hitting your daughter?!” Gu’s mother rushed to hug her daughter.

“Does it even matter whether the child is from the Gu family? The daughter is going to divorce Gu Qingci anyway. It’s enough if he’s our biological grandson!”

“How can you say such shameless things? Forget it, I won’t deal with you anymore!”

Angrily, Gu’s father turned and went back to his room. Passing by his grandson, Gu Jiaqi, who nervously called out, “Grandpa,” Gu’s father ignored him.

The next day, Gu Jiali, accompanied by her mother, went to the Gu family to discuss the divorce. Her mother made unreasonable demands,
“My daughter has been serving your family like a slave since marrying into the Gu family. You must compensate her, or we won’t divorce!”

“How shameless!” Gu’s mother shouted in fury,
“Your daughter’s the one who messed around, and now you’re trying to blame my son? Dream on!”