Chapter 74: Birthday Congratulations to Old Lady Gu

Gu Family Old House

On the day of Old Lady Gu’s 70th birthday, there were many guests.

Many big names in Kyoto came, bringing gifts to congratulate Old Lady Gu.

Because the Gu family has an unshakable position in the whole of Kyoto, many people want to curry favor and build relationships with him in order to gain greater benefits.

However, they are mostly here for Gu Jingzhan, and they all want to take this opportunity to build some relationship with him so that they can go more smoothly in the business world.

But there are also many rumors outside that the family relationship of the Gu family is not very good, and Gu Jingzhan has a very bad relationship with Old Lady Gu because of marrying Xiang Wanqiao.

So they are not sure whether Gu Jingzhan will come back on such a special day today.

But no matter what, they still have to try their luck.

What if they meet him?

In such a social occasion, everyone has their own ulterior motives.

Although Old Lady Gu is already 70 years old, her figure is still agile, her spirit is very full, and her style is as good as before.

While she was socializing in the hall, her eyes drifted to the door from time to time, as if she was waiting for something.

At this time, Gu Wenhua walked into the hall, walked up to Old Madam Gu, and gave her a gift.

Mom, I wish you happiness as vast as the East Sea and a long life as great as the South Mountain!

Okay, that’s thoughtful.

Old Madam Gu accepted the gift and smiled faintly.

Then, she whispered, Xue Ru is back too. She is in the back garden. Go find her and talk to her.

Gu Wenhua’s face changed slightly when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He hesitated for a moment, but in the end he said nothing, turned around and left silently, walking towards the back garden.

Old Madam Gu handed the gift to Mrs. Li beside her, and cast her eyes to the door again, still with a little expectation in her heart.

However, as time passed, the person she was looking forward to still did not come.

Old Madam Gu sighed lightly, her tone full of loss: He is still angry with me.

When Gu Jingzhan insisted on marrying Xiang Wanqiao, Old Madam Gu strongly opposed it.

Because she knew clearly that Xiang Wanqiao did not love Gu Jingzhan at all, and even if she forced the other party to be tied together, she would not be happy.

She didn’t want her grandson to repeat the same mistakes and embark on the bad marriage path of his parents.

Unexpectedly, Gu Jingzhan’s obsession with Xiang Wanqiao was beyond ordinary people, and his persistence was a little morbid.

For a Xiang Wanqiao, he could give up everything, including his family.

At first, Old Madam Gu was really angry.

But as time went by, and recently she heard a lot of news from the spies she sent out, she slowly figured it out.

This time, I asked them to come back just to see with my own eyes whether the information sent back was true.

Mrs. Li, who was serving the old lady, spoke up and comforted her, maybe the young master is busy with something important, and he might be here later.

Mrs. Gu forced a smile and said, If he was going to come, he would have come a long time ago.

After that, she turned around disappointedly, preparing to temporarily leave this lively occasion.

As she turned around, Gu Jingzhan and Xiang Wanqiao walked in slowly from the door arm in arm.

The appearance of the two instantly became the focus of the whole scene.

Seeing this, Mrs. Li excitedly pulled Mrs. Gu’s sleeve, and her voice could not hide her excitement: Old lady, look, the young master is back!

Mrs. Gu was slightly stunned, then turned around and saw that Gu Jingzhan really appeared in front of her. She was also indescribably excited.

But she did not show it, pretending to be very calm on the surface, and said softly: He is here.

Gu Jingzhan had a cold and handsome face, with no extra expression on his face, and still had an attitude of keeping people at a distance.

Although Xiang Wanqiao had said a lot to him before coming, he still felt awkward and couldn’t let it go.

He said in a very light tone with a hint of alienation: I wish you good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a long life as long as the South Mountain.

Okay.

Old Madam Gu was already very satisfied to see him coming and didn’t say anything.

Xiang Wanqiao presented the carefully prepared birthday gift to the side and said to Old Madam Gu calmly and generously: Grandma, this is a birthday gift from Ah Zhan and me. I wish you this day every year, every year!

This was her first time meeting Old Madam Gu, but her performance was not at all awkward, but full of respect and blessings.

Old Madam Gu looked at her calmly.

This granddaughter-in-law seemed to be much better than she had imagined, and not as bad as the outside world said.

Madam Gu smiled faintly, accepted the gift, and said gently but with dignity: Okay, come back to eat more often with Ah Zhan in the future.

Xiang Wanqiao glanced at Gu Jingzhan, then nodded and said: I will.

What kind of precious gift can a useless and uneducated Xiang family lady give? I’m afraid it’s not a fake to make up the number, and she’s not afraid of embarrassment.

Suddenly, a sarcastic voice sounded from not far away, breaking the harmonious picture.

Xiang Wanqiao looked in the direction of the voice, and she didn’t know the woman who spoke.

The woman was wearing a light green evening dress and high heels. She walked towards them slowly, with a condescending attitude.

From her tone and arrogant demeanor, she seemed to be a member of the Gu family.

Later, Xiang Wanqiao learned that the woman who came out to choke her was called Wen Yu, the daughter of Gu Jingzhan’s aunt, Gu Huainian, and his cousin with whom he had a closer relationship.

It’s just that Gu Huainian died of illness five years ago, and Wen Yu was sent abroad by her father, Wen Chengru, to study, and she just graduated and returned to China recently.

Wen Yu stopped in front of Xiang Wanqiao, looked her up and down, and said with disdain: Are you the woman that my cousin must marry? You don’t look that good!

Hearing this, Wen Chengru stepped forward to stop her.

Xiaoyu, don’t be so rude!

Seeing that Gu Jingzhan looked a little bad, Mrs. Gu also spoke, Xiaoyu, be careful and don’t make trouble here.

Wen Yu stopped talking, but her eyes were full of disdain and provocation.

Xiang Wanqiao was not angry from beginning to end, her heart was as calm as water, and a decent smile was still on her face.

She said in a humble tone: It doesn’t matter if you don’t look good, as long as Ah Zhan likes me.

In addition, grandma hasn’t opened the gift yet, and you insist that it is a fake. I don’t think you are very smart!

You! Wen Yu pointed at her angrily, you dare to scold me!

Xiang Wanqiao smiled indifferently, showing no weakness.

Why don’t you dare? Let’s not talk about who you are. Just based on the fact that you just said something without any basis, I have sufficient reason to refute you.

Xiang Wanqiao’s voice was always gentle, but very aggressive.

Mrs. Gu looked at her with a little more appreciation in her eyes.

Wen Yu put her hands on her hips and said angrily: Oh, you don’t even know who I am? My name is Wen Yu, and I’m Gu Huainian’s daughter!

Xiang Wanqiao dragged out an oh and turned to ask Gu Jingzhan, She is your…

Cousin. Gu Jingzhan said these two words without any emotion.

Xiang Wanqiao’s eyes flashed with a hint of teasing, and she said sarcastically: Then according to seniority, you have to call me cousin, so what can I not dare to scold?

Xiang Wanqiao!

Be good, call me cousin, otherwise you will seem very rude.

Wen Yu was so angry that her face turned red, but she couldn’t say anything to refute her.