Campus Ace Girl-Chapter 363 - 364: Awesome! The Gu Family Couple had a Fight at Home
Shen Congwen went over and silently cleaned up.
As he was cleaning, Gu Yuanshan slowly began to speak, his voice sounding as if he had aged a decade. "I’ve taken Anxi’s destiny, and it’s completely different from before. Congwen... was I wrong?"
Shen Congwen was also greatly shocked.
Although ordinary people didn’t believe in such fortune-telling, the Gu family had managed to establish themselves as the second-ranked family in Beicheng through it; they naturally possessed some skill. But he had never heard of changing someone’s destiny.
Gu Yuanshan sat in a dimly lit area and said softly, "Congwen, I truly don’t know how to face this child."
He continued, "She’s so proper, good-looking, and so capable. Now her destiny is top-tier. Congwen, I’m even more conflicted than before."
Shen Congwen asked softly, "Mr. Gu, do you mean to acknowledge her and bring her back?"
Gu Yuanshan sighed lightly. "I’m afraid she won’t agree."
He added, "Congwen, you might think I only care about wealth and status now, but do you know that deep down, I also feel a sense of pride? That child is so outstanding now; I’m both shocked and happy."
Shen Congwen couldn’t help but think of Gu Anxi and Zhou Yunchen; their minds were truly as deep as the ocean...
He whispered, "Mr. Gu, you could give it a try."
Gu Yuanshan waved his hand. "Congwen, I wronged this child in the past. How could I have the face to do so now? If I were still in Qingcheng, I might have recklessly acknowledged her, and that would have been that. But now..."
After he finished speaking, an indescribable sadness seemed to well up in his heart, and he remained silent for a long, long time.
Shen Congwen stayed with him, also not speaking.
After a very long time, Gu Yuanshan spoke again. "I understand Mingzhu’s mother’s intentions. It’s nothing more than fear that Mingzhu’s reputation will be ruined by this affair. She really... truly doesn’t have a shred of affection."
He paused. "Congwen, there’s no point in acknowledging her now. It would only cause that child more distress... It’s better to let her live comfortably with Nian Yao. It would be good enough if I could just see her occasionally."
Watching his master at this moment, Shen Congwen felt as if all Gu Yuanshan’s previous ambition had vanished, and a complex, indescribable feeling welled up in his own heart.
After a long while, Gu Yuanshan said again, "Let her in."
Shen Congwen went to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Tang Yuan turned around. "How did it go?"
Shen Congwen whispered, "Mr. Gu invites you in."
Tang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, smoothed her hair, and entered, gently closing the door behind her.
Shen Congwen leaned against the doorframe, quietly lit a cigarette, and took slow, intermittent puffs.
Gu Mingzhu came over and asked quietly, "Brother Congwen, what happened?"
Shen Congwen naturally wouldn’t interfere in the Gu family’s affairs. He held his cigarette, took a drag, and smiled. "It’s nothing."
Gu Mingzhu pressed, "Didn’t Mom and Dad go to see Gu Anxi with Lawyer Feng today? Is there any progress with the case?"
Shen Congwen had complex feelings about this young girl. She was actually a good seedling, but her mother’s upbringing methods were very problematic. So he answered evasively, "Mrs. Gu will tell you."
Gu Mingzhu nodded, looking as if she was about to go upstairs. Suddenly, she turned her head back and looked quietly at Shen Congwen. "Brother Congwen, actually, you’re a very good person."
Hearing this, Shen Congwen was so taken aback that his fingers almost couldn’t hold his cigarette.
Gu Mingzhu wasn’t just saying things randomly. She was nineteen years old this year. Although she was always stringing Fang Ming along and aspired to marry into the Bo Family, the top family in Beicheng, the one she had truly developed feelings for was Shen Congwen.
He... was very handsome, had a good temper and disposition, and his bearing and charisma were also first-class. Unfortunately, despite coming from a scholarly family, he was, after all, just her father’s capable assistant. She could never... So she had always kept these feelings buried deep in her heart, never expressing them.
On one hand, it was because it would lead to nothing; on the other, it was her pride.
But recently, she had noticed that Shen Congwen wasn’t treating her as he used to, so she couldn’t help but utter those ambiguous words on impulse.
After speaking, she went upstairs, maintaining a composed demeanor. She had expected to fluster Shen Congwen. But when she reached the landing on the second floor, she saw that Shen Congwen had already left and was opening the door of a car in the parking area, about to get in.
Gu Mingzhu stood there, biting her lip. Has he fallen for Gu Anxi?
Princess Gu was annoyed. She returned to her study and tried to write her script for a while but couldn’t continue, so she just stared blankly. She had a vague feeling that something significant had happened.
「In the study, Tang Yuan was not having an easy time.」
Gu Yuanshan’s emotions were complex, but he saw Tang Yuan’s actions as clearly as if looking into a mirror—
As soon as Tang Yuan entered, Gu Yuanshan, in a fit of rage, threw a teacup at her. It hit her squarely on the forehead, instantly causing a scrape, though fortunately, it didn’t bleed.
Gu Yuanshan’s eyes were bloodshot. "Tang Yuan, you knew all along, didn’t you?"
Tang Yuan, the renowned Mrs. Gu of Beicheng, surprisingly ignored her injury. She merely reached up to smooth the hair at her temple to maintain her composure, then spoke softly, "Yuanshan, what could I do? Given the situation at the scene, if I hadn’t helped Mingzhu, we would have been disgraced on the spot."
"But that’s no reason to let someone else go to jail for nothing! That young man even saved Mingzhu." Gu Yuanshan was quite exasperated. "Tang Yuan, how did you raise Mingzhu? I thought she was well-read and courteous, that the words she spoke wouldn’t be false. But you two... you’re practically roasting me over an open fire!"
He added, "It’s one thing to protect Mingzhu, but the one you framed is our other child."
Tang Yuan’s voice was soft. "Yuanshan, but she doesn’t acknowledge us."
She had barely finished speaking when Gu Yuanshan slapped her across the face, stunning her completely—this was the first time Gu Yuanshan had laid a hand on her since their marriage.
Gu Yuanshan’s anger still hadn’t cooled. "With a mother like you, how could she possibly acknowledge us?"
He paused, then said dejectedly, "As her father, I’m probably not much better."
Though she had been hit, Tang Yuan still wanted to argue for Gu Mingzhu. Her voice trembled as she asked, "Yuanshan, are you going to acknowledge her and bring her back?"
"Acknowledge her, my ass!" Gu Yuanshan swore. "You may have the gall, but I don’t have the face for it! This affair has blown up to such an extent; the lawsuit has already been filed. Tang Yuan, I’m asking you, what do we do now? Am I, her father, supposed to shamelessly go and beg her not to press charges? We were the ones who initiated this lawsuit! And now...? You’d better think long and hard about it!"
"And Jing! Still wants the agency rights? She’s daydreaming!" Gu Yuanshan sneered. "From today onwards, you no longer need to go to the Gu Group. From now on, the Gu Group will be entirely under Gu Ning’s management. She has the ability to manage it well. You just need to focus on raising Mingzhu properly. Stop with those crooked ideas in the future, or you’ll teach our perfectly good daughter to have warped values."
These words were a direct slap in the face, leaving Tang Yuan with absolutely no dignity.
Tang Yuan’s lips trembled, and she couldn’t utter a single word.
She had a terrifying feeling: everything she had obtained through unscrupulous means in the past was gradually slipping away. She desperately wanted to hold on; she *had* to grasp it. Mingzhu was her only hope. It doesn’t matter. Once this current affair is over and Mingzhu’s movie is released, everything will be alright...
