Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 416 - 415: Ingrate

"Hello?"

A woman’s indifferent voice came from the other end of the phone: "Gu Xiaoqing, are you satisfied with this gift? I’ll ask you one last time, will you let it go?"

There was a moment of silence.

Gu Xiaoqing slowly replied, "Just as you said, the war has begun!"

"Very well."

With those simple words, the tone from the other end of the phone turned into a busy signal.

Gu Xiaoqing tried to call Fang Shaohan’s cell phone again, but it was turned off. She then picked up the phone to call Fang Shaohan’s home.

Soon, He Cui’s voice came through from the other end.

"Auntie, Shaohan he..."

"I figured you would call."

He Cui lowered her voice, as if afraid of being overheard: "Don’t speak, listen carefully. His father and I actually like you quite a bit and support you being with Shaohan.

However, the old man opposes it. His father can only comply with the old man’s wishes. Auntie can’t help you much, everything depends on you and Shaohan now.

Your situation cannot be rushed. Shaohan was transferred by the old man this time and cannot contact the outside world at all. If you truly love each other, wait for a year until Shaohan comes back, and then slowly reason with the old man. Remember, don’t do it forcefully, don’t let the two families become irreconcilable enemies, okay?"

"Understood, Auntie, rest assured."

Gu Xiaoqing nodded. If everyone starts fighting, regardless of who wins or loses, if they become irreconcilable, both families would actually be losers.

Gu Xiaoqing deeply felt the difficulty from her heart. The road ahead seemed hopeless. Not making enemies, wouldn’t that mean letting others manipulate her?

She couldn’t escape, and besides, Gu Ruhai and Li Xuemei definitely wouldn’t leave the country; they have feelings for this place.

Her sister would follow Liu Ming.

"Xiaoqing, whose call was it? Was it Shaohan?"

Li Xuemei quietly came into the living room after putting her husband to sleep and asked her daughter.

"No, it was Shaohan’s parents. They told me that Shaohan has gone on a secret mission and might not be back for over half a year, also couldn’t contact the outside world."

"Ah, I see, then you should try to understand."

Li Xuemei stroked her daughter’s hair and said: "Also, Mom wants to advise you to think it over carefully. If you really marry Shaohan, this kind of situation might happen in the future. You must be prepared to live alone, and consider if you can handle it."

Marriage is different from dating. Dating is free, beautiful, and based on mutual affection. You come together when things are good, and separate when they are not. However, marriage is about mutual support, and if you cannot accommodate one another, cannot appreciate each other’s lives and merge into a new living pattern, that marriage is bound to face a crisis.

Li Xuemei doesn’t want her daughter to be unhappy after getting married, so she reminds her not to act impulsively and to think things through.

Luckily, Gu Xiaoqing is going to study abroad, and she has time to consider.

"Their family is well-off, while we’re just an ordinary family running a small business. Back in your mom’s day, such mismatched social statuses wouldn’t allow two people to come together. Of course, it’s better now, but you really need to think it through. Marrying into their family, you might suffer and be looked down upon, and sometimes you’ll just have to endure it."

Li Xuemei is an example herself; after marrying Gu Ruhai, the Gu Family bullied her unbearably, yet she couldn’t resist because her husband didn’t fight back, and she was left to be at everyone’s mercy.

She’s afraid her daughter will suffer the same fate in the future.

"Mom, don’t worry, I won’t let anyone bully me. I won’t let anyone bully our family, either."

Gu Xiaoqing held her mother’s hand with a smile, though her smile was somewhat forced, as she lacked the confidence to assure her with these words.

Sometimes, she feels that life is quite good as it is, and it’s great just to maintain it.

But reality ruthlessly shattered her beliefs.

Sometimes people are not being ungrateful, but are just being pushed too far!

"Oh, mom, how’s the store doing? And really, does it have to close for rectification?"

"Alas, don’t mention it. They’re saying that not revoking our business license is already good enough. Closure for rectification is certain, now it’s just seeing how many months it’ll be for in the end, a month, three months, half a year?"

Li Xuemei frowned with a worried face. She could bear a one-month closure, but three months or half a year? That would truly be unbearable.

The employees are awaiting their salaries, and even if some temporary workers leave, there are those branch managers, senior employees, and suppliers, all of whom will suffer losses.

The biggest issue is the loss of customers. Even reopening, recovering the former peak is incredibly difficult.

"Mom..."

Gu Xiaoqing felt an itchy pain in her gums, but the funds she had for Wang Xiaoji were already stretched thin, leaving her powerless to worry about this side.

From a macro perspective, the only thing not discovered by the opposite party is Wang Xiaoji. He is the family’s hope for making a comeback.

But right now, she cannot say a word.

Firstly, to ensure Wang Xiaoji won’t be noticed, secondly, the family wouldn’t understand the actual value of Wang Xiaoji.

"Look at you, ever since you handed over the family business to us, who would have thought such a huge issue would arise. Alas, ultimately, it’s because we lack capability."

Li Xuemei felt guilty towards Gu Xiaoqing, for neither her brother’s family nor theirs would be where they were today without Gu Xiaoqing.

But who would have thought that not long after Gu Xiaoqing let go, such a big mess would happen; Li Xuemei felt like she was just wasting her daughter’s efforts.

"Mom, don’t say that... it’s really my fault in this matter."

Gu Xiaoqing pondered whether to mention the potential maneuvering by Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law.

But what good would it do to bring it up?

Would Li Xuemei impulsively confront the other party?

They don’t even know where Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law is, or what her name is. What’s worse, the other party could provoke Li Xuemei into doing something unwise, maybe even getting her jailed for a few years.

If Li Xuemei could hold back, wouldn’t telling this just add trouble to her family’s heart?

"How could it be your fault, silly child."

Li Xuemei, unaware of the cause and effect, was bewildered by Gu Xiaoqing’s sudden remark and didn’t believe it.

"Tomorrow will surely be better."

Li Xuemei was comforting Gu Xiaoqing, as well as herself.

But will tomorrow really be better?

No, the situation continued to escalate.

The next day, Guo Donghua called early, asking Gu Xiaoqing to turn on the television.

The morning news blatantly broadcasted the non-compliant operations of Gu Xiaoqing’s tea shop, full of problems. Alongside, there were interviews with some internal staff.

Although their faces were blurred on the news, Gu Xiaoqing could tell from the voices that these two internal people were the vanished Li Sisters.