Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 432 - 431: Well-Intentioned, Too!

"Grandpa!"

Fang Shaohan ignored his sister-in-law and looked toward his esteemed grandfather.

He hoped for an answer.

"Yes... what do you want?"

The old man slowly opened his eyes, his tiger-like gaze still intimidating despite his age.

"You, you’ve really disappointed me."

Fang Shaohan angrily spoke, not expecting that a year after leaving home, Gu Xiaoqing would suffer such grievances.

He was still unaware!

"It’s you who have disappointed Grandpa!"

Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law suddenly chimed in.

"Grandpa, why? Why can’t you accept Xiaoqing? Although she’s from the countryside, weren’t you also a farmer back in the day? Have you forgotten, that back when you took up arms against the Japanese, you were also just a farmer?"

Fang Shaohan couldn’t understand why the old man, who often demanded his children not to forget their roots, would become so prejudiced in his old age.

Slap!

Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law couldn’t bear it any longer, and she slapped Fang Shaohan hard across his face. Her gaze was icy cold: "What do you take your grandfather for? Is this how you see him?"

"Isn’t it?"

Fang Shaohan argued angrily.

"Hmph, do you think your grandfather really dislikes Gu Xiaoqing’s background?" Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law sneered.

"Isn’t it... true?"

Fang Shaohan was a bit unsure. Logically, his grandfather should understand Gu Xiaoqing, given his own poor background.

"Your grandfather just dislikes what she’s doing."

Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law finally revealed the truth, a truth that Fang Shaohan hadn’t realized but was perfectly reasonable.

What do elders with ingrained beliefs, who once fought landlords and divided the land, hate the most?

Capitalists!

And what does Gu Xiaoqing do?

Business.

This is what the old man couldn’t agree with; he couldn’t allow a woman reeking of money to enter the family.

"This... Grandpa, what age are we living in now?"

Fang Shaohan found it somewhat amusing that someone could still think like this. With reform and opening up, construction, and a market economy, how could his grandfather still hate businesspeople?

Actually, Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law had once talked to Gu Xiaoqing over the phone. She genuinely admired Gu Xiaoqing.

She even felt that if Gu Xiaoqing married into the Fang Family, they could become great friends, seeing in Gu Xiaoqing another version of herself—strong, stubborn, unwilling to admit defeat, and relentlessly pursuing what she believed in.

She didn’t enjoy being the villain, but she was actually helping Fang Shaohan and Gu Xiaoqing.

If the collapse of the Gu Family didn’t lead Fang Shaohan to break up with Gu Xiaoqing, she had words to persuade the old man.

A collapsed Gu Family wouldn’t be a merchant anymore, and there would be no issue.

Now that the Gu Family hadn’t collapsed, she admired Gu Xiaoqing’s approach even more. From the bottom of her heart, she wanted to help, so she couldn’t allow Fang Shaohan to rant here.

If a conflict were to arise, even an internal one in the Fang Family, and the old man got angry, Fang Shaohan and Gu Xiaoqing would have no chance.

Therefore, she had been trying to stop him, hoping Fang Shaohan could calm down.

But how could Fang Shaohan calm down now?

Helpless, Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law coldly said to him, "Shaohan, do you remember when you used to love doing things with me as a kid?"

"You mean..."

"Yes, today we’ll compete once more. Two guns, disassemble and reassemble. If I win, you go back to sleep. If I lose, you continue to make a fuss, and I’ll go back to sleep."

Fang Shaohan was taken aback and defiantly said, "Bring it on, I’m not afraid!"

"Let’s go to the yard."

Fang Shaohan was surprised and asked, "Not here?"

"It’s boring with lights on."

His sister-in-law smirked disdainfully.

This further fueled Fang Shaohan, and with the old man’s permission, Fang Shaohan and his sister-in-law each took a gun and went to the yard.

As a child, Fang Shaohan was already able to disassemble and reassemble a gun freely.

Although he could never win against his sister-in-law, he still enthusiastically competed with her.

It wasn’t until he grew up that he stopped competing.

Now, Fang Shaohan steadied his heartbeat, looking at the dark shadow in front of him, he asked, "Same old rules, I count to three."

"One!"

"Two!"

Fang Shaohan moved his hand closer to the gun, mentally rehearsing the disassembly and reassembly process and the placement of the parts.

"Three... start!"

Click clack~

Their movements were fluid, and although Fang Shaohan couldn’t see, he had already prepared in his mind.

With the clear sound of assembly in the yard, an unnoticed competition took place in the dark.

Click clack~

Fang Shaohan grew increasingly anxious... From the sound, he could judge his sister-in-law’s assembly process; she truly lived up to her reputation as a military goddess, her speed unmatched.

With the sound of the gun being cocked, Fang Shaohan knew he had lost.

He lost as usual.

"You’ve really weakened, Shaohan. If love makes you weak, I truly pity you. You’re not even as strong as Gu Xiaoqing, at least she’s stronger than you. If you had trained properly, instead of spending your time writing letters with envelopes, you wouldn’t lose to me so easily now."

"She knows?!"

Fang Shaohan put down his half-assembled gun, shocked. He thought he was very discreet, almost impossible to notice.

Unexpectedly, his sister-in-law had observed all his little actions.

"Think carefully about what the best choice for you and her is. Think carefully, don’t let me down again."

His sister-in-law lowered the gun. She didn’t bring him out to compete to show off how she didn’t need to look while assembling, because true experts don’t need to look.

She simply wanted to avoid the old man and convey her thoughts to Fang Shaohan.

She hoped Fang Shaohan wouldn’t continue to cause trouble, as it would only strengthen the old man’s resolve against accepting Gu Xiaoqing.

The old man wouldn’t let a calamity enter the family.

She hoped Fang Shaohan could think carefully about how to smoothly have the old man overlook the business connection and accept Gu Xiaoqing.

"Sister-in-law..." Seeing her prepare to go inside, Fang Shaohan suddenly called out to her.

"What?"

"Thank you, sister-in-law, I understand now."

Fang Shaohan bowed sincerely.

Fortunately, his sister-in-law held back; if she really intended to deal with Gu Xiaoqing’s family, it would have been too easy. Outsiders might think Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law was ruthlessly ruining Gu Xiaoqing.

In reality, Fang Shaohan’s sister-in-law simply used ruthless means to provoke Gu Xiaoqing to see if she could endure, if her heart was strong and steady, and if her vision could see the bigger picture.

If she really wanted to take down the Gu Family, all she needed was for the Li Sisters to frame Gu Xiaoqing, then manipulate things at the hot pot restaurant, and the Gu Family would have long been in trouble.