Almost all the men in the Bo Family were born handsome and had a gentle, cultured demeanor. Bo Qing was no exception. He nodded at Bo Xichen and smiled, "I heard from Mr. He that you met a young girl in Qingcheng?"
Bo Xichen hummed in response, seeming to hesitate slightly. "She will visit Beicheng next month. You could come home for a meal if you have time."
Bo Qing laughed. "Is it decided?"
Bo Xichen lowered his icy eyes. "Uncle, she is Luo Lin."
At that, Bo Qing seemed somewhat surprised. The entire Bo Family knew Bo Xichen had gotten into a car accident just for a chance to see Luo Lin. Unexpectedly, he had run into Luo Lin in Qingcheng. He couldn’t help but smile. "Indeed, she should be brought home to meet everyone."
They chatted casually for a bit before heading over to the conference table.
「Qingcheng, Yunxi Hospital.」
After Gu Anxi finished her meal and cleaned up, she went to paint. Her fingers felt a bit uncomfortable while she was painting, so she shook them a couple of times. Suddenly, a familiar voice called from outside, "Anxi... Gu Anxi..."
Gu Anxi put down her brush, walked out, and there was Wang Keru.
Wang Keru was carrying several large supermarket bags, stuffed with food and drinks. When she saw Gu Anxi come out, she hurriedly put the bags down beside her. "Come here, let me see your hand."
"Mom, why did you come? And you bought so much stuff; isn’t it heavy?" Gu Anxi went over and sat on the coffee table.
Wang Keru pulled her onto the sofa. "Sitting on the coffee table, what sort of behavior is that? Do you look like a proper young lady?" She glared at her in passing.
Gu Anxi smiled as Wang Keru took her hand to inspect it. "Is your hand hurt? Did you have a doctor look at it? And your professor, where is he? Why isn’t he here?"
"He returned to Beicheng for a meeting," Gu Anxi replied, shaking her hand. "By the way, why are you suddenly so concerned about my hand?"
The words were barely out of her mouth when Wang Keru glared at her, making Gu Anxi’s skin crawl.
After a long while, Wang Keru exhaled deeply. "I know everything that happened with you at school. Shen Wanqing spun quite a tale about you to the Qin family..."
Gu Anxi lowered her eyes. "So, you came to lecture me?"
Wang Keru did not mention that she had had a big argument with Qin Han over this. The Qin family was now very supportive of Shen Wanqing, and this incident had caused Shen Wanqing to lose a lot of face. Furthermore, Anxi had been unsparing with Qin Siyuan. Qin Han was displeased and had asked Wang Keru to persuade Gu Anxi not to threaten Qin Siyuan’s position at Qing University. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽
Previously, Wang Keru would have done as he asked. But now, she no longer thought it was the right thing to do.
Anxi is gradually becoming stronger, and the Qin family’s fear is a sign of their own insecurity. Moreover, I increasingly suspect that the Qin family’s role in the Gu family’s bankruptcy might not have been entirely honorable. After all, even with Yun Tian’s incident, the Gu family’s foundations were strong enough that they shouldn’t have reached such a desperate state so quickly...
Wang Keru felt a surge of irritation and wanted to smoke, but she had promised Gu Anxi that she wouldn’t smoke anymore. In the end, she just scratched her head. "That stepfather, Wang Qin—you beat him, didn’t you? I just came to see if your fingers were injured."
Gu Anxi immediately looked up.
Wang Keru laughed helplessly. "If you’re injured, how will you paint? You really do give me a lot to worry about."
Suddenly, a warmth surged through Gu Anxi’s heart. She wanted to say something but couldn’t. Instead, she just quietly called out, "Mom!"
Wang Keru glared at her again. "Looking at you, I feel like all my worrying was for nothing, you ungrateful child! You fight so fiercely!"
Gu Anxi coughed lightly. "It wasn’t that bad."
"And you’re proud of it, aren’t you? I heard you’re also competing with Siyuan for student council president. Have you even passed your prerequisite courses? Don’t you need to be in the top ten of your grade to be eligible?" Wang Keru huffed coldly.
Gu Anxi couldn’t help asking, "You don’t want me to go?"
Wang Keru looked at her for a long time before saying, "Why shouldn’t you? Of course, you should. I’ve had enough of those men from the Qin family. Who do they think they are, acting so high and mighty all day long!"
Gu Anxi was momentarily speechless.
Wang Keru tossed back her wavy hair, her voice musing, "Anxi, in the past, Mom always told you to endure, to defer, to try and please the Qin family. But what did we get in return? From now on... do whatever you want. Mom won’t stop you. Even if you cause havoc..."
Gu Anxi suddenly leaned her head on her shoulder. "Mom... if I cause havoc, will you help me clean up the mess?"
Wang Keru flicked her forehead. "In your dreams!"
Despite saying this, she pulled a card from her bag, "There’s thirty million here. It’s all of Mom’s savings. I had to sell a lot of my jewelry to gather this much. You take it. I know you have big plans... I can’t help you with much else, Anxi. The Gu family will depend on you from now on. Please, Mom is begging you, help me protect what’s left of it."
Gu Anxi was stunned. She wanted to say something, but Wang Keru squeezed her hand tightly. "What haven’t I experienced? Don’t worry, I’ll be fine..."
If only she could have waited a little longer... how good that would have been...