It was only then that Wang Keru belatedly realized something was amiss. Grandma Chen had rarely dined at the same table with them before. Now, not only did she sit among them, but she also acted like the head of the family. This seemed odd. Was she imagining things?
Of course, it wasn’t her imagination!
It was because Grandma Chen had stopped pretending; her true aura was fully unleashed.
She had heard that a junior from the Gu family in Beicheng was coming to Qingcheng. She was determined to see who would dare try to snatch away her little treasure!
After Grandma Chen finished eating, she went about her usual tasks, but Wang Keru sensed something different about her. She quietly asked Gu Anxi, "Did the hospital prescribe her the wrong medication? She seems very different now."
Gu Anxi smiled. "Mom, go upstairs and take a bath. And no brooding! I’m going to talk with Grandma Chen."
Wang Keru simply ’oh-ed’ and went upstairs, glancing back every few steps...
After seeing Wang Keru go upstairs, Gu Anxi went to the refrigerator, found two chilled beers, and took them to the kitchen.
Grandma Chen had just finished washing the dishes and turned around. Gu Anxi handed her a chilled beer and said with a faint smile, "Gu Rong, it must have been tough all these years, hiding your identity, not smoking or drinking!"
Grandma Chen stared at her, her aged eyes gradually sharpened, and then she chuckled knowingly. "As expected of a child of our Gu family. Truly clever."
Grandma Chen, also known as Gu Rong, was the most rebellious figure in Beicheng’s Gu family and an aunt to the current Family Head.
Twenty years ago, Gu Rong had vanished from Beicheng, gone for a full twenty years.
Now that her true name was mentioned, and by a little one from her own grand-nephew’s generation at that, Grandma Chen readily accepted the chilled beer and took a large gulp. "Ah, this brings back memories."
Leaning against the counter, Gu Anxi smiled. "You can sneak a drink now and then, but smoking is definitely out."
Grandma Chen immediately bristled in the typical Gu fashion. "Hah, trying to manage me already, are we? I’m your grandaunt, you know!"
Gu Anxi maintained her slight smile. Grandma Chen then said sheepishly, "So, you knew all along?"
Gu Anxi said softly, "I happened upon something in Beicheng and pretty much figured it out."
She fell silent for a moment, then whispered, "She never wanted me, did she?"
She probably never missed me either, right?
So at that time, when we met, that person didn’t think of me in that way at all. That person seemed so elegant and magnanimous; why would she be willing to... abandon me?
Grandma Chen snorted coldly. "We don’t need her affection. It’s not like you don’t have a mother. Isn’t Wang Keru your mom? Sure, she has a ton of faults, loves to preen, thinks she’s the most beautiful woman in the world, walks around with her nose in the air... Honestly, I could list her flaws for three days and three nights and still not be done. But Anxi, even when she disliked you the most, she never abandoned you."
"I know." Gu Anxi smiled faintly. Her smile looked very much like that famous person from Beicheng. But in Grandma Chen’s heart, she thought, that creature didn’t deserve such a sweet little thing like Anxi.
Her Anxi was so adorable, so kind, such a sweet little darling, loved by everyone she met.
Just then, Wang Keru, wearing a bathrobe with her hair down, appeared at the doorway. She was holding a hairdryer, wanting Gu Anxi to see what was wrong with it. But what was all that she had just heard Grandma Chen saying about her?
Loves to preen and thinks she’s the most beautiful woman in the world!
Walks around with her nose in the air!
A list of flaws that would take three days and three nights to recount!!! ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩
Wang Keru was furious and stomped her foot. "Grandma Chen!!!"
Grandma Chen glanced at her, then looked at Gu Anxi. "You deal with her!"
As she passed Wang Keru, carrying the chilled beer her little treasure had given her, Grandma Chen offered a fake smile. "One must be elegant."
"I know." Wang Keru struggled to calm herself. "I will be elegant."
Grandma Chen was in a good mood and offered her some advice, "With just that level of skill, you won’t be a match for the people of that family."
She paused, then suddenly said in a cold voice, "It doesn’t matter if you can’t beat them. Add me, plus the wife of the Bo Family Head, and that should be enough."
Wang Keru was dumbfounded again.
The doctor must have given Grandma Chen the wrong medicine...