The Rebirth of an Orphan

Gu Yan looked at his son with a guilty conscience and said, "Hua'er is from the countryside after all. Family affairs are too complicated. It's the end of the year, and we have to deal with all the noble families coming and going. Hua'er is still young, so let your mother do it. I'm tired today, too. You should all go back and have a rest."

Gu Lun was really angry. He looked at Gu Yan and said, "You were the ones who wanted her to manage the general affairs in the first place. What did she do wrong? Now you put her in this situation again. How will others see her in the future? How can she gain a foothold in the Gu family?

"Enough!" Gu Yan's eyes were full of fatigue. He looked at Gu Lun and said, "This Gu family, this... is the family business I earned. How your wife can make a living is your problem."

"Haha, you are so shameless. The family business you earned? I'm not dead yet!" Suddenly an old voice came from the door, and then the figure of Mr. Gu appeared at the door of the main hall.

The tense atmosphere in the main hall became even more tense. Zhao Xihua secretly laughed. Whenever Gu Lun wanted to deal with his own father, he would always bring up his grandfather. Someone must have reported everything that happened in the main hall to him.

Mrs. Hua felt so angry when she saw Mr. Gu walking with a cane. The person she hated most in the entire Gu family was this old man.

If it weren't for this old man who went through so much trouble to find Gu Lun, how could she be bullied like this? She wanted him to die, but this man seemed to have become a monster, living for so long and still not dying, she couldn't wait any longer.

"Father—" Gu Yan saw his father walking over with a cane and hurried forward to greet him. Old Master Gu glanced at the Gu family couple in front of him, his eyes bypassing Mrs. Hua, and there was a hint of disgust in his eyes, as if he saw the most disgusting thing in the world.

He sat on the chair in the main seat, watching the descendants of the Gu family in the main hall stand up and stand in front of him. Except for his own grandson and that somewhat powerful grandson's wife, these people looked like humans, but what they did was disgusting.

He couldn't help but feel sad. The Gu family was now at a critical juncture of life and death, but these people were still making such a fuss over a little family property, and he wasn't dead yet.

Mr. Gu coughed out of breath, and unexpectedly felt a little sweet and fishy coming up, so he quickly suppressed the cough with his fist. Time is not forgiving, and the old man is already a little powerless.

He looked at his son steadily and said, "Yan'er, you have white hair now too."

Gu Yan originally thought that the chaos in his family had alarmed the old man, and that the old man would definitely be in danger of life or death. He did not expect his father to say such words to him. His eyes immediately became moist.

"Father..." Gu Yan felt a blockage in his throat and couldn't utter a word.

Old Master Gu looked at his son and said, "You have worked hard for half your life. Since there are clear-headed and smart people among the younger generation, why do you still cling to the power in your hands?"

Gu Yan could actually guess that if Old Man Gu showed up, family affairs would have to be handed over to Zhao Xihua. Zhao Xihua was also a good hand, but how would Lan'er cope with it in the future?

He calmed down and said, "Father, this time Lan'er..."

"She, I don't want to talk about it." Mr. Gu's disgust for Mrs. Hua had reached an extreme level, and he didn't want to listen at all.

Gu Yan looked at his father and said cautiously, "Although father doesn't like Lan'er, she followed his son to the Gu family after all and gave birth to three children for his son. Now that Gu Lun has married, he excludes his mother. This is not right from the perspective of filial piety."

Zhao Xihua, who was listening at the side, couldn't help but find it funny. How could she have the ability to exclude Madam Hua? It was just that she now clearly felt that the grudge between Gu Yan and Madam Hua was not simple. Gu Yan's unreserved favoritism towards Madam Hua was so weird. It was better for her to keep her mouth shut. Even if she was splashed with dirty water, she would not say anything.

"Father," Gu Lun was angrily stepped forward and was about to say a few fair words on behalf of Zhao Xihua but was stopped by the old man.

"Lun'er, don't be unreasonable. No matter what, you can't talk to your father like this."

Gu Lun looked at the old man's aged face and suppressed his anger.

Old Master Gu was really old and couldn't stand the trouble with these youngsters. He looked at his son and said, "What do you want? I know about your mess. I agreed to let Hua'er take charge of the general affairs. Now Hua'er has organized the account books in an orderly manner and caught those bastards. With this ability, there should be no problem in managing your family, right?"

Gu Yan's face turned red and blue, then he turned to look at Zhao Xihua and said, "Hua'er, you are a good child, and your father knows it."

"Hua'er doesn't deserve it. Thank you for the praise, father." Zhao Xihua didn't want to receive Gu Yan's praise.

Old Master Gu raised his hand and waved it, looking at Gu Yan helplessly and said, "You don't have to use your status as an elder to force this girl. I know you have deep feelings for the Hua family. After all, the things in this house were given to you by me in the beginning. If you want someone to swallow it up or covet it, even if you burn it with fire, it stands to reason that I, an old bone, really can't control it, but since I'm here to take care of this matter today, I'll give you an idea, and you just do it according to this."

Everyone in the main hall perked up, wondering what kind of solution this old man could come up with.

Old Master Gu glanced at the people around him and then looked at his son who was covered in dust. His eyes dimmed a little bit. It was not that he had not given this foolish son a chance. He had given him many chances.

He could tolerate his foolish son bringing that evildoer back to the Gu family, and tolerated the foolish things he did, until now, but now he really couldn't tolerate it anymore. He didn't embarrass his son before because of his dead wife. Now he realized that the more he did this, the more he would harm his foolish son and the entire Gu family.

He had been a soldier all his life and could not bear to see the Gu family defeated by his own son. He looked at the respectful Gu Yan and felt inexpressibly sad, but more disappointed and heartbroken.

Perhaps in this son's heart, the Hua family's position in his heart is much higher than that of the entire Gu family?

However, the best thing this son did was to keep the child, Gu Lun. When he found Gu Lun after much difficulty, he was overjoyed at first sight. This child was the heir born specifically for his Gu family.

Whether it was strategy or martial arts, including the evil ruthlessness, he was extremely satisfied. If this child could take charge of the Gu family, the entire Gu family would be blessed with great fortune. In the future, they might even beat the Ling family and become the number one family in the country. Only then could the Gu family's century-long fortune continue.

It's time for him to make a decision.