Chapter 109: Exposing the Plot
Elderly Lady Gu was really displeased when Mrs. Gu who always listened to her dared to retort her because of Qin Muxuan. With the old lady’s face turning red in anger, she said, “Ye Han, I found you quite eloquent today!”
Mrs. Gu chuckled, “Mother, I was only saying that for your sake.”
After saying that, she pointed to Qin Xiaobai secretly and said in a low voice, “I know that you don’t want Xiaobai to hate you, right? Also, I will raise no objection if you want Zijin to get engaged, but this is the major decision he’s going to make in his life after all, he also attaches great importance to this. So, we have to take into account Zijin’s opinion. You know what kind of person Zijin is. He wouldn’t accept the girl he doesn’t like whatever we do. Why don’t you tell Xiaobai these things after we are able to persuade Zijin?”
Mrs. Gu was trying to imply that it was fine to introduce a girl to Gu Zijin, but only Gu Zijin could decide if he would accept the girl or not. Mrs. Gu also knew that it was not wise to irritate Elderly Lady Gu right now, so she could only change into a gentler way of speaking to convince Elderly Lady Gu.
Elderly Lady Gu never thought of that. The only thing on her mind was giving happiness to Yan Yuxiao, but she had forgot that she still had to persuade Gu Zijin. ‘I am such a dotard.’ She thought.
Since she couldn’t talk Gu Zijin into marrying Yan Yuxiao right now, if she drove Qin Muxuan away, Qin Xiaobai would leave the Gu’s house for sure. For Elderly Lady Gu, it was not worth the candle.
Thinking of that, Elderly Lady Gu decided to drop that idea for the moment. Then she put on a gentle look and said, “Fine, I won’t talk about it anymore. If you two like to stay in the Gu’s house, you can both stay. Let’s talk about this when Xiaobai’s older.”
Seeing that Qin Muxuan and Qin Xiaobai gave no reaction to her words, Elderly Lady Gu got unhappy again, but she still restrained her anger. Mrs. Gu then brought the old lady out of the room quietly.
“Mom, are you still angry at me?”
Qin Muxuan and Qin Xiaobai seemed not to notice that Elderly Lady Gu had left and were whispering to each other right now.
Seeing the anxious look on Qin Xiaobai’s face, Qin Muxuan chuckled and rubbed his head with a tender look, “I’ll never be angry at you.”
“I’ll be with Dadai forever and ever!” Qin Xiaobai said that seriously, his eyes sparkling, “Even daddy couldn’t separate us!”
Qin Muxuan felt warm deeply and planted a kiss on Qin Xiaobai’s cheek, “That’s right!”
Elsewhere.
Yan Yuxiao was very cheerful today and gorgeously dressed. Seeing that, Xiaohuan, her assistant, couldn’t help asking, “Yuxiao, where are you going?” Yan Yuxiao put on her sunglasses to cover half of her pretty face and said in a rare great mood, “That’s a secret! I’ll be away for a while. By the way, I might not return today.”
“Huh?” Hearing that, Xiaohuan got flustered right away, “But, you still have to shoot for a scene…”
Yan Yuxiao snorted, “I’ve already shown them great respect by showing up in that shabby studio, what else do they want?”
She didn’t know why her manager accepted the third-rate offers all the time. Although she was not among the A-list stars, she still considered herself as a B-list star who was very popular. She couldn’t bear being disdained like that!
“But…”
As Xiaohuan was about to say something, Yan Yuxiao ignored her and left straightaway.
Today Gu Zijin had called her out. Under no circumstances would she be late.
She arrived at the appointed place early. Then she saw Gu Zijin sitting by the window with an indifferent look on his face.
“Zijin.”
Yan Yuxiao walked over with a smile on her face and then took off her sunglasses and said with a feigned bashful look, “You must be waiting for a long time.”
Gu Zijin didn’t even bother to chat with her and went straight to the point. After putting a piece of paper in front of Yan Yuxiao, he said in a cold voice, “This is the will of your deceased grandma?”
The smile on Yan Yuxiao’s face froze right away. ‘Why does Gu Zijin have this will? I have told that old woman to put it away!’
‘What a stupid old woman!’ Yan Yuxiao cursed.
Yan Yuxiao was an actor after all. In no time, she put on a sad look and said in a trembling voice, “Zijin, I never thought you would find that. I really didn’t want to give this to grandma because I don’t want this to happen, but I didn’t dare to disobey her orders.”
With a few words, she cleared her name right away.
However, Gu Zijin didn’t want to hear that. He took out another piece of paper and said in a flat tone, “I found a specialist to compare the two pieces of handwriting. The words on the will are not in line with your grandma’s handwriting before she died, which means that you have lied to my grandma by bringing this will to her, right?”
Hearing that, Yan Yuxiao went deadly pale at once.
No matter how strong her mind was, she still couldn’t take it when the evidence was put right in front of her, let alone that she was facing Gu Zijin right now!
“Yan Yuxiao, you seemed to have ignored my warning.” Gu Zijin gave a sneer while saying that in a cold tone.
“That’s not the case!”
With Yan Yuxiao’s forehead breaking into a cold sweat immediately, she started to think fast to find a way to get her out of this, “I really didn’t know that. Someone has put this will in front of my firm. I saw the sending address was a law firm, so I assumed that my grandma had asked her lawyer to send this to me!”
Gu Zijin stood up, not believing a single word she had said, “I hope you can stop. Also, the one who lied to my family would have to pay the price.”
After saying this, Gu Zijin turned around and left, leaving Yan Yuxiao standing in situ with a dazed look.
At first, she didn’t understand Gu Zijin’s words. However, a few minutes later, she received a call from her manager.
“Yuxiao, you don’t have to go to the studio this afternoon. You have been replaced as the leading role.”
Yan Yuxiao was startled right away, “Why?”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!
“Eh, don’t ask.” Her manager sighed, “Not only that, all the other offers to you were withdrawn. You must be tired these days since you have so many commercial offers, why don’t you seize a chance to have a good rest? I’ll notify you when there are offers for you.”
Having no offers was a big blow to a star, and her manager’s words undoubtedly meant an end to her career! No one was able to bear this!
“Wait!” Yan Yuxiao, with a chill all over her body, asked, “Mr. Wang, does it have to be like this? Tell me why!”
Her manager remained silent for a while and then said, “Yuxiao, have you offended anyone?”
Those words helped Yan Yuxiao wake up right away. She lost the grip and then her phone dropped on the ground. The broken glass scattered everywhere.
‘Is this a warning from Zijin?’
For Yan Yuxiao, destroying her career was absolutely a devastating blow!
“Gu Zijin…”
Yan Yuxiao, boiling with anger, said fiercely, “How can you be so cruel!”
‘Why did Gu Zijin know about the will? I never told anyone but that old woman, and she won’t say it out.’
‘Could it be…’
“Qin Muxuan?”
‘She’s the only one who could talk Gu Zijin into searching for the will!’
Yan Yuxiao kept snorting with her eyes squinted. ‘Qin Muxuan, I never realize that you are capable of doing this! You truly have blown my mind today!”