The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

Chapter 290 It’s all a misunderstanding

After a long silence, Gu Jianguo nodded with difficulty. At this moment, his heart was heavy. He had originally intended to keep it a secret forever, so that no one but Gu Cheng would discover it, to avoid the embarrassment of being cuckolded, and to prevent the younger generation from slandering his wife and looking down on her. He believed she had only acted foolishly at the time, and he was often away from home, unable to be with her. So, his wife stayed home with their two children, and no one kept her company. Then, the man who had once liked her reappeared, frequently visiting her home, chatting with her, and bringing her things she liked. Once, at Grandma Yun Shu's birthday party, the two drank too much, and that's how Gu Lian came to be…

He was furious when he found out that his wife had cheated on him. Grandma Yun Shu regretted what she had done to him and asked to divorce Gu Jianguo. However, Gu Jianguo was concerned about Gu Cheng and Gu Chi, and he also truly loved Grandma Yun Shu. Even though she had made a mistake, he did not want to divorce her. So, after discussing it, they decided to keep the matter a secret and continue to live together as if nothing had happened.

It wasn't until Gu Lian started dating someone outside that he and Grandma Yun Shu met the man, and it could only be said that karma had come on too quickly. So, after calling over his trusted son Gu Cheng, in order to prevent Gu Lian from marrying Wen He, a close relative, the series of events that followed unfolded.

"Now you understand why we insisted on separating you and Wenhe back then. Afterwards, Acheng told Wenhe about your cousin relationship, and Wenhe went to another city heartbroken. But we only dared to say that we forced him away. As for that child, since he was already dead, we said we would give him away. Later, your mother saw that you weren't eating or drinking, and she was scared, so she brought a child back. Unexpectedly, you ran away after your confinement period was over. The Gu family spent a lot of money to find you, but they couldn't find you. Over the years, everyone has given up. They don't know if you are dead or alive. They just pretend that the Gu family doesn't have you. Hehe... You weren't originally a member of the Gu family..." Gu Jianguo said self-deprecatingly.

"I'm not your daughter... Is it all a misunderstanding...?"

"Yes, the Gu family doesn't owe you anything. If you hadn't come back for revenge, I wouldn't want more people to know about your background. Even Achi's family doesn't know these things. If you still don't believe me, you can get a paternity test."

Gu Lian looked up at the old man opposite her. He even brought up the paternity test, so she really wasn't the Gu family's daughter!

"So all these years I've lived in hatred, and now you're telling me I'm not a member of the Gu family at all, and that I've hated the wrong people all these years, that the truth of what happened back then wasn't what I thought? How ridiculous is my life, hahaha..." Gu Lian's face was full of madness. She had thought about revenge day and night for all these years, but when she came back, she found that everything was wrong, and the truth of things was not what she saw.

“Aunt, actually, from the moment Grandpa had Grandma give birth to you, Grandpa treated you as a member of the Gu family. If it weren’t for you getting together with that Wenhe later, your life wouldn’t be like this. So all the mistakes were that you loved the wrong person, you fell in love with the wrong man, which led to the tragic events that followed…” Yun Shu sighed. No matter how bad Gu Lian was, she looked pitiful at this moment. Just because of one man, her life had been changed!

"The Gu family raised me for eighteen years... Gu Jianguo, did you ever hate my mother back then?"

"I don't blame her. A large part of the reason she fell for another man is my fault. If I had spent more time at home and with your mother back then, she wouldn't have been so fickle. Fortunately, she later realized who was the important person to her. Before she passed away, she said that the thing she was most sorry about was this. If she could do it all over again, she would definitely not be so confused. So I'm at peace with myself. I'm almost in my grave now, why would I still care about things from when I was young?"

Gu Jianguo recalled his past with Grandma Yunshu. Although her family was wealthy, she hadn't been spoiled. Their marriage wasn't particularly loving, but they treated each other with respect. He felt at ease leaving the household in her care while he worked outside. It was just that later he became too busy and neglected her feelings…

Where is my biological father?

"He's already passed away!" Gu Jianguo spent his entire life guarding against that man, who passed away ten years ago.

"Who is he?" Gu Lian was still quite concerned about her biological father.

Seeing her insistence, Gu Jianguo had no choice but to give her a name.

Gu Lian's face turned pale upon hearing this. He really was Wenhe's uncle. No wonder... she and Wenhe couldn't be together.

"Aunt, I think you can't live in the past forever. If I'm not mistaken, you've remarried, and your husband has some connection with the Gao family, right?" Yun Shu guessed. That's why Gu Lian rescued Gao Yao along with Yun Huan.

"You guys are really something, managing to find out about my past." Gu Lian had been hiding this from her current husband for two reasons: firstly, she didn't want him to know about her previous out-of-wedlock pregnancy; secondly, he held a high position, and she didn't want to expose him. She was already very grateful that he had helped her rescue Yun Huan and Gao Yao.

“Aunt, I think you misunderstood something before. The reason my father didn’t give Yun Huan any property is because she… did a lot of immoral things, and now she’s even lost my father’s only son, so she’s not qualified to inherit the Gu family’s property!” She was furious when she thought about how Yun Huan almost killed her and ruined Xie Yao.

“I know some things. I’ve already investigated some of the Gu family’s affairs. I just want to say that I will no longer interfere in your feud with her, nor will I help you. Today… I know the truth I want. From now on, the Gu family owes me nothing, and I owe the Gu family nothing. I will not come here again. After I take care of my personal matters in a few days, I will leave this city. I don’t know if I will be able to come back in my lifetime.”

After saying this, Gu Lian smiled bitterly. She had come back to seek revenge, but now she was being told the truth about what happened back then. It was all just a misunderstanding, and she no longer had to live in hatred.

Yun Shu looked up at Gu Lian, who seemed relieved, and knew that she had let go of her hatred for the Gu family.

Gu Lian was about to leave, but Gu Jianguo called her back.

"Should we go and offer incense to your mother before you leave? She was still talking about you until she passed away. She never complained about having you. She always liked girls, but she hurt her body after giving birth to Acheng and Achi. She never expected to have you a few years later... After you left the Gu family, she didn't smile often. Until Ashu came to the Gu family, she treated Ashu like you did, but she didn't spoil her. She didn't want Ashu to be like you were before, not knowing anything."

After Gu Jianguo finished speaking, Gu Lian lowered her head and thought of her mother. When she was a child, her mother always doted on her. In the Gu family, she was the most important person, and even Gu Cheng and Gu Chi had to take a backseat.

Her mother must be heartbroken.

"Has my mother ever blamed me?" Gu Lian asked sadly after a long while.