The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

Chapter 291 Just a Substitute

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Lian covered her face and started sobbing. She felt so sorry for her own mother! Because of her, her mother didn't want to come back to see her, and she couldn't even rest easy after leaving.

Looking at Gu Lian like this, Yun Shu suddenly felt a little sorry for her. Her grandmother was a very good-tempered and kind woman. If it weren't for her, Gu Lian would have been homeless back then. She had taught Gu Lian a lot over the ten years she spent with her. Like her maternal grandmother, Gu Lian was a kind woman.

Finally, Gu Lian left the Gu family after being led by a servant to the ancestral hall to offer incense to her mother.

"Ah Shu, without Gu Lian's help, Yun Huan should be easier to deal with, right?"

"Grandpa, I'll say it again: unless there's solid evidence that Dad kicked Yunhuan out of the Gu family, she's still my dad's daughter and has the right to fight me for the family fortune." Yun Shu sighed, somewhat troubled. Sometimes she really did feel troubled and didn't want to fight for the Gu family's property anymore.

"Ah Cheng... Hey! Try to stall for time, just until your dad wakes up."

Yun Shu could only nod in the end. The court hearing was next Monday, and Gu Cheng was unlikely to wake up in a week. Just thinking about it gave her a headache.

After saying goodbye to Gu Jianguo, Yun Shu went to the Gu family home. Xie Yao, who had been discharged from the hospital, was still staying at the Gu family home.

She was still in her postpartum confinement period when Yun Shu entered her bedroom.

Xie Yao looked much more haggard and aged several years after losing her child.

"You've come!" Xie Yao raised her pale face, feeling somewhat happy to see Yun Shu.

"You don't look well. Don't think too much about it. Take good care of yourself. My dad will need you to take care of him when he comes back."

"Aren't you going to kick me out? I don't have any children anymore..."

"Wait a minute, let me show you a photo." This photo was one that Yun Shu had put in her wallet when she planned to visit Xie Yao.

Xie Yao looked at a slightly yellowed photo that Yun Shu had given her. It must have been taken a long time ago. The girl in the photo looked very energetic, with a big smile on her face. She was incredibly beautiful and confident, and most importantly, she looked somewhat like Xie Yao.

"Who is this?" He vaguely felt like he had seen her before, so he looked up and asked Yun Shu. But the moment he saw Yun Shu, he understood why the photo looked so familiar. It turned out that Yun Shu looked somewhat like this woman, and not only that, she also looked somewhat like this woman.

“That’s my mother, she passed away 21 years ago. Do you know why my father wanted you?”

"I used to think he liked me, but now I realize, I'm just a substitute for your mother!"

Xie Yao was in unbearable pain. It turned out that she had always been just someone else's shadow. No wonder he sometimes stared at her as if she were someone else dying.

“I’m telling you this not to drive you away, but to tell you the truth. You can still stay by his side and continue to be my mother’s substitute. Even without the child, you still have a reason to stay in the Gu family. My father’s health is not good, and we are usually very busy. We don’t have anyone we trust to take care of him, so we won’t worry. It’s just that you probably don’t want to remarry, right? If you want to leave the Gu family and don’t want to stay by my father’s side, I won’t force you to stay here.”

After listening, Xie Yao smiled bitterly after a while and said, "I've already been divorced once, and now I can't have children. My family is poor, and no one will want me. It's already a blessing that I can stay here. As long as your father doesn't kick me out, I won't leave him first... I've already let him down. I didn't protect his child. If I hadn't answered my brother's call that day and hadn't gone home, this wouldn't have happened, and my child wouldn't be gone..." After saying that, tears rolled down her cheeks again.

Xie Yao's situation is very pitiful.

"It can only be said to be fate. Maybe this child is not destined to be with you. In the future... maybe he has been reincarnated into a suitable family."

"I feel so sorry for him... he's a boy who's already four months along!"

"Don't cry. You're still in your postpartum period. It's bad for your eyes to cry like this."

Although she was in postpartum confinement, Xie Yao's loud crying was bad for her health and eyes, so Yun Shu had to comfort her.

After a long while, Xie Yao finally calmed down and said fiercely, "Yun Shu, don't let Gu Yunhuan go, or my child will have died in vain!"

"Don't worry! If I don't send her to prison this time, I'm not a Gu!" Yun Shu said emphatically. She would never forgive Yun Huan. How could she have a clear conscience after harming so many people?

"I wish Brother Cheng could wake up..." Xie Yao thought to herself.

Yun Shu thought the same thing. After saying goodbye to Xie Yao, she unexpectedly saw Huai Nan and Yi Yi returning in the courtyard of the Gu family. Oh right, Yi Yi is getting engaged tomorrow. She was so busy that she almost forgot. Yi Yi has been taking leave these past few days to prepare for the engagement.

"Ah Shu, you went back home?"

"Yes, I'm coming back to see Xie Yao."

"How is that woman?"

"She's still grieving the loss of her child, but it's a real shame about that lost baby..." Yun Shu sighed, then remembered that tomorrow was a big day for the two of them and it wasn't appropriate to talk about these things, so she said, "Are you both ready? Tomorrow is your big day."

"I just went to buy the things I was missing. Honestly, getting married is such a hassle!" Yiyi has been experiencing this firsthand lately.

"Life is only once, so it's more meaningful to have a grand celebration. I did have a make-up wedding later, didn't I?" Yun Shu sighed. She was already exhausted from just having to hold a make-up wedding banquet, while Yi Yi had to go through the entire process, which was indeed quite tiring.

"Oh right, Ashu, I almost forgot to tell you something. I asked my cousin Huainan to be my bridesmaid, but she accidentally twisted her ankle. Now we're in such a hurry and don't know who else to ask. Do you know any unmarried friends?" Yiyi was really anxious now, as she couldn't find a suitable bridesmaid at this crucial moment.

"Could Xu Ya help? She and Jin Yuan have met each other's parents, but they haven't registered their marriage or had a wedding. But I need to ask her if she's willing and if she has time to help."

"Okay, thank you, Ashu. I haven't met many unmarried people here in all these years I've been abroad. It's all because you got married so early."

"Why don't you say it's because you got married late, Huainan?"

Huai Nan watched them from the side, smiling faintly without saying a word. These two women, one had liked her for many years but married someone else, and could only treat her as a younger sister afterward, thinking she would live a lonely life. Unexpectedly, she met Yi Yi, which warmed her cold heart again.

"Ashu, would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

"No need, I have to go home. You guys are busy, let's talk another day." Yun Shu thought to herself that she had a bad relationship with Huai Nan's parents before, so she decided not to go to the Sheng family.

Huai Nan watched Yun Shu leave. He knew why Yun Shu didn't want to go to his house. He held Yi Yi's hand and said, "A Shu had a falling out with Mom before, so she didn't want to go to the Sheng family."

"Oh yeah! How could I forget about that? Honestly, I've been so busy these past few days that my brain has become dull. Luckily, Ashu doesn't mind, hehe!" Yiyi really forgot about it. After all, she was abroad when Yunshu had her conflict with the Sheng family, so she wasn't very clear about it.

"Let's go in, otherwise Mom will call again later." Huainan put his arm around Yiyi's shoulder and headed back to the Sheng family home.