Chapter 583: A Wicked Mother Produces Many Wayward Sons
The elder most wishes to see his children and grandchildren reunited, enjoying family bliss.
Since the last dispute over equity, Grandpa hadn’t seen the Gu Family Sisters, Gu Xiangyi and Gu Xinyan, for a long time. Seeing Xiangyi today made him very happy.
Seeing Gu Xiangyi naturally reminded him of her sister Gu Xinyan, and Grandpa sighed lightly, "What’s Xinyan been up to lately? I heard she went to make a movie. If you see her, tell her Grandpa misses her and wants her to come home for a visit."
Upon Grandpa mentioning Xinyan, everyone’s expression became peculiar again.
To avoid arousing Grandpa’s suspicions, Gu Xiangyi smiled and said, "Grandpa, Xinyan has become a movie star and taken the lead role. When we have time, I’ll take you to see her movie."
Out of jealousy and hatred, the eldest uncle’s family seldom mentioned the sisters to Grandpa. When Grandpa brought them up, they only brushed it off casually, and since Grandpa doesn’t like surfing the web or watching TV, he didn’t know Xinyan had become a movie star.
Upon hearing Gu Xiangyi say that Little Xinyan had become a movie star, Grandpa was very surprised, "She had trouble with her legs, yet she became a movie star? What movie did she make? I must see it."
Gu Xiangyi had the film "Swords and Loves Heroes" that Gu Xinyan acted in on her phone, so she played a clip for Grandpa.
"This is the movie Xinyan starred in. It’s showing in theaters nationwide. And there’s good news: Xinyan has changed a lot now, she no longer needs a wheelchair, she can walk."
Watching the video on the phone and seeing Gu Xinyan’s graceful and heroic figure, Grandpa smiled so broadly his mouth couldn’t close.
Overcome with emotion, Grandpa shed a few tears, "Haha, it’s that girl Xinyan, it’s her, truly beautiful. It’s wonderful that girl Xinyan can really stand now. You sisters have turned out so well, I feel I can now face your deceased mother proudly."
Gu Xiangyi quickly handed Grandpa a tissue, consoling him, "Grandpa, don’t get too excited, wipe your tears."
The eldest aunt, seeing Grandpa praise the Gu Family Sisters, thought of her son stuck with a family in America, unable to return home. Her eyes flashed with a malicious hatred, and she sneered jealously, "Old man, don’t celebrate too soon. The entertainment industry is full of corruption. A girl like Xinyan can easily go astray, many actresses have become high-class escorts. You should keep an eye on your sister."
Having endured the eldest aunt’s sarcastic remarks for a long time, Gu Xiangyi couldn’t believe she’d called her sister a high-class escort and retorted back, "Eldest Aunt, you should worry more about Gu Jie, rather than bothering about my sister."
Upon Gu Xiangyi mentioning her son Gu Jie, the aunt’s anger erupted, "You still think of your cousin? He can’t return from America, and it’s all because of your boyfriend. It was his birthday two days ago, and no one was there to celebrate with him. He’s all alone, stranded abroad, how pitiful."
Recalling Gu Jie’s kidnapping of her sister made Gu Xiangyi furious, but it wasn’t appropriate to bring it up in front of Grandpa. She sneered contemptuously, "Pitiful? From childhood to now, he’s had a life of abundance, everything he wanted. What’s pitiful about that? After spending so much money to study in America, he hasn’t learned anything significant, lazy, unskilled, even resorting to bad deeds. There’s nothing pitiful about it."
A mother cannot stand hearing others criticize her son, even if Gu Jie committed a grave mistake, Sun Xiaoli would defend him. She furiously yelled at Gu Xiangyi, "My son is a top student at a prestigious American university, far better than you two girls. One day he’ll achieve more than you."
Grandpa saw the two arguing for no apparent reason but didn’t know the underlying stories, sighing, "Xiangyi, after all, Ah Jie is your cousin. You shouldn’t speak of him like that."
Gu Xiangyi really wanted to tell Grandpa about Gu Jie’s kidnapping of her sister, but the words stuck in her throat. Only the eldest uncle seemed nervous, secretly tugging his wife’s sleeve, fearing she would provoke Gu Xiangyi into exposing the shameful event.
Suddenly, at the villa entrance, the bodyguard Uncle Nan’s voice shouted, "Don’t barge in recklessly, if you do I’ll call the police!"
A tall, overweight man, accompanied by two burly men, burst into the living room aggressively.
Uncle Nan rubbed his arm and followed closely behind, with a furious expression, though shouting loudly, he dared not make a move.
Earlier, he had tried to stop the overweight man from coming in, but the man, being tall and heavy with strong arms, was unstoppable; Uncle Nan’s arm was nearly twisted out.
The overweight man was none other than Fatty Cui from the West City Martial Arts School. Having testified as a witness, his sentence was reduced, and he was released after a year in jail.
Fatty Cui acted as if no one else existed, plopping down on the sofa arrogantly, shaking his crossed legs, "Call the police, your Young Master Gu owes us five million, it’s only fair we come to collect the debt."
Knowing the visitor wasn’t friendly, the eldest uncle stared at Fatty Cui puzzled, "Who are you, what debt collection, who owes you money?"
Fatty Cui’s chubby face stretched into a sneer, opening his mouth wide, "I’m called Fatty Cui from West City Martial Arts School. What’s your relationship with Gu Jie?"
The eldest uncle replied coldly, "I’m his father, Gu Chengjun."
"Here’s your son’s IOU, take a look yourself."
Fatty Cui placed a paper on the coffee table, and the eldest aunt rushed over first, internally puzzled; wasn’t her son in America? How did he owe money to such riffraff?
After careful inspection, the handwriting on the IOU was indeed their son Gu Jie’s.
The eldest aunt and uncle exchanged bewildered glances, what’s going on?
Grandpa put on his reading glasses and looked carefully at the IOU, which had Gu Jie’s name and his phone number; it appeared to be Gu Jie’s handwriting.
Gu Chengjun softened, asking quietly, "How is it possible? My son is studying in America, how could he have borrowed money from your West City Martial Arts School and owed so much?"
Fatty Cui, with an expression of smugness, laughed, "He came to our West City Martial Arts School for martial arts training, the tuition is expensive, five million guarantees mastery. He learned martial arts without paying, so we came to collect from the family."
Gu Xiangyi glanced at the IOU, took out her phone, pretending to make a call, and sneered, "Fraudster, joining a martial arts membership only costs tens of thousands at most, where does five million come from? You’re clearly extorting. Grandpa, we shouldn’t believe him; we should call the police."
Seeing Gu Xiangyi actually about to call the police, Fatty Cui became slightly deflated, lowered his crossed legs, and said somewhat frantically, "Beauty, you’re right, just the tuition isn’t that much, but he’s a gambler. During martial arts training, he lost five million to us in total. If you don’t pay, we’ll break his legs."
Gu Xiangyi put her phone back in her pocket, she had only feigned threatening Fatty Cui to expose him; charging five million for martial arts tuition was unreasonable, it turned out to be gambling debts amounting to five million.
