There's nothing like a sense of crisis to bring out one's survival instinct.
So this time, when Gu Shen spoke to Gu Xi again, his words came out a little faster—
"After your mother rejected that man, he couldn't accept it and went to his cousin—my third aunt. My third aunt is the type of person..."
He paused here, as if unsure how to put it. After a moment, he said tactfully, "...My third aunt is fiercely protective of her own. She believed her cousin's malicious words without doing any investigation and went to my third uncle to whisper poison in his ear."
"Back then, Grandfather was planning to hand over control of the family. My own father had passed away young, but my uncles were all in their prime. And Grandfather had always doted on my youngest uncle the most..."
"To outsiders, the Gu Family looks powerful and prosperous, but the truth is..." Gu Shen sighed, putting on an expression that said 'every family has its own troubles,' a look of helplessness on his face.
