My Billionaire Exhusband Grovels Me After Divorce

Chapter 812: Chapter 812: Gu Guotai Also Wants to Acknowledge Qiao Yin as His Granddaughter

Elsewhere, Gu Chengqiao had already returned to the Gu Family home.

The atmosphere at home was much more solemn than he had imagined: his father’s face was as dark as if a storm was brewing, his wife was wiping away tears with reddened eyes like someone who had been wronged, and his son didn’t have his usual playful smile; instead, he stood ramrod straight with an unusually serious expression on his face.

Only Gu Chengsong continued to be as usual, with a gentle expression on his face: “Big Brother, you’re back.”

In front of their father, the two brothers always pretended to be harmonious, so Gu Chengqiao responded gently as well, “Yes, I’m back. What’s happened? Why does everyone look so upset? Did something happen?”

Gu Guotai looked up at him: “Your wife insists that Qiao Yin was seducing you, so she went to hit Qiao Yin, ruining her face. You tell me, did this really happen?”

Gu Chengqiao was taken aback, only then recalling the events of the day.

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He had originally thought it was no big deal, so he had quickly forgotten all about it.

He hadn’t expected that this would cause such a commotion at home.

He laughed briefly, trying to smooth things over: “It’s nothing, how could Qiao Yin seduce anyone? I think she’s a quiet and sensible sort. Jinhua is overthinking things.”

Gu Guotai looked at him coldly: “And what about you? Have you had any improper thoughts about Qiao Yin? Otherwise, why would your wife suddenly accuse her and go to trouble her?”

Anger swelled within Gu Chengqiao. The smile vanished from his face, and his gaze fell upon Hou Jinhua; she truly never gave it a rest, always causing him trouble!

Everything had been fine, and he had already warned her. Still, she had refused to listen!

“Dad, I couldn’t possibly have any improper thoughts about Qiao Yin, you really shouldn’t say such things in the future. Otherwise, it makes me seem no different than a beast.”

Gu Chengqiao’s tone was rather unpleasant: “Why do you take rumors at face value, Dad? Are you going to join in the nonsense? How many times have I even seen Qiao Yin? How could anything possibly happen between us?”

“If nothing happened, why did your wife go and ruin her face?! What kind of madness is this? Doesn’t she know that Qiao Yin is treating my leg?!”

Gu Guotai’s rage burst forth in an instant, and he hurled a teacup towards Gu Chengqiao: “The Old Madam of the Lu Family came to settle accounts with me! They are going to sue your wife for intentional injury! They want to send her to jail!”

Gu Chengqiao instinctively dodged, and the teacup smashed to the ground. The jarring sound of shattering resonated throughout the living room, scattering broken pieces everywhere.

He was both shocked and puzzled: “Dad, how come it’s the Old Madam of the Lu Family who came to settle accounts with you about Qiao Yin? I thought it would be Qiao Yin herself who complained to you. It isn’t?”

“Because Qiao Yin has been acknowledged as her granddaughter! When her granddaughter is wronged, of course, she would come to me to settle accounts!”

Gu Chengqiao was stunned: “Old Madam Lu acknowledged Qiao Yin as her granddaughter? How can that be?!”

He almost blurted out, “But Qiao Yin is clearly your granddaughter,” but he swallowed the words before they could leave his mouth.

He still wanted to keep the past buried, ideally unknown to anyone.

“Why couldn’t it be? What’s not to like about Qiao Yin? Forget about the Old Madam Lu wanting to acknowledge her as a granddaughter, even I want to! She’s sensible and filial, and she has a deep knowledge of medicine. Who wouldn’t like her among the elderly? Acknowledging her as my granddaughter could probably extend my life by ten years! Giving birth to a bunch like you has probably reduced my lifespan by ten years!”

Gu Jing couldn’t help but glance towards Gu Guotai. He wanted to tell him that there was no need to acknowledge anyone since Qiao Yin was indeed his own granddaughter.

However, unfortunately, Gu Chengqiao’s stern look towards him signaled that he should not speak out of turn, so he continued to keep the secret to himself.

Gu Chengsong suddenly chimed in from the side: “Dad, I heard a few years ago that the Old Madam of the Lu Family had severe palpitations, and she almost lost her life several times when her condition flared up. Later, she was cured by a divine doctor, which is why she’s still alive. The divine doctor that the Lu Family found—couldn’t it be Qiao Yin? Otherwise, why would the Old Madam suddenly acknowledge such a granddaughter?”