CHAPTER 626: 241 HESITATION BRINGS TROUBLE_2

Madam Gu’s chest heaved with anger, her face full of frustration and disappointment.

Gu Bichen gently stroked Madam Gu’s back with one hand, trying to calm her down.

"Grandmother, please don’t harm your health over this. It’s not worth it."

Yao Huia clutched her forehead, wincing in pain, and couldn’t help but retort, "The Yu family is powerful and influential. If Bichen marries Yu Ruohuan, won’t our Gu family become even stronger? Why would Auntie oppose it? I really don’t understand what you’re thinking..."

Madam Gu waved her hand dismissively, as if even looking at her foolish expression for another moment was a form of cruelty.

"Leave. Don’t come back again."

"Auntie..."

"Don’t call me Auntie." Madam Gu’s anger was genuine, her expression blank as she looked at her. Yao Huia felt a wave of panic rise in her heart.

"Auntie, I truly know I was wrong. Please give me another chance, would you?"

Madam Gu’s tone was heavy with sorrow: "You are Awen’s only remaining bloodline. All this time, I’ve cared for you in many ways. But you have disappointed me too much. I won’t force anything anymore. Leave. From now on, whether you live or die has nothing to do with me or the Gu family. And don’t represent yourself as part of the Gu family outside. If you do, you’ll bear the consequences yourself."

Madam Gu’s voice grew calmer with every word she spoke.

Yao Huia froze, disregarding the pain in her forehead, and threw herself to her knees before Madam Gu. "Auntie, I truly realize my mistakes. You can’t abandon me..."

Gu Bichen stepped in front of Madam Gu, his gaze cold and piercing, making Yao Huia’s scalp tingle with fear.

"It seems you still don’t understand where you went wrong."

If she truly knew her mistakes, she wouldn’t shamelessly beg for forgiveness.

People need self-respect. Without it, one has no boundaries, no principles in their actions, seeing only profit without recognizing right from wrong.

Like the woman before him.

Yao Huia looked up at him in a daze, staring at the youthful, jade-like face.

Previously, she had always thought of Gu Bichen as just a child—after all, he wasn’t much older than her own son, who still needed her to clean up his messes constantly. How much better could this boy be?

But the young man she had watched grow up was now revealing a side of him she had never seen before.

Gu Bichen didn’t look at her. "Butler, please escort her out."

The Gu family’s upbringing was deeply ingrained, and in this respect, Gu Bichen had surpassed even the previous generation.

The butler, followed by two guards, stepped forward. "Mrs. Xu, this way, please."

Yao Huia finally understood that Madam Gu wasn’t joking—she was serious.

She wanted to make a scene, believing that if she tearfully brought up Awen’s grandmother, Madam Gu would surely relent. After all, it had worked so many times before, and this occasion would be no different.

As she readied her emotions to start speaking, the two guards rushed over. One covered her mouth while the other lifted her, swiftly carrying her out of the living room.

Yao Huia’s eyes widened in terror as she watched Gu Bichen and Madam Gu grow further and further away.

Madam Gu never once looked up at her from beginning to end.

At that moment, a sliver of resentment rose in Yao Huia’s heart.

Gu Chengzhao had matters to tend to at the research institute with Amo. He answered a call and left in a hurry, saying he’d be back by the weekend.

Madam Gu held Gu Bichen’s hand and sat down. "Chenchen, you’ve been wronged this time. Do you have any questions about the engagement?"

Gu Bichen looked up. "Grandmother, is it true that Uncle Yu will never return?"

In the Gu family, "Uncle Yu" referred exclusively to Yu Fuli.

Madam Gu was silent for a moment, then shook her head. "I don’t know."

After speaking, she patted the back of Gu Bichen’s hand. "The engagement is a relic of our generation, an outdated notion. To put it bluntly, it’s an arranged marriage. You’re grown now, and one day you will meet a girl you truly like. Don’t let this engagement become a shackle around your neck. Even if your Uncle Yu were alive and returned with a daughter, if you have no feelings for her, I would never let you sacrifice your happiness for a lifetime."

Gu Bichen looked earnestly at Madam Gu. "The Gu family values its promises. How could we break our word?"

Madam Gu nodded with relief. "I never doubted you, Chenchen. But if your Uncle Yu never returns, are you truly willing to remain unmarried for life because of a fiancée who may never exist? In the future, if you meet a girl you like, be brave and seize the opportunity. Don’t carry any psychological burden. Grandmother will bear it for you."

She knew deep down that Wei Zhuhua only dared to push for the marriage because she was certain Yu Fuli would never return.

There’s no need to let a mere one percent possibility forsake the other ninety-nine percent.

She hadn’t revealed this to Bichen because she didn’t want him to carry the weight of this burden. Yet, after all the twists and turns, he still found out.