Chapter 268: Illegitimate Children Are Not Qualified To Come To Qingyuan Pavilion
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Then, Xue Yi asked curiously, “President Gu, you did it yourself? Aren’t you afraid of being gossiped about?”
Gu Zheng smiled meaningfully. “The Qiao family’s company owes a lot of money.”
Xue Yi was enlightened.
Gu Zheng had brought those angry creditors here, and they coincidentally met the Qiao family’s servants who were trying to intimidate them. Hence, these people started fighting in a fit of anger.
Gu Zheng wiped the blood off his hands and asked casually, “Are you hungry?”
“Mm, let’s go eat dinner!” Qiao Xi chuckled and asked, “Sister Yi, are you coming with?”
Xue Yi looked up and sized up Gu Zheng. She suddenly thought of something and shook her head.
She felt that Gu Zheng’s face looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before.
…
Gu Zheng personally drove Qiao Xi into a remote alley.
“Where are we going?” Qiao Xi asked.
“Qingyuan Pavilion.”
Qiao Xi thought for a moment, then asked with a smile, “Is it the same Qingyuan Pavilion that only receives three tables of guests every day and the dishes are already determined every day? They don’t follow set operating hours either, do they?”
“Yeah.”
At this hour, Qingyuan Pavilion would probably have closed their doors for the day long ago. However, who was Gu Zheng? As long as he said he wanted to eat it, he would definitely be able to eat it.
If Gu Zheng wanted to eat their food, even if it was early in the morning, the chef of Qingyuan Pavilion would have to get up and cook for him.
Qingyuan Pavilion was a very famous private restaurant, but it was located in a deep alley. The road on both sides was very narrow. After walking for a while, it suddenly became clear that there was a whole new world here.
“I heard that Qingyuan Pavilion closes at seven every day. Why is it still open now?”
Gu Zheng did not say a word. He held her hand as they walked through a small path and arrived at an elegant private room.
On the other side of Qingyuan’s private room, there was a room filled with people. They spoke loudly and stubbornly—
“Back then, that mistress of the Gu family brought Gu Zheng back to acknowledge his ancestors. Now, Gu Zheng is even the head of the Gu family. Are we just going to let this go? This position should have been Lu Yan’s!”
“I think I saw Gu Zheng coming to the Qingyuan Pavilion as well. What right does an illegitimate son like him have to come here?”
Qiao Xi’s heart thumped.
She wished she could rush up and argue with these people. Gu Zheng was clearly the legitimate young master of the Gu family, but he had always been accused of being an illegitimate child.
What was even more heartbreaking was that these people all knew the inside story, but none of them were willing to stand up for Gu Zheng. Instead, they let him suffer from Madam Gu’s abuse when he was young.
Now that Gu Zheng had grown up and become the head of the Gu family, they were still unwilling to face the truth for the sake of benefits. They insisted that he was an illegitimate child, making him unable to raise his head for the rest of his life.
“Stop looking.”
Gu Zheng held her hand gently. “Aren’t you hungry? Let’s eat.”
Qiao Xi bit her lip. “Gu Zheng, they…”
Those people didn’t know they were there, and the more they spoke, the more agitated they became. Qiao Xi felt as if her heart was bleeding as she listened. “They’re too much!”
Gu Zheng’s expression was calm as he gently smoothed her hair. “I’m fine.”
It did not matter what they said. He did not care about those people, much less their words.
The two of them entered the private room. There was clearly a table full of delicious food, yet Qiao Xi had no appetite.
Although she could taste food now, she had no appetite at all.
The current head of the Lu family was Madam Lu’s biological father. He never cared about Madam Lu because she was the daughter of his first wife. Now that he had his second wife by his side and a sensible and obedient daughter, he had probably forgotten about his other daughter, Lu Qingyun.
Back then, Old Master Lu knew that Chairman Gu was not a good person and couldn’t bear for his younger daughter to lose her life’s happiness, so he married Lu Qingyun instead.
After Lu Qingyun married into the Gu family, she spent half her life in misery.
The Lu family knew that Lu Qingyun was humiliated and bullied in the Gu family, but they never stood up for her.
She married into the Gu family and earned endless wealth for the Lu family, allowing the Lu family to have their current status. However, no one in the Lu family remembered her kindness. They only cared about benefits and did not care about her life or death.
No one cared about Lu Qingyun when she was alive. After she died, the Lu family hypocritically came to attack the Gu family and transferred all their hatred to Mrs. Gu and Gu Zheng.
However, Gu Zheng was innocent.. He was Lu Qingyun’s child, but he had to suffer baseless criticisms!
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