Chapter 410: Chapter 410: Who Have the Big Shots Come For?
Mr. Gu entered the living room wearing a bright blue Tang suit.
Facing his ungrateful descendants, especially Gu Jingyan, his mustache twitched, and his cane hit the ground with a thud:
"Hey, you brat, you can’t behave even when sent to Qingcheng, going tomb raiding again! I heard you almost got struck by lightning? I’m telling you, if you don’t change your ways, you’ll end up staying in Qingcheng like your fifth aunt for the rest of your life and never come back!"
Gu Jingyan was indifferent, his gaze lightly sweeping the room, not finding the figure of Zuzi: "Whatever. I don’t want to come back either."
Spending a lifetime in Qingcheng would be better; he could go to the Fu Xi Palace to do research.
"You won’t have any share in the inheritance!"
"Whatever. I don’t want your little inheritance either."
Mr. Gu was so angry he felt dizzy: "You! How did I end up with such a worthless grandson!"
"Perhaps because like people, like son?"
Gu Jingyan’s parents, Gu Xizhi and Qin Tao, were honest folks. Seeing their son defying the old man, they hurriedly scolded him while apologizing to the elder:
"Dad, please don’t get upset. He just got back from the countryside after the college entrance exam. His emotions are a bit unstable, and since the results are coming out tonight, he might be a bit nervous. Please don’t take it up with a kid..."
Mr. Gu hadn’t responded yet.
The third daughter-in-law, Sun Jiao, laughed softly with her hand covering her mouth: "Oh my, Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, your son is so funny, getting nervous over a college entrance exam? Our Pingting was directly admitted to the Art Department and even personally took the entrance exam with an aim to be the top scorer nationwide and wasn’t this nervous."
Qin Tao felt a bit embarrassed but still continued politely: "Pingting is indeed outstanding..."
But her son Jingyan wasn’t bad either.
The third son, Gu Pingzhi: "That’s right, with the talent of our Pingting, inheriting the Gu Family would be more than enough. If Jingyan digs graves all the time, rest assured, Pingting will take care of him and make sure he gets something to eat and doesn’t starve."
Sun Jiao followed up: "Dad, you’re a learned person. Surely you don’t believe in male preference, right? Having a female heir for the Gu Family would be majestic."
"I don’t prefer sons over daughters. A female heir would be great too," Mr. Gu’s face darkened, "But I’m not dead yet, isn’t it too early to discuss this!"
Sun Jiao’s lips twitched, thinking the old man was just stubborn.
Among the Gu family’s grandchildren, only her Pingting was the most outstanding, talented and beautiful. Who else but Pingting could inherit the Gu family, certainly not Gu Shiyin, that old maid who can’t get married, hmph!
As they were chatting,
Gu Shiyin happened to accompany a group of academic big shots into the room.
Mr. Gu was very surprised: "Oh my, Old Huangfu, Director Feng, Principal Zhou, Ms. Lin..."
The esteemed guests entered in single file, leaving him bewildered.
Some of these people he knew well, some not so much.
How did they know it was his birthday celebration today, and all came to give face?
Oh my, old man, I haven’t been in the academic world for so many years, yet my standing still seems solid.
Gu Shiyin smiled and said, "Dad, I was picking out a birthday gift for you at the Golden Diamond Corridor today, and happened to run into Teacher Lin. We chatted for a bit."
This statement was very artful.
It could be understood as chatting casually with Lin Suyu, or interpreted as inviting Lin Suyu to the family banquet and asking Lin Suyu to invite other big shots.
Of course, the way she smiled suggestively seemed more like the latter implication.
Mr. Gu: "Oh, oh." So it was Shiyin who brought them.
"All guests are welcome, please come in, please!"
In recent years, the old man hasn’t been in good health and hasn’t gone out much, but seeing old friends and people from his circle visiting, he was quite pleased.
Little did he know,
after exchanging pleasantries for a while,
the big shots looked around, then all gazed towards the door: "Lao Gu, aren’t you missing someone at this banquet?"