Her daughter was back. She had arrived with her best friend, Shen Nan.
"Is that what Ruochu said?" Zhou Yunxi heard Gu Yanwei tell the whole story from the beginning to the end. Her eyes widened, and a wave of inexplicable anger rose in her heart. She huffed angrily. "Now, she even dares to bully you, her elder sister. How dare she?
"I never thought I would give birth to such a heartless child. If it weren't for you saving Old Master Huo, would she have married into the Huo family?"
Gu Yanwei shook her head and replied helplessly, "It's probably because we took the Huo family's money. Ruochu has always blamed us for selling her."
At the time, her father had abandoned them and his gambling debts had transferred to them. Afterward, when they met the Huo family, Old Master Huo had specifically asked for Gu Ruochu to be his granddaughter-in-law. Gu Yanwei incited her mother who forced Gu Ruochu to get married. She then received a huge sum of money to repay the debt.
She was relieved when Huo Nanchen agreed to the wedding. However, she realized how foolish she had been. She had been jealous of a man who only deserved to be looked up to.
If she would do it all over again, she would definitely know how to please him. She would be better than that idiot Gu Ruochu.
It was also because the rumors at the time had been too powerful. Many said that the crown prince of the Huo family was temperamental. To hide his gay identity, he had obeyed Old Master Huo and agreed to the marriage.
Gu Yanwei had thought Gu Ruochu had fallen into a pit of fire, and that she would be tortured by her husband and the Huo family. That was why she had incited her mother to force Gu Ruochu into the marriage.
"Sell her? Selling her is her fortune! What right does she have to blame us? What right does she have to hate us? Ha! I don't believe it. I gave her her life!" Zhou Yunxi found it laughable. "She's my daughter. She should do whatever I ask her to do!"
Even if she were to sell Gu Ruochu to a random man, she had no right to blame her. But she had sold her to the Huo family, and she was the wife to a young and promising crown prince.
"Aunt Zhou, we really should have let Yanwei marry the crown prince. The Huo family is not like the average family in Nan Cheng. Ruochu is stupid and selfish, but Yanwei was different. She is both beautiful and capable. To put it bluntly, Ruochu can't even compare to Yanwei's single finger, yet she is married into the Huo family."
Shen Nan dared to say this because she knew that Zhou Yunxi had always favored Gu Yanwei. When she first found out that Gu Yanwei was an adopted daughter, she was a little shocked. From the looks of it, Gu Ruochu should have been the favorite.
However, Yanwei and her mother had a special affinity for each other. Zhou had invested a lot in Gu Yanwei. She had given her the best in both her studies and her life. Naturally, she now loved Gu Yanwei even more.
"Shen Nan, stop it." Gu Yanwei stopped her good friend. Shen Nan then shut her mouth unwillingly. Zhou Yunxi listened from the side, but her eyes darkened.
She understood what Shen Nan had said.
If Gu Yanwei had married into the Huo family, she wouldn't feel wronged and she wouldn't be so angry. Zhou Yunxi thought for a moment. "I've always been sick and I have no relatives to rely upon. How about this? Tell Ruochu to convince Mrs. Huo to let us stay at her residence for a while."
Gu Yanwei and Shen Nan were surprised when they heard Zhou Yunxi's idea.