After that incident, Gu YuChen's heart grew cold.
His sister whom he initially adored betrayed him. His stepmother whom he looked up to attempted to kill him. It didn't take Gu YuChen long to realize that it was all for the money. Greed. Plain and simple. Song Rui wanted what wasn't hers. It didn't matter who she hurt along the way. She didn't recognize blood or family.
Although Gu YuChen did not receive the affection of his father Gu Han, he was raised with love and care in the Gu Household until the death of his mother, Lu Ying. The void created by her absence was then filled by Old Madam Gu until Gu Han's remarriage. As such, Gu YuChen never lacked for anything in his early childhood. He also never viewed family in a negative context.