"No!" Old Madam Gu denied it with difficulty. Her expression became uglier and uglier, and the wrinkles on her face seemed to have doubled in the time it took to brew a cup of tea. She looked abnormally old.
Her body trembled uncontrollably, and her eyes were filled with panic.
Ni Zongqi was only 70 to 80% right.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, Madam Lei suddenly came looking for her with a baby and threatened her. "Madam Gu, don't tell me you want everyone outside to know about the 'substitute'?"
The faint voice of Madam Lei that night echoed in Old Madam Gu's ears again. Beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down her forehead.
The "substitute" was Old Madam Gu's sore spot. Every time she thought about it, it made her feel like a knife was being twisted in her heart.
She had been threatened by Madam Lei and could only hide her in the small garden of the Gu residence… But why was Madam Lei here?!
