Four words, spot on.
Gu Xinfei thought Song Zhen was so terrifying!
She feigned coquettishness, "But this time I came back, I already had a good impression of you.
Zhouzhou asked me today if I would marry you, and I said I didn't know.
Song Zhen, I think, I could fall in love with you too."
Song Zhen calmly looked at her, "Xinfeng, your so-called good impression is merely you emphasizing your ownership of me in front of Zhouzhou.
Even if you don't love me, you can't let me get too close to Zhouzhou.
Since I asked to meet you alone, it's because I want to have an honest talk with you.
Can you tell me the truth for once?"
Gu Xinfei: "..."
Song Zhen continued, "I know it's hatred that has made you what you are now.
But Zhouzhou's biological mother had paid the price for her mistakes, she is already dead.
Zhouzhou is innocent.
You project such resentment onto an innocent child, yet she naively thinks all your affection for her is genuine, how can you bear it?"
Gu Xinfei wanted to persist in her denial.
It'd be no big deal to stubbornly deny it until the end!
But Song Zhen's presence was too commanding, his words piercing, causing her tears to fall involuntarily.
She could no longer continue to pretend.
Covering her face, Gu Xinfei choked up, "Is she innocent?
How is she innocent?
Her mom is dead, but so what?
She is still alive!
If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have to live a life of compromise!
I am the only Miss of the Gu Family!
If it weren't for her, my mom wouldn't be in tears all the time, nor would she always be reminded of my father's infidelity and live in humiliation to this day!
If it weren't for her, the Gu enterprise would be mine alone!
But now dad is saying that Zhouzhou is his only heir!
You still say she is innocent?
She has stolen everything from me, she is the child of the other woman, such a plunderer to the legitimate children!
Tell me, where is she innocent!"
Years of suppressed emotions finally erupted!
From an initial choke to slapping the table and standing up, to questioning Song Zhen repeatedly, her eyes also turned bloodshot, her face increasingly grotesque.
Song Zhen quietly watched her, speaking gently, "Do you know why Uncle Gu chose Zhouzhou as the heir?"
Gu Xinfei laughed in anger, once again covering her face, her palms full of tears: "Because she's the daughter of that mistress! In my dad's heart, he's never gotten over that vile woman!"
Song Zhen shook his head.
He looked at Gu Xinfei with a bit of regret, "You underestimate an entrepreneur's feelings toward the enterprise they created."
Gu Xinfei looked at him puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Song Zhen sighed softly.
He took a sip of the Ceylon black tea in front of him, set down the cup, and his profound eyes fixed on Gu Xinfei.
That look, it was chilling.
Gu Xinfei slowly sat down.
Song Zhen said gravely, "The old generation of entrepreneurs, they all talk about sentiments.
That's also why Uncle Gu insists on only doing practical business and refuses to go public.
He is a merchant who profits from good deeds and earns honest money.
Therefore, he can't bear to see the empire he built fall into the hands of someone hypocritical and sinister!
Zhouzhou is indeed the child of the woman he loved.
But Zhouzhou's merit is not who her mother was, but that she has a heart of gold."
Gu Xinfei was stunned!
Shock filled her eyes!
Song Zhen sighed again, "A father knows his daughter best.
Your act, Uncle Gu has gotten tired of it long ago.
It's only Zhouzhou, that poor girl, who is still kept in the dark."