He understood full well that Gu Gaoyi intended for him to admit to thefact then use calling off the betrothal to shame his daughter. A burning fireof anger rose from within him. He regretted ever being friends with this man.Twice he had saved his life back in his days; he didn’t know this was the kindof person that he was. All their history were no match to his perceived gainsand reputation.
“I do not remember!”
Gu Gaoyi intended to save his son from his embarra.s.sment. He laughedcoldly and said, “Since Housemaster Cheng had forgotten, all me to remind you,Housemaster Cheng. It was about ten years ago when you came visit me at myplace, you broached the subject of a betrothal between the Cheng’s and theGu’s. I wonder if Housemaster Cheng still remembers it. Or have HousemasterCheng forgotten that intentionally?”
“I do remember!” said Cheng Biyuan coldly, his dim eyes lit up suddenly.Coldy, he said, “I only brought that up casually. If my memory serves me right,Mrs. Gu objected to that immediately stating that our children were simply tooyoung and we shouldn’t rush into things. Was I right?
“I also recall that Housemaster Gu did not object to Mrs. Gu’s words atthe time. Naturally I took that as Housemaster Gu had no intentional of abetrothal between the two families. As such, why would Housemaster Gu broughtthis up today? Unless, from Housemaster Gu’s perspective, the betrothalactually took place?”
“You!” Gu Gaoyi’s face turned green and white and he was speechlessafter Cheng Biyuan’s words. Of course he remembered that his wife objected tothat at the time; and neither one of them said anything else after that. So itwas really open to interpretation.
Ignoring his reaction, Cheng Biyuan stared sternly at him and laughedcoldly, “If this betrothal was truly finalized, shouldn’t the Gu’s provide uswith some sort of marriage contract? What was said verbally had already beenreb.u.t.ted by your wife and called off. So do you have a marriage contract ornot? If you can’t produce a marriage contract, then why are we even talkingabout cancelling such betrothal?”
“Such shameless sleazebags!” interjected omg coldly. He looked at theGu’s father and son with the intent to kill. As soon as his young mistress givean order, he’d kill them right away.
n.o.body knew the details of the event until just now. If what ChengBiyuan said was true, then the Gu’s were definitely in the wrongs.
Never mind that they never lent ahand when the Cheng’s were down on their luck; what made them seemed even moreshameless was that Gu Gaoyi was supposed to be the sworn brother of ChengBiyuan. Seeing the way he behaved right now, it was obvious that this was notsomeone you want to have ties with.
Who knew if you’d be his next target of backstabbing next time? At thatmoment, everybody had gained new insight into the Gu’s. In particular the onesthat have businesses with them; they were alarmed by what they were witnessingand also started to consider if they should end their business relationshipswith the Gu’s.
The fl.u.s.tered Gu Gaoyi had no better comebacks, so he stubbornly added,“That was but the words of a woman. They were not meaningful. I never agreedwith her viewpoint way back when, so naturally what we talked about was theofficial decision!”
Cheng Xiao Xiao couldn’t help but to chuckle. She had finally seen itall.
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