Marrying a wealthy family for the second time, being spoiled by a paranoid childhood sweetheart

Gu Chen specifically inquired about Jiang Ru's information and learned about the miserable life Jiang Ru had experienced after her father was imprisoned. He felt sorry for this girl from the bottom of his heart.

He wanted to hold Jiang Ru in his hands. His voice was especially gentle and soothing: "You are not alone. You still have me. From now on, wherever I am, that will be your home."

After hearing these words, Jiang Ru felt stunned. This sentence had already gone beyond the friendship of friends. Gu Chen had been hinting at Jiang Ru to confess to him. Jiang Ru had long been aware of Gu Chen's love for her, and now she seemed a little overwhelmed by the sudden hint of confession.

"It's getting late, let's go home." Jiang Ru pushed Gu Chen away in panic, pretending not to understand, and got into the car as if nothing had happened.

Gu Chen knew that Jiang Ru was in a bad mood, so he didn't continue to prepare to confess his feelings. He planned to wait until Jiang Ru calmed down before doing so.

After the two got in the car, Jiang Ru's mood became even more complicated. She was ready to try a new relationship, but she was afraid of marriage. She couldn't take the initiative and could only keep avoiding it.

Gu Chen wanted to wait until Jiang Ru really opened her heart before confessing to her. He would not rush to force Jiang Ru now.

"Tomorrow is my mother's birthday, her 50th birthday. I'll take you to celebrate with us." He took the initiative to invite Jiang Ru back to Gu's house to celebrate his mother's birthday together, and specifically hoped that Jiang Ru could come.

"I'm an outsider. It's not okay for me to attend your family dinner, right?" Jiang Ru was afraid of disturbing them rashly and wanted to refuse politely, but Gu Chen disagreed.

"My mom really likes crowds. It's more lively when there are more people. Just consider it a favor. Besides, you've been to my house before, so what are you afraid of?"

Gu Chen said there would be no problem, and said that as long as Jiang Ru showed up, he would definitely like Jiang Ru and told her to attend without worry.

"Okay, I'll bring a birthday gift tomorrow."

Thinking that she often visited Gu's family when she was a child, Gu's mother should still remember her. Jiang Ru nodded and finally agreed to meet Gu Chen's mother.

"You don't need to bring anything, just show up."

Gu Chen’s request was very simple. He would be happy even if Jiang Ru came empty-handed.

Although there was no disturbance on the surface, I was extremely nervous inside. I couldn't sleep the whole night, thinking about what gift to give to Gu's mother.

After tossing and turning all night, Jiang Ru still couldn't think of what gift to give. Early the next morning, she went to the mall to choose one.

Jiang Ru carefully selected for a long time and found a bracelet that was very suitable for Gu's mother. Her eyes lit up and she took it from the counter: "I want this bracelet."

"Miss, the jade bracelet is of the finest quality, and the emerald is worth one million."

Jiang Ru didn't hesitate at all. The bracelet cost one million, but she paid the money without hesitation. She took the fine emerald bracelet as a gift to Gu's mother and went to Gu's house to keep the appointment in the evening.

"You're finally here." Gu Chen had been waiting for Jiang Ru. He was very happy to see Jiang Ru come and opened the door for her.

After entering the room, all the Gu family members were there, and a sumptuous birthday banquet was set up. Jiang Ru's appearance changed the atmosphere of the scene.

"Who is this?" Mother Gu put down her chopsticks, confused. She remembered that she had not invited this person.

"This is my friend, Jiang Ru. I invited her. Do you remember her? She used to come to our house often when she was little."

Gu Chen introduced Jiang Ru's identity and asked Jiang Ru to sit next to him.

"Excuse me, auntie, this is the meeting I brought to you."

Jiang Ru specially took out the bracelet she had chosen.

However, Gu's mother didn't know the value of it. She saw that it was just a hand, so she thought it was a bit shabby. Was she going to give her away with just a bracelet?

Jiang Ru carefully selected the gift, but her parents were not satisfied. Seeing that Jiang Ru could stand next to Gu Chen and knowing their relationship, they thought it must be unusual. Gu's mother had already known that there was a close woman around her son, and had someone investigate, and her name was Jiang Ru.

Seeing Jiang Ru's appearance, her expression changed. She knew that Jiang Ru was Jiang's father's daughter. When the two met for the first time, Gu's mother disliked her very much and refused to accept the gift. She sarcastically said, "It's you. Why are you still pestering my son for so many years? Do you have any shame? Take your gift back. You are not welcome here. You are the daughter of a prisoner. Don't spoil my appetite."

When Jiang Ru's father was mentioned, Jiang Ru was shocked and the gift in her hand froze in place. She didn't expect that the first meeting would be so awkward. Because of her father's matter, the atmosphere instantly became cold.

All three of them were surprised by Gu's mother's attitude, even Gu Chen did not expect his mother to react like this.

Father Gu was trying to smooth things over and quickly asked Jiang Ru to sit down. His face was kind and gentle. "My child, I haven't seen you grow up to be such a beautiful young lady in all these years. Come sit down and eat while it's hot. Your aunt and I are very happy that you're here."

Mother Gu poured cold water on him without hesitation and continued in a sarcastic tone, "I'm not happy. I don't want someone with bad luck to come to my birthday party. Whoever gets close to them will be unlucky."

"Mother is usually a very open-minded person. How could she say such harsh words?"

Gu Chen defended Jiang Ru and condemned his mother for saying things that were too harsh and shouldn't have rubbed salt into Jiang Ru's wounds.

Mother Gu, however, refused to give in. She looked down on Jiang Ru and said sarcastically, "Didn't her father go to jail for theft? What good can a profiteer's daughter be? Bah, how shameless!"

"My father is not a profiteer, he was wronged!"

Jiang Ru tried hard to hold back the tears in her eyes and tried hard to explain, but Gu's mother just didn't like Jiang Ru. She was attracted by Jiang Ru's eyes when they met for the first time and thought that Jiang Ru would definitely seduce her son in the future, and it was even more impossible for her to let Jiang Ru become Gu Chen's weakness.

"Mom, how can you be so rude to a guest?"

Gu Chen saw that Jiang Ru was wronged and persuaded her mother not to do so.

"Today is my birthday, how can you protect an outsider?" Gu's mother became even more angry and hated Jiang Ru even more. She took away Gu Chen's love for her and had a bad attitude towards her.

"It doesn't matter. Auntie doesn't like me. I'll just leave. I still wish you a happy birthday."

The situation was about to break out into a quarrel. Jiang Ru was afraid of disrupting the birthday family dinner, so she put down her gift and asked to leave.

"I'm full too. I'll go first." Gu Chen was with Jiang Ru. After seeing Jiang Ru leave, he chased after her.

"Stop!" Gu's mother disagreed with Gu Chen leaving and shouted angrily.

"You unfilial son, today is your mother's birthday, where are you going?" Gu's mother shouted angrily for Gu Chen to come back, but he was gone.

After Gu Chen left, the birthday party naturally ended in a bad mood. Gu's mother was even more angry that Jiang Ru's appearance disturbed their family's peace. She lost her mood to eat and put down her chopsticks.

"This girl is really not a good person. I think she is a vixen who has taken away our son's soul as soon as she appeared." Mother Gu said sarcastically.

Father Gu remained silent with a cold face throughout the whole process, but he couldn't help but ask Mother Gu: "She's just a little girl, why are you targeting Jiang Ru so much?"

"I just don't like her taking my son away from me, okay?"

Mother Gu felt a little guilty. She explained with a flicker in her eyes, saying that as long as Jiang Ru wanted to be with Gu Chen, she would never like her.

She couldn't let her son date Jiang Ru, she would stop them from being together at all costs!

After leaving Gu's house, Jiang Ru was very sad about Gu's mother's attitude. She was depressed and dazed. She was almost hit by a car while walking. Fortunately, Gu Chen chased her out and hugged Jiang Ru in his arms.