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When Li Meng learned that Gu Cheng already had a child named Yun Shu before her, she immediately made a scene, which lasted for more than an hour. She even threatened Gu Cheng that he could not acknowledge Yun Shu.

Seeing Li Meng's forceful refusal to let Yun Shu stay, Gu Jianguo, the head of the Gu family, had no choice but to say, "Acheng, forget it, let them go back!" for the sake of his son's future and the Gu family's reputation.

Gu Cheng had been holding back, but hearing his father's words, he could no longer contain himself and stood up angrily, saying, "No! Dad!" Turning to the unreasonable woman, he said, "Li Meng! If you don't agree, we'll get a divorce!"

Upon hearing this, Li Meng nearly fainted from anger. Disregarding any semblance of marital decorum, she retorted, "How dare you! Without my family's influence, would Gu Cheng have reached his current position..."

"Hmph! No matter how much your family helped me, it was all thanks to my own hard work. I also helped your family a lot. It was just a matter of mutual benefit!"

Seeing her son and daughter-in-law arguing so uncontrollably, even to the point of divorce, Gu Cheng's mother was disappointed. Her gaze shifted to her granddaughter, who had suddenly appeared in the corner. The granddaughter sat there quietly, her expression showing no panic or unease. The argument hadn't affected her at all; she was truly a good child. Little did she know that Yun Shu was reborn and had already experienced something similar once; encountering it again naturally wouldn't affect her. She simply watched them argue.

Gu Cheng's mother admired the composure of such a young child, while Li Meng's two children were cowering fearfully in the nanny's arms. She quickly made a decision and said to Gu Cheng and Li Meng, "Stop arguing! Grandpa, since this child is A-Cheng's, there's no reason for her to be left out in the wild. But if we keep her, the country's family planning policy is so strict now; people will say we've violated the one-child policy, which will affect A-Cheng's job."

"Mom, you mean..."

"Grandpa, how about we raise this child with us, and we'll tell everyone that the Gu family adopted a little girl? What do you think?"

Gu Jianguo thought that his family couldn't afford to offend the Li family yet, and his son wanted the child. This solution was good; the child could be raised by the elderly couple so as not to affect the lives of his son and daughter-in-law. So he agreed.

Gu Cheng calmed down and listened to his parents' arrangements. At least Yun Shu could stay. They had already told him about Xu Liang Sheng's serious illness; otherwise, he wouldn't have been so insistent on keeping Yun Shu. He knew Li Meng would definitely not treat Yun Shu well. Raised by his parents, even though she was an adopted daughter, she was still a child of the Gu family. This was all he could do for her.

After discussion, everyone compromised: Yun Shu could stay in the Gu family, but only as Gu Cheng's adopted daughter, raised by Gu Cheng's parents, and would not interfere with their lives.

When Yun Shu's uncle saw that Yun Shu had found a place to go, he no longer cared whether she was his biological daughter or adopted. At this moment, he just felt at ease knowing that poor Yun Shu finally had a place to go, and he felt that he had done right by his deceased sister.

After Yun Shu was left behind, Xu Liang went home the next day.

After that, Yun Shu stayed at the Gu family's old house, living with her grandparents, while Gu Cheng's family lived in the military compound there, with neither side interfering with the other. Every week when Gu Cheng's family came, Yun Shu would hide, not wanting to see them.

Gu Cheng would occasionally visit Yun Shu when he had free time, but the two weren't close. Yun Shu was already eight years old, and Gu Cheng had never lived with her, so he didn't know her and couldn't become close to her. Later, Gu Cheng gradually stopped visiting her. Yun Shu's grandparents only said that she had always been a very well-behaved and easy-going child, excelling in her studies and being a reliable source of comfort.

Yun Shu grew up with her grandparents until she was eighteen, when her grandmother passed away, and Gu Cheng took her home. However, Yun Shu was not well-liked in the Gu family. Li Meng and her two daughters would frequently make things difficult for Yun Shu. Yun Shu persevered, eventually going to university and mostly living in the dormitory, never returning to the Gu family. The Gu family basically ignored Yun Shu, as if she didn't exist. Yun Shu, however, felt quite content; being unsupervised was better, and the lack of constraints was quite liberating…

……

Xu Ruo spoke for several minutes before recounting everything Yun Shu had told her before, except for the fact that Yun Shu was reborn, which she didn't know because Yun Shu hadn't told her.

When Xu Ruo first heard about Yun Shu's background, she was very angry and felt indignant on Yun Shu's behalf. Even now, she still feels indignant for Yun Shu when talking about her past.

"Brother Kun, now that you know about A-Shu's background, will you look down on her?" Xu Ruo had never looked at Xiao Mingkun so seriously before, wanting to see how he would react after hearing her words and learning Yun Shu's true identity.

Xiao Mingkun frowned deeply. He had imagined Yun Shu's various identities, but he had never considered this version of hers. Although Yun Shu came from a wealthy family, she lived worse than most people, as if she had no home at all. No wonder she was reluctant to talk about her family whenever the topic came up.

"Thank you for telling me all this. I now know what kind of background Yun Shu came from, and I don't care at all anymore. I just feel very sorry and heartbroken. She suffered so much before. If only I could have met her and protected her sooner!"

"Kun, you're a real man! Ashu didn't get to know you for nothing. You should treat her well in the future. She's had such a hard life. Even though she's experienced so much misfortune, she's still so kind. As a doctor, she wants to help many people. And every year she donates to the poor children in the orphanage who don't have parents. She feels that having parents is the same as not having parents. She has a lot of sympathy for those children."

"Yes, she's a very good woman!" Xiao Mingkun agreed, having seen her personality clearly in the two months he had known her.

Xu Ruohua felt that she had said enough. At least she wanted Kun Ge to know what kind of person Ashu was, and she hoped that he would treat Ashu well in the future.

After saying goodbye to Xiao Mingkun, Xu Ruo got into her car and started it, but before she could drive off, she saw a car approaching and stopping to her right. By the light of the headlights, she saw two people getting out – it was Dr. Chen and that bitch Tan Xiaoqiu! Those two were really together! A surge of anger welled up inside her, and without thinking, she slammed on the gas, the car speeding towards them with a loud bang.

Xiao Mingkun had only taken a few steps after turning around when he heard the noise. Startled, his eyelids twitched, and he sensed something was wrong. He quickly turned around and ran downstairs. Xu Ruo's car had just started moving!