After transmigrating, I became a stepmother.

My younger brother has been doing business abroad for so many years, experiencing many ups and downs, and has managed to accumulate such a large fortune. Naturally, he could no longer be as simple and straightforward as he was back then. My grandfather was prepared for this.

However, he never expected that a person could change so much, to the point that even his own brother felt like a stranger to him!

That year, my second grandfather took a fancy to a piece of land and wanted to buy it to build a house for himself and his brother to use in their old age.

The grandfather was naturally delighted to hear this. His younger brother had been away from home for many years, and now that they were finally reunited, he naturally wanted to spend more time together. Knowing that he was not as good at this as his brother, he contributed his share of the money and then just waited for the day when the brothers would reunite!

Unexpectedly, not long after, someone knelt down in front of him, begging him to spare his life!

The grandfather was naturally confused, not knowing what this was all about. He kindly inquired whether the other person had the wrong person and offered to help.

The man, however, took this as an excuse and berated him, calling him a hypocrite who spouted benevolence and morality and was not worthy of calling himself a scholar!

These words were like a knife stabbing into his heart. The old man couldn't take it anymore, and he collapsed without being able to catch his breath.

After a period of chaos, Gu Liunian's father finally understood the whole story.

The piece of land that my second grandfather had his eye on was indeed of excellent feng shui, but unfortunately it was someone's ancestral home, so naturally they refused to sell. After many fruitless negotiations, my second grandfather hired a group of people to cause trouble for the other party and force them to move out.

Unexpectedly, that family was stubborn and refused to move. The group of people that the second grandfather had brought, not wanting their money to slip away, became increasingly outrageous and, under the cover of darkness, set the house on fire!

Fortunately, it was discovered early, so there were no casualties, but the house was completely burned down. In the ensuing chaos, no one found any clues, and when they reported it to the authorities, they only said it was all speculation and there was no evidence!

The aggrieved man had nowhere to turn for help. After finding out what his second grandfather had done with the land, he went to his grandfather to seek justice. But before he could get justice, he encountered this incident.

After listening to his son's words, the grandfather remained silent for a long time, and disappointment slowly appeared in his eyes. His already poor spirits became even more listless.

He instructed his son to give the family a generous resettlement fee so they could rebuild the courtyard and compensate them for the losses incurred during this period, as a way of atoneing for the Gu family's sins. However, he didn't mention a word about his second grandfather's matter.

His second grandfather came to see him, but he didn't want to see him and always made excuses. However, after a few times, his second grandfather sensed something was wrong and insisted on barging into his brother's yard to get to the bottom of things.

The two brothers had a big argument in the yard. No one knows exactly what they argued about, but it must have been about this incident.

In short, the second grandfather left in a huff, leaving behind the words that he would never have anything to do with this place again.

After this argument, my grandfather's health deteriorated rapidly, and he passed away within a month!

Therefore, Gu Liunian's father harbored resentment towards his second uncle. Although the second uncle cried sincerely at his father's funeral and kept apologizing to his brother, the thorn was still planted in his heart!

In addition, my second grandfather had injured his health in his early years and only had one daughter. My cousins ​​had never met much, and after my cousin got married, she moved away from here, so the relationship between the two families gradually became distant!