Chapter 91: If It Were Known That My Sister Was the Biological Daughter...

Thinking of how the useless second branch of the Gu family and Gu Ci had acted today, all high-minded and hypocritical before her and her daughter, Madam Bai spoke to Chu Shixian with unmistakable rudeness.

“Shixian, that useless second branch of your Gu family and Gu Ci are really becoming something, aren’t they!”

“That useless man from your second branch came here with Gu Ci. He didn’t apologize, fine, but do you know what else he did?”

“He actually had the audacity to try to use his crude medical skills to treat my daughter Yue Ling, and he even drove Doctor Gu away!”

“If anything happens to my Yue Ling because of this, my Meng family will never let it go! I’m only calling today because you’re still my friend. What you do next is up to you.”

With that, the line was cut off with a sharp snap, and soon the phone was filled with the dull busy tone.

It was obvious that Madam Bai was furious to the extreme.

Only now did Chu Shixian finally understand what it felt like to be called and scolded without warning.

At the moment, Chu Shixian was out shopping with Gu Zhiran.

This Wednesday, her Zhiran would be attending an internal exchange concert held by the Music Association.

At the thought that their Gu family was about to step into that circle in the capital, Chu Shixian was ecstatic, and of course she had to dress her up properly.

But the good mood she had been in vanished completely after that call from Madam Bai.

Gu Ci, Gu Ci!

Again because of Gu Ci!

How many times had she been unable to lift her head before Madam Bai because of Gu Ci?

And this time, she had actually joined forces with that useless man from the second branch and thoroughly enraged Madam Bai?

Chu Shixian truly could not understand what on earth Gu Ci and that feeble little brother-in-law were thinking.

Did they not know how lowly their own standing was? Yet they still dared to provoke a behemoth like the Meng family?

Originally, Chu Shixian had already decided to speak to the principal about expelling Gu Ci.

But what she had never expected was that merely asking the principal’s secretary for a meeting had already led to the answer that the principal was booked a month in advance.

Now it seemed there was no need for her to lift a finger and deal with that daughter who had come out of some backwater.

She was perfectly capable of ruining herself.

Gu Zhiran glanced at Chu Shixian unobtrusively and asked in a gentle, considerate voice, “Mom, are you all right?”

In front of Gu Zhiran, Chu Shixian’s tone eased somewhat, and she recounted the whole matter.

After hearing the truth, a look of worry also appeared on Gu Zhiran’s face. “Mom... why don’t you speak to Aunt Bai and smooth things over? If word gets out in the future that my sister is actually your biological daughter, it won’t be good for you...”

At those words, a trace of concern rose in Chu Shixian’s heart as well.

The fact that Gu Ci was her daughter had always been a stone pressing on her chest, and no one knew when it might come crashing down.

And if by then it dragged the Gu family down with it...

Chu Shixian could not remain calm.

“Zhiran, keep Mom’s card. You can shop here slowly. I’m going back first to discuss something with your father.”

Gu Zhiran obediently agreed. Watching Chu Shixian’s departing figure, a faint smile gradually curved her lips...

...

After leaving Room 408, the anger on Gu Changrong’s face still had not subsided.

Looking at Gu Ci, his voice carried a touch of guilt. “A Ci, I’ve wronged you.”

If he had not brought Gu Ci here, she would not have ended up having to face those two arrogant women and all that irritation.

“Second Uncle, this has nothing to do with you. It was always between her and me.”

Though in truth, this whole matter was nothing more than a completely absurd piece of filth falling from the sky and landing squarely on her head.

Thinking of this, Gu Ci pressed her lips together, took out her phone, and sent a file to Qi Xuduan that she had originally not intended to send at this time.

Soon after, her WeChat began ringing one message after another.

QXD: My ancestor!

QXD: Can this thing be delayed a few days?

QXD: I haven’t been eating or sleeping well these past few days. I’m completely drained, with not a shred of energy left.

QXD: Really, I’m not lying to you!

On the other end of WeChat, Qi Xuduan, with dark circles under his eyes, nearly went mad after sending those messages.

He had flown back and forth all over the place these days, busy to the point that his feet hardly touched the ground.

And then this ancestor had casually dumped such a huge burden on him without a word!

Meanwhile, she had dusted off her hands and left him to deal with everything!

Though...

He really was rather tempted by this plan...

But!!!

He was truly about to collapse from exhaustion!

Thinking of the dense and merciless schedule awaiting him, Qi Xuduan flopped onto the sofa with the air of a man who had lost all will to live.

Not long after, another message arrived.

Seeing that it was from Gu Ci, Qi Xuduan immediately sat up straight.

GC: Come on, I believe in you.

Damn it, believe in him, his foot!

Qi Xuduan glared at Gu Ci’s profile picture.

GC: Didn’t I give you the pills? You haven’t taken them?

Qi Xuduan was furious.

That little troublemaker was still thinking of using him as her guinea pig to test those pills of unclear effect!

Yet although that was what he thought, his hand moved of its own accord, and he found the medicine bottle in his drawer.

He tipped out a red pill, his mouth twitching as he suddenly came to his senses.

Like someone avoiding the plague, he hurriedly threw it back into the bottle and shoved the bottle carelessly into the pocket of his expensive suit...

After sending the message, Gu Ci no longer paid it any mind.

Her pace was brisk, her voice cool, and her thoughts were clear. “She won’t be in any danger. Second Uncle, let’s go count the doses of the special medicine again and see whether anything is missing.”

No danger to life.

Hearing that, Gu Changrong’s gaze paused, and the frown between his brows relaxed.

“That’s good.”

He looked at Gu Ci, and for some reason, even though there had been no change at all in her expression, he still felt that after sending that message, Gu Ci’s mood had become noticeably better than before.

After thinking it over, Gu Changrong felt it might just be his imagination.

Perhaps the girl had never been in a bad mood at all.

He put his focus back on this matter and said with some doubt, “Logically speaking, last time I already counted the doses with someone else. There shouldn’t have been such a glaring omission...”

And yet someone had still managed to use that special medicine once again beneath Saint Heart Hospital’s very eyes, only for the matter to come to light after something had already gone wrong.

As for why something that had clearly been destroyed by them would appear in the hands of a patient who was not even part of the clinical trial, that too was something Gu Changrong could not understand.

A chill flashed in Gu Ci’s eyes. “We’ll know once we go look.”

Gu Changrong agreed.

He even suspected that if the patient who had used the special medicine had not ended up in this condition, making it impossible for the hospital to solve the issue, they might never have told him about it at all.

In fact, Gu Changrong’s guess was correct...