novelraw Chapter 927: Luxembourg (Part 4)
Chapter 927: Luxembourg (Part 4)
"What do you mean?" Old Mrs. Xiao was utterly stunned. That foolish third son actually went to ask Gu Nuan to return to the Xiao Family. He’s shameless, but this doesn’t seem like something the third son would do.
The Xiao Family steward had no choice but to continue, "Actually, the second young lady is in trouble."
"You mean Shulan is in trouble? What happened?" Old Mrs. Xiao asked in shock.
This was indeed a complicated story. The Xiao Family steward had to choose the most urgent points to explain.
Old Mrs. Xiao only heard that her second granddaughter was suspected of killing Mrs. Chen, and she collapsed immediately, Uncle Tang and the steward hurriedly supported her.
At that moment, the old lady thought, no wonder her son said he didn’t want to wake up at all.
The father and grandmother of a murderer, stepping outside, they’d definitely be cursed to death. It would be better to let Gu Nuan manage the family. At least if Gu Nuan stepped out, she could bear the brunt of the public scandal for them.
Especially since their Xiao Family was in business, they couldn’t possibly avoid facing the media by not stepping outside.
Old Mrs. Xiao waved her hand and said, "This is just disgraceful. It’s better left unsaid. It can only be said that her father and I owed her in a previous life. Her other sisters behaved well, but she alone did something so inhumane, and she should bear the consequences."
These words from the old lady essentially absolved herself and Xiao Jianming of any responsibility for their educational failures.
The steward and Uncle Tang didn’t say a word. Asked to speak, they also wouldn’t know what to say.
Old Mrs. Xiao asked again, "The third son said he had something to do and went out. What about the fourth?"
"Before the second young lady got into trouble, the fourth young lady returned to the United States," the steward replied.
This one ran away pretty quickly. Could it be she foresaw the trouble? If that’s true, this fourth daughter needs a lesson. Knowing the second lady might get into trouble and yet still leaving the family without helping.
To this, the steward had to say a word of fairness for Xiao Shuzhu, "Even back then, the fourth young lady, the second young lady, and the third young lady argued, saying it would be better to let the young mistress come back to manage the Xiao Family. But the second young lady insisted otherwise, wanting to manage the company herself."
With that being said, this second lady is ultimately greedy. As soon as her father got into trouble, her first thought was to seize power herself, without even thinking carefully why her father suddenly fell ill.
Clearly, Xiao Shulan was far less smart than Gu Nuan. Gu Nuan could catch the finer details, adapt, and respond without losing her head against the Xiao Family. Instead, she seized the opportunity to strike back, ultimately saving the old lady.
Old Mrs. Xiao mused, "Her capability to act and think is like mine back in the day."
Having served the old lady for years, as a loyal servant, the steward was suddenly at a loss for words hearing such a comment from the old lady.
Uncle Tang flattered, "Yes, yes, but at the end of the day, she’s not as clever as the Chairman and you. If she were, she wouldn’t have angered the Chairman into illness."
Old Mrs. Xiao wouldn’t let flattery get to her head casually. She glanced at Uncle Tang, "I heard you were used by someone recently?"
What, Gu Nuan could see her son’s strategy, yet despite following her son for so many years, Uncle Tang didn’t see it at all and got used. To be fair, if not for Gu Nuan, her son would be in deep trouble this time.
Uncle Tang was instantly speechless, stammering for quite a while.
The old lady had long seen through him and said, "Yes, you’re just making excuses, afraid of the blame falling on you which you can’t bear. It’s not just you, the Chairman and I are the same. In this, we are indeed no match for her. At least, she has the courage to bear all this and face these challenges. I say she’s like me because she’s now lost her husband, just like I did back then, having to support the family alone, not to mention taking care of the children. Only a woman truly understands the hardships of another woman. What do you all know?"