Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 572: Could it be Pretend?

Chapter 572: Chapter 572: Could it be Pretend?

Song Yunuan sincerely said to Xia Liying, "Isn’t this better than being in prison? You ought to be content. Besides, I was talking nonsense at the time. My uncle isn’t a magician who can concoct a youth-restoring potion, what a joke, right?"

"Your mother has always looked down on my grandma, hasn’t she? So, I said my grandma looks really young now – I just wanted to vex her. After all, she’s gone mad and can’t understand anything, but..."

At this point, Song Yunuan paused, her tone turning doubtful, "Logically speaking, if your mother has gone mad, she definitely shouldn’t remember what I said, right? What kind of madness is this? Could it be that she’s faking it?"

Xia Liying was stunned.

A flicker of unease crossed her mind.

She had her suspicions for a while but dared not expose them.

After all, it seemed like her mother had become a completely different person.

She said dryly, "Well... if she’s mad, she’s mad. A person like my mom, how could she fake madness? Now that she’s been locked up alone, it’s even less likely."

Song Yunuan, "I just can’t fathom your mother. How can she not feel a shred of guilt? She even had my uncle arrested. Even if my uncle really had such skills, it’s not right to just lock someone up. What, is my uncle just fated to be imprisoned?"

Xia Liying was at a loss for words, feeling that coming to see Song Yunuan had been a mistake.

Xia Liying, "I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have come to you."

Song Yunuan didn’t expect Xia Liying to react this way.

It was quite surprising.

Xia Liying left the school in a hurry.

Song Yunuan and Gu Huai’an went to a restaurant hidden within the elegant pine garden.

Having chosen a private room, Song Yunuan said to Gu Huai’an, "The three families from Xiangjiang are transferring their assets. Shangguan Heng’s big department store is also being liquidated. Think of a way to have them donate their wealth to the country."

Song Yunuan felt that the compensation should stop there.

Too much is as bad as not enough.

After all, she didn’t live in a vacuum.

As for the Zhong family, Zhong Shaoqing knew what was due to him.

Gu Huai’an, "Actually, this isn’t difficult to execute."

Song Yunuan immediately perked up, her eyes sparkling with interest, "Then let’s hear it."

Gu Huai’an’s gaze rested on Song Yunuan.

This girl usually acted so nonchalant, but the moment it came to scheming against others, she lit up with energy.

Gu Huai’an said, "It’s quite simple, really. I’ll ask my friend for help and have the mysterious boss behind the scenes step forward to blockade those three families in Xiangjiang."

Song Yunuan clapped her hands.

Her eyes shimmered with excitement; this was the best outcome. They would have no choice but to seek help, and then the Dragon Kingdom could smoothly offer its support.

It sounds easy to say, but it’s not so simple in practice.

Song Yunuan was aware of who the boss behind the scenes was, but he seldom came to Xiangjiang, and his business spanned the entire world.

He was ranked alongside Gudel of Country X and the Gymm family, as one of the top three magnates.

This man hadn’t made any moves recently.

During her time in Xiangjiang, Song Yunuan learned of this man’s identity from Chairman Wang. However, the man had been in a car accident at the time, which was no accident. After he narrowly escaped death, he started various secret investigations, which were no secret in X as well.

Afterwards, Song Yunuan asked Gu Huai’an to help collect information on this man.

He was known as Old Henry.

Old Henry and Gu Huai’an had a decent friendship, the kind where they could actually talk to each other.

With just a little maneuvering, they should be able to achieve their goal.

As for that big boss, he values the business here in Xiangjiang, but the most important thing right now is figuring out who wants to kill him.

The two young men discussed the matter with an air of nonchalance.

To the unaware, it might seem as if they were discussing poetry and romance.

Having roughly agreed on the main points, the two refined the details.

Afterward, Song Yunuan and Gu Huai’an began to eat.

Song Yunuan couldn’t help but remember the first time she met Gu Huai’an.

Out of curiosity, she asked Gu Huai’an, "Back then at the dumpling shop, you ordered all sorts of flavors but didn’t eat them. Why? Right, Secretary Xiao Wu was with you at the time, you shouldn’t have gone there personally, should you?"

Gu Huai’an passed a napkin to Song Yunuan for her to wipe her hands, and then he slowly said, "What if I told you that I had a good impression of you, and so, I followed unconsciously, would you believe me?"

He spoke those words, but Gu Huai’an’s hand clenched slightly.

Song Yunuan giggled, "Of course I wouldn’t believe that."

Gu Huai’an hooked the corner of his mouth, gazed intently at Song Yunuan, and said, "We’ve known each other for so long, do you have any special thoughts about me, should I give you a title?"

The sudden confession-like words did catch Song Yunuan off guard.

Song Yunuan squinted her eyes, covered her delicate cheeks with her hands, then let them go, looked at Gu Huai’an, and batted her big eyes, "Do you see my face turning red?"

Gu Huai’an: ...

He might as well have not said those words, he’ll wait, wait till the day Little Nuan blushes at his words, then he would be able to embrace his beauty.

He had plenty of patience.

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Qin Siqi had almost forgotten about Song Yunuan.

After all, whether at home or outside, few people mentioned her.

But Lin Qing found her and told her about Song Yunuan’s current splendid life, sharing a lot of what she knew.

Finally, she heaved a sigh, "Alas, after hearing all this, I’m really angry. Look at how unfair fate is. If it weren’t for her stealing your seventeen years of life, how could she have grown up in a provincial city’s big courtyard?

If she hadn’t grown up in a provincial city’s big courtyard, where would she have met so many people, where would she have acquired such knowledge and poise? Ultimately, all of this was given by the Qin family. Without the Qin family’s foundation, just tell me, depending on her, a village girl from Erdao River Village, even if she were gifted, who would actually take her seriously?

Without the Qin family, there would be no Song Yunuan today. Not only is she flourishing now, with these people to rely on, her future is beyond our reach. Just look at the circles she moves in now, you and I can’t even enter them.

She knows things we might never learn in our entire lives. Alas, though it’s easy to say in hindsight, if your aunt hadn’t switched you two at birth, she would just be an ordinary village girl, at best getting into a good university, but having to pinch pennies, maybe even reluctant to eat steamed bread. It really feels like making a bridal gown for someone else, thinking about it makes one feel incredibly wronged."

Qin Siqi originally thought she was doing quite well, especially since her vague memory told her she didn’t get into a university in Beidu.

However, things with Lu Feng weren’t as good as she had imagined.

She liked Lu Feng.

She really liked him.

But Lu Feng’s heart still harbored feelings for Song Yunuan.

Every time she thought about it, she could hardly stop herself from wanting to strangle Song Yunuan.

Why did that woman have to affect her life?

Wasn’t taking seventeen years of her happy life enough?

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