bookrebus Chapter 335 Threatening and Demanding
Chapter 335 Threatening and Demanding
"Why won't you see me!"
Faced with the questioning, Old Mrs. Gu put down the newspaper in her hand, "I was just about to ask the housekeeper to invite you in, but I didn't expect you to be so impolite as to come in by yourself."
Ji Mengran is no fool; after experiencing so much, she wouldn't listen to Old Madam Gu's attempts to deceive her.
With a bang, she slammed her hand on the coffee table. "I'm talking about last night!"
"Last night?" Grandma Gu thought seriously. "Oh, you probably weren't home when you came. The housekeeper probably told you that too."
Seeing Ji Mengran's unpleasant expression, Grandma Gu chuckled and patted the seat next to her. "You don't think I'm deliberately avoiding you, do you? Mengran, it's been so long, why are you so upset with me?"
Ji Mengran snorted coldly, "Do you think I would believe you?"
“We’re on the same side, we shouldn’t be suspicious of each other at this time.” Grandma Gu reached out and took Ji Mengran’s hand.
For a fleeting moment, Ji Mengran was indeed moved by what she said. But soon, she thought of the time Gu Yinshen had kept her locked in the basement. Not only did Gu Yinshen not come to help her get out, but she also neglected her child.
Thinking of her child, Ji Mengran angrily demanded, "Where is my child? Where is he now?"
Grandma Gu's face stiffened, and she turned around and didn't come up.
She was sent away by Gu Yinshen, but she didn't know where he sent her.
"He's still your grandson, how can you just let him wander outside?" Ji Mengran stood up from her chair, her voice trembling with emotion.
She had obtained this child through every means possible, and now it had simply vanished.
"He's so young, all alone, we don't even know if he's alive or dead. You're so cruel, you're all so cruel!" Ji Mengran became more and more agitated as she spoke, tears streaming down her face, filled with hatred.
The old lady Gu was annoyed by her crying. The Gu family had no shortage of descendants. The children that Ruolan had given birth to for Gu Yinshen alone were enough to inherit the Gu family line.
On the contrary, Old Madam Gu really didn't think much of Ji Mengran's son. Although she didn't like Ruolan either, Ruolan's child was well-mannered and was a legitimate son born to Gu Yinshen.
On the contrary, she, a child born from Gu Yinshen's stolen sperm, is nameless and without status. How could she possibly inherit Gu Shi's legacy in the future?
These were the thoughts in Grandma Gu's mind, but she wasn't foolish enough to say them aloud when Ji Mengran was emotionally unstable.
“Mengran, you’ve misunderstood me. How could I abandon him? It’s just that you know Gu Yinshen’s connections and methods. He doesn’t lose his temper easily, but once he does, no one can calm him down,” Grandma Gu explained. “I don’t know where he sent that child, and the people he sent out haven’t responded.”
Ji Mengran calmed down a bit and looked at Old Madam Gu with suspicion.
She knew her well; not a word she spoke was true, she was a cunning old fox. Could she possibly listen to her?
After a moment's thought, Ji Mengran calmed herself down. She sat back down next to Old Mrs. Gu and said, "I currently have no money and nowhere to go."
“You can’t stay here,” Old Madam Gu said hurriedly. “Although Yinshen doesn’t usually come here, this is still the Gu family’s old residence. If he happens to come back one day and sees you here, he’ll probably be furious and might send you somewhere to be locked up.”
Ji Mengran was certainly aware of this. In order to cooperate smoothly with Tian Tian in the future, she would not be foolish enough to stay here and let Old Madam Gu monitor her.
“I need money,” Ji Mengran said bluntly. “I will find the child myself. You just need to give me enough money to live on.”
Grandma Gu frowned, her expression slightly displeased as she saw that Ji Mengran was not polite to her at all.
"How much do you want?"
"one million."
"what?"
Seeing Ji Mengran's outrageous demands, the last vestige of feigned kindness on Old Madam Gu's face vanished.
She turned around, creating distance between herself and Ji Mengran, saying, "I can't afford that much."
"How is that possible? How could you not come up with a million!" Ji Mengran asked hysterically.
The Gu family is large and powerful, and they are from a noble duke family. How could they not even be able to come up with a million?
Unless she doesn't want to give it at all!
Ji Mengran glanced at the ruthlessness on Old Madam Gu's face and threatened, "It's fine if you don't give it to me, but I can't find my child and I don't have a penny on me. I can hardly survive in this huge Jiangcheng, so it's understandable that I would do something."
"Are you threatening me?" Old Mrs. Gu questioned.
Ji Mengran took her hand and patted it gently. "How could I threaten you? I'm just telling you about my situation. You see how miserable my situation is, you can't just watch me wander around like this, can you?"
Grandma Gu stared at Ji Mengran with a smile on her face, her eyebrows curving as if she were smiling, but in reality, she was calculating.
"Alright!" Grandma Gu agreed through gritted teeth. "But I also have something to tell you in advance."
"what?"
"Take the million, and don't ever show your face in front of me again."
Ji Mengran looked at Old Madam Gu, threw her head back and burst into laughter. She knew it wasn't that simple when she agreed so readily; it turned out she was waiting for this.
You think you can just get rid of her with a million dollars? To wipe the slate clean of all the things she arranged for her to do in the past is probably too easy.
Ji Mengran looked at the check written by Old Madam Gu, smiled and took it, then immediately asked, "This one million is just a subsidy for me. Giving me another one million would truly wipe the slate clean of our previous dealings."
Despicable act?
Grandma Gu's gloomy gaze seemed to want to devour Ji Mengran whole.
She never imagined that someone of her character could so easily get rid of her.
Giving her one million was already a compromise; she doesn't have much money left to use. Giving her another million would completely drain her dry.
Grandma Gu put away the check and pen, and looked calmly at the check in Ji Mengran's hand, saying, "Do you think you can cash a check for two million? I'm afraid Gu Yinshen will find out as soon as you show up."
Ji Mengran indeed hadn't considered that.
She looked at Old Mrs. Gu and said, "You don't need to worry about this. Just write down the remaining one million for me, and then we'll be even. You can enjoy your retirement from now on, and I'll never bother you again."
Life in old age?
Grandma Gu has been having a very difficult time lately.
Old Master Gu was misled by some random people outside. Not only did he not come home, but he also used her broken relationship with Gu Yinshen to try to kick her out of the Gu family.