During that phase, the Gu Family was a jungle where the strong preyed on the weak. Everyone wanted to remove any potential heirs who had a chance to inherit the Gu Family's assets. Consequently, the most capable members of the family met with misfortune. If not for such circumstances, it would have been impossible for a bastard like him to be brought into the household by Grandfather. That position, who wouldn't want it? Who wouldn't climb over a mountain of corpses to reach it?
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When Chenxing brought his mother back, the rain had already stopped.
The weather was neither gloomy nor sunny, and the wind felt slightly cool on the skin.
Gu Shaocheng was half-reclining on a sun lounger, holding a cup of top-quality Tieguanyin tea, with a book about pregnancy resting on his knees. He was wearing a light-colored modern Zhongshan suit, embodying the epitome of idle comfort.
