Chapter 666: Wanting to Know the Location

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

An icy demeanor radiated from Mother Lin, her greeting cold and formal, a mere courtesy to avoid any awkwardness.

Gu Shan and Zhang Mei, both well into their middle age, were not oblivious to this. A shared glance between them conveyed their mutual understanding that this was not the time for petty squabbles. They swallowed their discomfort, choosing to remain silent.

Gu Shan stepped aside, allowing Zhang Mei to step forward. She forced a smile onto her face as she addressed Mother Lin, “After all, we are Gu Zi’s adoptive parents. She has moved and we can’t find her. We have no place to go if we want to see her.

“We just wanted to say that since she and Su Shen have moved back to the city, they are closer to us now. We can take care of them. We came here to know their address.”

Mother Lin had a hunch about the couple’s intentions, but she genuinely didn’t know where Gu Zi had moved to in the city.

Before Gu Zi left, she had left an address, but only Lin Cheng knew it. Mother Lin had planned to ask her son about it that night and then find time to visit her daughter. She hadn’t expected Gu Zi’s adoptive parents to come asking for it.

She felt a bit relieved that she didn’t know the address, as she didn’t really want to tell these two. Gu Zi was never too happy to see them. “To be honest, I don’t know the address either. Our family hasn’t been there yet.”

Mother Lin’s words were truthful, but upon hearing them, Gu Shan and his wife could no longer suppress their frustration.

They regretted not having fostered a better relationship with Gu Zi. They had raised their daughter for over a decade, only for her to be taken away by the Lin family. Now, they couldn’t even get her address. Who wouldn’t be angry in their shoes?

Zhang Mei’s face instantly clouded over with displeasure. She angrily said, “I’ve been wondering why Gu Zi has been distancing herself from us. Now I see, it’s because you’ve been whispering in her ear, telling her not to associate with us, right?

“We raised Gu Zi for over a decade. Just because of some minor issues, she plans to cut ties with us? That’s unreasonable.”

Gu Shan was also furious, and even more so, jealous. He saw how Mother Lin and Lin Cheng were surrounded by villagers, a stark contrast to their first encounter with the Lin family.

The Lin family, once poor, had now risen, with the support of many villagers. In contrast, the Gu family had become the laughingstock of the city.

Gu Shan felt as if his heart was being stabbed and twisted. He echoed his wife’s sentiments, “I never thought that the daughter we, the Gu family, carefully raised would treat us this way. Even if we are not her biological parents, we raised her for eighteen years, providing her with the best living and educational environment. Without us, there would be no her today!

“Even if she married Su Shen, without us arranging for her to marry Su Shen as Lin Miao’s substitute, how could this good marriage have happened? You, the Lin family, wouldn’t be enjoying this fortune now. People should have a conscience, Mrs. Lin. I think you should give us the address so that we can prevent from seeing each other in the future.”

The couple was self-righteous, conveniently forgetting how they had treated Gu Zi unfairly to favor their own daughter, Lin Miao. Gu Zi, who had a bright future ahead of her, was forced to marry Lin Miao as a substitute because of their selfishness and favoritism. Now, they were twisting the narrative to make it seem like they had done her a favor.

Mother Lin found their words laughable. But before she could respond, Aunt Zhou from the town stood up. She glared at the two city dwellers, her heart filled with complex emotions.

Firstly, during Mother Lin’s conversation with her, Aunt Zhou had learned from the villagers about the couple’s identity and their relationship with Gu Zi and the Lin family. She had also heard about the inhumane things these two city dwellers had done.

Gu Zi was their daughter, whom they had raised for eighteen years. They disowned her on a whim, forcing a high school student from the city to marry a divorced man with three children in the countryside. Was this something a human would do?

Aunt Zhou felt that even she couldn’t be so heartless. For a moment, she was reminded of her own daughter, whom she had driven to death, and her heart ached as if it was being cut by a knife.

Secondly, Aunt Zhou was a snobbish and showy person. Under normal circumstances, she wouldn’t dare to provoke city dwellers.

Especially this couple, who were from the city’s elite circle. But now, things were different. With the Su and Lin families backing her, she could afford to look down on the city dwellers. At the same time, she could please Mother Lin’s family. Why wouldn’t she seize this opportunity?