The Real Heiress Has an Appraisal System

"A wild boar has no taste for fine bran. It’s only her first day here, so it’s normal for her to be messing things up."

Gu Shengsheng smiled and greeted her. "Second Aunt, you’re looking quite haggard lately. It seems like something major has happened at home, and you’re already trying to find a solution."

"If there’s anything I can do, I’m happy to help. I am part of this family, after all."

At Gu Shengsheng’s words, Wang Shufen said with disgust, "What help could you be? You have no network and no connections. Besides, you’re the one who left our family’s courtyard house in such a state. Chaoyang is just too kind to hold it against you."

"If you ask me, the least you could do is pay up tens of millions!"

Gu Shengsheng looked at the shrewish expression on her face and said with a smile, "You’re right. Go ahead and sue me. Just take me to court."

"We’ll see then whether your son will be compensating me, or if I’ll be compensating him. Oh, right. I also recorded the insults you just threw at me. I can use it to claim damages for emotional distress."

’...You little bitch!’ Wang Shufen wanted to curse out loud, but she held her tongue.

She just glared at Gu Shengsheng resentfully.

After the exchange, Wang Shufen noticed Liu Li standing to the side, looking utterly awkward. "My apologies, Miss Liu," she said. "I hope you’ll consider my proposal."

"That young woman just now... she’s the one who married into our family to ward off bad luck, the girl who became Shi Jing’s wife. She’s not very obedient, so she needs a bit of discipline."

Liu Li nodded, not wanting to comment on another family’s private matters.

She said to Wang Shufen, "I won’t help the Lu Group in the slightest. My husband being an executive at the Lu Group is his business. I won’t be doing anything on my end, and it’s not my place to represent the Liu Family."

"I hope you won’t come looking for me again, Second Madam Lu. It would be best if we kept our distance."

With that, Wang Shufen could only force a smile and leave.

’I could curse this Liu Li a million times over!’

’If it weren’t for the Liu family’s substantial assets and the fact that she’s their spoiled, willful youngest daughter, why else would I have bothered with her?’

’Just looking at her, you can tell she’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. No wonder she married down to Mr. Chen.’

’It’s not that Mr. Chen has no money, but compared to a real tycoon, his fortune is just pathetic.’

After Second Madam Lu left, Liu Li glanced at Gu Shengsheng and started to head upstairs without a word.

She didn’t have a very good impression of Gu Shengsheng either.

But she still said politely, "Your home is across the street."

Gu Shengsheng said, "Mrs. Chen, my apologies. I’m here to see Chen Yufan."

At the mention of his name, Liu Li’s sullen expression immediately twisted into anger.

She demanded, "Why are you looking for him? He has no friends, and you are not one of them. Miss Gu, I’ll trouble you to stay away from him."

"I don’t want my son befriending people like you. You livestreamers shouldn’t just latch onto anyone you can. He doesn’t have that kind of money for you."

As she spoke, her eyes were filled with scorn.

Gu Shengsheng said, "He wasn’t in a good state today. I came to check on him."

"Besides, I have a clue about the child your family lost years ago."

It would have been better not to bring up the past. The moment Gu Shengsheng mentioned it, Liu Li gritted her teeth, her expression so fierce it looked like she could devour someone.

She grabbed Gu Shengsheng’s arm and, without a word, dragged her into the house, locking the door behind them.

Gu Shengsheng knew the woman was mentally unstable, so she didn’t resist. Provoking her now would be the worst possible course of action.

Liu Li dragged Gu Shengsheng all the way to Chen Yufan’s room.

Chen Yufan was squatting in a corner, crying by himself.

He looked up at the scene before him, stunned.

Then, when he saw Gu Shengsheng, a light instantly ignited in his eyes. "Sister Gu! You’re here! I wanted to see..."

As he spoke, he was about to rush toward Gu Shengsheng!

But he had just gotten to his feet, feeling a bit dizzy as he stood, when Liu Li slapped him hard across the face!

Chen Yufan’s face swelled up quickly, and he looked completely at a loss.

Tears welling in his eyes, he tried to explain, "Mom, you... you misunderstood. I just wanted to see Sister Gu..."

At this, Liu Li cut in, "Enough!"

She shrieked hysterically, "I said that’s enough! You want to have friends now, is that it? What did you promise me before? You said you would never make friends, that you’d always be alone, even at school!"

"Your sister is dead! Your sister is gone! She was the one who kept you company. Now that she’s gone, you don’t deserve to have friends! You should just live out your days in solitude and wait to die!"

"Our whole family is being tormented! What right do you have to keep trying to run away!?"

Then, Liu Li pointed at Gu Shengsheng. "Her! She’s just some livestreamer, a professional con artist!"

"Do you really think she can do anything? How can you be so naive and stupid? Your own mother doesn’t treat you well, so do you really think this Gu Shengsheng is going to help you?"

When she finished, Chen Yufan’s eyes reddened. But this time, he clenched his fists, determined not to be a spineless coward anymore.

’He remembered what Sister Gu said on her stream: you can never rely on others. Even if you’re stuck in a swamp, filled with rusty nails and murky water, you have to drag yourself out.’

’You have to wash the filth off yourself and slowly walk toward the light.’

’No one deserves to spend their whole life in darkness, and no one should have to be emotionally blackmailed like this forever...’

At this thought, Chen Yufan lowered his head. His voice was hoarse from crying, but he still managed to say, "That’s enough, Mom."

"You’ve never once been good to me. I would rather believe a stranger is good to me than believe in you."

Liu Li went berserk. Hearing his words, she rushed over and began to choke Chen Yufan.

"Wasn’t it this Gu Shengsheng who stirred up the trouble with our family’s painting? And now she dares to bring up your sister. Are either of you worthy of mentioning our Nannan?"

She looked at Gu Shengsheng and Chen Yufan as if they were something dark and foul.

Gu Shengsheng lowered her head and sent a message to Yang Jiao. "Sister Yang, do you know a psychologist? Could you please bring one to the Wanliu District? A neighbor needs help."

After sending the message, she saw that Liu Li was still hysterically glaring at her own son.

Gu Shengsheng stood her ground and said, "Mrs. Chen. As an outsider, it’s not my place to say much, but now that I’ve been dragged into this, I will speak my mind."

"What could you possibly have to say? Are you going to stand there like some hypocrite and judge me? Accuse me of treating my son poorly?" Liu Li stared at her, eyes full of hostility. "You haven’t lived through it! You have no right to say a word about me!"

Gu Shengsheng said, "I have no right to say."

"But, the way you’re lashing out at me... you already know the truth in your heart, don’t you?"

"Mrs. Chen, you’re doing this on purpose. You’re deliberately making your son hate you, deliberately tormenting him, because it’s like you’re tormenting yourself. You feel guilty because your daughter went missing that day, and you weren’t with her."

"But you love yourself too much. You can’t bear to blame yourself, so you project it all onto your son instead."

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