Chapter 245: Chapter 246: Severing Ties 7
"Uncle Gu, who says weâre family?" Nianyangâs lips curled with coldness,
"Everyone here has sharp ears, you just said you picked me up and thought I was going to be locked up, afraid Iâd drag you down, planning to sever ties with me. Itâs too late to change your tune now!"
Gu Yuandao didnât expect Nianyang to directly expose his inner thoughts, feeling embarrassed, yet his smile became even more ingratiating,
"Why would you think Iâd be afraid youâd drag me down? I was just trying to protect the Gu Familyâs reputation with that strategy. Even though you were adopted, Iâve truly treated you as my own daughter. Since itâs just a misunderstanding, letâs pretend the severing of ties never happened."
Nianyang almost wanted to spit in his face, speaking such shameless words. She retorted sharply,
"Uncle Gu, you really have no shame. If you truly considered me your daughter, why did you turn a blind eye for so many years when Aunt Gu abused me?"
Gu Yuandaoâs face darkened, "Do you dare say I have no shame? Gu Nianyang, youâre out of line. Even if Iâm not your biological father, Iâve raised you for so many years, and this is how you repay me?"
"Saying you have no shame is flattery." Nianyang wasnât going to leave any room for compromise,
"Shamelessness suits you best. Donât think I donât know; you talk about pity and adopting me, but with your conditions back then, how could you be willing to spend money raising someone elseâs child?
The reason you took me in was because you feared the villagers would criticize the stillbirth between you and Aunt Gu, am I right?"
As she spoke, Nianyang and Tuanzi exchanged a special powder, sprinkling it on Gu Yuandao. Whoever is affected by this powder will involuntarily speak the truth during intense emotions, thatâs how powerful the space-produced product is!
Sure enough, Gu Yuandao blurted out,
"What does it matter if you guessed right? I did steal you to raise for reputationâs sake, but havenât I raised you for seventeen years..."
As soon as he said this, everyone was astonished, even Wang Ying and Gu Youlan didnât expect the truth to be like this!
Realizing what he had said, Gu Yuandao panicked. How could he be so foolish as to reveal his true thoughts? Is it still possible to pretend he never spoke?
Yet everyone had heard it clearly!
Nianyang hadnât expected the original host to actually be stolen by Gu Yuandao, so the original host wasnât abandoned by her birth parents!
This realization made Nianyang inexplicably happy yet even more furious, "So I was stolen from my parents by you, and you dare say I was adopted? Iâm going to report you for this!"
Gu Yuandao kneeled in fright, "Please donât report me. I didnât do it on purpose. Yangyang, for the sake of me raising you, donât be so ruthless!"
Nianyang asked, "Who are my biological parents?"
Gu Yuandaoâs eyes flickered, "I donât know. I just saw a family hiding from someone on the road, a woman nervously placed you in a bush, and I took the chance to steal you away..."
Nianyang thought itâs probably impossible to find the original hostâs biological parents now, sighed and her eyes turned cold, "I wonât report you, but Iâm severing ties with you, and weâll never have any interactions again!"
Nianyang wasnât being soft-hearted, but considering the incident happened so long ago, reporting might not be effective. Itâs better to use the opportunity to end the relationship and still leave a good impression of gratitude and repayment among the villagers.
On the contrary, the Gu Familyâs reputation is irreparable from now on, doomed to be criticized and tarnished for life.
As long as Nianyang doesnât report him, severing ties means severing ties, Gu Yuandao agreed immediately, getting the mayor to write a statement and, in the presence of villagers, formally separating Nianyang from the Gu Family,