Chapter 12
Returning to the Old Manor
The distance from the entrance gates to the actual manor was not short. In order to spend more time with his granddaughter, Old Master Gu chose to walk.
Along the way, Yunbao saw fountains, flower beds, a large lawn, and many statues. Yunbao was dumbfounded. This place was really beautiful. Along the way, she met many maids. When they saw her, they would stop what they were doing and smile at her.
Yunbao’s room was arranged on the third floor. Fortunately, there was an elevator, so it would not be so troublesome for Yunbao to go up and down.
Pushing open the room was a standard dream princess room with pink-and-white furnishings, a large, exquisitely soft bed, a study table by the window, a two-meter wall-mounted mirror and four floor to ceiling wardrobes, and a sizable balcony just large enough to accommodate her little parrot.
This was two to three times bigger than her original room!
“Darling, sorry if it’s small. Do you like this room?”
“Yunbao loves it!” She thought for a moment. “Did Mommy used to live here too?”
“Yes, this will be Yunbao’s room in the future!” Old Master Gu was a little surprised because this was indeed Gu Teng’s room. Before receiving the news, they had always thought that Gu Teng would come back, so they had kept the room for her.
“Thank you, Grandpa!” Yunbao hugged Old Master Gu happily.
The Wang family was not so lucky.
They were thrown into the countryside and had nowhere to go. They had no money and were living in the wilderness.
It was not easy to find a place to stay. Even that was also because Li Hong, who had been disfigured, slept with an older man, that they had been able to exchange for it.
Wang also had a disability in his leg, which was accompanied by a permanent lung illness.
Their family huddled on a small bed every day. It was worlds apart from their previous lives. Wang Wang’s temper had also become very strange. He would hit and scold the other three at the drop of a hat.
In order to have money to live, the Wang parents forced Li Hong to sell her body. However, because of her face, she could only sell herself to those smelly old men at a low price.
Li Hong was living a life worse than death every day. Once she tried to resist, she would be beaten half to death. Therefore, every time she looked at her terrifying face in the mirror, she wanted to cut Yunbao into pieces.
“Truly an ungrateful ingrate!” Wang Wang complained for the umpteenth time, “She became the treasure of Gu family and then forgot about her father!”
Every time Li Hong thought of that day, she could not suppress the jealousy and envy in her heart. Why could that burden become a phoenix while she could only sell her body and be a nanny here?
Actually, it was not that she did not consider escaping, but the men in the village were all watching her. If she dared to escape, she would be sent back immediately. What awaited her was a beating. As time passed, she did not dare to.
Li Hong had been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to take revenge on that burden!
Not long after, gossip like “The Gu family’s new youngest daughter lacks upbringing and repays evil with kindness, causing her stepmother to miscarry and her biological father to go bankrupt. She despises the poor and loves the rich.” appeared in the upper-class circle of the capital.
Of course, these were all things that happened later.
In the living room of the Gu family.
Old Master Gu brought Yunbao around the Gu family’s old residence and accompanied her to eat fruits in the living room.
Yunbao was still in the process of familiarizing herself with the environment. She looked around with her big round eyes and ate in small bites. Old Master Gu looked up at the antique clock. It was almost time for the children to come back from school.
“Yunbao, be good. Your brothers and
sisters
will be back from school soon.”
After all, she was still a child. When Yunbao heard that she had brothers and sisters, her eyes immediately lit up and she nodded obediently.
The eldest son of the Gu family had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy’s name was Gu Ming, and he was already nine years old. He was at the age to attend primary school. The girl’s name was Gu Zi, and she was already five years old. She was at the age where she was in the middle class of a bilingual
kindergarten
.
Yunbao was looking forward to meeting them. She didn’t have any friends of her own age because her father wouldn’t let her make friends.
Time passed quickly. A rich lady in designer clothes led a girl dressed like a doll in, but she didn’t look too happy. Behind her was a boy dressed like a little prince.
“Daddy!” Gu Zi was exceptionally happy when she saw Gu Lin. She ran over and pounced on Gu Lin, but Gu Lin stopped her.
“What did Daddy tell you?” Gu Lin was especially stern. Even Yunbao was a little afraid because her eldest uncle’s expression was completely different from her impression of him.
“Don’t shout. Be a lady.” The doll-like girl pouted, not very happy.
- Close cousins could be referred to as brothers and sisters
- The pre-education system is generally split into three years of preschool/kindergarten, the junior (lower), middle, and senior (upper) classes. It is meant for children ages 3-6.