Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Suddenly Made a Comeback! novel Chapter 168

Chapter 168: Chapter 168 Gu Family in the Capital

Su Yinwan spoke those words with a pitiable expression, then lowered her head.

The next second, a crisp notification sound rang in her Divine Sense, informing her that the male lead’s affinity had climbed back up.

Su Yinwan’s downcast eyes betrayed a hint of triumph.

Indeed, men still fell for this act.

Upon hearing her words, Shang Shaojing’s expression did indeed soften quite a bit, and the suspicion lingering in his heart dissipated completely.

“Yinwan, thank you for trusting me so much. Rest assured, once we reach Chixia Village, I will definitely protect you well.”

As if to prove his words, he placed his hand on top of Su Yinwan’s.

A blush crept across her face, causing Shang Shaojing’s gaze to linger even more.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, they each returned to their own seats to rest.

The smile on Shang Shaojing’s face gradually faded after Su Yinwan left, soon replaced by a tinge of worry.

In his ears echoed the words of Young Master Gu, which he had inadvertently overheard during a recent visit to the Gu Family—”You’re such a useless thing. If you can’t even get one strand of hair, what use do I have for you?!”

Whatever was said on the phone seemed to infuriate Young Master Gu even further.

“What’s the damn point of asking? What business is it of yours what identity that person has? What matters is getting their DNA in my hands!”

“I don’t care about any live broadcast or not; if someone else finds out about this, you’re going to be in for it!”

“Chixia Village is such a godforsaken place; if you can’t make your move there, don’t even dream about coming back to the Capital to work for me!”

“Also, stop calling me all the time. If my grandfather finds out, I’ll open your head up!”

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Shang Shaojing didn’t know the rest, but he gleaned a very important piece of information from these fragments—

That was, Gu Yu was in the so-called Chixia Village for a very important person.

And this person was a significant threat to him.

The Gu Family was one of the top aristocratic families in the Capital, tracing its lineage back through the four major clans over thousands of years. Its branches and offshoots spanned the Capital, with financial and influential power that was not to be underestimated.

It could be said that in the Capital, you could offend anyone but those surnamed Gu.

His family had also developed to its current status thanks to ties by marriage with the Gu Family.

Unfortunately, the direct line of the Gu Family now rested solely on Gu Yu, and so the Gu Family’s Matriarch and Old Master Gu naturally held him in the palm of their hands, fearing he might fall, and kept him in their mouths, fearing he might dissolve.

However, there were also rumors that the current Young Master Gu was not Old Master Gu’s biological grandson. After all, the plane crash that year resulted in the deaths of Young Master Gu and his wife. Their child was just a baby; how could he have survived a plane crash?

Initially, he’d taken this rumor as nothing more than a joke.

The Gu family was a clan that valued pure blood ties above all else; there was no way they’d let someone with no blood ties to the Gu Family become the direct grandson.

But ever since he overheard that conversation, he had begun to doubt the authenticity of that rumor.

Although the current Gu Yu bore a resemblance to Young Master Gu in appearance, his character was unruly and despicable, sly and cunning—nothing like the genteel and elegant Young Master Gu of the past.

The Gu Family had strict family education; even if Gu Yu was the only heir left, Old Master Gu had no reason to tolerate his misbehavior.

Unless there was more to the story.