Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 26 Discovery (1)

Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Discovery (1)

"Your mom and dad went back to the countryside to visit your grandpa. Is your grandpa sick?" Su Yixia suddenly remembered, and asked, "Do you need to accompany them to see the elderly? Is it because I came that it’s not appropriate for you to visit?"

"No," Gu Nuan dispelled her unnecessary concern, "my grandparents don’t like me."

"Why don’t they like you?" Su Yixia found it strange, as there’s no reason for grandparents not to like their granddaughter; after all, she’s their own flesh and blood.

"Like and dislike are relative. Actually, they’ve never said they don’t like me, but it can be seen in their eyes."

When Gu Nuan talked about these things, she didn’t seem too sad, which surprised Su Yixia even more.

"You mean to say—"

"Just like you often say, compared to your brother, you’re not as favored by your grandparents."

"That’s normal; my brother is better than me, and he is a male. In Chinese tradition, only a male can carry on the family line. Nobody likes a girl; she’s ’water that’s been poured away.’

"Exactly. That’s how it is," Gu Nuan nodded.

This kind of thing is common, so she had gotten used to it since childhood. After all, she wasn’t the only girl who had suffered like this in society.

"It’s better not to see such elders," Su Yixia comforted Gu Nuan, "Anyway, I know my grandparents prefer my brother; every time I just avoid them, letting my brother see them is enough."

The dishes they ordered were served by the waiter. Su Yixia picked up her chopsticks and inadvertently glanced behind Gu Nuan, shocked to find that the two profligates had still not left.

Noticing her expression, Gu Nuan asked, "What’s wrong?"

"They keep staring at you. Do they really know you?"

Su Yixia had good reason to reach this conclusion again. It wasn’t that she, Su Yixia, was boastful of her beauty, but logically speaking, most men would look at a great beauty like her rather than Gu Nuan. Yet those two men were clearly fixing their gaze on Gu Nuan alone.

Hearing Su Yixia say this, Gu Nuan now couldn’t help but be on alert.

She didn’t have the kind of beauty that drew the spotlight like Su Yixia, so what could it be that made two seemingly strangers keep looking at her?

If it wasn’t beauty, could it be that they actually knew her? But who could know her that she hadn’t met before? Or rather, had she, Gu Nuan, offended someone recently? Hence, she was being watched by two previously unseen individuals.

A thought naturally occurred to Gu Nuan: the Haunted House of Qiu Sangu—

Thinking over and over, the only thing she, Gu Nuan, had done in the past few days was that one thing.

Apparently, the price she had cut for Qiu Sangu had struck a nerve, spoiling someone’s plan to make a fortune. If these people came to settle the score with her, Gu Nuan, that would be understandable. However, she had not originally considered that she might have provoked people like triads. Based on what Qiu Sangu had said, and the Mr. Li she had personally seen at the Haunted House yesterday, they all looked refined and seemed like cultured men, not like triads.

But it cannot be guaranteed that these people were actually scoundrels in disguise, just wearing suits to mask unspeakable secrets.

Moreover, a cornered dog really might jump over the wall.

This goes to show that money can truly be deadly.

Gu Nuan remained calm and said to Su Yixia, "Let’s eat quickly and go home."

One is always safer back at their own home.

Su Yixia immediately realized something from her words, bowed her head to eat quickly, and at the same time, whispered indicating: should we call the police?