Although Xin Xinyin said it was fine, Mrs Xu felt that she should tell her young wife some things. After all, this home had never been peaceful.
"Young madam, you must be careful at home. The young master is not by your side. You must protect yourself and your child."
Mrs Xu's voice was very soft, and only the two of them could hear it. She wasn't a person who liked to cause trouble, but she didn't want Xin Xuanyin to be harmed in any way.
"Mrs Xu, is there anything else that requires me to be careful of?" Will my family harm me? "
Xin Nianyin cautiously looked at Mrs Xu. Although she didn't say it explicitly, she had guessed that when it came to her own children, she would be more careful.
"This …"
Hearing Xin Xinyin's question, a troubled expression appeared on Mrs Xu's face. There were some things she didn't know how to answer, how to tell her?
Xin Xuanyin could also see the awkwardness of Mrs Xu's predicament. Smiling, she comforted, "Mrs Xu, I trust you in this family and I know that you won't hide anything from me. If there really is anything that's inconvenient, don't make things difficult for me."
Looking at her sincere face, Mrs Xu was in a trance, as if she was looking at a living lady.
That's right, if her words could save the life of this young mistress and her young master, then what was the point of her situation?
Xin Nianyin's retreat was very effective. Xu Ma cautiously looked around to make sure there was no one around. She slowly pulled her hand and recounted the events from more than 20 years ago.
"Young madam, you must be careful of my wife. That year, when I first entered the Gu family, even the Gu family's business was not as lively as it is now."
"Wife Bai Qingmei, as her name implies, is the only daughter of the Bai Group. Back in the day, her power was similar to the current Ning Family, the Gu Family."
"In the past, the Shanghai Business Group divided the world into three families. When Madam was twenty years old, she was a slender and elegant woman. She was gentle and generous, and an endless stream of people came to propose marriage."
Mrs Xu's eyes were full of memories from that year, "But the Madam did not like the idea of a business marriage. She only wanted to find someone she loved and spend the rest of her life with, so she hid it from the Lord and went to Spain to study alone."
At that time, Old Man Gu was still the second son of the Gu family. It is said that he has always been intelligent beyond compare since he was young, but the rich and powerful family has always been known as the eldest son.
"I don't know where you got the information that the madame was studying in Spain, then you followed her to Spain. At that time, the madame had a lot of suitors by her side, but the master couldn't stop his flowery words. The two of them fell in love not long after."
At this point, Mrs Xu's eyes were filled with pain, "Madam thinks that her lover is just an ordinary person. It was only when the two of them discussed marriage that the Madam found out about the Lord's background."
"At that time, Madam was very angry and thought that Master was intentionally approaching her because of her identity, but Master swore that before he fell in love with her, he didn't know anything. Madam was soft-hearted and believed in Master. The two of them got married and lived a perfect life."
Xin Nianyin silently listened. From Mrs Xu's tone, she could tell that this was a sad love story.
"Since the old master married the only daughter of the Bai Clan, he naturally received a lot of help from the Bai Clan's old master in the business. Gradually, the old master's father felt that the old master had more brains and could lead the Gu Clan further away, so he decided to change the successor."
"After the lord found out about this, he began to work even harder, and when the lord's elder brother saw this scene, he felt very upset. He spent all his time drinking and worrying about it, and then one day he said he was playing with women in the dance hall and had drunk too much and died due to alcohol poisoning."
"The death of the old master has aged the father of the old master by a lot. Not long after, he became ill."
Mrs Xu sighed, "As a family member, I don't have the heart to care about the company anymore. Gradually, the authority of the Gu family lies with the old master. The old master is getting busier and busier, and the young mistress is also pregnant with him at this time."
Hearing that his wife was happy, the Old Master was happy in his heart, and that his illness had improved. At that time, the Gu family's business was getting bigger and bigger, and their momentum had long surpassed that of the Ning and Bai families.
Mrs Xu sighed, "Gradually, the number of times the old master has returned home is getting fewer. Rumors from the outside have also started. The old lady believes in the old master and would never do anything to let her down, so she doesn't care about the rumors outside."
"Later on, when the eldest young master was born, the lord was very happy and he accompanied his wife more often. The eldest young master was naturally intelligent and was very popular with the lord. That period of time was almost the most peaceful time in the Gu family."
When Xin Nianyin saw the starlight in Mrs Xu's eyes, she was filled with joy.
"When the eldest young master was three or four years old, the Madam became pregnant again. At that time, the Madam felt that she was the happiest woman in the world. The Madam loved her child and was willing to give up everything for him."
"That's why we rarely ask anything about the lord's work. The rumors outside are getting more and more serious, and the madam still believes in the lord."
"It was not until a few years later when the mistress found the mark of a woman's lips on the old master's clothes that she found out that these things were not baseless. But by then, the lady already had Miss Ai in her womb."
"Madame went to interrogate Master, but Master insisted that the lip-print belonged to herself. The two of them had a huge argument and Madame decided to follow Master, to capture the thief and take the loot."
"Sure enough, in a villa on the west side of the city, Madam found a woman hiding in her master's house. This woman is none other than the present Madam Xu Yi, the owner of the ballroom where the Master died that year."
"Madam fainted from anger at that moment. When she woke up, she wanted to divorce Master. Master strongly refused, because at that time, Gu's stock was rising. How could Master be divorced at this time?"
"In order to protect his good image, Master locked Madam in his house until Miss Piaomiao was born. At that time, Eldest Young Master had already grown up and knew how to deal with things. He begged Master to let her go, but Eldest Master didn't agree and even beat Eldest Young Master."
Mrs Xu's hand clenched tighter and tighter as she silently endured. She didn't move, nor did she make a sound.
"The young master is in a bad mood. When he goes out for a ride …" "I met with difficulties …" Mrs Xu silently wiped away her tears, her voice trembling.
"The betrayal of her husband and the loss of her beloved son caused her to become depressed. Who knows where the Old Master found out about the woman outside, and her illness got worse."
"In less than two days, the Old Master went, so many things happened in the family, and Madame's illness became more and more serious. As for the Old Master, ever since the Old Madam discovered him, he was even more brazen than before, and it was only then that the Old Master found out that the Old Master had an illegitimate child outside."
"And this illegitimate child is actually only a little younger than Eldest Young Master. Looking at the time, it should have been the time when Madam had just given birth to the child. Madam hates herself for trusting such a heartless and unscrupulous man."