Hearing the voice, everyone then noticed that Gu Anrou had returned.
However, the sneers on their faces showed no sign of subsiding. Instead, they looked at Gu Anrou with even more disdain.
Gu Anrou looked at those seniors who used to be kind to her. But now they all wore the smug expressions of people watching a joke. Immediately, a surge of bitterness welled up in her heart.
She simply raised her voice and started scolding.
"Now that our Gu Family is in trouble, all of you are wearing those smug expressions of watching a joke. You all mock me for being useless. But when our Gu Family was prosperous, I don't know who was always singing my praises in my ear. Aren't you all so hypocritical and despicable?"
"You all claim to be ladies from wealthy families, elegant and well - mannered. But in my eyes, you're no different from the gossiping village women!"
"You're just a bunch of ill - mannered women who kick people when they're down!"
"Your husbands must have been really unlucky for eight generations to marry you!"
"I wish you all would go through what our Gu Family is going through today. Let's see who's laughing then!"
Hearing Gu Anrou's words, several women glared at her angrily.
One woman retorted, "You girl, how can you be so vicious at such a young age? It's not us who caused the Gu Corporation to end up like this. And you're cursing us here."
Others echoed, "Yes, when your Gu Corporation had problems, we didn't kick you when you were down. If you insist on saying such things about us, we don't mind adding fuel to the fire for your Gu Family!"
The butler heard the commotion at the door and immediately rushed over. Then he saw Gu Anrou arguing with several noble ladies alone. He quickly pulled Gu Anrou towards the house.
The butler didn't forget to explain to the ladies, "Our young lady has been greatly stimulated. I hope the ladies can forgive her. I'm here on behalf of our young lady to apologize to you all."
The butler showed a very humble attitude. After the ladies' egos were satisfied, they waved their hands disdainfully and said, "Alright, alright, go on. We're not the kind of people who won't let others off."
Gu Anrou was being dragged away, feeling extremely indignant.
"Uncle Zhong, why didn't you let me talk to them? They look down on me and humiliate me. They said that the daughter of the Gu Family is useless. If the Gu Family had a son, things would be different."
Gu Anrou was still fuming and sounded very aggrieved when talking to the butler.
The butler let out a long sigh. In fact, he really wanted to say that the young lady had indeed been useless in the face of the crisis, but he could only keep this thought to himself.
He exhorted Gu Anrou earnestly, "Miss, the Gu Family is now at a critical moment of life and death. If the master and the mistress can't hold on and are forced to go to prison, then in the future, the Gu Family will have to rely on you, miss. I'll surely be by your side to assist you, but you also need to cheer up and manage the family well."
Hearing this, Gu Anrou was completely stunned. She was supposed to take charge of the Gu Family?
She had never thought that she could support the Gu Family. At most, she thought that with the Gu Family as her backer, there would surely be many people wanting to marry her. Then she could choose a good husband who would take over the Gu Family for her in the future. But now, before she could find a husband, the Gu Family had fallen into trouble.
"Uncle Zhong, you know that I've never managed the family affairs. I definitely can't do it if you ask me to take over."
Gu Anrou argued.
The butler looked at her with a bit of helplessness in his eyes. "Then according to what you said, miss, who else can we hand the Gu Family over to? Should we hand it over to those collateral descendants of the Gu Family? I've investigated them, and they're all idle good - for - nothings."
"If we put the Gu Family in their hands, the Gu Family will be completely finished."
Hearing the butler's words, Gu Anrou felt a bit panicked and subconsciously asked, "Then what should I do now? What can I do?"
The butler also knew that it was a bit too much to put all the pressure on Gu Anrou at once. He said, "Miss, you've had contacts with various wealthy families over the years. If you can get a few orders at this time to save the reputation of the Gu Family, that would be extremely good."
"It would be best to find a few experts in cultural relic appraisal. If they can appraise that the items of the Gu Family are genuine, that certification will be of great help to the Gu Family."
Listening to the butler's analysis, Gu Anrou thought of a very suitable person in her mind, but she didn't want to ask for help from that person.
"Uncle Zhong, what about the Xu Family?"
Gu Anrou asked tentatively, hoping in her heart that Uncle Zhong would give a negative answer. But unexpectedly, Uncle Zhong showed great excitement.
"Miss, do you know someone from the Xu Family? The Xu Family is a well - known family in cultural relic appraisal. Their level is beyond what other families can catch up with. If we can get their recognition, we can save most of the Gu Family's reputation."
Hearing Uncle Zhong's words, Gu Anrou didn't feel happy. She lowered her head slightly, looking very reluctant. Asking Xu Qingqing for help would be more painful than being humiliated.
At this time, Mrs. Gu's cries came from inside the villa.
"Don't take all these things away. These are all our family treasures. We're just going for an investigation. Why do you have the right to take them away!"
Gu Anrou was shocked and quickly walked into the villa. She saw countless uniformed people emptying their house.
"What are you doing? Didn't you say that you were just taking my parents away for questioning? Are you raiding our house!"
Gu Anrou couldn't help roaring, venting the grievances she had suffered from the noble ladies.
The office staff just gave Gu Anrou a cold look and continued their work. It was the team leader who walked over and showed Gu Anrou the certificate in his hand.
"All these items in your family are suspected of being illegally obtained. We now need to take them for testing. If your family obtained them through proper channels, what are you afraid of?"
Saying that, the man pointed at a little girl wearing glasses. "See? She's making records here. All the items taken from your house will be recorded. Instead of throwing a tantrum here, you'd better take care of your mother. If she damages something because of her noisy behavior, she'll be held fully responsible."
Seeing Gu Anrou coming, Mrs. Gu quickly came to her side and cried.
"Anrou, they're really too much. Why did you come back? You'd better go out quickly. Don't stay here. Just looking at them makes me angry."
Although Mrs. Gu felt aggrieved and uncomfortable, her first reaction when seeing her daughter was still to let Gu Anrou leave to avoid getting hurt.
The butler said helplessly, "Madam, the young lady should grow up quickly now. It's time for her to learn more about the current situation of the Gu Family."
After seeing the miserable state of the Gu Family, Gu Anrou clenched her fists. With a determined look on her face, she said, "I'll go to the Xu Family!"