Reborn and Counterattack: The CEO's Powerful Sweetheart

Gu Tong threw out several topics, waiting for the old lady to respond one by one.

However, she didn’t get the answers she wanted; instead, there was a deep silence.

The old lady furrowed her brows, puzzled, and asked, ”Your mother-in-law doesn’t like you?”

The old lady could guess that Zhang Family’s Ma Shi didn’t like Gu Tong, but she didn’t think it was as simple as just disliking her. There must be a deeper reason, otherwise, Zhang Family’s Ma Shi wouldn’t have brought Gu Tong here to Zhao’s fortune teller, essentially trying to harm this girl.

”Yes, my mother-in-law just doesn’t like me. I heard that previously she wanted Zhang Family’s cousin to marry my husband, but I messed up her plan, so it’s only natural that she doesn’t like me.”

Gu Tong didn’t try to hide anything from the old lady, because the old lady was simply too simple and pure. Even though she had lived for a century, she still kept her original kind-heartedness; such a kind and amiable old person is indeed hard to come by.

Zhang Family’s cousin...

The old lady furrowed her brows again, but she already remembered something. At that moment, her eyes widened as she suddenly connected all the dots.

”Your husband is Zhang Family’s Ma Shi’s foster son, right?”

Foster son...

The question she wanted to know was finally answered, and Gu Tong took a step back, her body swaying slightly.

Gu Tong, who had long had this suspicion, finally got it confirmed...

It turns out Li Yan is a foster son, no wonder...

”Grandmother, how did you know?” Gu Tong asked with a feigned calm, not knowing how much of such hidden matters the old lady was aware of.

After all, the old lady already knew quite a lot...

”My deceased son used to be a village official; family issues and child registration all had to go through him.” The old lady proudly straightened her back and said, ”Grandma has a good memory; all the matters people sought my son for are clearly remembered in my mind. Sometimes, for things even the village chief can’t remember, he would come and ask me.”

No wonder, even at such an age, the old lady was unwilling to live in the city. So, there was this layer of connection...

However, it made sense. The old lady had lived in the village her entire life, feeling attached to the villagers and finding it hard to leave her homeland, not something she could just walk away from...

”Regarding Zhang Family’s Ma Shi, I remember quite a bit. Are you interested in hearing it?”

The old lady tentatively asked, and Gu Tong immediately nodded eagerly, saying, ”I want to hear...”

Gu Tong was not afraid of the long journey, just to hear about these matters. Now that she could finally know the truth, she felt especially eager...

Seeing the girl nod, the old lady smiled faintly, and started to talk, ”Your mother-in-law, Zhang Family’s Ma Shi, also had a tough life. Shortly after marrying into the Zhang Family, her husband passed away, leaving only a girl, who was posthumously born, and life was quite difficult.”

”Later, in the same winter, your mother-in-law Zhang Family’s Ma Shi came to my son. At that time, she was holding a boy around three to five years old in her arms, saying he was abandoned and she wanted to take him in, asking my son to register him. My son, seeing the boy’s pitiful state, did a simple identity check, and then got him registered in this village.”

At that time, registration was extremely convenient and didn’t require entering into a computer. If you worked it out with the relevant official, it was merely a matter of a simple pen swipe.

”And what happened afterward...”

Gu Tong’s voice trembled slightly, but it wasn’t hard to guess that it was Li Yan.

”Afterward, I didn’t know much more. I heard that with her natal family’s support, Zhang Family’s Ma Shi got some money, moved to another village, and lived better, thus losing contact.”