Reborn and Counterattack: The CEO's Powerful Sweetheart

”However, I heard from the village wives that later, Zhang Ma had a big conflict with her husband’s family. It was so intense that she changed the surname to her own and independently registered the boy’s household. The boy still kept his Li surname, and she raised him as her son, while changing her daughter to a niece, perhaps thinking about securing a marriage for her daughter in the future.”

The old grandmother spoke cautiously, with more insinuation, but in fact, she didn’t really need to say these things.

Gu Tong, however, was well aware.

The old grandmother immediately took a liking to Gu Tong upon meeting her, feeling a connection with this girl. The reason she said these things was entirely because Gu Tong mentioned going to Granny Zhao’s place. The old grandmother guessed why Zhang Ma didn’t like her, realizing it was a move intended to harm her.

Because of this...

She subtly told Gu Tong that no matter how much she tried to please, it wouldn’t work. They had a biological daughter, and pleasing them wouldn’t shift their favor to her.

That’s all she had to say; perhaps it is just like this. Giving a hint isn’t too much...

”Grandma knows a lot...”

Gu Tong’s gaze was somewhat scattered, yet she didn’t expect Li Yan’s identity to be so complex.

But even so, Gu Tong understood that what the grandmother knew was only the surface. There must be something more hidden, far from simple.

”On this matter, Grandma indeed knows a lot.”

When it comes to such old matters, only the grandmother could possibly know them clearly. After all, with her age and the experiences she’s had, her knowledge stood clear.

This is something young people can’t compare to; they can’t catch up with the many trivial stories she knows.

However, the grandmother has no ill intentions, and wouldn’t stir up conflicts out of family matters. Had it not been for worrying that this girl might be deceived by Granny Zhao, she wouldn’t have talked about these things.

Yet...

These matters were enough to make Gu Tong even more bewildered, even feeling there were many suspicious points.

In fact, just looking at the surface, there isn’t much of a problem, but if you delve deeper, you can see the issues within.

The most crucial among them is the relationship within the Zhang Family.

If Gu Tong remembered correctly, the Zhang Family isn’t an easy family to deal with; how could they so easily agree to let Li’s mother change the surname, and even raise Zhang Wenjing as a niece.

Moreover, the relationship of Zhang Wenjing as a cousin is also legally valid.

And it was registered under the household of the Zhang Family’s youngest daughter, calling her a relative in name, with the original husband’s family renaming and becoming the maternal family. If looked at this way, saying there’s no issue would indeed be seeing ghosts.

Of course, the most crucial among these issues is Li Yan. He has always lived in the village, surely hearing many rumors.

So... does he know about his own background...

”Grandma, you just mentioned that when registered, there was confirmation of the child’s identity. How did you confirm that?”

Gu Tong couldn’t help but ask in detail, wanting to know more thoroughly.

”I remember... after Zhang Ma found this child, not long after, a trainee came looking, saying the child was the son of a martyr who died in battle, surnamed Li, and was originally escorted by him to find relatives in the village.”

”However, this child was unfortunate, having lost all family members and becoming an orphan. On the way back, the child got lost by accident and was found by Zhang Ma later. Upon hearing Zhang Ma wanted to adopt the child, the trainee hesitated not and directly became the witness, transferring the child to Zhang Ma to prevent him from becoming an orphan. Nevertheless, the trainee repeatedly said this was a secret, urging us not to tell others.”