"You grew up in the countryside, do you think you are worthy of Lu Yanshen, and you want to go register your marriage with him?!"
"You come back here, tell your grandfather to give this opportunity for an arranged marriage to your older sister!"
"As long as you give it to your older sister, I will immediately acknowledge you, let you be a young lady of our Shen Family, and inherit my property—"
Before Shen Lifeng could finish his sentence, Gu Zhi hung up the phone directly.
She blocked the number.
And she casually set her mobile phone to block all unknown numbers.
She had never intended to acknowledge such a biological father.
Gu Zhi only found out three days ago that Shen Lifeng was her biological father.
Three days ago, the person in power of the wealthy Gu Family, Old Master Gu, found her with eyes full of tears.
He said she was the young lady of the Gu Family who had been lost twenty years ago, and that he was her biological mother's father, making him her grandfather.
This was because her biological mother had married a live-in husband.
However, her biological mother had already passed away.
And Shen Lifeng, who had originally married into the Gu Family as a live-in husband, was discovered to be the illegitimate son of the top-tier wealthy Shen Family not long after her biological mother passed away.
He was also the only son of the then-Family Head of the Shen Family.
Naturally, Shen Lifeng was acknowledged by the Shen Family, inherited the Shen Family, and became the person in power of the Shen Family.
However, the fact that he had once been a live-in husband always weighed on Shen Lifeng, and he felt it was a stain on his reputation.
Ever since he returned to the Shen Family, Shen Lifeng had completely cut off all contact with Old Master Gu.
All this time, only Old Master Gu had been looking for Gu Zhi.
Shen Lifeng had never looked for her.
He even remarried the year after her biological mother died.
Because Old Master Gu had been searching for her bitterly for twenty years.
Gu Zhi agreed to return to her ancestral home, changed her surname to Gu after her biological mother, and called Old Master Gu grandfather.
When he found her, Old Master Gu called Shen Lifeng.
He felt that since Shen Lifeng was Gu Zhi's biological father, he should be told.
Who would have thought that as soon as Shen Lifeng heard that Gu Zhi had grown up in the countryside and was currently in a wheelchair, he immediately said:
"If you want to acknowledge her, go ahead, but I won't!"
"I don't have a daughter like that!"
"From now on, Shen Yuyao will be my biological daughter!"
Gu Zhi heard it all at the time.
Old Master Gu told her that Shen Yuyao was the child that Shen Lifeng's second wife brought into the Shen Family, and she was two days older than her.
The ancestral recognition banquet was held yesterday, and Old Master Gu made it very grand.
Before the ancestral recognition banquet, Old Master Gu told her that when her biological mother was alive, she had arranged a marriage for her with the youngest son of the Zou Family.
The Zou Family also came to attend the ancestral recognition banquet.
But they came to cancel the engagement.
The youngest son of the Zou Family even said in front of everyone:
"The one I like is Yuyao!"
"I will never marry a country bumpkin like you who is also a cripple!"
Old Master Gu hit the youngest son of the Zou Family hard with his cane right then and there, causing the young man to have a nosebleed immediately.
But Old Master Gu was still angry all night and couldn't sleep at all.
Then this morning, Old Master Gu was busy with something and was not at home.
It wasn't until noon that Old Master Gu returned home.
He said to Gu Zhi:
"The Zou Family is too bullying!"
"They clearly knew it was an ancestral recognition banquet, yet they came at that time to break off the engagement; it was clearly to bully you! To make you a laughingstock in the wealthy circles!"
"Zhizhi, don't worry, Grandfather will make the decisions for you!"
"Grandfather only has you as a relative left, and Grandfather won't let you be bullied!"
"Grandfather has already selected a new marriage for you, with the top-tier wealthy Lu Family!"
"Even if the Zou Family lived for eight more lifetimes, they wouldn't be able to catch up to the Lu Family."
"Let's see who will be the laughingstock!"
"So, go ahead and enter an arranged marriage with the Patriarch of the Lu Family, Lu Yanshen!"
"I have already handled everything!"
"When I was young, I saved his grandfather, and he has already agreed."
"You will go register the marriage this afternoon!"
Gu Zhi originally wanted to refuse; she didn't want to get married right now.
Even if the Zou Family hadn't broken off the engagement, she would have done so herself.
She didn't expect that after one was broken off, another marriage proposal would come.
But Old Master Gu said again:
"Grandfather is old, my health is failing, and I have been refusing to have surgery because I was afraid that if I were too old, once I got on the operating table, I wouldn't be able to get off."
"Grandfather hadn't found you yet."
"When your mother died, she cried and made me promise to find you."
"Now that I have found you, Grandfather will make the best arrangements for you."
"Once you are settled, in a few days, Grandfather will have the surgery; the surgery cannot be delayed any longer."
"Can you put Grandfather's mind at ease and agree to the arranged marriage?"
"I saved his grandfather, so even if he isn't very good to you, he won't treat you too badly."
Only then did Gu Zhi learn that Old Master Gu had a heart problem.
It had reached the point where surgery was necessary.
She nodded and agreed to the arranged marriage.
The registration was scheduled for three o'clock in the afternoon.
But at around 2:40 PM, Gu Zhi was sent by a car arranged by Old Master Gu to the teahouse opposite the Civil Affairs Bureau to wait for Lu Yanshen.
And Shen Lifeng, who somehow found out that she was going to register her marriage with Lu Yanshen this afternoon, called her.
She didn't know it was a call from Shen Lifeng at first, which is why she answered.
Gu Zhi bent down and pinched her two shapely, fair calves.
She was not a cripple.
She had suffered severe soft tissue damage to both calves while saving someone, which required her to use a wheelchair for two or three months.
She had already been in the wheelchair for one month, and this was the second month.
She had told her grandfather about this.
But Shen Lifeng didn't even listen to her grandfather finish his sentence and directly concluded that she was a cripple.
The Zou Family also had something wrong with their brains; even after her grandfather explained it, they didn't believe it.
Gu Zhi checked the time.
There were five minutes left until three o'clock.
Just as she was thinking about whether to put on her headphones and listen to some upbeat music while she waited.
Suddenly, she saw several black luxury cars arrive at the entrance of the teahouse.
Knowing that Lu Yanshen had arrived, Gu Zhi didn't put on her headphones to listen to music.
Sure enough, the next second, Lu Yanshen's well-trained bodyguards pushed open the door of the teahouse first.
Then Lu Yanshen walked in with his long legs.
The man was tall and handsome.
Gu Zhi estimated his height to be nearly 1.9 meters.
He was wearing a black suit, his cold eyes were deep, and he was filled with the aura of dominance of a superior.
Gu Zhi immediately waved at him: "I'm here."
Only then did Lu Yanshen notice Gu Zhi sitting in the wheelchair by the window.
Her small face was fair and tender, and she looked very well-behaved, yet she was smiling very brightly.
She didn't look like someone who grew up in the countryside at all.
"Let's go across the street to register the marriage."
Lu Yanshen said only a cold sentence.
He was about to turn and leave the teahouse to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau across the street.
Gu Zhi hurriedly called out to him: "Are we not signing a prenuptial agreement?"
Regardless of whether he frowned or not, Gu Zhi continued:
"My grandfather said that this is a business arranged marriage and that you are at a disadvantage, so he told me to sign whatever prenuptial agreement you have here."
Lu Yanshen finally understood why Old Master Gu wanted to meet at this teahouse instead of directly at the Civil Affairs Bureau.
"Our family doesn't have that custom."
After saying that, Lu Yanshen left the teahouse.
Gu Zhi was a little surprised.
Other wealthy families sign prenuptial agreements, but the top-tier wealthy family doesn't.
However, she didn't care.
Anyway, she had already said it, and it was his side that didn't have such a thing as a prenuptial agreement.
Aunt Wu, who had come with Gu Zhi, had already hurriedly pushed Gu Zhi to follow.
The registration went very smoothly, and before long, Gu Zhi and Lu Yanshen came out with their red marriage certificates.
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