Chapter 1866: Chapter 1864: Awakening from a Pleasant Dream

After Chang Yalan finished speaking, she looked calmly at Gu Qiaoqiao opposite her. Unable to hold back, she glared and hissed in a low voice, "Gu Qiaoqiao, you’re a monster. You’ve changed everything. Without you, I wouldn’t be living like this now."

Gu Qiaoqiao let out a cold laugh and calmly asked, "Then tell me, what was the scene like before you woke up?"

Chang Yalan paused, recalling, "The Old Patriarch was sick, all of us went to Gu Garden to see him, then everything went black, and I woke up."

"Chang Yalan, do you know what your grandmother Ning Wanru did?" Gu Qiaoqiao asked quietly.

Though Gu Qiaoqiao’s voice was not loud and lacked force, Chang Yalan felt a tremor in her chest, involuntarily looking at Gu Qiaoqiao, who remained calm. Finally mustering the courage, she said, "Whatever they did, my grandmother is already dead."

"Chang Yalan, aren’t we discussing your dream? Why are you bringing up the present?" Gu Qiaoqiao asked mildly.

Chang Yalan swallowed, clenched her hands, "I don’t know what my grandmother did in the dream."

She continued, "Let’s not talk about now; in my dream, you all never appeared. We were strangers, no one knew each other, and my grandmother did nothing to you all. So, I was very happy there."

Gu Qiaoqiao laughed coldly, making Chang Yalan feel inexplicably uneasy, "Why are you laughing? Am I wrong?"

"Chang Yalan, actually I’m not patient enough to talk to you today about this, but since you had such a dream, there are things you need to understand."

"Then tell me, wasn’t it you who took everything from me? If you hadn’t appeared, I would still be living a life of wealth and prosperity." Chang Yalan asked shakily.

"Chang Yalan, your so-called sweet dream is the Gu Family’s nightmare." Gu Qiaoqiao’s words were sharp, like a sword piercing Chang Yalan’s chest.

Chang Yalan shrank back in fright.

Gu Qiaoqiao cast a mocking look at Chang Yalan, "Since you said the first part of your dream was the same, let’s follow that logic. Your father is the Old Patriarch’s adopted son, there’s no doubt about that. But the Old Patriarch has been looking for his biological son all these years, what do you think will happen once he finds him?"

Chang Yalan was silent for a long time before she slowly said, "Then naturally it would be a recognition of ancestry."

"Exactly. The Gu Family values inheritance. The misunderstandings from that year have long been let go by the Old Patriarch, but the one thing he couldn’t let go of was his son and wife. He spent his whole life looking for them, but he never thought that someone would not want his descendants to return home."

Gu Qiaoqiao paused before continuing, "... After my grandfather returned, your father would have nothing. Even if he did, it would be entirely different from now. What he would inherit would be just a small part, while the vast majority would belong to my grandfather."

"So, given your father and grandmother’s character, upon learning that my grandfather was already deceased but had descendants, what do you think they would do, Chang Yalan? What do you think they would do?"

Chang Yalan’s heart jumped with fear, her eyes darted nervously, "I... I’m not them, how would I know?"

"Since you can’t guess, I’ll tell you. Your father and grandmother would use their wealth, the connections, and power they gained from the Gu Family, to kill off Gu Kun’s descendants one by one. This way, the Old Patriarch truly would have no heirs, leaving your father as his only heir."

"So you could continue living a life of riches and nobility."

At this point, Gu Qiaoqiao stopped laughing coldly and looked at Chang Yalan with derision, "So I don’t understand, how people like you have the audacity and face to act like victims?"

After she finished speaking, Gu Qiaoqiao stood up, looking down at Chang Yalan, enunciating each word, "Chang Yalan, in your dream, the Old Patriarch fell sick, called all of you to the park, and then everything went black, and you were back here, is that right?"

Chang Yalan’s heart pounded, as if there was something she didn’t want to know and didn’t want Gu Qiaoqiao to say, but she couldn’t stop it, just nodded frantically, mumbling something inaudible.

"Chang Yalan, you should know the Old Patriarch’s character. If he knew it was your father and grandmother who harmed his descendants, essentially cutting off the entire Gu family line, how do you think he would treat you?"

Chang Yalan and Chang Jiansheng actually didn’t have a good relationship with the Old Patriarch.

In name, the Old Patriarch was their grandfather, but there was no affection between them, and the Old Patriarch was indifferent to them, as if raising them and giving them a life of wealth was already the greatest gift.

She couldn’t help but recall the cold, sharp look in the Old Patriarch’s eyes and how he looked at them.

If the Old Patriarch really knew it was her father and grandmother who killed his sons and grandsons.

A terrifying thought rose in her mind.

She knew the Old Patriarch certainly wouldn’t spare them, not a single one!

Gu Qiaoqiao’s mouth carried a faint chill, knowing that Chang Yalan had figured it out, "Chang Yalan, your so-called life of riches ended the moment your entire Chang Family set foot in Gu Garden."

Of course, Gu Qiaoqiao knew about past lives and knew what the Old Patriarch did in the past. At this moment, she seemed to still feel his towering anger, regret, and the pain beyond word.

"So, Chang Yalan, if you still have a conscience, you should reflect here, and not be like your father and grandmother, doing whatever it takes to seize others’ wealth. For the cycle of good and evil will always turn, and it’s not easy for your brother to maintain your precarious family. Don’t cause him any more trouble."

After she finished speaking, Gu Qiaoqiao walked away without looking back.

At this moment, Chang Yalan was cold all over and trembling.

She suddenly remembered that when everything went black, it seemed there were flames and countless cries in front of her.

She thought that the so-called sweet dream must have ended the moment their entire family went to Gu Garden together.

She collapsed weakly on the table, sobbing.

She really shouldn’t have come looking for Gu Qiaoqiao.

Not knowing the truth, she still had a beautiful dream to console herself, but now she knew, there was no such thing as a beautiful dream, and surely no good outcome awaited them.

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