War of Roses: The Proud Tycoon，Please Surrender!-Chapter 401: This Woman’s Haunting Presence

They’re not here to cause trouble; they’re just here to take back their own dad!

Any woman who gets close to their dad is a bad woman!

Besides, even if they came to cause trouble on purpose, so what? We’ve got Dad to back us up.

However, Mi Xuan was shocked beyond words when she heard Gu Xiaonian call Tang Yuxiu, "Dad."

Even the onlookers who were silently watching the scene couldn’t help but be a bit shocked.

They had been guessing that these two children might be Tang Yuxiu’s, but even after confirming it, it was still a bit hard to believe.

It’s hard to believe that Tang Yuxiu, a man who has always been cold and indifferent to women, actually has children and is no longer single!

Mi Xuan looked incredulously at the two children, then at Tang Yuxiu, suddenly realizing how familiar Gu Xiaobao looked because he resembles Tang Yuxiu so much!

She abruptly stepped back, her high heel stomping hard on the floor; if it were any harder, the heel might have broken.

"You... you have children?!"

Tang Yuxiu said blankly, "Do you have a problem with that?"

He held Gu Xiaonian’s hand, Gu Xiaonian held Gu Xiaobao’s hand, and the two children looked at Mi Xuan expressionlessly, just like Tang Yuxiu.

All three of them had the same demeanor, and anyone who saw them would believe they were a family.

Mi Xuan swallowed hard, her gaze shifting back and forth among the three of them, finally having to accept the fact that Tang Yuxiu has two children.

"Auntie, we’re going to have desserts with Dad now, what are you still doing here?" Gu Xiaonian asked, leaving no room for others to call her impolite.

How can such a young child be so clever?

Mi Xuan bit her lip, wiping away her previous confidence and dominance, glanced at Tang Yuxiu with grievance and sadness, stomped her high heel, and turned around to leave awkwardly, her footsteps echoing resolutely as she left the venue directly.

Gu Xiaobao and Gu Xiaonian gave her retreating figure a heavy humph.

Tang Yuxiu was amused and exasperated.

These two little rascals are much more perceptive than their mommy!

Ah, my dear children, Daddy loves you!

Gu Yan, that little ingrate, just thinking about her makes Tang Yuxiu feel a stone on his chest, but fortunately, he has two empathetic treasures to comfort him.

Seeing this, others secretly felt fortunate for not stepping forward to be cannon fodder.

That Mi Xuan is so pitiful, yet they still feel pleased about her misfortune.

That’s human nature; when there’s a free show to watch, why not? 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Especially in their circle, there are so many boring people that having someone else’s gossip is such an interesting thing, though it’s not so good when it’s your turn.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you—a phrase that remains true, but very few people can truly understand and practice it.

On the other side, Gu Yan, coming out of the restroom, also encountered a bit of trouble.

She had just turned a corner to return to the venue when someone blocked her way.

Gu Yan looked up, and immediately felt exasperated.

"It’s you again! Can you not be so clingy?"

Today, Gu Qin wore a bright red strapless short dress, her lips painted with red lipstick, her nails also red, all in all, she was dazzling in red.

Yet Gu Yan didn’t want to see her at all.

This woman, whom she had bumped into three times in four days since arriving in Jiang City, never brought good news, and she wanted to avoid her at all costs.

Where on earth did this woman come from, appearing everywhere?

Is this a joke?

Gu Qin looked Gu Yan up and down. Now, compared to five years ago, Gu Yan had changed so much that she almost didn’t recognize her, and for the better.

How could Gu Qin be willing to accept that? She had always looked down on Gu Yan, bullied and calculated against her, and now she’s so much better than her.

She was filled with jealousy and resentment, wanting to tear apart Gu Yan’s beautiful, expensive evening gown and mess up her elegant hairstyle.

How could these things belong to this woman who was once so inferior to her?

Standing in the corner watching Gu Yan appear glamorous and radiant, she almost gritted her teeth to pieces; had she not held back, she would have smashed the wine glass in her hand and rushed to ruin it all.

Especially before, when Tang Yuxiu arrived first and she was already there, the shock of seeing him appear with two children was immense.

Everyone knew one child looked identical to Tang Yuxiu, but she knew the other child looked just like Gu Yan when she was small!

When Uncle brought Gu Yan home as a child, she was watching from the side.

Back then, Gu Yan was like a porcelain doll, with fair, tender skin, very pretty and lovely, wearing the princess dress she longed for, with a pretty pink hairpin and a stuffed toy in hand—all things Gu Qin couldn’t obtain at the time.

Back then, she was unwilling to accept why Gu Yan, having lost everything and being an orphan, could still dress so well, with nice clothes, hairpins, and toys.

Later, knowing aunt didn’t treat Gu Yan well, she secretly looked for Gu Yan when the aunt wasn’t around.

While Gu Yan was doing homework, she unceremoniously dug through Gu Yan’s shabby little room, looking for clothes and things she arrived with, and soon found them.

She gave young Gu Yan a cold huff, and was about to take those things out.

But Gu Yan pounced then, saying they were hers; they fought, leading to the dress being torn and unwearable, the hairpin trampled and unusable, and the doll torn and dirtied—all ruined.

When her mom and aunt arrived, both stood by her side.

Seeing Gu Yan aggrieved yet unable to speak up, angry yet unable to act, she felt very satisfied.

No matter how well she lived before, now she was just an adopted daughter in her uncle’s house, treated less than an adopted daughter by her aunt, just like a servant picked up from the outside.

Later, Gu Qin realized it wasn’t the princess dress she longed for, nor the hairpin and doll, but an intense dislike for Gu Yan being better than her.

Whether it was living better than her or having better things, she couldn’t stand it.

Just like now, wearing a more beautiful and better evening gown than hers, Gu Yan entered through the front door, while she had to sell herself for an entry opportunity.

What she couldn’t bear even more is the possibility that the two children Tang Yuxiu brought might very well be hers with Tang Yuxiu.

Why her, why does she get such a perfect man!