Xue Lan looked at Qiaoxu, instinctively feeling apprehensive. The sense of superiority and confidence she had when facing Xia Yumo disappeared completely when facing Qiaoxu.
She could mock Xia Yumo for being poor and destitute, looking down on her several levels.
However, she couldn’t mock Qiaoxu. In fact, she had no confidence to raise her voice when talking to Qiaoxu.
"Only soone like you, Mrs. Gu, would care about such a small amount of money."
Qiaoxu’s eyes revealed a hint of undisguised ridicule as if to say Xue Lan was petty and concerned about several million as if it was a big deal.
Xue Lan, reading the ssage dripping from Qiaoxu’s stare, understood every word and her face swelled red with anger.
Several million was barely enough to buy the Patek Philippe watch on her hand, did she really care about that amount of money?
Of course, she didn’t care; she just wanted to use that money to humiliate Xia Yumo, the poor wretch.
The money she spent on a watch was perhaps enough to last a lifeti for a pauper like Xia Yumo.
But her actions were deliberately misinterpreted as pettiness by Qiaoxu.
"You..."
Although Xue Lan had so apprehension towards the couple, she was their elder. Plus, with outsiders present, her concern for her reputation prevented her from being belittled by Qiaoxu.
She gritted her teeth, stared at Qiaoxu, and sneered:
"Of course, I don’t care about the money. I just didn’t want to give it away to unimportant people casually."
Xue Lan lifted her chin slightly, her eyes filled with the arrogance of harshness, and continued:
"There are so many beggars on the streets; we can’t just give away a few million to these beggars just because we, the Gu family, are rich."
Her words clearly compared Xia Yumo to the beggars on the streets. The amusent on Qiaoxu’s face dissipated bit by bit, replaced by intense coldness. Xue Lan involuntarily took a small step back due to it.
Just as Qiaoxu was about to speak, Lu Moqing, who had been silent on the side, spoke first:
"Mrs. Gu, it seems that Xue’s Enterprise has been having a hard ti lately. How do you still have the leisure to flaunt your IQ here?"
As soon as Xue Lan heard Lu Moqing ntion "Xue’s Enterprise," she thought of her son Gu Junhang’s warning that day.
She thought her son was just trying to scare her, and besides, she hadn’t done anything to Xia Yumo during the past few days. So, how could the Xue’s encounter any difficulties?
She hadn’t heard about this and didn’t want to believe her son could be ruthless enough to target her uncle over such a small matter.
She looked at the silent Xue Yishan, who was still trying to maintain her composure in front of Lu Moqing. Xue Yishan was taken aback when she saw Xue Lan’s gaze.
Thinking of the reason why she had co here to seek help from her aunt but hadn’t brought it up due to not finding the right opportunity, Xue Yishan was unaware of Xue’s recent difficulties.
For many years, Xue’s had stood tall, not because of her father Xue Guochong’s abilities, but because her aunt was lucky enough to marry into a powerful family.
The re affiliation with the Gu family had brought many benefits to the Xue family.
Sotis, when Xue’s faced troubles in business, all they needed to do was ntion the Gu family. Even if Xue Lan didn’t hold a high position in her uncle’s heart, she was still Mada Gu, and people would have to give her face.
Now that her cousin had taken command of the Gu Family, her aunt’s position had beco even more prominent.
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