PDLP Chapter 231 Fiancée
Chapter 231 Fiancée
After Wu Tao transmigrated, he already knew that he had a fiancée in name only.
The other person's name is Gu Qinghan, the same age as Wu Tao, and now, after graduating from university, she works as the vice president of the Gu family's company.
Both the Gu and Wu families were third-rate families. Because their businesses were closely related, Wu Chengzhi proposed a marriage alliance with the Gu family.
The Gu family is also considering how to enhance the family's potential. Every leader of a third-rate family hopes to lead their family into a second-rate family.
Arranging marriages among younger family members is actually the most cost-effective method.
No one thinks love is the most important thing. Born into a wealthy family, it is only natural for them to contribute to the family while enjoying a luxurious life.
Wu Tao met Gu Qinghan through a family arrangement. Neither of them liked or disliked the other; it was purely a task to be completed.
Gu Qinghan thought the same way; she knew she couldn't refuse her family's arrangements.
Wu Tao originally thought that even if they didn't have love, they would still have a decent marriage in the future.
Unfortunately, Gu Qinghan shattered all of Wu Tao's illusions with just one sentence.
According to Gu Qinghan, she has a boyfriend.
She has no intention of breaking up with him, and even if they get married in the future, she will not live with Wu Tao.
To put it bluntly, the marriage was purely to fulfill a family obligation.
This will also allow the Gu family and the Wu family to cooperate more closely in business. As for the nature of their marital relationship, probably no one else would care.
Of course, Gu Qinghan did not object to Wu Tao keeping mistresses outside the marriage, as long as they kept it a secret from each other and did not let their families or the outside world know.
If Wu Tao doesn't accept, he can propose breaking off the engagement; in any case, Gu Qinghan won't go to his family to object to the arranged marriage.
At that time, the original owner was truly devastated by this bizarre request, and this was even a factor in the original owner's eventual suicide.
The original owner not only did not receive favoritism from his parents and sister at home, but even his arranged marriage partner dealt him a heavy blow.
After transmigrating, Wu Tao was already thinking about how to handle this arranged marriage. He wasn't the original owner of this body, so he didn't have to suffer all the grievances alone.
Having experienced several time travels and being used to being a powerful figure whose word was law, how could he possibly tolerate his wife cheating on him?
According to the original plan of the Gu and Wu families, they were to hold an engagement banquet for Wu Tao and Gu Qinghan at the end of the year.
Later, when Wu Tao traveled through time, he immediately chose to establish his own clinic. When his parents asked about his engagement, he declined, citing that he was too busy lately.
At the time, Wu Tao's parents thought he just wanted to prove himself before getting engaged to Gu Qinghan. In any case, the two families had already agreed on it, and the engagement was just a matter of time.
After Wu Tao established his clinic, he hired a private investigator to investigate Gu Qinghan.
Wu Tao quickly obtained photos and videos of the other woman living with her boyfriend.
When Liu Lan came to Wu Tao's clinic again and brought up the engagement banquet arrangements, Wu Tao immediately produced the evidence.
Liu Lan knew that happy marriages between wealthy families were rare, but seeing her daughter-in-law do such a thing before the wedding, she certainly couldn't force Wu Tao to continue the engagement.
"Son, Mom really didn't know the other person would do this."
"Mom, I no longer want to compete with Wu Xiaochuan for the position of family heir."
Even if you give all of the Wu family's businesses to Wu Xiaochuan in the future, I will have no objection.
At the same time, I hope you can respect my own choice regarding my marriage. As for the expenses I've incurred since returning to the Wu family these past few years, including the money you've given me, I've already tallied it up; it totals 20 million, which I will gradually repay to you.”
Upon hearing her son's words, Liu Lan's face turned deathly pale. She looked at Wu Tao in disbelief.
Could it be that her own son is going to completely sever ties with the Wu family? But why?
She always felt that she had shown favoritism towards Wu Tao when dealing with Wu Tao and Wu Xiaochuan.
The Wu family is not an ordinary family, so we cannot act impulsively. Wu Xiaochuan's abilities are obvious to all.
It would not be in the Wu family's best interest to kick Wu Xiaochuan out of the family simply because he is not their biological son.
Moreover, Wu Chengzhi and Liu Lan had already discussed in private that all the assets they owned would be divided into four parts in the future.
In the future, Wu Tao, the biological son, will inherit 50% of the shares, while Wu Lingling and Wu Xiaochuan will each inherit 25%.
With Wu Xiaochuan managing the Wu family's business, Wu Tao can focus on being a wealthy man.
"Son, you must have misunderstood us. To be honest, your father and I are truly devoted to you. Your father and I have already discussed it, and in the future, half of our assets will go to you, while your sister and Xiaochuan will each get 25%. See, son, your father and I are the ones who are truly biased towards you."
Liu Lan, no longer able to conceal it, immediately told Wu Tao the results of her discussion with Wu Chengzhi in his office.
Wu Tao spoke calmly, almost in a flat tone.
"Mom, I don't hold a grudge against you. I know my business acumen isn't as good as Wu Xiaochuan's. The reason I don't want the family's money is because I don't want to continue bearing the family's responsibilities. My clinic is doing very well now, and I just want to quietly be a good doctor. As for the family inheritance and arranged marriages, none of that matters to me."
Liu Lan said urgently.
"Son, even if you don't want to marry into another family, you don't need to cut ties with your family like this, do you? The money I gave you is my personal savings, you don't need to pay it back."
"Mom, I think it's better to settle things clearly, so that there won't be any trouble caused by this money when Wu Xiaochuan takes power later. Don't worry, even if I pay back the money, I don't mean to disown you. I just hope my life can be simpler and I don't want the Wu family's affairs to involve me in the future."
"Son, Xiaochuan isn't that kind of person. Besides, with your father and me around, even if he were in power, he wouldn't dare to do anything to hurt you. The disputes you had with him before were just minor frictions. He's not as bad as you think."
Seeing Liu Lan defend Wu Xiaochuan, Wu Tao was speechless.
If people's prejudices are as big as mountains, then perhaps Wu Xiaochuan's act was too good, and even Wu Chengzhi and Liu Lan didn't notice anything amiss.
After Wu Tao transmigrated, he didn't just do nothing.
He not only arranged for a private investigator to follow and photograph Gu Qinghan and her boyfriend.
They even filmed a lot of scenes of Wu Xiaochuan, his driver Mei Jibo, and Wu Xiaochuan's biological mother having a meal together.
However, Wu Tao didn't want to reveal it. Firstly, he wasn't the original owner of the body and didn't have much affection for Wu Chengzhi, Liu Lan, and Wu Lingling of the Wu family.
Secondly, Wu Tao also knew that Wu Chengzhi and Liu Lan were now overvaluing Wu Xiaochuan's abilities.
Even though they had already guessed some things, Wu Chengzhi and Liu Lan didn't want to bring them up. They knew that if they left Wu Xiaochuan, the inheritance would fall into the hands of other members of the Wu family.