Since it was Sunday, President Qiao and Mrs. Qiao were both home rather than at work. They were quite surprised to see Gu Xiu bring a stranger to their door.
"This is my brother," Gu Xiu introduced timidly. "He was worried something might happen while I was tutoring, so he specifically brought me here."
"What could possibly happen?" Before Father Qiao and Mother Qiao could speak, Joanna sneered. "Wasn't it just that I slapped you yesterday? What, you're not happy about it? You brought your brother here to back you up? You think I'd be afraid?"
"What's going on?" Father Qiao and Mother Qiao were completely baffled. They turned to Joanna and asked, "You hit someone?"
"Outrageous! You're a girl. How can you go around hitting people at the drop of a hat?"
According to the plot, this was when Gu Chen should have complained that Joanna had no upbringing. That one remark would enrage President Qiao and Mrs. Qiao, and Mrs. Qiao would sharply rebuke Gu Chen for having no right to judge Joanna's upbringing. "My daughter, I'll discipline her myself. It's not for outsiders to point fingers."
But from the corner of his eye, Gu Chen spotted a copy of the Financial Daily on the Qiao Family's coffee table. Seeing a financial news report in it, he suddenly recalled that once this favorable policy was announced, several stocks would surge over the coming months. Gu Chen was secretly trying to remember exactly which stocks they were when he lost focus for a moment and actually missed his cue. He only heard Joanna already protesting indignantly, "He insulted me first."
Gu Chen: "..."
Gu Chen sighed, trying to make up for it. "Even so, you shouldn't have hit him! If word gets out, people won't say Gu Xiu is