Winning the Male Lead's Favor

Besides, at this point, the male lead had not considered matters like inheritance rights or favoritism at all. He had simply taken in his grandnephew because the child was not doing well at home for certain reasons. Under those circumstances, would he have thought his grandnephew had inheritance rights? Would he have thought treating his grandnephew well meant wronging his own son? In his eyes, it merely meant one extra pair of chopsticks and one extra person to worry about.

Besides, the male lead's attitude toward Koukou was written as a process of acceptance, so it had constantly changed—from not even having met him at first, to being unwilling and displeased about holding him, to the stiffness of holding Koukou for the first time, and then to gradually holding and feeding the baby as he did now... This was all part of accepting the fact that he had an illegitimate

child

son. No one could possibly be affectionate toward a son who had fallen from the sky from the very beginning. At least, that did not seem realistic to me.

The reason he had not come over frequently was, on one hand, because the distance was far and everyone was an adult with work to do—the higher one's position, the busier one was. On the other hand, it was also out of respect for the female lead. She had coldly told him not to come anymore, so he could not exactly keep going over and poking at her sore spot for no reason.

To sum up:

① At this stage, there was no question of the male lead raising his grandnephew as an heir.

② For the time being, there was no issue of whom the male lead liked more or treated better. In his view, at least at this stage, the existence of the two was not contradictory.

(2) Regarding the original novel's setting

In the original novel, it was only later on—roughly when Koukou had already started elementary school—that the villain's father, who had never married and had no children, adopted the male lead from a collateral branch of the family—the male lead here referred to the grandnephew—because he was the most outstanding and intelligent. He raised him as a prospective heir.

As long as the villain's father did not know he had a son, there was nothing wrong with that logic, right? Not everyone would tie themselves to someone they did not like just for the sake of an heir, marry them, have children, and live a life of mutual respect.

It had also been mentioned earlier that, in the original novel, the villain's parents never had a chance to meet. Therefore, the villain's father had no idea he had an illegitimate son at all. They only met after the child had grown up into a complete and utter supervillain, after the villain's mother fell ill.

While getting righteously indignant, my dears, please read the earlier chapters carefully too~

As for how the villain's father viewed the struggle between his biological son and his grandnephew, that would gradually be explained later...

(3) Reading notes (manually highlighted)

There were many things I could not explain all at once, so please do not worry. It would become clear as things gradually unfolded.

If, after reading this far, everyone still felt the male lead was scum who had wronged the female lead and his son, a complete bastard, then this story might not be quite suitable for you X﹏X

Winning the Male Lead's Favor

Gu family.

The housekeeper brought over a tea tray with two steaming cups of tea on it. Just as she was about to reach the sofa, Wang Xiao stopped her, took one cup from the tray, and handed it to the elegant, richly dressed woman seated on the sofa. "Madam, your tea."

The woman accepted it without saying anything. Wang Xiao then brought the other cup to the other graceful, pretty young woman on the sofa. "Miss Tan, your tea."

Miss Tan accepted it and gave him a polite smile. "Thank you."

"Why are you here? Where is Yanqing?" Mrs. Gu took a sip of tea and raised her eyes to ask Wang Xiao.

Wang Xiao said, "President Gu had something come up unexpectedly. He may not be able to return for the time being."

"Something came up? What could possibly have come up? Didn't I tell him that even if the president of Country M came today, he had to clear his schedule and come back for dinner?"

Wang Xiao remained silent.

Suppressing her anger, Mrs. Gu said, "Call him."

Wang Xiao did not dare disobey Mrs. Gu. He took out his phone and called Gu Yanqing.

Miss Tan set down her teacup and smiled. "It is fine even if he does not come back. I will be staying in the country from now on anyway, so whether we meet sooner or later, we will meet eventually. If Mr. Gu is busy, let him handle his work first."

"You don't know this, but he has shifted the focus of his business to C City. It is hard enough for him to come back once."

"Is that so?" Miss Tan watched the tea leaves float and sink in her cup. "Mr. Gu is just as capable and intelligent as I remember. He is just as impressive at business too."

A smile reached Mrs. Gu's eyes. She set down her teacup and said, "What use is being good at business? Starting a family and building a career only accounts for half of it. Look at him now—I told him he had to come back for dinner today, but he has probably gone to see some business partner again."

Miss Tan smiled gently. "If he is busy, then let him be busy. Business is more important, and there will always be opportunities to meet. I have not seen you in a long time either, and I am happy just talking with you."

"You are the sensible one." Mrs. Gu sighed. "Yanqing is simply too willful. He never discusses anything with anyone and insists on doing things his own way, just like his father."

"Perhaps it is simply his personality. Still, I never expected that after all these years abroad, he would still be single when I returned. I thought someone as popular as him would have married long ago."

"Being popular is one thing, but he refuses to find someone. I did not want to interfere in my children's marriages; as long as he liked the person himself, that was enough. But he is already thirty and has no intention in that regard at all. Which of his peers does not already have children running all over the place? Tell me, should I not be anxious?"

Miss Tan chuckled. "It is the same for me. My parents are anxious on my behalf too. They would love for me to find someone and get engaged today."

Miss Tan was not deliberately trying to flatter her, yet she always managed to say exactly what touched Mrs. Gu's heart. Mrs. Gu's favorability toward her rose rapidly.

After Xu Han had a courier send the things away, she checked out of the room. Gu Yanqing had just helped her out, and his request to have a meal together seemed perfectly reasonable, so Xu Han found it difficult to refuse.

They went to a restaurant called Fragrant Garden. It was quite famous in the city, though getting a reservation was somewhat difficult. But with someone like Gu Yanqing around, all problems ceased to be problems. They only had to go and eat.

When they left, Xu Han had originally intended to ride in Tang Yueyue's car, but Tang Yueyue's back seat was piled high with things she had taken from Xu Han, and Xu Han could not sit in the front while holding the child.

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