Reborn as a Fake Heiress Marrying the Tycoon novel Chapter 377

Chapter 377: Returning the Stolen Goods Doesn’t Absolve the Crime

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At present, Zhang Mei had already lowered her stance, pleading with her. If Gu Zi continued to adopt a hardline attitude, it would make her seem too unfeeling. After all, the people before her were her foster parents.

Gu Zi’s eyelashes fluttered, a tear rolled down from the corner of her eye, her gaze filled with sorrow as she looked at Zhang Mei.

“Auntie, ” she began, her voice trembling, “Sometimes I really wonder, have you truly treated me as your daughter these past eighteen years? If so, why could you so easily sever your affection for me?

“From the moment you had me marry in Lin Miao’s stead, to when you wanted me to give up my job at the radio station for her, you’ve only ever seen Lin Miao. You’ve never truly seen me…”

As Gu Zi wept, Zhang Mei’s own tears seemed to falter, her eyes filled with confusion. Why was Gu Zi crying? Had they really treated her so unfairly?

Zhang Mei was taken aback, her only option was to respond along the lines of the conversation, “Xiao Zi, you’ve misunderstood. We’ve always considered you our daughter!”

“Really?” Gu Zi retorted, “If you truly considered me your daughter, you wouldn’t keep asking me to let Lin Miao off. Don’t you understand? This isn’t about whether I can forgive her or not. She took the money herself, I didn’t steal it and frame her. On the contrary, she wanted to steal the money, forcing me to marry in her place.

“Looking at it now, it seems pitiful that Lin Miao was caught on the day of the banquet. The Gu and Gong families were humiliated, and everyone lost face. But if she hadn’t taken the money, none of this would have happened. I didn’t cause this. When I was forced to marry in the countryside, wasn’t I deserving of pity?