Gu Ningxi could only force an awkward smile and defuse the situation smoothly. "Sister-in-law, you're overreacting."
"Grandpa, I'm the main character of the engagement banquet. I have the right to make choices, don't I?"
Jiang Shang couldn't just sit back and watch them take control of her engagement banquet, so she spoke up to assert her rights.
The head of the Gu family pondered for a moment and showed her enough respect.
"Siheng and Shangshang will handle the drinks and food. For other aspects, you should also follow Shangshang's arrangements."
Jiang Shang took a sip of her juice, meeting Gu Ningxi's increasingly resentful gaze.
Just when Mother Jiang and her daughter, as well as Gu Ningxi, thought she would kick them all out and take full control, Jiang Shang's words surprised them.
"For other aspects, tell Gu Siheng. I don't care who takes over the wedding dress, but the final product has to pass my inspection."
Her engagement banquet would be attended by the entire upper - class society. The affairs were numerous and complicated. She didn't need to take on all the boring tasks and make things difficult for herself.
As for Mother Jiang and her daughter, they now represented her maternal family. Before they paid off the alimony, she didn't want to fall out with them, lest they pestered her endlessly.
Gu Siheng was like a tool throughout, always meeting Jiang Shang's requests. He was the one with the least say at the table.
Seeing the head of the Gu family protecting her and thinking about the setbacks she had suffered from Jiang Shang, Gu Ningxi gritted her teeth tightly. The seeds of hostility had been sown.
After dinner, when they returned to the bedroom, Gu Siheng sent Jiang Shang the collected information about the company's address and its original company.
Jiang Shang flipped through it and felt her head buzzing.
There was a female star who hanged herself in hatred because of sexual harassment, and a ghost fetus found in the company's toilet...
It was a real haunted house.
"…Be honest with me. Does your company raise ghosts or employees?"
The dozen or so little ghosts she saw this afternoon were probably just the tip of the iceberg.
Gu Siheng lit an aromatherapy. The warm lanterns in the room created a cozy atmosphere.
Noticing the worry in her eyes, Gu Siheng paused for a moment, as if finally realizing the seriousness of the problem.
"Are there a lot of little ghosts in the company?"
Jiang Shang said crossly, "The little ghosts are almost treating your company as their base. If this continues, the evil aura will gather, and your company will be dragged down."
Even if you have a good fate and the little ghosts can't get close to you, they will still plant the seeds of disaster, which may affect the Gu family.
But Jiang Shang didn't say the latter part. Judging from the death of the orange cat today, Gu Siheng didn't seem to get along well with the Gu family that had raised him for twenty years.
Gu Siheng said in a flat tone, as if he wasn't talking about his own hard - won business.
"Only in this way will the head of the Gu family let this company go."
This haunted house was carefully selected by him for the company.
Jiang Shang was silent for a while. She didn't ask for the reason and started to browse Lin Jingru's social media accounts.
Lin Jingru had been posting on her Moments at least three times a day in recent days, so frequently that it seemed like a different person.
This abnormality started with a home photo shoot.
The light in the photo was very dim. The woman was facing the mirror, looking extremely gorgeous.
Outside the mirror, she stood lazily, but in the mirror, the woman's heels were strangely not touching the ground.
Everyone in the comments under this Moments post was praising how seamless the photo was, but only Jiang Shang could tell at a glance that it wasn't the effect of photo - editing.
Lin Jingru must have been possessed by a ghost.
Gu Siheng walked closer and glanced at her phone screen. "Do you have any clues about Lin Jingru's case?"
Hearing his voice, Jiang Shang turned her head and accidentally bumped into his high - bridged nose. She was stunned and forgot to dodge for a moment.
The distance between them was so close that they could feel each other's warm breath. Their breaths intertwined, just like their thoughts.
Suddenly, the jade pendant around her neck started to heat up. Jiang Shang suddenly came to her senses. She took out the jade pendant in confusion and felt a gentle stream of energy flowing into her body.
She was shocked to find that her fortune had improved.
She looked up at Gu Siheng. Usually, their jade pendants would shine together, but now only hers was glowing. Jiang Shang was like she had discovered a new continent.
Could it be that... getting intimate with him would improve her fortune?
And this only benefited her?
Gu Siheng was still looking at her. The woman's eyes were bright with surprise, like a cat that had found a new toy.
His heart softened inexplicably.
She was a bit cute.
Jiang Shang composed herself. She thought it would be too abrupt to have any more intimate actions, so she didn't do anything out of line.
"Can you get me the contact information of the old lady in the news about the man taking over his dead wife's family's property?"
Since his fiancée had made a request, Gu Siheng had no reason to refuse.
Jiang Shang got the contact information and immediately called the old lady.
"Hello?" The old lady's voice was old and weak, like a rusty clock.
"Grandma Qu, I'm a reporter from Yuncheng Daily. I'd like to follow up on the news."
Jiang Shang didn't reveal her true identity directly. Last time when she went to the Lin family, even Lin Zheng, who was on good terms with the Jiang family, would be on guard if someone suddenly came to tell fortunes, not to mention a stranger.
Hearing that it was a reporter, Grandma Qu burst into tears.
"Woo - woo - woo - woo, Reporter, you must seek justice for me..."
Jiang Shang quickly tried to calm her down and started to fish for information. "Can you tell us the detailed details of this incident again?"
When it came to the sad matter, Grandma Qu's grief was like a bursting dam. She had already ignored the inappropriateness of this phone call.
"After Yanyan married Tang Xuan, Tang Xuan seemed to have changed into a different person. He was moody, addicted to gambling, smoking, and drinking. He beat her many times, and she didn't dare to tell me..."
"Later, I found the bruises on her waist and forced her to tell me. Yanyan said she couldn't tell me. If she complained to me, Tang Xuan would push me downstairs and kill me..."
The scumbag's despicable actions made Jiang Shang frown. Grandma Qu sobbed as she recalled the past.
"My Yanyan was abandoned by her parents when she was born. I picked her up from the garbage dump and raised her little by little. We've been dependent on each other for so many years. She was my life..."
"My Yanyan... had such a hard life..."
The old lady's grief - stricken cries made Jiang Shang's nose sour.
"Actually, my Yanyan didn't die of a sudden heart attack. She was... she was deliberately fed to death by him with medicine bit by bit..."
Hearing that Qu Yan died in such a cruel way, both Jiang Shang and Gu Siheng were silent.
They say that you can tell a person's true nature over time, but people's hearts are hidden.
On the other end of the phone, the old lady started to cough violently after crying. This made Jiang Shang's heart clench.
"Grandma, you have to take good care of yourself so that the scumbag can get the punishment he deserves."
The old lady choked with sobs. "As long as the villain can get the punishment he deserves, it's worth sacrificing my old life."
"Now this incident has a high profile on the Internet. Grandma, if you need anything, such as hiring a lawyer to sue the scumbag, you can just tell us."
Grandma Qu shook her head and firmly refused her.
At the end of the call, she only had one request, as if grasping at the last straw in life.
"Girl, I beg you, you must report this incident. Please."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Shang frowned and tried to recall the details of this incident. She quickly noticed something strange in the old lady's grief - stricken state.
Why did she wait until now to reveal such a shocking detail that her granddaughter was tortured to death by the scumbag?