Huo ChuChu blinked; her ears perked up in disbelief.

Her brother had always been so macho. When had he ever admitted fault in front of her?

She couldn’t help but look from one of them to the other. Her wronged eyes lit up instantly.

Executive Assistant Meng was right, observation was the key.

Her big brother, who used to be such a cold person, now wouldn’t even say another word when her sister-in-law pawn it all off on him. He even took the blame for her!

Beauties are the Archilles’ tendons of heroes. Her sister-in-law had her brother wrapped around her little finger!

“Second Brother had been using working overtime as an excuse to go visit Gu Wushuang. My mother had been turning a blind eye and just waiting for the day that he’d snap out of it.

“Lo and behold… he was so brain dead that he had offered up our family profits for that manipulative black lotus and signed some 5-year bet-on agreement with Gu Jiangxin!

“Now, when Gu Jiangxin was down on his luck, our Huo family became collateral damage. My mother is so angry that she is about to lose her mind. She yelled at my second brother and he yelled back that it was all her fault for not agreeing to his marriage. Gu Jiangxin would not have leverage over him otherwise!

“But where did it go wrong?”

Gu Jiangxin, too, could feel blood rushing to his head.

There was nothing that he could do other than heading home angrily, still holding onto the painting. His hands shook uncontrollably his entire way back.

Before he was even able to reach his front door after he got out of the car, his young wife already came running from inside out. “Lao Gu, what happened? The school fired my Third Aunty and they even sent out a notification that they will be removing her teaching credentials and she will never be able to teach again.”

Gu Jiangxin’s body rocked back and forth. Everything went black in front of his eyes and he started falling backward.

“And just look at this woman here, Mayor Liu. Aye, this artist’s brushstrokes were arguably magical. She was magnificent and so realistic looking.”

Gu Jiangxin looked up and saw Mayor Liu with his face beet red. He felt odd about it.

He must like ink painting a lot.

Just rubbing his palms together was not enough to express his excitement. He had to slam on the table.

He was, after all, only 40 years old. Still a bit on the young side.

Gu Jiangxin snickered to himself but he maintained his smile. “And just look at this red peony in her hair. You can even see the textures on the flower petals in a freestyle painting. This is simply awesome!”