Page 829 of Assistant to My Contracted Husband

Jian Ran was utterly shocked and asked in a soft voice, "Then... why did you apply for a graduate program at Yuncheng University for me?"

"Because... I want you to rise from where you’ve fallen."

Gu Mochen’s eyes were filled with determination. Jian Ran had always harbored a regret—that she only spent one year at Yuncheng University before dropping out due to pregnancy and issues with the Jian Family.

Jian Ran never expected Gu Mochen to understand the thorn in her heart so clearly, she was moved to tears.

"When did you start preparing for this?"

"A long time ago... when I started to learn about your past... I started preparing these things."

"Um..."

Jian Ran quietly nestled beside Gu Mochen, touched by his caring words, she fought back the tears in her beautiful eyes and whispered, "Annoying... you never even mentioned these things to me, catching me completely off guard. I hadn’t even considered whether to pursue graduate studies."

"It’s okay, I’ll be with you. As a professor at Yuncheng University, I will earnestly teach you all I know very seriously," he assured.

Jian Ran blushed upon hearing Gu Mochen’s words.

Just now... was that what he meant by teaching by word and example?

Jian Ran tugged at the corner of her lips and said irritably, "Gu Mochen... that’s enough."

"It’s not enough; my love for you always feels insufficient."

Jian Ran’s heart swelled with sweetness upon hearing Gu Mochen’s words.

Despite the deep winter, the sweetness of their embrace made them forget the cold.

Returning to this land, Jian Ran realized that Gu Mochen intended for her to be reborn and start anew.

Jian Ran gazed at the refined and gracefully handsome man beside her, her lips curving slightly.

She wondered if her father Jian Anguo, still in prison, and her missing mother, could truly feel her happiness...

Jian Ran sniffled, her heart brimming with happiness.

...

When Jian Ran and Gu Mochen returned to the hospital, they saw a tall figure standing outside Tang Bao’s hospital room, unable to enter due to the special forces guarding the door.

Jian Ran’s eyes widened, feeling the chilling and dangerous aura emanating from Gu Mochen, she instantly understood; the visitor bore ill intentions.

It was someone Gu Mochen loathed seeing.

As the man turned around, Jian Ran guessed as much.

Because... Gu Mochen and he shared a striking resemblance, and considering the man’s age.

Undoubtedly, it was Gu Wei.

In Jian Ran’s eyes, Gu Wei had always been defined as a scoundrel. A cold smirk and jeer appeared on her lips; this Gu Wei indeed provoked disdain.

However, Jian Ran did not reveal her emotions outwardly, opting instead to quietly stay by Gu Mochen’s side – after all... it’s their father-son business. Even though she was Gu Mochen’s wife and Gu Wei’s daughter-in-law, this father-son conflict was not her place to interfere.

Gu Mochen glanced indifferently at Gu Wei in front of him, tightly grasped Jian Ran’s hand, choosing to ignore him, and directly led Jian Ran towards Tang Bao’s room.

Gu Wei blocked their way.

"Mo Chen, I need an explanation."

"Sorry, I have nothing to say to you, you should directly ask Dong Qin instead," Gu Mochen replied coolly, his words chilling.

Gu Wei’s face changed upon hearing that.

"Mo Chen, I am your father."

"Yes, that’s true only when DNA testing confirmed it, sorry, I don’t acknowledge it otherwise," Gu Mochen responded with a smirk, noticing Jian Ran’s slight embarrassment standing beside him and himself.

"Go in and accompany our daughter."

"Okay."

Jian Ran knew Gu Mochen deliberately sent her away and was also aware that Gu Wei came because of Dong Qin. She responded with a slight, polite smile, although she did not address Gu Wei directly, maintaining decorum as she walked into the hospital room.

Gu Wei, hearing the words "our daughter" from Gu Mochen, changed his expression.

"Mo Chen, what do you mean, you have a daughter? My granddaughter? Really?"

Jian Ran paused her steps towards the hospital room, originally intending to explain Tang Bao’s origins, but then she heard Gu Mochen simply respond.

"Yes."

Since Gu Mochen had chosen to acknowledge the little girl as his daughter, Jian Ran didn’t say much more and pushed the door open to enter.

After confirming Jian Ran had entered the room, Gu Mochen’s eyes narrowed slightly as he faced the man before him, retorting.

"I think this doesn’t concern you much."

Gu Wei, sensing the coldness in Gu Mochen’s tone, knew that despite the years, Gu Mochen still harbored resentment towards him; young men always make mistakes.

His true love was still Gu Mochen’s mother, but he was taken by Dong Qin.

Following the death of Han Siming’s father, Dong Qin, relying on her son’s status, approached them.

Despite many years passing, he had never legally secured Dong Qin’s status, providing her merely a nominal position.

"Mo Chen, I am your father... Now that you have a daughter, she is my granddaughter, how can you keep this significant matter from me?"

"Sorry, I think... you care more about having a grandson instead. As far as I know, those 20% shares you hold are reserved for your grandson."

"You..."

Gu Wei, silenced by Gu Mochen’s blunt words, his face slightly changed.

"A son... is the true heir of the Gu Family. This daughter... eventually, she’ll be married off to someone else... essentially another’s asset, irrelevant to the Gu Family."

Gu Mochen’s lips curled into a cold sneer, so... his own mother and grandfather were really ignorant, having provided a dowry to the Gu Family... Gu Wei naturally considered it his own possession.

Such a patriarchal, ignorant man was actually his father, Gu Mochen felt it was truly a disgrace.

Gu Mochen coldly said, "Sorry, I have things to attend to, I don’t have time to waste talking to you. If you want to ask about Dong Qin, I have prepared a video for you."

After speaking, Gu Mochen pulled out a USB drive from his pocket and handed it to Gu Wei.

"After watching it... please do not bother me, my wife, or my daughter again."

Gu Mochen ignored the pale-faced man before him, walked directly into the hospital room, and Gu Wei, wanting to say something, was restrained by the bodyguards to the rear.