Chapter 246: Chapter 171, I thought you really came to support my cousin.
Miss Wang Qi saw the letter, and indeed, it was written by Gu Hang himself, without any guidance.
In writing this letter, he actually had two ideas.
The first was emotional.
Sharing the same name and having used someone else’s body, Gu Hang felt that, when the time was right, he needed to give an explanation.
Having used his body, Gu Hang felt a certain responsibility towards this person with the same name. His predecessor had an obsession with ‘proving himself to his mother,’ so he decided to satisfy that obsession.
Thus, Gu Hang composed the first half of the letter.
But to say that this was the extent of the explanation wasn’t quite enough. Digging deeper into the memories of his predecessor, his resentment towards his mother stemmed from love, didn’t it? If he truly had no feelings for his birth mother, he couldn’t have harbored such deep resentment.
Therefore, there was also an admission of wrongs with a straight back and an expression of aspiration.
The relationship between mother and son needed a way to ease. This method couldn’t simply be crying and admitting wrongs; it definitely would not match the predecessor’s ideas. Furthermore, he needed to show that mother a change.
However, emotional factors were relatively secondary. What was more important were some practical considerations.
From his predecessor’s memories, Gu Hang only saw dissatisfaction with his birth mother. In his predecessor’s view, his mother was the image of a cold, rational, aloof, and controlling strong woman whose identity as a ruler far outweighed her identity as a mother. From a young age, he experienced very little maternal love.
But that was the predecessor’s perspective.
Through Gu Hang’s eyes, re-examining those memories and observing from the perspective of a bystander, he was fairly certain that Miss Wang Qi did love her son. It was just that her focus was different.
It was understandable.
The Gu lineage to which Gu Hang belonged had indeed led the Gu Clan. His grandfather was the family leader, and his father, as the third eldest, was the favorite and most talented, designated early on as the primary heir, but died before his grandfather.
When his father died, he had just been born; when his grandfather died, he was only three years old.
After the death of his grandfather, it wasn’t certain the heir would be Gu Hang; he had several legitimate uncles. Aside from that, there were also many other clan members, each with their lineage and control over certain assets.
None of the clan brothers, uncles, and blood uncles could wait for a three-year-old child to grow up to become the leader.
It was unrealistic.
At this time, the only one who could support this small family was Wang Qi. Without his tough mother upholding everything, a more ruthless Gu Hang might not have grown up; even if he did, the assets left by his grandfather would likely have been divided up by the uncles, leaving whatever remained to him at the mercy of others.
However, Wang Qi’s aggressive expansion of her influence in the family, leveraging her deceased husband and her determined actions, naturally invited hostility, criticism, and ostracism.
She was strong enough inwardly not to fear those adversaries, even fighting tit-for-tat; that was her skill. But when Gu Hang was a child and suffered verbal and even physical bullying from his clan, he was powerless to resist or to resolve it. His mother was too busy to protect him all the time, leading to psychological trauma that affected his personality development.
In terms of nurturing and caring for a child, Wang Qi indeed could not be considered a qualified mother; but given the special family environment, her priority was to preserve their family’s assets, and it’s hard to say she was completely wrong in that regard.
From an outsider’s perspective, Gu Hang thought that he must still be very important in his mother’s heart; it was just that the actual actions and ways of expression were different.
Based on such judgment, Gu Hang believed he must not be deceived by his predecessor’s memories and that the relationship between them was not entirely irreconcilable.
If the relationship could be reconciled, the value of Gu Commercial Firm to a developing planet was immense.
One could tell from Wang Jiarong’s recent visit. The many goods she brought on her ship, Gu Hang had seen and deeply desired.
Trade was, after all, an important aspect of a planet’s development.
Moreover, if the relationship could be mended, the Gu Clan, especially his birth mother, could in turn become a tremendous boost for the development of his planet.
If the Gu Family could fully support him in building the planet, dozens of trade fleets, divided into a few groups, could transport batches of materials, which would greatly advance his world rebuilding process.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t do without it, but having it would make things faster.
Beyond establishing interstellar trade and direct material support, Gu Hang also valued the interstellar influence possessed by the Gu Family.
This was something he lacked.
It would bring political benefits, enabling him to obtain things he couldn’t buy even with money.
Therefore, what remained to be seen was the effect of his letter and whether it had moved his mother.
“It should be okay, right? I thought about how to write the letter for quite a while.”
Amidst his contemplations, Gu Hang had already seen Rage Owl Star, which had now appeared before his eyes.
He had returned home.
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Gu Hang rode on the first transport ship back to the surface.
One wave of ships wasn’t enough to return everyone, and the soldiers still needed several rounds of transport ships going back and forth between the planetary surface and orbit.
The three cosmic warships in the starry sky would each remain there for a while.
The Quintet would stay for about a month and a half.
It needed to perform some preliminary maintenance work in the planet’s orbit. During this time, the Mechanical Priests and technicians on the starship would check the state of the starship carefully. If there were any minor issues that could be repaired without the help of a Star Fortress or orbital shipyard, they would address them first.