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Chapter 99 - Chapter 99: Passing the Buck

The Gu family members turned all their attention to Bai Suihe, waiting for her answer.

Bai Suihe took out the few taels of loose silver the doctor had given as change. "This is the silver left over from paying the doctor. I'll leave it to Father to arrange."

"You only have these few taels of silver?" Gu Kaichen clearly didn't believe her. "Did the Bai family not secretly give you some?"

Bai Suihe replied, "Aside from when Nanny Wu came to see me off before, have you seen anyone else come?"

Looking back now, the arrangements she had made earlier were simply too farsighted. Even if she had silver in her hands, she was unwilling to support this greedy lot. However, before thoroughly cutting ties with these people, they would always be seen as one entity by outsiders. For the sake of her reputation, she couldn't truly just wash her hands of them entirely.

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