"I'm worried that in the long-term, this will upset Second Aunt, and that will make things difficult for Second Uncle and Second Cousin.
"Fourth Cousin is coming back soon. Then there will be even more people living there. Fourth Cousin is so rich, and he is starting his own business. The contrast will make Third Uncle's family seem even more disadvantaged."
Large families were most wary of imbalance!
The two old folks of the Gu family had already tried their best to be impartial to all their children and grandchildren. If they were biased, then they were only slightly biased towards Gu Qingyao.
But she was a girl after all, and besides Gu Fangting, Gu Qingyao was the only young girl in the family. She had lived with the old folks since she was a young girl, and they had watched her grow up, so it was natural that she was closer to them.