Chapter 71

Chapter 71 – Gu Ye is disabled (2)

Over the past few years, the He family had become more and more weak, and none of their descendants were competent. Therefore, it was impossible for Xu Bilian to divorce, and Chu Qiao also had to marry Gu Jianshe.

Old Madam He had already made a very good plan, but she never imagined that whether it was Xu Bilian, or Chu Qiao, or even Gu Ye, Neither of them were the puppets in her hands that could be controlled, so it would be impossible for them to listen to her.

He Jihong sure was obedient. After getting the advice, she left Chu Qiao alone when she came home. She didn’t do housework and didn’t cook. She didn’t even make any noise or sound, her attitude was very good. She always smiled when she was talking to Chu Qiao, which made Chu Qiao become nervous and secretly raised her vigilance.

In the past two days, He Jihong had made several phone calls to Gu Jianshe’s mother, Zhu Yuzhen. And finally Zhu Yuzhen agreed to let Gu Jianshe go to the Chu family’s house to have a blind date once again.

“If this time Jianshe is still not satisfied, then just let it be. Your stepdaughter is so arrogant, and our Gu family can’t afford it.” Zhu Yuzhen still hated and remembered the words Chu Qiao said last time, her words were so thorny.

“Don’t worry, Yuzhen jie1. This time I will be watching, definitely will let you be satisfied.”

1Jie (姐) : older sister; elder sister, (honorific) term of address for a female person of the same age or older. 

“What’s the use if I’m satisfied? It has to be Jianshe who is satisfied. I will have a talk with Jianshe later.”

In fact, Zhu Yuzhen also had her own selfishness. She knew about the relationship between her eldest son and Xu Bilian. But she would not allow Xu Bilian to marry into the family. This girl had a big temper, she wanted a daughter-in-law to enjoy blessings, not to worship a Bodhisattva. She also had seen He Jihong’s step daughter a few times before, and she was indeed a simple girl. Zhu Yuzhen was very satisfied with such temperament. After she married into the family, Zhu Yuzhen would just have to point and order her around. Just like her experience as a daughter-in-law who was so unlucky, now she had the chance to show the arrogance of a mother-in-law. 

Zhu Yuzhen didn’t really believe what happened in the teahouse last time. She thought that her eldest son might want to marry Xu Bilian, so he deliberately said those words to make her angry. Anyway, this time she had to let her oldest son go to the Chu family’s house for dinner.

Gu Jianshe returned to his parents’ house for dinner. He was in a bad mood. Last night, Gu Ye came to see him. This bastard actually had collected so many photos, and all of them were taken when he had a date with Xu Bilian. There were also some photos which were very intimate. If the old man Gu saw those photos, he would definitely break his leg.

What his yeye2 hated the most was the issue of undisciplined way of life. He was still only a deputy secretary now, not even a proper secretary. If he lost the support of the old man, his career would definitely be affected.

2yeye (爷爷) : paternal grandfather 

Gu Jianshe was in a depressed condition. He didn’t sleep last night. The dark circles on his eyes were like pandas, and his complexion was not good. He was still thinking about how to mention those jewelry to his mother. His mother kept those jewelry as her precious treasures. She would definitely be reluctant to take them out.

“Dad.”

A skinny boy of seven or eight years old called out happily. He was Gu Jianshe’s eldest son, Gu Wen, and the youngest son was called Gu Wu, well versed in letters and military technology3, was the name Gu Jianshe chose for his children.

3Well versed in letters and military technology (idiom) : literary talent and martial arts are outstanding.

– Wen (文) from ‘Gu Wen’ : literary talent.

– Wu (武) from ‘Gu Wu’ : martial arts

“En.”

Gu Jianshe patted his eldest son’s head. When he touched it, he felt his hand was full of oil. Then he looked at his eldest son who seemed to be thinner than the last time. He couldn’t help but frown. His mother really couldn’t take care of children. She didn’t take care of the children’s hygiene, the children also didn’t have enough to eat, and he paid 80 yuan a month for the living expenses.

But he also didn’t dare to say it to his mother. After all, he was more worried if he had to leave it to others, so he had to marry a wife quickly.

After seeing his youngest son who was also the same skinny as the eldest one, Gu Jianshe became more determined to marry a wife. This time, he would lower his requirements, as long as she had a gentle temperament and a passable appearance, then it would be okay.