CH 96

On Saturday, Gu Qianyan carried the flour and vegetables he bought from the market and went to the urban village, and he ran into Lei Yuhao again.

Unlike before, he completely ignored this person now. This guy was useless despite being an adult. He still hasn’t sorted out his own mother after such a long time. What’s more, Lei Yuhao’s mother came to his mother and talked nonsense. Gu Qianyan knew exactly what Mother Lei was up to. She probably heard some news somewhere and knew that he got together with Luo Bei, so she wanted to ally with his mother and figure out how to “rescue her poor son from the dire straits”…

It was really ridiculous.

Fortunately, his mother always listened to him and didn’t like to meddle in such matters.

But even so, Gu Qianyan was still angry with Lei Yuhao. If it weren’t for him being useless, why would his mother dare to jump around everywhere?

“Mr. Gu, can I talk to you for a moment?” Lei Yuhao felt that he had become somewhat familiar with Gu Qianyan. He realized that none of his friends were reliable enough to give him the right advice, but Gu Qianyan could. Pursuing his wife or saving face, which one was more important? Of course, it was the former. So he shamelessly stopped Gu Qianyan.

“No time.” Gu Qianyan bluntly refused.

Lei Yuhao: “…”

He stopped Gu Qianyan again and said, “Mr. Gu, I’m really out of options now. If there was any way, I wouldn’t have come to you.”

Gu Qianyan was a bit annoyed, so he said, “First, you should solve the problem with your good mother before talking about pursuing Pianpian.”

Lei Yuhao was taken aback and saw that Gu Qianyan was about to go in, so he hurriedly caught up and asked, “Mr. Gu, what happened to my mother? Did something happen?”

He was really confused.

Gu Qianyan thought about it and said, “Your mother approached my mother and hinted at her in various ways. Saying that like you, I also found a girl from an ordinary family, so it’s probably over for me in this life and it would be best if my mother and her stand on the same front. You want to talk to me? I helped you out of good intentions. How could your family turn around and harm me? Fortunately, my mother is not like your mother. Otherwise, what else would it be other than causing trouble for no reason?”

Lei Yu Hao had never thought about this point, “My mother has always wanted a grandchild. She wanted to see baby Chen and has bought a lot of clothes and toys for him…”

He thought his mother had accepted Pianpian, otherwise, why would she do that?

Gu Qianyan really doubted whether Lei Yuhao ever used his brain when going out, “This only means that your mother has accepted this grandson. Don’t you know, for middle-aged and elderly people, grandchildren are more important than anything else. Of course, she loves her grandson, but she directly ignores who gave birth to the grandson, thinking that this child absorbed the essence of your Lei family and jumped out on its own. She wants this grandson, but she doesn’t want Pianpian, the daughter-in-law. Do you understand now?”

Lei Yuhao thought back seriously, and realized that his mother had never mentioned Pianpian and had only talked about the child.

During this period, all he could think about was how to make Pianpian forgive him and how to reunite their family of three. He hadn’t thought much beyond that.

Gu Qianyan was also feeling upset and said, “If you can’t even solve the problem with your mother, then I advise you not to try to win back Pianpian. Whoever has a mother-in-law who looks down on them like that can’t live a happy life. Mr. Lei, you are now the CEO of a big company, and there are some things where you need to show your courage as a man. This is all I can tell you.”

After saying this, he started to walk upstairs.

Lei Yuhao was stunned for a moment, then went upstairs too.

Gu Qianyan knocked on the door, and Luo Bei was at home at the moment, but she was not idle, still doing accounting. When Grandma Luo saw him come over, she was delighted to welcome him into the house.

“Beibei said you were going to buy the ingredients, so I’m waiting to make dumplings and hand-pulled noodles for you guys.”

Gu Qianyan smiled, “This is me being shameless, but I really miss your dumplings. I haven’t had a good meal in these few days. I could even eat two bowls of this hand-pulled noodles today.”

Grandma Luo still called him Xiao Zhou out of habit. “Xiao Zhou, go talk to Beibei. When I finish rolling the dough, you guys can help me wrap the dumplings.”

“Thank you so much.” Gu Qianyan said a few more kind words before entering Luo Bei’s room.

Luo Bei was wearing pajamas, her long hair tied up in a bun, and she was wearing glasses, her face without make-up.

Gu Qianyan was already used to seeing her without makeup, but still thought his girlfriend was really cute. Sitting next to her, seeing her doing the accounts, he got up to give her a massage. “You work so hard. When we have more things to do in the future, we still have to hire an accountant. By the way, isn’t Pianpian doing accounts for people?”

Luo Bei made a sound of agreement, “I did want to ask her, but she’s been busy lately.”

Just as Zhao Pianpian was mentioned, Gu Qianyan angrily told Luo Bei about the ridiculous things that Mother Lei had done. “What kind of people are they! It’s lucky that my mom doesn’t like to meddle in other people’s affairs, otherwise wouldn’t this just cause us trouble?”

Compared to Gu Qianyan’s anger, Luo Bei remained calm. After all, in the novel’s plot, the biggest obstacle between Zhao Pianpian and Lei Yuhao was not the troublesome supporting actress, but his good mother. The novel didn’t specifically describe how to deal with this obstacle, but based on what Gu Qianyan had just said, Lei Yuhao’s pursuit of his wife was still a long way off.

“Don’t worry about it,” Luo Bei said, “Pianpian knows what’s going on. She’s already familiar with Lei Yuhao’s mother’s personality.”

Gu Qianyan massaged her for a while longer. “You go rest, I’ll take care of the rest.”

Luo Bei wouldn’t be polite with him, so she gave up her spot to him.

“Think about what you want to wear later. After we eat the dumplings, I’ll take you out.”

“Where to?”

“Somewhere fun.”

Luo Bei let out a sigh and opened the wardrobe to start picking clothes. Gu Qianyan, on the other hand, focused all his attention on the bills. Although the two didn’t speak, the atmosphere was still good.

After Grandma Luo finished kneading the dough, Gu Qianyan finished the bills. The three of them sat in front of the TV, chatting and making dumplings.

“Xiao Zhou, I heard from Beibei that your Grandpa also likes to eat dumplings. You can bring some back home for your family to taste later,” Grandma Luo said.

This was how the neighbors in the urban village were. Whenever someone made something delicious, they would share it with others. In the current big cities, such harmonious neighborly relationships were becoming rarer and rarer.

Gu Qianyan said, “Maybe these won’t be enough for me to eat.”

If it weren’t for the timing, Grandpa Gu would have come over today as well.

It wasn’t because he was craving for dumplings, since there were chefs in the house and he could eat whatever he wanted. He just wanted to experience the atmosphere of the urban village.

Grandma Luo was still happy that Gu Qianyan liked her handmade dumplings and noodles. She became talkative and said, “Xiao Zhou, I heard from Beibei that your family is not an ordinary family. Although we don’t have as much money as your family, Beibei has been raised and spoiled by me and her grandpa since she was young. These years, I have never let Beibei suffer. Xiao Zhou, I trust your character, and I hope you will treat Beibei well.”

Gu Qianyan’s hands didn’t stop moving as he spoke seriously to Grandma Luo, “You can rest assured about this. While my family’s economic conditions are slightly better, my Grandpa, my Grandfather1, including my parents, are all very satisfied with Beibei. Even my Grandmother has urged me several times to bring Beibei to see her.”

This was true. Overall, neither family had any objections. Of course, Gu Qianyan was always confident. Whether it was his own family or his Grandfather’s family, they were all people of high quality. Who would say something shortsighted?

Grandma Luo felt reassured after hearing this, “At my age, I don’t have any other wishes. I just want Beibei to be happy and live a fulfilling life.”

Gu Qianyan made a solemn promise, “I will not be the cause of Beibei’s unhappiness or lack of fulfillment.”

After eating dumplings and hand-pulled noodles, Gu Qianyan took Luo Bei out.

He led her to the parking lot in the urban village and pointed to the cool and luxurious SUV parked next to her Volkswagen, “This is the car I drove today. Can you guess what car it is?”

Luo Bei carefully examined the logo and asked tentatively, “Lamborghini?”

Gu Qianyan shook his head.

“Ferrari?”

Gu Qianyan led her to the driver’s seat and said, “This is a Maserati. Didn’t you say you wanted to try driving a luxury car? Here, I’ll let you drive, and I’ll sit in the passenger seat.”

Luo Bei hesitated, “I’m afraid I’ll break it…”

She has always been used to driving her 100,000 yuan budget car, and now she feels a little intimidated driving this luxury car of a different class.

Gu Qianyan laughed at her and opened the car door, pushing her inside. “Why would it break? It’s not made of paper, and besides, this car is meant to be driven. Just relax, it’s the same as your budget car.”

Luo Bei sat in the driver’s seat, and after some mental preparation, she finally fumbled to drive the car out of the village.

After all, she was not an experienced driver and couldn’t tell the difference between a luxury car and her own budget car. She just felt comfortable driving it, and the gas and brake pedals were very responsive. Besides that, there didn’t seem to be much difference.

It wasn’t really spring yet, so there wasn’t much to see on the road.

When they reached a relatively spacious road, they stopped by the side of the road where there wasn’t much traffic. Gu Qianyan asked Luo Bei to pose for photos by the car, but Luo Bei felt a little embarrassed. “I don’t think this is a good idea.”

“Why not? You took dozens of photos with your budget car before!”

“That was different. Taking photos with this Maserati feels like showing off. It’s a bit tacky.”

Gu Qianyan corrected her, “Who cares if it’s tacky? As long as we’re having fun.”

With Gu Qianyan’s encouragement, Luo Bei started to let loose and took all sorts of photos with the Maserati. They took many pictures, all of which showed them smiling happily.

Gu Qianyan chose one of the photos where Luo Bei was standing next to the car and posted it on his Moments—

[Congratulations to Ms. Bei for her new Maserati! A new woman of the new era, with a successful career in one hand and love in the other.]

rokumi’s thought : come to think of it, Fang Jingzhou’s grandparents are also from his maternal side, so I have to find time to edit them all …. (*/ω＼)