CH 98

Previously, when Gu Qianyan was still Zhou Jianguo, he was afraid that he would fall in love with Luo Bei and afraid of the feeling of all emotions being concentrated on one person. However, now that he has truly fallen in love, he feels that this feeling is quite wonderful. Even though love is never an investment and even though he may give everything but end up losing everything, and even though many things done in love may be a waste of time in a certain sense, he still enjoys it.

He has gradually come to understand why so many people love being in love.

After taking a shower, Gu Qianyan lies in bed but can’t sleep. Every time he closes his eyes, he thinks of the last kiss with Luo Bei. He reaches for his phone under the pillow and tentatively sends a message to Luo Bei: “Are you asleep?”

Although Luo Bei is also very excited, she has already developed a regular biological clock during this period. She falls asleep with her eyes closed after thinking about things for a while, and naturally she does not see the WeChat message that Gu Qianyan sent.

Seeing that Luo Bei did not reply to his WeChat message, Gu Qianyan looks through his friend list and finally locks onto Jiang Sihan, sending him a 10 yuan red envelope and asking for “ten-yuan worth talking time”.

Jiang Sihan quickly accepts the red envelope and sends a question mark in reply.

Of course, Gu Qianyan would not intentionally flaunt his love in front of Jiang Sihan. That would be too tasteless. Showing of in his Moments to all his friends from time to time is still fine, but specifically targeting Jiang Sihan… that would be too insane. “Are you busy lately?”

Jiang Sihan : “… You want to talk about this? I’m ready for you to show off your affection, come on.”

Gu Qianyan smiled, finding Xiao Jiang quite interesting.

“I don’t want to show off anymore. Okay, we just talked for five yuan worth. Give me back my five yuan. I’m going to sleep.”

Jiang Sihan thought Gu Qianyan was a bit strange. Now, Jiang Sihan had already moved on and wasn’t still holding onto his feelings for Beibei. It wasn’t that he didn’t like her, but he had his own rules and standards. Since Beibei had chosen someone else and started her happy life, he shouldn’t make things difficult for himself. It was better to let go and be open-minded. After all, he still had to be friends with Beibei and Gu Qianyan. Since he wanted to be friends, he had to be open-minded and honest. Besides, he had his own things to do. He shouldn’t spend too much energy on personal feelings like this.

Of course, he didn’t refund the five yuan, but put down his phone and continued to rehearse his lines.

On this night, some people couldn’t sleep, some people slept soundly, but what couldn’t be denied was that tomorrow would be a sunny day.

The cold winter had passed, and the warm spring had arrived. On a Saturday, Gu Qianyan dressed formally and brought a lot of things to visit Luo Bei’s family as her boyfriend. Originally, Luo Bei didn’t want to formally introduce him to her family so soon. After all, they hadn’t been dating for very long. According to the customs here, unless their relationship had reached the stage of talking about marriage, they wouldn’t visit each other’s family so seriously. But seeing how much Gu Qianyan cared about this, she also began to look forward to it.

Although they hadn’t been together as lovers for a long time, they were already very familiar with each other. Grandma Luo had been cleaning inside and outside the house since yesterday morning. Although Xiao Zhou had come many times before, this time was different.

Grandma Luo had been worried all along. With Xiao Zhou’s family background, what if he didn’t like her granddaughter? As a Grandma, she naturally cared about her granddaughter. The thought of such a thing happening kept Grandma Luo awake for several nights.

A few days ago, she called Uncle Cheng and invited him over for dinner that day. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be any parents around, and it would be so desolate.

Uncle Cheng immediately said that there was no problem.

On this day, Uncle Cheng looked at Gu Qianyan and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart when he thought of the boy’s family background. His expression was also very sad.

It was the first time Luo Bei had seen Uncle Cheng with such an expression, and she laughed, “Uncle Cheng, what’s wrong with you?”

Uncle Cheng was anxious. He regarded Grandma Luo as his own mother, and he also treated Beibei as his own daughter. Originally, he thought that Xiao Zhou was not wealthy and his conditions were not good, but it would be nice to have him marry in as a son-in-law. He planned to give that storefront as a dowry to Beibei, and then collected two or three hundred thousand yuan for her. This dowry was considered quite decent in the local area, and the man would not dare to treat her badly. But now, with Xiao Zhou’s family background, he was afraid that even if he gave all his assets to Beibei, it would not be enough.

After all, he still had his own family and could not give everything to Beibei. What he could give was really limited, so what should he do?

Although he had some influence in the local area, it was nothing compared to the Gu family.

It was really worrying.

Uncle Cheng couldn’t help but think that if Xiao Zhou really was poor, that would be great. He wouldn’t mind him then. Being poor is better than being so wealthy.

“It’s nothing. Xiao Zhou, come out with me for a bit, just the two of us, to buy some beer and cold dishes.”

In fact, they had beer at home, but everyone knew that Uncle Cheng was just trying to teach Gu Qianyan a lesson. Luo Bei only hesitated for a moment, then said nothing and didn’t stop them. Uncle Cheng was so good to her, so she shouldn’t disappoint his kindness.

Gu Qianyan immediately followed Uncle Cheng downstairs.

Uncle Cheng said to Gu Qianyan, “I also see that your feelings for Beibei. Although your family currently accepts Beibei and there are no conflicts, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future. I’ve seen too many couples who were very affectionate at first, but turned their backs on each other after just a few years. I have seen too many couples who were very loving at the beginning, but within a few years, they became unrecognizable enemies. It’s not uncommon in our area for a husband to poison his wife for a mistress. In short, Xiao Zhou, when it comes to marriage, one has to consider a person’s conscience and character. I can’t intimidate you now since your family is wealthy and powerful, and we ordinary people can’t resist, but there is one thing I have to make clear to you—”

“If you ever hurt Beibei or do anything inhumane to her, even if I’m in my seventies or eighties, I’ll still fight you to the death. A barefoot man isn’t afraid of someone wearing shoes. When I was out there fighting, I never expected to live long. Now that I’ve made it to my forties, it’s already considered lucky. Mom Luo has been good to me, and I’ve always remembered that. I know she has no other aspirations in life, she just wants Beibei to live well. So if anyone does something inhumane to Beibei, I’ll do something even more inhumane to them.”

Gu Qianyan sighed and said to Uncle Cheng, “I’ll remember your words. I know that a lot of things I say now, you’ll just think they’re empty promises. I treat Beibei well, not to impress anyone or because I’m afraid of you. I just want to treat her well…”

“I’ve thought about it. Even if you and Beibei don’t work out, I’ll leave her with two properties and some money. And she still had this building. At the very least, her life will be better than that of an ordinary person. Your family is so wealthy, you won’t be greedy for these things, will you?” Uncle Cheng glanced at him.

“That’s definitely not going to happen.” Gu Qianyan sincerely felt like he was suffering. He almost swore to the heavens. He didn’t know what these people were thinking. Just because he has money, they assume his character must be questionable, and that he’ll definitely have a mistress in the future? Fortunately, Beibei doesn’t think that way. Otherwise, he’d rather live as Zhou Jianguo for the rest of his life. At least Zhou Jianguo would make these people feel very reassured.

Grandma Luo gave Gu Qianyan a big red envelope with ten thousand yuan in it. This is considered a lot in the local area. After all, according to local customs, it is usually the woman who goes to the man’s house who receives a red envelope. If the man comes to the woman’s house and receives a red envelope, it means the woman’s family is extremely satisfied, but usually it’s only one or two thousand yuan.

When Gu Qianyan returned home, he received a call from Fang Jingzhou. Fang Jingzhou already had the phone numbers of his grandparents and Luo Bei memorized, and now he has Gu Qianyan’s phone number as well. He would call Gu Qianyan to chat, whether there was something to discuss or not. Luo Bei said that Fang Jingzhou spends more on phone bills in a month than she does. This kid really loves to chat.

Although they always argue when they talk, it’s strange that Fang Jingzhou still likes to call him.

Gu Qianyan couldn’t help but think that this might be personal charm.

He hung up Fang Jingzhou’s phone first, and then called back using the home phone. This way, Luo Bei can save on phone bills. As for the home phone, he doesn’t have to pay the bill anyway, so he can chat on the phone without worry.

Fang Jingzhou answered the phone and immediately shouted, “Uncle Xiao Zhou, I heard from Beibei that you went to her house today!”

Gu Qianyan was in a good mood and his lips curled up. “Yeah, I met her family.”

This is like putting an extra layer of insurance on their relationship. After all, they have met the family.

Fang Jingzhou seems even happier than Gu Qianyan, wishing to dance and spontaneously break into a dance, “I knew Uncle Xiao Zhou would win Beibei over. Uncle Xiao Zhou, even though you’re with Beibei now, you have to treat her better than before! Otherwise, Uncle Xiao Jiang will snatch Beibei away at any time!”

Gu Qianyan : “…”

He pinched his nose and asked, “What’s going on with Uncle Xiao Jiang? How did you know?”

Fang Jingzhou proudly said, “I’ve known for a long time. Both Uncle Xiao Zhou and Uncle Xiao Jiang like Beibei! Even Uncle Zhan Qi does too!”

Gu Qianyan said expressionlessly, “If you don’t start dating early, consider me a loser.”

“I also like Beibei!” Fang Jingzhou said seriously, “So, Uncle Xiao Zhou, you see, even though we are such outstanding men, we can’t date Beibei. But you did it, so you should treat Beibei better.”

What do you mean by “such outstanding men”… Xiao Jiang and Zhan Qi barely count, but Fang Jingzhou is just a little kid!

“Yes, yes, I will definitely treat Beibei better every day.” Gu Qianyan paused, “I won’t give you guys a chance to take advantage of the situation.”

Fang Jingzhou continued, “Actually, I know that Uncle Xiao Zhou will definitely treat Beibei very well, because you like Beibei very much, and Beibei likes you too.”

This was quite a pleasing statement, and the corners of Gu Qianyan’s mouth lifted again.

But Fang Jingzhou continued, “However, it’s not just Uncle Xiao Zhou who likes Beibei, and Beibei may not just like you alone.”

Gu Qianyan : “…”

Just this one day, he had been hinted that he would be punished for cheating, and directly accused that he would be condemned to the eighteenth level of hell and become a beast in his next life. It was really exhausting.