raknovel Chapter 144 He mingled around and ended up getting caught up in the fun.
Chapter 144 He mingled around and ended up getting caught up in the fun.
Several days passed, and there was still no news from Cheng Yingnan.
Gu Rou thought he had probably gone back.
I can't quite tell whether I feel relieved or disappointed.
Perhaps, she never dared to place too much hope in him.
Fine, let's keep the bridge as a bridge and the road as a road.
Her most important task right now is to improve her mood.
Take good care of the fetus.
As for the rest, let time do its work.
She packed her things and went back to her parents' home.
A person is lazily curled up on a deck chair in the three-story sunroom.
I can sleep for half a day at a time.
Sunlight streamed through the glass roof, warm and comforting, enveloping her entirely.
I haven't felt this comfortable in a long time.
She floated and sank in her dreams.
There are articles about Wang Bin, and also about Cheng Yingnan.
It's more about my own youth.
I don't know how much time passed.
Xu Mingzhu walked in carrying a plate of cut fruit, placed it on the small table next to her, and her gaze swept over her face.
"You're not usually a heavy sleeper, and you've been lying in bed for most of the day, are you still sleepy?"
Upon hearing the sound, Gu Rou slowly opened her eyes, adjusted to the light, and then propped herself up to sit up.
She reached out and took the fruit plate her mother handed her.
"I guess I was too stressed a while ago, and now that I've relaxed, all the fatigue is coming over me, and I feel like I can never get enough rest."
She gently poked at the melon pieces on the plate with her fork.
"Mom, this melon is too sweet. I want something sour."
Xu Mingzhu sat down in the wicker chair next to her, looked at her quietly for a while, and asked directly, "Are you tired, or... are you pregnant?"
Gu Rou paused slightly as she forked the fruit.
As expected, nothing can escape a mother's eyes.
She didn't look up, but simply gave a soft "hmm".
"Whose?" Xu Mingzhu's voice was calm and emotionless. "Cheng Yingnan's?"
Gu Rou nodded.
"What did he say?"
"I didn't tell him." Gu Roucha's gaze became blank as she looked out at the clear, cloudless sky through the glass window. "He... should have gone back by now."
"He doesn't even know you're pregnant, and you're planning to give birth to this child yourself?"
Xu Mingzhu was not blaming her.
She just felt that since she was already pregnant, Cheng Yingnan should at least know.
Gu Rou lowered her head, her thick eyelashes drooping slightly, like a child who had done something wrong.
Looking at her like this, Xu Mingzhu could only sigh silently.
Putting everything else aside, Xu Mingzhu knew that her daughter had always been very opinionated when it came to having children.
Ten years of marriage with Wang Bin did not make her decide to have a child.
Now, only a few months after reuniting with Cheng Yingnan, she is pregnant.
The answer is quite obvious: she wants to have a child, a child that belongs to her and Cheng Yingnan.
Xu Mingzhu sighed softly, her tone softening: "You and Cheng Yingnan were each other's first love. Back then... his mother contacted me privately a few times."
She spoke very sincerely, saying that her family's circumstances were average, and she was afraid that she would wrong you and couldn't give you a good life. She felt sorry for you.
But I see that kid as a truly reliable person, and he's genuinely sincere towards you.
He did not remarry during those ten years.
"Has this trip back... meant you've completely let go?"
Gu Rou thought, "That's probably it."
A man in his thirties, at this age, knows all too well what is the foundation of his life.
A promising career is far more worth holding onto than a past relationship that has soured.
"Mom, he has his own path to walk, and I don't want to be a stumbling block." Gu Rou doesn't make decisions easily, but once she's made up her mind, she won't easily change it. "I'm quite well-off now, you could say. Making a living isn't a problem. This child... I want to keep him. In the future, I'll have someone by my side."
Xu Mingzhu reached out and gently stroked her daughter's soft hair, a subtle tenderness welling up in her heart.
Xu Mingzhu touched her daughter's head, feeling very sorry for her.
When children grow up, all parents can do is provide a safety net for them. As for what decisions they make, they have no right to interfere too much.
"If you've thought it through, that's good." Xu Mingzhu held her daughter's slightly cool hand. "Move back home. Ye Tang is pregnant with her second child too. If you both come back, Mom can take care of them together. That way, I'll feel more at ease."
"mom……"
Gu Rou choked up, leaned over, and buried her face in her mother's warm and familiar shoulder, her eyes moist.
Xu Mingzhu didn't say anything more, but gently patted her back, just like she used to comfort her when she was a child.
The sunlight quietly filled the room, bathing the embracing mother and daughter in a soft, warm golden light.
……
Ever since Ye Tang and Gu Lin moved back to the Gu family home.
The Gu family is much more lively now.
With Gu Rou also present, there was always a large table of people at every meal.
Gu Changqing often expressed his feelings.
"Everyone says that once a child grows up, you should let them fly away, and that the best love parents can give is to let go..." He sighed and shook his head. "...That's not true at all. It's a blessing to have your child by your side. Look at us now, we have a son, a daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter. Our whole family is so happy."
Gu Changqing is a rather sentimental person.
Before he could finish speaking, and before anyone else could react, his eyes welled up with tears.
Afraid that her children would laugh at her, Xu Mingzhu pulled him into the living room to talk, "Alright, alright. I've never seen you want your children around like this before. What's wrong? Getting old, becoming emotionally fragile?"
"Tell me yourself, with so many women here, doesn't it feel incredibly blissful?"
Xu Mingzhu is quite busy now.
Even the Buddha didn't have time.
But I was happy.
Tired and happy.
Humans are indeed social animals, especially now that my granddaughter is by my side.
She adores this little girl, babbling away.
"Changqing, you say that in this life, it seems like we just drift along, getting by without really experiencing anything, right?"
Gu Changqing straightened his back. "That's right. Gu Lin's family is happy and fulfilling now, except for his daughter..."
When Gu Rou is mentioned...
Parents always feel heartache in their eyes.
His daughter has never suffered the slightest grievance since she was a child.
How could this have happened halfway there?
"...Mingzhu, I shouldn't ask too much about my daughter's affairs. I wonder if she has enough money. She's never suffered. You should send her some money from time to time so she can live more comfortably."
Xu Mingzhu nodded, "I know that, but your daughter is richer than any of us now. After deducting the debts from Wang Pen's inheritance, she has hundreds of billions. She can't be wronged."
Gu Changqing didn't want to make too many judgments about the dead.
But what Wang Bin did was truly deserving of the deepest hell.
"Let's not talk about this dead man anymore."
The two elders were just about to sit down and have some tea.
A servant came running over and said, "Sir, Madam, there is a Mr. Cheng and his mother who want to see you two."
Xu Mingzhu and Gu Changqing looked at each other.
Surname Cheng?
"What's your name, Cheng?" Xu Mingzhu asked.
The servant quickly said, "Call him Cheng Yingnan."
Cheng Yingnan is here?
Xu Mingzhu glanced into the restaurant.
While the younger generation was still eating and chatting, he said to the servants, "Let them in."
"Yes, madam."
Just a few minutes.
Cheng Yingnan followed the servant in.
He was carrying large and small bags of gifts.
The packaging is exquisite, and it looks quite valuable.
"Uncle Gu, Auntie." Cheng Yingnan placed the gift on the coffee table. "I'm so sorry I didn't let you know beforehand. I apologize for coming."
Xu Mingzhu glanced at him indifferently.
"Is something wrong, Ying Nan?"