Chapter 300 Taking Back the House

"Mom, I'm back!" Hao Hao shouted excitedly, waving his arms as he ran.

Gu Yihan walked out of the living room, looked at the father and son, and smiled, "Why are you so happy today?"

Hao Hao shook the little red flower and a plastic pencil box in his hand and said, "Mom, this is a reward from my teacher!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan quickly bent down, picked up Hao Hao, and kissed his smooth cheek.

He laughed and said, "Wow, our little man is so amazing!"

Hao Hao was overjoyed to receive his mother's praise. He raised his little head and returned the kiss on her cheek.

Seeing this, Gu Yihan burst out laughing: "Look at how well they've learned social etiquette! They even know how to return the favor now!"

Lu Huailin stood to the side, watching Gu Yihan and Hao Hao with a smile in his eyes.

He urged, "Go back inside quickly, it's cold outside."

Gu Yihan nodded, picked up Hao Hao, and turned to walk to the dining table: "I made small fish wontons especially for Hao Hao today."

Hao Hao grinned happily upon hearing this.

The moment his bottom touched the bench, his chubby little hands eagerly picked up a spoon, waiting for Lu Huailin to serve him wontons.

After dinner

Gu Yihan lay on her side on the bed, playing a flashcard matching game with Hao Hao.

"My mother fell seriously ill in the Northwest, so my father brought her back to Beijing."

"Let them pick us up, we're not living with them anyway," Gu Yihan said casually, glancing at Lu Huailin who was washing his feet.

"Is that Grandpa?" Hao Hao suddenly looked up and interjected.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "Huailin, are we going back to Beijing to visit relatives this year?"

"After all, Hao Hao has never met his grandfather in all his years."

Hearing his wife's reluctant tone, Lu Huailin raised his eyes and gave her a half-smile.

Seeing this, Gu Yihan became furious and kicked Lu Huailin directly in the face with her little foot.

Lu Huailin reached out and grasped his wife's ankle, then kissed it.

A deep laugh rang out: "Dad told us we don't need to go back for Chinese New Year this year. He'll see Hao Hao next year when he's transferred back to Beijing."

He finally witnessed firsthand how capable women are of saying one thing and meaning another.

They clearly didn't want to go back, but instead of saying it directly, they had to subtly test the waters.

It's often said that mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are natural enemies.

Before getting married, he didn't believe in superstitions, but after the marriage, he only went back to Beijing once, and that's how things got so messy.

He couldn't imagine what would happen if they lived together for a long time; wouldn't the family be in complete chaos?

I reckon it'll drive his wife away from home.

The next day

Accounting Office

While sweeping, Wang Guixiang accidentally knocked over Hu Shan's trash can.

A round ball rolled to her feet.

"What's this?"

He bent down and picked up the crumpled paper.

"Wow……"

Hearing Wang Guixiang's shout, Zhang Limin looked up and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Wang Guixiang quickly walked to Zhang Limin's side and placed the note in front of her.

"Look, this is all Secretary Chang's name!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Limin lowered her eyes and looked at the note in front of her, which was covered with the names of Secretary Chang.

"Are Secretary Hu and Secretary Chang getting married soon?" Wang Guixiang asked excitedly. "I never expected this. Xiaoshan is really not someone you can judge by appearances."

"She just got divorced and has already found such a great new partner!"

Zhang Limin crumpled the note up and threw it directly into Hu Shan's trash can.

She shoved Wang Guixiang in an annoyed tone: "Stop dreaming! There's no way they can be together!"

"Why?"

Wang Guixiang looked up at Zhang Limin with a puzzled expression and asked curiously.

Before Zhang Limin could reply, Gu Yihan pushed open the office door.

Gu Yihan saw Zhang Limin and Wang Guixiang standing together, and a look of doubt flashed in her eyes.

He then smiled and greeted them.

Wang Guixiang was so excited that she was about to tell Gu Yihan that she had discovered the secret.

Zhang Limin grabbed her clothes and glared at her.

With no other option, Wang Guixiang had to pick up a broom and clean up.

However, she had a little secret in her heart.

Now I want to share everything with everyone I see; if I don't speak out, I feel like my heart is being scratched by cats.

Just before lunchtime, Hu Shan walked into the office with a cold face.

He plopped down on the stool, his chest heaving, clearly very angry.

Wang Guixiang and Zhang Limin exchanged a glance.

Seeing that Hu Shan's eyes were red, as if she had been crying, Gu Yihan asked worriedly, "Sister Shan? What's wrong?"

Hu Shan looked up at Gu Yihan and burst into tears.

"Our factory is bullying us!"

Gu Yihan was bewildered by Hu Shan's nonsensical words, and stood up to walk to her side: "What's wrong?"

"The factory asked me to move out of the tenement, saying that I was just an ordinary staff member and was not entitled to occupy two rooms by myself."

“That’s normal. You weren’t entitled to occupy two rooms anyway!” Wang Guixiang blurted out instinctively.

Upon hearing this, Hu Shan stood up abruptly and retorted, "Why should I? It's already been divided among me, so it's mine!"

“What’s the use of yelling at me? If you’re so capable, go yell at the factory manager!” Wang Guixiang said, dissatisfied.

At this moment, Zhao Ju pushed open the door to the accountant's office and glanced at Hu Shan, who was still crying.

He sighed and patiently explained, "Officer Hu, the house you live in was allocated based on Cheng Bo's length of service."

“Cheng Bo is no longer at the textile factory, and you're divorced from him, so the factory has to take this house back!”

Hu Shan stared at Zhao Ju with bloodshot eyes.

He roared, "Why?! I've lived here for so long, and the factory just says they'll take it back!"

Zhang Limin frowned when she saw Hu Shan yelling at Zhao Ju.

He stood up, walked over to her, patted her on the shoulder, and advised, "Xiao Shan, housing in the factory is already tight."

Hu Shan slapped Zhang Limin's hand away: "I don't need your fake kindness. It's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering from it!"

Zhao Ju's expression turned cold when she saw Hu Shan attacking everyone she could.

He said sternly, "Many people in our factory have worked for more than ten years and haven't even been allocated housing yet."

"You've only been working for a few years."

"Or do you want to encroach on the interests of the collective?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Shan retorted, her neck stiff with arrogance, "What does this have to do with me?"

"Shouldn't they be looking for the textile factory since they didn't get housing?"

"It's because the textile factory is incompetent; they can't even allocate housing to veteran workers who have dedicated themselves for over a decade!"

"you……"

Zhao Ju's face turned ashen with anger at Hu Shan, and she gave her a cold glance.

He said coldly, "I'll give you three days to move. If you don't, don't blame us for using special methods."

After saying that, he flicked his arm and turned to leave.

Gu Yihan sighed and turned back to her seat.

They couldn't help with the housing issue, even if they wanted to.

...

noon

On the way back to the office from the cafeteria.

Hu Shan was in a bad mood because of the house issue and didn't say a word.

His eyes wandered aimlessly around.

Suddenly, I saw Secretary Chang standing not far away, seemingly chatting and laughing with a female colleague.

A flash of resentment crossed her eyes. Why was she always the one who had things go wrong?

Secretary Chang, however, acted as if nothing had happened and went on blind dates and got married.

Thinking of this, Hu Shan's dark eyes darted around.