Chapter 36: Stop pretending and return the betrothal money to me

"I..."

"What do you mean by 'you'? Take the child and leave now. Don't let me say anything unpleasant."

He didn't know who gave him the face, but he still went in. Gu Wanxing just thought it was ridiculous.

"Wanxing, why are you so angry?"

Sun Huandi couldn't help but scold out loud.

"Aunt, don't be angry. Wanxing has been in a bad mood recently." Zhao Chengyan hurriedly smiled to smooth things over.

Gu Wanxing looked at the two bad guys, who were singing the same tune, and was amused.

But the smile did not reach his eyes.

"Just go do what you need to do. Don't act like clowns here. You all belong to me, but you act like we're such close friends."

She knew what Sun Huandi wanted to do. She just wanted Zhao Chengyan to pick her up so that her daughter wouldn't have to vacate the room. To be more specific, she was also afraid that she would be at home and she would not be able to do anything tricky, otherwise how could the house be in her son's hands.

So there is no need to waste time talking to them. It's really tiring to pretend.

"Gu Wanxing, how dare you talk like that? Is it wrong for my mom to let your boyfriend into the house? How can you say that? Yes, my mom is my stepmother, but she treats you better than she treats me. What else do you want?"

Gu Zhenzhen couldn't stand it anymore, so she slammed the door and walked out, shouting loudly.

Her arrival made Sun Huandi shed tears with an embarrassed look on her face. Of course, this embarrassment was caused by Gu Wanxing.

Seeing her like this, Gu Wanxing laughed even more. Only by being calm could he make the other person angry. "Oh? How could I not know that your mother treats me better than you? Why don't you think about it carefully before you speak? Are you afraid that your tongue will be bitten by the wind if you tell such a lie?"

"Who lied?" Gu Zhenzhen's eyes flickered.

"Then tell me, how has she been so nice to me? Come on? Why don't you return the betrothal money to me? Three hundred, give it to me."

Gu Wanxing stretched out his hand towards Sun Huandi.

Sun Huandi didn't care about shedding tears of grievance and opened her mouth to refute: "What do you mean by betrothal money? I didn't take your money. I gave it all to your father. Don't talk nonsense."

"Really? Why do I remember you saying Zhao Chengyan didn't give you any betrothal money? Have you forgotten the lie you told?"

Sun Huandi hurried to see Zhao Chengyan, and saw that his face was a little gloomy, and he was still thinking about explaining and making amends.

Yes, Gu Wanxing did ask her for the betrothal money at the beginning, but she said she had never seen it and said that maybe her partner was not even put in the box.

So many years have passed, and now when it comes to it again, she doesn't have 350 yuan to give her.

"Three hundred and fifty yuan. I put it in the box with the quilt and new clothes."

Zhao Chengyan said in a deep voice.

"Oh. So it's three hundred and fifty. I thought it was three hundred. Fine, give it to me. You can't take my betrothal gift."

"Me! I didn't take it."

Sun Huandi still tried to quibble.

But Gu Wanxing didn't buy her trick: "You'd better think it over carefully before deciding whether to take it or not."

Her cold eyes seemed like ice growing out of the darkness, making people shudder.

Sun Huandi shuddered when she stared at him, and lowered his head to avoid looking at her terrifying eyes.

Gu Wanxing was too lazy to continue arguing with them and went straight into the house. What a bunch of useless scum.

Gu Zhenzhen looked at Zhao Chengyan hesitantly, although this man was not dressed as decently as before, she still couldn't help but sigh that he was really good-looking, only slightly inferior to the man she liked.

I couldn't help but imagine what it would be like to marry such a handsome man, and my face turned red.

Gu Zhenzhen's gaze was so intense that Zhao Chengyan frowned uncomfortably.

Zhao Chao watched his mother enter the house, then struggled to get out of Sun Huandi's arms.

I walked to the door and called out to my mother inside.

But Gu Wanxing ignored it.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the yard was a little awkward.

Zhao Chengyan didn't know whether to leave or not. He stood there at a loss. His dissatisfaction with Gu Wanxing had reached its peak at this moment.

It was Gu Zhenzhen who took the lead in breaking the deadlock.

"Brother-in-law, please come in and sit down. My dad will be back soon." Gu Zhenzhen prefers good-looking men. When Gu Wanxing got married, she was too young, otherwise she would have competed with her.

Although this man is not as good as the one that day, he also meets her aesthetic standards.

So the look in her eyes when she looked at Zhao Chengyan was full of infatuation.

Sun Huandi wanted him to get Gu Wanxing away quickly, so he agreed and asked him to go into the house.

After much persuasion from the mother and daughter, Zhao Chengyan finally went in.

Gu Wanxing did not leave the bedroom, but found a box on the bookshelf in the space and put a Qinglu Ninghuan Pill in it.

I was thinking about how to tell the boss about the effects of this pill when I go to Liuxitun tomorrow.

She turned a deaf ear to the lively conversation outside.

However, if someone who doesn't know the inside story sees the scene outside, they would really think it is a real family.

Sun Huandi made tea for Zhao Chengyan and, for the first time, brought him some peanuts and snacks.

Gu Zhenzhen sat right next to Zhao Chengyan on the sofa, deliberately squeezing together. It was clearly a wooden sofa chair for three people, but she had to sit right next to them.

He would tease Zhao Chao from time to time, and they looked very happy.

"Xiao Zhao, what on earth happened in your family? Why does Wanxing insist on getting a divorce?"

Sun Huandi looked worried and started to ask questions, because she took Gu Wanxing's words about lending Gu Yuerou ten thousand yuan to heart.

"Aunt, our house was robbed. All our belongings were taken away overnight. We've already reported the case, and the police officer at the police station told us to go home and wait for further information."

Zhao Chengyan put down the tea bowl in his hand and spoke truthfully, his eyes following Zhao Chao all the time.

Zhao Chao probably just arrived in a new environment and everything he saw was very new to him so he stopped crying and walked around by himself, looking here and there.

"Can you still get it back? Wanxing said you lent money to Yuerou next door, is that true?"

Zhao Chengyan didn't expect Gu Wanxing to say everything. Although he was a little unhappy, he still nodded in agreement.

"You kid, you're not going to bluff. How can you lend her money? She doesn't even have a job, how can she pay it back?"

Zhao Chengyan thought that his stepmother-in-law was doing this for the good of their small family, so he listened carefully and did not refute.

Sun Huandi was heartbroken. That was ten thousand yuan. Why couldn't she give it to her? If she gave it to her son, he would never have to worry about anything in his life.

She thought whimsically.

Gu Tianming didn't come back until the evening. However, when he saw Zhao Chengyan, he didn't give him a good look. Instead, the look he gave Zhao Chao became unconsciously gentler.

"Old Gu, Xiao Zhao has been here for the whole afternoon. Why don't you let Wanxing go back?" Sun Huandi followed Gu Tianming into the bedroom and whispered advice to him while getting him clean clothes.

"Wanxing is about to divorce him, why did you let him in?"

"He's my son-in-law, right? If I kick him out, what will people think of me? Will they say I'm a stepmother who won't even let my son-in-law in?"

Gu Tianming changed his clothes and rolled his eyes at the person beside him: "It's been so long since the son-in-law came in. It's time for dinner, and you haven't even prepared dinner. If you're not a stepmother, what are you?"

Hearing this, Sun Huandi was speechless. She really didn't plan to let them stay for dinner. She wanted to wait for Gu Tianming to come back and then let Gu Wanxing go home with her.

"I'll get ready right away. I forgot what I was talking about."

Gu Tianming sneered, looking at the fleeing figure, anger gradually welling up in his eyes.

She really thought he was a fool who couldn't see her little thoughts. She just didn't want Wanxing to go home and live, so she was so eager to keep the man named Zhao.

No wonder people say that if you marry a virtuous wife, the ones that come after you will be worse than the original one and you will have to calculate everything.

As luck would have it, today Mr. Gu heard a piece of gossip outside about a second wife leading her own son to seize the stepfather's property. He unconsciously put himself in the situation and thought about it for an entire afternoon. Sure enough, there were clues to follow.

At this moment, Gu Wanxing's laughter came from outside:

"What are you two doing? You're so close, Gu Zhenzhen, why don't you just sit on his lap?"