158: Mother and son, but they don’t recognize each other when they meet!

"She's really awful!"

Xu Yao cried and cursed.

She was so excited because she was standing up for Gu Jun, but Gu Jun seemed very calm.

Gu Jun watched Fu Hong walk to the old house where he and his grandfather lived.

During the previous renovation of the area, this low bungalow was supposed to be demolished, but Gu Jun managed to find a way to preserve the small bungalow and only changed the appearance.

The low bungalow was only a small room, which served as both Gu Jun and his grandfather's bedroom, Gu Jun's "study" for doing homework, and the "living room" for the grandfather and grandson to receive guests.

The living room is not often used, and few people come to visit, except for creditors who come to collect debts.

The creditors also sympathized with the Gu family grandfather and grandson. His daughter-in-law ran away, his son committed suicide, and Gu Haishan lived alone with his children in a dirty and messy shantytown. It was really pitiful! However, the Gu family grandfather and grandson were pitiful, so were the creditors not pitiful? Because they trusted Fu Hong, they thought they were all colleagues from the same school and would see each other every day. When they lent money to Fu Hong, they never thought that the money would not be recovered. In those days, who could have imagined that Fu Hong would give up her stable job and run away with the money? The sympathy of the creditors could not withstand the reality of daily life. Everyone was paid a fixed salary to eat, and none of them could be generous enough to forgive Fu Hong's debt.

So every time the Chinese New Year was approaching, Gu Jun's small house would be crowded with creditors.

Gu Haishan would prepare some money in advance. Some creditors accepted this "installment repayment", but some creditors hated it.

In order to collect debts, they have to make this trip every year, fearing that Gu Haishan will turn against Fu Hong one day and refuse to help her pay off her debts. The creditors are also very worried.

Whenever this happened, Gu Haishan would ask Gu Jun to move a bench to the roadside to do his homework.

Gu Haishan is doing his best to protect Gu Jun's young self-esteem.

After closing the door of the small bungalow, Gu Jun no longer had to watch Gu Haishan behaving humbly and apologetically to his creditors in the house.

The door is not actually soundproof.

Gu Jun could still hear the conversation between his grandfather and the creditors intermittently.

Gu Jun hated those creditors.

——They should go to whoever borrowed the money!

The creditors were unable to find Fu Hong, so they had no choice but to force the honest man Gu Haishan.

Gu Haishan and Gu Jun never spent a penny of the money Fu Hong borrowed, but Gu Haishan paid off Fu Hong's debt for ten years!

Some creditors who didn't get their money back, or felt that Gu Haishan was paying too slowly, would come out of the small house and criticize Gu Jun. Some advised Gu Jun to stop going to school and go to work early to help Gu Haishan pay off his debts, while others pressed Gu Jun to know if he knew Fu Hong's whereabouts.

"You are her son, she will definitely come back to see you secretly!"

"You have to have some conscience. You can't let your grandfather suffer alone."

"Your mother is heartless, and so are you."

Gu Jun always said loudly that Fu Hong had never come back.

"She might have died outside. Go downstairs and ask her for money!"

The malice of life made Gu Jun covered with thorns, and his creditors all called him an ungrateful little ungrateful person.

The creditors all hated Fu Hong, but they were ordinary people bound by traditional concepts. A woman like Fu Hong who threw debts to the elderly and children was terrible, and a child like Gu Jun who cursed his own mother to death was also terrible!

At this moment, Gu Jun thought about the past and felt that his creditors were more experienced in life than he was when he was young.

It turned out that Fu Hong really came back to see him.

Just like he is observing Fu Hong in the dark now, Fu Hong probably looked at him the same way back then.

Fu Hong did not die outside as Gu Jun cursed... Gu Jun would rather she died!

The dead Fu Hong is kinder than the living Fu Hong, and Gu Jun can still deceive himself that Fu Hong is powerless.

But Fu Hong not only did not die, but also lived well, and it seemed that she had not suffered much in these years. Gu Jun hated this cold-blooded woman even more: Grandpa had lived frugally for ten years to pay off his debts. If this woman did not suffer the same hardship, Grandpa would not be able to rest in peace in the underworld, right?

…

"Does Gu Haishan still live here?"

Fu Hong stood at the entrance of the alley for a long time and saw that many parts of the alley were different from before. However, the small bungalow where Gu Haishan lived had not changed much. The exterior wall had been renovated, but the height and size of the house had not changed. It looked like it was still the original house.

But there was a lock on the door, and there were more weeds in the cracks between the bricks at the door than in other houses. It looked like no one had lived in the house for a long time.

Fu Hong asked the neighbors who were basking in the sun in the alley.

The neighbors looked at Fu Hong.

This woman is beautiful and elegant, she doesn't belong in a place like this at all.

"Who are you and what do you want to do with Gu Haishan?"

Fu Hong pursed her lips: "...I am a distant relative of his family."

The neighbors looked at each other in confusion.

Over the years, no relatives have ever come to visit the Gu family. This truly proves the saying that "no one cares about the poor in a busy city"!

"You are his relative, don't you know that his family moved away a long time ago?"

"Gu Haishan's grandson is doing well. He moved away with Gu Haishan a long time ago. I heard that he put Gu Haishan in a nursing home. Gu Haishan used to come back and chat with us neighbors a couple of years ago, but he hasn't been back since last year."

"His grandson, Gu Jun, is really hardworking. Even without parents to look after him, he always gets first place in exams and was later admitted to Dongcheng University!"

"Hey, he's not really without parents. His father died early, and I heard his mother is still alive, but she hasn't been seen for a long time... It's really weird that a mother would be willing to give up such a promising son!"

It's easy for neighbors to get off track when chatting.

As they were talking, they were all discussing how Gu Jun's biological mother, who had run away since he was a child, would regret it in the future. Fu Hong pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.

These ignorant urban poor actually thought she would regret it?

What does she have to regret?

If she hadn't tried so hard back then, how could she have trained her youngest son Fu Linsen to become a talented painter?

So what if he could be admitted to Dongcheng University? Without the talent for painting, he would never be the son she wanted.

The neighbors were chatting animatedly. Suddenly, someone pointed at Fu Hong and exclaimed, "Ah!"

"Look at her, doesn't she look a lot like Gu Jun?"

“Yes, they are quite similar.”

"Gu Jun is so handsome!"

"What kind of relative are you to the Gu family?"

The neighbors were talking about it all, and it was obvious that they had become suspicious of Fu Hong.

There was no way Fu Hong would explain to these urban poor whom she looked down upon. After taking a last look at the locked small bungalow, Fu Hong turned around and left without looking back.

When Fu Hong opened the taxi door, she saw a young man standing at the entrance of the alley.

The young man was very tall, with good manners and temperament. His face with outstanding features made Fu Hong's heart skip a beat: This man looks a lot like Jason... No, his temperament is much more mature than Jason's.

Fu Hong suddenly realized the young man's identity.

He is Gu Jun.

It was Gu Jun, the eldest son who was abandoned by Fu Hong when he was less than four years old!

25 years have passed, and Fu Hong has never regretted her decision. If she were given another chance to choose, she would still do the same thing.

Fu Hong didn't know why Gu Jun showed up. It could be a coincidence, or it could be that those people just tipped him off. Fu Hong didn't know what to say to Gu Jun. She lowered her head and got into the back seat of the taxi.

"Drive back to the hotel."