Chapter 164 (First Update) Because of her refusal to back down, ...

Fu Caiping wasn't seeking an answer from her sister-in-law; as she approached the end of her life, many things suddenly became clear.

Take the question she asked her sister-in-law, for example; she already had the answer in her heart.

It's not worth it, it really isn't worth it.

Looking back on her life, it seems that she never lived for herself from the moment she got married.

For husbands, for children, for descendants... you always think that once you get through this stage, things will be fine, but life gives you one test after another.

In the blink of an eye, I'm this age.

Overwhelmed with emotion, Fu Caiping chatted with Madam Fu for a long time.

While chatting, she felt quite lucky, at least to have a sister-in-law who treated her like a younger sister.

Strictly speaking, she spent more time with her sister-in-law than with her own brother.

During the war, her elder brother fought on the front lines, and she and her sister-in-law relied on each other.

They fled together, hid together, and lived in fear together.

We share the good times and the bad.

"...Sister-in-law, if you had another chance, would you still choose to marry my brother?" Fu Caiping suddenly asked this question while they were chatting.

When they talked about the past, Fu Caiping remembered that her sister-in-law had suffered terribly in the years when she first married her older brother.

Not only did she have to take care of the family, but she also had to worry about her older brother who was fighting on the front lines.

Madam Fu didn't know why her sister-in-law would ask such a question, but when she met her sister-in-law's eager eyes, she still blushed and answered, "I will marry again."

Although Fu Zhenhua has many flaws, she would still be willing to marry him if she could do it all over again.

Fu Caiping had already guessed this answer.

The elder brother and sister-in-law's affection is unwavering until death.

She was so envious.

If she had another chance to choose, she would definitely not marry Gu Lei.

It's not that Gu Lei treated him badly, but he was just too tired.

If she had another chance, she would like to live an easier life.

After chatting for a long time, Fu Caiping was feeling a bit exhausted. Worried that her older sister-in-law was tired, she made an excuse that she wanted to rest and urged her to go home.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, Madam Fu dared not disturb the patient's rest.

Before she left, she said she would come again tomorrow.

Fu Caiping refused, saying, "Sister-in-law, you're getting on in years, don't go to the hospital every day."

"Mind your own business. Just listen to the doctor. I'll come see you again tomorrow."

“I will definitely listen to the doctor.”

As Madam Fu prepared to leave, she called Gu Dazhi out as well.

She still refused to believe it, clinging to a sliver of hope as she asked, "Has your mother's illness been diagnosed?"

These past few days, Gu Dazhi has been taking care of his hospitalized mother and hasn't had a proper rest, looking exhausted and haggard.

Upon hearing about her mother's illness, her eyes welled up with tears before she could even answer.

"It's been confirmed... I should have discovered it sooner..."

As Gu Dazhi explained in detail, Madam Fu gradually understood what was going on.

It turned out that my sister-in-law had been feeling unwell for some time. One time, the pain became so severe that she went to the hospital to see a doctor. The doctor suspected that the situation was not good and ordered an examination.

The test results came back, and it was indeed very serious.

But Fu Caiping didn't tell anyone; she endured everything on her own and secretly made arrangements for her own funeral.

It wasn't until a week ago, when she was in so much pain that she fainted, that her daughter-in-law discovered her and rushed her to the hospital.

Once they arrived at the hospital, nothing could be kept secret anymore.

Gu Dazhi choked up as he said, "The doctor said there's basically no cure, and medication can only relieve the pain."

Madam Fu listened with a heavy heart.

I know rationally that I should accept it, but emotionally I find it very difficult to accept.

"...The doctor said my mother doesn't have much time left."

These words were a heavy blow to the old lady; if Zhang Guihua hadn't been supporting her, she probably wouldn't have been able to stand up.

-

On the way home, Mrs. Fu kept thinking about how to tell her husband so that he wouldn't be too upset.

I thought about it all the way, but I still couldn't come up with a good solution.

When I arrived home, I opened the door and saw my wife sitting on the sofa with a solemn expression.

Madam Fu immediately understood what was going on.

Mingli must have already told him about his sister-in-law's illness and also comforted him.

Sure enough, when Grandpa Fu saw his wife return, he immediately came to his senses and asked anxiously, "I saw Caiping at the hospital today, how is she?"

Madam Fu gestured for him to calm down, sat down, took a sip of water, and truthfully told her sister-in-law about the situation.

Grandpa Fu's reaction was similar to hers when she first heard it at the hospital.

"How could this happen? She's always been healthy, how could she get sick? And such a serious illness at that."

"Life is unpredictable."

"How was she when you saw her today?"

After a few seconds of contemplation, Madam Fu decided that there was no need to lie about such a thing.

He shook his head and said bluntly, "Not good."

Grandpa Fu was speechless for a long time after hearing this.

Is his only sister about to leave him too?

His generation, in theory, has witnessed and experienced countless partings of life and death, and should therefore be able to take it all in stride.

However, no, he still felt uncomfortable.

It's very uncomfortable.

But apart from feeling uncomfortable, it seems like there's nothing I can do.

This is what Tang Mingli saw when she came downstairs: her grandparents were sitting on the sofa, frozen in place.

She knew that the two of them were upset because of Aunt Caiping's illness.

But it seems there's nothing she can do about this.

In the face of birth, aging, sickness, and death, human power is insignificant.

The only thing we can do seems to be to minimize Aunt Caiping's pain and regrets.

-

The next day, all members of the Fu family, except for Fu Cheng'an and Fu Ci who were away, came to the hospital to visit Fu Caiping, including Tang Mingli.

Perhaps because she saw her elder brother, Fu Caiping was not as calm as she was when she met Madam Fu yesterday.

In particular, since Grandpa Fu hadn't spoken to her in such a gentle and doting tone for a long time, she suddenly acted like a child who had suffered a great injustice, clinging to her brother and talking nonstop.

They even went so far as to make a demand.

"Big brother, you know that of all the children, Gu Lin is the one I worry about the most. If I'm not around anymore, please take good care of her for me, okay?"

Now that things have come to this, how could Old Master Fu possibly say no?

A true man keeps his word, and he agreed today.

However, they were unaware that Gu Lin, the person involved, was currently experiencing something she considered utterly incomprehensible.

Her husband actually made her quit the job she had worked so hard to get.

That was bad enough, but they even made her resign and go to Shenzhen to work for her cousin.

The original words were: "Your cousin opened two factories in Shenzhen in just two years, which shows he's making a lot of money. If the two of us choose to stay put, this family will only stay this way at best. But if one of us gives up everything we have now and takes a gamble, maybe we can also ride the wave of reform and opening up."

"Why didn't you give up? Why did I?" Gu Lin retorted, a rare occurrence for her.

Yang Tao replied matter-of-factly, "First, my job is better than yours. Second, I'm a man and you're a woman. If you quit your job and go south to work, you can evade the family planning office and secretly have another child."

Gu Lin couldn't refute the fact that the job was better than hers, but secretly having another child was another blow to her heart.

All these years, they have never given up on letting her have another child.

“Yang Tao, you are a Party member and should take the lead in responding to the call. How could you have such crooked thoughts behind my back? There’s a saying that goes, ‘Walls have ears.’ How can you guarantee that you won’t find out about secretly having a child? Once it’s discovered, you’ll lose your job.”

Yang Tao, however, didn't seem to care: "Even if they find out you had another child, what evidence do they have to prove that the child is mine?"

"Yang Tao!"

Gu Lin glared at her husband, unable to believe she was hearing such words from his mouth.

Deny the child

If it's his, doesn't that tell everyone that Gu Lin did something immoral?

He could place such a stigma on her without the slightest hesitation.

After living together for so many years, even with a cat or a dog, you should have some feelings for each other.

“Yang Tao, I don’t expect you to treat your cousin and his wife as well as my cousin treats them, but it doesn’t have to be like this.”

"What have I done to you? What have I done wrong? Have I neglected you in terms of clothing or food?"

here we go again.

Gu Lin couldn't help but shed tears.

He always says this when this issue comes up.

Yes, the Yang family did not mistreat her materially, but it would have been better if they had truly mistreated her.

The Yang family treated her like she was being killed with a dull knife.

Gu Lin was unusually firm, telling her husband clearly that she would not resign, and even less would she go to Shenzhen to live with her cousin.

She dared not imagine how Yang Tao would cling to her if she really went to Shenzhen to stay with her cousin.

Because of her refusal to back down, their relationship plummeted to rock bottom.

However, just when things were getting tough, I received a call from home informing me that my grandmother was seriously ill.

After finishing the call, Gu Lin felt like her world was collapsing.

Grandma, the grandma who loves her the most in the world, is seriously ill.

My mother was seriously ill.

She knew that her mother's feelings for her grandmother were just average, like those between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. If her grandmother hadn't been really seriously ill, she would never have said that; she would have just said that she was just feeling a little unwell.

Gu Lin was flustered and didn't know what to do. She only had one thought in her mind: to go to the hospital to see her grandmother.

Yang Tao's parents, at their son's behest, have recently been giving their daughter-in-law a hard time.

That day, while waiting for her daughter-in-law to make lunch, she saw her receive a phone call and then run out of the house like a madwoman.

The two people looked at each other, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

Even if you don't want to praise Gu Lin, you can't deny that she is the most docile daughter-in-law. She always tells them before going out.

Suddenly, Yang's mother said, "Could something have happened to the Gu family?"

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why Gu Lin lost her composure like that.

Yang's father replied, "What could possibly happen to the Gu family?"

"It's hard to say." But then Yang's mother changed her mind and said, "Never mind, we can't guess anyway, so there's no point in guessing."

She sighed, knowing she would have to cook lunch herself today.

Since marrying Gu Lin as her daughter-in-law, she has only cooked a handful of times; she's gotten used to it.

-

Meanwhile, Gu Lin arrived at the hospital and saw a group of people gathered in the private room, including her pregnant cousin-in-law. Thinking that her grandmother's condition was not good, she started crying and shouting even before seeing her.

"grandmother."