Chapter 53 Crispy Meat: Where Did This Feudal Family Come From?

"Maybe they have too much money and don't care." Wen Han suddenly realized something was wrong. Taking a taxi was already suspicious enough, but why did this taxi look like a luxury car?

Where are we going?

Wen Qingke was a little confused: "Didn't I tell you I was going to take you out to eat?"

Wen Han: "..." The anesthetic had also numbed his brain; he hadn't even noticed it just now. This driver must be from the Gu family; even if he wanted to get out of the car, the other party wouldn't allow it.

It's estimated that even the car doors were locked.

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When Wen Han saw the butler's old face again, she keenly sensed that he was in a pretty good mood.

This family is like an emperor who isn't worried but a eunuch is. They're in such a hurry to get Gu Cheng, a high school student, married that you'd think they were living in ancient times.

Although Wen Qingke and Wen Ruo were mentally prepared, they were still stunned when they saw the Gu family. Wen Han had been here before, so he was alright, unlike them who were so embarrassed. He touched the phone in his pocket; he had secretly taken it when Wen Qingke wasn't looking.

Previously, the Gu family's banquet was held in the main hall. This time, for the private banquet, the butler led them around and brought them to a living room.

Gu Cheng's eyes lit up when he saw Wen Ruan again after being detained for more than a week.

"Sir, Mr. Wen and the others have arrived."

"Um."

The moment Gu Yuan saw Wen Han, her face turned as black as if she had just wiped the bottom of a pot.

Wen Han felt that he hadn't done anything wrong. Last time at the hospital, Gu Zong was so scary that he couldn't go all out.

Wen Qingke was as nervous as if he were reporting to a leader, while the other children of the Wen family sat in their seats with different thoughts in mind.

Wen Han asked the system, "You said Gu Zong and Gu Yuan look so alike, are they twins, identical twins?"

Wen Qingke also noticed this issue, and Gu Zong saw that his gaze was evasive: "This is my younger brother."

Gu Yuan nodded.

"Wen Han, what are you thinking about?"

Gu Zong asked him, and Wen Han subconsciously replied, "Ah, I was thinking that identical twins have the same DNA, so if we do a DNA test, we won't be able to tell whose son Gu Cheng is, right? Haha."

Wen Qingke's hands were trembling. Wasn't the anesthesia still wearing off? Why was he talking so much?

By the time Wen Han realized what he had said, it was too late. Gu Yuan looked like he was about to explode, and Gu Cheng looked like he wanted to tear him apart.

"Host, do you...do you...know what you just said?" Although the system is an electronic being, it understands human relationships. Isn't this implying that even if Gu Zong is being cuckolded, he won't be able to find out?

Wen Han swore he absolutely didn't do it on purpose... Gu Zong wouldn't throw him to feed the sharks, would he?

Gu Zong didn't seem angry at all; instead, he smiled and said, "That's true. You're very good at biology."

Wen Han whispered, "Thank you."

In the silence, the first dish was served. Wen Han carefully placed the meat on the side that hadn't been anesthetized, as the anesthesia hadn't worn off yet and half of his tongue was still numb.

Why is this meat so tough? At first, Wen Han thought it was because of the anesthetic, but after chewing a few bites, he suddenly spat it out.

Wen Qingke was a little embarrassed, and said in a voice barely audible, "Hanhan, that's impolite."

"This meat is burnt." Wen Han only knew that some people burn meat so that the outside is charred and the inside is raw. This meat didn't show up on the outside, but the inside was burnt.

"This has been smoked." Gu Yuan sneered, though she didn't say anything, it was clear that she looked down on Wen Han for being ignorant.

The meat was burnt and bitter. He had stayed at the Jing family's house before, so why did their food taste normal? Wen Han retorted, "It was burnt to begin with."

Wen Qingke said awkwardly, "Hanhan, why don't you eat Dad's portion?"

Wen Han rejected him, saying, "No."

At worst, he just won't eat it. He doesn't care about smoked meat.

Gu Zong didn't speak. He took out his knife and fork and cut off a small piece of the meat that Wen Han had left: "It's burnt. Get him a new one."

The butler looked rather grim and could only order another serving. Wen Han then realized that the old man was deliberately making things difficult for him. In TV shows, making things difficult for someone involves cooking undercooked rice, but this old man had given him a dish with burnt pork inside.

Gu Yuan suddenly launched an attack: "Both of your children are doing very well in school. It's not easy being a single parent like you."

"Oh, thank you." Wen Qingke reminded him, "My three children are all doing very well."

"His grades are just average, right?" Gu Yuan deliberately provoked Wen Han, seeing her nonchalant expression. "Aren't you embarrassed at all? Your two younger brothers are both in the top fifty in the whole school, and you're the only one who's almost two hundred, right?"

Wen Qingke, afraid that Wen Han would be angry, said, "Hanhan has improved this time."

Wen Han didn't care about these things: "If I were ashamed, wouldn't your nephew jump into the river?"

How dare you criticize him? Gu Cheng has always been a resident of the biology lab, okay?

Gu Cheng cursed, "Do you fucking want to die?"

Wen Ruan had a bad feeling. Sure enough, Wen Han said coldly, "My mother died a long time ago. Your mother died even earlier than my mother."

"you--"

"That's enough," Gu Zong said expressionlessly. "When are you going to get rid of this habit of swearing so casually?"

Gu Cheng was practically grinding his teeth to powder. Gu Yuan said irritably, "Alright, brother, aren't we discussing the marriage between our two families? Let's not talk about this anymore."

Wen Han lowered his eyes. He had long lost his appetite and didn't know who had started the trouble.

"Marriage?" Wen Qingke was still completely in the dark. "What marriage?"

Wen Han said softly, "It's about Wen Ruan and Gu Cheng's marriage."

Before Wen Qingke could react, Wen Han saw his expression and finally smiled: "Yes, Wen Ruan has been dating Gu Cheng at school. Wen Ruo and I both know that."

"That's impossible!" Wen Qingke exclaimed anxiously. "Are you mistaken? My child would never be in a relationship!"

Wen Han leaned back in her chair with a smile and didn't say anything more. If Wen Qingke knew that Wen Ruo liked Wen Ruan, he would probably go crazy.

When the moment actually came, Wen Ruo was surprisingly calm, as if Wen Ruan wasn't the person he had always secretly loved.

Wen Ruan was a little sad, but she still admitted, "Dad, what Wen Han said is true."

“No…no way.” Wen Qingke found it hard to accept. “They’re still in high school.”

"What does that have to do with anything?" Gu Yuan asked curiously. "In our Gu family, everyone gets married when they're in high school."

It seems to be a family tradition.

Seeing that Wen Qingke was agitated, Gu Zong waited for him to calm down before continuing, "Your monthly salary is simply not enough to support them to go to university."

To be honest, Wen Han had wondered how Wen Qingke managed to support three high school students for 5,000 yuan a month.

Wen Qingke blushed: "I can work the night shift."

“You can only afford to send one child to university at most.” Gu Zong saw Wen Han keeping giving him hints and winking at Wen Ruo, and couldn’t help but laugh. “Isn’t it great to help you share the cost of sending two children to school? You don’t have to worry, they can keep studying if they want to.”

"Wen Ruan," Gu Zong asked, "what do you want to do in the future?"

Wen Ruan lowered her head: "I want to be a dentist."

Gu Cheng frowned. In his eyes, his Ruan Ruan was gentle and elegant, and should definitely become a pianist or painter in the future. Why would she want to be a dentist?

Hearing him say that, Wen Han suddenly felt her teeth start to hurt again: "Gu Cheng's expression, was he abused by the dentist when he was a child?"

"Wen Han, what about you?"

Wen Han was about to say she didn't know, but Gu Yuan spoke first: "With his grades, what can he possibly choose to do?"

"Hanhan is very good at sports, and he always comes in first place in running." Although for the sake of fairness, the ABO running test scores are calculated separately according to a table, Wen Han runs faster than most Alphas, probably because he trained for seven or eight kilometers since he was a child.

Gu Yuan said lightly, "Then it seems that I'm suited to hard labor in the future."

Wen Han really wanted to beat him up, but he had more important things to do right now. What was wrong with Gu Zong? Why was he wasting so much time talking to Wen Qingke? He had already hinted at it to this extent; why didn't he just threaten Wen Qingke with Wen Ruo?

“It’s okay if you don’t have any ideas for now,” Gu Zong said. “If you want, you can go abroad to relax first.”

Wen Han was very surprised. This was too good to pass up. There was such a good thing about marrying Wen Ruan into the family.

Wen Ruan looked at Wen Han with a sympathetic gaze. Wen Han was puzzled. What did he want to do?

Wen Qingke asked, puzzled, "What does this have to do with Wen Han?"

“Our Gu family’s rule is,” Gu Yuan propped her head up, “that as long as there’s anyone in the Gu family who isn’t married, the woman who marries into the family has to bring another person with her.”

Wen Han didn't understand: "What is he saying?"

"Host!" the system cried out in alarm, "They're going to treat you like a dowry maid!"

Wen Han: "?"

"What the hell? What's wrong with his family?" Wasn't Gu Zong supposed to be a self-made man? What kind of feudal family is this?

"His family had fallen into ruin and gone to zero, but Gu Zong has risen up again," the system added. "Although he is set as a nouveau riche, his ancestors were wealthy in order to add to the protagonist's wealth."

"That won't work either. If that's the case, does someone whose ancestors were emperors have to marry several women?" Has anyone in history been an emperor with the surname Wen?

Wen Ruo's face immediately darkened. He was about to overturn the table and drag his family away when he saw Wen Han pointing at him righteously and saying, "Then let's choose him. He and Wen Ruan have a good relationship."

Wen Ruo was betrayed on the spot by Wen Han and didn't even realize it.

"Host, it seems his family doesn't practice AA (splitting the bill) relationships."

Wen Ruo was forced into a chair, and Wen Qingke asked in terror, "What are you going to do?"

"Speaking of which, it was this kid who taught me," Gu Zong said regretfully. "I originally wanted to have a proper discussion, but he suggested to me earlier that it would be more effective to threaten you with the child."

Wen Qingke said in disbelief, "Hanhan, you—"

Wen Han was filled with regret. Seeing the situation getting tense, he quickly said, "Wait, I only like people younger than me!"

"No one in the Gu family is younger than you."

"Well," Wen Han could only take it one step at a time, "that's not necessarily true."

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Author's note: Brother Chuanze will finally appear in the next chapter [shy]. I wonder if everyone has forgotten about him.

After Wen Han has been enjoying the gossip for so long, it's finally Wen Ruan's turn to watch the show! [doge emoji]

Wenruan: I clearly reminded you before [lemon emoji]