Chapter 56: Good Fate Wang Ying is a good person, why did she marry such a husband...

Wang Ying's words made Gu Mei blush. "I'm so sorry for causing you so much trouble and for having to send me back."

"It's okay, it just happened today," Wang Ying said. "Let's go, it's a good time to digest the food."

"Thank you then." said Gu Mei.

"Wait a moment," Zhao Yunsheng said, turning back. He quickly fetched a flashlight, then a thick coat, draped over his arm, and walked out, saying, "Let's go."

The three people walked out of the Zhao family's courtyard. Wang Ying walked in the middle, Gu Mei walked on the inside of the road, and Zhao Yunsheng walked on the outside.

Zhao Yunsheng asked Wang Ying, "Yingzi, what did you just say about bread and love?"

Wang Ying smiled and said, "I was just kidding."

Gu Mei whispered beside him, "It's my business..."

"Why, your partner doesn't like the sweater you knitted?" Zhao Yunsheng said casually.

"No, I haven't finished it yet. I went to see Wang Ying today to learn how to knit a sweater from her," Gu Mei said. "No one in my family knows how to knit, and they won't let me learn. My family doesn't approve of me and my boyfriend."

"Oh~~" Zhao Yunsheng suddenly realized and nodded.

Wang Ying elbowed him, and Zhao Yunsheng smiled and said, "Why don't you agree? Is it simply because his family is not well off, or is he a bad person?"

"In the eyes of my family, none of them are good..." said Gu Mei.

"Let's put aside his family background for now and tell me why your family thinks he has a bad character," Zhao Yunsheng said.

Wang Ying had only asked in general terms before, but he didn't expect that there would be something bad about his character.

"My family misunderstood him because he was engaged before. My family said that he broke off the engagement because he was snobbish. But he is really not that kind of person. He doesn't love his fiancée at all. Marrying someone you don't love is ruining her life. What did he do wrong?" Gu Mei said, her tone quite indignant for her lover.

"Have you seen his fiancée? Under what circumstances did they get engaged?" Zhao Yunsheng asked.

"I haven't seen it." Gu Mei said, "Brother Chunlai said it was arranged by their family, but he never agreed to it."

Wang Ying said, "Well, I didn't agree until you showed up."

Gu Mei blushed and said, "He always wanted to quit..."

"He said it was for you, right?" Zhao Yunsheng asked. "Are you quite touched?"

Gu Mei hummed.

"I guess he would probably say that he disobeyed his family for you and even let down his fiancée for you. All this was for you and he wanted to be with you," said Zhao Yunsheng.

"How did you know..." Gu Mei looked past Wang Ying at Zhao Yunsheng.

Zhao Yunsheng said: "Because most Chen Shimei would say that."

"He is not..." Gu Mei said hurriedly.

"He is," Zhao Yunsheng said, "because he's not doing this for you, but for himself. He keeps emphasizing how he did this and that for you, just because he wants you to do the same for him."

Wang Ying confronted Zhao Yunsheng again, trying to get him to speak more tactfully.

"Why don't you believe in the love between us?" Gu Mei wanted to cry again.

Zhao Yunsheng said, "I think you could meet his ex-fiancée and see what she says. Did she go to the countryside?"

"No, she... got married." Gu Mei said, "You see, she didn't love Chunlai either, and she just married someone else."

Wang Ying sighed. This girl really didn't know the sufferings of the world. How many women married for love? Even Wang Ying herself wasn't one of them. Her fiancé had already hooked up with a rich girl, and she still didn't marry him and stay by his side? Was he worthy?

Zhao Yunsheng said, "Perhaps he has just seen your brother Chunlai's true face and has come to his senses."

Gu Mei was a little angry. Wang Ying said that her husband understood love, but he didn't understand it at all. She didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Wang Ying said, "You really should meet her and see what she says about your brother Chunlai."

"I, I don't dare to go." said Gu Mei.

"Then you can't do that. You don't have the courage to risk your life for love," said Zhao Yunsheng.

Wang Ying tutted and slammed Zhao Yunsheng again: "Don't provoke her!"

"Let's go!" Gu Mei was really stimulated. Wang Ying was a good person, so why did she marry such a husband? He looked gentle and refined, but he couldn't speak and even worked at the cultural center! "Come on, you guys go with me!"

Gu Mei said as she pulled Wang Ying's arm.

Wang Ying said, "It's getting late. You should go home first. Your family must be worried about you."

"It's okay." Gu Mei said, "You guys go with me."

"Do you know where she got married?" Wang Ying said.

"I don't know. I can go to Brother Chunlai's house and ask." Gu Mei said.

"It's too late now. We have to walk, and we don't know how long it will take. How about this, tomorrow is a holiday. If you can't find anyone to accompany you, come to my house and find us, and we will accompany you." Wang Ying still wanted to send her home first.

"Well, okay then..." Gu Mei agreed.

Zhao Yunsheng said at this moment: "Tell us about the love story between you and your brother Chunlai."

Gu Mei began to talk about how she and her brother Chunlai met by chance, how he helped her, and how they kept meeting by chance after that. It was destined to be together...

In the eyes of Zhao Yunsheng and Wang Ying, this was clearly a deliberate approach, creating an accident, and tricking the naive Gu Mei into falling in love. Any girl with a little bit of scheming would not fall for this.

Wang Ying asked, "Besides the fact that he's kind to you, what other good qualities do you think he has? From what you said, it seems he's not young anymore, and he doesn't have a job?"

Gu Mei was speechless for a moment: "He...he..." She really couldn't say it for a moment, and then she just said, "Isn't it enough to be good to me?"

"Of course that's not enough. He must first have excellent character and outstanding abilities," said Wang Ying.

At this time, Zhao Yunsheng leaned close to Wang Ying's ear and whispered to her, "Do I have it?" After that, he was elbowed by Wang Ying again.

After hearing what Wang Ying said, Gu Mei felt that what she said made sense, but after thinking about it, she really couldn't think of anything other than being good to her.

As they were talking, they had already reached the post office. Gu Mei said, "My home is just up ahead."

Wang Ying followed Gu Mei's gesture and discovered that her home was in the old government compound. Living there were veteran revolutionaries and leaders. Although some had been persecuted over the years, those who still lived there were all prominent figures.

Wang Ying guessed that Gu Mei's family was well-off, but she didn't expect it to be so well-off.

Gu Mei said quietly, "You know where I live, so you must think that Chunlai is trying to get close to someone powerful."

Zhao Yunsheng couldn't help laughing: "You are quite smart."

"But he didn't know my identity at first," Gu Mei said. "Besides, my grandfather had already retired, and no one in my family was a cadre."

Wang Ying asked, "What about his family? Where does he live? What are his living conditions like?"

Gu Mei stopped talking. They walked to a small building and stopped. Gu Mei walked over and opened the door: "I'm back."

"Why are you so late? Have you had dinner?" A female voice came from inside.

"I ate at a friend's house." Gu Mei turned around and said, "Mom, my friend brought me back. Wang Ying, Comrade Zhao, please come in."

Wang Ying said, "It's too late. We won't disturb you anymore. Go to bed early. We have to go back soon."

"That won't do. We're already at the door. Come in and sit down." Gu Mei's mother came out to greet them. "Two young comrades, come in quickly."

Unable to refuse the kind offer, Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng entered the Gu family.

As soon as they stepped in, Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng felt that the Gu family was unusual. It was not because of its luxury, but because of its calm and heavy feeling. Portraits of great men were hung on the walls.

On the sofa in the middle of the living room, an energetic old man was sitting and reading a book.

Gu Mei brought Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng to the old man and said, "Grandpa, I'm back. This is my friend Comrade Wang Ying and her husband Comrade Zhao Yunsheng. Comrade Wang Ying is the team leader of the non-staple food factory, and Comrade Zhao Yunsheng is the broadcaster of the cultural center."

The old man looked at Wang Ying and the other two, then said to Gu Mei, "How did you know each other? I haven't heard you tell me."

"Comrade Wang Ying helped me," Gu Mei said. "I visited their home today, and they sent me back."

"It must be you who is bothering others again. Please sit down, young comrades," said Mr. Gu.

Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng sat down. Gu Mei's mother brought over two cups of tea and placed a fruit plate on the coffee table.

"Please send her back so late." Gu Mei's mother said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter. We are not far away. We are just in front of the non-staple food factory," said Wang Ying.

"That's not far away. Comrade Wang Ying doesn't look very old, but he is a team leader in the factory?" said Mr. Gu.

"I'm the acting team leader of a new group, and I haven't been promoted yet." Wang Ying explained honestly.

"That's good too." Mr. Gu looked at Wang Ying's face carefully, then nodded and said, "Not bad, he looks steady and has the potential to be a leader."

Wang Ying was surprised by the old man's high praise for her, so she said, "I hope to contribute more to the country." When Wang Ying said this, she wasn't just shouting slogans; she truly felt it. Only when the country developed could her career flourish and her life improve. She had deeply experienced this in her past life.

Mr. Gu was very pleased: "You are ambitious. You come to our house to play when you have nothing to do. You take care of my useless granddaughter. She only knows how to do little love all day long."

"Grandpa, why are you scolding me again? I'm working hard!" Gu Mei said from the side. Gu Mei works at the post office, which can be said to be a very decent job.

Wang Ying and his wife chatted with the Gu family for about ten minutes before Wang Ying said it was getting late and he had to go back. The Gu family didn't stay any longer, so Gu Mei walked them out the door and whispered, "I'll come see you tomorrow."

"Okay." Wang Ying agreed.

"Then take your time, goodbye." Gu Mei waved at them.

The two said goodbye and left. As they walked out of the courtyard, Zhao Yunsheng whispered, "Gu Mei's family is incredible. No wonder that Chun Lai is so dependent on them."

"Do you know him?" Wang Ying said.

"There is someone who lives here and his surname is Gu. He might be the retired vice governor of the province." Zhao Yunsheng said.

"Such a high level?" Wang Ying was surprised.

"Most likely," Zhao Yunsheng said, "but their status is none of our business, and we're not trying to curry favor with them."

Wang Ying nodded, agreeing with Zhao Yunsheng. "That's true." However, knowing a senior leader, even a retired one, does have its perks, even if you don't try to curry favor with them. Society is like this, no matter the era. Society operates according to a set of rules, and no one can escape them.

"That Chunlai is definitely not a good person." Zhao Yunsheng said.

"Well, such old people are very good at judging people. It is impossible that they would not date him and Gu Mei simply because his family is not well off." Wang Ying said.

"Hehe, he said you have the potential to be a leader." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.

"They were just being polite," Wang Ying said.

"Are you cold? Put on your clothes." Zhao Yunsheng said.

"Walk, it's not cold."

Wang Ying said she wasn't cold, so Zhao Yunsheng didn't put it on her. He just hung the outer cover on his arm and said, "I don't know what's going on at home. Do I have to send my parents back later?"

"Let's go back and check again. Maybe he has left." Wang Ying said.

When the two of them got home, the bicycles were still in the yard. Zhao Yunsheng whispered, "They haven't left yet."

Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng walked into the main room. Director Zhao and Wang Yongren were still at the dinner table. Now they were the only two left. The food and wine on the table were gone. The two old comrades just sat there reminiscing about the past and talking about the hardships.

Seeing Wang Ying and the others coming back, Wang Yongren said, "Yingzi, Yunsheng, come here."

Wang Ying wanted to roll his eyes, but he still walked over.

"Yunsheng, you two sit down." Wang Yongren looked even more drunk than before, his eyes bloodshot. "Yunsheng, I'm relieved to leave Yingzi to you," Wang Yongren said. "You have a good temper, but she has a stubborn one. You just need to be more tolerant of her."

"Yingzi has a good temper." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.

Wang Yongren waved his hands: "Stubborn! Very stubborn! It's our fault for not educating her well."

"That's not true, that's not true," said Director Zhao. "Yingzi is very talented, and our factory leaders are very optimistic about her. In the future, as long as she has the ability, I will give her the position of director!"

Director Zhao was also quite drunk, otherwise he wouldn't have said this.

Li Fengju was in Chen Xiuqin's room. When she heard Wang Ying and the others had returned, she came out of the room.

"Yingzi and the others are back. Let's go back too. It's getting late," said Li Fengju.

"It's late, so just stay here for one night. There's a place to sleep," said Director Zhao.

"No, no, we can't do this without anyone at home." Li Fengju urged, "Old Wang, get up quickly and go back."

"My father-in-law and I will have another drink." Wang Yongren raised his wine cup. There was no wine in the cup, nor in the bottle on the table. "Oh, no wine. Let's have another drink next time. Come to my house."

Li Fengju walked over and pulled him up, but Wang Yongren staggered when he stood up.

"Dad, how can we go back like this? Let's stay overnight." Zhao Yunsheng said.

"It's okay. I'll ride the bike and not let him." Li Fengju supported Wang Yongren.

"Yingzi and I will take you there," Zhao Yunsheng said. "I'm worried about Dad being like this."

"That's fine too." Li Fengju said.

After a brief farewell, Zhao Yunsheng took Wang Yongren and Wang Ying took Li Fengju back to Old Wang's house.

Wang Yongren seemed drunk, but he sat very steadily on the back of his son-in-law's bicycle. They were in front, and Wang Ying and her daughter were behind.

Li Fengju would say from time to time: "Look at your dad in front."

"It can't fall down!" Wang Ying was annoyed and said unhappily.

Li Fengju knew Wang Ying must be angry, so she said from behind, "Don't bother with him. He's drunk and whatever he said was unintentional."

Wang Yingcai was too lazy to argue with them, and ignored her mother. Late at night, they rode their bikes and talked in the wind.

They arrived at Old Wang's house without any problems. Zhao Yunsheng helped Li Fengju put Wang Yongren to bed to rest.

Li Fengju said, "Or, you can stay here for one night. Yingzi and the others have quilts ready in their room."

"No, we'll go back now." Wang Ying said.

Seeing that Wang Ying refused to stay, Li Fengjue's eyes welled up with tears as she said, "Then be careful on the road, Yunsheng, ride slowly."

Seeing his mother-in-law wiping away tears, Zhao Yunsheng felt a little soft-hearted. He looked at Wang Ying and was about to persuade her to stay the night, but then he saw Wang Ying standing at the desk by the window, looking at the photos pressed under the glass. He glanced at them and saw that they were two new photos: one of Wang Hui and Du Jianguo, and the other of Wang Hui alone, both taken on their wedding day.

Zhao Yunsheng thought of what Wang Ying said about the photo last time, and he suddenly felt relieved.

"Mom, go to bed early. Let's go back." Zhao Yunsheng pulled Wang Ying out.

Li Fengju wiped her tears and sent the two people out.

Wang Ying sat in the back of Zhao Yunsheng's car. Zhao Yunsheng said, "There's no one around at night. Hold my waist."

Wang Ying really hugged Zhao Yunsheng's waist and put his face on his back.

After the two returned home, Zhao Yunsheng's two sisters and brother-in-law also went back, and the main room and kitchen had been cleaned up.

"It makes my elder and second sisters busy." Wang Ying said, looking at the clean main room.

"Let me see my parents." Zhao Yunsheng said.

The two of them arrived at the door of Chen Xiuqin's room, and Zhao Yunsheng knocked on the door: "Mom, are you and Dad asleep?"

"Your father is asleep, but I'm still asleep." said Chen Xiuqin.

Zhao Yunsheng pushed the door open and the couple went in.

Chen Xiuqin asked, "Are you okay on the road?"

"It's okay." Zhao Yunsheng said.

"It's okay, you should go and have a rest too. You are exhausted today." Chen Xiuqin said.

Wang Ying said, "Dad has drunk too much. Do you want to get up? I'll help you."

"No need. Your eldest sister and the others have already helped me wash up." Chen Xiuqin said, "Go and rest."

Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng were indeed tired. After washing up, they went upstairs and fell asleep.

The next day, the whole family woke up late.

Wang Ying and the others had just finished breakfast when Gu Mei arrived. This time she brought a gift.

After Gu Mei visited Chen Xiuqin, she whispered to Wang Ying if she could go with her to find her brother Chunlai's ex-fiancée right now.

Of course, Wang Ying had to accompany her since she had agreed to do so.

Three people and two bicycles went out.

Gu Mei took Wang Ying and his wife and wandered around Beichong City until they finally stopped in front of a group of tube-shaped buildings.

"Your brother Chunlai lives here?" Zhao Yunsheng said, looking up at the clotheslines scattered around on the upper floor.

"It should be." Gu Mei said.

"You haven't been here?" Wang Ying asked.

"Hmm..." Gu Mei felt a little lacking in confidence.

"What's your brother Chunlai's last name?" Wang Ying asked.

"My last name is Tang." said Gu Mei.

"Go ask," Wang Ying instructed Zhao Yunsheng, then said to Gu Mei, "Don't say a word later. Let my partner do the talking."

Gu Mei looked at Wang Ying gratefully and replied, "Okay."

Wang Ying originally wanted to wait here, but then he felt that he should let Gu Mei see with her own eyes what the situation of the Tang family was like, so he decided to go with her.

Zhao Yunsheng went around asking around, came back, and said, "I found out. Let's go."

The three of them walked inside. Zhao Yunsheng stopped and said, "It's upstairs on the second floor. Lock the car, let's go up and take a look. By the way, do you know what Tang Chunlai's ex-fiancée was called?"

"I know, her name is Liu Yuexiang." Gu Mei said.

"Okay, don't say anything." Zhao Yunsheng said.

The three of them locked the car and went upstairs. Today was a holiday, and the building was very busy with all kinds of noisy sounds. There were children chasing and playing with each other in the corridor, and they almost bumped into Gu Mei.

There are twelve households on one floor of this tube-shaped building. The corridor is filled with miscellaneous items and is only wide enough for one person to walk through.

The Tang family lives at Room 11 on the second floor. When they arrived at the door of the Tang family, Gu Mei nervously held Wang Ying's hand.

The door was closed. Zhao Yunsheng knocked on it, and it opened quickly. "Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, auntie, I'm looking for Tang Chunlai. I'm his friend." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.

"Why are you looking for him? He went to the countryside." The middle-aged woman looked at them and saw that they were one man and two women, all dressed well. She wondered in her heart if it was the Gu family who came to cause trouble.

"He went to the countryside? What about Yuexiang?" Zhao Yunsheng asked again.

"She's married!" the middle-aged woman said. "Why are you looking for them?"

"It's nothing, auntie. Where did Yuexiang get married? Can you give me an address?" Zhao Yunsheng said.

"It's in the Shengli Bridge area. My husband's surname is Liang. I don't know the exact address." The middle-aged woman looked at Wang Ying and the other two suspiciously. In the room, there was a loud noise, like children fighting, both boys and girls, and it sounded like there were several of them.

At this moment, two half-grown children rushed out, jumped out from under the middle-aged woman's arms, and skillfully crossed the aisle full of debris, chasing each other downstairs.

The woman hurriedly followed behind and scolded the two children. Zhao Yunsheng took the opportunity to push the door open a little, allowing Gu Mei to see what was happening inside the Tang family's house.

Gu Mei took one look and her face turned pale. The room was dark and messy, with clutter piled everywhere, dirty and messy...

"Let's go." Wang Ying was afraid that Gu Mei would lose her composure, so he pulled her away.

The three met Tang Chunlai's mother on the stairs.

"You guys left?" she said.

"Well, Chunlai is not at home, so we won't disturb him." Zhao Yunsheng said.

"Oh." She replied and went home.

The three of them went downstairs, and some naughty kid pushed their bicycles over.

They lifted the car and pushed it out of the tube-shaped building.

Wang Ying asked Gu Mei, "What do you think?"

"He is him. He is always clean every time he sees me. He is untainted by the mud!" Gu Mei still insisted.

"Okay, let's go to Shengli Bridge and find Liu Yuexiang." Zhao Yunsheng said.

Victory Bridge is not far from here and can be reached quickly by bike. There is only one family with the surname Liang in that area who has just married a daughter-in-law, so Liu Yuexiang was found quickly.

Liu Yuexiang recognized Gu Mei at a glance: "You are Gu Mei, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Gu Mei was a little surprised. Liu Yuexiang was much prettier than she had imagined. Chunlai said she was ugly...

"Why, are you surprised to see me?" Liu Yuexiang sneered, "Did Tang Chun say I'm ugly? Only a young lady like you would be deceived by him."

"You are her relatives, right? Tell her to wake up. Tang Chunlai is not a good guy. He was the one who pursued me in the beginning. He knelt in front of my parents and said he wanted to get engaged to me. I was stupid, I knelt with him. Less than half a year after the engagement, he met you. Then he started to deceive both sides... Oh, by the way, before me, he had a girlfriend..."

Gu Mei was dumbfounded and didn't know how she got home.

Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng sent Gu Mei directly back to Gu's house.

As soon as Gu Mei saw her mother, she threw herself into her mother's arms. Gu Mei's mother was also very nervous and hugged her, and the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng were a little confused as to what was going on with Gu Mei's mother. They entered the living room and found a package on the sofa.

Mr. Gu said solemnly: "Thank you for sending her back. She was packing her bags and preparing to run away from home."

After Wang Ying and the others explained what had happened today, the Gu family breathed a sigh of relief and once again solemnly thanked Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng. They couldn't imagine what would happen if Gu Mei still didn't give up on that Tang guy and really ran away next time.

Because of this incident, Wang Ying and Gu Mei became good friends and established a good relationship with the Gu family.