Chapter 28 (Catching Bugs)

"What did you say? Do you think the conflict between my eldest brother and my mother is because of my second uncle?" Yu Yao had never thought about this.

When my eldest brother Yu Ping got married, I was still a little girl.

At that time, because the second brother was seriously ill, Jiang Limei had to run to the city hospital carrying her younger brother on her back. Because she was worried about not being able to take care of Yu Yao, she left her at the village chief's house. So I mostly heard about why the eldest brother and his wife got married from others.

But my second uncle did go to the hospital.

"Why do you have such an idea?" After Yu Yao had this idea, he wanted to know whether Gu Qing already had any evidence.

Gu Qing: "I am just guessing, because I want to be with you, so I must have done some research and know that your second brother was hospitalized. But judging from the attitude of your aunt today, she probably doesn't want her son to be a live-in son-in-law, even if it's for the life of her other son."

"And I know Uncle Zhao quite well. I asked him, when Sister Zhao Tian first fell in love with my eldest brother, he did consider recruiting her as a son-in-law, but he did not put forward any conditions. Instead, he chose to lend money to my aunt directly, saying that it was because my eldest brother and Sister Zhao Tian were friends."

Without him telling her, Yu Yao had guessed what had happened.

Of course, this is based on the premise that it is determined that it was the second uncle who was causing trouble.

When Uncle Zhao approached Jiang Limei, he was probably worried about hurting Yu Ping's self-esteem, because the other party had already sensed Zhao Tian's feelings, and he himself should not be completely unmoved.

But unfortunately Jiang Yugui saw the feelings between the two in advance.

"For his own benefit, he took the initiative to persuade my eldest brother to marry into the family, and he spoke earnestly and sincerely, and he spoke in the name of my mother."

According to Gu Qing's guess, this is most likely the case.

"But he didn't expect that his eldest brother would have a rift with the family because of this. He was just trying to draw water with a bamboo basket and got nothing." Gu Qing said, "Of course, I am just guessing. You can ask your eldest brother and sister-in-law later if it is true. It's not a big deal, but you should still explain it clearly."

Yu Yao agreed with this statement very much. She felt that there was something awkward between Jiang Limei and Yu Ping. They both obviously cared about each other, but they acted like they had a grudge against each other.

After Gu Qing's explanation, Yu Yao found that this statement made sense.

"Okay, I'll go back and ask later."

The relationship between the two is now closer, but there is still a distance between them when they walk on the street. This close yet deliberately separated distance makes Yu Yao feel like she is back to the age of falling in love for the first time in middle school. It is really pure love.

Gu Qing found that after chatting for a while, Yu Yao's mood improved visibly, and so did he.

But the road was not long enough after all. After sending the person downstairs, Gu Qing did not go up again.

"Would you like to come up and sit down?" Yu Yao asked politely.

Gu Qing wanted to follow her up, even if it was just to look at her a little longer, but when no one was around, he gently pulled Yu Yao's hand and said, "I still have to go to Liu Yuan's place. I'll pick you up tomorrow to see the house."

It was supposed to be pure love, but suddenly they started to act physically. Yu Yao felt like she was burned, and she nodded shyly.

The two of them parted reluctantly.

When Yu Yao went upstairs, the Zhao family was cooking. When they saw her, they asked about what happened with Gu Qing.

Being stared at by several pairs of eyes, Yu Yao felt even more embarrassed, but she still repeated what she had said in front of Jiang Limei before, and then went on to say that she was already engaged to Gu Qing.

Zhao Tian almost jumped up in surprise, "What? You're engaged?"

Although she felt that the two of them were a good match, they just met yesterday and got engaged today, which was too fast.

Yu Ping's expression was not very good either, not only because he felt that his sister was deceived, but also because Yu Yao did not return home last night. More importantly, Yu Yao was involved in a case.

"Silly child, why didn't you come to our place last night?" Wang Lian glared at her, and even thought that Xiao Gu was unreliable.

Wang Lian didn't think it was a big deal since they were all family. She asked, "Tell me the truth, Auntie. Was it because that boy had a violent affair last night? Is that why you got engaged today?"

If that's the case, then this guy is not a good person.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhao Ming said, "How can Xiao Gu be that kind of person?"

It was precisely Xiao Gu's ignorance of the rules that made the seriousness of the matter clear. "What case is it? Can you tell me?"

Yu Yao thought that since Gu Qing had already said it in the countryside, there shouldn't be any big problem, so he repeated it according to what Gu Qing had said.

"That turtle-son thing, I've long thought he's worthless."

He clapped his hands, and the eight-immortals table shook. You could imagine how much strength Uncle Zhao put in.

Xu was also surprised by Liu Yuan's operation. Zhao Ming talked about his relationship with the Liu family. In fact, there was not much difference between the two families.

Zhao Ming and Liu Yuan were roommates serving in the army together.

At that time, the two were in the same division, but belonged to two different regiments. Master Gu was Uncle Zhao's leader at that time. Promotion in those days depended on real military merit. But Liu Yuan wanted to take the crooked path and fell in love with the daughter of the division commander, so he found ways to get close to her.

In the end, he secretly did it with the teacher's daughter when the teacher was out, but he didn't expect that this would not only fail to gain the chicken, but also lose the rice. How could he easily design the other party to sit in the position of teacher?

The teacher gave Liu Yuan two choices: either marry his daughter or return to his hometown to farm. He would have plenty of money, but nothing else.

Otherwise, he could just get out of here quickly and find a job to transfer him back to the county town to work as a clerk in a textile factory.

Yu Yao had no idea that this would happen. He got so carried away by what he heard that he couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the teacher was actually testing him, and he ended up abandoning the teacher's daughter?

Zhao Ming chuckled, his face full of sarcasm, "Even a little girl like you can guess it, but Liu Yuan just can't understand it. But I think he may not be confused at all. He is also testing the teacher. He thinks he has already controlled the teacher, so if he wants to abandon him, the teacher and his wife will definitely accept him to protect their daughter. In his opinion, a woman who has lost her reputation will never find a better one than him. But he didn't expect that the teacher's daughter was listening behind the door at the time. The whole family saw through his face completely."

"At first, the incident was not publicized in the army, and many people did not know about it. At that time, Commander Gu's wife and the division commander's wife were good friends, and our family was also close to theirs, so we knew about it."

"He came back from a job in disgrace and told others that he had made some small mistake. You don't know that when I came back, he came to me to complain, saying that he was not willing to be dismissed because of a small mistake, and even asked me to ask him for help when I had something to do. Bah!"

"Over the years, he watched me gradually surpass him and did many small things to discredit me. He thought I didn't know!"

Wang Lian was shocked. "There is such a thing. She is really disgusting." She looked as if she had eaten a fly. She did not mention that she had also been told that Wu Hong gossiped about her outside. This was really disgusting.

Seeing that Wang Lian was also angry, Zhao Ming calmed down. He felt a little regretful about bringing up the past, but since everything had already been said, he could only warn the younger generations not to spread the news. Although he wanted to make all of Liu Yuan's bad deeds public, the harm that beast had done to female comrades in the past was real.

"I knew that someone would take care of this kind of person one day, and it will be thanks to the third girl."

Yu Yao curled his lips and said, "I just bumped into him by accident."

"Don't worry, Xiao Gu is here to help you. He will definitely give you credit for your work. Whether it's a reward of money or a job, it will be a great help to your family."

After hearing him say this, everyone felt better.

After dinner, Yu Ping asked Yu Yao to go out for a walk with him, but the family knew that they might have something to discuss, so they didn't follow him.

It was almost dark and there were no lights in the corridor, so Yu Ping found the playground of the Steel Factory Primary School.

"What are you thinking? You and Xiao Gu have no relationship yet, how can you live in his house?"

Yu Yao knew that she was at fault in this matter, but she couldn't say anything because her mind was confused at the time. Moreover, if she came to the steel plant to find her eldest brother without Gu Qing's cover, how would she explain the origin of those things if the police station found her?

Yu Yao felt exhausted when she thought about the possibility of having to tell lies like this one after another.

She even wanted to leave and end it all, but the thought only flashed through her mind. She was occupying someone else's body, how could she just leave? What's more, she had already developed feelings for these family members, even her eldest brother and sister-in-law whom she had just met.

So she didn't try to make excuses, but just admitted her fault somewhat unwillingly, "I'm sorry, brother, I was not considerate this time."

Yu Ping originally wanted to teach her a lesson, but seeing her like this, he couldn't bear to do that. He sighed and said, "You are a grown-up girl now. Think more about everything. At least don't hurt yourself."

Yu Yao glanced at her eldest brother. Under the moonlight, her eldest brother's already cold face looked even sadder.

"Brother, was your marriage to my eldest sister-in-law related to my uncle?"

Unexpectedly, she suddenly changed the subject. Yu Ping was a little confused and asked, "What, what does my marriage to your sister-in-law have to do with your uncle?"

"Didn't he persuade you to marry your eldest sister-in-law to reduce the burden on the family?"

Yu Ping's expression changed. "How...how do you know that they are trying to persuade you again?"

Once the word "又" came out, what else did Yu Yao not understand?

"Brother, my second uncle's family is not a good one. Not only did they persuade me, they also threatened me with the Liu family. Did you always think that it was mom who wanted you to come to the city to be a son-in-law?"

Yu Ping stopped dead in his tracks. “You mean my uncle lied to me?”

"Yes... Ah Yao, why am I so stupid? Why didn't I think of that?"