Guo Shijing had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by her. He frowned impatiently.

"What are you going crazy about? Didn't I tell you? I have to go to work every day."

Qin Tiantian said in a low voice with a gloomy face: "Go and tell your father tomorrow not to build our new house for Gu Qi's wife."

ah? ? ?

Guo Shijing blinked blankly, unable to react.

"Gu Qi? Wife? What new house?"

Qin Tiantian pointed her chin toward the window and explained, "Aren't they going to build a new house over there? Your dad said he wants Gu Qi's wife to take over the contract, and we don't have to do anything but wait to take over the house - I don't agree."

Guo Shijing gave her a glare: "You don't agree? What does it have to do with you? Why are you so crazy in the middle of the night?"

"The new house is for us." Qin Tiantian snorted coldly: "Isn't it my turn to decide what to do with my house?"

Guo Shijing was too lazy to pay attention to her and turned away again.

"You're dreaming! The new house is for my parents to live in when they grow old, not for us."

What? ! ! !

Qin Tiantian stared in disbelief and asked, "Your parents live by themselves? Don't they-don't they still have this place? No, doesn't your father have a house in the shipyard? Why don't they live in the shipyard when they retire? It's fine that we didn't have a new house when we got married, but now that we have a child, your parents still refuse to leave their new house to us?"

Guo Shijing yawned and muttered, "They are all my father's houses. If you want a new house, you have to wait until the next batch of buildings are built and given to me. Only then will you have one."

"The next batch?" Qin Tiantian frowned and asked, "When will it be built?"

Guo Shijing said in a daze, "I don't know! We keep having meetings and approvals, and it hasn't been approved for a long time. The superiors said that we just approved a batch at the end of the year before last, so why are we continuing to build again? But my dad said that the shipyard has its own money and we can build it ourselves. My dad has already submitted the application, and it will take a few months at the fastest and one or two years at the slowest. Once it's approved, we can start building... After a year or so, we should be able to build the house."

Qin Tiantian felt hopeless when she heard this and said angrily: "Then we have to wait for several more years! Others can be the first batch, why can't you?"

Guo Shijing curled his lips. "My position was not high enough, and I was not married at the time. The organization said that married comrades must be taken care of first. The couple must be both working, and they must be leaders who have been married for many years but have no house. Gu Qi was an exception, but his position was the highest in the factory, and no one dared to object."

Qin Tiantian couldn't help asking, "So, even if the factory's new building is built quickly, we still have to wait two years? Can't we live in the new house next door first?"

"Impossible." Guo Shijing whispered.

Qin Tiantian asked: "Why? When I married you, your parents didn't even prepare a new house for us!"

"Shut up." Guo Shijing said angrily, "Isn't this a new house? My dad spent two months' salary to renovate it for us, even the curtains are new! What's not new about it? You! You are greedy! You are looking for trouble! When the factory builds the second batch, won't we have it? No matter how many houses my parents have, won't they all be mine in the future? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Qin Tiantian gave him a glare and calmed down.

"Even if the new house is not given to us, it cannot be built for Gu Qi's wife."

Guo Shijing couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

Qin Tiantian's eyes flickered as she answered, "She's not a honest person - do you know that? She has too many thoughts on her mind, one thing on the outside and another on the inside. You never know which of her words are true and which are false."

"Really?" Guo Shijing asked suspiciously, "I heard that he is a college graduate. How come? He has high education but low quality?"

Qin Tiantian kept nodding her head: "Not only that! She is full of nonsense, bragging about how great she is all day long. She doesn't listen to the old lady, she is not filial to her mother-in-law, and she has nothing to do except clinging to Gu Qi."

Guo Shijing scratched his head and waved without caring at all.

"She wasn't the one doing the work. I heard that she took it all on and asked the construction workers she brought with her to do it. What kind of work can a woman like her do?"

"No way!" Qin Tiantian said nervously: "What if she forges the invoice, deceives your father into raising the price of building materials, and then charges a high fee - it will be our family's money that will be cheated!"

Guo Shijing finally came to his senses, turned around and stared at her.

"You have a point. But there should be a rough estimate of how much it costs to renovate a house. Besides, my dad is not stupid, so there's no way he would let her cheat him."

Qin Tiantian shook her head: "You don't understand this. She majored in accounting. How could she cheat? People who don't know how to read bills professionally can't do it at all. Can you read the accounts? Do you know how to enter and receive bills?"

Guo Shijing shook his head slowly.

Qin Tiantian lowered her voice and said, "Gai'er, just tell your dad quietly that you shouldn't rush to build a house for your retirement. Even if you want to build one, you can't find Gu Qi's wife."

"My dad...seems to have agreed to it." Guo Shijing frowned in embarrassment: "My dad is a very honest person and always keeps his word. He has said it and won't change it easily. He is so stubborn that he would rather be cheated of some money than give the new house to others."

"Think of a way." Qin Tiantian snorted, "It's our family's money that's being cheated, how can we let her do this! Otherwise, let's just delay it. If we keep delaying it, she might not be able to continue and do something else. People like her will be exposed sooner or later, and they will not be able to do anything in the future. People who lie can't pretend forever. Let's just say we won't build it for now, and wait a while before we talk about it. If we keep delaying it, it won't be her turn."

Guo Shijing rubbed his brows tiredly and muttered, "After you finish your confinement, they will start construction. It has been agreed long ago. How can we delay it?"

Qin Tiantian rolled her eyes and said, "Just say - there is a custom in my mother's family that if there is a newborn child in the family, the family cannot break ground before the child is three years old. The new house is next door, and we have to break ground to build it. If something happens to the child, it will be terrible."

Guo Shijing hesitated, wondering if this excuse would work.

"My head is all dizzy now, I might forget it when I wake up tomorrow. Go to sleep, we can talk about it tomorrow. Anyway, it won't start for a while, why rush? It's the middle of the night, can't I sleep?"

"We have to stop it in advance." Qin Tiantian insisted: "If your father doesn't nod again, there will be no chance in the future. After all, it's a retirement house. Your parents are young and your father hasn't retired yet. Why are you in such a hurry? Just use the child's good or bad as an excuse, and your parents will definitely listen to you."

Guo Shijing didn't care much, and said in confusion: "It's not a big deal. My dad can find someone to do it, and he will pay for it out of his own pocket. If they move next door, we will have more space, right? It's better to do it sooner. It won't hurt us."

"What do you know!" Qin Tiantian snorted coldly; "Gu Qi is not a good person at all. If the house is handed over to her, who knows how many troubles she will cause. Besides, haven't you always disliked Gu Qi? Do you want others to know that your family has to ask Gu Qi for help even to build a new house? You will be laughed at to death!"

All men love face, especially second-generation rich men like Guo Shijing, who value face more than life.

Hearing her say that, he opened his eyes with a start.

Then, he said with a sullen face: "Okay, I'll go talk to my dad."

Qin Tiantian hugged his arm contentedly and laughed softly.

"Yes, just do as I say. There will be no problem keeping him. Your parents have been waiting for their grandchild for many years. They finally got their precious grandchild. How could they bear to see the child get hurt? As for old customs, it is better to believe it than not. As long as you use the child as an excuse, you don't have to worry about the old people not agreeing."

"Okay." Guo Shijing yawned again and pushed her hand away. "Okay, okay, stop making noise. I want to sleep."

Qin Tiantian had no choice but to give up. She looked at the man sleeping beside her, unable to sleep, and sat at the head of the bed in a daze, feeling upset.

Okay, although it's not entirely satisfactory, it's good for Chen Xingling and Gu Qi, and I feel happy just thinking about it.

She is staying at home now, with no career and no studies, and she can't stand seeing a woman who used to be much worse than her being a little bit better than her!

Forget about it now, but once she gives birth to a child and develops her career, it will surely dazzle their eyes!

Just wait and see!