Chapter 01: No Good Banquet

At the dining table, Gu Yunsu pretended to be calm and sat upright, with only a pair of big eyes darting around, as well-behaved as a clever and cautious little quail.

There were three other people sitting at the table: her biological mother Wu Limei, her unrelated brother Li Yan, and her former colleague Xu Zheng, who had a one-night stand with her and had a falling out with her.

With this configuration, anyone who uses it will feel guilty.

Gu Yunsu is too proud to care about her reputation. She is afraid that the man next to her will do something stupid and make her lose face in front of his family. She is also afraid that these uncontrollable family members will do something strange and make her lose face in front of the person she despises. She is like a frightened bird, staring at everyone's every move, more nervous than attending a job interview.

Wu Limei on the side was at ease. She looked at Xu Zheng several times and then gave her daughter a look: This man is no good.

Gu Yunsu knew that Xu Zheng was not good, not physically, but simply as a person. In fact, he should not have appeared in this house. If Li Jianxiong had not come back from buying groceries and saw two young people entangled at the gate of the community, and said politely, "Come up and sit down", Gu Yunsu would have sent him back long ago. Who would bring a "stalker" home?

Gu Yunsu looked at her mother and said, "Blame me? It's your husband who caused all this trouble."

——Li Jianxiong, Wu Limei’s new husband, Gu Yunsu’s stepfather, and Li Yan’s biological father.

This is a standard reconstituted family, a couple who got married later in life, each with a burden. It's fair, and no one should dislike or abandon anyone else.

Except for this pair of burdens, one is 18 and the other is 28, their ages are really inappropriate.

But every family has its own way of dealing with things. As long as the parties involved can drag it out, what's the big deal about remarrying with fifty-year-old children?

Li Jianxiong brought out a pot of steamed crabs from the kitchen, placed it in the middle of the table, and greeted everyone with a smile: "Come on, everyone, eat, don't be polite."

This is another reason why Gu Yunsu is worried:

There are too many dishes.

Look at the dishes on the table: braised prawns, braised abalone, Dongpo pork elbow, braised beef... It is a fusion of Manchu and Han cuisine, a meeting of land and sea, and every dish is a great dish.

No, no, Gu Yunsu thought.

There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Li Jianxiong and Wu Limei held such a banquet. Obviously, they have something to say or something to do. Otherwise, how could they do this? Even if Li Jianxiong really had a mountain of wealth before marriage, he couldn't eat like this. Look at how much weight Wu Limei has gained after marriage.

Xu Zheng, who was standing next to him, was also frightened by the scene. He swallowed and stared at Gu Yunsu in surprise.

Gu Yunsu ignored the uneasiness in his heart, raised his head proudly, and gave the other party a look that said, "See, with your family conditions, you are not worthy of me."

Li Jianxiong also told Gu Yunsu alone: ​​"Susu, eat more. If it's not enough, I will make more."

My goodness, who are you treating as pigs?

"That's enough." Gu Yunsu thought about how her metabolism had slowed down after she turned 25, and her heart was bleeding. "I can't eat anymore."

"Hurry up and sit down. If the chef doesn't eat, how can others dare to pick up their chopsticks?" Wu Limei smiled and pulled her husband to sit beside her.

Li Jianxiong smiled back innocently, and the two of them held hands and looked at each other lovingly, with deep affection in their eyes.

Gu Yunsu sighed in his heart, and was half full immediately. He quickly lowered his head, trying not to see it.

After all, you can never stop being a show-off, but you can choose to blind yourself.

She learned this trick from Li Yan. This brother, who is supposedly in his rebellious youth, has been expressing his rebelliousness in a very mysterious way, which is to turn himself into a transparent person.

Gu Yunsu didn't know how he managed to be both transparent and threatening at the same time, but every time she got within one meter of him, she would feel a chill as if she was being stared at by a pervert, but five minutes later, she would completely forget about his existence.

As a "good daughter", or as an older burden, she had the awareness of being a burden, and she had tried to show kindness to Li Yan. But he was too scary, really, when the pair of sinister eyes under the heavy bangs looked at her, she felt like a pervert had blown a breath of cool air on the back of her neck, and goosebumps covered her body.

How did the simple-minded Li Jianxiong give birth to such a "perverted murderer"-like son? This is simply an unsolved mystery in the world.

At this moment, Li Yan maintained his usual behavior, saying nothing and just working on his meal.

At the whole table, the corny people continued to act, the people pretending to be blind enjoyed their meal, everyone had their own agenda, each doing their own thing, and were extremely harmonious.

Only Xu Zheng, who had just arrived and was not familiar with this family structure, made small talk: "Uncle and aunt have such a good relationship."

As a result, when talking about this, Wu Limei laughed from the bottom of her heart, and she also looked at Xu Zheng with a more favorable attitude, and waved her hand cheerfully: "No."

When Xu Zheng saw that his flattery was effective, he immediately jumped on the bandwagon and said, "That's great. They have been so loving for decades. It's so enviable."

"Puff." This is the sound of Gu Yunsu spraying the Coke back into the cup.

Just a little bit, no misconduct.

"I'm fine." She said to the people who were looking at her, and pushed her hands away with a smile that could not be hidden. "You guys continue chatting, don't worry about me."

Wu Limei had already seen the teasing in her daughter's eyes, but she didn't dare to roll her eyes in front of so many people. She just laughed and said, "What are you talking about? You don't even have the manners to eat."

Xu Zheng, who was so simple-minded, wanted to please the elders and also wanted to take the opportunity to please Yunsu. After hearing what Wu Limei said, he quickly defended her and said, "Yunsu is just so cute." He then looked at Wu Limei and said, "I think she must look like an aunt."

Oh.

Gu Yunsu looked at the man beside him in surprise, almost with a question mark on his face: Do you have to fight so hard? Do you love me so much?

Here, I would like to introduce Xu Zheng and his relationship with Gu Yunsu, so that everyone can understand Gu Yunsu's curiosity and speechlessness at this moment.

The story of the two people is actually very simple.

When they first became colleagues, Gu Yunsu had a crush on Xu Zheng, but he looked down on her. But when Xu Zheng showed interest in her later, Gu Yunsu had already lost her enthusiasm and turned to someone else. Until half a month ago, Gu Yunsu was overwhelmed by some pressure in life, and she was single without any psychological burden. She made a mistake and had a night of fooling around with Xu Zheng.

I really didn't expect that this guy would stick to me like a dog-skin plaster and I couldn't get rid of him no matter what.

Gu Yunsu had no idea what men were thinking, but Xu Zheng’s enthusiasm only made Gu feel angry: After all this fuss, is she such a charming creature?

At the dinner table, Wu Limei, who was praised as "cute", smiled again, covering her mouth shyly, and giggled, "Xiao Xu just knows how to joke."

Xu Zheng added: "I'm not joking. I think Yunsu has the same personality as you."

The flattery was very successful if Xu Zheng knew how to keep his mouth shut.

But he didn't understand, so he continued:

"I look more like my uncle."

Wu Limei: …

Lee Chien-hsiung: …

What does it mean to flatter the horse on its legs?

This is the most vivid example.

The atmosphere became visibly awkward. Wu Limei winked at Gu Yunsu, asking her to take care of it, but Gu Yunsu just laughed and answered her mother with her eyes: This is what your man got, I can't do anything about it.

Li Jianxiong laughed dryly a few times, trying to lighten the mood: "How can I be that pretty? Su Su still looks like her mother."

Wu Limei said, as if in a sullen tone, "She doesn't look like anyone but herself." Fearing that Xu Zheng would reply, she immediately signaled him, "Eat your food, Xiao Xu."

Xu Zheng responded and lowered his head to take two mouthfuls of rice.

As soon as he shut up, the room became quiet.

Wu Limei cleared her throat and looked like she was about to say something.

Gu Yunsu had a bad feeling.

Then I remembered that the last time the couple held such a grand wedding banquet was three months ago. They were holding hands and making Gu Yunsu, who was chewing a chicken leg, feel scared. Then he heard Wu Limei say, "Su Su, we are married."

It's not "going to get married", it's "got married".

In other words, it was not to seek her opinion, but to inform her unilaterally.

Gu Yunsu simply didn't know what to say.

Who can control the couple who are so willful?

The great leader said, if it rains, let it rain; if my mother wants to get married, let her get married.

Gu Yunsu understood the reason, she was just a little narrow-minded sometimes and felt that the actions of these two people were still somewhat ignoring her as a family member.

Therefore, Gu Yunsu had no way to intervene in the matter between Wu Limei and her husband, and was too lazy to do so. He also had a very clear understanding that if a middle-aged or elderly person became crazy, he would be much more terrifying than his mother, a young person.

"That..." Wu Limei started, a little hesitantly.

Gu Yunsu was nervous and a little surprised because she felt that since the two of them were making such a big fuss, there must be something going on. If they were going to do something, couldn't they wait until Xu Zheng left? Was it necessary to let an outsider know about this kind of family secret first? Wasn't that too ignorant?

Or do they really regard Xu Zheng as their future son-in-law?

No, no, it’s not okay for Gu Yunsu to have any feelings for this person at all!

Fearing that her mother would misunderstand her, she winked at her mother, and seeing that she couldn't stop herself, she pretended to cough twice naturally.

Xu Zheng immediately asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you bitten?"

Gu Yunsu saw that everyone's attention was on her, so she simply played along and coughed twice: "Go to the kitchen and get me some water."

Xu Zheng stood up obediently and rushed to the kitchen.

Li Jianxiong held the other person down and said, "How would Xiao Xu know? I'll go, I'll go." Then he rushed to the kitchen to get some water, not knowing who he was trying to please.

Gu Yunsu originally wanted to get rid of Xu Zheng and tell her mother to stay calm, but she was so angry that she rolled her eyes after being disturbed by Li Jianxiong.

Wu Limei cleared her throat again: "Hmm..."

Gu Yunsu felt that since Wu Limei was so good at reading people's expressions, it was impossible for her not to see what she meant. The only possibility was that he pretended not to see it because he didn't want to consider her emotions.

Isn't this... too hateful?

What's the big deal? You can't even wait a few hours?

Have you made an appointment to take a spaceship to the moon?

Or should we choose an auspicious time to worship heaven and earth once more and enter the bridal chamber?

Gu Yunsu doesn't want to be a mean person, but when she is mean, she becomes unkind. She really wants to advise Wu Limei that there is a mad dog in everyone's heart, so don't let them find an opportunity to loosen the rope, okay?

When emotions get aroused, it's easy for people to go to extremes. Gu Yunsu clenched her fists, thinking that if these two people really said something that would embarrass her, she would immediately launch personal attacks without mercy.

Li Jianxiong sat beside him obediently, and he and his wife looked at each other and smiled, as if they had won a five million lottery.

Wu Limei also smiled and said, "Susu, Yanyan..."

Okay, come on, Gu Yunsu was facing a powerful enemy and felt that all his sarcasm skills were ready.

As a result, the doorbell rang with a "ding dong" sound.