Chapter 280 Chasing Away
Hearing Grandma Gu's raised questioning voice, Lu Huailin raised his eyes and glanced at her.
He asked calmly, "What else is my wife to you besides being someone you use?"
Grandma Gu was shocked to see Lu Huailin questioning her love for her granddaughter.
With wide eyes and shaking her head, she said, "Little Lu, you're deliberately poking my heart!"
"How could Grandma possibly take advantage of Xiaohan? Of all the grandchildren in the family, Grandma is most biased towards her!"
After saying that, he quickly took two steps toward Lu Huailin.
She didn't want Lu Huailin to misunderstand her, so she looked straight at him without flinching.
"If Grandma didn't love Xiaohan, she wouldn't have been threatened by Gu Meng because of her!"
"Gu Meng said that Nai was a vagrant, and that Xiao Han would be arrested if she took me in!"
"Grandma was forced by Gu Meng to go to her house to take care of the child in order to protect Xiao Han!"
Before Grandma Gu could continue, Lu Huailin raised his hand to interrupt her, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
She chuckled softly, "Grandma, you know better than anyone whether you're doing this for Xiaohan or for yourself!"
"You said Gu Meng threatened you because you didn't have a letter of introduction, why don't you ask me and my wife about it?"
"Instead, they made their own decisions and left without saying a word?"
"I...I'm uneducated, I can't remember that much right now!" Grandma Gu suddenly raised her voice and hurriedly explained.
Lu Huailin leaned back, lowered his eyelids, and didn't even glance at his grandmother.
He chuckled softly, head bowed, "You're afraid that if you don't have a letter of introduction, you'll be sent back to your hometown, aren't you?"
Upon hearing this, Grandma Gu's pupils dilated, and she unconsciously took two steps back.
"You deliberately went to Gu Meng's house because you didn't want to see Gujia Village suffer from hunger and hardship."
“You took advantage of my wife’s soft heart and her reluctance to let you suffer, and deliberately went to Gu Meng’s house to hide from the uncertainty of not having a letter of introduction!”
Just thinking about how his wife went to the supply and marketing cooperative every few days throughout the year, rain or shine.
They were afraid that Grandma Gu would be bullied by Gu Meng and wouldn't have enough to eat.
He felt sorry for his wife; all his kindness and good intentions had been wasted on an ungrateful wretch.
Lu Huailin narrowed his eyes, glancing at Grandma Gu who was standing there dumbfounded, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes.
They really only pick on the weak.
"No! No! I... I'm so biased towards Xiaohan! How could I be using her!"
"She was the first girl from our village to graduate from a vocational school. Without me, she would never have made it!"
Grandma Gu eagerly recounted the evidence of her favoritism.
She has liked Gu Yihan since she was a child, how could she possibly be using him?
Lu Huailin stared coldly at Grandma Gu, seeing her eagerness to defend herself.
He felt increasingly sorry for his wife.
Lu Huailin stood up and slowly walked to Grandma Gu's side.
"Grandma, you let my wife go to school because you wanted to balance the relationships in the family!"
"Because the eldest son, Gu Hao, went to school, the second son's two children were not allowed to skip school."
"You're afraid of causing family conflicts, and you're also afraid that the villagers will say you're biased!"
Grandma Gu's pupils dilated, and she suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Lu Huailin's arm.
He shook his head and said, "No, it's not what you think!"
"My second child's family has two children, so why did I send Xiaohan to school instead of the older Xiaomeng?"
"Doesn't that prove I'm biased towards Xiaohan?"
Lu Huailin glanced at Grandma Gu, thinking that his wife hadn't asked the family for money since she started junior high school.
He also gave Grandma Gu five yuan of the royalties he earned each month.
How could she utter the word "favoritism"?
Lu Huailin brushed away Grandma Gu's arm: "You can fool my wife, but you can't fool me!"
"You're sending my wife to school just because you think she's your granddaughter, and because she's young and can make you happy?"
"Let her attend primary school for a few years; it'll raise her value when she gets married!"
"If she hadn't been so self-reliant, getting all the way to vocational school without spending any of her family's money, would you have let her go to school?"
Grandma Gu was completely stunned. She had thought about these ideas at first, but her thoughts changed later!
Also, how did Lu Huailin know?
Unable to admit it, she suddenly raised her head and changed the subject, saying, "Xiao Lu, no matter what, Grandma has always treated Xiao Han like her own granddaughter!"
"Knowing she's not your biological granddaughter, haven't you ever regretted it?"
Lu Huailin stared intently into Grandma Gu's eyes.
Seeing this, Grandma Gu's eyes flickered, and she dared not look Lu Huailin in the eye.
After learning that Gu Yihan was not her son's biological daughter, her biggest regret was letting Gu Yihan go to school.
The duck I finally raised has flown away.
But after Gu Yihan refused to acknowledge her biological parents, she never thought about it again.
Seeing that Grandma Gu was looking down and not daring to look him in the eye, Lu Huailin sneered inwardly.
He was a soldier, and his wife's true identity had already been revealed before they got married.
Would he not investigate the attitudes of everyone in his adoptive parents' family?
If Gu Aidang hadn't been disrespectful to his grandmother, how could she have been so genuinely good to his wife?
Ten minutes later
Grandma Gu mustered her courage, raised her head and looked at Lu Huailin: "Little Lu, could you please let Gu Meng go for the sake of Grandma taking care of Xiao Han for two years!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin looked at Grandma Gu with eyes full of disappointment.
She still pleaded for mercy.
He coldly refused, "No."
Why not?
"I'm the victim, and I've already decided not to pursue the matter further, so why can't she be released?"
Grandma Gu's face turned red with anxiety. She spoke very quickly, gripping Lu Huailin's clothes tightly with both hands and loudly questioning him.
Lu Huailin just stared at her quietly without saying a word.
Grandma Gu became increasingly anxious, "What country folk don't quarrel and fight?"
"Even the tongue and teeth fight! Let alone a grandchild from a different generation!"
Just as Lu Huailin was replying to his grandmother's words, He Shengli's shouts came in.
"Commander!"
"Commander, are you home?"
Lu Huailin glanced at Grandma Gu, then turned and walked out of the living room.
"Xiao He, I'm home!"
Upon hearing this, He Shengli pushed open the courtyard gate, grinned at Lu Huailin, showing off his big white teeth.
He said, "Commander, Grandma Gu has already bought the train ticket to Gujia Village!"
Grandma Gu was surprised to hear that Lu Huailin actually wanted her to return to her hometown village.
She felt as if struck by lightning, and walked out in a daze.
He roared at He Shengli, "I'm not leaving! Go and get your tickets refunded right now!"
He Shengli was stunned by the shout, and he glanced at Lu Huailin, who had no expression.
She cautiously approached him and asked in a low voice, "Commander, do we need to get a refund for the tickets?"
Lu Huailin frowned and gently nodded with an "Mm".
He changed his mind and decided that letting Grandma Gu return to her hometown was too easy for her.
He wasn't as soft-hearted as his wife. Since she wanted to suffer, he wouldn't let her learn her lesson until she'd suffered enough!
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