Chapter 423 She Won't Stay
Gu Yuehuai didn't even raise his eyelids and said calmly: "Well, let's go."
Bai Mei actually glanced at Gu Ruihuai for a second, and noticed that he was staring at Gu Yuehuai closely. She couldn't help but frown, and consciously moved back to block his sight, and urged in a low voice: "Let's go back quickly."
She took Gu Yuehuai's hand, said something to Wan Qinglan, and left in a hurry.
Gu Ruihuai's throat rolled and he took a step forward, trying to catch up, but in the end he just stood there without moving.
His eyes were dry and he wanted to cry but couldn't. He could only rub the red corners of his eyes in embarrassment.
Wan Qinglan glanced at him with a strange look. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Huang Binbin's voice. After thinking for a while, he said, "Don't be too sad. You haven't gotten married yet anyway. Why don't you talk to your family about changing your wife?"
"I have said everything I need to say. You can do whatever you want. I am leaving now."
Wan Qinglan waved her hand and ran towards Huang Binbin, who reached out and touched her head with a doting look on his face. The two of them walked away arm in arm, and under the dim light, Gu Ruihuai was soon the only one left.
He looked up at the blinding light and felt extremely numb, as if the world was so big that he had nowhere to go.
After a long while, Gu Ruihuai sneered at himself, dragged his heavy steps, and limped towards the factory.
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The return journey wasn’t far, and with someone to talk to, I didn’t feel scared of the night anymore.
However, not far after they walked out of the commune, they ran into Gu Tinghuai who came to pick them up.
He was panting and looked like he had run. When he saw the two of them, he couldn't help but say, "You two weren't waiting at the commune. How could you come back by yourselves when it's so dark?"
Bai Mei smiled: "Then why are you late today?"
Gu Tinghuai also smiled and said, "I just finished stacking the bricks and missed the deadline, so I hurried over here."
Bai Mei was slightly startled, and asked with some surprise: "Have you bought the bricks?"
Gu Yuehuai nodded, took the bag from Bai Mei and Gu Yuehuai, and said, "I bought it at the community-run red brick factory today. It cost 10,000 yuan. A brick costs two cents. I spent 200 yuan. Once the land is fenced, we can start construction."
Bai Mei smiled and said, "You are really good at it. However, cement pillars, tiles, and lime will cost a lot of money. When I get my salary this month, I will give you the money and build it well. We will strive to have a new house for our whole family to live in next year's New Year!"
Gu Tinghuai smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will all be able to move into our new house before the Chinese New Year."
Bai Mei took Gu Yuehuai's arm and whispered, "Thanks to Yuehuai, if it weren't for her, how would we live in the new house?"
Gu Tinghuai nodded and looked at Gu Yuehuai, but she looked indifferent and unhappy. He couldn't help but feel nervous and asked with a frown, "Nannan, what's wrong? What happened? Did someone at work bully you?"
"No." Gu Yuehuai shook his head.
Gu Tinghuai looked at Bai Mei with a puzzled look on his face: "What's going on? What happened to Nannan?"
Bai Mei looked at Gu Yuehuai, thinking about what happened just now, and said hesitantly: "It's because of what happened at the library entrance."
She did not hide it and told him everything from beginning to end. After listening, Gu Tinghuai suddenly stopped and said, "You said that woman mentioned Secretary Qin? And she also said that her man was able to marry her because of Secretary Qin's influence?"
Bai Mei was stunned, not understanding why Gu Tinghuai suddenly became so emotional, and nodded hesitantly.
Gu Yuehuai looked back at Bai Mei, then met Gu Tinghuai's gaze: "You haven't told her?"
Gu Tinghuai's heart sank, he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not a good thing, it's too embarrassing to talk about it."
"What are you two talking about? Yue Huai, do you know the man just now?" Bai Mei was not stupid. Seeing that something was wrong with both of them, she knew the reason after a little thought. Moreover, the look in the man's eyes when he looked at Yue Huai just now was also very strange.
Bai Mei frowned, looking puzzled. Could it be that they just knew each other but their relationship was not harmonious?
Gu Yuehuai thought for a moment and said, "That's Gu Ruihuai."
Anyway, Bai Mei will go to Gu Yuehuai's wedding, and she will know everything by then.
Bai Mei was shocked: "Gu, Gu Ruihuai? You mean, the man just now is our second son? How could it be? He is not..." Bai Mei paused. She only knew that Gu Ruihuai left the Dalaozi Production Brigade and said that he was following his mother.
She was also extremely curious about Gu Tinghuai's biological mother, her mother-in-law.
However, every time she mentioned it, she could see the rejection in Gu Tinghuai's brows, and it seemed that it was difficult to talk about it. Every family has its own problems, including the Bai family where she grew up. If others asked her about it, she would actually be reluctant to talk about it.
Thinking about it this way, she didn't ask again. After all, it was not a big deal.
After thinking about it carefully, Bai Mei's pupils shrank: "What about Secretary Qin?"
"Yes." Gu Tinghuai admitted it, and Bai Mei didn't know what to say for a moment.
Qin Wanjiang, the head of Huangying Commune, was a good official who loved and protected his people. Even someone like her who knew little about him had heard of his name. She just didn't expect that her mother-in-law would marry such a man!
She sighed and it took her a while to come back to her senses. Thinking of Gu Ruihuai being scolded by others, she couldn't help but said to Gu Tinghuai: "I heard you say Ruihuai was getting married a few days ago, but I didn't expect to run into him today, it's just..."
Compared to her mother-in-law Lin Jinshu, she knows more about the mysterious second brother Gu Ruihuai in the family.
She heard from Gu Tinghuai that Gu Ruihuai had a falling out with his family because of a woman, and his leg was lame as a result.
Bai Mei also knew that Gu Ruihuai's affairs were not something she, a newly married sister-in-law, could control, and that his relationship with the Gu family was really awkward, but she couldn't bear to think of his gloomy look.
If Gu Ruihuai really married a woman who looked down on him like that, one can imagine what his future would be like.
Gu Tinghuai said in a deep voice: "He almost killed Nannan for Tian Jing. He deserves what he has done today. There is no need to sympathize with him. Forget it, let's not talk about him anymore. Let's go back quickly."
As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Yuehuai, who looked calm, and sighed in his heart. If Nannan really didn't care about the second child, how could she look like this now? She was always soft-hearted.
Soft-hearted? Gu Yuehuai asked herself, is she really soft-hearted?
In fact, she didn't feel sorry for what happened to Gu Ruihuai. The reason she was silent was because she remembered her past life. Every failure makes you wiser. Even if Gu Ruihuai regretted it, she would not look back.
The road of life is too long, and she will stop for many people, but Gu Ruihuai is no longer one of them.
From the moment he grabbed her neck and asked her why she wanted to hurt Tian Jing, there was no way back for them as brother and sister.
Bai Mei looked at Gu Tinghuai, then glanced at Gu Yuehuai cautiously, and nodded. Compared to the second brother she had just met, Gu Yuehuai's position in her heart was much higher. Even if she couldn't bear it, there was nothing to say.
For the rest of the journey, none of the three spoke again.
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