Chapter 338 Hug that bastard's thigh
The fish meat is tender and refreshing, and the soup is rich and delicious. It does smell a bit smelly, but it becomes more delicious the more you eat it.
Gu Hongying only took two bites and stopped eating. The fish was specially prepared for her sister-in-law, so she was not that greedy.
Lu Youyou noticed it and said with a smile: "Why don't you take two back with you?"
Gu Hongying immediately waved her hand: "This is what my father specially prepared for my sister-in-law, how can I accept it."
"Little deer, keep it and eat it slowly. I'll find someone to get it for you when the time comes." Gu Bohuai said.
"Yes, yes, yes. I will be going back to school in a few days, so I can't stay at home for long." Gu Hongying pushed the fish towards Lu Youyou again, "Sister-in-law, eat more."
Zhuifeng and Xiao Huihui stood by during the entire meal, staring at Lu Youyou with concern.
Gu Hongying's attention was half on the two of them. The more she looked at them, the more she liked them. She wanted to get closer to them, but neither of them gave her the chance.
Little Huihui didn't have to think about it at all. He would never let a stranger touch him. Zhuifeng was originally a very easy-going cat, but he was carrying out his mission of guarding his greedy master and rejected any playful behavior.
Gu Hongying could only watch with envy until she was leaving when she got the chance to touch the dog's head. However, Xiao Huihui was squatting on the eaves and she couldn't reach it even if she jumped.
"Sister-in-law, I'll come back to see you during the summer vacation and bring gifts for my nephews and nieces."
"Okay, see you then." Lu Youyou stood at the door and waved goodbye.
In fact, she quite likes Gu Hongying. She is cheerful, generous and motivated, different from the people in the Du family.
Gu Bohuai rolled down the window: "Come in quickly, and take care of yourself! Qingye, call me if you have anything."
Gu Hongying also stuck her head out and waved: "Goodbye, brother and sister-in-law!"
The jeep drove out of the alley, and the father and daughter chatted for a while about the daily life in the military academy. Gu Hongying held her chin and stared out the window in a daze. Suddenly, she heard her father ask, "Are you going to the Du family for dinner tonight?"
Gu Hongying was silent for a moment and then hummed softly.
"Then I'll take you there now?"
There was no emotion in Gu Bohuai's voice, as if he was just asking about the weather today.
Gu Hongying sighed silently, but knew that the situation could not be reversed.
Ever since her parents divorced, the house has been deserted every New Year. She would have dinner with her father first, and then go to the Du family to have dinner with her mother, uncle and others. As for Gu Yuanzheng, he had been in the south for several years and had not returned.
For her, the Chinese New Year seems to have nothing to do with family reunion.
When the Du family was mentioned, the car quickly fell silent. When Gu Hongying got out of the car, her father just smiled gently and did not mention Du Shuang, let alone the Du family.
Two of the Du family's pillars of support have fallen, and the remaining second son is just a university teacher who has no interest in a career in politics. Now the person with the most say in the family is the younger sister Du Xue.
Du Xue and her husband Zhao Junyan have been developing in the Shanghai Stock Exchange and have not been affected much. Zhao Junyan was promoted to the second-in-command of the Beicai Zhengwen Bureau two years ago.
However, Du Jiagen is in Beijing, and the brothers and sisters still get together there once a year.
When Gu Hongying entered the house, the Du family was making dumplings. Seeing her coming, Du Xue came up to them with a smile.
"Hongying is here. Have you had lunch? Do you want me to cook some dumplings for you?"
"I've eaten. Happy New Year, Aunt, Uncle, and Second Uncle!" Gu Hongying put down the New Year gift and looked around but couldn't find Du Shuang. "Aunt, where's my mom?"
"Upstairs, she has a headache."
"Then I'll go up and take a look, and come down to help later."
Gu Hongying ran upstairs, opened the door and saw Du Shuang leaning on the bed with a tired look on her face.
"Mom, what's wrong? Have you taken the painkillers?" Gu Hongying sat down on the edge of the bed and touched the glass on the bedside table with the back of her hand. It was still warm.
Du Shuang opened her eyelids, her eyes were full of red bloodshot and had heavy dark circles.
From a once charming lady to a thin and pale woman now, with prominent cheekbones and two nasolabial lines deeply engraved on her face.
Perhaps because of too much resentment, his eyelids drooped, making him look even more sour.
Du Shuang raised her eyes and stared coldly at Gu Hongying for a while, her dry voice a little harsh: "Did you come from your father?"
Gu Hongying moved her mouth, and finally just said "hmm" and skipped the lunch.
But she didn't mention it, but Du Shuang didn't want to let it go: "Did your father tell you how your brother is doing? Will he come back this year? He won't still be in Pengcheng, right? What's so good about that place?!"
When Du Shuang got excited, she couldn't help coughing. Her coughing was so heartbreaking that Gu Hongying felt anxious and helpless. She could only pat her back to help her calm down.
"Mom, my brother is already that old, why are you still worrying so much about him? He's an adult, doesn't he know what he's doing? And you're making you worry about him, he..."
"He's your biological brother!" Du Shuang interrupted harshly, "He's your biological brother and you don't care about him, yet you're still making sarcastic remarks here!"
Gu Hongying's eyes suddenly turned red. What kind of sarcastic words did she say? Gu Yuanzheng was not doing well himself, so was he blaming her?
"I didn't force him to go. Did he discuss this with anyone before he left? Did he inform me? What does it have to do with me?!"
She was so angry that she wanted to turn around and leave, but seeing her mother's haggard appearance, she finally forced herself not to move.
Du Shuang didn't want to argue with her daughter. She couldn't talk to Gu Bohuai now, and Gu Bohuai didn't want to see the Du family. If she wanted to help her son, she could only go through Gu Hongying.
"Hongying, Yuanzheng is your biological brother. You two are the only family. If you are not close to him, who else can you be close to?" Du Shuang forcibly pulled her daughter's hand and persuaded her earnestly.
"Your brother being driven out of the capital is not good for you either. Hongying, find a chance to persuade your father to bring Yuanzheng back home so that you two siblings can help each other..."
Gu Hongying has heard the same cliché countless times.
The year Gu Yuanzheng first went to Pengcheng, Du Shuang still had the fantasy that perhaps her son could create a world for himself out there. But now she really can't continue to deceive herself.
Gu Yuanzheng would only contact her when he wanted money. At other times, she didn't know where to find him.
Seeing Gu Qingye's promotion and Lu Youyou's increasing titles, Du Shuang felt as if she was being cut by a knife or burned by fire.
She knew very well that she could not let this go on any longer, and she had to drag Gu Yuanzheng back to the capital by force.
If he didn't stay by his biological father's side and take up his position, Gu Bohuai would never have remembered that he had such a son in a few years!
Gu Hongshuang wanted to laugh after hearing this: "Mom, do you really think Gu Yuanzheng and I can help each other?"
"How can you talk like that? How can you talk about your own brother like that?!" Du Shuang's brows were raised. He couldn't stand anyone saying bad things about his son.
Now she can only pin her hopes on Gu Yuanzheng, otherwise how can she survive? What is the purpose of going to this extent?
"You still want to cling to that bastard's thigh, do you think he will pay attention to you?!"
"Mom, stop talking!"
Gu Hongying couldn't listen any longer. Gu Qingye was more legitimate than her and Gu Yuanzheng. If he was a bastard, then what were she and Gu Yuanzheng?
(End of this chapter)
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