During this time, everyone, from the doctors and nurses in the hospital to the patients in the next ward, and even Zhong Xuyang's relatives and friends, treated her as Zhong Xuyang's wife. Xiao Yao explained countless times, but now she was too lazy to argue anymore. "Expectant mother, I'll have to trouble you to take care of things at the factory for now."
Gu Yueji habitually stroked her bulging belly, and soon the baby seemed to sense it and kicked her belly.
Gu Yueji smiled down, her smile filled with indescribable happiness. This kind of interaction with her baby was a joy that nothing else in her life could give her. "My baby is so well-behaved. He doesn't feel tired at all when he works with his mother."
Even through the phone, Xiao Yao could feel Gu Yueji's happiness. "Anyway, as long as you take good care of my godson, I don't mind earning a little less money, okay?"
"knew."
Not long after hanging up, Gu Yueji's phone rang again. She didn't even need to guess to know it was Ren Jin calling. Since she was now staying at Xiao Yao's rented apartment and didn't go home at night, Ren Jin had become a phone maniac, calling her almost every hour except when he was sleeping, and keeping the video call on when he wasn't busy.
"Honey, have you had breakfast yet?"
"I ate them, I ate both the eggs and the milk."
Ren Jin chuckled softly, "You're a good girl. As a reward, you can sleep in my arms tonight."
Gu Yueji was taken aback. "You're here again tonight?"
"What kind of tone is that? Don't you want to see me?"
"No, you just came here the day before yesterday, and you have to rush back to the construction site early this morning. I'm afraid you're overworking yourself."
“My husband and I are getting more and more in sync. I was worried that you were overworking, so I sent two helpers over this afternoon.”
Gu Yueji didn't understand his meaning at first, and paused for two seconds, "Help? Who is it?"
Ren Jin didn't keep him in suspense, "It's Gu Jiahui and Sun Xiaohui. Their train arrives at noon. I'll pick them up and then come find you."
Gu Yueji was stunned.
Gu Jiahui went back to her hometown with her parents last month. Ren Jin told her not to contact any of them, and even blocked He Mei and Gu Nianwang's numbers on her phone, saying that he would handle anything and that she should focus on her pregnancy.
Why did Gu Jiahui suddenly come back? Is he going back to his hometown this time? Will his parents cause trouble again? Did Ren Jin do something?
Gu Yueji had many questions, but Ren Jin had already started working and someone was trying to talk to him, so she could only say, "You should focus on your work first. We can talk about it slowly when you come over tonight."
"Okay, be good and don't tire yourself out."
However, Gu Yueji couldn't wait until evening, and immediately called Gu Jiahui after hanging up the phone.
Gu Jiahui was on the train when he saw Gu Yueji's caller ID and guessed that she knew. He answered the phone and asked directly, "Sis, did your husband tell you?"
Gu Yueji snorted, "So now you talk to your brother-in-law instead of me, is that it?"
Gu Jiahui finally felt relieved. "I was afraid you would be angry with me."
Gu Yueji was stunned. "Why am I angry with you?"
“This time, the unpleasantness arose because I called my parents over,” Gu Jiahui smiled bitterly, thinking of what Ren Jin had said to him. “And all the grievances you’ve suffered over the years are because of me.”
Gu Yueji didn't expect Gu Jiahui to think this way. She had indeed resented him before, but his breakdown in front of He Mei that day made her realize Gu Jiahui's helplessness and pain over the years. Wasn't he also forced to accept the heavy love given by his parents?
"I'm not angry with you. I know you want our family to get along well. But don't your parents have any objections to you coming here this time?"
To everyone's surprise, Gu Jiahui chuckled and said, "It was my parents who called my brother-in-law and begged him to let me come over."
Gu Yueji stared wide-eyed in disbelief, "Mom and Dad asked Ren Jin?"
"Actually, during the time I went back to my hometown, my brother-in-law often sent me WeChat messages."
So Gu Jiahui told Gu Yueji over the phone what had happened when he got home.
During his month-long stay back in his hometown, Gu Jiahui neither looked for work nor met with Sun Xiaohui. He simply stayed home diligently cultivating the land, working tirelessly from dawn till dusk on those few acres of farmland. He Mei and Gu Nianwang initially thought Gu Jiahui was sulking and deliberately trying to annoy them. However, when they heard that Sun Xiaohui was going on a blind date, they went to ask Gu Jiahui what was going on. Gu Jiahui revealed that he and Sun Xiaohui had broken up, and that he would spend the rest of his life taking care of his parents, neither going out to work nor getting married, but simply farming to support them.
Upon hearing this, He Mei couldn't accept her son living such a life. She had previously envisioned Gu Jiahui buying a house in the city, making money, and starting a family. She argued and quarreled with Gu Jiahui, but he continued his daily routine of working in the fields, coming home for meals, and going to bed at night.
He Mei began to feel anxious and fearful. In the past, when she forced Gu Jiahui to return to his hometown to develop his career, he would actively look for work in the county town and think about marrying Sun Xiaohui. He had never seemed so indifferent and hopeless about the future. So she called Gu Yueji, hoping she could persuade Gu Jiahui, but she couldn't get through.
Last week, He Mei heard that Sun Xiaohui was getting engaged, and she couldn't sit still anymore. She knew that Gu Jiahui and Sun Xiaohui had a long-standing relationship, and if Sun Xiaohui really married someone else, Gu Jiahui might not get married at all.
So after much deliberation, He Mei could only call Ren Jin.
"So Ren Jin made you do all of this?" Gu Yueji didn't expect Ren Jin to tell Gu Jiahui so much; she thought he didn't like Gu Jiahui.
"Yes, my brother-in-law said that I'm the only one who can control my parents."
Gu Yueji laughed upon hearing this, "What else did your brother-in-law say?"
“My brother-in-law also said that I don’t have to listen to him anymore, but I have to listen to you. He won’t allow anyone to bully you, not even me or my parents. If I make you angry again, he won’t help me anymore.”
Gu Yueji smiled quietly and sweetly, stroking her belly. She thought, "I'll reward him by letting him hold me while we sleep tonight."
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