Chapter 19
The old man asked, "Pocket money? Do you want to be a full-time househusband at home? Or a playboy who plays with cats and dogs?"
Gu Chen sighed and said generously: "Grandpa, I really don't have the ability in this area. Why don't you give my brothers and sisters a chance?"
The old man looked at the second and third wives who were eagerly waiting below, snorted and said, "Let's wait until they have the ability." But he no longer worried about letting Gu Chen join the company for training.
Li Jiashu thought about what he had heard about Gu Chen's experience and felt a little sympathy. It was indeed too difficult for Gu Chen to take over a company suddenly, so he comforted her: "It's okay, sister-in-law. I will protect you when my brother is not around." He did not look down on her. The fact that his brother could let Butler Li and Uncle Deng follow him showed that his sister-in-law was very important to him. Naturally, he had to protect his simple and weak sister-in-law.
Gu Chen nodded and said with a smile without any psychological burden: "Okay, thank you Jiashu."
The old man didn't stay at the dinner table for long. He gave the younger generation a few instructions and left.
Uncle Xu helped him upstairs and whispered, "Although the Gu family cooperates with us, they have big plans. Hua An is not tempted at all when he is in front of him. In my opinion, this second son of the Gu family is either a fool or he is hiding his incompetence..."
The old man said, "This child has a pretty straight look in his eyes. Let's keep him under our watch for a few days."
After the old man left, Li Jiashu relaxed immediately. This was originally a party meant for him to expand his network when he returned to China, so he went out and used his strong social skills. He quickly became part of the domestic social circle and also got to know talented people in the industry he wanted to develop.
The younger generations at the main table went out one after another, and Gu Chen ate leisurely at the main table. There were some elders left here, and no one came to disturb him.
Secretary Gu Zhongmao's messages continued, and Gu Chen's phone kept vibrating: "Boss Gu told you to pay more attention to the business developments of the Li family and inform your family in time. In particular, there is a subsidiary called Hua'an. If you have the chance, you can get in touch with them more..."
It was too noisy, so Gu Chen chose to put him on the Do Not Disturb mode.
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At night, the bustle fades away.
Gu Chen and Li Jiashu were left in the old house, saying that they were asked to stay with the old man for a few days.
Li Jiashu had a sad face. He had made plans with his friends for several parties in the next few days. Now he had to accompany the old man to live his life as an elderly for a few days. He could only watch them play. It was really mental torture!
He held his phone and frantically sent messages to his friends, conveying the sad news.
When the old man came over, he saw Li Jiashu holding his phone and poking at it frantically. He couldn't bear to watch and shook his head: "You young people, all you do all day long is play with your phones..."
Gu Chen raised his eyes: "What's wrong, Grandpa?"
The old man paused when he saw Gu Chen beside him.
Li Jiashu turned his head to look at Gu Chen and also paused.
His sister-in-law, who is "unlearned" and "does not work properly", is actually reading a book?
He leaned over to look at the title: "Healthy Life Rules: Chinese Medicine for Health Prevents All Diseases"...
Li Jiashu: "?" Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you are so patient. In order to pretend to deal with grandpa, you can even read this kind of book? Could it be... you want to defeat magic with magic?
The old man didn't believe that young people could read such a book, so he said, "Ahem, Xiao Gu, is this interesting?"
Gu Chen flipped through the book, revealing a few folded corners, and said, "There are a few dietary recipes in this book that make sense. You can ask the chef to try them out tomorrow."
Li Jiashu: “…” Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you are so patient. I’m still thinking about how to escape, but you’ve even thought about what to eat at the old house tomorrow?
“Then let Master Chen try making it tomorrow.” The old man didn’t care whether Gu Chen was making it up or not, as long as he showed his attitude, that was fine.
He then said, "Remember to go to bed early. We don't like late-night clubbing here." Then he turned around and went upstairs.
As soon as the old man left, Li Jiashu couldn't help but give Gu Chen a thumbs up and whispered, "Sister-in-law is awesome!" Today, he didn't have to accept the old man's education so soon. This was all thanks to his sister-in-law...
Gu Chen raised his eyes to look at him, his expression unchanged, then lowered his head to continue reading the book.
Li Jiashu: "Sister-in-law, why are you still looking? Grandpa is gone, you don't have to pretend anymore... Come on! I'll take you to explore the old house!"
Gu Chen: "It's quite interesting, let's finish it."
Li Jiashu was confused: "? What's so good about this? No, sister-in-law, what are you looking at?"
Gu Chen: "Let's see, maybe I'll die later."
Li Jiashu was just about to ask his sister-in-law, "How can you be so afraid of death at such a young age?" when he saw Gu Chen pointing to the sentence in the book: "Health preservation should start from a young age..."
Li Jiashu: “…”Okay, he sat down again.
However, the cell phone that Gu Chen placed on the coffee table kept vibrating and messages popped up.
As the screen of his mobile phone lit up, Li Jiashu, who was doing nothing, accidentally glanced at it. The person who sent the message was marked as "Chen Yuan". Chen Yuan said, "Mr. Gu, are you done with your work? Do you want to play a game?"
Li Jiashu thought that his sister-in-law must be pretending, because now someone comes to play games with him.
But Gu Chen continued to read without even picking up his phone to take a look. This made Li Jiashu anxious. If someone invited his sister-in-law to play games, she should not miss it because she pretended to be reading.
He waited and waited, and ten minutes passed, but Gu Chen didn't check his phone. Then another message popped up on his phone. Li Jiashu was worried that it was to urge Gu Chen to play games, so he couldn't help but take a look. It was another note called "Du Ruiqing", saying, "Tomorrow night, Young Master Zhong is organizing a game, and asked me to ask you to go."
My sister-in-law has a rich nightlife. He said, how can anyone like to read health books?
However, Li Jiashu no longer paid attention to what the other party posted next. The first time he saw it by accident, the second time he thought it was to urge Gu Chen to play games, and the third time he thought it was uncultured to actively peek at the screen.
But more than ten minutes passed, and Gu Chen still didn't look at his phone. He flipped through the book slowly, as still as a mountain.
"Ahem!" Li Jiashu finally couldn't help but speak, "Sister-in-law, I accidentally saw your phone just now, and someone named Chen Yuan asked you to play games."
"Really?" At Li Jiashu's reminder, Gu Chen finally put down the book and picked up the phone.
He saw the message that Shen Yuan had sent more than 20 minutes ago asking him to play games, and after he didn’t reply, he patted him again and asked, “Mr. Gu, are you there?”
After a few minutes, he said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Gu, I really can't find anyone to play games with [crying.jpg]. After watching the replay of your jungle game, I can't fall in love with any other jungler. Once you've seen the sea, all other waters are but puddles; once you've seen Mount Wushan, all other clouds are but mounds. I want to see you jungle again in this life."
Seeing that he still didn't reply, maybe Shen Yuan had already felt embarrassed, and then sent another message: "Mr. Gu, you should be busy, right? Did I disturb you? Please ignore what I said just now."
Gu Chen replied: "Don't bother me, but I'm sorry, I never play games, so I can't play with you."
Shen Yuan replied immediately: "How is it possible!!! You are simply better than professional players. Come on, come on, I won't look at you again, I don't believe you can't do it."
Li Jiashu, who was standing next to him, saw that Gu Chen had already started to reply, and thought that he was going to start playing games, so he asked, "By the way, sister-in-law, what games do you play? We can play together."
Gu Chen raised his eyes to look at Li Jiashu and said, "I don't play games."
He was really annoyed by the quarrel between the two kids. He said, "But do you play RLZ? There is a professional player who has won the world championship here..."
Li Jiashu said in surprise: "Fight, of course!" However, he had just returned to China and didn't know much about these professional players. He just thought it was a lot of fun and gaining points would be as easy as drinking water.
So Gu Chen got the two of them together to play games, and then continued reading.
However, ten minutes later...both of them exploded.
"Why are you so weak? Aren't you a world champion? Why can't you even carry me?!"
"I'm the mid laner! Mid laner! How can I lead you when you're such a noob? You're the jungler who ruins the game! You're Mr. Gu's younger brother, so why didn't you inherit Mr. Gu's jungle talent?"
"As a world champion, why are you making so many excuses? You should reflect on your loss..."
Gu Chen closed the book and rubbed his temples. It was his fault. He shouldn't have put these two people together. Xiao Yuan was usually taciturn, but he didn't expect that he would talk so much when playing games... Jiashu, as a young talent who graduated early and got a master's degree, shouldn't be so unstable...
They argued for a long time, and finally Li Jiashu turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, he said you are very good at playing games, why don't you take care of the two of us? Let him reflect on himself."
Gu Chen: “…” What sin has he committed?
Fortunately, Li Tingqin called and rescued him at this time: "Xiao Gu, how are you today? Did you encounter any problems?"
Gu Chen sighed: "...Yes, there is."
Li Tingqin: "Just talk to me, don't be afraid." Xiao Gu has always been very polite. This is the first time that he has spoken to him about the problems he encountered.
Gu Chen said jokingly, "That's it... Mr. Li, can you arrange a few people to play games with your brother? The mid laner is already in place, and the other positions can be arranged."
Li Jiashu was shocked when he heard this, and immediately came over to interrupt and said, "Brother! No, no, no! I just want my sister-in-law to take me with her. My sister-in-law is very capable..."
Li Tingqin thought for a moment, could it be that Xiao Gu wanted to play but was too embarrassed to say it? Indeed, Xiao Gu had always been pure and had never shown any hobbies. So he said, "I know, I'll arrange it."
Li Jiashu: "?"Brother, why don't you listen to me? I really don't need these, I just need my sister-in-law to take care of me.
Twenty minutes later, the effect of Shen Yuan's live broadcast program exploded directly. In the rehearsal room, colleagues came in one after another and looked at each other in bewilderment.
[Because Mr. Gu didn't want to play games with Xiao Yuan, so...he invited a bunch of retired professional players? ]
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