Chapter 220 There won't be any trouble, he'll leave it to me...
"Gu Dazhi, did you kick Gu Lin out of your house?"
As Madam Fu slowly came to her senses, she became extremely angry.
Gu Dazhi, who was named, instinctively denied it, "No."
"No?" Old Madam Fu snorted coldly. "Do you think I've just met you today?"
Gu Dazhi tried to argue, "Aunt, it's really not true. It's just that, as you know, it's customary for married daughters not to spend the New Year at their parents' home."
"I've never heard of such a despicable custom."
That's absolutely true. At her age, no one had ever told Madam Fu that a married daughter shouldn't spend the New Year at her parents' home.
Gu Dazhi didn't believe her, thinking she was just being stubborn.
Fearing that things would get tense before they could even exchange a few words, Gu's mother quickly stepped in to ease the tension.
"Let's not argue about that now. The most important thing right now is to find Gu Lin."
Madam Fu sneered: "Find? How are you going to find them?"
Gu's mother was stumped; she had no idea how to find it.
Taking the opportunity, Madam Fu scolded again: "You didn't have many children, just one son and one daughter, so why do you dislike your only daughter so much?"
"How could we dislike her? But that's just the custom..."
"Don't mention customs to me, we don't have such ridiculous customs in Guangcheng."
Gu's mother felt truly wronged. It was indeed a custom, not something she insisted on doing. If it weren't for the custom, why would they object to Gu Lin spending the New Year at her parents' home?
Although Madam Fu was angry, she knew that getting angry wouldn't solve the problem, so she asked them when Gu Lin had left home.
Upon learning that it was the day after they returned home, Old Madam Fu was so angry that her hand trembled as she pointed at them.
"It's been so many days, and you're only now starting to worry?"
“We just thought she was here.” As she spoke, Gu’s mother muttered, “When we called before the New Year, you didn’t say that Gu Lin wasn’t here.”
Tang Mingli, who had been silent all along, was displeased upon hearing this.
Who gave her the audacity to turn around and criticize her grandmother?
Tang Mingli stood up to speak for her grandmother: "That's ridiculous. According to you, Gu Lin left the Gu family before the New Year. If you cared about her, you should have called to confirm whether she came to the Fu family on the day she left home."
But they didn't.
What does this mean?
Tang Mingli didn't want to assume the worst about them, but she had no choice but to.
“You all know very well that Gu Lin may or may not have come to the Fu family. But you haven’t confirmed with us, just in case we find out that Gu Lin isn’t at the Fu family. That way you can deceive yourselves into thinking that Gu Lin is at the Fu family and have a clear conscience during the New Year.”
Exposed without mercy, Gu's mother blushed with shame and choked out, "I had no choice."
Tang Mingli knew that, of course, she had no choice.
She loved her daughter, but that love was too limited.
If it might affect the family, or even the son, the daughter would be the one sacrificed without hesitation.
She's not the only one like this; many parents in this era are like this.
They love their daughter, but their son is the pillar of their family.
Because this love is so fragile, they always hope that their daughter will be obedient and sensible, and follow the path of life set by her parents.
Once a deviation occurs, this fragile love will be exposed for what it truly is.
But instead of reflecting on their own actions, they blame their daughter for not being as easy to manage as other people's daughters.
Such fragile love is better left unexpressed.
Having lived comfortably in the Fu family for fifteen years, she hadn't felt such grief and indignation in many years.
A life of luxury cultivates one's temperament, and she almost began to believe that she was the kind of person who was calm, composed, and serene.
The appearance of Gu Dazhi and his wife today successfully exposed her true colors, leaving Gu Dazhi and his wife utterly humiliated.
Mother Gu pleaded, "It's all in vain now. The most important thing is to find Gu Lin as soon as possible."
Fu Ci, who had been silent until now, said, "Gu Lin is your daughter, you can figure it out yourselves."
Upon hearing this, Gu Dazhi and his wife were dumbfounded, unable to believe that Fu Ci would utter such heartless words.
Mother Gu burst into tears and said, "Aci, you are Gu Lin's cousin."
“You are still Gu Lin’s parents.”
One sentence left the two speechless.
Instead of accepting the offer, Gu's mother asked Old Madam Fu and Old Master Fu for help.
Although the two elderly people were surprised that their grandson would say such a thing, they quickly realized that although their grandson was aloof, he was by no means a heartless person, and there must be a reason for what he said.
Therefore, they remained indifferent to the pleas of Gu Dazhi and his wife.
Gu Dazhi and his wife were shocked and angry, and finally left the Fu family in a huff.
As soon as they left, Madam Fu couldn't wait to ask her grandson, "Aci, do you know where Gu Lin is?"
However, the answer was negative.
Madam Fu's heart sank. She had thought that her grandson's words meant he knew where Gu Lin was.
"However," Fu Ci changed the subject, saying something to reassure his grandparents, "I believe Gu Lin will be alright."
If it were the old Gu Lin, he wouldn't have dared to say that. But after working in Shenzhen, Gu Lin's personality has changed a lot.
Tang Mingli felt the same way, so when she learned that Gu Dazhi and his wife had kicked their daughter out of their home before the New Year, she was more angry than worried.
She reassured her, "Don't worry, Gu Lin gets room and board at the garment factory, and she saves up her monthly salary. She has a considerable amount of money now, so she'll be fine. Maybe she'll contact us in a few days."
Tang Mingli's words hit the nail on the head.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Lin indeed came to the Fu family to wish Old Master Fu and Old Madam Fu a Happy New Year.
As soon as Madam Fu saw her, she couldn't help but ask with a hint of reproach, "Where have you been all this time, child?"
Gu Lin knew she couldn't hide the fact that she was spending the New Year away from home, so she told the truth: "I'm staying at a hotel, don't worry."
"Why didn't you come to see your great-aunt?"
Gu Lin smiled.
This is a really difficult question to answer.
On the way here, she kept thinking about how she should answer if her great-uncle and great-aunt asked her that question.
No matter how she answered, it didn't seem very convincing, so she could only smile.
Madam Fu stopped pressuring her and said with concern, "You silly child, it's the New Year, aren't you feeling uncomfortable staying in a hotel all by yourself?"
She almost cried as she spoke.
Gu Lin said, "Auntie, it's not that I'm upset. On the contrary, I've never had such a relaxing Spring Festival. I can sleep until I naturally wake up every day, I don't have to cook for myself when I'm hungry, and no one is nagging me."
It's hard not to believe that this is true; it sounds very appealing.
Madam Fu was immediately less upset and said with relief, "It's good that you know how to think this way now."
"Yes, I was immature before." Gu Lin sincerely repented.
She brought all those years of hardship on herself; she has no one to blame but herself.
Upon hearing this, Madam Fu could no longer accuse her. She simply told her that her parents had come looking for her on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Gu Lin smiled and said, "I know, I went home and sat for a while yesterday."
Gu Lin felt sad when she thought about the time she went home yesterday.
Her parents seemed completely oblivious to their own mistakes, only criticizing her for causing worry during the Lunar New Year and asking her why she didn't stay at her great-uncle's house.
She asked her parents, "Why do we need to stay at your great-uncle's house?"
The mother replied matter-of-factly, "Their family is big, and don't think I don't know that if they didn't have their backing, would you dare treat Yang Tao like this?"
That's really unfair. If she had just discussed it with her uncle's family after finding out about Yang Tao's affair, things wouldn't have turned out like that.
Because of this, she had a fight with her parents.
Unable to argue with her, her parents became angry and instead questioned her about where she had been these past few days.
Hearing that she was staying in a hotel, the two men were heartbroken and almost gritted their teeth, questioning her why she was wasting money. They asked why she didn't use that money to help her brother.
Her father, as if making a momentous decision, told her, "Now that the New Year is over, come back and stay here. Consider the money you spent on the hotel as a favor to the family."
Gu Lin couldn't listen any longer. Fearing that staying any longer would sever the bond between parents and children, she left with a cold face.
However, she didn't want to tell her great-uncle and great-aunt about these things, lest they get angry if they heard them.
She came today with another matter she wanted to discuss with them.
But how do I bring it up?
During the conversation, Gu Lin kept looking for an opportunity to speak.
Tang Mingli quickly noticed something was wrong with her and simply asked, "Is there something you want to say?"
Gu Lin breathed a sigh of relief at being asked so directly.
She nodded and took the opportunity to recount her visit to the Yang family to see the children before the Lunar New Year.
“Before, I just wanted to wear Yang Tao down and drag out the divorce to get revenge on them. Now that I want a divorce, it’s his turn to wear me down.” As she spoke, Gu Lin said with a hint of self-deprecation, “It really is a cycle of karma.”
The Fu family did not mock her; instead, they were happy that she had come to her senses.
However, Yang Tao is unwilling to get a divorce, which is indeed a very troublesome matter.
Madam Fu frowned, while Old Master Fu insisted on going to the Yang family in person to teach Yang Tao a lesson.
Gu Lin was afraid of this, so she quickly said, "Uncle, please calm down. Don't get upset because of someone like Yang Tao."
Tang Mingli also advised, "Grandpa, he doesn't deserve your punishment."
Gu Lin nodded vigorously: "Sister-in-law is right. Yang Tao is not even as good as a dog. How can he be worthy of your personal attention?"
"Worse than a dog!" Tang Mingli couldn't help but chuckle when she heard Gu Lin say such a thing. But she immediately realized that it was inappropriate to laugh at such a heavy topic, so she quickly suppressed her laughter and frowned in deep thought, as if she had never laughed at all.
"Yang Tao refuses to divorce, this is troublesome."
After a long period of contemplation, Fu Ci finally spoke up: "There won't be any trouble. I'll handle it."
Gu Lin and Tang Mingli spoke in unison.
"How do we handle this?"
How will you handle this?
Fu Ci smiled and said, "Anyway, leave this to me."
That confident smile immediately put Gu Lin's mind at ease.
"Thank you, cousin."
If all men in the world were as reliable as my cousin, how could there be so many women with tragic fates?
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Author's Note: [Let me see]
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