Chapter 80 Mother
It has to be said that Chu Xiang has a certain understanding of Su Ruanruan's thought process.
Logically speaking, when such deep-seated hatred is discovered between the two families, and there is no hope of being together, the most responsible thing to do is not to have the child.
But Su Ruanruan is definitely someone who would rather be a single mother raising her child than give up the little life in her womb.
Gu Heng replied with a message: "[If you're ready to be a father, then you're welcome to give it a try.]"
A moment later, I received a reply: "Thank you."
Chu Xiang lay on Gu Heng, looking at him with bright, sparkling eyes.
He smiled. "What's wrong?"
"It's so hot this weekend, let's not go out and play. How about we stay inside and play instead?"
Gu Heng asked her, "Which kind of game are you talking about?"
Chu Xiang: "Of course I'm playing on my phone, what else did you think I was talking about?"
He rolled over and pinned the girl down, deliberately tickling her waist with both hands. She was ticklish and was immediately stimulated, laughing and begging for mercy at the same time.
Gu Heng's eyes crinkled with amusement. "You mean you're really playing on your phone?"
Chu Xiang fidgeted with her hands and feet, and hurriedly said, "Don't play with your phone, play with me, please play with me!"
Since being with Chu Xiang, every day for Gu Heng seems to start with excitement. He's willing to play along with her and have fun, which is quite an interesting thing.
Naturally, when a couple is fooling around in bed, things gradually change.
However, they didn't make a scene for long today. Gu Heng received a call from his father, asking them to come back home for a meal.
In the past, Chen Wanrou would always try to call them and invite them home for meals, but now it's Gu Chaoyang who's making the calls.
Chu Xiang thought Gu Chaoyang and Chen Wanrou would reconcile, but when she arrived at the Gu family home and saw Chen Wanrou's indifferent attitude towards Gu Chaoyang, Chu Xiang had to say that Chen Wanrou really had some backbone.
Today, Chen Wanrou was planning to move her things and leave the Gu family. She had her own money and several houses outside, so she could just settle down in any one of them. Gu Chaoyang wouldn't let her leave, so Chen Wanrou locked herself in her room and refused to see anyone.
Gu Chaoyang knocked on the door from the outside. "You are the wife of the Gu family. If word gets out that we are at odds, people will become suspicious and speculate that the Gu family and the Chen family are at odds. This will have a big impact on the business world and on our company's stock. Even if you don't believe me, you have to believe Ah Heng."
Chu Xiang glanced at Uncle Gu and thought to herself that men's cunning really doesn't discriminate by age; when they can't handle things on their own, they'll bring up the children.
Sure enough, the door opened a crack from the inside, and Chen Wanrou said cautiously, "Aheng, come in."
Gu Heng entered the room and immediately closed the door, as if afraid that if he left it open for too long, others would take the opportunity to sneak in.
This "other person" is naturally Gu Chaoyang.
Seeing his wife dislike him like this in front of Chu Xiang made Gu Chaoyang a little embarrassed, but he managed to keep his emotions in check and acted as if nothing had happened, leading Chu Xiang downstairs and sitting down on the sofa in the living room.
The maid prepared fruit and desserts.
Gu Chaoyang said, "Aheng said you like these snacks, so I had them prepared."
Chu Xiang smiled and said, "Yes, these are all things I like. Thank you, Uncle Gu."
Gu Chaoyang no longer wore that loose-fitting cicada-patterned dress, but changed into normal home clothes, which Chu Xiang found a little unusual.
To avoid making Chu Xiang feel awkward, Gu Chaoyang chatted with her about everyday things, "I heard that when the holidays come, your father plans to train your younger brother to intern at the company."
Chu Xiang nodded, "Yes, Chu Huai is not young anymore. Dad wants to train him to be his successor as soon as possible, so that he can have an easier time."
Actually, Chu Sheng found a ship to go to that very backward and underdeveloped primitive continent. If he is not at the company for a period of time, then let the group of old employees in the company give Chu Huai a good mentoring, which can also be considered as Chu Huai accumulating experience.
Chu Xiang also learned from Gu Chaoyang that today, Grandpa Gu took the old lady back to the Gu family's old house. The doctor said that the old lady's emotions were very unstable. "Emotionally unstable" is just a euphemism; it would be more accurate to say that the old lady has gone mad.
She would scream at anyone she saw, and if anyone mentioned her son, she would burst into tears. It is said that the phrase she said most often every day was "Save me." However, the old man only said that she was traumatized by her son's car accident.
They had been married for decades and always treated each other with respect. The old man took meticulous care of her, and no one doubted his words.
Even though some people advised the old man to send the old lady to a nursing home, he was reluctant to let her leave his side. Instead, he smiled and said that he would go home with her and take good care of her.
Countless young nurses in the hospital were moved by the affection between the elderly couple. The old man was not only wealthy but also so loving. They wished their husbands would be so considerate when they grew old.
Chu Xiang and Gu Chaoyang were chatting in the living room, while upstairs in the room, the scene between the mother and son was quite different.
Chen Wanrou sat on the edge of the bed. She had clearly not slept well last night, and her face looked haggard. It would be strange if anyone else had been in her situation and could have rested well.
Chen Wanrou clutched the hem of her skirt and twirled around, saying with difficulty, "Your father talked to me a lot yesterday."
Gu Heng sat down in the chair, and seeing his mother's uncomfortable expression, he gave a faint "hmm".
Chen Wanrou hesitated for a long time before finally mustering the courage to ask, "Aheng, do you also think I'm biased towards your brother?"
Gu Heng did not answer the question, but said, "Gu Jue is younger than me, so it is only right that you show him more affection."
Chen Wanrou's eyes reddened. "I never intended to ignore you. It's just that I think you have the attention of your grandfather and father, and the favor of so many people, while Gu Jue has nothing. Everything he does is disliked by your grandfather and father. I'm really afraid that one day he will be kicked out of the Gu family, Aheng, I...I..."
In fact, she herself felt that her explanation was weak. She never thought that she was biased, but last night, Gu Chaoyang laid out everything that Gu Heng had done over the years in front of him. There was even an instance when Chen Wanrou called Gu Heng to come back and clean up Gu Jue's mess, and the plane that Gu Heng was on almost crashed, which she did not know about.
When Gu Heng was thirteen, he was followed by someone with malicious intent. When he was fourteen, he fell and broke his leg during a physical education class. He was also seriously ill on the day of his college entrance exam, but he still performed normally under great pressure and got into a good university, not letting the Gu family down...
She knew nothing about any of these things.
Chen Wanrou always thought that Gu Heng would receive a lot of education and the best things by following Old Master Gu, so she could comfortably use her maternal love to make up for the neglect of another child by the family.
Over the years, she hadn't been able to open up to her husband, and her relationship with her eldest son had unknowingly become distant. She seemed to be able to use these reasons to find a reasonable excuse for her wild thoughts. But when Gu Chaoyang laid out every moment of Gu Heng that she had missed over the years, the indescribable sense of guilt almost overwhelmed her.
She always thought that Gu Heng was omnipotent, and she never imagined that one day she might lose this child because of an accident.
Years later, she suddenly remembered that this was her first child, and that she became a mother for the first time because of his existence.
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