Chapter 495 Nagging Brother

These words successfully controlled Annan's steps.

She looked at Gu Zhiyu in disbelief, then adjusted her facial expression and turned around slowly:

"You're not satisfied with just giving you two cigarettes, and you're cheating me?"

Once this is said, the other party will naturally have to prove himself.

"Oh my! Big sister, you can't say that!"

The man's nagging nature returned: "Giving me these two cigarettes is equivalent to giving me two large gold bars as a reward before the end of the world! How disloyal am I to deceive you?"

He pointed to his knees and said, "Brother, you are not a bad man who loves to take advantage of others, otherwise I would kowtow to you! A man's knees are gold!"

Then he slapped his head and said, "Hey, you guys don't think I'm the kind of wimp who kneels before everyone, do you? I'm not like that! My family has very strict education, and I have a very good character, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to marry you..."

Before he could finish his words, Annan interrupted him again impatiently: "Get to the point!"

The man smiled innocently: "Sorry, I tend to go off topic..."

Seeing that Annan was about to leave again, he quickly explained the point: "My brother-in-law is really the deputy mayor."

As he spoke, he took out a wallet from his pocket and opened it to show the two of them.

Inside are two photos and a heart-shaped paper card made of 100-dollar bills.

One of the photos and the heart-shaped card were already very old, yellowed and curled, and looked like they would break if touched.

The other photo is a family portrait, which is relatively new, but it looks like it must be seven or eight years old.

The man pointed to the family photo, which showed an elderly couple sitting and two middle-aged couples standing.

"The ones sitting are my father-in-law and mother-in-law. The ones standing on the left are my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. This is me and my wife."

Then he pouted his lips with some pride: "My wife is beautiful, isn't she?"

Annan looked carefully at the people in the photo.

The man on the right is indeed him, but his skin is not so dark, and his clothes are very neat and decent. His facial features are exactly the same, but his temperament is completely different.

His current appearance is no different from that of a homeless person.

The other two men in the photo do look like they hold important positions.

That kind of temperament and look cannot be imitated by ordinary people even if they wear the same shirt and executive jacket.

The man was still mumbling to himself: "Hey, this photo really doesn't show her beauty. Look at this one. This one looks more like her."

As he spoke, he handed another old, yellowed, wrinkled photo to Annan:

"How is it? Doesn't it look good? Even though you are a little pretty, you are still a little bit inferior to my wife when she was young."

The photo still shows the couple standing on the right, but they are younger versions of them.

The two of them held hands tightly and took a tourist photo by the lake. They looked to be in their twenties.

The man looked full of vigor and vitality, completely different from his current shabby and dirty appearance.

The woman was wearing a simple and elegant windbreaker with her hair casually draped over her shoulders. Although the photo was too old and her face was not so clear, it was still possible to see that she was a fashionable and elegant beauty.

But compared to Annan's ridiculously exquisite face, it is still far behind.

Gu Zhiyu glanced at this elder brother and thought to himself that a lover's eyes see beauty in everything. Where did he get the confidence to say that this woman was prettier than his An An?

The eldest brother naturally didn't know what he was thinking, and was still showing off his affection:

"This heart-shaped paper card was made for me by my wife when she was young. I have kept it ever since. She has very skillful hands..."

While he was chattering about showing off his wife, he put the two photos and the heart-shaped paper card back into his wallet.

Annan waved his hands helplessly: "I have no interest in the romance between you and your wife."

The man then remembered that he had originally intended to tell them about his brother-in-law.

So he quickly changed the subject: "It is like this, my wife's brother is indeed the deputy mayor of Jesan City."

He paused and emphasized, "It's the man standing on the left in the family photo just now - I'm really the deputy mayor's brother-in-law!"

As if he knew that his image at the moment was not convincing, he explained somewhat embarrassedly:

"Don't think I look like a homeless person, but I wasn't like this before. You can tell from the photo just now!"

As if he was afraid that a photo could not prove his brother-in-law's identity, he scratched his head and explained quickly:

"You are not from Jesan City. Otherwise, you would definitely recognize my brother-in-law's face. He is a good official who serves the people. Most of the local people know him!"

Annan did not continue his conversation but asked:

"If you love your wife so much, why are you alone so far away from home?"

The man's upturned mouth immediately fell, as if he had thought of something sad, and replied dejectedly:

"She died six years ago. Lung cancer."

Then he grumbled, "I felt really bad at the time. A good person was gone just like that... But now I'm still thankful that she didn't have to experience this fucking apocalypse."

"You know, these three years have been a tough time for human beings! Natural disasters have occurred one after another, endlessly, it's outrageous! Especially this extreme cold..."

Seeing Annan's increasingly impatient expression, Gu Zhiyu frowned and reminded him, "Brother, you're off topic again."

The man smiled innocently and shook his head: "I'm sorry, I can't grasp the main point..."

Then he answered Annan’s question: “After my wife died, I felt depressed and couldn’t stay at home alone, so I went out hiking.”

"My wife and I both love outdoor sports. We met in an outdoor sports club. After we got married, we agreed not to have children and to explore the world together as a couple."

"We stop and go while making money from our own media. Although it is hard, we are very happy."

"We have watched the aurora borealis in Iceland together, stood on the Bosphorus Strait and felt the wind from the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and worked as volunteers without borders in a war-torn country for a period of time..."

The more he spoke, the brighter his eyes became: "We are each other's soul mates. The only regret is that there are still many places in my country that I have not visited."

"So we had planned to hike across the country together before we got too old. But I didn't expect her to just say goodbye..."

"I promised my wife that I would live well for her and use my eyes to help her see the beautiful mountains and rivers of our motherland. Later, I will..."