Chapter 471 What do you mean?
The newspaper that published the story about Gu Siqing assaulting someone was a small street tabloid, less than a year old. They usually published melodramatic folk stories, talked about current actors and actresses, and sometimes discussed national affairs. In short, they wrote whatever they thought would be popular.
Han Zhengping and Xia Yi spent two days finding out all the violations and infringements committed by the newspaper, reporting what needed to be reported and appealing what needed to be appealed.
However, the Chinese New Year is coming soon and all major units will be on holiday soon, so even the matter will have to be dealt with after the New Year.
Gu Siqing didn't care about it, thinking it would be the same sooner or later. But what was unexpected was that after a few days, some bad words started to spread around.
Some say that the Gu family is from the countryside after all, and even though they are rich now, they are still very rustic. Others say that both Gu Jianguo and Wang Yueju came from humble backgrounds, and that the Gu family's children have no family education. Otherwise, how could the Gu family's fourth daughter, a girl, get into a fight in the street?
Of course there are many more, and none of them are good.
The Gu family sat together and discussed this matter. It was obvious that someone was manipulating this. Who was it? What was the purpose? Everyone in the family was wondering who was against them and who was most likely to have done this.
"I think this is directed at me," Gu Siqing said. "First it was the newspapers, and now it's the rumors."
"Then who do you think it is?" Ye Chi asked.
"If I had to say who has the greatest grievance against me, it would be Ling Pingying," said Gu Siqing.
The person who had the biggest grudge against her so far was Xia Yuan. But Xia Yuan had already gone to Hong Kong and hadn't returned for several years. The other was Ling Pingying. When the two of them had a war of words in the newspapers, Ling Pingying was humiliated.
A few months ago, during a symposium held by the Writers Association, the two had a bit of a spat, and Ling Pingying was completely defeated again. As an already famous writer, it was only natural for him to hold a grudge after being slapped in the face by her several times.
"Then keep an eye on Ling Pingying," Ye Chi said, looking at Zhang Zijun and saying seriously, "The leadership change is coming soon, and the situation has been a bit tense these past two years, so don't be impulsive. We don't care about rumors, and they'll gradually fade away. Besides, after the New Year's trial, the newspaper will be under pressure, so it'll be easy to find out who's behind it."
Ye Chi was worried that Zhang Zijun might get into a fight if someone said something unpleasant. Han Zhengping and Xiao Si's fight wasn't a big deal; at most, it would just spread rumors. But it wouldn't have any impact on either the Gu or Su family's business.
But if Zhang Zijun gets into conflict with others impulsively, it will be easy for the Zhang family's political enemies to find evidence against him.
"I know, don't worry." Zhang Zijun said.
He is no longer the young man he was a few years ago. He is now a father and he doesn't do whatever he wants like before.
"Alright," Gu Jianguo said, waving his hand. "Let's celebrate the New Year happily. Anyone can say whatever they want."
After the discussion, everyone chatted about other things. Gu Siqing suggested playing mahjong. The four sisters sat at the table. Pangpang was curious and insisted on taking his mother's place. Gu Siqing said, "You wait for the baby brother or sister in your aunt's belly to come out. The four of you can just sit at the table."
Everyone laughed when they heard this, after all, it was just enough for one table.
After playing mahjong for a while, the nanny came over and said lunch was ready, so the family went to have lunch. After dinner, Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui left. It was Chinese New Year, and every family had something to do.
Gu Erhui held Pangpang in her arms and sat in the back seat of the car. She said to Zhang Zijun, "You have to remember what your brother-in-law said. Don't be impulsive in the future."
"I know," Zhang Zijun looked at his wife and son through the rearview mirror and added, "I'm not listening to my brother-in-law, I'm listening to my wife."
At this time, Fatty also said: "Listen to my wife."
Gu Erhui laughed out loud, "You've set a good example. I'll give you a reward when I get back."
Zhang Zijun's eyes lit up when he heard about the reward and asked, "What reward?"
Gu Erhui: "You have the final say."
Zhang Zijun grinned and chuckled. He thought of what reward he wanted.
Arriving at the government compound, as soon as the car stopped, he ran into Lu Shuyun who had just returned from outside. Seeing Pangpang, Lu Shuyun hugged him in his arms, kissed him several times on the face, and then said to Zhang Zijun and Gu Erhui: "Come to my house and sit down, Zikun and Ziyao are here too."
Zhang Zijun hadn't seen his two cousins for a long time, so he followed Lu Shuyun into the yard. He saw it was quite lively inside. Zhang Zikun and his wife, as well as Zhang Ziyao and his wife, were there. Zhang Zikun's two children were chasing each other in the living room with toy guns.
Seeing them coming, Mrs. Zhang stood up and pulled Gu Erhui to sit next to her. Tang Wei curled her lips when she saw them. Gu Erhui and Mrs. Zhang were chatting quietly, neither paying attention to her expression.
"Did your little brother really write 'Running Youth'?" Mrs. Zhang loves the movie and has already seen it twice. She finds the dialogue both humorous and profound.
Gu Erhui also thought that Gu Siqing's script was well written, so she said with a proud smile, "She always said that this script was forced out by Sister Ying."
"Why is he called a genius writer? Your Xiao Si is really a genius in this area." Mrs. Zhang liked him and was not stingy with her praise.
Gu Erhui said modestly, "There's no such thing as a genius. I spent a year writing this script. You don't know. I revised it over and over again."
"Yes, talent plus hard work can produce good works." Mrs. Zhang said with a smile
"She has a talent for fighting." Tang Wei looked at Gu Erhui and said with contempt, "Your family really needs to teach her a lesson. A grown girl fighting in the street, if anyone knows about it..."
"No one would fight with others for no reason," Gu Erhui interrupted her, "just like you, my second sister-in-law, wouldn't try to take advantage of others for no reason."
"Gu Erhui, you..."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Zijun sat there with his legs crossed, snorted, and said, "Second sister-in-law, you have no right to interfere in my family's affairs."
Tang Wei was so angry at her brother-in-law's words that her eyes turned red. She looked at Zhang Ziyao, wanting him to help her, but Zhang Ziyao lowered his head to drink tea and didn't even look at her.
At this time, Gu Erhui began to explain what happened that day, and then said, "Erpang also suffered an unexpected disaster. Xiaosi grew up with Zhengping and Erpang. Seeing them being beaten, he must have been worried."
Zhang Zijun asked Mrs. Zhang, "Sister-in-law, if my brother gets beaten up, will you rush forward?"
Mrs. Zhang blushed when asked, but still said, "I definitely have to go over and help!"
Zhang Zijun spread his hands and said, "That's it."
Tang Wei was embarrassed and said nothing more with a sullen face. After a while, Zhang Jinglin called Zhang Ziyao into the study and said, "If you really can't live together, then get a divorce."
If Zhang Jinglin really couldn't stand it anymore, he wouldn't have told his son to divorce.
"She won't leave." Zhang Ziyao said lightly, as if he was talking about something unimportant.
Zhang Jinglin sighed. Everyone wants a harmonious marriage, but he felt frustrated watching his second son's life.
"Maybe she will leave on her own initiative by then." Zhang Ziyao said this without thinking, but Zhang Jingtong understood what he meant and waved his hand, "Who knows what the situation will be like then."
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