Chapter 80: The twins meet their partner's childhood sweetheart; won't he think...?
"Host, are you alright?"
Wen Han is not doing well.
Luckily, I didn't eat anything this morning, otherwise I would have definitely thrown up in the car.
With the start of winter break, the highways became much busier. Even though Jing Yu drove carefully, the car kept stopping and starting. Wen Han felt like her stomach was rebelling.
After finally reaching the service area, Wen Han couldn't eat anything and could only drink some ice water.
Even in the most impoverished areas, highway service areas are equipped with pharmacies, and inhibitors are always kept in stock for at least two months to prevent accidents caused by excessively long waiting times.
With an ice cube in his mouth, Wen Han just hoped that nothing like this would happen on the road, which was already incredibly congested.
There was an address in the next province. Jingyu didn't know how she had managed to contact them beforehand, and they had even taken photos of the child.
Wen Han: "......"
The system asked cautiously, "Host, is there a problem?"
"Haha." Wen Han was amused by her own amusement. "Twins? Does the Gu family have some kind of twin gene?"
Twins are one thing, but they're still in kindergarten!
I could have tolerated Liu Chuanze and Wen Han, who were only elementary school graduates. At least they had good grades and were more mature than ordinary children, and they had even differentiated into Alphas. These two kids were still in kindergarten, so what advantages could they possibly have?
"Can I file a complaint?" Wen Han said angrily. "I want to complain about your space! It's one thing for a kindergarten kid to show up, but there are two of them, and they're twins!"
Gu Cheng and Gu Yuan are also twins, and Wen Han has witnessed their close brotherly relationship. What will Gu Zong think when he sees these twins? He'll probably immediately think of himself!
The system whispered, "But the space is gone."
Now there's no chance to even file a complaint.
The twins were still in the middle class of kindergarten, and Wen Han and Jing Yu bought some gifts to visit them.
The other party is a male Omega. His family is not as well-off as Liu Ruyan's, and he has to raise two children, so he went from being well-off to poor.
*
"Wait, what do you mean?" Wen Han covered her face. "What do you mean the child isn't Gu Zong's?"
"I'm not sure, we only met once," the other person chuckled awkwardly. "At first I thought it was Gu Zong, but his ID card said Gu Yuan, so I thought that was Gu Zong's real name..."
Wen Han took a deep breath: "Just assume it's Gu Zong's, anyway, a DNA test won't show it."
If Gu Yuan's child has a criminal record in the father's section, he won't be able to get any of the family property.
Dead space was intentional, wasn't it?
"But..." the other party said apologetically, "I've already contacted Gu Yuan."
Wen Han exclaimed, "What?"
How could he be so bold? Isn't he afraid that Gu Yuan is a scoundrel, and he'll end up with neither money nor his child?! Besides, Jing Yu must have warned him, right?
Did he think he could use his child as leverage? Gu Yuan had plenty of ways to threaten him and make him lose both his money and his child! Not to mention he was just an ordinary person.
Wen Han met Jing Yu's somewhat surprised gaze; clearly, this was the first time Jing Yu had encountered someone so foolish.
Wen Han felt his ears ringing. He took a deep breath: "You didn't tell us about us looking for you, did you?"
"No, no," Omega said with a smile. "You all paid for this house, so I definitely won't tell you. You can rest assured."
Although Wen Han and the others did not tell him their names, it was hard for Gu Yuan, a high school student, not to associate them with Wen Han.
Seeing that Wen Han's expression was not good, Omega brushed a stray hair behind his ear, his eyes somewhat evasive.
Jing Yu and Wen Han roughly understood that he had already considered her as Gu Yuan's future wife. Naturally, they had to stand with Gu Yuan to protect the Gu family. What if Wen Han and the others were to harm Gu Yuan? It was more reassuring to have the opportunity in their own hands.
"No one can save him from being this stupid," Wen Han gently shook her head at Jing Yu.
She still gave him the gift for the child. Wen Han refrained from confronting him directly. She should have just bought the cheaper milk.
The other party was quite polite in seeing them out, but Wen Han's face turned completely cold the moment they stepped out: "Jing Yu, do you think he might have already betrayed us?"
“Not at the moment,” Jing Yu said, lowering his eyes. “He’s probably using us as a fallback plan.”
If he really had the ability to get Gu Yuan to bring him and the child back to the Gu family, then he could sell them without any worries.
If Gu Yuan ignores him, he can still shamelessly ask them what to do. It's like having both.
“Even if Gu Yuan accepts him, we can’t let him have his way.” The cold wind blew straight up to her neck, and Wen Han shivered as she pulled her zipper up a little higher. “His little tricks are no match for Gu Zong.”
"Jingyu," Wen Han asked curiously, "aren't you cold?"
She had already put on a down jacket, and underneath she wore a thick sweater and thermal shirt, but Jingyu thought it was still late autumn.
"I'm not cold," Jingyu said helplessly. "Didn't I tell you to wear a scarf? Now you're complaining about being cold."
"I'm not used to wearing scarves."
Wen Han sighed. The twins were out of the question. Even if they were Gu Zong's children, two kids still in kindergarten would only get a small share of the inheritance. Besides, that man had cleverly blocked his own escape route.
As for Gu Zong, he has no feelings for his own son or younger brother, let alone his nephew.
Back in the car, Jingyu turned on the air conditioning: "Are you hungry now?"
After Wen Han stopped getting carsick, even her appetite returned. "Mmm."
——
"This is a local specialty of our area." The owner chuckled twice. "You must be from Linjin. You can't find our dishes where you live."
Wen Han took a bite but didn't say anything. The food here wasn't to his taste; it was too salty.
The phone rang, and Wen Han put down her chopsticks. It was Fang Songxia calling.
"Hello?" Wen Han said with a smile, "You're on vacation and you still have the heart to call me?"
Fang Songxia excitedly chattered on and on, meaning that she had bought him tickets and that he absolutely had to come and play.
Wen Han originally wanted to meet his idol, but since the twins' attempt failed, there was no need to stay any longer, so she agreed.
“They went on a trip to an island,” Wen Han said. “I heard it’s not cold there at all.”
He's never been to an island before.
Jing Yu paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something: "Half of that property belongs to the Gu family."
"Huh?" The Gu family's reach is that far? The island is so far from Linjin.
"Won't they find us?"
"There are many tourists there, they might not even notice us. Besides, we're just there for tourism, what's there to suspect?"
*
As soon as they arrived on the island, Wen Han took off her down jacket. The lowest temperature here was 20 degrees Celsius. Luckily, Jing Yu had told her to bring some light clothes.
Fang Songxia sent him the address; it was a local specialty restaurant.
"Huh?" Fang Songxia frowned upon seeing them. "Why is Jingyu with you?"
“We’re on vacation.” Wen Han glanced at him. “You wouldn’t be available even if we asked you.”
Fang Songxia smiled guiltily twice.
"Aren't you afraid of being spotted by paparazzi when you're with him?"
Fang Songxia quickly shook her head: "The place we're going to play is on a cruise ship. It's very strict there. You can't get in at all without an invitation."
"An invitation?"
Fang Songxia picked up the invitation card from the side and gave it to him: "This is it. I asked him to bring an extra one."
Wen Han was a little conflicted. He had an invitation, but how could Jing Yu get in?
"It should be easy for his family to get an invitation." Fang Songxia's attitude towards Jing Yu was much friendlier than before, after all, she had also bought Jing family stocks and brought her boyfriend along.
Jingyu went out to make a phone call. Wen Han originally wanted to go with Jingyu, but the shop assistant brought out coconut desserts.
The coconut was hollowed out and filled with mango sticky rice, topped with coconut milk, and then shaved ice with coconut milk.
The system started yelling, "Host, let's try it quickly, before it melts!"
...Never mind, he was starving, and he believed Jing Yu could handle it all by himself.
After Wen Han had finished eating, Fang Songxia said, "I've already arranged with him that we'll all have a meal together sometime."
"What?!" Wen Han objected at first, then remembered that she would have to deal with Ming Xingyan sooner or later. "Won't he find it strange?"
"What's strange about it?"
"Won't it seem strange to my partner if I meet his childhood friend?"
Fang Songxia glanced somewhere and snorted, "Who knows what the person in the picture is thinking? Anyway, I've already said it."
——
With the invitations, they were able to enter the cruise ship without any problems.
"Why aren't you nervous?" Fang Songxia whispered. "It's my first time here, and I feel like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden."
If Wen Han hadn't been to the Gu and Jing families, she probably wouldn't be able to take her eyes off anything right now: "I'm terrified."
This place was clearly not open to tourists. The people inside all seemed to know each other and chatted amongst themselves. Wen Han thought she had come to the Gu family's dinner party again.
Fang Songxia explained, "It seems there will be an auction on the cruise ship."
"An auction? What will they sell? Jewelry, calligraphy, paintings, and the like?"
"have no idea."
Jing Yu suddenly leaned closer, blocking Wen Han's path and pulling him aside. Wen Han was confused, but peeking through the gap, he saw several very familiar figures.
"Oh my god!" Wen Han exclaimed in disbelief, "What are Gu Cheng and Wen Ruan doing here?"
"Huh?" Fang Songxia stood on tiptoe but was pushed back down by Wen Han. "What are you still looking at? Let's go, let's go!"
Fang Songxia led them to her room, which was very large, with a living room and a balcony.
"What are Gu Cheng and the others doing here?" Wen Han wasn't admiring the room; she burst in and started yelling, "He even dyed his hair black! Now you realize how embarrassing his weird hair is? Why doesn't he just keep dyeing it white or pink—"
Fang Songxia quickly covered his mouth.
Wen Han: "What's wrong?"
"This is your friend?" Ming Xingyan pushed open the door. His hair was a striking blue-black, which suited his handsome face perfectly. Wen Han was quite embarrassed.
Realizing what she had just said, Wen Han silently grabbed Jing Yu's shoulder and shrank behind him.
I've already offended the other party before I've even introduced myself.
Ming Xingyan smiled at Fang Songxia and said, "Your friend seems to discriminate against people who dye their hair. What should we do? Should I go and dye my hair black now?"
"Haha." Fang Songxia wasn't nervous at all; on the contrary, she laughed happily.
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