Chapter 5: Come to pick up the bride at 8:08, do you want me to come earlier?
Gu Liancheng first went to his eldest sister's house and reported the blind date to his sister and brother-in-law.
Gu Jiaoxia was pleasantly surprised that she had finally arranged her brother's marriage before her husband was transferred.
She pushed her husband and said, "Your name is Lao Li Mingtian and he approved Liancheng's marriage application."
Gu Liancheng was here just now, and Xiao Jianzhou had no choice but to say, "The conditions Liancheng proposed to those girls during the blind date clearly showed that he only wanted to find a paid nanny. To be fair, he insisted that the girl also take care of the two children. My opinion is that Gu Pan and Gu Hui should go with us, and Liancheng should seriously look for a like-minded female comrade. Marriage is a serious matter and should not be taken lightly."
Gu Jiaoxia didn't think so: "We didn't like each other at first. I still remember that he said he would never touch me. Then, who was the one who took the initiative to climb into bed within three months?"
Xiao Jianzhou's face turned red, and he quickly covered his wife's mouth in shock: "I was wrong, I'm going to find Lao Li now."
"I'll go with you. Let's get it done sooner so we can feel at ease. Oh, by the way, let me tell you something."
"You rarely gloat over other people's misfortunes. What's wrong?"
Gu Jiaoxia couldn't suppress the corners of her mouth: "I was worried that Liancheng would go on a blind date, and the An family would say outside that our family couldn't wait, but An Xiuqing is so brave and negotiated her own marriage."
"Whose family?" Xiao Jianzhou was surprised.
Gu Jiaoxia laughed contemptuously: "Ji Fengmei's youngest son, Doctor Qi."
"How is it possible?" Xiao Jianzhou didn't believe it. "You and Ji Fengmei have been sworn enemies for more than ten years. How could she let her most beloved youngest son marry the girl your brother had broken off the engagement with?"
Gu Jiaoxia didn't believe it either. She knew Ji Fengmei too well. That woman could do anything. "Do you think Ji Fengmei is marrying off her youngest son? No, she is using her youngest son to marry off her one-eyed eldest son."
Xiao Jianzhou was shocked: "That won't work. Let's go and tell them right away."
Gu Jiaoxia suddenly grabbed her husband and got angry: "Why do you care about other people's business? Besides, I'm just guessing. If An Jia can regret the marriage with my brother on the wedding day, she can regret it a second time. If the one who came to pick up the bride is not Dr. Qi, she can regret it again. But if I guess wrong, who will believe us if we go over and say it like this?"
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After Dr. Qi came home from the blind date, Ji Fengmei learned that he was not successful and comforted her son: "What a coincidence, An Qihui's sister who broke off the engagement came to say that she has liked you for a long time and wanted to ask my opinion before confessing to you. Your eldest brother and I don't mind that she broke off the engagement and have agreed to your marriage. It will be difficult for you to get along with Jiang Zhen."
Qi Junhai was shocked: "Mom, didn't you ask me before making a decision?"
Ji Fengmei laughed: "Mom agreed because she knew you liked Nurse An. She broke off the engagement to marry you. We can't let her down."
Qi Junhai likes An Xiuqing very much, but because she is Gu Liancheng's fiancée, he buries this love deep in his heart.
Unexpectedly, there was light at the end of the tunnel, and he was very happy.
Ji Fengmei raised the corner of her mouth. The bitch who broke off the engagement and hooked up with her son thought she could get what she wanted? Either she becomes the daughter-in-law of her eldest son and she will not suffer any loss, or she will be too ashamed to see her youngest son from now on!
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"What? You have agreed with the Qi family that you want to marry Qi Junhai. Will his mother agree?"
An Qihui didn't believe it either. Even if it was true, Ji Fengmei was difficult to get along with. Life would be hard with such a powerful mother-in-law.
An Qihui tried to persuade him: "Gu Liancheng has no parents, so there will be no trouble getting along with the mother-in-law after marriage. The allowance is twice the salary of Dr. Qi. When you start living on your own, you will know how important money is!"
"Sister, what's the point of having money in a loveless marriage?"
What's more, the Qi family has plenty of money. Brother Qi Junhai's business is probably the kind of business that cannot be talked about, and there is a lot of money hidden in the family.
An Xiuqing still remembers that before her rebirth, Gu Liancheng died. Doctor Qi felt sorry for her as a woman taking care of two children, Gu Pan and Gu Hui, so he took care of them in many ways. But later, Doctor Qi still married his widowed sister-in-law. They were loyal to each other, and she and Doctor Qi missed each other.
This time, she was reborn and called off her engagement with Gu Liancheng, becoming single again. With an attitude of giving it a try, she boldly went to Dr. Qi's house and expressed her feelings to her future mother-in-law, who moved her and accepted her.
An Xiuqing was full of expectations for the future and could not hear anything.
"Sister, I already have a good home, and I hope Gu Liancheng is doing well. He won't bother me if he's well. Let him be with Jiang Zhen. She has four children to raise right after getting married. How can her life be better than mine? In the future, she will be the one who envies me."
Now that things have come to this, what else is there to say?
An Qihui said bitterly: "You are so disobedient. I wanted Gu Liancheng to pay off our family's debt for the rest of his life."
An Xiuqing was annoyed by her elder sister's nagging. Her elder sister didn't know a lot of things, such as that in the previous life, her aunt hired someone to kill Jiang Zhen, and only then could her elder sister and brother-in-law live in harmony.
My eldest sister will never know these things.
This time Jiang Zhen did not die, and he even went on a blind date with Gu Liancheng. The two of them formed a new family, but they had no emotional foundation and four children. One can imagine how chaotic their lives were.
She was still regretful: "Sister Gu Liancheng, you want to give the old house in Fancheng to Gu Liancheng for marriage. The old house is next to Dr. Qi's house. I really don't want to be neighbors with them after marriage. What if Jiang Zhen sees me and Dr. Qi's love and regrets it and falls in love with Dr. Qi again?"
"Then let her be envious!"
An Qihui made plans for her sister: "Your wedding with Dr. Qi must be more lively and respectable than Jiang Zhen and Gu Liancheng's."
Thinking of the unknown business of the eldest brother of the Qi family, and that their family had enough money to hold a decent wedding, she said shyly: "Then elder sister, please help me negotiate, I am too embarrassed to show up."
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"Jiang Zhen, I'm at home. I want to discuss something with you."
Jiang Zhen took a wedding leave and prepared for the wedding at home. Sister Gu Liancheng asked friends and neighbors to take care of everything. Jiang Zhen had nothing to do, so he packed up his things at home and moved in together on the wedding day.
I went to see the new house for my wedding yesterday. It is the old house of Gu Liancheng's family. His eldest brother got married here and his eldest sister got married in the old house. Now Gu Liancheng is also going to get married in the old house.
The Gu family's homestead is next to Dr. Qi's house. Jiang Zhen stayed there for more than an hour but did not see Qi Junhai's one-eyed elder brother.
Gu Jiaoxia said, "We worked together in the hospital and know each other well. Qi Junhai is a good person, but his older brother ran away when he was a teenager. I only met him a few times afterwards. I think he is very gloomy. Now that he is free, he can't do any business like before. If he stays at home, don't talk too much if you meet him."
Jiang Zhen wanted to meet him to confirm whether he was a bandit who had escaped.
It’s interesting to say that just as she and Gu Liancheng decided on the date for their wedding, the Qi family and the An family set their wedding dates on the same day.
Jiang Zhen got married from the dormitory, and An Xiuqing got married from her sister's house, so they moved out of the same building.
Gu Liancheng asked Jiang Zhen if he wanted to change the wedding date, but Jiang Zhen refused: "I decided it first, and if we need to change it, it should be theirs."
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She didn't care, but An Qihui did. After all, her sister had just broken off the engagement with Gu Liancheng, and Gu Liancheng came to marry Jiang Zhen. Gu Jiaoxia made as big a fuss as possible, which made her very angry.
Seeing that Jiang Zhen was alone at home, he came over to discuss: "Jiang Zhen, this is the case. Everyone outside is waiting to see our two families make a fool of themselves. I suggest that you and my sister stagger our wedding dates."
Jiang Zhen had no objection: "If your family wants to change, discuss it with the Qi family. Why discuss it with me? I understand. You want me to change? It's so funny. You stole my ex-husband and you still want to negotiate with me. Sister An, who gave you the confidence?"
“My father gave me the confidence!”
An Qihui was so angry: "Who told you to marry Gu Liancheng? Do you know that my father sacrificed his life to save Gu Liancheng's parents? If my father were still alive, I wouldn't have to worry so much about my mother. The Gu family will never be able to repay us sisters for what we owe them!"
Jiang Zhen hugged his shoulders and began to feel disgusted: "An Qihui, Gu Liancheng said that he has been investigating non-stop in the past few years. Your father may not be dead. Whether this favor still exists is still a question mark."
An Qihui was so angry that she was shaking: "I didn't expect that Gu Liancheng would use this method to deny the kindness of saving his parents' lives."
Jiang Zhen said: "If your father is really not dead, how do you account for the kindness you have shown to the Gu family over the years?"
"Then..." An Qihui was speechless for a moment: "It shouldn't be."
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An Qihui woke up after being blown by the wind. She thought Jiang Zhen must have lied to her. If her father was not dead, how could he not come back for so many years?
When she got home, her sister seemed to be worried, so An Qihui asked hurriedly, "Why, what did your mother-in-law ask for again?"
An Xiuqing quickly covered up: "No, it's just that when I think about getting married and leaving my elder sister, I feel uneasy and reluctant."
An Qihui laughed and said, "If you are unhappy living with your mother-in-law, don't worry. With Dr. Qi's qualifications, you will be able to get a room soon."
This was not what An Xiuqing was worried about. Today, she went to the department store with Dr. Qi to buy things for her wedding. When she got home, she found a letter in her bag. She burned it after reading it. She didn't believe what was in the letter at all.
The signature on the letter was a green bud, which was the code name she and her father used to pass notes when they were children. Who was that person? Was he her father’s former friend?
The letter says that I cannot marry into the Qi family. What does that mean?
An Qihui told her sister Jiang Zhen's denial as a joke: "I am glad you didn't marry Gu Liancheng. In order to deny our family's kindness, he actually said that our father is not dead. Isn't it ridiculous?"
An Xiuqing frowned. Could it be that the letter he just read was written by Gu Liancheng?
Could it be that after his rebirth, he still had feelings for her and didn't want her to marry Dr. Qi?
An Xiuqing's face suddenly turned red. No matter what, she was going to marry Dr. Qi. If it was really Gu Liancheng, then he was just being wishful thinking.
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"Have you told An Qihui?" They are getting married the day after tomorrow. Gu Liancheng was kicked out by his elder sister yesterday and accompanied Jiang Zhen to the department store to do some shopping. Jiang Zhen was sharp-eyed and saw An Xiuqing and Dr. Qi, as well as an inconspicuous woman in the crowd, following them.
Jiang Zhen was curious and insisted on following to see what was going on. He saw that the woman put a letter in An Xiuqing's bag when no one was paying attention. Jiang Zhen pretended to meet her by chance, stole the letter, read the contents, and then put it back.
Gu Liancheng followed the woman out of the department store. The woman rubbed off the wig and fake mud on her face, then left wearing a hat and a mask.
He checked the information with Jiang Zhen and felt that the man dressed as a woman was most likely the father of the An sisters.
"We are talking now, so let's talk now." Jiang Zhen said, "You have tracked him down to where he is in a day. He has a wife and children, so he can't run away."
Gu Liancheng originally didn't want to mention this matter, but when he thought about it, if Uncle An hadn't died, it would be really abominable for An Qihui to take advantage of his kindness to repay him.
"The Qi family has scheduled to pick up the bride at 8:08 in the morning. Do you want me to go earlier?"
"Let's postpone it to 9:08," Jiang Zhen said, "otherwise, if we're crowded in the corridor, it won't look good if we fight."
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Jiang Zhen actually wanted to spend another hour watching the excitement in the An and Qi families. She always felt that Dr. Qi's mother and eldest brother were planning something.
And that warning letter, An Xiuqing actually turned a blind eye to it. What a bold person.
She had calculated well. Gu Liancheng's eldest sister was competing with the An and Qi families. At around seven o'clock, the bride-picking teams from both families arrived. They had to leave at eight o'clock. Wouldn't there be a fight on the stairs?
Jiang Zhen thought that she was upstairs, and Gu Liancheng would have to carry two more flights of stairs, so how could he possibly outrun her? So, there is no point in rushing to be together.
But it was strange that people outside were talking about: "Why didn't Doctor Qi come to pick up the bride? The one-eyed guy must be his eldest brother, so why is his eldest brother here?"
Jiang Zhen was anxious and was about to get out of bed, put on his shoes and go out to see if Qi Junhai's one-eyed brother was the murderer who killed Jiang Tang and Jiang Zhao's mother?
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