Chapter 137 Demotion
Gu Jianjun returned to the Gu family's old house, dejected and distraught.
We waited until dark before Grandpa Gu finally returned.
"How is he? Dad... how is Yanfeng?" Gu Jianjun rushed forward and asked.
Grandpa Gu waved his hand, about to speak, but his steps faltered.
Gu Jianjun quickly helped him up, only to find that his father's face was terribly pale.
"Dad, are you feeling unwell? Are you alright?" Gu Jianjun felt more panicked than ever before.
In just two days, he was suspended from his job, his wife was arrested by the police, and his son was detained by the military.
Now his only support is his father, who is in his seventies.
If something were to happen to his father at this time, he would be truly finished.
"I'm fine..." Old Master Gu said listlessly, his eyes completely devoid of their usual majesty and arrogance.
Gu Jianjun helped his father sit down on the sofa. Once his father had caught his breath, he asked again, "Dad, how is Yanfeng's situation?"
A sense of sorrow rose in Old Master Gu's heart. He looked deeply at his youngest son and said, "I'll take the blame for him this time!"
"That's great!" Hearing Grandpa Gu say that, Gu Jianjun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before he could fully exhale, he heard Old Master Gu continue, "Even so, he will still be demoted to platoon leader."
"What?" Platoon leader?
Isn't that the lowest level of administrator?
Gu Jianjun was extremely anxious and hurriedly said, "Dad, how come Yanfeng is just a platoon leader? He's a son of the Gu family. If word gets out that he's just a lowly platoon leader, won't people laugh at us to death?"
"Make us a laughingstock?" Old Master Gu sneered.
"Haven't we made enough jokes about the Gu family already?"
"You're suspended from your post for reflection!"
"Zhu Cuihua is detained by the Public Security Bureau and is about to be sent to a labor camp!"
"Gu Yanni was taken to the hospital naked!"
"Now, do we really need Gu Yanfeng, who took credit for others' work and whom I only saved by stepping down?"
As Gu Jianjun listened to Old Master Gu's tirade, he finally realized what had happened by the end.
"Dad, what...what did you say? You've abdicated?"
Gu Jianjun suddenly stood up, feeling as if the sky had fallen.
They are family-oriented and able to establish themselves in the capital.
His son was able to act recklessly in the military.
It all comes down to Old Master Gu's status.
Once Grandpa Gu retires, who will pave the way for Gu Yanfeng, a mere platoon leader, in the army?
Old Master Gu gave a sorrowful laugh, his body slumped weakly against the sofa, his eyes cloudy: "Do you think I can protect Yan Feng without paying a price?"
If he hadn't fought hard and completely surrendered his rights in exchange for protecting Gu Yanfeng...
This incident involving Gu Yanfeng alone is enough to warrant his expulsion from the military.
Even so, it was still those old comrades who agreed, out of consideration for their past as comrades-in-arms.
"How could this happen? How could this be?"
Gu Jianjun panicked!
He completely panicked!
With Old Master Gu relinquishing his power, the Gu family became no different from other military families.
After that...they...
"What's the panic?" Old Master Gu said in a low voice, looking at his bewildered appearance.
"As long as Yanfeng can live up to expectations and make a bright future in the army, we, as family members, will not retire!"
Gu Jianjun looked up at Old Master Gu's pale face.
If his father had said these words ten years ago, he would have been dignified and arrogant.
But now, why does he see a fierce exterior masking a cowardly interior on his father's face, a man who seems like a pillar of strength?
With Grandpa Gu's words echoing in his mind, Gu Jianjun couldn't help but feel a pang of anxiety.
Without his father's protection, can Gu Yanfeng really stand out in the army?
...
The Su family courtyard.
Everyone has heard about what happened to Gu Yanfeng.
Upon learning that Old Master Gu was willing to relinquish his power and abdicate early for Gu Yanfeng's sake, Gu's father sighed but said nothing more.
He'll soon be a grandfather, and he understands his father's choice better now.
I just hope that Gu Yanfeng can live up to the sacrifices his grandfather made for him!
Everyone quickly put the matter at the Gu family's old house out of their minds and began to prepare for the New Year in peace.
Soon, it was Lunar New Year's Eve.
Early in the morning, Gu Yanfei and her mother helped Liu Ma start kneading dough and preparing dumpling filling.
At first, Liu Ma couldn't postpone it, so she had to hurry up and do all the hard work.
These are the young lady's mother-in-law and sister-in-law. In the past, they would have been masters. How could we let them help us?
However, Gu's mother said, "Xiang Wan loves the dumpling filling I make the most."
This forced Liu Ma to back down.
The young lady is nearing her due date, and her appetite has decreased significantly; she gets full after only a few bites each time.
If there were dumpling fillings prepared by Madam Gu, it would be good if the young lady could eat a few more bites.
As usual, Mr. Gu was writing Spring Festival couplets.
Mr. Gu possessed excellent calligraphy skills, and the Spring Festival couplets he wrote were beautiful and elegant.
Gu Yanxiao stood by, and every time his father finished writing a piece, he would take it and paste it up.
Su Xiangwan stood aside to help check if the stickers were pasted crookedly, gesturing occasionally to indicate.
Wang Bole chuckled as he helped brush on the paste.
Looking at the lively family, he beamed with joy.
Just as Gu Yanxiao finished pasting the last horizontal banner, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
"It's snowing!"
Su Xiangwan reached out and caught a snowflake.
In her previous life, she lived in a southern city and rarely encountered snow.
If you want to play in the snow, you have to fly all the way to the north.
However, being a workaholic, she rarely took time off, so much so that even after she traveled through time, she had never actually played in the snow.
This is why she repeatedly refused Ding Yaping's offer to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Now that she has the chance to live a second life and has inexhaustible wealth, she really doesn't want to put herself in shackles again and become a beast of burden once more.
"Be careful, don't catch a cold." Gu Yanxiao went back to his room to get a scarf and wrapped it around her neck, then took her hand and walked slowly with her.
My wife's belly is so big now that it's hard for her to even see her toes while standing. So, I'm naturally worried about letting her wander around on the snowy ground.
"Mom, my sister-in-law should be giving birth in about ten days!" Gu Yanfei said with a smile as she looked at her brother and sister-in-law strolling leisurely in the snow in the yard.
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