The man's cooking was so delicious, even more authentic than what she ate in Shanghai. She even suspected that he had specially studied Shanghai cuisine to make it so delicious and suited her taste so well.
"When we get married, will the Gu family agree to let you move in with me?"
Yes, I will.
"So certain. I feel like Grandpa and Grandma will let them go, but Uncle and Aunt might not."
"Wrong. My dad never interferes with any of my decisions, and as for my mom, just ignore her; her opinions have no effect on me."
“After all, my opinion is useless to her. She can decide for herself who will be her daughter-in-law. Even if my mother doesn’t agree to me moving out after I get married, there’s no place for us to live in the cowshed. Even if there is room available, I don’t want you to live in the cowshed with me.”
"The smell of the cowshed is too strong, you won't be used to it. There are too many hidden dangers in living in the cowshed. It's more comfortable and relaxed for the two of us to move out on our own. We can do whatever we want in our own home without having to worry about this or that."
"Even if you don't like living in a big brick house, you can still move into the space anytime, anywhere. Isn't that a perfect thing?"
Gu Sinian dared not let Su Ying live in the cowshed, lest Gu Yuanming and Qian Huiru have the opportunity to come into contact with Su Ying.
These two wolves are selfish and only care about their own interests. They don't even care about the kindness of their grandparents who raised them, and they report them without hesitation.
He was extremely worried about letting the little girl interact with such people, especially since she carried such a big secret.
If they were to become so heartless as to exchange the little girl's secret for wealth and status, then his little girl would be in grave danger. He had to nip any potential dangers in the bud so that his little girl could live a peaceful and happy life.
The reason the Gu family has ended up living in a cowshed is entirely due to Gu Yuanming and Qian Huiru.
I'm afraid they might have a backup plan.
The little girl should avoid any contact with them. This way, the chance of her secret being exposed will be close to zero, and the little girl will be safe. He knows all too well what kind of people Gu Yuanming and his wife are; they are capable of doing anything utterly depraved.
If a nine-year-old child can devise a plan to sell someone to human traffickers, what kind of depraved creature wouldn't he be capable of?
The night he was taken back, he chatted with his grandparents in the room for a long time. His parents didn't know that Gu Yuanming was his great-aunt's son. After all, Gu Yuanhong and Gu Yuanming were only one year apart, and it was normal for his father to have no memory of it.
She always thought Gu Yuanming was her own younger brother, and she turned a blind eye to his mistakes no matter what they were, until the mistakes became irreparable.
Before her suicide, her great-aunt left behind a child who was just over a year old. Her grandparents took pity on Gu Yuanming, who had become an orphan at such a young age, and decided to keep him.
Unexpectedly, a hidden danger was left behind, which brought this catastrophic disaster to the Gu family, resulting in the entire family being sent down for reform.
My grandparents never talk about who my uncle-in-law is.
Things didn't seem as simple as he thought. Who was his uncle-in-law?
Grandpa and Grandma have stopped talking about it now and even told him not to investigate anymore, lest it cause even more trouble.
His intuition had always been accurate; his uncle, whom he had never met, was the mastermind behind the manipulation of the Gu family and the real culprit who was manipulating Gu Yuanming.
The little girl absolutely must not get involved in the complicated family environment of the Gu family. I just hope she is happy and doesn't need to care about the Gu family's messy affairs.
He also didn't want the Gu family to have too much contact with the little girl, especially Gu Yuanming and Qian Huiru, who were nominally his second uncle and aunt.
Only he, who had experienced their ruthlessness firsthand, was qualified to speak about it.
He didn't want to recall the horrific memories of being tortured by human traffickers, but every time he saw Gu Yuanming and Qian Huiru, those memories became clearer...
The nightmare tormented him year after year until he went to the army at the age of eighteen. He no longer saw the two culprits and the nightmares stopped, finally giving him some peace and quiet.
Now that I have my little girl by my side, those painful memories don't seem so scary anymore.
As long as Su Ying has less contact with the Gu family, she won't be harmed.
"Okay. We'll do it your way. I'm really looking forward to living in this big brick house with you. How about you? How do you feel?"
Su Ying was envisioning a wonderful future, while Gu Sinian's thoughts had wandered off to who-knows-where, his eyes were dull and lifeless.
She tugged at the man's sleeve, but still couldn't wake him. Su Ying then waved her hand in front of him.
"What are you thinking about? Snap out of it."
Gu Sinian was pulled back from his distant thoughts by Su Ying. "Ah? It's nothing, just thinking about some things from the past."
"It's nothing important."
Su Ying didn't believe it. Gu Sinian had seemed really off just now, and his expression was strange, as if he was thinking about something.
"Let's hurry to the brigade leader's house to borrow an oxcart. If we go there later when they're having dinner, it will be a bit of a disturbance to them."
"good."
The two strode forward, trying to finalize the matter of borrowing the oxcart before others had lunch.
"Actually, we can make an excuse to walk to the supply and marketing cooperative, and then take the sugar out of the space at night. No one should say anything."
“No. This method won’t work. Although it doesn’t take five hours to get from Liushu Village to the supply and marketing cooperative, it will take at least four hours round trip. Walking is not realistic. We can only pretend to borrow an oxcart. We can’t be lazy.”
Su Ying nodded. The journey was so far that walking was indeed impractical. "Okay. I'll do whatever you say."
The two walked one after the other towards the captain's house.
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