Chapter 54 Childhood Sweetheart Comes to My Door
Gu Yiliu arrived at the train station and soon met Han Yi.
Before the Lunar New Year, Han Yi suggested visiting her parents, and she agreed. They arranged for her to pick him up on the afternoon of the third day of the Lunar New Year.
"Happy New Year," Han Yi hugged her. "Are you getting used to being at home?" He asked this because Gu Yiliu had no memories of her past, and he was worried that she wouldn't be used to it.
Gu Yiliu hummed in agreement. Her parents and younger brother had the same name and looked the same, so she wasn't really uncomfortable with it.
Gu Yiliu took him to the hotel where he was staying temporarily to put his luggage down before taking him home.
The Gu family lives in an apartment building in a small county town. These are former factory welfare houses. Although many factories have closed down, people still live here.
"First-rate! Oh, who is this guy? He's really handsome, a real catch!"
Gu Yiliu looked at the woman who had spoken, and as she spoke, she had already come up in front of them.
Gu Yiliu had no choice but to greet him, "Aunt Zhou, he's my boyfriend, he's come to my house to wish me a Happy New Year."
Aunt Zhou's face was full of smiles, and she quickly took out a New Year's red envelope and gave it to Han Yi, "No wonder I heard magpies chirping today, it turns out you have good news."
Han Yi looked at Gu Yiliu, who nodded. Han Yi accepted the red envelope and took out peanuts and melon seeds from the gift bag in his hand as a return gift.
After Aunt Zhou left, Gu Yiliu told Han Yi that she was very popular in the neighborhood.
"Everyone knows I can speak animal language. The day I returned home, the uncles and aunts in the neighborhood brought their own chickens, ducks and geese to my door."
"They're treating you like a veterinarian?" Han Yi understood. "Won't you get tired of seeing them so often?"
"No, they always bring me something when they come. Sometimes it's food, sometimes it's household items, and sometimes they even bring me a chicken, duck, or goose."
Gu Yiliu certainly wasn't impatient; in fact, she found it amusing. These were just minor issues with the chickens, ducks, and geese, things the owners were already aware of. But she just wanted to bring her own poultry over to chat with someone, purely out of curiosity about how she would appear in their eyes.
"Yes, we have 'consultations' every day. Some chickens and ducks even ask me to tell their owners not to eat them."
"What impressed me most was that one of the ducks complained to me that its little owner was stupid and asked me to tell its owner that every time they collected duck eggs, the little owner would keep one, saying that he would sell it to someone else. He was making money at such a young age."
Han Yi listened with a smile.
In just five days since she returned home, she has received 12% positive reviews.
Of the 21 calls for help received during the fire, she received 13% positive feedback; those who didn't were already burned to death in the fire.
She currently has 33% positive reviews. However, strangely, Huang Baimu hasn't received any positive reviews, and the police report for help is listed as incomplete.
Dian Dian explained that she had overlooked the police report because of the fire and the murder case, and that Huang Baimu actually needed her help.
Gu Yiliu guessed it was because of Quan Zhushan and Jiang Yiliang. The cause of the fire was still unclear, but she felt that it was Quan Zhushan and Jiang Yiliang who set it.
I can only wait until after the New Year to go back to Yaohai City and check on the situation.
Gu Yiliu planned to use her time at home to earn more positive reviews for the system. The system still had three major upgrades to come, and she was quite looking forward to seeing what it would be like after the upgrades were completed.
Han Yi's arrival was welcomed by the Gu family.
"Xiao Han, how many people are in your family? What do your parents do?" After the meal, Gu Pingshan, Gu's father, began to ask in detail.
“There are five people in my family. My dad, my sister, and my brother-in-law are all in the army, but my dad has already retired to the second line. My mom is a graduate of the police academy. After graduating from the police academy, she worked as a police officer, a teacher, and a bus driver. Now she is a sales clerk at a supply and marketing cooperative. She may want to start her own business in the future.”
Gu Pingshan was stunned. Gu Yiliu had already heard it once, and seeing her family's reaction was the same as hers back then, she smiled.
Are you surprised?
Gu Jin glanced at his sister and asked Han Yi, "Wow, that's amazing! How did your mother manage to change so many jobs?"
Han Yi was pleased to be called "brother-in-law" by him. "The prerequisite for changing jobs is that the unit can agree. My mother became a policeman after graduating from police academy. When she didn't want to be a policeman anymore, she swapped jobs with someone. That person happened to be a teacher, and his family member worked at the police station."
The bus driver job was swapped with a girl; she was assigned to drive a bus, and my mother found her and they switched jobs. However, the current job as a sales clerk at the supply and marketing cooperative was something she found herself.
Gu Pingshan: "Your mom is a go-getter! Can you ask her and your dad when they're free so we can all meet them?"
Gu Pingshan was referring to a formal meeting. After hearing this, he felt that Han Yi's mother should be easy to get along with, which is why he didn't object to the two of them.
Han Yi understood and glanced at Gu Yiliu. He spoke in a calm voice, "Everything will be based on the wishes of Yiliu and his aunt and uncle. We will accommodate your schedule."
Gu Yiliu looked at Han Yi and found that he was also looking at her.
She gave him a satisfied look.
Han Yi smiled.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"Who could it be at this time?" Gu Pingshan glanced apologetically at Han Yi, then got up to open the door.
Han Yi looked up at the door.
A man was standing outside the door.
Just then, he heard Gu Ma Wang Mei's puzzled voice. Seeing her husband standing at the door for a long time, he also got up and went out. "Why is Xiao Zhou here?"
"Who is it?" Han Yi asked, looking at Gu Yiliu.
She glanced at him, and saw Zhou Cheng outside the door looking at her too. Gu Yiliu casually said, "A childhood playmate."
"What's your name?"
Han Yi pressed for an answer, and Gu Yiliu turned to look at him, smiling as he asked, "What? Are you bothered by this?"
Han Yi nodded, looked towards the door, and exchanged a glance with the man outside. Both of them then looked away as if nothing had happened.
But Han Yi didn't miss the dazed look and sadness in the man's eyes.
Because the entrance to the Gu family's house faces the living room, he could see the man outside the door staring longingly at Gu Yiliu from his sofa.
When Han Yi saw Gu Yiliu, his eyes lit up. Han Yi wasn't blind; in fact, his vision was 5.0, so he could see very clearly.
"He likes you," Han Yi said bluntly.
Judging from the look in this man's eyes, he seems to have feelings for Gu Yiliu that go beyond friendship.
“His name is Zhou Yunxiao.” Gu Yiliu chuckled, raised her hand to brush her hair, and as soon as she did, Han Yi’s hand reached out, his five fingers running through her hair to comb it.
"Is he Aunt Zhou's son?"
Gu Yiliu hummed in agreement. "How did you know?"
Han Yi chuckled, his fingertips twitching as he gently pinched her cheek. When she raised her hand to slap him, he didn't let go. Instead, he readily released her after being slapped.
"A surname, easy to guess."
Zhou Yunxiao looked away and turned to the people in front of him. "Uncle Gu, Aunt Wang, please let me say a few words to Yiliu. I'll leave after that."
How did you know Yiliu brought his girlfriend back?
"I heard it from my mom."
Gu Pingshan sighed and refused him, "No, it's not the right time to talk about anything else. My Yiliu brought his girlfriend home today, let's talk about it tomorrow."
Gu Pingshan was also doing it for Zhou Yunxiao's own good. He didn't want the child to get stuck in a rut. The two grew up in the same neighborhood and had always followed Gu Yiliu around like a little follower. Even the two of them didn't know when their feelings for each other had changed.
Of course, Gu Pingshan could also see that Zhou Yunxiao's feelings for Gu Yiliu were more about possessiveness; he simply couldn't allow anyone more important than him to be around Gu Yiliu.
If Gu Yiliu were willing, the two would be a good match, but Gu Yiliu is not.
"Can't I even go in and say a few words to him? When did Yiliu make friends?" Zhou Yunxiao glanced at the man on the sofa again. The two were whispering intimately to each other. It was definitely on purpose for him to see.
"Do you think your aunt and uncle will let him in?" Han Yi said in a low voice, while giving Zhou Yunxiao a provocative look.
Gu Yiliu touched his ear. "No."
Zhou Yunxiao secretly rolled his eyes at Han Yi.
However, Gu Yiliu's compliant attitude made Zhou Yunxiao a little jealous. The person close to Yiliu was no longer him; she had someone closer to her now.
Wang Mei recognized who he was referring to, but she refused, saying, "It's not appropriate now. Come tomorrow. Come to my house tomorrow and I'll invite a few more young people over to play together."
Zhou Yunxiao shook his head. "Thank you, Auntie. I'll be going now." He left dejectedly.
When Gu Pingshan and Wang Mei returned, Han Yi politely asked Zhou Yunxiao why he hadn't come in.
"Is something the matter? Don't let me delay things."
Gu Yiliu kicked him when he heard his words, saying, "Stop pretending."
Han Yi's knee slammed against the table leg, making a painful thud.
Han Yi touched his knee.
“It’s nothing,” Wang Mei glanced at her daughter, telling her not to go too far. “He’s Yi Liu’s childhood playmate, who was a bit slow when they were little. Yi Liu was always taken care of by him when he went to and from school. I heard that Yi Liu brought his girlfriend home, so he came to see her. I told him to come back tomorrow.”
Gu Yiliu heard the rebuttal, but she didn't like to hear it. Her mother had put the cart before the horse. "What? At first, she bullied me because I was dazed. When I didn't speak, she said I was mute and insisted that I speak. He followed me around, not to escort me to school, but because I beat him into submission and he obediently became my little brother! Even after I grew up, he still insisted on following me around."
Han Yi glanced at Gu Yiliu, a dark glint flashing in his eyes, "He hit you again? Where did he hit you?"
He took her hand and began to examine her.
He agreed with what Gu Yiliu said. Just the fact that Zhou Yunxiao liked Gu Yiliu was enough to give him a bad impression, and now it was even worse.
As expected, Zhou Yunxiao did not come the next day.
However, in the afternoon, apart from Zhou Yunxiao, the entire Zhou family came to the house.
Everyone looked like they had just finished crying.
Aunt Zhou held Gu Yiliu's hand and pleaded tearfully, "Yiliu, please save Yunxiao, please help him."
Gu Yiliu asked in confusion, "Aunt Zhou, don't be anxious. Tell me what happened? What's wrong with Zhou Yunxiao?"
"A body was found in the reservoir. It was Yun Xiao's colleague, and a very close colleague at that. After investigation, the police identified Yun Xiao as the suspect. The family was also determined to find out that Yun Xiao was the murderer because he happened to be in the reservoir within the time frame of the victim's death, making him a suspect."
“First-rate. You know Yun Xiao wouldn’t do such a thing. He has no conflicts with anyone.”
Gu Yiliu hadn't expected Zhou Yunxiao to get into such trouble, and his expression gradually became serious.
She looked at Zhou Yunxiao's parents, "Uncle Zhou, Aunt Zhou, what do you want me to do to help him?"
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Author's Note: Here I am! Any nutrient solution? Please water me! [Pleading face]
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