After Gu Chenye finished his three-week patrol and was finally able to take a break, he turned on his phone and received a call from Gu Chenge.
"What is it?" Gu Chenye asked, his tone a little impatient.
Gu Chenge was just trying it out, but unexpectedly the call went through: "You're back?"
Gu Chenye: "Nonsense."
Gu Chenge's lips twitched on the other end of the phone, and he said confidently, "Looks like I called at the wrong time. Okay, I'll get to the point. Mom asked me to call you. She said if you don't hurry up, the meat in your mouth, ugh, the wife you've got is going to fly away."
What?
Gu Chenye suddenly stood up: "Ji Xianli is courting death!"
His handsome face was tense, and his whole body exuded a murderous aura.
Gu Chenge looked completely bewildered: "What does this have to do with Guan Jixianli? What kind of 2G network are you using?"
"Not Ji Xianli?" Gu Chenye was taken aback. He had been gone for less than a month. Could it be that another man was courting her again?
In an instant, his whole body tensed up, his left hand on his hip: "Second brother, please tell me the whole story."
Gu Chenge clicked his tongue in annoyance: "Now you know to call me 'brother'? What were you doing before?"
Gu Chenye was momentarily speechless and wanted to hang up.
At this moment, Gu Chenge asked, "How many days off can you take this month?"
"Three days, I guess." Gu Chenye wasn't quite sure. Recently, many unknown forces had appeared near the waters of Huaguo, and they had to prevent those people from entering the waters of Huaguo.
But the coastline was too long, so each of them had a difficult task to complete, and he had to stay up all night to get through those three days.
During this special period, he hadn't thought about returning to the capital. It just so happened that his superiors gave him a new task, so he could go back for a short trip. The three days he managed to squeeze out were because they simply couldn't find any other manpower.
"Oh, it's just a rumor that the Yan family and the Pei family are going to have a marriage alliance, nothing serious..."
Before Gu Chenge could finish speaking, the call ended.
He stared at his phone screen, his lips and eyes twitching simultaneously: "Does he have to be in such a hurry?" He hadn't even finished speaking; he showed absolutely no respect for his brother!
Gu Chenye took leave as quickly as possible and flew to the capital city by helicopter.
Once the phone signal was restored, Gu Chenye called Shangguan Wu.
He needs to understand the whole story before he can decide on his next move and make sure his attack is successful.
Shangguan Wu was quite surprised when he received the call: "Third Brother?"
“It’s me. Sister-in-law, are you aware of the rumors about the marriage alliance between the Yan family and the Pei family?” Gu Chenye asked bluntly.
Shangguan Wu blinked: "I found out this morning, but the rumors are all false. Pei Kaiwen has someone he likes. This is just his mother's wishful thinking to break them up."
The Pei family has some nerve!
Knowing full well that Pei Kaiwen has someone else in his heart, they still dared to dream of marrying her? What do they take her for?
Gu Chenye asked again, "What is she thinking?"
Shangguan Wu was a little puzzled: "You mean Rou Rou? Of course she has no thoughts about it! Third Brother, with Mom's help, the rumors will be gone in a couple of days, so you don't need to worry."
Gu Chenye's eyelids twitched: "Mom made a move?"
Shangguan Wu smiled as she recalled the message Yan Yirou had sent: "Yes, Mom took Rou Rou to the Su family's restaurant for dinner and chatted with Madam Su for a while. Madam Su already knows that you and Rou Rou are together, and she has a good relationship with Madam Pei. I guess Madam Pei is probably worried about how to clarify this rumor right now."
"Okay, thank you, sister-in-law, goodbye."
Gu Chenye hung up the phone, crossed his arms, and closed his eyes, pretending to sleep.
He was considering whether, after completing the task, he should first tell Yan Yirou that he was back, or go directly to see her.
Shangguan Wu guessed correctly.
Madam Pei was indeed very nervous. If she had known that the Gu family had taken a liking to Yan Yirou, she certainly wouldn't have gone to see Madam Yan.
But why didn't Madam Yan mention her daughter's affair with the Gu family's son?
Once she's spoken, she won't say anything ambiguous or dubious to others.
But now even the eccentric Madam is useless.
Madam Pei was extremely annoyed. The Gu family was the head of all aristocratic families. If the Pei family offended the Gu family, they would definitely not fare well and might even become the next Xiao family.
She became increasingly anxious and paced back and forth in the living room more than a dozen times.
When Pei Kaiwen returned and saw her looking so worried, even though he was angry, he couldn't ignore it.
“Mom, what you’re worried about won’t happen. Don’t think about it anymore,” Pei Kaiwen reassured her.
Madam Pei snapped out of her daze and looked at her son: "It's Kevin. You're back. Can you stop being angry with me? I apologize. I was wrong. Can you come home and stay with us?"
Pei Kaiwen frowned and explained, "Mom, I'm not staying at home because of you."
Madam Pei didn't believe him, and her expression suddenly became very agitated: "No, you're definitely still blaming me, and your father blames me too. You and your son think I offended the Gu family, so neither of you wants to come back, and you both give me attitude..."
Pei Kaiwen felt exhausted and simply said coldly, "Yes, I blame you. If you hadn't objected to me being with Xiaoxiao, none of this would have happened today."
Madam Pei was stunned.
"I just don't want my son to marry a worthless woman, and I don't want his future to be too difficult. Am I wrong for doing that?" Madam Pei didn't think she was wrong.
Her son was just temporarily captivated by the woman's appearance.
Madam Pei believed that as long as her son found someone more beautiful than that woman, he would abandon her!
Pei Kaiwen wanted to tell her that the person she considered worthless looked down on her son.
But in the end, he only gave a cold laugh: "Ha."
Pei Kaiwen strode towards the stairwell.
Madam Pei was taken aback again, but after realizing what was happening, she immediately followed.
Pei Kaiwen went back to his bedroom, grabbed a few things, and went out, almost bumping into his mother at the door.
The next second, Pei Kaiwen directly bypassed his mother.
Madam Pei was trembling with anger: "Stop right there!"
Pei Kaiwen ignored him.
"I'm your mother! How can you abandon your mother for an outsider?" Madam Pei chased him downstairs. Because she was so angry and in such a hurry, she suddenly missed a step and tumbled down the stairs.
Hearing the commotion, Pei Kaiwen turned around and, upon seeing this scene, rushed over in terror: "Mom—"
His voice attracted the Pei family's servants.
"Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance now!" Pei Kaiwen shouted.
"Oh, oh, oh." The maid quickly dialed 120 for emergency medical assistance.
Pei Kaiwen covered his mother's bleeding head wound with one hand, not daring to move her body for fear of causing further injury, while taking out his phone with the other hand to call Yan Yirou.
The call connected quickly, and Pei Kaiwen pleaded, "Yan Yirou, my mother fell down the stairs and hit her head. I beg you to contact the Fourth Young Madam and ask her to come back and save my mother, is that alright?"
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