These words made Lu Huaijiao raise her head and look at Gu Changzheng.
Gu Changzheng met her water-drenched gaze, coughed awkwardly, and looked away.
"Hmph, Gu Changzheng, you're a liar."
Lu Huaijiao's words struck a nerve with Gu Changzheng. He turned around, coldly looking at the unreasonable Lu Huaijiao sitting on the bed, and said helplessly, "Lu Huaijiao, can't we be reasonable?"
"What do you mean by unreasonable?" Lu Huaijiao's watery eyes widened, like a frightened little squirrel, her puffed-up face still quite adorable. Even Gu Changzheng's hardest heart would melt.
"Jiaojiao..."
"Gu Changzheng, you're being unreasonable!" Lu Huaijiao wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, stood up, put her hands on her hips, and stared down at the man in front of her: "You said you would fix my toilet and my small kitchen, so why aren't you getting to work?"
Gu Changzheng: ………
He turned to leave, but Lu Huaijiao suddenly remembered something and reached out to hug Gu Changzheng's arm, practically hanging on it. Luckily, the man's arm was thick enough that she didn't feel any burden hanging on it.
"Is there anything else?"
This little troublemaker has a lot of problems.
"Gu Changzheng, Gu Changzheng!" Lu Huaijiao raised her little face, her tear-streaked face bearing a sweet, ingratiating smile: "How about we build a new house? A two-story building, with white walls, shiny floors, flowers in the front yard, vegetables in the back yard, and a kitchen connected to the living room, so that when you're cooking in the kitchen, I and the children can see you from the living room..."
She became more and more excited as she talked.
To Gu Changzheng, the more he heard it, the more outrageous it became.
His brow twitched violently, and he raised his other hand to pinch his brow: "We were just talking about building a toilet and a small kitchen yesterday, and today you're already building a house? And it's going to be two stories?"
“Yes, a two-story house, just like my home in Shanghai.” Lu Huaijiao’s enthusiasm dimmed a little as she said this: “Since that family doesn’t want me anymore, I’ll build a house here that’s even better than theirs.”
“My dad has other children, right? Let him live with his other children, and I’ll live with my own children.”
The little girl was clearly sulking.
But it was precisely this point she mentioned that made it impossible for Gu Changzheng to refuse.
“My little ancestor, building a house is not something that can be done overnight.”
Lu Huaijiao's eyes lit up: "I'll pay for it, you can hire more people to do the work. I have money." She was very happy at the thought of moving into her new house soon.
Gu Changzheng sighed, helped her sit on the bed, and said calmly, "Jiaojiao, the situation outside is not very good right now. I've always given people the impression that I'm not a very hard worker."
Lu Huaijiao looked puzzled.
Although Gu Changzheng was a little embarrassed, he had no choice but to tell the truth, otherwise he knew that the girl would definitely overthink things, and in the end he would be the one to suffer.
"Think about it, someone like me who doesn't work much, in other people's eyes I must be very poor. If we really build a house, it will definitely attract attention."
His savings are definitely safe, but what about Lu Huaijiao's? Even if they can't find the assets deposited under someone else's name, they are very likely to find out about her overseas connections.
When the incident was at its worst a few years ago, many people, like Lu Huaijiao, were innocent, but ended up with a very tragic fate.
Therefore, it is best to keep a low profile at this time.
Lu Huaijiao was just acting on impulse. When Gu Changzheng started analyzing things with her, she also thought about her past life and realized that this was the darkest hour before dawn. She had already given up on the idea of building a two-story house.
But on the surface, she couldn't help but pout: "If I can't do this, and I can't do that, then what can I do?"
Gu Changzheng looked at the girl with so much oil hanging from her mouth, feeling both amused and sorry for her. She had come from a big city to a place like the countryside; she had suffered a great deal.
Now that her family has encountered another misfortune, he shouldn't make her suffer any more.
"I'll try my best to deliver on my promise to build you the toilet and kitchenette."
"I also want a small garden."
Lu Huaijiao's move was like striking a snake while it was already in motion; as long as Gu Changzheng took a step back, she would immediately take ten steps forward.
Gu Changzheng laughed in exasperation.
She pulled her arm away from the person who was holding her, got up, and left the room.
"Where are you going, Gu Changzheng?"
Unable to get any results, Lu Huaijiao refused to give up.
Gu Changzheng stopped and turned around, looking at the girl sitting on the bed with exceptionally bright eyes, and sighed helplessly: "Go prepare the materials."
After saying that, he turned to leave, but before he left, his gaze fell on the sack he had placed to the side, and he couldn't help but add, "Just leave the things you bought there. You take a nap first, and I'll come back to tidy up later."
She's just gone through such a change, she must be feeling bad.
Gu Changzheng didn't want her to do too much.
Lu Huaijiao nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, I understand. You should go quickly so as not to delay me."
"..."
Gu Changzheng left the room, closed the door, and then went out of the yard, heading towards Gu Jianfeng's house at the end of the village.
Lu Huaijiao, who stayed at home, lay down on the bed as soon as Gu Changzheng left. After a trip to the county town and the two ordeals she had last night, she was actually quite tired and wanted to fall asleep immediately.
Even though her eyelids were so heavy she could barely keep them open, her mind was still a jumbled mess, and she couldn't fall asleep at all.
She hadn't tried to think about it, but the phone call from earlier that day kept echoing in her mind and in her ears. She thought of Qin Lan and the boy named Lu Huaiyu.
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