Chapter 26 Chapter 26
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Gu Tingzhou took the examination report, rushed out of the hospital immediately, and rushed to Song Chunman.
The sound of the wheels rolling over the bluestone slabs startled the sparrows on the wall and made them fly up. After he stopped the car, he walked into the alley in two steps at a time, his steps as if he were alive.
At this moment, Song Chunman and her daughter had just finished their meal. She was washing the dishes, while Song Xiyue was lying on a stool in the living room, drawing a small house on her homework paper with crayons.
These two things were brought by Gu Tingzhou two days ago, and she liked them very much.
Seeing Uncle Gu coming, she was happier than anyone else. She immediately rushed over and hugged Gu Tingzhou's legs, "Uncle, why are you here now?"
Gu Tingzhou touched her little head and said, "Uncle misses you. Where's Mom?"
"They're washing dishes." The little girl pointed to the kitchen. "We just finished dinner."
Gu Tingzhou gave her two pieces of candy and went back to the kitchen.
Song Chunman had just heard their conversation in the kitchen and was a little curious why the man came at noon today.
But before she could ask why, Gu Tingzhou handed her a document and said, "This is the inspection report. Take a look."
"It's out?" Song Chunman wiped her wet hands on the rag hanging beside her. "What's the result?"
"The result is just as I said." Gu Tingzhou's voice trembled, "Yueyue and I are related."
Upon hearing this, Song Chunman immediately opened the report. Since she couldn't understand the first bunch of content, Gu Tingzhou directly opened the last page for her.
The final analysis above is that Song Xiyue and Gu Tingzhou are related by blood, and the possibility of parent-child relationship between them is not ruled out.
Song Chunman paused for breath and stared at the lines of words above.
After a long moment, she blinked, looked closer again, and then murmured, "Is it really true?"
These eight words were as light as a sigh, but they made Gu Tingzhou's eyes red instantly. It was not easy, but she finally believed it.
"Now you finally believe what I said before, that we are the one for each other, right?" He took a half step forward, the collar of his army green shirt still open, and the blue veins on his neck could be seen.
Song Chunman looked at the red stamp on the inspection form and could no longer shake her head, so she could only nod slightly.
Gu Tingzhou's Adam's apple moved, and he suddenly smiled. He stared at Song Chunman, his voice filled with cautious probing: "So... what do you say now?"
"Ah?" Song Chunman didn't react. "What do you mean?"
Hearing this, Gu Tingzhou's smile faded a little, and his brows slightly furrowed, "You don't have any ideas, do you?"
"What's your idea?" Song Chunman put away the report and turned to put it away, but he grabbed her wrist.
"We now have two children, so we naturally need an explanation for what happened back then!" Gu Tingzhou's voice suddenly rose.
His palms were hot, wet with sweat from running outside, and covered in calluses. He clenched them tightly, and a tingling sensation seemed to penetrate his wrists, causing Song Chunman to shudder slightly. Subconsciously, she asked, "What do you want to say?"
Gu Tingzhou's ears suddenly turned red, and he scratched his hair, which was only one centimeter long, and said, "We can't let Xiyue be without a father forever, right?
Song Chunman was stunned, not quite sure what he meant.
Seeing that she still didn't understand what he meant, Gu Tingzhou's brows knitted even tighter. His eyes drifted towards the living room, then abruptly turned back, as if he had made up his mind: "Actually, I don't have any ideas, it's just... since we already have a child, we can just make do with each other in the future."
The last few words were spoken quickly and softly, as if he didn't care, but also as if he was afraid of being blown away by the wind.
Song Chunman had just picked up the enamel pot to drink some cold water when she choked and water droplets dripped down her chin.
She coughed and slapped her chest, pointing at Gu Tingzhou and asking with a look of disbelief: "You...you want to marry me?"
Before Gu Tingzhou could nod, Song Xiyue suddenly hugged his legs from behind, tilting her head and shouting, "Good luck getting married! The aunt from the compound said before that after marriage, you're a family! Uncle, are you going to be my dad?"
The little girl's eyes were as bright as stars, and she kept grabbing his trouser legs and shaking them.
Gu Tingzhou bent down and picked her up, and the nervousness in his heart was mostly dispelled by the word "Dad".
He looked at Song Chunman and softened his tone: "Xiyue must have a complete family and a good father, right?"
Song Chunman looked at Gu Tingzhou who was holding the child. His shoulders were broad and his arms were strong, able to hold the child steadily. The laughter of the father and daughter brightened up the kitchen.
Her heart was beating fast. Wasn't this what she wanted before?
Give Xiyue a good father.
But...it's only been less than a month since her divorce, and what will the Gu family think?
She took the child off the man and said, "Yueyue, go play over there by yourself first, okay? Mommy has something to tell uncle."
Song Xiyue actually wanted to eavesdrop on what they were talking about, but her mother said so, so she had to obey, otherwise her mother might be sad.
She nodded and ran out skipping.
Song Chunman then turned to look at Gu Tingzhou, thought for a moment, and said slowly, "Comrade Gu, our current situation is rather special. I think you should go back and talk to your parents about getting married first so that they can be mentally prepared."
Gu Tingzhou was stunned when he heard this.
It seems she is right.
No matter when you get married, you should first talk to his parents about it to help them prepare mentally.
Otherwise they would faint from excitement if they suddenly got the news.
He paused, "Then can I assume that you have no objection to marrying me?"
Song Chunman was not pretentious. Anyway, she had always wanted to know who the father of her child was over the years. Now that she knew, she decided to let nature take its course.
Although she had just escaped from the fire pit, she believed that Gu Tingzhou was qualified to be both a husband and a father, and she had finally climbed up the social ladder.
After thinking it over, she nodded and said, "I don't object, but I've only been divorced for a month."
Gu Tingzhou naturally knew why she said that. A woman who had just jumped out of a marriage would not rush into another marriage. "I will give you time."
As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach rumbled uncontrollably.
The two looked at each other, and Song Chunman burst into laughter and asked him, "Do you always choose mealtimes to come?"
Gu Tingzhou was a little embarrassed and wanted to deny it, but he seemed to have been coming over at mealtimes recently. "Your cooking is delicious."
He didn't say anything else, so Song Chunman smiled and said, "It just so happens that I went to buy some vegetables this morning, and there's still rice in the pot. I'll just make two dishes for you to eat."
"Then thank you for your help." Gu Tingzhou said, knowing that she didn't want his help, he went to play with his daughter.
Song Chunman poured a small piece of pork belly into a pot of cold water, added ginger slices and cooked until chopsticks could pierce through it. She took it out and soaked it in cold water to make it firmer, then cut it into thin slices half a finger wide. She also cut some green onions and green and red peppers on the other side for later use.
After it was done, she heated the pan and waited until the iron pan was smoking. She poured a little rapeseed oil and put the meat slices into the pan, causing small oil stars to splash. She held the spatula and kept stirring until the fat released the oil and the edges curled into golden waves.
Grab a handful of bean paste and stir-fry until it turns red oil, then add the chopped scallions and meat slices and mix well. Finally, sprinkle some sugar to enhance the flavor. When you turn off the heat, the aroma of the meat will fill the whole house.
When served on the plate, the meat slices were covered with bright red sauce, with green and red pepper pieces interspersed among them. The stir-fried vegetables next to them still had water droplets on them, lying green and fresh on the white porcelain plate.
The fragrance hit his nose and made Gu Tingzhou drool.
But he was an adult after all, and he knew how to control his emotions. He calmly served himself a big bowl of rice.
Before eating, he looked at Song Chunman and the child and asked, "Do you want to eat some more?"
"We've eaten." Song Xiyue said with a smile, "I still have a lot of meat in my belly."
This time Gu Tingzhou was no longer polite and his eyes fell on the twice-cooked pork.
With the first chopstick pick, the meat slices coated with red oil shimmered under the light. As the meat was bitten, the rich flavor of the bean paste mixed with the taste of green pepper spread. The fat was moist but not greasy, and a hint of sweetness turned into a taste on the tip of the tongue; the lean meat absorbed enough sauce, and the more you chewed, the more delicious it became.
He swallowed the meat and took a mouthful of rice. The rice grains were soaked with the aroma of the meat, making even the rice taste particularly fragrant.
Occasionally, I would pick up some vegetables next to the meat with my chopsticks. The crisp and tender leaves with a refreshing moisture just neutralized the greasiness of the meat, making it refreshing and less greasy.
The child and the woman were still watching him. He realized that he seemed to be eating a little too fast, so he slowed down his eating speed slightly.
Song Chunman saw him eating quickly and pretending to be slow at times, which was very strange. She couldn't help but said, "Take your time eating. I'll go wash the clothes."
After saying that, he took the child into the bathroom.
As soon as the mother and daughter left, Gu Tingzhou started eating faster again.
There was red oil on the corner of his mouth. He raised his hand to wipe it and picked up another piece of meat. When the last piece of meat went into his stomach, he breathed a sigh of relief and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.
This meal is really delicious.
This daughter-in-law is really nice.
Why didn't they find her back then? Otherwise, how could she have married a man like Sun Wenbin and lived a miserable life for four years?
Although it is regrettable, fortunately everything is back on track now.
At this moment, Gu Tingzhou had already regarded this place as his "home". After eating, he cleaned up and washed the dishes very consciously.
It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, and he had to go to work soon. After packing up, he told Song Chunman that he wanted to go for a walk, "I won't come over today. I have to go home and tell my dad about our situation."
Song Chunman felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this, as if they were already husband and wife, and then her husband informed her that he would not be back at night.
But no matter how strange it was, she didn't say anything and just nodded.
Gu Tingzhou went straight to work. There was nothing particularly busy in the afternoon, and he didn't need to watch the training. He was sitting alone in the office with nothing to do, and he was thinking about how to tell his parents about his "ridiculous" history.
If he showed them the report directly and said, "You now not only have a daughter-in-law, but also a granddaughter," he was afraid that the two old people would faint from excitement.
So, he thought about it and decided to start with having a partner.
The afternoon passed quickly, and when the clock hand pointed to exactly six o'clock, he got up and left the office.
Today the car was used by other people in the army, so Gu Tingzhou rode a bicycle back to the military compound.
On the way home, the evening breeze blew towards him, bringing the freshness of early summer. He couldn't hide the smile on his brows, and unconsciously hummed a tuneless song all the way home.
As soon as I opened the door, I heard the sound of water coming from the kitchen.
Mother Gu, wearing an apron, peeked out from inside. Seeing him come in with a smile, she felt that her son had been a little abnormal recently.
He is not just happy today, he has been happy for several days.
This must be a good thing, but this guy just won’t say it.
Is it possible that if there is any good news, can’t we share it with their parents?
She cleared her throat and asked him again, "What's so happy about you today?"
Gu Tingzhou changed his shoes and said, "I'll tell you later."
When Mother Gu heard this, she became unhappy. "How can a man be so slow in speaking and doing things? If you have something to say, please speak up. If you have something to say, please speak up."
Gu Tingzhou: ...
"Let's talk about it after dinner." He was afraid that if he told it now, he would not be able to eat dinner later. "What delicious food should we make tonight?"
Father Gu also came out of the kitchen at this time, "We're having dumplings tonight. Last time you brought dumplings home, your mother has always wanted to learn how to make them like that."
Ever since she ate the dumplings that Gu Tingzhou brought back from outside, Mother Gu has been thinking about them.
The dumplings they make have delicious fillings wrapped in thin skin. When you bite into them, the soup will flow down the corners of your mouth. You don’t even need to dip them in vinegar. They are really delicious.
So lately, she has been trying hard to make dumplings delicious, but they are never right.
"Yes, you can ask that person later to see if they can give you some filling ingredients." She looked at Gu Tingzhou and said.
Gu Tingzhou paused for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll ask later."
After getting the response, Gu's mother went straight into the kitchen.
Gu Tingzhou thought that if her mother knew that the dumplings were made by her daughter-in-law, they would probably be more likely to accept them.
He first put the report in his room, changed his clothes, and went to the bathroom. When he came out, the dumplings were ready and served on the table.
The three of them sat down at the table. Mother Gu had just finished a dumpling when she said, "Okay, now that we're eating, you have to tell us what you've been hiding from us lately, right?"
Father Gu also said: "That's right, he's always like a thief, guarding against us?"
Gu Tingzhou knew that if he didn't say anything now, the two of them would probably make trouble.
He swallowed the dumpling in his mouth and said, "It's nothing serious, I just started dating someone recently."
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