Gu Wei had just given change to a woman getting her hair permed when he glanced casually outside the shop.
Suddenly, I noticed two people behaving rather suspiciously.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the man in the gray shirt was none other than Yuan Decai!
As for that small old lady with her hair in a bun at the back of her head...
Gu Wei guessed that it might be his mother?
That legendary Third Aunt?
However, he ignored it.
I want to see what kind of show these two are going to put on.
There weren't as many customers in the store.
Everyone can take a break and drink some water to soothe their dry throats.
Li Guizhi picked up the large enamel mug that was full of cooled boiled water and poured the water into her own glass.
When he saw a certain spot outside the store, he suddenly stopped drinking water, his expression quite complicated.
When my father was still alive, he was very close to this third aunt.
The two families visit each other frequently and have a good relationship.
Who would have thought that her trust in her family would ultimately turn out to be a joke?
Gu Jianguo was always watching his wife closely and noticed something was wrong.
He followed the gaze and looked over, then his face immediately hardened.
At this point, perhaps they sensed that there were only a few people left in the room.
The two walked in one after the other.
Zhao Zhengying didn't know them or understand the situation, and was about to answer the customer as she usually did.
Gu Hongjie saw who had come in, immediately put down the comic book, and nudged her arm.
Li Xiuqiao had been looking around outside the store for a long time.
I already have a general idea of what the store sells.
Upon entering, they discovered that the items in the display case were trendy pieces they had never seen before.
He thought to himself, "No wonder business has been so good since the store opened."
“Guizhi, I brought your cousin here today to apologize. That foolish man is so easily swayed, always listening to his wife's nonsense. They're all relatives, how could he do such a thing! I've already given him a good scolding since he was just discharged from the hospital!”
"Yes! I really know I was wrong. I shouldn't have treated you like that before. I brought all the money with me today!"
Yuan Decai took out the money, which had been rolled up, and placed it on the counter.
He appeared to be meek and obedient, but his eyes kept darting around.
If he had known earlier that Gu Jianguo's relative was so capable, he would definitely have treated him like an ancestor.
Li Guizhi stared at the money, her lips pressed tightly together, saying nothing.
Gu Jianguo clenched his fists, his face grim.
Seeing that no one was responding, Li Xiuqiao could only look at Gu Wei and chuckled dryly: "This must be your relative from Jianguo's side, right? The young man is quite handsome; no wonder he can run such a big business."
Gu Wei's expression and eyes grew even colder; there was no way he would pay her any attention.
He didn't have a good first impression of the old lady.
In addition, there was the bullying that my grandparents suffered.
He didn't believe it; the old woman knew nothing about it.
Li Guizhi didn't want her family's affairs to bother Gu Wei, so she quickly said in a sharp tone, "I already said that day, we have no more relatives like this! Even if you come with me, it won't make a difference!"
Li Xiuqiao felt that Li Guizhi had changed a lot; she was no longer the pushover she remembered.
"Guizhi, how could you be so heartless! When you were little, I treated you so well. I saw you were having a hard time staying in the countryside, so I kindly invited you to come here!"
Gu Jianguo was furious: "Who's the heartless one? My wife almost died a while ago, what did they say when I went to their house? Later, they even got the landlord to kick us out! If someone hadn't taken us in, where would we have gone? To live in the open air, under a bridge?"
"And another thing, your son was beaten up, and your daughter-in-law insists on blaming us, saying that we did it and demanding that we pay compensation! Aren't you ashamed of all these things? Don't think that just because we're doing a little better now, you can come back to us. No amount of apologies will help!"
Even if Gu Jianguo knew that Gu Wei had hired someone to deal with the person, he would never admit it.
Li Guizhi, however, was kept in the dark and spoke with great confidence.
Li Xiuqiao was so angry that she had a chest pain.
She had never seen anyone as stupid as her second son and his friends.
Perhaps she can still find various reasons to excuse what happened before.
But there's no way to cover up this attempt to extort money from someone.
"Guizhi, please, for my sake, give your uncle a chance to make amends, okay? He truly knows he was wrong!"
Li Guizhi pointed to the door and said firmly, "You should leave. This is a place where people run their businesses. Don't come back again. No matter how many times you come, I will have the same attitude!"
Gu Wei, who was watching the spectacle, silently cheered for his grandmother in his heart.
He was initially a little worried, but her kind and soft heart wavered because her elders personally came to apologize.
Several more people entered the store.
Li Xiuqiao's goal was to seek peace, not to escalate the conflict, so she had no choice but to prepare to leave first.
Yuan Decai, however, remained motionless like a wooden stake, staring at the money on the counter, wanting to reach out and take it, but unable to lift his hand.
Li Xiuqiao decisively pulled him away.
Li Guizhi gripped the edge of the counter, opening her mouth as if to speak to Gu Wei.
Gu Wei spoke first, "Grandma, there aren't many people around now, why don't you go to the back room and rest?"
"Gu Wei is right, let's go. We can talk about it later." Gu Jianguo knew about his wife's illness and was most afraid of her getting angry and upset. He quickly collected the money from the counter and then pulled her back to the back room to comfort her.
Gu Wei trusted his grandfather's skills, and seeing that his grandmother seemed much stronger than before, he wasn't too worried.
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