Xu Hongying looked at Shen Sisi with suspicion. Seeing that the girl was laughing so hard she couldn't help but smile, she knew that Shen Sisi was definitely hiding something from her.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Look at me too!" Gu Changhe forced a smile, his eyes were all wrinkled, and he looked worse than if he were crying.
"Why would I look at you? To see how old you are? To see how many wrinkles you have?" Xu Hongying was extremely disgusted with him, and felt uncomfortable even looking at him for a second.
She said sourly, "Besides, don't you go to visit your 'good' sister every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year? Be careful she doesn't wait up in vain."
Chen Sisi stared wide-eyed. What the heck?
Gu Changhe doesn't spend time with his family on the first day of the Lunar New Year every year, but instead goes to spend time with that woman.
This is intolerable!
Before she could speak, Gu Changhe explained, "What sister? Aside from the sisters in our Gu family, I don't have any sisters outside."
"As for her... she told me before that after her parents passed away, she rarely contacted her siblings, didn't find a partner, and didn't have any children. She felt pitiful spending the New Year alone and hoped that I could go with her to sweep her parents' graves every year!"
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to explain himself clearly, so he simply said everything in one breath.
Upon hearing this, Xu Hongying also found it hard to believe: "Just visiting graves?"
"Yeah! What else did you think?"
“His parents treated me like their own son when they were alive, and they also had some affection for our elders, so it was only right for us to visit their graves.”
Xu Hongying glared at him: "What about this year? If you don't go, won't no one accompany her to the grave?"
"I'm not going!" Gu Changhe made his decision without hesitation: "I won't go anymore!"
“You…” Xu Hongying was also stunned. In all these decades, this was the first time she had heard him so clearly reject that good younger sister.
Gu Chengfeng stood frozen in place, looking at his father with a puzzled expression.
Gu Changhe noticed their confusion, cleared his throat, and declared publicly, "I say that I will no longer get involved in anything concerning Huifang."
“I was so confused before, and I always felt guilty towards people. Even if I really owed her, I’ve paid it all back over the decades.”
He turned to Xu Hongying and said sincerely, "From now on, I will have no further contact with her, and I will never do anything to embarrass you again. Let's not talk about divorce, okay?"
Clang!
The bowl in Gu Chengfeng's hand fell to the ground.
Are his parents getting a divorce?
Just as he was about to speak, Chen Sisi grabbed his hand and said, "May you have peace and safety every year. Um, you two elders talk first, Chengfeng and I will handle this first."
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, sweeping is forbidden, so Chen Sisi pulled Gu Chengfeng and picked up the broken pieces one by one with her hands.
"Let me do it! Be careful with your hands." Gu Chengfeng placed her aside and absentmindedly picked up the broken pieces.
Although he had long sensed that his parents' marriage was in trouble, he still felt a mix of emotions when he heard them talking about divorce.
At this moment, Chen Sisi winked at him: "Chengfeng, come out here!"
Gu Chengfeng obediently followed her out.
"What exactly happened?" he couldn't help but ask.
What did you and Dad talk about in the room just now?
He calmed her down, saying, "It's like this..."
She quickly explained the whole story.
"Actually, I can tell that your dad still cares about your mom, otherwise he wouldn't have tried so hard to talk to me and try to save the marriage."
Gu Chengfeng never expected that his father would actually have genuine feelings for his mother.
He leaned against the cold wall: "From my childhood memories, my dad rarely came home. Every time he did, the two of them would argue. I thought back then that it would be better if we left him!"
"Later, when I grew up, I heard that he had another woman on the side. My hatred for him grew deeper, and I became more rebellious. I never imagined that the truth was like this..."
Shen Sisi also found it incredible that something that could have been explained in just a few words had been misunderstood by the family for decades.
"Yes, if your dad really has feelings for that woman, he should be happy to get a divorce so he can be with his white moonlight."
“But I can tell that he doesn’t have any feelings for that person. He was just feeling guilty before.”
“I just pointed it out to him. That woman was clearly a homewrecker, deliberately trying to break up someone else’s family. Your father is a smart man. He quickly understood that woman’s scheming, and all the last bit of affection and guilt in his heart was worn away.”
"Now, it all depends on how he tries to win him back!" Shen Sisi sighed softly.
The two wrapped the fragments in oil paper. It's taboo to throw away trash on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so they put the trash in the corner first.
But as they entered the house hand in hand, they happened to hear Gu Changhe speaking softly to Xu Hongying.
"If I didn't love you, would I have had three children with you?"
"You know my temperament. If I didn't like you at all, I wouldn't even touch you..."
Xu Hongying's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom. She slapped him across the face, her shy and flustered appearance making people unable to help but laugh.
"Shut up, what nonsense are you spouting in front of the child?"
When Gu Changhe saw the two figures at the door, he was so frightened that he quickly sat up straight and resumed his dignified demeanor as the head of the family.
Shen Sisi and Gu Chengfeng exchanged a glance, their understanding unspoken.
"Have a meal."
"Yes, let's eat, let's eat..."
The meal was enjoyed by everyone.
Perhaps it was Gu Changhe's confession that had an effect, because Xu Hongying was unusually gentle at the dinner table today, and even her loud voice became much softer.
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