She was really stunned, and then, a dense pain arose at the tip of her heart. She stretched out her hand to cover it, and said again, "You mean you are not married as a couple?"
Chen Tufei answered quickly, "Never."
Chu Yunli suppressed the discomfort in her chest and asked, "That child?"
Chen Tuqing coughed and said, "Before we got married, I also thought about living a good life with the fifth girl. I would love her and pamper her in the future. People say that the Luo family daughter is overbearing and unreasonable, but I feel that I have to give it up. If I marry her, my family can
If I want to live a good life, I will be happy to pamper her, and she will be the only one!"
"I was very happy on the day of the wedding. I drank more wine. When I returned to the room at night, I saw that she was wearing a bright red wedding dress, but her face was not good and she was not shy. She bluntly said that she already had a sweetheart, that she had made a lifelong commitment to her, and that she was pregnant.
Then, she called Hong'er to come in."
"I was stunned at that time, drove Hong'er away, and went to sleep in the study. I slept there for more than ten years. As for Hong'er, her status in the mansion was awkward, so I acquiesced to her identity. Later, we actually did it
couple."
Chu Yunli didn't pay attention to what he said, and only listened to what she wanted to hear.
Luo Qiaoqiao had a child before she got married, and it was her sweetheart's!
Isn't her sweetheart Gao Mingzhe?
Thinking of this, her heart started to ache again. Chu Yunli raised her hand to drink a cup of tea, suppressed her annoyance and said, "Do you know who the father of her child is?"
Chen Tu was silent for a while and said, "I didn't know at first, but later I had suspicions. It's just that I don't dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing. Our family still depends on her to support her."
Chu Yunli asked, "Who is it?"
Chen Tu lowered his voice, "It should be Gao Mingzhe. Over the years, I found that our family has not been in contact with your family, but she paid special attention to your news. At first, I thought it was a close relationship between sisters, but later I learned that she wanted to hear
The news about Gao Mingzhe was never yours, but his... I even learned that Gao Mingzhe has someone close to her."
"So, when you learned that Gao Mingzhe fell off the cliff, she also learned about it, and immediately asked someone to look for someone at the foot of the cliff. She stayed there for three days before returning. After she came back, she got very drunk, crying and laughing.
Later, I heard that Gao Mingzhe had died and your family had a funeral. I even prepared the funeral ceremony. I thought she had given up, but I didn’t expect... I didn’t expect that she was rescued and found by you again, and even more
What I didn't expect was that you would divorce and Gao Mingzhe would marry another..."
During this period of time, more things happened to the Gao family than in the previous ten years combined.
"When I heard about you and Li, I thought maybe she wouldn't be able to wait much longer." Chen Tu stood up and bowed, "I don't dare to deceive my sister. In fact, I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Hong'er has been with me for many years, and the fifth girl especially can't see her.
We love each other very much and often find reasons to treat her harshly, but I can’t protect her..."
Chu Yunli was not interested in hearing him talk about his feelings, "I will send you a congratulatory gift on your big day."
Chen Tu was overjoyed and saluted again, "Thank you, sister, for your understanding."
Chu Yunli frowned, "Don't call me sister, I don't want to recognize her as a sister!"
"Luo Dongjia," Chen Tu immediately changed his words, "Then I will take my leave now. If there is any news in the future, I will come back to inform you."
I have to say that Chen Tu is a good person, smart and tactful enough.
After sending the people away, Chu Yunli sat alone in the room for a long time to calm down. Luo Zhiniang didn't know anything about this, and she never doubted it after she came. When she thought Gao Mingzhe was a scumbag, he would make a fuss.
There's something worse than this.
It can be seen from this that maybe he really loves Nianqiao.
Now Luo Qiaoqiao and Li are definitely heading towards him.
Originally, the more I couldn’t get, the more I wanted. I had been persisting for more than ten years and there was no way I could give up.
After learning the truth, Chu Yunli was not interested in congratulating him personally. He only asked someone to send Chen Tu a congratulatory gift and that was the end of the matter.
Now she can still manage these businesses, but she has no intention of making it bigger. She still has to teach her two children.
Luo Zhiniang's wish is to let her two children grow up well and find a happy person to spend their whole lives with.
The former is easy to do, but the latter is more difficult.
Fang Nianqiao of the Gao family has had a difficult life since she moved to the old house. Everyone in the family... really everyone from top to bottom dislikes her. It is common to be sarcastic and sarcastic. The servants often criticize Sang and Huai. He's Yang
She often ignored her.
Don't think of her as your sister-in-law, just treat her as someone who doesn't exist in the family!
They needed to change a lot of things inside and outside the house. They didn't have much money. It was difficult for the two small shops to maintain daily expenses. Therefore, the servants at home sold some and the shopkeeper resigned. Gao Mingfang and Gao Ming
Yu and the other two keep a shop each. As for Gao Mingzhe, he has forgotten many things and has to learn from scratch if he wants to start a business.
Without men, the family is dominated by women.
Gao's mother didn't like her. For example, at this time, she said, "Nian Qiao, help me rub my back."
The meal had just been prepared and he was about to sit down to eat. When he heard this, Fang Nianqiao had to stand up and beat his back.
Gao's mother was quite leisurely, and from time to time she would say a few words of disdain that were both mild and serious. He said sourly, "Sister-in-law, mother really likes you the most. My siblings and I have been together for so many years, and mother has never wanted us to serve her personally."
Fang Nianqiao: "..." Whoever likes this wants it!
No matter how many complaints she had in her heart, she didn't dare to complain. Mrs. Yang sighed leisurely, "Sister-in-law, this dish is too salty. The two wet nurses can't eat it. Let's find someone to make it again later."
Fang Nianqiao bit her lip.
Yesterday he said that her food was too bland to eat, and today it was too salty... She never knew that after marrying Gao Mingzhe, not only did she not live a good life, but it became so difficult.
Gao's mother was indeed dissatisfied, "Every day I cook is either salty or bland, I'm not as good as a cook, I'm useless!"
Fang Nianqiao didn't acknowledge this. Now she does no less work at home than anyone else, even more than the He family and the Yang family. She couldn't help but say, "The cook is just a servant, and I am not a servant. The second brother and sister and
Don’t the third younger siblings usually do nothing?”
The He family and the Yang family remained silent.
Gao's mother was furious and scolded, "Are you the same? They come from a good background and have a lot of dowry. What do you have? Don't you just have the skill of cooking?"
Fang Nianqiao: "..."
Although this is the truth, saying it so boldly does not give her face, especially since she is the eldest sister-in-law. This is not the first time she has been scolded in front of her two younger siblings. The more she is scolded, the less likely she is to be criticized.
She took it seriously.
She felt...it couldn't go on like this.
Just at this moment, Gao Mingzhe walked in with a tired look on his face. Fang Nianqiao's eye circles instantly turned red and he ran out crying.
Gao Mingzhe was confused, "What's going on?"
Gao Mu snorted coldly, "She feels aggrieved by cooking for me. You should go and coax her away. If you didn't cry just now, you would cry as soon as you walked in. You don't know, but you thought I was treating her harshly..."
Gao Mingzhe was speechless, "Mom, there is a cook at home, why do you need to embarrass her?"
Gao Mu suddenly became even more angry, "Shouldn't my daughter-in-law be filial to me when she cooks?" The more she spoke, the angrier she became, "You are indeed a white-eyed wolf. You forgot your mother after marrying your daughter-in-law. In the past, you protected Zhi Niang. At least she was filial.
She never cares about the amount of money, and she also gave birth to a pair of children for our Gao family. How can Fang Nianqiao compare with her? She couldn't explain it at all, and she cried when she said it!"
He covered her mouth and smiled, "There is one thing better than my sister-in-law, she can cry. No matter how wronged I have been for more than ten years, my sister-in-law has never cried."
When Luo Zhiniang was mentioned, Gao Mingzhe immediately frowned, "Second brother and sister, Nianqiao is also your sister-in-law! We are all a family. I don't ask you to respect her, at least don't be sarcastic."
He raised her eyebrows, "She has caused us so much misery. If she wants my respect, daydreaming is faster!"
Gao Mingzhe asked, "How did she harm you?" He glanced at everyone in the room, "Or do you think I'm really dead?"
If they were really dead, Luo Zhiniang would not drive them out, and some of her property could still be divided.
Although this is true, the He family and the Yang family were embarrassed to admit it in person, so they remained silent.
Gao Mu was dissatisfied, "I want you to live, but I also don't want you to be tied up by this woman. It's true that she saved you, and we should repay you, but whoever you are, marrying her would be too unfair! If not,
She will follow you back. Even if Zhi Niang is disappointed and you have forgotten her, she will not immediately make peace with her. If not, why would our family end up like this?"
"Zhi Niang is a good person. If you don't marry her and get along with Zhi Niang again, you will fall in love with her again..."
Gao Mingzhe didn't like hearing these words, so he rubbed his brows and turned around to chase Fang Nianqiao.
Fang Nianqiao lay on the bed, crying so hard that she was out of breath.
Gao Mingzhe stood at the door and advised, "Stop crying. Crying too much will harm your health."
Fang Nianqiao lay on the quilt and said in a muffled voice, "If I had known this, I shouldn't have come back with you. Or, I shouldn't have saved you... This way, they won't resent me."
If we don't save him, he will hang on that tree and die in two days.
Gao Mingzhe had just said that the Gao family resented his return, but now he felt that it might be true.
If he didn't come back, they would be heartbroken, but their lives would be comfortable. Gao Mingzhe didn't know what kind of life he lived before, but he thought that Gao's family was not used to careful planning, so they should have lived a good life.
In the past two days, he had also encountered obstacles outside. When he came back, he heard that Luo Zhiniang's property was all earned by him. He thought that doing business would be easy, but the more he saw outside these days, the heavier his heart became.
In Pingzhou City, no matter how big or small a business is, it requires many people to do it, and it is difficult to squeeze in. Without a backer and a large amount of capital to support it, it is basically impossible to succeed.
Recently, he had heard more or less about Luo Zhiniang's life. He heard that she did better than he did after taking over the business, which made him wonder whether she had secretly guided him in his business...
"Stop crying." Gao Mingzhe consoled him, "When I make money, let's move out."
Fang Nianqiao cried for a while, blinked and said, "But we have no capital, what business can we do?"
Gao Mingzhe sighed, "Take your time."
Fang Nianqiao: "..." She couldn't bear it for a whole day, how could she allow him to take his time?
In the afternoon, Fang Nianqiao quietly went out alone, rented a carriage and drove straight to the inner city. When she arrived at the back door of the exquisite courtyard, she said, "I want to see my wife!"
Not long after, the mother-in-law led her into the inner courtyard, and sitting at the main seat was Luo Qiaoqiao.
"How is he doing lately?"
Fang Nianqiao reported, "He just wanders around outside every day. He seems to have been hit and is not in a good mood. Also, the Gao family has a lot of resentment towards him, and some blame him for coming back alive. Just now he told me that he wanted to make money and move.