Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 364 Gu Juncheng, have you read my letter?

Gu Youlian returned to her hometown the next day, once again entrusting the wheat to Lin Qingping for care and the house to He Qiancheng and his brothers.

This time, Dugan did not break his promise.

Gu Youlian waited at the marriage registration office early in the morning. After waiting for a long time, just when she thought Du Gen was going to stand her up again, he finally arrived.

She had cleaned herself up, but she still looked very haggard.

Du Gen stood in front of her, staring intently at her. "Gu Youlian, if you say you don't want a divorce now, it's not too late. We can still be husband and wife. Otherwise, if you come to me crying after today, I will absolutely not pay any attention to you again."

Gu Youlian looked at this person and found it utterly incomprehensible. What had made him become like this? Or was this just the kind of person he was at heart?

It turns out to be someone I once loved with all my heart...

A sadness welled up in Gu Youlian's eyes, whether for him or for herself, she didn't know.

"Go in," Gu Youlian said.

"Gu Youlian!" Du Gen grabbed her. "Have you thought this through? If you get divorced, how will you and your daughter live in the capital? I won't give you any more money!"

Gu Youlian is now incredibly grateful that she has a career of her own thanks to Lin Qingping. If she had followed him to the garment factory as before, he would have thrived while she would have only been able to operate the sewing machine. Moreover, it is very likely that she would have stopped operating the sewing machine altogether and stayed at home to do his laundry, cook for him, and serve him, the deputy factory director. In that case, she would have truly ended up with nothing.

"Stop arguing, I need to go back after I finish my business." Gu Youlian didn't want to say anything more to him.

"Lianzi! Lin Qingping didn't come with us today, so make your own decision!" Du Gen still couldn't believe that Gu Youlian, who used to be so obedient, would be so determined to divorce him. It must have been Lin Qingping who instigated it, it must have been!

"It has nothing to do with the bottle! It's me, myself, who doesn't want to live with you anymore!" Gu Youlian turned and went inside.

This time, there were no further unexpected developments.

Less than half an hour later, Gu Youlian came out with her divorce certificate. She had thought that since they had been husband and wife, and her wish had been fulfilled, she should say goodbye properly. But to her surprise, there was a woman standing outside the marriage registration office holding her belly – she wasn't showing yet, but she deliberately sticks out her belly and holds it with both hands.

Gu Youlian gave a cold laugh, said nothing more, and left immediately. She could vaguely hear Du Gen questioning her from behind: What are you doing here?

But all of this had nothing to do with Gu Youlian anymore. That night, she took the overnight train and left the county town.

When I returned to the capital, I felt that the sky was high and the land was vast, and everything was clear and bright.

That evening, Lin Qingping prepared dinner at home to welcome Gu Youlian back and told her something very important: the factory was preparing to fire Du Gen.

“We’re a private company, just a small factory. We don’t have that many fuss oversights. Admittedly, Du Gen has some skills, but there are plenty of capable people in this world. Why did we hire him? Wasn’t it because he was your husband? Now that he’s no longer your husband, it’s only natural that we don’t need him.” Lin Qingping made things clear when she and Gu Youlian were alone in the kitchen.

Gu Youlian had given up on Du Gen and simply nodded, "How the factory uses its personnel is a matter for you and Director Mei to decide. You don't need to talk to me about it. From now on, I have nothing to do with this person anymore."

Gu Youlian never wanted to see him again, so she didn't do as Lin Qingping suggested by asking Du Gen for more money or child support. Instead, she returned the money she had spent on the house to Du Gen.

“Pingzi, you can scold me for being useless or whatever, I just want to have nothing to do with him from now on. Let’s settle things clearly and never have anything to do with him again. I don’t want him to support Xiaomai. Xiaomai is mine alone. When she grows up, don’t expect Xiaomai to support him in his old age,” Gu Youlian explained.

This was actually within Lin Qingping's expectations; Gu Youlian was just that kind of person.

Well, if there's no involvement, then there's no involvement. Anyway, this house will be demolished in the future, and as for whether Xiaomai will support Dugen in his old age, no one can say for sure right now...

The two women worked quickly and efficiently, preparing a meal just as dusk was falling. Sister Zhao, having received the news, closed the shop early and had just arrived home.

A group of people were happily eating when there was a knock at the door, and someone opened it from the outside.

“It should be my father, Gu,” Zhiyuan said with great certainty.

Sure enough, someone came back, stood at the door and looked around, his expression saying: So many people?

Everyone immediately looked at Lin Qingping's expression.

Lin Qingping remained expressionless and continued drinking her chicken soup.

"I...I'll go get a bowl for Commander Gu," Sister Zhao said carefully as she stood up.

After he finished speaking, he saw that Lin Qingping still did not react.

This attitude is clear; at the very least, they are not against it.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the atmosphere at the meal became inexplicably oppressive after Gu Juncheng sat down.

Gu Juncheng was quite concerned about his sister and wanted to ask how things were going with Du Gen, but he couldn't ask in front of so many people. After glancing at his sister several times, she couldn't take it anymore and put down her chopsticks. "Don't look at me anymore, I'm fine, everything's been taken care of. I've finished my meal. Xiaomai, are you full? Let's go home if you're full."

Even if you're still hungry, go home! Mom will make you another one!

Sister Zhao also put down her chopsticks. "I've almost finished eating. I'll go help Lianzi tidy up the house."

"By the way, Zhiyuan, Xiaomai has missed a lot of classes lately. Why don't you come with me and teach Xiaomai how to do her homework?"

What house needs renovation?

Where is there any homework to teach?

Anyway, everyone in the room left in no time, leaving only Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng.

"Ahem." Gu Juncheng coughed twice, then took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to her, "This is for you."

Lin Qingping was still wondering, what is this? This guy can write letters?

When she took it, she was surprised to find that it was written to her by Lu Chuang.

She clutched the letter, noticing the envelope wasn't sealed, and glared at him. "You've read my letter?"

Even years later, people might still value privacy, but in this day and age, given Gu Juncheng's personality, how could he not open her letter?

Gu Juncheng: "No."

Very neat and tidy.

"Heh." Lin Qingping sneered. "Really didn't see it?"

"I didn't see it! The seal wasn't sealed in the first place." He lowered his head to eat, then stopped. "What's there to see? Just those sticky, stale words. They hurt my eyes."

“Gu Juncheng…” Lin Qingping slowly opened the envelope, “I really do like those sticky, sentimental words.”

Gu Juncheng snorted, "Low-class taste."

"You're so sophisticated, so sophisticated!" Lin Qingping said, having already scanned the letter. It turned out to be an invitation to a concert.

She turned the envelope upside down, and sure enough, two tickets came out.

Looking at the time again, it turns out it's tonight!

It's almost too late!