When Gu Qinghan caught up with Gu Qingsong, he had already run to the river.
Gu Qingsong was sitting by the river bank, his back looking a little lonely, his shoulders heaving, as if he was crying.
Perhaps because he heard Gu Qinghan's footsteps, Gu Qingsong suddenly choked up and said, "Why? Why did she lie to me like this when I was so good to her?"
"I love her so much, why... why do you treat me like this?"
"… "
Comforting people has never been Gu Qinghan’s strong point.
Of course, the reason why he followed out was not to comfort Gu Qingsong, but because Zhao Wuzhu was worried that he would do something stupid, so she asked him to follow out and see.
Gu Qinghan stood behind him and listened to him talk about "a hundred thousand whys" for nearly ten minutes.
Just when he was about to lose his patience, Gu Qingsong suddenly turned around, looked at him, and asked: "Brother, I was deceived by her for so long, do you think I am stupid?"
This time, Gu Qinghan didn't hesitate at all and just said "hmm".
That expression didn't look like a joke at all.
When Gu Qingsong heard this, he became even sadder. The grown man sat by the river and burst into tears.
*
The fight between Lin Meizhi and Xu's mother was so loud that both of them were taken to the police station.
Zhao Baogang happened to be the person in charge of this case. He never expected that when Gu Qinghan investigated the cause of Xu Guoming's death, the truth turned out to be like this.
If Xu Guoming hadn't died, it would have been normal to charge Lin Meizhi with the crime of adultery.
But the difficulty now is that Xu Guoming is dead, and judging from what Xu's mother said, she also wants to protect Lin Meizhi.
Zhao Baogang then found his comrade-in-arms and asked Gu Qinghan: "Old Gu, you really know how to make trouble for me. What do you think we should do about this matter now?"
Gu Qinghan rolled his eyes at him and said seriously, "Just do it."
The military and the government should not interfere with each other. He could not get involved in this matter anymore. He just wanted to expose Lin Meizhi's lies and didn't want that fool Gu Qingsong to be deceived.
As for how Lin Meizhi would be dealt with, it was not within his consideration.
When Zhao Baogang heard this, he felt that Gu Qinghan had kicked the ball back to him. How great! !
This must be an old comrade who came specially to give him some performance rewards!
However, despite all the complaints, Zhao Baogang still acts in accordance with the rules.
Originally, this matter was Lin Meizhi's fault. She was pregnant with someone else's child and yet she wanted to marry Gu Qingsong. This was considered fraud no matter how you looked at it.
However, Lin Meizhi had just given birth to a child, and the person involved, Gu Qingsong, had not yet come to the Public Security Bureau to cooperate with the investigation, so after giving Xu's mother and Lin Meizhi a lecture, they were temporarily released.
Lin Meizhi came out of the police station and returned to the family compound. Gu Qingsong had also gone home and was now lying on his side with his body hunched over.
Seeing that Lin Meizhi was about to come over, Zhao Wuzhu was so angry that she took out a broom and hit Lin Meizhi directly: "I'm going to beat you to death, you shameless bitch!"
"How dare you come to our house? I'll beat you to death, bitch!"
Lin Meizhi did not dodge, but let Zhao Wuzhu's broom fall on her again and again. She gritted her teeth and dared not make a sound.
Finally, Gu Qingsong couldn't stand it anymore, and suddenly turned around and shouted, "That's enough, stop fighting!"
Seeing that Gu Qingsong was still trying to help Lin Meizhi, Zhao Wuzhu was so angry that she threw the broom in her hand directly at Lin Meizhi's back and cursed: "Gu Qingsong, you are a big jerk. You are cuckolded from head to toe, and you are still trying to help her. You are a big idiot!"
Seeing that Qingsong was still willing to speak for her, Lin Meizhi walked directly to the bed, sat on the ground, and cried, "Qingsong, I'm sorry, I didn't want to lie to you. I originally wanted to abort this child, but I tried many ways and nothing worked."
"I really want to live with you, I really do. I'm sorry Qingsong, I'm really sorry, I beg you, please forgive me, I really want to spend the rest of my life with you..."
"Abort it?" Gu Qingsong suddenly climbed up from the bed, staring at her with his scarlet eyes: "So you chose me, a big hater, to marry, and wanted to take the marriage certificate to the hospital to get an abortion, right? So you wrongly accused Qinglan of pushing you down the stairs, right?"
Gu Qingsong gnashed his teeth and said, "Lin Meizhi, you are so cruel!"
Lin Meizhi met Gu Qingsong's fierce eyes and said nothing.
She once thought about dying, but she happened to meet Gu Qingsong before jumping into the river. She didn't want to implicate him at that time, but Gu Qingsong fell in love with her at first sight and pursued her relentlessly, so she had evil thoughts.
If she married Gu Qingsong, she could
If it weren't for the betrothal gift, she would have married Gu Qinghan earlier and probably would have aborted the child.
However, she didn't expect that things would become more and more complicated, and she felt that she could no longer hide it, so she told Gu Qingsong that she was pregnant with his child.
After they got married, Gu Qingsong treated her very well, so well that she felt very guilty, so Lin Meizhi didn't want to keep the child. Keeping the child was a hidden danger anyway, a time bomb. Then Qinglan came back, and she had no other choice. That was her last chance.
But Gu Qingsong wanted this child so much, thinking that he was their first child, that he spent a lot of money to keep him.
Lin Meizhi knelt on the ground and begged, "Qingsong, I was wrong. Please give me a chance and we will live a good life in the future."
Gu Qingsong suddenly roared: "Ah ah..."
Then he knelt on the ground, pinched Lin Meizhi's shoulders with both hands, veins popping out: "Chance? Then let me ask you, what about this child? Do you think I, Gu Qingsong, will help you, Lin Meizhi, raise a cheap son? How can I face people in the future? Don't you think I'm embarrassed enough?"
Lin Meizhi's shoulder bones seemed to be broken by Gu Qingsong's pinching. She sobbed and kept apologizing and saying sorry.
Gu Qingsong let her go and said coldly, "We will go through the divorce procedures tomorrow, and from now on, we will go our separate ways."
Zhao Wuzhu was waiting for Gu Qingsong to say this, so she rushed over quickly, pulled Lin Meizhi out of the room, and yelled, "Did you hear that? My Qingsong wants to divorce you! Don't stay in our house anymore, get out of here!"
"The farther away the better. We don't want to see you again."
Lin Meizhi held on to the wooden frame of the door tightly, but Zhao Wuzhu was stronger than her and pulled her out.
Lin Meizhi's nails were broken, and the pain in her fingers made her retract her hands. Zhao Wuzhu took the opportunity to drag her directly to the front door.
Then he spat, "You shameless bitch, get out of here!"
Gu Qinghan also followed out holding the child. He had just fed the child malted milk, which was bought by Gu Qingsong earlier.
He said nothing and directly took the child back to Lin Meizhi.
Lin Meizhi's maternal nature made her forget her grief temporarily, and she took the sleeping child from Gu Qinghan.
Looking at the child's innocent sleeping face, Lin Meizhi couldn't help crying again and hugged the child tightly in her arms.
The people in the family compound heard the noise and came out with bowls in their hands.
During the day, they saw Lin Meizhi fighting with an aunt, and she was taken to the police station, and now she was driven out by Zhao Wuzhu.
Everyone had already guessed most of it, and they were talking about it, calling Lin Meizhi a big liar.
"How shameless! She is pregnant and still looking for someone to take over. It is simply shameless!"
"That's right. She's pregnant before getting married. She's definitely not a decent woman. How shameless."
"She has made our family compound dirty. She shouldn't be allowed to stay here. Let's kick her out right away!"
Then, everyone worked together to drive Lin Meizhi out of the family compound.
Lin Meizhi had no choice but to shout until her throat was hoarse, but Gu Qingsong did not come out again.
She had no choice but to take the child back to her parents' home, but Lin's mother did not let her in. Instead, she said coldly: "Meizhi, don't come back for a while. Your grandmother and your father are sick because of you. Wait until you get Qingsong's forgiveness."
After saying this, Lin's mother simply closed the door and locked the person in.
At this moment, Lin Meizhi, holding her young child, suddenly burst into tears.
*
The next day, Gu Qinghan was about to set off back to North City.
He saw Gu Qingsong preparing to go out, so he asked him, "Have you made up your mind?"
Gu Qingsong looked lost and depressed, with blue stubble on his face, lifeless eyes and cracked lips. He was completely different from the high-spirited man he was when he first became a father.
Gu Qingsong paused, knowing that Gu Qinghan was asking him about divorce, and nodded: "Well, I can't afford to lose face."
Gu Qingsong thought about it all night last night. There was no denying that he loved her deeply. If Lin Meizhi was honest about this before marriage, he might, or should, accept it.
But, fate is unpredictable.
Gu Qinghan didn't want to chat with him, so he just said, "Qinglan was framed, you owe her an apology."
Speaking of this, Gu Qingsong didn't dare to say anything else and just nodded silently.
Then, Gu Qingsong asked: "Brother, are you ready to go back to North City?"
"Yeah." Gu Qinghan was carrying a luggage bag and didn't really want to talk to him: "Take good care of mom."
"knew."
Zhao Baogang's car was waiting outside the family compound. When he saw Gu Qinghan's tall figure coming out, he raised his hand and said, "Old Gu, here."
Gu Qinghan got in the car and then said to Zhao Baogang, "Let's go to the military airport."
"What?" Zhao Baogang was stunned, but he still started the car and asked, "Aren't we going to take the train? I even prepared some dry food for you to take on the train, and you didn't tell me earlier!"
After waiting for the car to drive out for a while, Zhao Bao vaguely heard the person next to him say lightly, "I can't wait any longer."
Zhao Baogang: “…”
*
North city.
Wen Nuan picked a few peppers from the backyard and pulled out some garlic sprouts, planning to make some twice-cooked pork.
Lele picked a small cucumber in the yard. It had just grown and was not yet ripe. The little guy didn't even look at it. He put the cucumber directly into his mouth and took a bite. With a crunch sound.
I don’t know if it was because the taste was weird, but the little guy threw the small piece of cucumber he had bitten off back into the yard, shaking his head like a rattle and making “Mmmmm…” sounds of disgust.
Wen Nuan looked at the little cucumber that she had taken such good care of. It wasn't even ripe yet, but it was destroyed in this way!
Wen Nuan snorted, looking at the little guy who was playing with the vibration, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Le Le, you wasted another cucumber of mine! Next time I won't bring you to the yard to pick vegetables!"
You know, it is very difficult to grow vegetables in North City. She thought the weather in North City was going to warm up, but it dropped again last week. Although it didn't snow, her vegetables couldn't survive and one third of them were lost.
Now this little guy Lele is actually making trouble again. Wen Nuan's heart bleeds.
However, the little girl didn't seem to realize the importance of the matter. Seeing Wen Nuan was angry, she ran away, laughing all the way, fearing that Wen Nuan would catch up with her and teach her a lesson.
Wen Nuan saw her stumbling and didn't dare to chase her. She warned her, "Le Le, be careful. Don't run too fast. Be careful not to fall."
The little guy walks much more steadily now, but the road from the yard back home is not so flat, and Lele still falls easily when he runs fast.
As soon as she came out of the vegetable garden in the backyard, Wen Nuan saw Gu Qinglan coming over and picking up Lele who was running.
Gu Qinglan looked at the little guy, snorted, and asked with a smile: "Little guy, tell your aunt quickly, have you done anything bad again?"
Wen Nuan looked at the little fellow Le Le and complained, "This little girl picked my cucumber, which had just grown!"
When Lele heard this, he immediately reached out and hugged Gu Qinglan's neck, smiling: "Aunt, save me!"
"Hey." Gu Qinglan smiled and then said, "I dare not go against your mother. Your mother worked hard to grow these crops, but you are wasting them. You deserve a spanking."
Upon hearing this, Lele immediately let go of Gu Qinglan's neck, covered her butt with both hands, and shook her head quickly: "Mmmm, no need to fight..."
Then, Lele looked at Wen Nuan again and cried pitifully: "Mom..."
Wen Nuan smiled, ignored her, took the garlic sprouts and went into the kitchen to prepare cooking.
Gu Qinglan had already carried her into the living room, then carried her to sit on the wooden sofa, put Lele on her thighs, ripped open the waistband of her pants, and laughed: "Beat Lele's stinky butt and let you waste it!"
Little Lele started crying before the fight even started, "No, no..."
"Le Le, you're cheating again!" Gu Qinglan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and frowned: "Auntie hasn't beaten you yet, why are you crying?!"
Gu Qinglan was so angry that she pinched her butt lightly.
The little guy had already struggled and slid to the ground. He pulled his pants clumsily, raised his head slightly, hummed, and walked towards the kitchen with a clatter.
Wen Nuan was cutting pepper strips. When she saw the little guy coming over, she said, "Mom is cutting vegetables. Don't come here. Go to your aunt."
The little fellow was unwilling and shook his head violently. He hugged the warm thighs and raised his head with tears in his eyes to complain: "Aunt is mean."
Wen Nuan met the little girl's dramatic eyes, washed a small tomato for her, handed it to her, and said, "Here, eat it."
Wen Nuan looked at the mud on her hands, scooped a bucket of water from the jar, washed her hands, and then gave her the cherry tomato.
Lele got his favorite food from Wen Nuan, took it quickly, and prepared to run away.
Wen Nuan grabbed her collar with one hand, bent down, and raised an eyebrow: "Huh? What should I say if you took my things?"
Now Lele's articulation has become clearer, so Wen Nuan is now teaching her some polite words, otherwise she won't let her leave.
The little guy giggled, showing a few delicate white teeth, and said in a baby voice: "Thank you."
"You're welcome. Go and play for a while." Wen Nuan loosened her collar and let her go to play.
Now that the child can talk and walk, he walked to the yard by himself and sat on a small wooden stool in front of the chicken coop, biting a tomato while watching the chickens.
Gu Qinglan walked to the kitchen and looked into the yard. Seeing Lele sitting alone in the yard, she said, "Sister-in-law, why don't I cook? You go check on Lele."
"No, we can see her in the kitchen, let her play by herself for a while." Wen Nuan was afraid that the child would be too clingy, so as long as they were in a safe environment, she would let Lele play by herself for a while.
Wen Nuan scooped up the blanched pork belly from the pot, cut it into thin slices, and prepared to stir-fry it in hot oil.
Gu Qinglan helped to light the fire and suddenly asked, "Brother, why haven't you come back for so long? He has been gone for more than a month."
"I don't know either, but he should be back soon." Wen Nuan also missed Gu Qinghan very much. When they talked on the phone two days ago, he said he would take yesterday's train and would be back in Beicheng the next day or the day after tomorrow.
Gu Qinglan glanced into the yard and saw Lele sitting obediently, so she said, "I wonder how Gu Qingsong and Lin Meizhi are doing."
Wen Nuan raised her head slightly, thinking that no man could accept such a thing, right
Divorce is certain.
“You’ll know when your elder brother comes back.” As she said that, Wen Nuan poured the sliced pork belly into the hot pan. With a “sizzling” sound, the pork slices were slowly stir-fried until they turned golden yellow.
However, they did not notice that a car came outside the yard and a figure walked out.
Lele had eaten half of the cherry tomato in her hand and didn't want to eat it anymore. Just as she was about to throw the cherry tomato into the yard, she saw a man in military uniform walking towards her.
Gu Qinghan had seen her a long time ago, and also smelled the mouth-watering aroma wafting from the kitchen at home, and heard the sound of the spatula stirring...
At this moment, he realized how much he missed his children, the warmth, and this small but cozy home.
Just as Gu Qinghan was about to walk into the yard, Lele had already stood up from the small wooden stool and shouted with a smile: "Dad!"
When Gu Qinghan heard the call, his heart seemed to be filled with soft cotton, warm and sweet.
He walked quickly towards the little girl he had been thinking about day and night, and was about to pick her up.
But the little guy had already raised his little feet and was running towards him. Gu Qinghan's lips curved into an obvious arc, waiting for Lele to come over.
"dad-"
The little guy yelled again, but when he was about to run into Gu Qinghan's arms, he passed him and called out in a baby voice to another figure behind him who was also wearing a military uniform: "Dad—"
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