Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 333 Come at me if you have a problem

Dugan returned very late that night.

Gu Youlian pretended to be asleep and didn't move. Du Gen lay down gently beside her without disturbing her.

The next day, Gu Youlian acted as if nothing had happened. She got up early and prepared breakfast. After Du Gen finished eating, he still said he had to go out to a meeting and took Xiaomai with him to school.

Gu Youlian simply nodded. After Du Gen left, she told her parents-in-law that she was going to the shop, and then she went out as well.

Dugan said he sent Xiaomai to school, and that's absolutely true.

Gu Youlian took a shortcut and arrived at the primary school before Du Gen. She saw Du Gen leading Xiaomai, followed by Zhiyuan. Sure enough, they had arrived.

Dugan watched Xiaomai enter the school, stood there for a while, seemingly lost in thought, before turning and leaving.

Gu Youlian quietly followed.

As it turned out, he neither took the bus nor headed towards those shopping malls; instead, he headed home.

Come back home?

Gu Youlian had a question mark in her mind and stared even more intently.

It was indeed the way home, but instead of going home, they went to a guesthouse near their home.

Gu Youlian's mind went blank for a moment, a sense of foreboding washing over her.

She followed him inside, listening to Dugan's footsteps going upstairs. She leaned against the stairwell and could even see Dugan's shadow on the stairs.

She peeked out and saw Dugan turn at the top of the stairs, so she followed him up.

So we followed them up to the fourth floor.

Then, leaning slightly forward, he saw Dugan stop at the door of a room and knock.

The person inside probably asked, "Who is it?" and Dugan replied, "Open the door, it's me."

Then, Gu Youlian saw a pair of arms reach out from inside and wrap around Du Gen's neck.

Gu Youlian felt a sharp pain in her heart, but she acted with lightning speed and agility. She rushed out instantly and reached the door of the room in just a few seconds. By the time Du Gen noticed her, Gu Youlian was already in front of him.

Dugan's first reaction was panic, and he quickly separated himself from the person hanging around his neck.

Gu Youlian recognized the person in the room as Lifen...

Gu Youlian was filled with anger and heartbreak. With a sharp question, "Du Gen, what did you promise me?" she kicked out and struck Du Gen squarely.

Dugan was kicked back several steps.

Lifen lunged at Gu Youlian from inside the room, indignant, "Why are you hitting me? You shrew!"

When Du Gen saw Lifen going to cause trouble for Gu Youlian, he was about to stop her when he saw Lifen lean back and fall to the ground.

"Lifen!" Dugan's expression changed, and he rushed forward to help her up, but before he could, Lifen sat down on the ground with a thud.

Gu Youlian was puzzled. She hadn't even touched this woman, so why was she sitting on the ground?

Lifen remained seated on the ground, clutching her stomach with both hands, looking at Dugen with a pained expression. "Cousin, my stomach hurts... Will the baby... will the baby be alright?"

Like a bolt from the blue, Gu Youlian was so shocked that she felt dizzy and almost lost her balance.

Dugan's face showed visible tension as he bent down and picked up Lifen.

Lifen, nestled in Dugen's arms, looked at Gu Youlian with teary eyes, appearing weak and pitiful. "Sister, I know you blame me, but you can hit me, you can scold me, but please don't hurt this child. What if something happens to the child if you push me like this..."

Gu Youlian felt like she was about to vomit blood, and angrily retorted, "Who's your sister? I don't have a sister! If I had a sister like you, I would have beaten her to death long ago!"

Lifen felt even more aggrieved and buried her face in Dugen's arms, crying, "Cousin..."

Du Gen looked at Gu Youlian with anxiety and even scolded her, "Lianzi, I'm the one who's wronged you. Why did you push Lifen?"

After saying that, he picked up Lifen and started to go downstairs.

Gu Youlian was furious. She turned around as if to tell Du Gen that she hadn't pushed anyone, but as soon as she called out "Du Gen," Du Gen interrupted her.

"Lianzi, it's all my fault, no matter what. If you're angry, come at me when I get back. If you want to hit me or scold me, come at me." After saying that, Dugen carried Lifen downstairs in a hurry.

Gu Youlian saw with her own eyes that Lifen rested her face on Dugen's shoulder and gave her a smug smile.

"Du Gen—" Gu Youlian was furious.

But Dugan acted as if he hadn't heard, and carried Lifen away from the guesthouse.

Gu Youlian's world has collapsed.

She didn't know how she left the guesthouse or where she was going. In a daze, she wandered aimlessly through the streets until she returned home.

Upon entering, I found my in-laws sprawled on the sofa, with the fan on, eating seedless grapes. Lin Qingping had given them to me, saying they were called raisins and came from the Northwest. She said they were rare and were a gift from Wu Tianjiao to Pingzi. There weren't many, and Pingzi gave them to Xiaomai to eat.

Now, my in-laws have washed all the grapes and eaten more than half of them.

As she entered, her father-in-law was putting away the rest of the food, saying to her mother-in-law, "Are you still eating? Leave these for Gen'er to take to Lifen! She's carrying our family's Gen!"

Gu Youlian's mind went blank again. So, her in-laws already knew Lifen was pregnant? And they already knew Lifen was in the capital? Was she the only fool in the whole world?

Seeing that her father-in-law was really putting away the grapes, Gu Youlian acted impulsively and rushed over to snatch the plate of grapes away.

"Gu Youlian, what's wrong with you?" her mother-in-law scolded her.

Gu Youlian, clutching the plate, was so angry that tears streamed down her face. "I'm crazy? I think the Du family members are the crazy ones!"

"What did you say? Say it again!" Du Gen's father was furious as soon as he started cursing the Gu family.

"Did I say something wrong?" Gu Youlian cried and cursed at the same time, "That shameless Du Gen, he was a pervert and got a child out of it! You parents didn't teach him properly! You even spoiled him! Your Du family... is simply too shameless!"

"Where is your family's upbringing?" Du Gen's father roared in fury. "Is this how you talk to your in-laws? Is this the kind of upbringing your Gu family has!"

"Why waste your breath on her!" Du Gen's mother said sarcastically from the side. "She's a good-for-nothing who can't give birth to a son. What's the point of talking to her? If you don't like this life, then divorce her and marry Lifen! Lifen is carrying a son! I had the village midwife check it!"

"You...you are shameless!" Gu Youlian had been holding back these past few days, thinking that she wanted to live a good life with Du Gen, so she should treat his parents well. In private, she also wanted to win over Du Gen's heart, but her in-laws were two black-hearted people and she couldn't win them over.

Du Gen's mother rolled her eyes. "We have no shame? You useless thing, you can't even give birth to a son or win over a man. Why don't you think about why Du Gen wanted to be with Lifen? Isn't it because you're useless!"

Dugen's father also pointed at her, "You, put the basin down!"

"Why? This bottle is for Xiaomai to eat!" Gu Youlian hugged the fruit bowl in her arms tightly.

"What good food does a little girl deserve?" Du Gen's mother yelled in a shrill voice. "Good food should be reserved for Lifen's baby! Put it down!"

"I won't let her go! I won't let her go! She's a slut, and your whole family are sluts! What good food do you deserve to eat!" Gu Youlian felt like she was going crazy, and she didn't want to live like this anymore, so she shouted hysterically.

That completely enraged Dugen's father.

Du Gen's father grabbed the ashtray from the table and threw it at Gu Youlian, hitting her squarely on the forehead.

Gu Youlian was in so much pain that she lost her grip and dropped the fruit bowl on the ground.

Du Gen's mother was so angry that she ran over and scolded, "What a terrible thing! Such good stuff, my dear grandson didn't even get to taste it, and it's all been spilled!"

As he spoke, he bent down to pick it up.

At that moment, Gu Youlian truly lost her mind. A surge of anger coursed through her body. With a mindset of mutual destruction, she stomped on the grapes on the ground, a voice screaming in her mind: "Don't give me any! Don't give me any! I'd rather crush them all than give me any! I'd rather not eat any of them at all!"

He stomped on the ground while tears streamed down his face.

Her mother-in-law continued to scold her, hitting her leg, "Gu Youlian! If you're going to go crazy, get out of here!"

"Get out of here!" Gu Youlian kicked her mother-in-law's hand, shouting hoarsely, "Get out! All of you get out!"

With a sharp "slap" on her face, Gu Youlian felt dizzy and saw stars before collapsing to the ground. It was her father-in-law who rushed over and slapped her.

She fell to the ground, got up, and immediately saw the fruit knife on the coffee table.

Her mother-in-law was still yelling in a shrill voice, "This is outrageous! How dare they tell us to get out! Get out of here! When you come back, I'll tell Gen'er to divorce you! Get back to the Gu family!"

Gu Youlian held her breath, grabbed the fruit knife on the coffee table, pointed the blade at her in-laws, and spoke again, her voice hoarse, "Get out! This is my home! My place! You shameless bastards, all of you get out!"

"What the hell? This is our Du family's house! You're a woman, and a woman who can't even have children! What right do you have to stay here? Get out of here right now! Make way for my precious grandson!" Du Gen's mother shouted angrily in a shrill voice.