Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 470: Unsurmountable hurdles

Gu Youlian came here this time to take care of Lin Qingping during her postpartum period.

She already knew about her parents' situation.

She went home for the Chinese New Year, and her mother complained to her. She even scolded her mother for it.

How could her mother let Lin Qingping suffer the same hardships she endured in the Du family?

Her mother said with a worried look, "You're a daughter, and Pingzi is a daughter-in-law. How can you be the same?"

It was only then that Gu Youlian realized that although her mother loved her daughter and granddaughter dearly, as a mother-in-law, she still had the common problem of wanting her son to carry on the Gu family line.

She couldn't help but ask her mother: "Mother, you don't have the surname Gu, so what lineage are you passing down?"

Her mother seemed to have never thought about this question in her entire life, and was immediately stumped.

Gu Youlian was too ashamed to defend her mother in front of Lin Qingping, nor could she say anything bad about her mother. But one thing was certain: when Lin Qingping was in confinement, her brother would definitely not let their parents come again. And since Lin Qingping's family was unreliable, could Gu Juncheng take care of Lin Qingping around the clock?

Naturally, only she, as the elder sister-in-law, could take care of him.

“The wheat is in the capital, and Sister Zhao is helping to take care of it, so there’s no problem,” Gu Youlian said.

The wheat was indeed fine; it's just that she learned some other things when she went back to her hometown for the Chinese New Year.

Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian were talking when Gu Juncheng returned with the washed diapers and hung them outside the window.

Gu Youlian watched her younger brother's retreating figure, then turned back and smiled at Lin Qingping, as if to say: "You did a pretty good job."

Lin Qingping didn't say anything. No matter how good he was, she couldn't get over the thought that "it's better to have a son."

In the morning, Little Pearl woke up once and ate again.

After eating and drinking his fill, Gu Juncheng held the little pearl in his arms and played with it.

Gu Youlian said to him, "Don't hold him all the time. Put him down when he stops crying. If you get into the habit of holding him, he'll want to hold you all the time, which will be very annoying."

Gu Juncheng held the little doll in his hand and thought, what's wrong with him holding a doll when he can lift iron?

"Then carry him, he's not heavy!" Don't even mention that it only weighs a few pounds! Even if Lin Qingping weighed a hundred pounds, he could carry her without any effort!

He added, "A little baby, with no unreasonable demands, can't even be given a hug?"

Gu Youlian glared at him and said, "It's fine if you hug her once, but can you hug her 24 hours a day? What about when you're not home? Pingzi has to hold the baby and do other things at the same time. How can she manage?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Juncheng finally put down his words and said, "That makes sense."

As they were talking, Mei Li and Wu Tianjiao arrived.

Wu Tianjiao wants to recognize Xiao Zhangzhu as her goddaughter.

Upon hearing this, Meili immediately objected, "That won't do! Wouldn't that make her Hengheng's little sister? No way!"

Wu retorted, "Let's keep things separate. My goddaughter is your daughter-in-law. We're not in conflict. We're not registered in the household registration system and we're not related by blood. What's the problem?"

The two of them made that decision, leaving Gu Juncheng completely bewildered.

"What? What daughter-in-law?" Gu Juncheng frowned.

Wu Tianjiao then explained it to him.

“Of course, we’ll decide first. Whether the children can make it work out when they grow up is up to them. But, Comrade Gu, you have to give us the same priority,” Mei Li said.

To everyone's surprise, Gu Juncheng said with a serious expression, "No."

"Huh?" Mei Li was half-joking and half-seriously because the two families had a good relationship, but she never expected Gu Juncheng to refuse so decisively, not even willing to make a joke to appease her.