Chapter 3
Gu Su’s face turned a little pale as she stared at her father with wide eyes. She knew that Gu Changqing had always liked the smart and capable Gu Yun, but to say it outright like this was just too hurtful.
Gu Changqing noticed his own slip of the tongue and immediately changed his words, “You’re not that bad now, just sit firmly in the position of daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, don’t worry about anything else.”
“But what if I don’t want to sit anymore?” Gu Su asked softly.
Gu Changqing immediately became furious: “What’s wrong with you, Su Su? Did you lose your temper with Cheng Yu? No wonder all my visits to Cheng Yu have been shrugged off by his special assistants in the past few days. If this continues, the company will have to drink the northwest wind! If you can’t come to the company to help out, don’t make things worse for me!”
Gu Su was stunned, “Why are you looking for Cheng Yu?”
Gu Changqing was speechless and stammered, “The company wants to do a big order, and it’s a bit difficult to get the funds to work out, so I’m looking for Cheng Yu to be a guarantor.”
Zhang Chengyu’s contemptuous eyes swept through Gu Su’s mind, she grabbed her hair and was about to go crazy: “How much? Why do you need to find him for a guarantee?”
“It’s not only a few tens of millions of dollars, it’s a piece of cake for him,” Gu Changqing was a bit ashamed, “Isn’t it only natural for the father-in-law to find his son-in-law to vouch for him? Don’t be a brat. ……”
Gu Su fell weakly on the sofa: “Dad, how can I hold my head up in front of him like this…”
“You! Why are you so useless!” Gu Changqing was furious, “When your sister was in love with him, she could just act coquettishly and get him to do a favor. Now that you are both married, why are you still so raw? You Hurry up and think of a way to be careful with him. The economy is in recession now, you can’t get loans, your orders are gone, and the company will close down. ”
Gu Su stared at him for a while, and his voice became a little lighter: “Dad, do you regret it so much? Why was your sister the one who got into the car accident and not me?”
“You …… Why can’t you speak properly now? I said two sentences about you and you’re this angry at me ……” Gu Changqing wanted to get angry but he stopped his mouth all of a sudden, adjusted the expression on his face and looked at his wife who came out of the bedroom.
“What are you two talking about so seriously?” Sun Qing looked at the two fathers and daughters in wonder.
“Nothing, talking about Chengyu,” Gu Changqing naturally took her hand, ”Why don’t you rest a bit more, didn’t you say you had a headache?”
“Mom, did you have a headache again? Why don’t you call me and tell me so I can come see you.” Gu Su asked worriedly.
Sun Qing was a famous beauty when she was young and used to be a music teacher at a university. Both sisters, Gu Su and Gu Yun, inherited their looks from their mother, Gu Su got her spirit and Gu Yun got her looks. She had been sickly since she got older, and the year Gu Yun died, she almost collapsed and was hospitalized for a full month, almost following Gu Yun as well.
“It’s nothing,” Sun Qing said in a soft voice, even softer than Gu Su, “Why should I lie down when Su Su is here? I’m almost moldy.”
Gu Changqing stopped talking about the company’s affairs, and the family of three had a wonderful lunch together. After the meal, the mother and daughter got together and chatted about home affairs.
Sun Qing paid close attention to Gu Su’s eating, drinking and sleeping habits at home, and finally asked quietly: “How are you doing? Are you making plans?”
Gu Su was stunned for a moment and shook her head decisively.
Sun Qing angrily clicked her forehead, “It’s time to plan, in the past, I was worried that the two of you could not get along well, and mom didn’t urge you. But now you two have been married for two years, and having a child in the house is lively.”
“This …… thing can’t be rushed.” Gu Su said.
Sun Qing was full of longing: “When you and your sister were little, not to mention how cute they were. They were pink and tender, just like the little princess in a fantasy. Mom even dreams of hugging you again. The child born for you and Chengyu will definitely be adorable. If it’s a girl, you can raise her like a little princess and if the boy is too naughty, let your mother-in-law raise him. Susu, mom doesn’t know how many years she has…”
“Mom, what are you talking about?” Gu Su was a little angry, “How can’t you live a long life!”
“Silly girl, how many people can live a long life,” Sun Qing said with a smile, “Mom was worried about you. You were too hasty in getting married, and it felt like a stone hanging in my heart. Fortunately, Chengyu is a good boy. Nothing has gone wrong in the past two years. The stone in Mom’s heart has finally fallen to the ground. Husband and wife must understand each other and don’t be petty…”
Gu Su has been close to Sun Qing since she was a child, and she curled up next to her, listening to her ramble while eating fruit and responding to one sentence or another.
At the end of the day, Sun Qing was a bit tired, and Gu Changqing reminded her that she had to take a nap, and she reluctantly urged her again and again, “Make a call and ask Cheng Yu if he’s coming to dinner, I’ll talk to him too.”
Gu Su watched her parents help each other into the bedroom, her heart bursting with envy. No matter how Gu Changqing treats her, but to Sun Qing, who is a real model husband, as long as it is a festival, Gu Changqing will send flowers and gifts. Usually, he doesn’t want Sun Qing to do any work, and sometimes he even peels the fruits himself and serves them to her.
If Zhang Cheng Yu can have a tenth of such ……
Gu Su immediately shook her head and threw away this ridiculous thought.
Before she could get up from the sofa, Gu Changqing came out of the bedroom softly, let out a long breath and said, “Don’t tell your mom about me looking for a guarantee, I’m afraid she’ll be worried.”
Gu Su nodded.
“Don’t think anything, I was in a hurry just now,” Gu Changqing was a little embarrassed, “The company is really stretched too thin, and the family needs money everywhere, your mom’s medical and health care expenses added together, it’s almost tens of thousands of dollars a month.”
“Is it really so difficult to run …… the company?” Gu Su was surprised, the Gu family operated a medium-sized foreign trade company, with an output value of over one hundred million dollars at its largest scale, although it was not comparable to the Zhang family’s luxurious household, it was also considered to be a medium level in N City.
Gu Changqing let out a long sigh, “Don’t worry about this, you don’t understand it anyway, just care for Cheng Yu.”
Gu Su was vaguely uneasy in her heart, however, since she was a child, she had inherited more of Sun Qing’s artistic talent, and had a high sensitivity to music and literature, but was not interested in business at all, so there was no way she could help if she wanted to help.
It’s just that Gu Changqing’s request was more difficult than doing business. Zhang Chengyu didn’t go home that night, and Gu Su didn’t trace his whereabouts. Walking around alone in the 300-square-meter room, she felt like a ghost.
Looking back carefully, the two people still had a few happy days when they first got married. Zhang Chengyu was five years older than her. His literature, conversation and knowledge were already extraordinary. After graduating from university, he took over the family business and focused on commercial real estate. He became one of the youngest business upstarts in N City and even in the country.
When they first got married, although Zhang Cheng Yu was a bit headstrong, he was still very accommodating to Gu Su in the smallest of ways, and Gu Su was so satisfied with this that she put her whole heart and soul into the marriage, giving up her high-paying job in a foreign country.
Zhang Cheng Yu likes to drink tea, so she enrolled in a tea course just to hand him a cup of fragrant Longjing when he’s taking a break.
She learned flower arranging every day, just so he could leave his work behind and enjoy nature when he comes home.
Zhang Cheng Yu likes pop music, and she foolishly holds a karaoke stick and practices every day, wanting to give him a surprise.
……
But she doesn’t know from when Zhang Cheng Yu has changed, he became more and more busy, more and more indifferent. It’s ridiculous to say that the fight yesterday was probably the most they talked about in a year or so.
How ridiculous, the couple is so cold and respects each other like ice, but to outsiders, everyone thinks they are living a harmonious and beautiful life.
The next day Gu Su got up and went to work. Two months ago, without telling anyone, she applied for a job as a copywriter in the planning department of Lu’an Real Estate and started her nine-to-five career.
Lu’An Real Estate is a rising high-end real estate company in N City in the past few years, located in N City’s CBD. Gu Su just needs to walk ten minutes to Lu’An Building, which is very convenient, and the salary is considered to be good after the trial period, 3,000 base salary plus commission. Gu Su is very satisfied, she needs this mechanical and lively life in order to temporarily forget those troubles.
She was a newcomer and was not assigned much work. Preparatory work was being started for a real estate project located on the bank of Luohu. She followed the team leader to follow up on the entire planning from the project name to the copywriting.
During the lunch break, Luo Xiaoan took Gu Su to gossip in the tea room. She was from the art team next door and was very active in Lu’an Real Estate. There was no one she didn’t know from top to bottom, and she was a gossip expert in the company.
“Susu, why did you leave so early that night? Later I found out who that person was.”
“Is it a god descending to earth?” Gu Su responded casually.
“How illusory are the gods? He is much better than the gods,” Luo Xiao’an said longingly, holding her chin in her hand, “Zhang Chengyu, the boss of Zhanghe Group, is a top student who graduated from Q University. He is 185cm, and his appearance is as good as that of Daniel Wu. If I can marry him, a day is worth it. ”
The first time she met Zhang Cheng Yu, Gu Su had also had such thoughts, she could relate to Luo Xiao An’s excitement. She smiled and asked, “Is it really not fake?”
“Of course it’s fake,” Luo Xiaoan giggled, ”He’s all married, but that woman wasn’t his wife that day, do you know who she is?”
Gu Su’s hand holding the cup froze, and he looked at Luo Xiaoan fixedly.
“That woman’s name is Shi Xiarui. She is a small star. She played a supporting role in a youth idol drama when she was in college. She has been very lucky recently. She snatched a very popular drama from others and she was the second female lead. Everyone on the forum is guessing which financial sponsor she has fallen in love with.” Luo Xiaoan said mysteriously, “Zhang Chengyu’s wife is so pitiful, her husband is being taken care of.”
T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.
