Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 522 More Than Just the In-Laws Arrive

Liu Fen has arrived.

Of course, Gu Juncheng did not let Liu Fen come to her.

Lin Qingping was seen by her second sister when she was pushed out to sunbathe the next morning. Liu Fen was looking out at her door. When the door opened, Liu Fen's face was initially filled with joy, but when she saw it was her, she immediately left in a panic.

Are you here to see Gu Juncheng?

Could it be that you're trying to peek at her precious daughter?

She could still stop Zhangzhu and Liu Fen from meeting, but how long could she stop them? Before long, she would lose her sight, and then what would happen next would be beyond her control.

However, she didn't want to plant the seeds of hatred in Zhangzhu's heart. She didn't want Zhangzhu to know that her own grandmother disliked her because she was a girl, and that her grandmother had tried to drug her to turn her into a boy when she was still in her mother's womb. How could that be a happy thing for Zhangzhu?

Thinking of this, she felt even more distressed and didn't want to sunbathe anymore, so she asked her second sister to push her inside.

Gu Juncheng had just finished cleaning up after Zhangzhu finished eating. Seeing her come in, he couldn't help but ask, "Why are you back? Aren't you going to sunbathe?"

"Hmm, I don't want to go," Lin Qingping said in a muffled voice.

"I'll go with you." He turned to Zhangzhu and asked, "Zhangzhu, shall we go sunbathing with Mommy?"

The pearl answered in a crisp voice, "Okay!"

Lin Qingping was even more unwilling. If she took Zhangzhu out, wouldn't Liu Fen see her? She didn't want Liu Fen to see Zhangzhu, but seeing her daughter's excited little face, she couldn't bear to refuse her daughter's kindness.

"Okay, then go ahead." Lin Qingping wanted to walk out on her own.

"Can you manage?" Gu Juncheng grabbed her and helped her up.

"Okay!" She's just weak, not paralyzed.

"Mommy, Zhuzhu, help!" Zhangzhu's little hand was placed in Lin Qingping's hand, soft and warm.

"Thank you, darling." Lin Qingping smiled at her.

So Gu Juncheng hugged her waist tightly, almost half-embracing her, while his little hand held hers, and he used all his strength to carry his mother.

The family of three walked into the front yard. Gu Juncheng asked her to stand and offered her a chair.

Zhangzhu puffed out her little chest very seriously, "Daddy, go, Zhuzhu, help!"

"Zhangzhu is really capable," Gu Juncheng praised her with a smile.

However, before Gu Juncheng could even bring over the chair, the courtyard gate was pushed open from the outside by a strong force.

Lin Qingping was puzzled. Who was using such force? Was someone throwing a tantrum?

Zhiyuan barged in.

"Zhiyuan? What happened?" Lin Qingping called to him.

Zhiyuan was completely surprised to see Lin Qingping in the yard. He was taken aback when he saw her, but he quickly composed himself and stood in front of her, saying, "Mom."

"What happened?" Lin Qingping asked him softly.

"It's nothing." He lowered his eyes, avoiding looking into Lin Qingping's eyes.

Lin Qingping has been with him for so many years, raising him from the age of three to this age. How could she not understand him? You could say that she knows what he's up to the moment he raises an eyebrow.

Zhiyuan came from Gu Youlian's house. What could he possibly do at Gu Youlian's house?

He has always gotten along well with Gu Youlian and Xiaomai. During the years he studied in the capital, he never argued with Xiaomai. Now that they are all grown up, he is even less likely to.

There's only one variable left: the mother-in-law, Liu Fen.

"Are you really okay?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

"Zhiyuan? Now that you're back, go inside and do your homework." Gu Juncheng's voice sounded from behind.

Zhiyuan glanced at him but ignored him, though he looked very dejected. He said to Lin Qingping, "Mom, I'm going in to do my homework."

After saying that, he lowered his head, walked past her, and went back into the house.

Okay, so she understands why Zhiyuan is angry. It seems Gu Juncheng also knows. Surely the whole world knows except her?

Zhangzhu held her hand, pointed into the room, looked up at her and said, "Mommy, brother is angry!"

Look, even the little princess can tell her brother is angry...

“Brother isn’t angry. He just hasn’t had breakfast yet and is hungry.” Gu Juncheng walked over, placed a stool behind Lin Qingping, and helped her sit down.

Zhuzhu slowly nodded her little head, "Brother, I'm hungry, my tummy hurts! Zhuzhu, bag, here you go!"

The older brother was so hungry that his stomach hurt, so the daughter wanted to give him the meat buns she was eating.

“Okay, brother will go eat, Zhangzhu, don’t worry,” Gu Juncheng said.

"Mom." Zhangzhu was finally satisfied, snuggling close to Lin Qingping and smiling with her lips pursed.

Lin Qingping pulled Zhangzhu to sit on her lap, touched her little face, and praised her, "Yes, our Zhangzhu is such a good child who cares about her brother."

The praise made Zhangzhu even happier. She leaned on Lin Qingping's shoulder and called out, "Mommy, Mommy."

However, the restless elements that some people wanted to cover up could not be concealed.

Lin Qingping's side was filled with sunshine and family, and a warm and peaceful atmosphere had returned, but the noise came from Gu Youlian's side.

She heard Gu Youlian's voice excitedly saying something, like a machine gun, rattling incessantly. However, because she was speaking so fast and there were several houses between them, Lin Qingping couldn't hear her clearly.

"Mom! Auntie! She's angry!" Zhangzhu heard it all and whispered to Lin Qingping.

Lin Qingping didn't know how to answer, but a quick glance revealed that Gu Juncheng's face had darkened.

"What happened?" she asked Gu Juncheng.

"I'll go take a look," Gu Juncheng said. "I'll take you back first; the sun is getting a bit strong outside."

I'd only been out for five minutes, and wow, the sun was already blazing?

Is there something you don't want her to see?

Is it because you don't want her to see Liu Fen?

"Come on, let me carry you inside." Gu Juncheng bent down and picked her up.

Are you in such a hurry? Don't you want to wait for her to walk in slowly? Are you afraid she'll see something if she walks too slowly?

"Daddy! Auntie! She's angry!" Little Pearl stomped her feet, unwilling to go inside. Instead, she turned around and walked out, heading to her aunt's house.

"My precious daughter!" Gu Juncheng shouted anxiously.

From the moment Zhangzhu was born until now, Gu Juncheng had never yelled at her like that.

The girl was stunned. She turned to look at her father, and tears welled up in her eyes.

“Zhangzhu…” Gu Juncheng put Lin Qingping down, rushed to Zhangzhu, picked her up, and said, “I’m sorry, Daddy was wrong. Daddy was just too anxious, that’s why I shouted so loudly. I was afraid you wouldn’t hear me. Daddy wasn’t scolding you.”

Originally feeling wronged and scared, Zhangzhu, who dared not cry, burst into tears upon hearing her father's apology. She was truly frightened and extremely aggrieved.

"Zhangzhu, Daddy was wrong. Daddy will never raise his voice again. Don't cry, okay? Daddy was worried that you might fall outside alone and get hit by a car." Gu Juncheng kept apologizing and carried Zhangzhu into the house.

But Zhangzhu couldn't stop crying, "Auntie, you're angry, Zhuzhu, look, Auntie..."

"Okay, okay, I know you care about your aunt. Dad will go see your aunt right away, okay? Zhangzhu, stay home and keep Mom company." Gu Juncheng walked past Lin Qingping. "I'll take Zhangzhu inside and come help you right away."

When Zhangzhu heard Gu Juncheng say that she needed to stay with her mother, her crying immediately subsided. The chubby little finger pointed at Lin Qingping and said, "Mommy is sick. Zhuzhu, stay with Mommy."

“Yes, Zhangzhu will stay with Mom, and Dad will go see Aunt, okay?” Gu Juncheng agreed with her.

"it is good--"

Zhangzhu is such a sensible, understanding, and heartwarming child. She stopped crying immediately and agreed very loudly, treating accompanying her mother as a very important task.

As soon as Gu Juncheng entered the house, he sent his second sister out, asking her to bring her older sister in or stay with her, as if he were afraid something would happen to her if he wasn't there.

The second sister felt that her brother-in-law cared about her sister, so she immediately ran out and saw Lin Qingping with her back to the house, looking towards Gu Youlian.

Lin Qingping sat there, feeling that everything was unusual.

If Zhiyuan was angry because Liu Fen said something she shouldn't have (Lin Qingping had no doubt about the power of Liu Fen's ability to talk nonsense), then why was Gu Youlian so angry?

There is only one person who can make Gu Youlian so furious: Du Gen.

But if it's Du Gen, Gu Juncheng has no reason to hide it from her.

"Sister, let's go inside." Her second sister came to help her.