Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 309 Let's try having one

One of the hardest things in the world is to instill ideas into someone else's mind and try to persuade them.

The things Liu Fen said, such as "You must have a son to carry on the family line," "Adopt a child from a relative's family," and "It's shameful to hold a wedding while pregnant," were all nonexistent in Lin Qingping's opinion. However, Lin Qingping would not try to persuade Liu Fen or impose her own views on Liu Fen.

Moreover, whether the Gu family has any descendants is really not her concern anymore.

She glanced at Gu Juncheng and told him to handle it himself.

Gu Juncheng made his stance clear: "I disagree!"

"What right do you have to disagree? It's because you can't have children!" Liu Fen stopped indulging her son and went straight to the point, retorting sharply.

Gu Juncheng: ...

“The bottle won’t agree either!” Gu Juncheng finally shifted the blame onto Lin Qingping.

To be honest, Lin Qingping didn't say a word the whole time, and she just smiled the whole time, as if she was watching him make a fool of himself.

Liu Fen then advised Lin Qingping, "Pingzi, I know you're busy. Just focus on your work. If you want to raise this child, you can. If you don't want to, leave him in our hometown. Your father and I will raise him. We promise to treat him like our own grandson and never mistreat him!"

Lin Qingping listened with a smile, not intending to take the blame for Gu Juncheng's actions. Instead, she said to Liu Fen in a sweet tone, "I'll listen to Chengzi!"

She perfectly portrayed the image of a well-behaved daughter-in-law.

Gu Juncheng: ...

The ball was kicked back, and in such a way that it made Liu Fen feel so comfortable.

Liu Fen: "Look how sensible the bottle is, you're such a troublemaker!"

The pressure fell on Gu Juncheng alone. Gu Juncheng knew that he couldn't reason with his mother, so he didn't bother with any logic. He simply insisted: "I will never adopt! If you and Dad insist on causing trouble, don't blame me for disowning my parents!"

"Since you all like the Lin family's children, then I'll marry into the family! The children will all have the Lin surname from now on. Are you satisfied now?" Gu Juncheng said coldly, dropping a bombshell.

His mother was completely stunned and speechless. How could they say that they were adopting a child to carry on Chengzi's family line, and that they were even talking about their son?

Liu Fen was still in a daze when Gu Juncheng pulled his mother out.

"You can discuss it with your father yourself. If you want me to be adopted, I'll take care of you in your old age and see you off when you die!" Gu Juncheng said, then closed the door.

With the sound of the door opening, Gu Juncheng turned around abruptly, his sharp eyes fixed intently on her.

Lin Qingping felt inexplicably guilty under his gaze, shrank further under the covers, and yawned, "Time to sleep!"

He simply covered his head with the blanket.

However, with a sudden burst of strength, he felt his body go empty, the blanket was pulled off, and the light shone down.

"Sleep?" His voice was inexplicably gloomy.

"Yes, I'm sleepy, I want to sleep!" Lin Qingping closed her eyes and didn't try to grab the blanket anymore.

"Okay! Time to sleep!" He lay down next to her and pulled the blanket back over her.

Lin Qingping immediately sat up. "Gu Juncheng! Have you no shame? You said you'd sleep on the floor!"

He looked at her without saying a word, his eyes filled with deep meaning.

"What are you looking at me for? Get down!" Lin Qingping glared at him.

Gu Juncheng chuckled, but it wasn't a good laugh. "Kick me out? When you were laughing at me just now, didn't you think about the consequences?"

Lin Qingping chuckled, "Didn't you say yourself that you can't have children?"

Lin Qingping's gaze towards him was also meaningful. "Gu Juncheng, didn't you say you didn't remember anything? How come you still remember the lie you and your mother told? Such a thing shouldn't happen. Do you have a particularly vivid memory of it?"

“Not remembering is a valid judgment,” he answered smoothly. “Since my mother said so, I suppose I did say that at some point.”

The sarcasm in Lin Qingping's eyes deepened. Fine, keep acting, keep acting, let's see how long you keep going!

"Gu Juncheng," Lin Qingping said leisurely, "You should really consider your mother's suggestion. Zhiyuan is mine, so you can adopt one to take care of you in your old age. This suggestion is really good."

Gu Juncheng sneered, "Thank you. If it weren't for today, I wouldn't have known you were so virtuous, especially in front of my mother." He cleared his throat and mimicked her speech, "I listen to Chengzi..."

Lin Qingping: ...

"Didn't you make me act? I've put on such a great performance to cooperate with you, aren't you grateful?" Lin Qingping's eyes darted around. "Or... are you planning to get married again? Have another child with someone else? Let me tell you, then I'll have to change my will. My money won't be spent on other women!"

He was both annoyed and amused. "Lin Qingping, you're something else! You can't stop talking about your money. I've told you, Lin Qingping, I don't want your money! But..."

But then, nothing more was said; only his gaze lingered on her face.

"But what?" Lin Qingping became alert. "You want to take my child away from me? Impossible! Zhiyuan is mine! You promised!"

“I won’t fight you for the child…” He gazed at her, the light reflecting in her eyes, “but, having one, we can try…”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Qingping felt a pair of large hands pressing down on the back of her neck, and her body involuntarily leaned forward, falling onto him.

"Gu Juncheng..." she shouted angrily, but her lips were silenced by a hot, wet kiss.

The weather was scorching, the air was scorching, and the offensive was incredibly swift.

Lin Qingping was having trouble breathing. If Gu Juncheng's lips hadn't moved from her lips and teeth to her chin and then her neck, she was really worried that she would have fainted...

Now that her mouth was free, she was able to protest, directly calling him a bastard and biting his shoulder!

Only the stinging pain could bring him to his senses...

He abruptly left and stood up.

Lin Qingping placed a vase of flowers on the table between the bed and his makeshift bed on the floor. "The dividing line! Anyone who crosses this line, don't bother sleeping in the room anymore, just go stand in circles downstairs every day!"

He unfolded the bedding again and lay down.

Lin Qingping sneered, "Aren't you even going to ask me what 'standing in circles' means?"

"No need to ask," he said. "I won't cross the line again."

After saying that, he added, "I'm sorry."

"Gu Juncheng, you've said sorry too many times." Lin Qingping turned off the light. "I've said it before, I don't want to hear anyone say sorry to me, because once someone says sorry, it means I've been let down or humiliated, and I don't like that."

"Yes," he said. "It won't happen again."

What does "it won't happen again" mean? Lin Qingping can't understand it now. She tried her best to find him, but he kept backing away.

Gu Juncheng, what if you had just taken one step forward?

Am I not worthy?

In the darkness, Lin Qingping stopped thinking about Gu Juncheng's "It won't happen again." The sorrow that rose in her heart was for Cheng Yuanyuan.

Her mother and brother were a living hell. Cheng Yuanyuan was a pampered daughter who grew up in the family. She was gentle and mild-mannered and no match for her mother and brother. She suffered all kinds of bullying at home, but she swallowed her anger and kept all her tears to herself. She only told her parents good news and not bad news. Later, when Director Cheng was diagnosed with cancer, it was already in its late stage. Cheng Yuanyuan was even more unwilling to let her parents worry about her. She lived a miserable life until she was over forty years old, and then she died of her illness.

As for her, she hadn't done much for Cheng Yuanyuan in her previous life. At most, she secretly gave her some gifts and money, and she also contributed money when Cheng Yuanyuan's father and Cheng Yuanyuan herself were sick.

Therefore, when Cheng Yuanyuan passed away, she held her hand and said that having her as her sister-in-law was the only comfort in her life.

The image of Cheng Yuanyuan, so sickly and emaciated in her final moments, was now etched vividly into her mind, even after a lifetime.

Her heart clenched instantly. In truth, in her past life, she was truly unworthy of Cheng Yuanyuan's last words.

She didn't know the specifics of what happened between Cheng Yuanyuan and her brother in this life, but she could never erase the image of Cheng Yuanyuan's tear-streaked face from her mind.

In any case, she should probably go back.

The next morning, she started packing her things and told everyone about her plans that she had been thinking about all night. "Starting today, we are officially in summer vacation. My older sister and Xiaomai took the train early this morning to see Dugen. Zhiyuan and the others will start summer camp tomorrow for military practice. I plan to go back for a while. Xiaoxiao, come back with me. Consider it a trip. Mom and Dad, you and Chengzi can stay at home."

Lin Qingping plans to buy a train ticket for the day after tomorrow and go back after Zhiyuan officially joins the camp.

Lin Qingping's parents-in-law were stunned when they heard this.

“Bottle, don’t blame me for being blunt, but are you going back just because we came?” Liu Fen asked.

"Of course not," Gu Juncheng answered for her. "But it was because of you that she was in the mood. If you hadn't brought up her brother's marriage, would she have been in such a hurry to go back?"

Liu Fen nodded in agreement. "That's right. As the eldest sister, it's my brother's wedding, so I should go back and visit. But we..."

“If you give up on what happened yesterday, I’ll pretend I never heard of it. But if you bring it up again, I mean it,” Gu Juncheng said. “Since Pingzi is going back, I’ll go back too. You two can go together.”

“But this…” Liu Fen was a little unhappy, glaring at her son, “We’ve come all this way, and you want us to go back after just one day?”

"Alright, go back, go back." Gu Dafu frowned and said, "The Lin family is having a happy occasion, how can he, as their brother-in-law, not go back?"

Liu Fen then fell silent.

So Gu Juncheng went out and bought five train tickets, and the group of five set off the next day after Zhiyuan entered the summer camp.

At first, Zhong Xiaoxiao was reluctant to come along, but how could Lin Qingping leave her alone in their home in the capital? What if Liu Dong came looking for her? She also couldn't let Zhong Xiaoxiao go back to her hometown; that would be like sending a lamb to the slaughter.

Zhong Xiaoxiao hesitated for a long time, but was finally persuaded by Lin Qingping and boarded the train with them.

The county we arrived at first.

Now that there are buses running between the county and the village, Gu Juncheng bought tickets for the two elderly people at the bus station and put them directly on the bus back to the village, without letting them stay in the county for even a day.

Just when Zhong Xiaoxiao thought Lin Qingping was going to buy a ticket back to Linjia Village, Gu Juncheng returned and said, "Let's go, let's stay at a guesthouse in the county."

Zhong Xiaoxiao was surprised. Wasn't it Lin Qingping's younger brother's wedding? She was planning to give a gift.

Lin Qingping had no intention of returning to Linjia Village, and Gu Juncheng actually knew that she wasn't going back. Lin Qingping couldn't help but snort again.

Gu Juncheng pretended not to hear and led the way to the guesthouse, where they booked two rooms.

"Xiaoxiao and I will sleep together!" Lin Qingping glanced at Gu Juncheng sideways as she walked to her room.

Zhong Xiaoxiao was startled. "No, no, no, please don't! I'll sleep by myself, you two can sleep in the same room."

"No way, aren't you scared to be alone? You're in an unfamiliar place. Our Chengzi is the most understanding and generous person, he definitely won't stop me from going with you." Lin Qingping rolled her eyes at Gu Juncheng.

What else could Gu Juncheng say?

He has to be understanding and generous!

After resting at the guesthouse for one night, Lin Qingping decided to go find Director Cheng alone early the next morning.

As a result, Gu Juncheng insisted on going along.

Lin Qingping thought for a moment. Given his military background, his words would be more convincing, so he didn't object. Thus, the three of them went together.

The sugar factory was easy to find, and Lin Qingping had actually been there before.

When Lin Qingping was reborn, she came looking for Cheng Yuanyuan, but she never managed to meet her.

At that time, her thought was that since she was reborn to make amends, she should make up for what she lacked in her previous life. She had already rescued her second sister, and Cheng Yuanyuan was also one of the people she wanted to make amends to.

Because they hadn't been able to find Cheng Yuanyuan, and her last encounter with Factory Director Cheng led her to get a medical check-up early, hoping that an early check-up might prevent her from developing late-stage cancer, and because her brother's marriage to Cheng Yuanyuan couldn't proceed without Gu Juncheng's support, and because if Factory Director Cheng were in good health, Cheng Yuanyuan would always have a strong backing, and her life would be very different.

Who knew that even though she changed the fate of some people in this life, Cheng Yuanyuan would still walk down this path?

Lin Qingping had mixed feelings the whole way. After arriving at the sugar factory, she registered with the gatekeeper and was able to enter smoothly.

The sugar factory's residential area was not far from the factory. Following the security guard's directions, Lin Qingping successfully found Director Cheng's house.

The person who opened the door was Director Cheng's wife: Jiang Liping.

Upon seeing Lin Qingping, Jiang Liping was slightly taken aback, then overjoyed, exclaimed, "It's you!"

Seeing that the other person still remembered her, Lin Qingping smiled slightly and said, "Hello, Auntie."

"Who is it?" a man's voice came from inside.

"Old Cheng, come quick! Hurry up!" Jiang Liping shouted excitedly, "Our benefactor is here! Our benefactor is here!"

benefactor?

Gu Juncheng couldn't help but glance at Lin Qingping. What was going on?

Factory Director Cheng came out from the inner room and was overjoyed to see Lin Qingping. "She really is my benefactor!"

The couple quickly ushered Lin Qingping into the house, and warmly served her candies and fruits.

Lin Qingping quickly looked around the room. It didn't look like a wedding was being held in the house, and Cheng's parents looked very haggard, which didn't seem like there was any joy in the family.