MC Bookstore Chapter 95 You are my son, if I don't help you, who will I help?
Chapter 95 You are my son, if I don't help you, who will I help?
Gu Zhibei didn't expect his mother to come back.
I just went home last month.
Could it be because of his own sick leave slip?
"Mom, is your salary this month enough for your round-trip airfare?" he couldn't help but ask.
Shen Qiuyu put down her suitcase: "You don't need to worry about that, you little brat."
I had very little luggage, just two sets of clothes to change into, some personal belongings, and a laptop for work.
Gu Zhibei took the box and placed it in the corner: "They're not here to arrest me again, are they?"
"What do you think?" Shen Qiuyu ruffled his hair.
Gu Zhibei quickly distanced himself: "Mom, the boy who cried wolf usually only came three times. This is only the second time, isn't it?"
Shen Qiuyu glanced at him with displeasure. Did this brat think she was being difficult?
"It was Xiaoyuer who told me you had a fever, so I rushed back."
She placed the back of her hand on the boy's forehead.
"Has the fever subsided?"
"I'm a cool and aloof handsome guy, it would be strange if I had a fever, right?" Gu Zhibei said.
"That means you're not aloof enough yet, and you still have a lot to learn from this ice queen."
Shen Qiuyu sat down on the sofa and casually crossed her legs.
She suddenly lowered her voice:
"Where's Little Fish?"
"She's still sleeping." Gu Zhibei felt a little guilty.
Little Fish was not only sleeping, but also lying in his bed with another girl.
If his mother saw him, she might think he was having an affair last night.
"oh."
Shen Qiuyu nodded.
"Where's Xiao Ning? Are you asleep too?"
"Mom, maybe you could be a little more tactful."
Gu Zhibei made a suggestion,
"Also, we are currently just friends and have not done anything unhealthy."
"at present?"
Shen Qiuyu sighed.
The woman's expression was unusually calm: "Tell me honestly, which one do you actually like?"
"...I like them both."
Gu Zhibei poured two glasses of warm water.
He tried to make himself seem less like a jerk: "I can't help it, rejecting any of them would hurt their feelings."
"So you're planning to break the hearts of two girls at the same time?" Shen Qiuyu asked rhetorically.
"A short pain is always better than a long pain."
"What you said makes sense."
His mother's sudden remark left Gu Zhibei frozen in mid-air, the cup he had just raised.
He looked at Shen Qiuyu with a puzzled expression.
The woman simply said:
"Your father is right."
"You're my son, who else should I help if not you?"
"If my dear girl doesn't agree, then she can come looking for trouble after I'm dead. Anyway, she's so small and weak, I can lift her up with one hand."
The father stepped in!
Gu Zhibei handed over the cup: "Lord Shen Qiuyu, from this day forward, you are my god!"
"Come on."
Shen Qiuyu pursed her lips.
I was just complaining that she was in the way when she went home.
Now, they're all over the place, their eyes light up at the sight of a bargain.
She picked up her cup and clinked it against the boy's.
Gu Zhibei downed the drink in one gulp, quite boldly: "Mom, please accept this as a token of my sincerity."
He transferred 100,000 yuan to him.
"puff!"
Shen Qiuyu spat out the water she had just drunk.
She didn't even bother to wipe the water off with a tissue: "Where did you get so much money?!"
"Pei Qingning is the young lady; she gave it to me as a gift."
"You lust after her body and then take her money?"
This was the first time Shen Qiuyu had shown a shocked... no, awe-inspiring expression since she returned.
She took a deep breath, forcing herself to ask, "What's the situation at Xiao Ning's family?"
Gu Zhibei gave a general account of the story.
Shen Qiuyu calmed down and wiped away the water stains with a tissue:
"So, she lives with her maternal grandfather, and her maternal grandfather knows about your relationship?"
"That's right."
"Does Little Fish know?"
Gu Zhibei frowned slightly; he had never met the other person before.
However, given the young lady's past tendency to use mysterious powers for investigations from time to time, "Grandpa" probably knew about it.
He nodded.
Shen Qiuyu felt somewhat exhausted.
You said that in an ordinary family, it wouldn't be a problem for the three of them to elope.
A rich heiress is a different story.
She was afraid that the Gu family might one day disappear without a trace.
Shen Qiuyu rubbed her temples: "He knew about the relationship between the three of you, yet he didn't stop it?"
"It's alright, I'll handle this," Gu Zhibei said calmly.
"It's something you have to solve."
Shen Qiuyu gave him a deep look.
"Don't waste the money Xiao Ning gave you, including the money you transferred to my account... save it first, just in case something unexpected happens in the future."
Gu Zhibei understood what his mother meant.
He was simply worried that if he had a conflict with the young lady in the future, she would make trouble over the money.
After all, Mom had only met Pei Qingning once, so it's normal that she didn't trust her.
The young lady doesn't care about money at all; she wouldn't even care if Godzilla came to Earth one day.
She only cares about those "personal items" that she has marked.
He didn't explain much, but trust is something that can only be formed through face-to-face communication between two people.
Once my mother has had more contact with her future daughter-in-law, she will naturally understand.
Shen Qiuyu did not dwell on this topic further:
"How far have things progressed between you and those two?"
"One is a regular friend with whom you can touch legs and hug; the other is a 'secret friend'."
"You call them 'secret friends'... If you're a lover, then you're a lover. Is your Chinese class supposed to teach you how to hide your relationship?" Shen Qiuyu said with disdain.
Gu Zhibei retorted, "It's just about defining relationships; you're thinking too dirty a thing."
Shen Qiuyu was too lazy to argue with him.
That brat is so greedy; he wants both a bargain and a respectable life.
She was slightly puzzled: "The 'ordinary friend' you're talking about is Xiaoyuer, right? How come Xiaoning has overtaken me in progress?"
"She's so determined to hide herself, she's even deceiving herself. What can I do?" Gu Zhibei said helplessly.
Shen Qiuyu thought of the girl's legs, and her expression turned gloomy.
Just as she was about to speak, a girl's scream suddenly came from the tightly closed bedroom door.
This is... my son's room?
The woman looked stunned and subconsciously glanced at Gu Zhibei.
The boy gave an honest, simple smile: "I had a fever last night, and they didn't want to leave, so they all slept in my room... on the floor!"
"You'd better tell the truth."
Shen Qiuyu quickly stood up.
Judging from the sound, it should be Jiang Youyu making the noise.
Gu Zhibei followed.
He thought to himself, "These two people just won't stop for even a quarter of an hour."
He had clearly carried Xiaoyuer from the floor to the bed to cover up the traces of her climbing into the covers at night, so as not to let the young lady find out and get angry, but the two still quarreled.
Are they just inherently incompatible?
Gu Zhibei pushed open the door.
The scene behind the door was exactly as he had imagined.
The situation was beyond his expectations.
It turns out that Little Fish was beating up the young lady?
What's wrong with Pei Qingning? Did she not eat enough?
He coughed, startling the two men who were locked in fierce combat.
Both girls turned to look at the doorway at the same time.
Upon seeing the woman standing beside the boy, her face filled with astonishment, their intertwined figures suddenly froze, as if an action movie had been paused, completely still.