Capítulo 531: Chapter 531: Three Letters and Six Rites

Tang Chuxia sealed Gu Beihuai’s lips with a lingering kiss.

Nothing that a kiss can’t solve, and if one kiss won’t do, it calls for two.

Tang Chuxia finally soothed Gu Beihuai before he led her out of the car. If it hadn’t been early, and if it wouldn’t have been inappropriate to head straight to bed, Gu Beihuai might have carried her back to their room on the spot.

However, as soon as the couple returned to the courtyard of their parents’ home, they saw the living room filled with various items.

“What’s all this for?”

Tang Chuxia asked curiously, only to hear Gu Nanzhi say, “This is to make up for the ‘Three Letters and Six Etiquettes’ for your wedding!”

Tang Chuxia: …

Actually, it wasn’t necessary.

Mrs. Gu smiled and said, “It’s customary, and we had been too rushed before. You young ones have been busy too and never had the time. We can’t keep putting it off.”

Since the elders had spoken, Tang Chuxia wouldn’t take it upon herself to cancel it, merely reminding them, “Just make sure it’s reasonable, no need to be too extravagant or wasteful!”

The little courtyard had been quite the hassle to set up initially, after all, these preparations were mostly for show to outsiders.

She didn’t want to dampen the enthusiasm of the two sets of parents.

“It really is a bustle when taking a wife!” Gu Nanzhi sighed, and Tang Chuxia responded, “If you really want that, we can satisfy you too!”

Gu Nanzhi waved her hands dismissively.

She wasn’t thinking about marriage yet.

Although she and Zheng Duoqing had a good relationship, it was still too short-lived; she wanted to play around for a few more years.

“Listen to your sister-in-law, when it comes to dating, don’t let it exceed two years. Otherwise, once the novelty fades, the chances of getting married greatly diminish!”

Marriage is about daily life.

It’s not the utopian merely dating phase, which involves many issues.

With understanding comes weighing pros and cons.

Having seen countless relationships, Tang Chuxia had more authority to speak on the matter than Gu Nanzhi. The longer the dating period, the higher the chance of breaking up.

Compared to the romantic perspective of her past life, marriages in this era were still much purer. People came together when they felt right, without overthinking, and even significant differences in family backgrounds weren’t a big issue.

Gu Nanzhi’s face went red; she wasn’t about to take Tang Chuxia’s advice.

However, she remembered that Zheng Duoqing also talked about getting married after her graduation.

Although many in her school were already married, with children of various ages, Gu Nanzhi still felt no rush to marry or have children too soon.

Compared to Gu Nanzhi’s concerns, Tang Chuxia was much more relaxed.

She spent a while helping Mrs. Gu with the preparations, but the details began to give her a headache.

Tang Chuxia declared, “I still have class tomorrow; I’m not getting involved!”

She took the opportunity to slip away, and naturally, Gu Beihuai used the excuse of accompanying his wife to leave as well.

Ironically, Gu Nanzhi, who wasn’t even involved, got left behind. Mrs. Gu’s reasoning was, “When you get married in the future, you’ll know whether the things prepared by the man’s family are good!”

For Gu Nanzhi, it was yet another day of lamenting her brother and sister-in-law’s lack of solidarity.

Tang Chuxia pulled Gu Beihuai back to her own yard, but she wasn’t in a hurry to sleep; instead, she started making small talk.

“Recently, I haven’t heard any news about Dangdang. How is she doing with Wu Haipeng?”

Gu Beihuai and Qin Zhan were supposed to protect her, and she saw them every day. In contrast, Wu Haipeng had been scarcely seen lately.

The weather was also hot, and Tang Chuxia really had no intention of going out for a stroll.

Gu Beihuai thought for a moment and realized he didn’t know how Wu Haipeng was doing either. So he took Tang Chuxia out for a walk since it was still early, just past seven, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to check on the Wu Family.

As the two of them strolled to the Wu Family’s residence, they heard a noisy quarrel inside. Just as they exchanged glances and were considering whether to enter, they heard Dangdang’s screams.

The two of them couldn’t hesitate any longer. They pushed the door open and saw Dangdang hit by a teacup, with blood oozing from her forehead.

Dangdang looked at Tang Chuxia, her eyes filled with aggrievement.

Tang Chuxia quickly went forward to check Dangdang’s wound and, after confirming it was just a skin cut and not too severe, she questioned Mrs. Wu, who had thrown the teacup: “Auntie, what exactly did our Dangdang do wrong to make you so angry? If I remember correctly, Dangdang hasn’t been married over for long, right?”

It hadn’t even been a month.

And she had been hit by her mother-in-law.

Did they really think Dangdang had no one in her family to support her?

Tang Chuxia was angry and loathed this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship. She was looking for Wu Haipeng, but Dangdang told her that Wu Haipeng was not at home!

It was as she suspected; if Wu Haipeng had been home, he wouldn’t have allowed his mother to bully Dangdang.

“What do you mean by this? She’s supposed to respect me as her mother-in-law. Can’t I discipline her?” Mrs. Wu’s expression was unnatural, and her words lacked conviction.

Tang Chuxia said to Gu Beihuai, “I’m going to help Dangdang treat her wound. You’d better find Wu Haipeng immediately and sort this out. Otherwise, I won’t mind helping them get a divorce!”

Tang Chuxia pulled Dangdang back to the Tang Family residence, and after she left, Gu Beihuai asked Mrs. Wu, “Auntie, Dangdang is not without support from her family!”

Just this one statement caused Mrs. Wu’s face to change color.

“Haipeng hasn’t reported back recently. Do you understand the consequences?”

Compared to Tang Chuxia’s temper, Gu Beihuai wouldn’t do that. He just laid out the facts for Mrs. Wu.

“I wouldn’t normally interfere with your family affairs, but it’s affecting Haipeng’s work, and I need to say a few words as his superior. Also, give up the idea of using Dangdang to control Haipeng!”

Gu Beihuai sometimes really appreciated his mind-reading ability; it let him easily read the thoughts of those around him and know what their hearts were truly like underneath their facades.

No matter how Mrs. Wu tried to explain, Gu Beihuai knew her true intentions.

He hadn’t bothered to intervene earlier because it was their family matter and he, an outsider, didn’t feel it was his place to comment. But just now, Dangdang had entertained thoughts of suicide. If something really happened, Tang Chuxia would turn the world upside down to support Dangdang.

With the mindset that it was better to avoid more trouble, Gu Beihuai warned Mrs. Wu again, “If you don’t want Haipeng’s future to be ruined, then continue making trouble. After all, those things you did, if investigated, will lead to clues!”

Gu Beihuai called the four little ones to go home with him, expecting Wu Haipeng to come looking for them at his place when he couldn’t find them at home.

Mrs. Wu slumped onto the floor, and an aged voice came from the room: “You heartless creature, heaven will take you sooner or later!”

Mrs. Wu’s face twisted with rage, and she wished she could strangle her mother-in-law, but she dared not, she couldn’t.

Not unless she no longer wished to live.

The old lady continued cursing inside the room, her words filled with extreme insults, as vulgar as could be.

After all, the old lady just wanted to infuriate her daughter-in-law to death.