CHAPTER 363: CHAPTER 362 EVERYONE RETURNS HOME

"An Gate? Moving luggage?" Zhen Yan repeated the sentences, suddenly looking at his sister, "Where are you planning to install it?"

Zhen Yu raised her hand and pointed towards the stairway entrance, "Install an iron gate there. I will move back to live in the internet cafe! Let them all go back to the wonton shop!"

"Great!!!" Zhen Yan’s praise was extremely loud! It was obvious he had long been reluctant to have ’outsiders’ living in their home!

Feeling delighted, Zhen Yan pulled his sister to go downstairs, "Come on! Let’s quickly start moving your stuff!"

"We should call mom too! Have a meeting!" Zhen Yu said as she followed her brother downstairs.

Zhen Yan glared at his sister annoyedly, "Are you addicted to having meetings or what?! Just tell them and that’s it!"

Zhen Yu whispered persuasively, "Don’t make it difficult for mom."

"...Alright."

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"Mom!" Zhen Yu called out at the counter, briefly summarizing the situation to Mrs. Zhen.

"I’m moving back home today! You and Uncle Gu’s family have two houses altogether, you can arrange however you want to live!"

"What?!" Mrs. Zhen immediately stood up, hitting the table.

Noticing many people seated on the first floor, she lowered her voice and asked her daughter, "What are you stirring up again?! Weren’t you just—"

"Mom!" Zhen Yu interrupted her mother’s impending complaints, quickly saying, "You can’t sleep well at the internet cafe! It’s not good for the pregnancy!" Zhen Yu’s voice suddenly dropped, "Remember to tell the Gu Family that the moving was your idea! That you hired someone to custom-make an iron gate to be installed at the second-floor staircase! Also, that you think it’s very safe for me to live alone!"

Mrs. Zhen, infuriated, her forehead veins popping, "You disobedient girl!! What have you been doing behind my back..."

"Mom! Stop talking nonsense! Let’s hurry up!" Zhen Yu, unfazed by the scolding, urged: "All my stuff is already packed up, just to be brought back here! It’s tough on you! Later, let the Gu Family come and pick up their own things too!"

Mrs. Zhen raised her hand, her finger almost poking Zhen Yu’s face,

"You! You..."

Zhen Yu quickly glanced at her mother’s finger near her nose, then looked up continuing to speak, "The custom-made iron gate will arrive by eight to be installed! Once it’s installed, no one besides us three are allowed on the second floor! If they can’t finish moving out by the afternoon, I’ll have to help."

"It’s a sin!" Mrs. Zhen’s arms dropped, her voice laden with a sob, "How did I give birth to such a troublesome child! You disobedient girl,"

Hearing his mother scold his sister ’disobedient girl’ a second time, Zhen Yan was instantly furious!

"Mom! Didn’t we already buy you houses?! Back then, you were too scared of this and that! You didn’t move in, and even brought outsiders into our home! We have our own home, yet we live like we’re depending on others! Now that my sister can live on her own, what’s wrong with sending them back where they came from?! This shop is named Zhen, not Gu!!!"

Though Zhen Yan deliberately lowered his voice, it still drew the attention of the nearby customers to turn their heads, and even Zhang San gave a few extra glances towards the counter, but he kept his distance.

"Zhen Yan! What nonsense are you talking!" Mrs. Zhen spoke in a low voice, gasping angrily.

"Brother!" Zhen Yu stopped her brother who wanted to retort further, warning him with her eyes, then said: "Mom is pregnant!"

"Ah... huh..." Zhen Yan took a deep breath and exhaled, swallowing back the rest of what he wanted to say.

"Mom! Let’s go! You know I’m a man of my word, I won’t change my mind!" Zhen Yu patiently urged again.

Mrs. Zhen took a few deep breaths, her eyes filled with extremely complex emotions as she looked at her daughter, and finally, she nodded her head.

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Creak——

Xiao Gu, who was sitting facing the door, immediately looked up when he heard the door sound and saw Mrs. Zhen entering first, he quickly called out, "Aunt Cheng!"

Upon hearing this, Gu’s father immediately said, "Oh? What brings you here?" As he spoke, he got up from his seat and went to greet her at the door.

After the two met, Gu’s father gently supported Mrs. Zhen’s waist and walked her to the seat where he had just had breakfast, whispering as they walked, "Didn’t you have enough breakfast? You could have just called me, and I would have brought it over. Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu haven’t had breakfast yet, have they? The bowls and chopsticks are on the table; hurry and eat!"

Listen to these caring words! Look at his considerate demeanor! It’s as if he truly cares about Mrs. Zhen to the core.

And listen to how he calls the siblings to eat! So polite! With the authority of someone who runs a household!

Zhen Yu and Zhen Yan followed their mother, neither of them speaking.

With her children neither calling anyone nor talking, Mrs. Zhen had to take over the conversation herself and took the opportunity to state her purpose.

"It’s not that! I had plenty to eat! I came here because there’s something I need to discuss!"

Gu’s father’s heart skipped a beat, but he showed no sign of it on his face. Instead, he continued smiling and said, "Whatever it is, let’s talk after eating! It’s already past seven o’clock; the kids must be hungry!"

Zhen Yan promptly replied, "I’m not hungry! Mom, go ahead and speak!"

"..." Gu’s father grew suspicious, wondering what the siblings were secretly up to that they were so eager to announce!

Mrs. Zhen, urged by her son and thinking ’It’s the same whether I say it now or later’, directly said, "The internet cafe is too noisy at night; I can’t sleep well! I want to move out!"

Upon these words, the hall suddenly fell silent.

Xiao Gu and Gu Qing, who had been eating happily, now didn’t even make a sound of bowls and chopsticks clashing or of chewing and swallowing.

Gu’s father swallowed, his voice sounding dry as he asked, "You want to move to a new house? What about the internet cafe?"

Mrs. Zhen had been waiting for this question and immediately responded, "I’ve ordered a metal gate to be installed at the stairway on the second floor; Zhen Yu will be very safe living there by herself!"

Xiao Gu and Gu Qing looked at each other, while Gu’s father lowered his head and stared at the ground. For a moment, no one from the Gu family spoke.

Seeing that the three were not looking at her, Zhen Yu suddenly sneered disdainfully, a smile that appeared on her face only momentarily before quickly disappearing.

The quiet hall was suddenly filled with Zhen Yu’s voice as she said loudly, "Mom! My brother and I are going upstairs to pack our things!"

Gu’s father was startled and looked up sharply at Zhen Yu.

Zhen Yu, with an expressionless face, returned his gaze for a moment, then led her brother straight past him.

Xiao Gu and Gu Qing both witnessed this scene. Gu Qing was immediately so angered that she wanted to stand up and stop Zhen Yu!

But Xiao Gu grabbed her arm, shook his head silently at her, and whispered a brief sentence.