CHAPTER 353: CHAPTER 353: SHOWING OFF

"How can it be the same? These are the gifts I personally bought to pay respect to you, Grandpa." Gu Juan said with a smile, "It’s been a while since I came back to see you. You wouldn’t still be mad at me, would you?"

Gu Juan emphasized the word "personally," while Gu Lingling shook her head with a smile and continued to write couplets with her head down.

"You know I’ve been through some things recently." Without waiting for Old Sir Gu to speak, Gu Juan sat down on the bed’s edge with a hint of grievance, "But I earned this salary myself, Grandpa, you don’t know yet, do you? I now work at the Department Store, a formal worker."

"Now that I earn a salary, I can also afford to pay my respects to you, old man."

"The Department Store? Isn’t it very convenient to buy things there?" someone in the queue outside murmured upon hearing this.

"Exactly, exactly," Gu Juan, as if finding a kindred spirit, jumped down from the bed and addressed the people outside at Old Sir Gu’s door, "If you ever want to buy anything, you can come to me. The Department Store frequently deals with some defective goods outside, without needing coupons."

"Such a good deal." the auntie from earlier asked, "Wouldn’t it be very expensive?"

"Auntie, don’t you know? Last time Sister Lingling even accompanied her grandma to buy some defective goods, it’s not expensive, just like usual prices, sometimes even lower, and without needing coupons."

Gu Juan’s words carried multiple meanings: firstly, although Gu Lingling is aware of the defective goods sold at the store, she doesn’t share it with you, and secondly, don’t be fooled by Gu Lingling’s nice clothes, those are all defective goods.

Gu Lingling, naturally understanding her implication, ignored her and continued writing the couplets, "How do you think they look?"

Gu Juan felt as if she punched a pillow, snorted, and walked inside.

"If you have nothing else, just go back and take your things with you, I can’t afford them." Old Sir Gu said, "Don’t come back later, we agreed on things when the family split."

But back when the family split, who knew Old Sir Gu would have such a high status at the Transformer Factory, and who knew Gu Chunhai, though usually quiet, would have great connections at the factory.

Even in Qin City, more people would show him respect.

In the past, when Gu Chunhai drove, sometimes he would help people bring things—unpaid labor—but over time, connections were built.

It was only after Gu Juan joined the Department Store herself and met more people that she realized this.

If she had known earlier, she wouldn’t have listened to Wang Meili and left the family; she would have stayed no matter what.

Otherwise, for this hiring drive, they would have definitely arranged something for her.

Yet it’s still not as comfortable as her job at the Department Store with different people to meet every day.

"Grandpa, you know the Transformer Factory is recruiting, right?" Gu Juan continued sitting at the bed’s edge, "This time, you must arrange something for her, right?"

She came back this time to flaunt. Aren’t you all so fond of Gu Lingling? Getting her a formal job at the Transformer Factory, so what?

I, Gu Juan, do well without your help."

"By the way, Grandpa, I have a boyfriend, also from the Transformer Factory, named Zheng Peng." Gu Lingling said with a shy smile, "You should know Zheng Peng, right? He even mentioned you, saying that when he was young you held him once."

’Hahaha...’

Gu Lingling, who was writing couplets, couldn’t stand it anymore and burst out laughing accidentally.

Held him once?

How young could he have been then? Would he even remember that? Truly troublesome for this kid!