CHAPTER 318: CHAPTER 291: PAST EVENTS

Because Qiao Zhiang hadn’t finished his homework, after returning to the Gu Mansion, Gu Yanjing specifically told Qiao Zhiang that he would supervise him in doing his homework tonight and even personally check it after he was done.

After hearing this, Qiao Ziang pouted his face like a steamed bun, and after greeting Old Sir Gu in the front yard, he let Shang Chen accompany him back to the East Courtyard.

He had wasted a lot of words along the way, and it had served no purpose.

The old man was in good spirits today, sitting in the courtyard.

Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian sat outside chatting with him for a while. As the sky darkened, it became a bit chilly, so they accompanied him back to his room.

In the room, the old man leaned back on the bed.

Qiao Yuxian went to pour some water, while Gu Yanjing tucked the quilt around the old man.

The old man looked at Gu Yanjing’s profile and paused before saying, "Do you remember the chess set I taught you with when you were little?"

Gu Yanjing looked at him and said, "Yes."

"I haven’t seen that set for a long time," Old Sir Gu said. "Why don’t you find it so we can have another game with it?"

When Gu Yanjing was little, Old Sir Gu had a particular fondness for playing chess for a few years.

Then, on his birthday, Yan An personally made a chess set and gave it to Old Sir Gu as a gift.

The old man had used that set to teach Gu Yanjing.

Later, when Yan An fell ill, the old man put the set away.

Now, he suddenly wanted to use it again.

"Why do you suddenly want to use that set?" Gu Yanjing asked while sitting in a chair beside the bed.

"Seeing Zhiang today suddenly made me think of my great-grandson," Old Sir Gu’s mind was on the future.

Gu Yanjing looked at him.

Thinking to himself: Where is your great-grandson? Could the heart condition cause hallucinations?

Old Sir Gu laughed a couple of times and looked at him, saying, "When do you and Yu Xian plan to have children? Have you discussed it? Any plans?"

Qiao Yuxian, hearing the old man’s words, stood still at the bedroom door.

Gu Yanjing said plainly, "She’s still young."

The old man looked at him, his expression momentarily seemed to not understand what he said: "Compared to you, she is indeed still young."

Gu Yanjing: "......"

"Go find that chess set; let’s have a couple of games. Then keep it for when I teach my great-grandson," Old Sir Gu said.

"You’re biased towards boys," Gu Yanjing suddenly said five words.

The old man looked at him, raised his eyebrow in anger, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Can’t it be a great-granddaughter?" Gu Yanjing said, looking at him.

The old man was taken aback, then said, "Then go ahead and give me a great-granddaughter to see."

Gu Yanjing fell silent.

In the generations above the Gu Family, no daughters have been born.

Even when the old man had two sons, and those sons had their sons outside with other women, it was still sons.

Only Gu Yanjing’s mother carried a girl once, but she was stillborn.

The old man said, "Go look for the chess set! You seem so irritable."

Gu Yanjing looked at him, got up, and left the bedroom.

At the bedroom door, he saw Qiao Yuxian standing outside holding a glass of water, smiling.

Gu Yanjing: "......"

Qiao Yuxian lifted her hand and beckoned him over with her finger, her beautiful fox-like eyes shining brightly.

Mr. Gu, though being mocked, obediently bent down.

Qiao Yuxian kissed him at the corner of his mouth, and then leaned into his ear, whispering, "Mr. Gu, see if you can have a daughter."

After saying that, she called towards the inside, "Grandpa, I brought you some water."

Gu Yanjing had held onto her arm, but since she spoke and the old man was talking inside, he had to let her go.

Qiao Yuxian entered the bedroom, turned back and stuck out her tongue at him, carrying the glass of water inside.

Gu Yanjing watched her back, gritted his teeth, and turned away to look for the chess set.

Qiao Yuxian walked to the bedside and handed the water to the old man.

The old man took a few sips and said, "Yu Xian, sit down, let’s chat for a while."

Qiao Yuxian took the glass from his hand, placed it on the bedside table, and smilingly said, "Alright."

She sat down and looked at the old man.

The old man, holding onto the hand grip, also looked at her, saying, "You and Yanjing went to see Yan An last night, didn’t you?"

Qiao Yuxian was slightly stunned, then nodded with a smile, "Yes."

"I heard about some things that happened at the Sixth Hospital last night too," the old man said. "How is Yan An? Was she scared? Did she hit Yanjing?"

On Gu Yanjing’s face where he was hit, when Qiao Yuxian looked in the morning, there seemed to be nothing.

But by the afternoon, somehow, some places started to redden again.

It didn’t appear to have been hit, just red in some places, as if it were an allergy.

Qiao Yuxian had asked him what was going on.

Gu Yanjing said it was normal and would be fine by tomorrow.

Qiao Yuxian mused and said, "Aunt Yan was scared last night, but she’s fine today."

She didn’t know how much Gu Yanjing would tell the old man about the matters at the Sixth Hospital.

So she couldn’t say too much.

She could only carefully articulate some general information.

"Have you found out who did it?" the old man asked.

Qiao Yuxian looked at him.

The old man was clearly thinking of Gu Zhengyu too.

He was probably asking to know how Gu Yanjing intended to handle it.

Qiao Yuxian said, "Gu Yanjing said to investigate further."

The old man nodded.

Qiao Yuxian said, "Grandpa, don’t worry, Gu Yanjing has a good sense of judgment."

"I actually wish he wouldn’t consider me, it would make life easier for him. But Zheng Yu is my son, and I don’t want to see him... People are always conflicted," the old man said.

Qiao Yuxian didn’t say anything.

The old man continued, "Actually, Zheng Yu used to really like Yanjing and treated him very well. No matter how busy, he would find time every week to accompany Yanjing. Yanjing also liked his father a lot. Zheng Yu and Yan An had a very good relationship, very loving."

"But in Yanjing’s first year of high school, he discovered that Zheng Yu had a woman outside. At that time, Yanjing was only in his teens. He kept the matter in his heart and didn’t tell anyone. Then he investigated Zheng Yu," the old man said. "He found that Zheng Yu had been with the woman outside for a long time and had another son, only a year younger than Yanjing."

Qiao Yuxian’s hand trembled, and she clenched her fingers tightly.

For all those years, Gu Yanjing had never suspected anything.

Aside from Gu Zhengyu’s careful and concealed behavior.

Gu Yanjing must have loved his father very much, never thinking to question him in that aspect.

"Aunt Yan... never knew either?" Qiao Yuxian asked.

The old man shook his head, "Yan An didn’t know. We all lived in the Gu Mansion, living together. For all those years, I, as his father, never noticed the slightest clue."

Qiao Yuxian slightly frowned.

If even Yan An, the person beside him, didn’t notice anything, then Gu Zhengyu was really not an ordinary person.

This wasn’t one or two years but many years.

Or another explanation is that Yan An was entirely immersed in Gu Zhengyu, losing her judgment...

In such a situation, once the truth is known, it would definitely cause a great shock.