Chapter Seventy-Four: The Soul Doesn't Hold Away
"What do you want to do? My patience is limited, relying on the old and selling the old will not work in me, I advise you to leave quickly, otherwise it will ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to control these hands! โ
As she spoke, Duran's eyes flashed, and her fist swung quickly towards Mrs. Du, only to hear a whoosh, and Duran's hand grazed Mrs. Du's head and stayed in the air next to her ear.
Mrs. Du was almost stupid, and after a long time, her head turned slowly to that side, looking at the clenched fist with a strong wind, her legs couldn't help but tremble.
Her heart was so frightened that she was about to jump out, but fortunately, Duran didn't hit her on the head, if she took this punch, her old life would be whimpering!
I was glad in my heart, only to hear Duran's understated voice wafting in, "Oh, my patience is really running out, I may really hit it later, what can I do?" โ
Running out of patience? Is this granddaughter really going to beat herself? Mrs. Du looked back at Du Lan in horror, only to see a dangerous glint in her eyes.
Mrs. Du shivered all over, she didn't want to stay anymore, she trembled her tongue: "I...... Can't you go? โ
After speaking, he didn't care about the inconvenience of his legs and feet, and walked out of the door in a panic.
"Grandma, I'll send you!" Seeing Grandma Du fleeing in the wilderness, Gu Youan hurriedly chased after her.
"What to send! Plug in the door! Duran snorted coldly.
Gu Youan immediately paused and looked at her in a daze.
"What are you doing? You don't want to sleep anymore? After saying that, she turned around and went into the house, she didn't even take a hot shower.
"You really wanted to hit your grandma just now?" Gu Youan asked incredulously.
"Yes! If she continues to mess around, I won't be polite. To deal with such unreasonable people, it is necessary to use extraordinary means. โ
A cold voice came from inside the house, Gu Youan's eyes widened in surprise, although she had done it to her aunt before, but it was not a kiss after all, Mrs. Du was her own grandmother.
"Bang dang!" The loud sound of the door closing, Gu Youan immediately came back to his senses, and then Duran's voice sounded again.
"Blindly forbearance and retreat will only make you trouble, it's better to simply let them know that I'm Duran, hum! I'll see what other bastards in the village dare to come to the door to provoke! โ
Gu Youan walked a few steps to the door, there was a sound of water in the house, he simply sat on the threshold, with his back to the door, "Aren't you afraid of the people in the village making irresponsible comments?" โ
"Just say it, you've endured it all these years, but what is the result? Xu Cui'e and Gu Chunyan went to our house last time to rummage through boxes and cabinets to loot money, and they almost stoned you to death with a jar. Did the villagers laugh at us? It's not your aunt and sister who are laughing at it. โ
Gu Youan nodded in agreement, he has been forbearing, and he is not still disgusted by his aunt, and he even wants to kill himself. After thinking about it, what Duran said made sense.
In the courtyard, Gu Youan was silent, the sound of water in the house was still rattling, and after a while, Du Lan suddenly asked.
"Gu Youan, it stands to reason that this family is all built by grandpa, and indirectly, this family is all grandpa's, but why doesn't grandpa fight for reason, or even swallow his anger?"
"Maybe because I'm sick and weak, I'm dragging everyone down, so grandpa will repeatedly bear to give in." Gu Youan said in a low voice.
Duran's question reminded him of the days when he lived with his uncle and aunt, remembering that when he was a child, his grandfather was still in good health, and he would also go to the field to help with farm work, and the family conditions were poor, and his grandfather would take out some silver to fill the family.
At that time, my uncle and aunt had a good attitude towards them, and even Gu Chunyan did not dislike him for being sick and weak, and often played with him. Later, his health became worse and worse, and his grandfather spent a lot of money to treat him, and once he found a doctor to see him, and the doctor said that he was not an adult, and that he would not live to be twenty years old.
It was from then on that the aunt's attitude changed abruptly, sneering at their grandfather and grandson, picking their noses and eyes, and even their uncles became indifferent.
"Hehe, you're so simple-minded." Duran's laughter could be heard from inside the room.
Gu Youan was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Isn't it?" โ
"Grandpa has been out for many years, it stands to reason that he is not a loser, he tolerates Xu Cui'e's bullying, is there no other reason?"
"Other?" Gu Youan hung his head, and he really couldn't think of any other reason to make the majestic grandfather compromise.
"Have you ever wondered why your body is bad? The people in the Gu family are healthy and have no genetic history, right? And the rumors about your parents, do you really believe it? You never asked your grandfather why your father died early, and how did he die? โ
Such a sharp question made Gu Youan sigh in his heart, he had thought about it before, but at that time he was still young, and his grandfather always said a few words perfunctory, he knew that his grandfather didn't want to mention the sad past, so he never asked again.
Now that Duran suddenly mentioned this, did she find something? Still is...... He already vaguely realized something in his head, but he always wanted to escape.
"What do you want to say?"
"I've made it clear."
"What do you mean, I'm not a descendant of the Gu family? Where do you conclude that? Gu Youan's eyes widened in disbelief.
The door behind him was opened, and Duran walked out in a white undershirt, Gu Youan was silent and didn't even raise his head.
Duran crossed the threshold and went straight to the room, and after entertaining her relatives and friends, there were still some dishes left, and she had to pack them all up, lest she be spoiled by night cats or the like in the middle of the night.
After closing the door of the room, when Du Lan returned to the house, Gu Youan suddenly raised his head and stared at her with puzzled eyes, "You already knew, right?" โ
Duran paused, "Yes, even if I don't say it, you should feel strange, grandpa swallowed his anger for more than just you. โ
"And because I'm not his own grandson? So grandpa doesn't want to fight with his own family for me? How is this possible? Gu Youan frowned painfully, raised his eyes to look at the room where the lights had been turned off, his grandfather's affection for him over the years was not at all doubtful.
He endured his aunt's meanness, ridicule, and cold-eyed eyes for himself, if he wasn't his own grandson, why did he cherish himself so much?
Gu Youan was silent, if he was not a descendant of the Gu family, then who was he?
He looked deeply at Duran, "Who am I?" โ
Du Lan looked at him seriously and shrugged his shoulders: "I really don't know about this, but I think Brother Xue will tell you when the time comes, don't think about it so much now." โ
Xue Yan? This stranger who treats him like a brother for no reason? Thinking back to Xue Yan's dress and demeanor, he must not be an ordinary person. He is such a noble person who approaches and treats himself well, which shows that he must have something to do with his own background.
So...... What kind of family background do you have? Parents abandoned themselves because they were infirm? Xue Yan treated himself, could it be that his parents planned to take him back?
The family that can make Xue Yan obey orders must be either rich or expensive, as far as he knows, but all rich and noble families have their own ability to settle down, so how can they stand on their own when they go back? Will it be like the Gu family, disliked and excluded by the family?
For a while, his mind was so confused that he never thought that he was not a member of the Gu family, let alone that he was from whose family.
Duran looked at his puzzled look, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and comforted: "Okay, don't think so much for the time being, the most important thing at the moment is that you take care of your body and strive to become strong as soon as possible, so that you will not be bullied in the future." โ
Gu Youan finally reacted when he heard this, he stood up absentmindedly and went into the house, and then the whole person had a stunned expression, Duran couldn't bear to look at it, anyone who knew that he was abandoned by his parents would be sad for a long time, why should Gu Youan be an exception?
Alas! Shaking her head helplessly, Du Lan simply took care of him intimately and went to bed, blowing out the oil lamp, she was also very tired this day, she was going to rest early, who knew that Mrs. Du would be so greedy that she came to the door to make trouble, so she talked about Gu You'an's forbearance temperament, and actually pulled out his life experience while talking, and then Gu Youan's whole person became depressed.
Gu Youan was lying on the bed, his mind was in a mess, thinking about who his parents were, when his body would be better, and whether he was abandoned by his parents because he was weak.
He had complete insomnia that night, and he kept tossing and turning in bed, which made it difficult for Duran to fall asleep, and eventually she couldn't resist the sleepiness and gradually fell asleep.
At dawn, Du Lan made breakfast and asked him to get up, he got dressed and walked out in a daze, and when he saw Grandpa Gu, his expression was also very low.
Grandpa Gu was happy last night and greedy for a few glasses of wine, so he went to bed early after eating dinner and sending off the guests, and when he got up tonight and saw Gu Youan looking unhappy, he asked Gu Youan with a smile What was wrong.
Gu Youan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw his grandfather's kind face, he couldn't ask anything.
"This kid ......." Old Man Gu shook his head with a smile, feeling that the child had grown up and had a family, and he had something that he couldn't share with his grandfather, so he didn't ask anymore.
Du Lan warmed up the rest of last night's meal, quickly set up the dishes and chopsticks, and waited for Xue Yan to come and prepare to eat.
Gu Youan lowered his head and was silent, even if Xue Yan came, he didn't say hello, this was really abnormal, Xue Yan couldn't help but look at him sideways, and finally looked at Du Lan in confusion, and asked him what was wrong with that look.
Du Lan looked at Xue Yan and then at Old Man Gu, as if they didn't intend to confess, and they couldn't meddle in other people's private affairs.
also blamed himself for being too excited last night, and he told Gu Youan's life experience without concealment.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was dull, Xue Yan and Old Man Gu exchanged glances quietly, while Du Lan only buried his head in eating, and after the meal, he went to the river to catch fish, and when he came back, Gu Youan was still sullen and silent.
Gu You reluctantly helped her kill the fish, scrape the scales, and fry the sweet and sour fish It was almost noon, and Du Lan got into Xue Yan's carriage and hurried to Luo'an City.
On the way, Xue Yan asked Duran about Gu You'an's situation, and Duran couldn't bear to hide it, so he told Xue Yan, but she was very curious about how long Xue Yan wanted to hide it.
Xue Yan was silent when he learned about it, and he thought that he should hand a letter to King Shuo and ask King Shuo what he meant.
Sending sweet and sour fish to Wuwei Zhai, Xue Yan simply went to find Chen Jingting, while Du Lan was sent to Xujia Winery, where the cooking wine had been aged for a few days, and she couldn't wait to see how it tasted.
This time, she didn't see Xu Hening in the winery, because of the rules of the winery, if she wanted to open the wine vat to test the wine, she could only get the permission of the eldest prince, even if the guy knew Duran, he didn't have this right.
Helpless, Du Lan can only bother the guy to pass on the word to the eldest son Xu, Xu Hening said before that it is best to let the cooking wine be aged for half a month, she really didn't say hello in advance this time, and after waiting patiently for a while, the guy came in a panic.
With a respectful and humble attitude, he said: "Madam, the affairs of the winery are all approved by the eldest prince, you can wait for a while." โ
"Good!" Duran nodded, waiting quietly in his chair.
Soon, a fellow came and said to Duran, "Madam, my son-in-law has asked you to go to the backyard for a rest, and he will be there later." โ
Duran didn't think much about it, Xu Hening was in charge of the winery business, and he was already a busy person, she could understand.
Durรกn then followed the fellow to the winery's backyard.