Chapter 163: Everything

Seeing the expectation in those eyes, Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but give Gu Zhenhua a thumbs up, then covered his mouth and snickered.

Anyway, she had already finished explaining the reason, so Lin Xiangnan leaned against the door frame, watching Gu Zhenhua perform while blowing rainbow farts.

“Zhenhua, you’re so amazing~~”

“Hurry, hurry, hurry~ right, give him a kick. Your aim is really good, you didn’t miss a bit.”

The more Gu Zhenhua was praised, the more excited he became. He kicked Gu Fugen’s butt several times, and Gu Zhenguo also received several kicks.

“Sister-in-law, can you please stop talking?” Gu Zhenguo begged pitifully, covering his head.

His appearance was indeed a bit pitiful. Lin Xiangnan looked at him with some sympathy and silently shut her mouth.

Seeing that Lin Xiangnan was a little bored, Gu Zhenhua leaned over and asked, “Do you want to join in?”

Hearing this, Gu Zhenguo’s face wore a mask of pain. What had he done to deserve being beaten by this couple?

But Lin Xiangnan shook her head and said sweetly, “No. Hitting hurts my hands. And the room is too small, there are too many people, it’s a bit crowded to fight.”

At this time, Gu Zhenhua had finished beating them up. “Okay, we’re done. Let’s go home, wife.”

He didn’t even need to make threats. He clapped his hands and pulled Lin Xiangnan away.

Over the years, they had both developed a tacit understanding.

Anyway, the Gu family knew where they had gone wrong, and they would not dare to trouble Hu Meili again in the short term.

After Lin Xiangnan and the others left, Xu Xiaodong quietly came out of the room.

She glanced at the somewhat chaotic battlefield, feeling sorry for the broken bowls and the food scattered on the floor. She thought resentfully: No matter what, they were going to be beaten anyway, why bother struggling?

It made her have to clean up the mess.

It was good that Lin Xiangnan had cleaned up Gu Zhenguo last time, except for the injuries, everything else was intact.

Xu Xiaodong sighed and picked up the broom to sweep the floor.

The three men who were sitting on the floor helped each other up.

Gu Chouni rubbed her waist while complaining to Xu Xiaodong, “You have no eye for detail. You didn’t even offer to help me up.”

“You’re saying that about her? Why don’t you say it about yourself?” Gu Zhenguo was the most resentful. He scolded Gu Chouni, “If it weren’t for you, would I have been beaten twice?”

“I really didn’t do anything.” Gu Chouni was still feeling wronged.

But Gu Zhenguo knew very well whether she had instigated the matter or not.

“If it wasn’t you, was it me?”

“Now it’s good. Gu Zhenhua is home on vacation. He’s a hothead anyway. Maybe one day he’ll be in a bad mood and come to beat me up to vent his anger. Why did you provoke him?”

“I’m going to live in the dormitory. I’m not staying with you anymore. I’ll come back after Gu Zhenhua leaves. If you want to see your grandson, you can go see him. You stayed at Hu’s house for your grandson, so it’s fine.”

He was so angry that he couldn’t stand the sight of Gu Chouni anymore.

Gu Chouni didn’t even care about her waist anymore. She quickly apologized, “I’ll walk around Hu Meili next time. Don’t go out and rent a house. Mom is worried about you. And even if you want to live in the factory dormitory, the leader may not approve.”

“If the leader doesn’t approve, I’ll go out and rent a house. I’ll be tricked to death if I stay at home.” Gu Zhenguo was so aggrieved that he rubbed his chest with one hand and his waist with the other.

Actually, his butt and legs hurt too, but he only had two hands and couldn’t rub them all.

“Mom was wrong, Mom was really wrong…” Gu Chouni begged humbly.

“I’ve already been beaten. What’s the use of knowing you were wrong now?” Gu Zhenguo was so angry that he wanted to scratch the wall. He grumbled, “How did I end up with a mother like you?”

Listening to Gu Zhenguo’s complaints, Xu Xiaodong secretly curled her lips.

He’s scolding her fiercely now, but when Gu Chouni gives him money and tickets, he’ll be her good mother again.

Without Gu Zhenhua to stir things up, they were close as can be. As soon as Gu Zhenhua appeared, the facade of closeness shattered instantly. They were biological relatives, but their relationship was more plastic than that of distant relatives.

On the way home, Gu Zhenhua discussed with Lin Xiangnan, “We have nothing to do after dinner tomorrow night, so we should go for a walk at Gu’s house.”

“You want to go again tomorrow?”

“For a walk, it’s good for digestion.” Gu Zhenhua said dissatisfiedly, “It’s fine that my parents bullied me before. But I can’t tolerate them thinking about my child.”

“Let’s wait a bit. Let Gu Zhenguo heal for two days. Don’t beat him up too badly.” Lin Xiangnan suggested, “The steel mill is inviting people to watch a movie tomorrow night. Mom wants to watch a movie, so let’s go watch a movie.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

Lin Xiangdong works at the steel mill. They are all family members, so they can join in the fun.

Not all employees are on vacation during the Chinese New Year. There are more people working overtime, so the factory provides benefits to everyone, including watching movies.

In the evening, Lin Xiangnan and the others brought melon seeds, soda, stools, flashlights, borrowed two bicycles, and went to the steel mill to join in the fun.

Hu Meili sat on the back of Lin Xiangnan’s bicycle and sighed, “This new house is spacious, but it’s a bit far from the steel mill. Even the number of times I talk to my old friends has decreased.”

The yard they used to live in was old and cramped, but it was close to the steel mill. It only took a few minutes to walk to work, and everyone in the yard was a steel mill worker.

In the evening, after the movie ended, there were many people, so it was not scary to walk home at night.

Now that they live far away, Hu Meili is a bit scared. She brings the whole family along to watch movies.

They didn’t arrive early. There were already more than ten rows of stools in front of them. Lin Xiangnan and the others only got a seat in the middle.

“You sit here and eat melon seeds. I’ll go talk to my old friends.” Hu Meili stuffed the things into Lin Xiangnan’s hands and went to the front to chat with people.

Lin Xiangnan sat obediently on the stool and ate melon seeds.

“Do you want some soda? I’ll help you open it.” Gu Zhenhua sat down next to her.

Lin Xiangnan shook her head, “No. Help me fold the newspaper, I’m going to spit out melon seed shells.”

When it was time to get off work, a bunch of people came over carrying stools.

Lin Xiangdong ran over. It was a cold winter day, but he still had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

“I was going to come and save you a seat. I didn’t expect you to come so early.”

“It’s Mom. She started urging me this afternoon.” Lin Xiangnan asked, “Did you eat dinner? Why don’t you go eat dinner and come back later. The movie doesn’t start for a while.”

“I ate two pieces of bread with hot water before getting off work. I’m not hungry.”

After saying that, Lin Xiangdong sat down next to Lin Xiangnan to rest. He was really tired after running so fast.

After a while, Zhou Kangmei came over. Seeing him, she said reproachfully, “You ran away before we finished talking. Are you a rabbit?”

“To save a seat.” Lin Xiangdong explained dryly.

“I’m late, there are no good seats left. Can I sit with your family?” Zhou Kangmei asked.

“We only brought two stools, it’s not very…” Lin Xiangdong wanted to refuse.

Zhou Kangmei decisively interrupted, “Two stools should be enough to sit on.”

Lin Xiangnan was cracking melon seeds while tilting her head to look at them. She was starting to ship these two.