Chapter 108 Gu Pandi

When Shen Zhiyu was around, Wang Xiulan always thought her sister-in-law was pampered, everything was centered around her, she could hear her laughter from the doorway. She didn’t know what she had to be happy about, she laughed so much every day.

But after her sister-in-law left, Wang Xiulan suddenly felt a little reluctant. Although her sister-in-law was pampered, all the good things in the house were for her. But her sister-in-law never said anything, she would always silently give her a share.

 Even her husband wouldn’t think of her, but her sister-in-law would.

And……. having a beautiful sister-in-law at home was definitely more pleasing to the eye than a bunch of smelly men! So after Shen Zhiyu and the others left, the one who adapted the least was Wang Xiulan. Even Wang Xiulan herself couldn’t believe it, not to mention Shen Guoguang and Shen Dahe.

She was absent-minded all day long. When Gu Ye and Shen Zhiyu’s new house was built, she was the most diligent in tidying it up. The weeds in the yard were always pulled out before they could grow, and she even planted a grapefruit tree for them.

But many annoying people said that she was so diligent because she wanted to occupy her sister-in-law’s new house, just like her brother and sister-in-law. Wang Xiulan was furious.

Although she was greedy for small gains, she had her limits! If she had to choose between a meat bun and a brick house, both for free, she would definitely choose the meat bun. Because it’s rare for a pie to fall from the sky. It’s even more impossible for a big house to fall, she wouldn’t want to be crushed to death. Didn’t Gu Hu and his wife become fools because of that?

But Wang Xiulan also cared a lot about what other people thought. After so many people said that, she went to hang around less, and she handed the task of tidying up Shen Zhiyu’s new house to her father-in-law, Shen Dahe. She went to hang around somewhere else. That day, she don’t know what came over her, she somehow wandered over to her sister-in-law’s in-laws’ place.

 And she saw a woman who was thin as a bone standing at the door crying. She wanted to go in, but Gu’s mother pushed her out: “You’ve been adopted by your uncle’s family, you have nothing to do with our family, if we let you in, what would your uncle’s family think?

They would think we’re trying to steal their child, and it wouldn’t be good for you in the future, right? We’re doing this for your own good, you should go now.” Wang Xiulan didn’t know how, but she had a sudden realization.

She suddenly remembered that every time the villagers mentioned Gu’s father’s family’s amazing feat of having three sons, someone would always say in a suggestive and disdainful tone: “You only see three sons, they only have three sons, maybe they had a daughter who was given away?” She also remembered her own mother-in-law and sister-in-law’s conversation.

They said that her sister-in-law’s army officer husband had a biological sister, who was also a twin! She was given away not long after she was born. They originally wanted to give away their son, but Gu’s father and the others thought it was a loss to give away their son, so they gave away their daughter.

This was Gu Ye’s heart knot! Wang Xiulan secretly watched for a while, when the woman walked towards her and kept looking around vigilantly to see if anyone was following her, she didn’t know what came over her, she asked her: “Are you Gu Ye’s sister?”

The woman was stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded: “Yes, I have a… cousin named Gu Ye, who are you?” What cousin? She’s his biological sister! And when she saw her figure, she thought she looked like him, she was very tall.

Now looking at her face, my goodness, they looked like siblings, she was the female version of Gu Ye! She was just a little gentler than Gu Ye, soft and timid, looking at Wang Xiulan, she felt her heart soften! “I’m your sister-in-law! Oh, it’s all messed up, alright, come home with me, I’ll take you to find your brother, Xiao Gu has been looking for you.”

 Gu Pandi was at her wit’s end, she was afraid of being caught and taken back, and she was afraid of implicating Wang Xiulan and the others. Who knew, when Wang Xiulan heard her concerns, she immediately put on a fierce face and said: “What are you afraid of, my father-in-law is the production team leader, your brother is an officer, let them try!”

 After saying that, she dragged Gu Pandi back to her house. When Shen Dahe and the others got home, they were startled to find an unfamiliar woman in their house.

After Wang Xiulan told them what happened, Shen Dahe frowned and took a drag of his cigarette, “Let her stay at our house for now, Guowang, you go to the commune broadcasting station tomorrow, call your brother-in-law, let your brother-in-law know about this.” That afternoon, Gu Pandi didn’t stay at Shen’s house for long, when she saw several fierce-looking strangers asking around if they had seen a tall and thin woman. They described her appearance and clothes.

 Shen Dahe knew immediately that they were asking about Gu Pandi. But the old man was mentally tough, he took a drag of his cigarette and waved his hand: “No, go ask somewhere else.” Seeing that Shen Dahe’s expression was unchanged, they believed him and continued to ask other families. They ate dinner in the hall with the door closed.

 Everyone listened to Gu Pandi’s story and learned that the group of people looking for her was her in-laws. Her clothes didn’t fit, her bony arms exposed when she worked were covered with bruises, mixed with black scars, which made the men in the family frown.

Not to mention Wang Xiulan. She had also been beaten by her husband. Shen Guoguang only beat her when he was angry, he didn’t hit her so hard, she was both scared and painful. What kind of life was Gu Pandi living?

 That night, Wang Xiulan and Gu Pandi slept together.

The next day, Shen Guowang went to the commune to make a phone call. On the other end of the phone, Gu Ye almost thought he had heard wrong when he heard Shen Guowang’s words: “Who? My sister?” Shen Guowang: “Yes! Could it be my sister? Brother-in-law, what should we do, my sister has a lot of injuries, she escaped, her husband is still looking for her, she was going to find your parents, but your parents wouldn’t let them in, so your sister-in-law brought her back!” Shen Guowang told him all the information in two sentences.

After hearing this, Gu Ye was furious. He took a deep breath to calm himself down: “Okay, Guowang, please tell your father and let my sister stay at home for two days, I’ll go ask for leave and come back to pick her up.”

“Don’t be so polite, we’re all family, why are you saying such polite things.” Shen Guowang suddenly remembered that they had talked about asking for leave in the army during the New Year. It seemed that it was more difficult to ask for leave in the army than in ordinary units.

Gu Ye wouldn’t be granted leave unless there was something very important at home, except for home leave. If he asked for too much leave, it might affect his future development.

“Brother-in-law, why are you coming back? It’s so troublesome to ask for leave, I know where you are, I’ll just send your sister over, and then you can reimburse me for the car fare!”