Chapter 376- It's so awesome when your man shares the same values as you. (1)
"I am sure that your daddy is just busy."
Zhang Wen squeezed the bedsheet that was white like snow.
Her words sounded certain but not so much her tone. Besides, her lips were somewhat dry. It was obvious that she hasn't been taking care of herself for the last few days. She was already in duress.
"Don't worry, Wushuang, your Daddy loves you the most. He has always brought you gifts when he returns from a business trip. I am sure he will this time as well."
He still has this family in his heart of heart!
His daughter! And her!
Zhang Wen smiled as she was talking. "Would you like some water? Are you hungry? Let me pour you a bowl of chicken congee."
Gu Wushuang, lying there, just felt helpless. She felt that both her hands and feet were limp.
Having been part of the Gu family for twenty something years, she had a much better understanding of the members of the Gu family than Gu Shishi!
Mother Gu would only talk this way because she was scared!
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It might sound like she was comforting her daughter when, in reality, it was herself that she was trying to convince!
Gu Wushuang closed her eyes with difficulty. "Mommy, just tell me the truth. How much of the Gu's stock do you have?"
Zhang Wen's spoon fell straight into the bowl and made a loud clanging noise.
Even the smile on her appeared dry and forced.
"Wushuang, why are you asking about that out of the blue? That is not the reason that Mommy married Daddy."
She was born to the Zhang family. They, too, were a wealthy family in Capital City.
Her big brother and her father's assets were already over 100 million yuan before she had gotten married and they had also been growing steadily over the last few years.
All these years, she felt that she was doing a good job as Gu Jiangxin's wife partly because she gave him a lot of freedom and, more importantly, she was not after his money.
She was born of high status. She was not the same as those shallow girls who only approached him for his money!
That was why she was confident that no matter how many flings Gu Jiangxin had outside, he would always return home to her at the very end.
It was because she was the only one who asked of nothing from him!
"Mommy!"
Gu Wushuang was biting her own lip.
Being in a prominent family herself and also surrounded by girls from other prominent families, Gu Wushuang had only heard too many stories on couples who had built up their businesses together only to get a divorce when they were in their middle age and how they had fought over the shares of the enterprise to the very ugly end!
And, if one of the parties had the foresight to transfer the assets out ahead of time, the other party just very well might end up with nothing!
As for their children, if they elect to be with the weaker side, they very well might end up with nothing more than mere child support!
In fact, for adult children like her, she might not even get that!
As long as Gu Jiangxin had no intention to, he didn't even need to give her a penny!
It was not a law that parents must pass on their fortunes to their children. Not to mention that she was but an adopted daughter.
As long as the parents were unwilling, there was nothing that adult children could do!
"What if, what if Daddy had another woman and child on the outside. What would... what would you do then?"
Gu Wushuang was so anxious that she was about to start crying.
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"What am I to do? Where are we going to go?"
"The house that we live in, Mommy, is it under your name? The few mansions that we have, is your name on the titles?"
She spoke so fast that she was almost out of breath!
Mother Gu turned completely pale.
Of course – her name was not on any of the titles!
She had explicated stated before they have gotten married that she wasn't in it for his money, but his ability and talent.
So how could she asked to have her name on the properties?
Even the houses that they purchased after they had gotten married were communal properties, but... she still felt uncomfortable to ask to be put on the titles.
Had she said that, wouldn't she be going back on her own words?
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Chapter 377- It's so awesome when your man shares the same values as you. (2)
"You... your daddy is not that kind of a person!"
Mother Gu raised her voice!
"Shuangshuang, why would you say such a thing about your Daddy? What did you hear and from whom? There is no way he would have a child outside!"
Gu Wushuang was not happy at all when she heard that. Quite the contrary, her heart sank.
Her mother's rebuttal did not sound convincing at all.
As a wife, as the woman who knew her husband the best, she panicked with just a brief mention!
That ought to show that, deep down inside, Mother Gu did see that as a possibility.
Gu Wushuang closed her eyes wearily.
She had planned so much and done so much for the inheritance of the Gu family!
She was so close and now everything was on the brim of falling apart!
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The mother and daughter duo fell into an eerie silence.
Someone knocked on the room door. "Wushuang, Aunty, it's me."
The voice belonged to Huo Wencheng.
He had stepped out intentionally, knowing that Wushuang was about to bring up the sensitive subject to her mother.
As the son-in-law of the Gu family, he really didn't want to meddle into the businesses of the Gu's elders. He needed to keep his distance.
Nevertheless –
He smiled bitterly as he walked inside after Mother Gu had responded to him.
"Aunty. Uncle sent me an email and had me pass it onto you."
Huo Wencheng didn't look well at all.
What he said made the mother and daughter's heart sank even more!
If they were only speculating up until this point. Now it was like the sword had finally struck their bodies!
The death sentence had been announced!
Mother Gu couldn't even hold up the bowl of porridge any more.
Her voice was sharp and its pitch had gone up an entire octave!
"He, he had you pass it onto me?!"
Her lips trembled uncontrollably!
Each breath felt like she was inhaling blades that were cutting at her heart and lung!
What couldn't her husband of 25 years told her in person and had to ask her future son-in-law to relate?!
Huo Wencheng didn't know what to say so he just handed his cellphone over to her.
Mother Gu stood up so abruptly that the chair fell backward behind her.
"No! This is a scam! Wencheng! Your uncle can call me up and talk to me about anything. And if he can't reach me on the phone, he can always send me texts via WeChat! Why would he send this to you? It's fake! This is a con!"
She dared not even look at. She back further and further from it and almost bumped into the wall!
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Huo Wencheng gritted his teeth.
"Aunty."
He took a look at the fragile and still recovering Gu Wushuang sitting in bed.
Then, he made up his mind and raised his voice a little.
"Aunty!
"Uncle called me.
"He will take care of the cost of Wushuang's hospitalization and medicines.
"But – he will not be returning home."
Huo Wencheng picked the mildest way to put it.
Mother Gu was stupefied. Leaning up against the wall, she was short of slipping down all the way to the floor.
"That's impossible. Impossible...
"I, I will, give your Uncle a call..."
Gu Wushuang was completely pale. Gu Jiangxin had not shown up in three days.
Even when he learned that her surgery was successful, all he did send was a simple "oh" via WeChat.
Combined that with what Brother Cheng had told her, she was already prepared for the worst case scenario.
"Did my dad said... how much of the assets go to Mommy?"
She closed her eyes with difficulty and a drop of tear rolled down her cheek.
Her heart could not have hurt more.
It was too difficult.
All the things that she had done. She had even chased away Gu Shishi, and all for naught!
She couldn't accept this at all!
Huo Wencheng looked down. He did not look at Mother Gu, who was too broken down to process any information, nor Gu Wushuang who was in great distress.
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"Uncle said you two can have the house that you are living in plus the bungalow by this hospital."
He kept his mouth tightly shut after he had finished saying that.
Mother Gu's eyes widened and she had already slipped down onto the floor.
Gu Wushuang's heart ached so much that she almost fainted once again.
Two houses... just two houses?!
The entire company, the portion the belonged to Gu Jiangxin was worth at least 3.5 billion!
How much were two houses worth?!
This one overseas was worth less than ten million!
And the one in China, at most 3 million!
Was this some kind of a joke?!
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Besides, these were not even assets. These were the houses that they were living in; they couldn't even sell them!
How was she going to live then?
"And that was all."
Huo Wencheng summed it all up cruelly.
Mother Gu was completely dazed by this strike.
Huo Wencheng sighed and said to her, "Aunty, I can arrange for a lawyer for you if you like. But... you should be prepared for the worst."
Had Gu Jiangxin been planning for this all along, he would have most of the assets transferred out already.
A court case would probably be nothing but a big waste of time and effort.
Mother Gu's eyes rolled and, finally, not being able to handle any more, lost consciousness.
"Hmm?"
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Gu Shishi swam for three-and-a-half lap at the temperature-controlled swimming pool.
She was exhausted and panting loudly as she listened to the man by the side of the swimming pool calmly relaying to her the awful news from the Gu family the last few days.
The awful news pertained only to the white lotus's mother and daughter.
Gu Jiangxin was doing just fine. Rumor had it that he even went to the amusement park with his son.
The saying that a shameless person is invincible can't be better said.
"Hearing that makes me... feel somewhat happy. What to do?"
Gu Shishi stuck her tongue out.
She just couldn't summon up any compassion for those two.
Mother Gu had probably learned by now that the marriage certificate wasn't as useless as she had portrayed.
Granted, if she had married a sleazebag, a wedding certificate made from diamond wouldn't be able to save her.
All she could say was that she was a poor judge of character and that her own values were twisted.
"Then we should celebrate."
The man on the shore with his abdominal muscle and mermaid lines couldn't wait to stir up more troubles.
He reached out and stroked the little cheek that was half way out of the water.
"How about roast duck tonight?"
Gu Shishi blinked and suddenly felt even hungrier than she was before.
It was so nice to have a man who shared the same values as her!
After she was done swimming and had dinner, Gu Shishi locked herself up in her room in order to focus.
Looking at her drawing paper laid out on the table, she was dazed. She scribbled and started over repeatedly...
Her tendency of being a hikkomori couldn't have been more obvious.
She was so focused that she didn't even notice Huo Sishen walking into the room. She doodled mindlessly. Nth different iterations appeared in her mind and she shot them all down.
She was so focused that Huo Sishen decided against interrupting her. He sat down quietly on the couch and perused meeting minutes from various departments on his cellphone.
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He was finally interrupted when the alarm clock on Gu Shishi's cellphone went off.
"Oh my gosh! It's 11 PM already!"
Gu Shishi scratched her head.
She was about to break down.
"I haven't even come up with the idea of a peak yet!"
There are million different types of mountains; finding one that would rock all the experts in the field was not easy task!
Huo Sishen stood up, walked over behind her and looked.
He raised his handsome brows.
She was right. It was certainly not vigorous like the Red Mountains that she had drawn for him.
"This is the artwork that you were going to bring to the gathering?"
He heard that artworks that were brought to the gatherings would stay there for the appreciation of the junior members of the association.
"Mmhmm."
Gu Shishi scratched her head with her paintbrush.
"I just don't like any of these."
She really wished for a breakthrough!
"It isn't bad."
Huo Sishen frowned.
The thought that someone else would be keeping her work made him feel that... she should just paint something casually.
Yet his little delicate wife has her own pursuit. She wanted her work to be perfect.
And he could do nothing but be supportive of her.
He wondered if the association would let him have her painting if he was to give them a big donation.
It was worth a shot.
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Huo Sishen seriously considered it with his head down
Chapter 379 – "I will have the baby shower gift and red pocket prepared after today." (1)
"Aye, it's time for bed."
Gu Shishi took a look at the alarm clock and decided to give up for the time being.
She needed to change her bad habit of staying up late in preparation for getting pregnant.
She must get into bed and had the lights off by 11 PM!
Thinking of that, she decisively washed out her paintbrush, dumped the water out in the bathroom, and after just half a minute, laid down flat in bed in lightning speed.
"Turn the lights off, Daddy Huo."
Huo Sishen, "... ..."
The one who'd normally read at least a few pages of manga had changed today.
Gu Shishi had already patted the spot next to her in bed. "We need to go to bed early and get up early. There will always be more work to tend to. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. We need to go for what is long term and watch out for our own health."
She had a hard time telling him directly that she was just to adjust her body in preparation for their baby.
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Aye.
She felt a little shy.
Having baby, after all, has to do with the unmentionable activities...
With her being vague about it, Huo Sishen didn't think it was about having kids at all. He just assumed that she was concerned about his health.
He finally noticed that something was off a few days later.
He was having lunch by himself in the study because of a virtual conference.
And Qin Ruhai happened to be over.
As soon as he arrived, he pulled over a chair familiarly.
Checking on the patient's eating habit was also part of the work of a family doctor.
Especially when his patient was a picky eater who didn't like having vegetables.
Which was why Qin Ruhai paid special attention to his diet this time.
The second he looked at it, he was startled.
"Oh man. Boss, you are moving fast indeed. You just got onto third base and are already planning for the next step?"
By now, Qin Ruhai felt that he had a special kind of respect for Huo Sishen.
Huo Sishen didn't even care about acknowledging what he had just said.
His ignoring him wasn't going to stop Qin Ruhai from his active imagination
Lo and behold, Qin Ruhai's speculation was actually dead on this time.
"Big Brother, so you finally had it all figured out huh? Hehe, do you prefer a boy or girl?"
He must admit that melon-eating could be very addicting.
Regardless of whether the other party was engaging with him, his desire for melon-eating remained high.
"A boy that resembles you or a girl that resembles sister-in-law will be nice. They will inherit both of your artistic and analytical ability and be pretty like sister-in-law."
Huo Sishen's handsome face dropped. "I don't have time for nonsense."
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Qin Ruhai knew that that was the cue for him to stop talking.
He just pretended that he didn't hear him.
"If you want to have children, you will need to moderate your own schedule. You must stop all of your medications. At least for six months, get it?"
Huo Sishen raised his brows.
He had stopped taking the medicines a long time ago.
Why would he keep taking after he realized that they were not doing anything for him?
He was no idiot.
Nevertheless—
"There is no such thing."
He concluded decisively.
"We don't need kids right now," said Huo Sishen in no uncertain terms.
Qin Ruhai was taken aback a little and he looked at Huo Sishen's lunch sitting in front of him again.
"Tsk. You just won't admit to it."
He pulled out his cellphone and flipped over to the article that his sister had recommended.
"Look, the second recommended recipe is identical to what you are eating today."
Huo Sishen skimmed over it.
His lips shut tightly.
Sure enough. From vegetables to beef and there were even sesames on the rice.
Exactly the same...
He suddenly recalled how the girl had been going to bed early, working out, adjusting her eating habit... scene after scene flashed through his mind.
She wanted to have a kid?
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A child that shared the same genetics as them. Looking like her, with her voice soft...
All of a sudden, he felt his beathing became heavier.
In just a second, nevertheless, Huo Sishen looked back down and closed up his laptop.
"I shouldn't have kids. You of all people should know that."
Qin Ruhai was taken a back a little. "Says who?"
"At least, not right now."
How could a man rumored to be cursed provide a stable and happy environment for a child to grow up in?
Even Chuchu's life became painful because of him when she was just five years old.
"As the family doctor, it's your job to inform your patient of that," said Huo Sishen as he looked up.
Qin Ruhai was dumbfounded.
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What was he supposed to know?
What was he supposed to tell?
Yup. This person is going down the rabbit hole again!
Qin Ruhai had no choice but to go visit Gu Shishi who was adjusting the thickness of her ink in the other room ten minutes later.
He started the conversation in a very point-blank way.
"Pardon me, sister-in-law, the one next door is having his episode again."
Gu Shishi, who was deep in trance with her work, paused a little when she heard that.
"How come? He was fine just last night."
She even blushed a little when she said that.
She had gone to bed five minutes late the night before because she had to accommodate to some specific position of his.
The boss was quite aggressive.
She didn't notice any issues with him at all!
Qin Ruhai sighed and stated it in the simpliest way possible the problem that he had encountered next door along with his own observations.
"Due to the trauma from when he was younger, he resents memories from his childhood and that possibly makes it difficult for him to embrace the idea of having children.
"You know, he was the oldest one among his siblings and had always been the one who had been looking after his siblings. His closeness to his siblings were overturned overnight when the incident happened. Most likely he had been feeling guilty over that since."
Gu Shishi was taken aback a little. "Are you saying that he is worried and doesn't want to have children?"
She didn't hear the last few things that Qin Ruhai had said.
She was stunned by his opening.
Luckily, she hadn't said it out loud the last few days but had only been getting ready from her end.
Otherwise, they just might have gotten into their first fight right after the wedding.
Qin Ruhai scratched his head. "Let me put it this way, we can assume that his logic works the same way as others.
"One thing for sure though. He had witnessed the infancy to toddler period of both Huo Wencheng and Huo ChuChu, perhaps even the entire period of time into their adulthood. In a family without a father, the oldest brother will take on the role of the father."
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Gu Shishi's mouth opened and closed.
"So, the fact that they didn't grow up properly left a bad taste in his mouth?"
Qin Ruhai shook his head then nodded. "It would negatively impact him to a certain degree. He felt guilty subconsciously. It was because of him that Huo ChuChu, once a nice girl, had become rebellious, which then negatively affected her school, friendships, and romance.
"And Huo Wencheng... he isn't much to show for either."
Qin Ruhai was not a fan of Huo Wencheng.
"As the oldest brother after his father and grandfather had passed away, he felt that the responsibilities had fallen onto his shoulder but he never had the chance to do that. By the time they had already turned out the way they did, there wasn't a lot more that he could do.
"As such, having a child might be a very difficult decision for him. He might worry about ruining another individual's life. One that is his flesh and blood no less... Eh, sister-in-law, what's the matter?? Why are you crying? Please don't cry!"
Qin Ruhai finally looked up when he was half way through talking.
He was immediately startled by the girl in front of him covered in tears!