Back to the 80s: Raising my Wolfy Boyfriend-Chapter 200: The Tragic Past of the Wolf Cub
Especially Gu Qiuzhen, seeing Gu Jin’s money casually handed to a boy she didn’t recognize, she felt a bit uneasy.
This five yuan was her salary for several days.
Despite her displeasure, she didn’t show it on her face. She asked the old man sitting on the bench, "Dad, who is this kid? He looks kind of unfamiliar."
How could the old master not understand his own daughter? He saw through her disapproval of adopting An Mingji.
The old man stared at his daughter with a hint of warning, "This is the An Family’s child. Xiao Jin has already adopted him. He is her brother, now on the same household register."
"..."
It took Gu Qiuzhen a while to understand what was going on.
She widened her eyes and looked at the young man standing beside Gu Jin, incredulously saying, "This child is the one left behind by An Hanyi’s second brother?"
She stared at An Mingji in disbelief.
When she got married, An Mingji hadn’t been born yet, but she clearly knew the An Family’s matters.
In those days, the old An master married a fallen lady, a family that would be ostracized by the villagers. If not for the An Family’s old lady being capable, the villagers would have sent the whole family to a re-education camp long ago.
Giving them any random reason, the An Family wouldn’t have had a good time, since the An Family old lady was after all the fallen lady from a prominent family.
After getting married, Gu Qiuzhen occasionally returned home and also knew that the sons born to the An Family’s old lady, the eldest and second had each gotten married and had children.
Unfortunately, it didn’t last long. After An Mingji knew what’s what, his father passed away suddenly, his mother ran off with someone, and even the An Family’s old lady didn’t hold out for long and followed along.
An Hanyi, the eldest of the An Family, did not raise An Mingji, but heartlessly drove the child out the door, taking over the younger brother’s house.
Since then, An Mingji became the village’s vagabond, without a home, often sheltering in the village’s rundown shacks or straw stacks.
Even after being bullied, he would fight back with a death-defying stance.
This is why he was called a wolf cub by the villagers, a nickname full of insults and jeers.
In the years Gu Qiuzhen returned home, she always saw the village kids bullying the small An Mingji, either hitting or cursing him, often his head was bloody, yet she never saw him beg for mercy.
Gu Qiuzhen’s memory stayed on the frail and pitiable, completely disheveled figure of An Mingji.
Therefore, she could hardly believe her eyes looking at An Mingji now.
The child has changed dramatically, dressed even better than her own son Xia Jinlei, his complexion well-nourished; and this appearance is indeed nice, a child who looks likeable at a glance.
However, this goodwill receded a bit upon hearing that Gu Jin had adopted him.
"Dad, Xiao Jin is still a child, how can you let her mess around? She’s just a girl, how can she raise such a young guy? How will Xiao Jin get married in the future?"
Gu Qiuzhen, like Chen Hong, believed that the greatest matters for a woman were marrying and having children, as well as holding the family’s financial reins firmly.
The old master raised his eyelids and glanced at his daughter indifferently, "Xiao Jin is a thoughtful child, the food at home now is all thanks to her. She won’t stay in the village, she’s going to move on to become a university student."
"Ah? University student?"
Gu Qiuzhen was filled with shock. Though she belonged to the older and more conservative mindset, she understood the preciousness of a college education.
