Back To The 80s-Chapter 225 - 235: Encounter (Additional Release at 280 Monthly Tickets)_1
Upon seeing Lu Zhanguo come closer to kiss her, Gu Xiaobei couldn’t help but tease, "Do you find me irresistible? Come, kiss me again."
"Yes." Lu Zhanguo couldn’t help but laugh, cradling her head and leaning in for a passionate kiss.
Since discovering Gu Xiaobei was pregnant, they rarely did more than hug and kiss each other lightly.
Gu Xiaobei hummed in contentment, wrapping her arms around Lu Zhanguo’s neck, and conveniently sat on his lap.
Lu Zhanguo’s hand naturally found its way under her clothes as they lost themselves in the heated kiss.
Just then, the door burst open and Yuan Qing rushed in. She froze when she saw the two of them entwined on the chair.
"Get out!" Lu Zhanguo hastily fixed Gu Xiaobei’s clothes with a stern face, before barking at Yuan Qing without turning to look at her.
How careless, they didn’t hear the footsteps coming. The home is indeed, a hero’s burial ground.
Yuan Qing was still an unmarried young lady. She was already blushing at the sight she had seen, and now her face burned further with embarrassment due to the sharp rebuke. With a stomp of her foot, she ran downstairs crying.
Gu Xiaobei was puzzled. Hadn’t she already left before?
Gazing at the blushing Gu Xiaobei in his lap, her lips still glistening from their kiss, Lu Zhanguo smirked. His voice came out a bit hoarse, "You almost succeeded."
Gu Xiaobei shot him a glance, "Unfair, I was just testing your ability to resist temptation."
Lu Zhanguo laughed, she always had a way of turning everything to her advantage. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
The sounds of footsteps echoed from the stairway. Gu Xiaobei finally got up and sat on the bed, looking at the door expectantly.
Qin Ximei led Yuan Qing in, trailed by Wen Xiuqing. Qin Ximei demanded, "What did you guys do to make Qingqing cry?"
Giving Qin Ximei a dark look, Lu Zhanguo kept silent. Gu Xiaobei, however, couldn’t help but laugh and said, "We didn’t do anything to Qingqing. If you don’t believe me, ask her."
Qin Ximei turned to Yuan Qing, "Stop crying. Tell us what happened. Your mother is here."
Yuan Qing’s face turned beet red. After struggling for a time, she finally managed to stutter out, "They... they were..."
Gu Xiaobei watched, amused at the scene. Yuan Qing was a terrible actress. Clearly, she had tried to sneak upstairs quietly. She wanted to spy on them.
Seeing Yuan Qing’s hesitation, Qin Ximei turned and asked Gu Xiaobei testily, "Have you been misbehaving?"
Gu Xiaobei snorted, "What sort of ’misbehaving’ are you implying, Auntie Yuan?"
"Humph, it must be something that Qingqing stumbled upon. Some shameless act that you two were involved in. Why else would she be crying?" Qin Ximei indignantly declared.
Gu Xiaobei burst into laughter, walked right up to Qin Ximei and asked seriously, "Auntie Yuan, what exactly is this ’shameless’ act that you’re referring to? Isn’t it completely normal for a couple to do... stuff, within the privacy of their own room? You’ve given birth to three kids yourself, Auntie Yuan. How do you think they came around if not for some... activity?"
Qin Ximei choked, unable to retort. She turned towards Wen Xiuqing, "Xiuqing, just look at how outrageous your daughter-in law is. She says such filthy things without shame!"
Wen Xiuqing glanced at Gu Xiaobei and said to Qin Ximei, "Let’s go, I’ll find a soldier to escort you home."
Qin Ximei was a bit unwilling, but she always listened to Wen Xiuqing. She dragged Yuan Qing out of the door. Wen Xiuqing was the last to leave, but before she did, she looked back at Gu Xiaobei’s belly and said, "You really don’t know when to stop, do you?"
Gu Xiaobei was stunned. She was surprised to see that Xiuqing was showing a little concern for the baby in her belly.
After everyone left, Gu Xiaobei hastened to lock the door.
She turned to Lu Zhanguo with a frown on his face, "Are you mad?"
Lu Zhanguo raised an eyebrow, "Aren’t you mad?"
Gu Xiaobei hugged his neck, once again sat in his lap, sincerely saying, "I’m not mad. If I’m mad, wouldn’t that just be what they want? Besides, these people are irrelevant. We don’t need to waste time being upset over them. Besides, they must be furiously pissed right now." With a laugh, she thought of the constipated look of Qin Ximei’s face.
Dragging Yuan Qing straight down the stairs, Qin Ximei couldn’t help but complain to Wen Xiuqing: "Your daughter-in-law is totally incompetent. Did you hear the things she said? Luckily it was me, if it was someone else, you’d be the talk of our entire housing compound. The Lu Family would look like a laughingstock."
Wen Xiuqing was taken aback for a moment. She nodded and said, "I didn’t think highly of her at first, either. It was Zhanguo’s father who insisted on approving."
"It’s important to marry a daughter-in-law who’s pleasing to the heart. Look at her, about the same age as Qingqing; compared to my Qingqing, she’s not nearly as steady or sensible." Qin Ximei bragged.
Wen Xiuqing smiled faintly and said, "Qingqing is indeed a good girl." But she didn’t say anything else.
Qin Ximei began to alternate between preaching and heckling Wen Xiuqing, "You must be careful. In my eyes, Gu Xiaobei is more cunning than Fang Jing. You shouldn’t let your daughter-in-law take control and act high and mighty."
Wen Xiuqing frowned, but didn’t say anything. Feeling confident that she had gotten through to Wen Xiuqing, Qin Ximei continued, "I’m saying this for your own good. Have I ever done anything to harm you in all these years?"
Not waiting for Wen Xiuqing to reply, Qin Ximei added, "Ok, it’s quite dark outside, and we initially thought of asking Zhanguo to walk us out. But now it seems unnecessary. Don’t bother someone else, just find us a torchlight."
Wen Xiuqing agreed and went to her room on the first floor to get a torchlight for Qin Ximei.
Qin Ximei and Yuan Qing exited the compound. Yuan Qing complained, "Mother, don’t you have a small torchlight in your pocket? Why do we have to go back upstairs? And why did you tell me to listen in?" Unexpectedly, the door was ajar, and she ended up inadvertently pushing it open.
A malicious flash crossed Qin Ximei’s face. "Don’t forget, your elder sister was framed by Lu Zhanguo. Now that both your elder sisters are locked up, how are we supposed to live? If it wasn’t for Lu Zhanguo, would we have had to move out of the military compound? Why should they live comfortably? I want to disrupt their peace."
"But father said that elder and second sisters got what they deserved because they did wrong." Yuan Qing still had a sense of right and wrong.
Qin Ximei snorted coldly. Under the light of the torch, her face was a dark shadow, slightly twisted in anger. "Tomorrow you’ll follow my orders. We’ll go back there again. I don’t believe that Wen Xiuqing won’t resent Gu Xiaobei this time."
Yuan Qing was a little baffled, "Mother, what else do you want to do?"
"I stole Wen Xiuqing’s family’s heirloom jade bracelet. Tomorrow, I will secretly hide it in Gu Xiaobei’s bag. I have already scouted it out today." Qin Ximei looked as if she had everything under control.
Yuan Qing was taken aback. "Mother, when did you steal Mrs. Lu’s bracelet?"
"You don’t need to worry about that. Tomorrow, I’ll pretend to go upstairs to use the washroom, and you just need to keep an eye out for people. I successfully schemed against Wen Xiuqing once, I can do it again." Qin Ximei said confidently.
Yuan Tan asked in shock, "What do you mean ’once before’?"
Qin Ximei realized she had misspoken and quickly changed the subject, "Let’s hurry home. Otherwise, your father will start nagging again."
