Back To The 80s-Chapter 325 - 335: Marriage Fate_1

Shen Heng sighed helplessly, "You’re well-off, you don’t understand the struggles of the poor. This girl is very tough to deal with. Last time, because I used her a bit without her consent, she has held a grudge against me ever since."

Lu Zhanguo was fiddling with the pen on the desk and glanced at Shen Heng, saying, "This time, you tricked her into it using work as an excuse again, didn’t you?"

Shen Heng was surprised and nodded, "You are absolutely right."

"Qin Mei is a straightforward girl, I’m afraid that your approach will only backfire. I originally thought I could go to your wedding with Xiaopang and Mo Wang. But looking at it now, Xiaopang may enter kindergarten before you even get married." Lu Zhanguo attacked mercilessly.

Before, he didn’t understand how to get along with women, but after living closely with Gu Xiaobei for two years, he knew that what women fear most is deception. Even the smallest of things may be magnified in their hearts. In Gu Xiaobei’s words, you aren’t giving her enough security.

Shen Heng was so beaten that he was scratching his head. He understood how to solve cases and was smooth in dealing with human relationships, but when it came to matters of the heart, he was a complete outsider.

Shen Heng, irritated, knocked his forehead and asked, "Let’s put that aside for now. Are you going to report directly to the provincial capital when you return, or are you going to T City first?"

"I’ll go back to T City to handle the transfer order first. Do you need anything?"

Shen Heng raised an eyebrow, "Actually, I do need a favor, and it might involve your team. Did you know that in the mountains of G Province, there are farmers growing fireworks on the mountains? We might need your help when it’s time to destroy these fireworks. After all, we don’t have enough police force."

Lu Zhanguo was aware of this situation. Driven by the interests, some ignorant farmers grew fireworks in the cornfields on the mountains, which were then sold to particular buyers, earning them a substantial income.

"We have aerial reconnaissance every year, why would they need us?" Lu Zhanguo was somewhat confused.

Shen Heng sighed, "There are still places that airplanes can’t see."

Lu Zhanguo didn’t ask any further, but Shen Heng suddenly remembered something: "Oh, I forgot to ask how your injury is healing. I heard it was quite serious this time."

"It’s fine now, I have fully recovered."

"Have you ever considered transferring to another department? You have a wife and kids, you have to think about your future." Shen Heng suggested.

Lu Zhanguo paused, without answering. He had never thought about this before. If it had been before, he would definitely say it was his duty. But today, he hesitated. He started to face this question seriously.

Shen Heng didn’t stay long, and soon asked Qin Mei to leave with him. Looking at Qin Mei’s unwillingness when she saw him and thinking of what Lu Zhanguo had said, he couldn’t help but sigh slightly.

In the few days before the Spring Festival, the weather was particularly sunny. At noon, Gu Xiaobei and Wen Xiuqing would go outside to bask in the warm sun with Xiaopang and Mo Wang, both of whom had been cooped up indoors for the whole winter and found everything novel and interesting.

Capital City was famous for its large number of magpies. As the mountains were covered with snow and food was scarce, groups of three to five magpies would often fly into the yard to find food. Wen Xiuqing would also sprinkle some corn kernels to feed the magpies.

Xiaobei and Mo Wang watched the magpies hopping around the yard, marveling at the sight with wide eyes.

When Lu Ruixue entered the gate and saw Wen Xiuqing and Gu Xiaobei holding the children in the yard, her eyes began to redden and she cried, "Mom."

Wen Xiuqing looked at the haggard-faced Lu Ruixue and thought about the dispute she had with Lu Aiguo earlier, sighing, "I thought you would never come back."

Lu Ruixue felt even more aggrieved and whimpered, "My older brother wouldn’t let me come back."

Although Wen Xiuqing was bad-tempered, she was not unreasonable. Hearing that Lu Ruixue was blaming everything on Lu Aiguo, she spoke with some disappointment, "Ruixue, your older brother has never said you can’t come home."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ruixue raised her voice, "My older brother said he would not care for me anymore. We would each live our own lives. Isn’t that the same as telling me not to come home?"

The loud voice of Lu Ruixue startled the three or four magpies on the ground and they flew away in a flurry. Mo Wang simply stared at the magpies flying onto the high tree branches, but Xiaopang began to cry.

Wen Xiuqing frowned at Lu Ruixue and said with reproach in her voice, "Ruixue, if you came back to cause trouble today, you should leave early. It’s New Year’s soon. Don’t disturb the peace of the house."

Lu Ruixue started to act up again, "You find me annoying too. Now you have a grandson, and you’ve broken all the rules. Weren’t you not supposed to hold children? Weren’t you hiding in your room all day? Now everything’s fine. I see that you prefer boys over girls."

After hearing these words from Ruixue, Wen Xiuqing trembled with anger and involuntarily tightened her arm around Mo Wang.

Xiaopang was crying even harder on the side. Gu Xiaobei felt a bit helpless. She carried Xiaopang out of the gate to see if there were any magpies on the road. She had had enough of this little sister-in-law.

Seeing that Wen Xiuqing did not make a sound, Lu Ruixue felt that she was in the right and continued, "Now, you’re also biased towards my older brother. You don’t appreciate me every day, just because I’m a girl, right? You didn’t appreciate Yueyue in the past either, wasn’t it because Yueyue was a girl?"

As soon Lu Ruixue finished talking, she was slapped hard by Lu Aiguo, who barged in from the gate.

"Lu Ruixue, get out! Come back when you can behave like a human. I don’t have a sister like you, and you don’t have to acknowledge me as your brother." Lu Aiguo was really enraged. He had been asking people to help him inquire about Chen Dajun’s affairs over the past two days, and the minute he came home, he heard the last part of Lu Ruixue’s talk.

Lu Ruixue was startled by the slap and looked at Lu Aiguo’s grim face. She didn’t dare to say anything, considering the burning pain on her face.

Chen Dajun rarely came home these days, and Qiu Yan was resentful towards her due to their last quarrel. Qiu Yan only cooked for herself and did not call her for meals. The more Lu Ruixue thought about it, the more she felt wronged. She decided to visit her mother’s place and, if necessary, apologize. However, she didn’t know why, but she said something stupid the moment she entered the door.

Lu Aiguo grabbed the stunned Lu Ruixue, "Go away! Don’t call me your older brother when you see me in the future. I don’t have a sister like you, and you don’t need to acknowledge me as your brother."

"Older brother, let go. Isn’t it enough that I’ve apologized? Older brother, I won’t go back, older brother..." Lu Ruixue saw that Lu Aiguo was serious this time, and she cried out in fear.

"Stop shouting, get out! I might beat you if I can’t control myself later. Come back when you can behave. I don’t care how you cry." Lu Aiguo didn’t care about Lu Ruixue’s crying at all. Now, he had totally given up any hope for her, even his last bit of concern had vanished.

Lu Ruixue stood outside the gate, refusing to leave. It was almost New Year, and there were many people coming and going to buy New Year goods in the courtyard. Seeing that everyone was watching, Gu Xiaobei, who was holding the child, said to Lu Aiguo, "Talk things over properly, everyone is watching."