Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 1126: So That’s the Connection (9)

The words from the other side, as Gu Dad listened, churned in his mind like a whirlpool.

Sister Cai drove her car while observing in the wonton shop, she saw Gu Dad sit with someone eating wontons, then that person left first, and Gu Dad suddenly got up and went to the cashier to pay the bill.

With Sister Cai’s observational skills to analyze, something definitely happened, because wasn’t Gu Dad originally here to buy pastries?

Sister Cai thought for a moment, then drove to follow the man who had talked to Gu Dad and left.

When Gu Dad walked out of the wonton shop, his mind was all confused, and he forgot about buying pastries. He only knew one thing: something happened to his son—

It wasn’t like they thought, that the son was adopted by a good family and lived a pampered life. According to that person’s words, the people who adopted his son were not good people at all! Not people with compassion for children!

Gu Dad angrily thought, a surge of fury burning in his chest. Of course, first, he had to confirm whether what the other person said was true. He had to start checking from the source.

At home, Gu Mom was busy packing things, hoping to leave soon to see her daughter and son-in-law.

Upon hearing sounds at the door, Gu Mom felt it was Gu Dad returning and called out, "Did you buy more? Don’t forget, Yebai’s friend, Mr. Zhang, we have to bring his gift too."

After a while, there was no response. Gu Mom felt strange, put down what she was holding and walked out, only to see Gu Dad standing in front of a pile of old books at home, rummaging through them.

Gu Mom thought he was looking for comic books for her son-in-law Dabai and said, "I’ve packed those books, just waiting for you to say a word, and I’ll send them to Yebai."

Gu Dad seemed as if he didn’t hear her speak.

Gu Mom approached, asked, "What’s wrong with you?" then noticed he hadn’t changed into slippers after entering and said, "Weren’t you going to buy specialties? Why did you come back empty-handed?"

Gu Dad then raised his head and said to Gu Mom, "Book a ticket for yourself, head over to Nuannuan’s place tomorrow. I have some matters to handle, I’ll come over in a few days."

"What matters?" Gu Mom asked with some doubt.

"It’s nothing major," Gu Dad said. "I just suddenly remembered, no matter how much my parents resent me, they should let me look at the family tree."

Gu Mom couldn’t understand at all what he was talking about, only thinking, could it be that the dinner at the elderly couple’s place yesterday left him stimulated. Most likely, it’s Gu Dad, after going out this time, met with an old friend who teased him, making him recall past grievances.

"You talk about me? Look at yourself." Gu Mom shook her head, naggingly walked away.

Gu Dad could only add another sentence: "I didn’t get the pastries, they said they’ve sold out before the New Year. We can’t go to Nuannuan’s place empty-handed. You go first, I’ll wait for a couple of days, then I’ll buy everything."

Gu Mom only knew he was making excuses, whether his words were true or false she wasn’t sure.

However, indeed during the New Year period, all the stores are closed. These specialties are best when freshly made. Freshly made ones don’t keep long, so before getting the official consent from the daughter and son-in-law, Gu Mom and Gu Dad dared not buy them.

Eventually, Gu Mom booked a ticket for the early morning bus the next day and left the county.

After sending Gu Mom off, Gu Dad first went to Uncle Gu’s house.

Uncle Gu had also taken time today to return home to check, fearing theft during the unoccupied New Year.

Seeing Gu Dad come looking all of a sudden, Uncle Gu asked blankly, "Aren’t you going to your daughter’s place?"

"I’m asking—" Gu Dad ran fast, out of breath, and said intermittently, "Our family’s genealogy records, where are they?"

"Genealogy? They should be at the ancestral hall in the village." Uncle Gu thought back, corrected himself, "Actually, they should be with Dad, he took them back."

Despite Grandpa Gu’s stinginess, he was indeed the eldest member of the Gu family in the village, so he held the Gu family genealogy. The village was slated for overall demolition, including the ancestral hall, Grandpa Gu took the genealogy enshrined in the hall home, putting it under his pillow.

Uncle Gu didn’t understand: "Third Brother, why are you suddenly after the genealogy now?"

"I just suddenly remembered something, like Grandpa said when he was alive, he said we have relatives."

"What kind of relatives?"

"The ones with the surname Ou."

Uncle Gu thought for a long time, racking his brains, finally recalled, same as Gu Dad did: "Oh, you’re talking about the joke. The joke Grandpa told when he was alive, right?"

The joke told by the elder mentioned relatives with the surname Ou, who weren’t from a wealthy family at all. It was originally a descendant from the Gu family, who went out to develop but failed, once cried wanting to return to the village, got laughed at by the villagers, then left again, claiming to have changed his surname to Ou.

However, that happened a long, long time ago, at least three to four hundred years ago.

Uncle Gu found Gu Dad amusing, "Why are you suddenly looking for these impoverished relatives? If you say you’re looking for wealthy ones, there’s something to talk about. Looking for poor ones, are you planning to give them charity for free? If you have that money, better start giving us charity, my wife and I are short of money."

Gu Dad: ...