My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty-Chapter 59 - Got Hit
59: Chapter 59: Got Hit
59 -59: Got Hit
Gu Beihuai ultimately did not ask further about gender equality issues, but he remembered Tang Chuxia’s thoughts.
“Did you sleep with him?”
Just as he was wrestling with whether or not he should be “slept with,” Gu Nanzhi came to find Gu Beihuai.
“Brother, you better hurry back home.
Dad’s looking for you!”
Gu Beihuai thought something had happened and rushed home, only to be greeted by a beating from his own father.
“Shouldn’t there at least be a reason for hitting me?”
Gu Beihuai was quite frustrated and completely unaware of what had happened.
Father Gu bellowed, “You want a reason, huh?
You think you’re all grown up now, do you?
You make mistakes and think about coming home for a holiday?
I’ve been screamed at and pointed at for ages before I even knew the trouble you had stirred up!”
Hu Shuanghong was watching on the side and didn’t understand either.
“Old Gu, can’t you speak nicely and just tell us what happened?”
Only then did Father Gu sit down, pulled at his collar, and started explaining to Gu Beihuai and Hu Shuanghong exactly what had transpired.
It turned out that Gu Beihuai’s vacation was not because he wanted to come back but because he had to.
During a mission, he caught the eye of a young lady, who happened to be the daughter of a leader.
Despite several hints and implications, Gu Beihuai did not cooperate and eventually threw out a sentence: “I like men!”
Of course, the leader couldn’t possibly marry off his daughter to him, and Gu Beihuai knew he had upset the leader, so he quickly took a vacation to lay low.
Father Gu pointed at Gu Beihuai and roared, “You like men, do you?
Well then, I’ll beat you to death!”
Gu Beihuai ducked behind Hu Shuanghong, holding his head, “Mom, you know me, I just didn’t want to marry that woman!
No matter what I said, it was no use; I had no choice but to say that!”
Hu Shuanghong felt like laughing.
She didn’t share Father Gu’s extreme reaction, only curiously asking, “You don’t actually like men, do you?”
Gu Beihuai had the sensation that he had picked up a rock only to drop it on his own foot.
“Why don’t we take advantage of your vacation and set up a blind date for you, settle an engagement, how about that?”
Hu Shuanghong looked at Father Gu, and he nodded, “Exactly, we must arrange a marriage for him.
If this continues, I won’t have any dignity left.”
Gu Beihuai was speechless.
An engagement?
As if he would listen.
Hu Shuanghong laughed, “If it weren’t for the fact that you and Xiaxia just can’t get along, you two grew up together, childhood sweethearts, it’d be great if you could just get married.”
Gu Beihuai…
That suggestion…
Actually…
Before he could even begin to consider it, Father Gu interrupted Hu Shuanghong, “Don’t even think about it.
If that Tang family girl ends up with this boy, won’t he just bully her to death?”
Thinking of her son’s conflicts with the girl, Hu Shuanghong sighed, “Exactly, he’s impossible.
Xiaxia is not only good-looking but also a good match for our families, considering the Tang family’s conditions.
It’s a pity…”
Actually, Hu Shuanghong had her concerns, considering the frail health Tang Chuxia had from birth.
If she really were brought into the family, she probably wouldn’t have an easy time bearing children.
Perhaps not being able to become relatives was just a lack of destiny.
Father Gu waved his hand dismissively, “Forget it, find someone strong for him so he doesn’t flaunt his temper!”
Gu Beihuai, driven out by his parents, saw Wu Haipeng and Qin Zhan peeking around the corner outside with sleazy smiles on their faces.
Especially Wu Haipeng, “Brother Huai, how did it go?
Did you get scolded?
Comrade Bai is so keen to marry you, and you still don’t fancy her.
What are you thinking?”
Gu Beihuai sized up Wu Haipeng, “You’ve checked everything?
And now you’re meddling in my business?”
Wu Haipeng: …
Forgot his own situation.
Next to them, Qin Zhan chuckled and said, “Brother Huai, actually getting married early has its benefits, having a wife to cuddle with in bed is quite comfortable, isn’t it?”
He really knew what to say.
Gu Beihuai glanced at him, “You may crave that, but I do not!”
Qin Zhan responded with an “Oh,” “Alright then, forget it.
But there’s something I need to tell you guys.
Today when I came over, I ran into Hu Mingqiang, that little guy.
He said that the Tang Family’s young lady is engaged to Hu Mingcheng!”
Gu Beihuai didn’t have much of a reaction; it was only a matter of time before such things came to light, after the initial exposure.
“It’s best to mind your own business concerning other families’ affairs!”
Gu Beihuai steered the conversation away, thinking about the arranged blind date he had been set up for, wondering how he could sabotage it.
While they were talking, Gu Beihuai saw Gu Nanzhi sneak back and quickly grabbed her collar, dragging her over.
“What kind of mischief are you up to with that sneaky look?”
Gu Nanzhi rolled her eyes at her older brother, shook off his hand, and then pulled her head back into her hoodie.
“Who’s up to mischief?
I’m just coming back to get a book, Xiaxia wants to read it!”
Gu Beihuai was skeptical, what kind of book could Tang Chuxia possibly want to read?
Gu Nanzhi didn’t hide anything, “Xiaxia said she might prepare to retake the college entrance exam next year, so she asked me to gather some materials for her to look over.”
“Can she even take it this time?”
Wu Haipeng was curious, as Tang Chuxia had failed to take it twice before, making everyone doubt if it was just not in her fate.
Gu Nanzhi slapped Wu Haipeng’s back, “Brother Haipeng, you shouldn’t mock others like that!”
Wu Haipeng forced a laugh, muttering quietly, “It’s just a force of habit!”
Gu Nanzhi, not interested in chatting with them, went to search for her study materials.
Gu Beihuai took both of them and left, as they had their own matters to attend to.
At this point, the scene shifts to Tang Wanqiu.
Since her embarrassing attempt to impress at the Zheng Family’s home, she returned to the cultural troupe, fuming more and more the more she thought about it.
Just her luck, the leader assigned her work, not to rehearse a dance, but to mop the floor.
Carrying a big bucket of water on such a cold day, holding a mop and facing the vast stage, all sorts of negative emotions swirled in her heart.
She had thought that joining the cultural troupe would elevate her status, but little did she know she’d end up mopping floors.
Another newcomer was assigned to mop along with her.
The girl glanced at Tang Wanqiu’s hands, “You can tell you’ve never done rough work like this!”
Tang Wanqiu offered a wry smile, “Why do you say that?”
The girl pointed at her hands, “There are no chilblains, not the hands of someone who’s worked hard!”
Tang Wanqiu uttered an “Oh” without much thought, and the girl didn’t continue to press the matter, so the two silently carried on with their work.
But this conversation was overheard by someone standing behind the stage, who also cast a glance at Tang Wanqiu’s hands before quickly walking away.
Tang Wanqiu, of course, was oblivious to this, her heart filled with resentment towards Tang Chuxia.
If it weren’t for Tang Chuxia, she wouldn’t have taken her job and come here, and she wouldn’t have to do such tasks.
The bone-chilling cold water nearly numbed her fingers, yet she still had to grit her teeth and keep working.
If she hadn’t heard that newcomers all start by doing menial tasks, she might suspect that the old lady from the Zheng Family had someone intentionally targeting her.
What she didn’t know was that, at this moment, the Hu Family had received a guest, someone she hadn’t yet figured out how to face.
