My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty-Chapter 68 - Happy Enemies
68: Chapter 68: Happy Enemies
68 -68: Happy Enemies
Father Gu rolled up his sleeves and said to Mrs.
Gu and Hu Shuanghong, “My dear, take a break, I’ll handle this!”
He took the feather duster from Hu Shuanghong’s hand and chased after his son.
Gu Beihuai was infuriated.
Was this some sort of parents’ tag team?
Really?
Not to mention that he hadn’t actually kissed Tang Chuxia, but even if he had, as his parents, shouldn’t they be happy?
At least it proved he didn’t like men.
Unfortunately, he had a sister who was just fanning the flames, so he could only run out.
No sooner had Gu Beihuai run out than Father Gu chased after him.
“Dad, Mom can’t see us now!”
Gu Beihuai grabbed the feather duster; he wasn’t actually afraid of being hit, but he didn’t want his mother to see him resist.
Father Gu chuckled and then let go, not really using the duster, instead extending his hand towards his son.
Gu Beihuai rolled his eyes and tossed a pack of cigarettes from his pocket to him.
Father Gu hastily caught it and scolded, “Ungrateful brat, can’t even offer your old man a smoke without making a fuss.”
Gu Beihuai gave a forced smile in response.
The father and son wouldn’t smoke at the door, so they strolled to the nearby street corner, chatting and smoking.
“What exactly happened?”
Father Gu knew his son well; everyone in the compound knew he didn’t get along with the Tang girl.
He couldn’t believe his son would actually try to kiss her.
His son would rather hit Tang Chuxia than kiss her.
What kind of lunatic would do that?
Gu Beihuai didn’t know he was viewed like that by his own father and helplessly explained, “You believe Zhizhi?
She’s setting me up!”
Father Gu responded with an “Oh,” accepting the explanation.
After all, his son and Tang Chuxia had been at odds since childhood.
When his son was younger, Tang Chuxia bullied him; as they grew up, he started bullying her in return.
They were used to it.
But thinking of his son and daughter gave him a headache.
He had only had two kids in his life, and they were enemies.
Gu Nanzhi used to cling to Gu Beihuai when she was younger, but at some point, the sweet little girl would bristle every time she saw Gu Beihuai.
Eventually, she even teamed up with Tang Chuxia to scheme against him.
And then they started fighting every time they met.
They were three years apart, why couldn’t they get along?
Father Gu couldn’t figure it out and chalked it up to incompatible personalities.
The pair leaned against the wall, smoking.
With nothing better to do, Father Gu asked about Gu Beihuai’s job, “Why is your leave so long this time?
Aren’t you in a hurry to go back for training?”
Gu Beihuai hummed, “Pengzi needs to recover, and Qin Zhan’s mom is undergoing surgery.
There are also two others in the hospital; I wouldn’t feel at ease going back.”
Father Gu felt a pang of distress!
He had only one son, who had insisted on joining the military and wouldn’t listen to anything else.
He had originally thought serving for two years and then returning wouldn’t be bad, but who could have expected his son to join the special forces?
Now, everything was classified, and he had no idea what missions his son was undertaking.
Seeing the scars on his son’s body told him how dangerous his work was.
All he could do as a father was worry constantly.
“Are you really not interested in the Tang family’s young girl?” Father Gu asked again.
Gu Beihuai remained silent, and Father Gu felt something was off.
“Say something!
I see your mom really likes that little girl from the Tang family, it’s just that she’s not in great health!”
“It might be troublesome for her to have children in the future.
That’s the main reason the Hu family called off the engagement!”
After saying that, Gu Beihuai cursed, “Hu Mingcheng is such an idiot to come up with such a reason?”
With Tang Chuxia’s strength, to say she couldn’t have children, he didn’t believe it.
It might be more believable if they said they were afraid she’d get killed.
Images of Tang Chuxia teasing him popped into his mind, making him incredibly annoyed.
Father Gu threw his cigarette butt away.
“Since you’re not interested in that young girl of the Tang family, then don’t bother her.
Your mom is preparing to matchmake you with her, you’d better take it seriously.
Otherwise, she might drive you crazy!”
Gu Beihuai snorted, but he was also aware of his own mother’s ways, which gave him a headache.
“With my job, wouldn’t marrying a wife be trapping her?
Not to say I can’t meet her more than twice a year, even if we had a child, she would be the one taking care of them alone.
I can’t help at all!”
He spoke the truth, but Father Gu scolded, “You’re defending our country.
As for your wife, don’t we have your mom and I here, how could we let her suffer?”
Gu Beihuai gave a bitter smile.
How many of his comrades had also married, and how did that turn out?
Were their lives really any good?
Once they sacrificed, with no salary for their families, their sisters-in-law’s lives were all troubled.
Some kind families would continue to care, but those unreliable ones would simply remarry, and the toughest situation was for the children.
He didn’t want to leave a child to suffer all of this.
Suddenly, he thought that if Tang Chuxia couldn’t have children, marrying her wouldn’t be bad; at least he wouldn’t have to worry about his child suffering if he died.
Once this thought surfaced, it began to grow, and by the time he realized something was wrong, it was somewhat out of control.
He took a sharp drag of his cigarette, which cleared all his thoughts and made him feel a bit better.
“Dad, why don’t you and mom try for another boy?”
Father Gu was stunned, then cursed, “What do you think I am?”
Gu Beihuai shrugged, “Isn’t it just in case something happens to me and you’re worried about continuing the family line?”
Father Gu yelled, “Get lost.
I have a son.
Why would the family line end?
It’s your line if it ends, what does that have to do with me?
Besides, I still have Zhizhi!”
Gu Beihuai forced a smile, “That’s good, then.
From now on, prepare to find a husband for Zhizhi and give everything to Zhizhi in the future.
You don’t need to worry about me!”
Father Gu exploded with anger and, resting for that moment, felt it was time to fulfill his wife’s request, grabbing a duster and chasing his son to beat him as he went back.
Such father-and-son conflicts happened occasionally in the compound, causing some rowdy kids to feel quite despondent when even Gu Beihuai was beaten by his own dad.
They couldn’t dare to fight back when beaten by their own mothers.
Seeing how even the most troublesome Gu Beihuai was still getting beaten, what were they to say?
Unbeknownst to him, he had set an example for the kids in the compound.
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Tang Chuxia was lying on the bed reading a book when Madam Tang walked in.
“Xiaxia, we’re going to visit the grave before the New Year.
Are you coming along?”
Madam Tang was worried that her daughter’s health couldn’t endure the trip and was reluctant to let her follow.
Tang Chuxia nodded, “I’ll go.
Grandpa and Grandma have passed away; I should at least go and pay respects!”
She still believed in maintaining such proprieties and didn’t see a problem with it.
Madam Tang sighed, “It’s my fault.
I shouldn’t have been soft-hearted back then; otherwise, you wouldn’t have suffered!”
As she spoke, tears began to fall.
Tang Chuxia panicked and quickly patted Madam Tang’s back.
“Did you know?”
