Chapter 435: Chapter 435: Someone Has Their Eyes on Second Brother Gu
Gu Jiaojiao certainly didn’t mind people complimenting her looks. She accepted the woman’s praise with a cheerful smile.
Beauty gives you an advantage in any era. Add her masterful medical skills to the mix, and it was an unbeatable combination.
’In the near future, I’ll definitely reach the pinnacle of success,’ Gu Jiaojiao thought gleefully.
Seeing his wife’s gleeful smile, Su Shuochi’s heart felt as sweet as honey.
When he heard his wife tell Second Brother Gu to bring the woman in next time, he quickly stopped the car and let him out.
"Jiaojiao, are we really bringing her in?" Second Brother Gu asked in a low voice.
Gu Jiaojiao rolled up the window. "Most people wouldn’t impose on another family during mealtime. I just wanted Second Brother to go get acquainted with her."
"It’s just to make it easier to sell her skincare products later. If she insists on coming in, I’ll just charge her a little extra."
"Alright." After hearing his sister’s explanation, Second Brother Gu felt relieved, and his mood naturally improved.
The woman saw the car door open and a young man get out. His features were quite handsome and well-defined.
Although his skin was a bit tan, it made him look even more vigorous, and he was all smiles the moment he saw her.
’Could it be that this young man knows I have a beautiful daughter at home?’
The woman couldn’t help but steal a few more glances at Second Brother Gu. ’He’s so handsome,’ she thought. The more she looked, the more she liked what she saw.
Grandpa Gu was a well-known retired professor on this street, and the eldest Gu son was an excellent professor as well.
’A family like this would be more than a good enough match for my daughter. Although my husband is an official in a government agency, he isn’t much more influential than Grandpa Gu.’
Her family owed their current standing to Mr. Li’s influence; her father-in-law was Mr. Li’s cousin.
"Young man, what’s your name?" A gentle smile graced the woman’s face.
Second Brother Gu was taken aback by the woman’s overflowing enthusiasm. He thought she was acting a bit strange.
She had nearly gotten into a fistfight with his second aunt just moments ago. Logically, a person like that should be the arrogant type who looks down on everyone.
But now, it seemed he was just too young to understand.
Second Brother Gu could only answer instinctively, "My name is Gu Jingtai. Ma’am, would you like to come in and sit for a while?"
The woman noticed his stiffness and quickly said with a beaming smile, "I have to get home for dinner. I live right in the middle of this street. My husband’s family name is Li. Now that I know you, can I come visit your mother another day?"
"Oh, okay," Second Brother Gu said awkwardly.
"So next time, when Aunt Li comes looking for your mother, I’ll just say Jingtai told me to come, alright?"
Second Brother Gu remembered what his sister had said: ’People who don’t impose during mealtime are considerate.’
So he replied without hesitation, "Yes, you can just say I told you to come in."
"Jingtai, are you seeing anyone right now?" Aunt Li figured she should get a clear answer before going home to tell her daughter.
"I’m not seeing anyone. We just got back, so there’s still a lot to do."
What Second Brother Gu meant was, ’I need to go home for dinner, so you can leave now.’
But what Aunt Li heard was that the Gu Family had just returned to the Imperial City, and no one had arranged a match for him yet.
So she smiled like the big bad wolf and said, "Just because you got back doesn’t mean we should delay finding you a match. Auntie will introduce you to a pretty girl tomorrow."
After saying her piece, Aunt Li happily turned and left. Gu Jingtai stood frozen in place, staring blankly at her retreating figure.
’How could this woman be so kind and friendly,’ he wondered, ’just like a sweet neighborhood aunt.’
’But didn’t Second Aunt just call her a shrew?’
’Hah, so it’s true. Second Aunt is the one who’s trouble. Such a difficult person. No wonder I can’t stand her.’
"Hey, what are you staring at?" Someone suddenly pushed him, making him jump.
He turned to find it was his even more troublesome cousin, Gu Hehua. She was wearing a pink dress.
She wore a pair of red high-heeled sandals with white soles, looking incredibly gaudy and flashy.
Gu Jingtai felt a bit awkward from the push but didn’t take it to heart. After all, the two of them had never exchanged a civil word in all their years.
So he retorted, bristling with indignation, "I’m looking at the air. Is that any of your business?"
With that, he proudly stalked toward the gate of his family’s courtyard.
Gu Hehua watched his retreating back in surprise. She had never seen Gu Jingtai talk back to her before, and it left her utterly astonished.
However, she didn’t dwell on it for long. After all, this cousin and her own brother had been sworn rivals since they were children.
They couldn’t stand the sight of each other. If one of them had a stroke of bad luck, the other would be so happy they’d wake up laughing in their sleep.
Later, when her first uncle’s family really did have the misfortune of being sent to the countryside to slop pigs, she and her older brother had laughed in their sleep.
So Gu Hehua snorted coldly and stalked arrogantly toward her own front door.
"Jiaojiao, let me tell you, that woman just now was so weird! The moment she saw me, she started grinning like a landlord’s dimwitted son..."
The moment Second Brother Gu entered the house, he started chattering on, telling Gu Jiaojiao everything that had just happened at the gate.
"Second Brother, you’re saying she wants to set you up with someone?" Gu Jiaojiao was thrilled when she heard this.
"Heh heh, she was probably just joking," Second Brother Gu said sheepishly.
’I should’ve left that part out,’ he thought. ’Too bad, the words are already out!’
"Jingtai, you’ll be twenty-one after the New Year. It’s time you found a girlfriend," Grandpa Gu said happily. "What did you say that woman’s last name was?"
"She... said her husband’s family name is Li and that they live in the middle of the street," Second Brother Gu could only report truthfully.
"A family named Li... that must be Li Bin, the deputy director at the Civil Affairs Bureau. They do have a daughter, and she’s in my class."
Mr. Gu added with great interest. During his lectures, he often scanned his classes for any girls who might be a suitable daughter-in-law.
And he had actually taken a liking to one: Li Xiulan, from class twenty-six of the third-year students.
The girl had a demure appearance, was quiet and gentle, dressed modestly, and her grades were average.
It wasn’t that Mr. Gu disliked outstanding daughters-in-law. Rather, his own son hadn’t even gone to college. How could he have the heart to saddle an excellent student with him!
"Dad, have you had your eye on their daughter for a while now?" Gu Jiaojiao asked uncertainly.
From the look on her dad’s face, that seemed to be exactly the case. ’Has Dad been scouting for a daughter-in-law in his class all this time?’
"Nonsense!" Mr. Gu would never admit it; he had his pride to think about.
"Haha, Cheng Benzhou, so what if you did? It’s not some big secret. Wasn’t your wife one of my students that I took a fancy to back in the day?"
"Grandpa, Grandpa, that happened? What’s the story?" Gu Jiaojiao’s interest was even more piqued.
She had always wondered about that. Her dad was from the Imperial City and her mom was from Qing City. How did two people from so far apart manage to fall in love on their own?
The family ate their meal in cheerful harmony, listening to Mr. and Mrs. Gu’s love story.
When Mr. Gu was young, not only was he exceptionally talented, but he was also brave enough to leave a big city and move to a small one to work, all for the woman he loved.
Gu Jiaojiao was deeply impressed. She couldn’t help but put several more pieces of food onto her dad’s plate. Even in later generations, it was rare to find a man with such courage.
