1990s: Spring Water Family

Chapter 195 Someone Came to the Door, Unexpected Changes
"Who's coming?"

Lin Xiyu was puzzled and teased her with a smile, "Did I scare you like the boy who cried wolf?"

The next second, she couldn't laugh anymore.

Wu Meng made a face and said three words to her: "Liu Rushi".

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Liu Rushi did not come alone; she came with her grandfather.

Coincidentally, his grandfather and Gu Bin's sixth grandfather were once colleagues and had a good relationship.

Liu Rushi met her sixth grandfather when she was a child, so she had some connection with him.

Everyone with eyes can tell why Gu Bin brought Lin Xiyu to Beijing this time.

Unwilling to give up, she used this as an excuse to return to Beijing ahead of schedule. As soon as Gu Bin and Lin Xiyu arrived, she couldn't wait any longer and eagerly urged her grandfather to take her to visit them.

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When guests arrived, the elderly man and the young man in the study had to stop their conversation.

Grandpa Liu personally greeted them and ushered them into the living room.

Qu Peng led Lin Xiyu and Wu Meng into the inner room and listened to their conversation through the curtain.

Liu Rushi immediately adopted the posture of a savior, implying that Gu Bin's life would have been in danger without the help of the two women, and in her vivid narration, she specifically pointed out the role she played.

When their saviors came to their door, Sixth Grandfather was naturally filled with gratitude and treated the two of them with exceptional enthusiasm.

Taking the opportunity, Liu Rushi's grandfather suggested that the two families should visit each other more often so that the younger generation could also strengthen their relationship.

The old man's words were so blunt that anyone with a discerning eye could understand what he meant.

Liu Rushi also glanced at Gu Bin with feigned shyness, her affectionate gaze clearly visible even through the curtain.

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"This person is like a persistent ghost!"

Wu Meng gritted her teeth in anger: "She follows me everywhere. It's just a coincidence that we happened to run into her taking Gu Bin to the hospital. Does she really think she's her savior? Gu Bin is really something. Instead of ending this ill-fated relationship, he's letting her pester him like this. Does he expect her to pester him for the rest of her life?"

"Gu Bin didn't mean that."

Qu Peng broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly defended his childhood friend: "It's Liu Rushi who's being unreasonable and insists on clinging to him."

"Gu Bin shouldn't have worked at the same law firm as her."

Wu Meng ground her back teeth, quite indignant: "They see each other all the time, exchanging glances in the office. Who knows what might happen? Even if Gu Bin has no intention of doing anything, it will still give her illusions and make her mistakenly believe that she has a chance to get close to him."

"Gu Bin has just returned to China, and there are many things he has no control over."

Qu Peng, true to his word, tried his best to defend his friend: "You guys should also be understanding of him. He suffered a lot in the United States over the years. He finally came back, but he can't rely on his old connections anymore. Without anyone to help him, it's not easy for him to make it in the legal profession."

"Shh, you two, keep your voices down."

Lin Xiyu had been watching Sixth Grandfather's expression closely. Seeing that after hearing his colleague's words, he not only did not agree on the spot, but also frowned and showed some displeasure, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Gu Bin glanced seemingly unintentionally toward the inner room, a slight smile playing on his lips.

The moment their eyes met, Lin Xiyu instantly understood his deeper meaning.

His eyes seemed to say, "Believe me, Sixth Grandfather won't agree. You are his favorite."

My anxious heart miraculously calmed down at that moment.

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living room.

Just as Gu Bin had expected, Sixth Grandfather didn't take the bait from his colleague. Instead, he stated his position directly: "Your granddaughter is a good girl. It's a pity that Xiao Bin already has someone he likes. The two children are in love and have already registered their marriage."

"you are married?"

Liu Rushi almost lost her composure, forcing a smile that barely held back.

"Yes."

Gu Bin readily admitted, "The day after I returned to China, Xi Yu and I registered our marriage. We are now a legally married couple."

"you"

Liu Rushi's eyes welled up with tears, and she looked as if she were about to sob: "You're not joking, are you?"

"No."

Gu Bin stated his position bluntly, dispelling her illusions: "You saved me, I admit it, and I'm very grateful to you. I can give you anything you want, except for feelings."

"I don't want anything."

Liu Rushi wiped her eyes with her hand, gave a fake smile, and said with feigned tenderness: "Although you are already married, I still hope that our friendship will not change. At least the law firm does not want to lose a rising star in the legal profession."

"temporary."

Gu Bin's answer was quite clever: "I have no intention of leaving the law firm."

"Hey, hey."

Liu Rushi's grandfather, feeling embarrassed, stood up to take his leave: "Old Gu, I was presumptuous. I came to your door without asking clearly. Just pretend I didn't say anything, and don't take it to heart."

"Let the children handle their own affairs."

Grandpa Liu chuckled and said, "We're all practically half-buried here, we can't worry about that much anymore."

“You are right.”

Liu Rushi's grandfather smiled and chimed in, "We've known each other for a long time, there's no need to be so polite. I've said what I needed to say. Whether it works out or not is up to fate, and we won't force it."

"It's just that my Xiaobin isn't lucky enough."

Grandpa Liu was quick with his polite words and personally saw the person out the door.

The moment the door closed, Liu Rushi could no longer keep up the act, and her face instantly turned ugly.

At this moment, she was nowhere to be seen the dignified elegance, gentleness, and virtuousness of a well-bred young lady who had just entered the house. The ruthlessness in her eyes was chilling.

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With his family by his side, Grandpa Liu was unusually happy and drank a couple more cups of wine that evening, and sure enough, he got drunk again.

Gu Bin helped the person back to the room to rest, carefully tucked the blankets in, and left only after watching the person fall asleep.

Lin Xiyu and Wu Meng went for a stroll on the street. The two best friends rarely come to Beijing, so they were in high spirits and didn't leave until midnight, having bought a lot of things. They returned to Nanluoguxiang with lingering satisfaction.

"What did you two buy? So much stuff!"

Seeing that the two of them were like they were at a market, carrying no less than ten plastic bags, which were bulging with contents, Gu Bin hurriedly reached out and took the bags from his wife's hands.

"A specialty of Beijing".

Lin Xiyu rubbed her sore and numb wrists a few times and explained with a smile, "The Chinese New Year is just a month away. We were thinking of buying some New Year's goods in advance and sending them back to our hometown so that we won't have to buy them in Shanghai when we go back at the end of the year."

Are you going back to Shanghai?

Gu Bin paused, his hand holding the plastic bag still.

"Yes."

Lin Xiyu replied matter-of-factly, "You're going back, aren't you? Of course I'll go back with you. If you're home alone and don't eat properly, you'll make yourself sick and I'll have to take care of you."

"This feeling is truly blissful."

Gu Bin felt a warmth in his heart, and with a hint of coquetry, he said in a flattering tone, "I'm a man who has a wife who loves me now."

"Tsk, you two are good enough."

Wu Meng felt a pang of resentment and clicked her tongue indignantly: "Such blatant flirting, do they really think I don't exist?"

"Cough cough."

Gu Bin coughed lightly twice, but kept quiet out of consideration for his childhood friend.

"You've been playing too late today, go to sleep now."

Lin Xiyu smiled and smoothed things over: "Let's all get up early tomorrow and accompany Sixth Grandpa to Jingshan Park for morning exercise."

"I don't think I'll be able to get up."

Wu Meng doesn't like exercise, and when she heard about morning exercise, she lost interest and covered her mouth to yawn.

"No, you have to get up."

Lin Xiyu slapped her back hard, pretending to be unhappy: "It's rare for the two of us to come to Beijing together, so don't hold us back. If we're going to have fun, we should have a great time."

"Ouch."

Wu Meng was woken up by a slap, no longer sleepy. Rubbing her eyelids, she was both amused and exasperated: "Fine, fine, I'll get up, I'll get up, okay? It's just morning exercise, I'll run a kilometer for you guys tomorrow."

"You said it yourself, you can't go back on your word."

Lin Xiyu quickly followed up, giving her no chance to back out. Wu Meng immediately retorted, "Whoever cheats is a little dog!"

"hehe."

Gu Bin chuckled softly, the mockery in his eyes obvious.

"You don't believe me, do you?"

Wu Meng couldn't stand his disdain and argued with him: "I'll run it for you guys tomorrow. It's just a thousand meters. It's no big deal for me."

"Go to sleep now, stop talking, it won't be good if you wake up Sixth Grandpa and Aunt Li."

Seeing that she was about to stop bragging, Lin Xiyu suppressed a laugh and pushed her back into the house.

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bedroom.

"I've thought of a good way to get my mother-in-law to accept me."

Gu Bin put down what he was holding and immediately pulled his wife into his arms.

"What good news are you thinking now?"

Lin Xiyu teased him with a smile: "My mother isn't a very good-tempered person. You made her daughter suffer for five years, do you think she'll let you off easily?"

"I'm thinking"

Gu Bin smiled and coaxed, "I don't have that ability, but maybe my son does. My mother-in-law will allow me to enter the family for the sake of her future grandson."

"Pah, dream on. Who wants to have your child?"

Lin Xiyu blushed and struggled a few times, trying to break free.

"Don't you want to tie me down with the child?"

Gu Bin smiled slyly and hugged her tightly: "A man as outstanding as your husband is always being eyed. Today is a perfect example. Some people couldn't wait and came knocking on our door."

"You seem quite pleased with yourself, don't you?"

Lin Xiyu laughed in anger and punched him hard.

"I wasn't feeling smug; I was just thinking about how to deal with my mother-in-law."

Gu Bin continued slyly, "After thinking it over and over, I still don't have any good ideas. I can only play the family card and ask my son to help me win her heart."

Where is your son?

Lin Xiyu scolded playfully, "You keep calling him 'son,' aren't you ashamed?"

“I have tried my best, and I should have received it by now.”

Gu Bin lowered his head and glanced at her lower abdomen.

"What are you looking at?"

Lin Xiyu covered her face with her hand so he wouldn't see.

"It seems we are still lacking something. The revolution has not yet succeeded, and we still need to work harder."

Gu Bin smiled slyly, then scooped the person up in his arms.

"Stop messing around, put me down."

"I have to get up early tomorrow, or people will laugh at me."

Lin Xiyu's heart pounded in shock, and her shy and angry rebuke was quickly silenced by a passionate kiss.

The room quieted down, the noise subsided, leaving only a lingering fragrance.

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At dawn, just as the sky was beginning to lighten, Gu Bin accompanied his sixth grandfather out the door.

As expected, Wu Meng failed to run the 1000 meters; she overslept spectacularly.

Lin Xiyu was exhausted and sleepy after being tormented by someone for half the night, and she couldn't open her eyes.

The two best friends slept until 10 a.m. When they got out of bed, the people who had been exercising in the morning had already returned from Jingshan Park.

"It's all your fault, you've made such a fool of yourself."

Lin Xiyu tidied herself up and stepped out of the room, only to be met with Aunt Li's teasing gaze. Her cheeks burned red.

"We've all been young once."

Gu Bin didn't care: "Aunt Li already has a grandson, why would she care about this?"
"Let your sixth grandfather laugh at you."

Lin Xiyu punched him in annoyance.

"Sixth Grandfather wouldn't care either; he's still waiting to hold his great-grandson."

Gu Bin smiled slyly, then grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

"Tsk tsk, you two are good enough."

When Wu Meng opened the door and saw this scene, she felt jealous again: "Didn't you hug her enough last night? Now you have to make your eyes water during the day."

When will Li Liang retire?

Gu Bin took out his phone from his pocket, pretending to call Li Liang: "I need to tell him to come over quickly and take this annoying, conspicuous bag away."

"You're the real culprit."

Wu Meng laughed in exasperation, narrowing her eyes and threatening him, "If you insult me ​​again, I won't keep your secret."

"Cough cough."

Gu Bin, having been caught off guard, sheepishly stuffed his phone back into his pocket.

What secrets do you two have?

Lin Xiyu winked playfully.

"nothing."

Gu Bin promptly changed the subject: "Aunt Li has made breakfast. Let's go eat first. We can't let our baby go hungry."

"Oh, you two have a child?!"

Wu Meng's exclamation startled everyone.

"Whose child?"

"Xiao Bin's wife is pregnant?"

Aunt Li poked her head out of the kitchen, and Sixth Grandpa also opened the study window and looked over with concern.

"No."

Lin Xiyu's ears burned, and she wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

"almost."

Gu Bin gave an awkward laugh.

"What do you mean by 'fast'?"

Grandpa Liu glared at him and scolded him with displeasure: "How can you joke about something like this?"

"What a disappointment! I thought it was real."

Aunt Li smiled and shook her head, then shrank back into the kitchen.

"You said it yourself."

Wu Meng promptly shifted the blame: "Don't blame me."

"It was my fault; I shouldn't have joked like that."

Under the death stare of his sixth grandfather, Gu Bin could only lower his head and obediently admit his mistake.

At this moment, no one in the courtyard expected that Gu Bin's casual remark would become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

A tiny life was already growing in the mother's womb, but due to the cruel reality, this child would ultimately become a lifelong source of pain and regret for the couple.

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Liu Rushi's wish was not fulfilled, and resentment grew within her. She then set her sights on Zhang Xiaoqian.

After returning to Shanghai, she instigated him to take revenge, and on a rainy night, he drove his car into Lin Xiyu.

Seeing the car rushing towards her, Lin Xiyu instinctively threw away her umbrella, leaped over the roadside flower bushes, and jumped over the edge.

The umbrella obscured Zhang Xiaoqian's vision, making it difficult for her to see the road. The car veered off course and crashed into a utility pole.

After jumping over the flower bushes, Lin Xiyu rolled on the ground, bleeding profusely from her lower body. Her one-month-old fetus had died just like that.