Back To The 80s-Chapter 553 - 545: Investigation_1

After dinner, Gu Xiaobei and Lu Zhanguo took the two children back to their residential compound.

Gu Xiaobei repeated the story about Xu Yanhong giving the children chocolates, curiously asking, "Why does Mo Wang dislike Xu Yanhong so much? Is it just because she dresses a bit overly seductive?"

Lu Zhanguo couldn’t help but laugh as well. A three-year-old child, surprisingly being so cautious: "This trait of our Mo Wang is good, he should always be vigilant."

Gu Xiaobei laughed and said, "But this Xu Yanhong and Zhao Honghe really don’t match well. I heard from Zhao Hongmei that it was Ou Tiannan who introduced them."

Lu Zhanguo immediately became alert. Introduced by Ou Tiannan, and now living right across them, there might be ulterior motives.

"Every time I think about Ou Tiannan marrying Sister Xuerong, I feel uncomfortable. I can’t explain why." Gu Xiaobei was deeply resistant to Ou Tiannan in her heart. How could someone who takes advantage of others’ difficulties be a good person?

Lu Zhanguo didn’t say anything. He needed to hurriedly let Shen Heng investigate Xu Yanhong, very thoroughly.

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Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gu Xiaobei was as busy as in previous years. Every day, she would drop off the two children at the courtyard early in the morning and then go to the shop to work. Sometimes, she would end up working until the sun went down.

Because of Qin Li’s suggestion, the sales were better this year. Although they didn’t make much profit from the batch of custom-made mooncake gift boxes for the provincial government, their brand was indeed publicized better, letting more people know about their brand.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in ’87 was after the National Day, so the days around the National Day were the busiest for Gu Xiaobei.

Ji Xiangdong and his family originally planned to move on National Day, but seeing Gu Xiaobei’s busyness, they decided after discussing to move after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On National Day, Gu Xiaobei again worked till dark and hadn’t left work.

Lu Zhanguo was worried about Gu Xiaobei riding home alone, so he didn’t go back to the courtyard in the evening. Instead, he went directly to the shop to wait for Gu Xiaobei to finish work.

Gu Xiaobei was not polite either. She ordered Lu Zhanguo to help carry goods for the customers while she and Qin Li were in charge of collecting money.

By the time everything was done, it was already past ten at night. Gu Xiaobei, rubbing her stiff shoulders, said to Qin Li, "Tomorrow morning, I’ll go to deposit the money in the bank first and come over a bit later, okay?"

"Okay, you go ahead. It’s usually not too busy in the morning. It only starts to get busy in the afternoon."

Gu Xiaobei and Lu Zhanguo first sent Qin Li home before heading home themselves.

As they entered the courtyard, they saw the lights were still on under the grape arbor, and the table was a complete mess with food and dishes scattered on the ground.

Gu Xiaobei was shocked, what has happened?

She quickly ran into the east room, seeing Lu Songyuan and Wen Xiuqing sitting on the warm bed with Mo Wang and Xiaopang to watch TV. Only then did she calm down.

"What happened?" Gu Xiaobei asked in a low voice.

Wen Xiuqing was quite angry saying, "Xiaolan’s aunt doesn’t even care about where she blows up!"

Gu Xiaobei guessed that Cheng Qijia must have come over today, and Bai Mingzhu probably had blown up due to some disagreement.

Lu Zhanguo came into the room afterward, realizing that everything’s fine, he also relaxed.

Wen Xiuqing, still furious, lowered her voice and said, "We had planned to have a good meal together, and you see what happened now: it ended in a mess. The kids were also scared. If this continues, even if she’s a relative, I’ll have her leave!"

Lu Songyuan also had a stern look on his face today, he was obviously very angry.

Gu Xiaobei went over and touched Xiaopang’s little hands and face, and said to Lu Zhanguo, "I’ll go check the west room."

Lu Zhanguo nodded. Xiaopang, feeling wronged, tightly held onto his dad’s hand, tears welling in his eyes.

Only Bai Xiaolan, Ji Xiangdong, and the two children were in the west room.

As soon as Ji Xiangdong saw Gu Xiaobei coming over, he took Doudou to the east room.

Bai Xiaolan immediately sat up holding Tiantian, complaining, "Thank goodness you are not at home, you didn’t see how embarrassing my aunt was today. She usually instructs us to behave well, but when it comes to herself, why doesn’t it work? She asks us not to talk at meals or in bed, but what about her? My God, even flipping the table, I’m puzzled: her temper has always been bad, which causes a lot of problems, but she’s never been like this - easily irritated, brutal and uncivil."

Gu Xiaobei curiously asked, "Is it about Cheng Qijia’s wedding again?"

Bai Xiaolan frustratedly said, "Yes. My older brother from the Qi family asked my aunt to calm down and reconsider his and He Qin’s matter. He also said that if it works out this time, he will never marry in this life. As soon as my aunt heard this, she lost her temper. I don’t know where this anger is coming from. She also opposed my older cousin’s marriage in the past, but she didn’t get this angry – getting upset over one sentence, and constantly crying."

Menopause! These three words flashed through Gu Xiaobei’s mind. Bai Mingzhu’s temper must have been bad already, but now with menopause, her mood is akin to a firecracker - ready to explode at fit slightest flame.

Bai Xiaolan sighed deeply: "My mother is in there trying to persuade her. It seems like we need to move out as soon as possible. Otherwise, with the way my aunt is acting, I will be too ashamed to stay."

"What does it have to do with you? Don’t worry needlessly. Getting angry while breastfeeding could make your milk supply decrease." Gu Xiaobei comforted her.

Bai Xiaolan was surprised and said: "I was wondering why Tiantian was constantly feeding but still seemed hungry. It must be because of my aunt, my milk supply must have decreased."

Gu Xiaobei laughed, "What’s the connection? Don’t overthink it."

Wen Xiuqing cooked some more noodles and called everyone to eat, asking Ji Xiangdong to deliver two bowls to Bai Mingzhu and Zhou Siping.

Because Bai Mingzhu caused such a scene, Bai Xiaolan didn’t wait until after the Mid-Autumn Festival and let Ji Xiangdong call some people to move the next day. No matter how Bai Mingzhu carried on there, she couldn’t disgrace the Lu family anymore.

Lu Zhanguo took leave to stay at home and watch the children. Otherwise, the two kids would have been too troublesome during the move.

When Shen Heng came over, he saw Lu Zhanguo making dumplings with the two children. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Can we eat the dumplings made by you three?" Shen Heng expressed his doubt.

Xiaopang and Mo Wang didn’t know how to do anything else, but they could flatten the dough that Lu Zhanguo had prepared. This made it much easier for Lu Zhanguo to roll out the dumpling wrappers.

Shen Heng looked at Xiaopang and Mo Wang’s faces and hair covered in flour and laughed, "Why would you make dumplings with the children? You are so free?"

Lu Zhanguo ignored him, rolling out some dumpling wrappers and proceeded to filling them. Xiaopang stood by, scratching his cheek, passing a dumpling wrapper to his dad with even more flour on his face.

"How’s the investigation I asked you to do?" Lu Zhanguo glanced at Shen Heng, who was enjoying the spectacle, and asked.

Shen Heng immediately became serious and said, "Xu Yanhong comes from a clean family background, and she herself hasn’t committed any illegal activities. She started working at Ou Tiannan’s company a year ago, and then she married Zhao Honghe this year."

"What did she do before joining Ou Tiannan’s company?"

"She dropped out of middle school, then worked in a small factory for two years. After that, she set up her own street stall. She met Ou Tiannan while hawking on the street. Not long after that, she started working at Ou Tiannan’s company." Shen Heng told Lu Zhanguo everything he knew.

Lu Zhanguo still didn’t give up and asked once more, "Does she have any foreign connections?"