Back To The 80s-Chapter 70 - 69: Making Cocoons (Additional 81! Wishing the loveliest person, Happy Holiday!!) _1
Yuan Tan sullenly ate her meal. What was the point of good food when her original intention was to show Lu Zhanguo how much she’d transformed during her years abroad? Why did Gu Xiaobei keep twisting her words with just a few sentences?
They finished the meal in silence, and after dinner, Shen Heng asked Yuan Tan, "When are you planning to return to Capital City?"
"I don’t plan to go back for now." Yuan Tan watched Lu Zhanguo clean up the table and said reluctantly. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Shen Heng frowned, wondering why this girl was being so stubborn.
After the two left, Gu Xiaobei examined the bottle of wine Yuan Tan had brought. The wine she’d tasted earlier, from its mouthfeel to its rich fruity aroma, didn’t seem like it was from F Country. In the 21st century, due to her work, she’d also briefly studied wine appreciation to cope with various wine parties.
Lu Zhanguo came up behind her and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Gu Xiaobei pointed at the label on the wine bottle and asked, "Are you sure Yuan Tan studied in F Country?"
"It should be F Country. What’s wrong?" Lu Zhanguo thought for a moment before replying.
"This wine should be from Y Country, and this DOCG level of wine wasn’t exported at this time. It could only be purchased locally." Unless Gu Xiaobei was mistaken, it should be like this.
Lu Zhanguo looked at Gu Xiaobei in surprise. Even in high school when her grades were abysmal, now that she was able to tell this information about the wine was indeed surprising. "How do you know all this?"
Gu Xiaobei smiled, "I know much more than just this, it’s a secret." Anyway, she planned to tell the truth to Lu Zhanguo. She could not bear to keep such a big secret to herself. If he asked, she would tell him the truth. If he was willing to believe or not, that would be up to him.
But Lu Zhanguo didn’t ask any further, instead he was deep in thought: there had been too many events related to Y Country lately, which made him cautious.
Gu Xiaobei didn’t think too much. She continued, "I can also make wine, and the grapes in Z City, G Province are also very good. I’ll make some for you to taste later. It’s much better than this sour wine."
Lu Zhanguo watched her smug expression, saying indulgently, "Okay." Maybe there were many more secrets about Gu Xiaobei that he didn’t know. When she was ready to tell him, she would.
At Ling Yun’s house, Gao Dailin smoked anxiously. Ling Yun sent the kids out to play and complained, "The other side is pressuring us for the goods. We’re running out of time, and we still haven’t received everything. It’s frustrating."
Gao Dailin also scratched his head anxiously, "Now, we can only rely on Lao Wu."
"Also, you’re keeping so many idle people in the company. Trouble will arise sooner or later. That Gu Xiaobei is cunning." Ling Yun was a little angry.
"They have their uses. If something really happens, we’ll put Gu Xiaobei in front. She can keep the National Security attention divided. And there is also that Jin Cheng, the mayor’s second son. When people want to mess with us, they’ll have to think twice." Gao Dailin looked as if he had planned for this.
"Hmph, the rest are probably your bad debts." Ling Yun said with a sour tone.
Gao Dailin went over to hold her and said, "You’re wrong. They’re all cannon fodder." While saying that, Gao Dailin leaned over to kiss Ling Yun.
Ling Yun slapped him away and scolded, "Stop fooling around. The child will be back soon."
"Once this period is over, let’s get married and be together legally." Gao Dailin grabbed Ling Yun and said unwillingly.
"Let’s talk about it after this period. I’m almost stressed to death. Who was spying outside the wall that night?" Ling Yun asked anxiously.
"It was probably someone from national security. We need to be more careful recently. If the delivery is late, then it’s late. It’s better to be safe than sorry." Gao Dailin spoke helplessly.
"After this deal is done, let’s stop and live a good life back home." The days spent on tenterhooks were killing Ling Yun.
"It’s easier said than done. How can those people let us go so easily?" Gao Dailin let out a long sigh.
"The child is growing up day by day. I really don’t want him to live a life like mine." Ling Yun regretted her past decisions, which had not only hurt herself but also the child.
Gao Dailin hugged her and comforted, "After this time, I’ll go talk to them, to let us both go."
Ling Yun didn’t say anything. It seemed that there was no other way.
Gu Xiaodong was also in a mess. He couldn’t find Liao Qing and her child anywhere and he didn’t dare to openly send people to search for them. He really didn’t know what to do.
Liu Mei watched Gu Xiaodong pacing back and forth with cold eyes, but said concernedly, "What’s wrong with you? Is something the matter?"
"Nothing. It’s just some annoying things at work." Gu Xiaodong replied perfunctorily.
"Oh, don’t worry about it. My dad said that you’re on the list for promotion this time." Liu Mei said.
Gu Xiaodong was aware of this, but precisely because of this, there couldn’t be any problems at this time. But Liao Qing had disappeared exactly at this critical moment.
Gu Xiaodong had a bad feeling that Liao Qing would deliver a fatal blow to his future. Thinking of this, he scratched his head in irritation and said, "You go to sleep first, I’ll go out for a while."
Liu Mei didn’t ask him where he was going. She just watched his departing figure with a cold smile. This was the man she had loved for eight years, the man she couldn’t let go of the moment she saw him when she was 18 and had accompanied her father to the borderlight company to give its company gifts. But now, he seemed so strange and terrifying.
She gently stroked her small belly, and tears slid down her cheeks. She had hoped for a child for so many years, but now that it had finally happened at the worst possible time, what should she do?
Gu Xiaodong thought on the way that the most likely place Liao Qing would go is the countryside. It would be better if she went to the countryside. As long as she wasn’t in T City for now.
When Gu Xiaodong got downstairs, he saw Gu Weimin standing in the corridor smoking a cigarette. "Dad, why aren’t you sleeping in the middle of the night?"
"Let’s take a walk." Gu Weimin sighed, "Do you have any conflicts with Liu Mei?"
"No, Liu Mei is always cold to everyone." Gu Xiaodong didn’t know what was up with Liu Mei recently, but she seemed to have become even colder than before.
"And Xiaobei, I haven’t seen her around much lately. Before she got married, even though she had a temper, she liked you, her older brother, the most and would always stick by you. Why is she also distancing herself from you now?" Gu Weimin had been here for a few days and had only seen Gu Xiaobei once.
"Lu Zhanguo is on vacation recently, so I guess she’s probably with him." Gu Xiaodong didn’t know why his sister had changed so much since she married and lived with the military. Before, whatever he said, Gu Xiaobei would trust him unconditionally. Now, even if he didn’t say anything, Gu Xiaobei would look at him suspiciously, as if he were a thief.
Gu Weimin sighed, "Xiaodong, look at Liu Mei, and then look at Xiaobei. The power behind them can both help you, but you aren’t willing to maintain a good relationship with them." In the end, Gu Weimin was concerned about his son’s future. Without any backing, struggling on his own was too hard!
Xiaodong lit a cigarette, his face unclear in the intermittent glow of the cigarette.
