Household chores

  "Alright, I'll go talk to Dad about something, you play by yourself." After saying that, Gu Mo walked towards the study.

  Lü Qingyan returned with a smile all over her face, holding her hand, "Come on, Mianmian, grandma will take you to see the room where you'll be staying tonight."

  "Dang dang dang" pushed open a door, Lv Qingyan smiled and said, "It's this room, how is it? Not bad, right? This was Gu Mo's old room, but no one has lived here for many years. He became independent and moved out when he was 18."

  Xiao Meng walked in curiously, so this is the room where Gu Da Shu has lived for eighteen years. It indeed matches his personality, with no excessive decorations, simple and neat.

  "Are you happy to stay here tonight?" Lü Qingyan chattered on and on, telling all sorts of embarrassing stories about Gu Mo from years ago.

  When she saw a model of the Titanic placed on the table, her eyes lit up. It's really beautiful, it's just like a miniature version of the Titanic.

  "This was made by Gu Mo himself when he was 15 years old, how is it? Isn't it great?" Lu Qingyan's eyes were filled with pride, and then she furrowed her brow again. "Gu Mo has never disappointed me since he was a child, no matter what he did. However, the only bad thing is that his expression is too little, always so serious, with a stern face all day long. I'm the one who gave birth to such a handsome boy, it's really a waste."

  He nodded in agreement, this is indeed true, zombie face, a dead expression that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

  Lü Qingyan's face was filled with fantasy, and she was overjoyed. "Mianmian, do you know? My greatest wish now is to become the youngest grandmother, so you and Gu Mo Ke must work hard, don't avoid having children, avoiding childbirth hurts the body, and women giving birth at a younger age helps with recovering their figure."

  She swallowed a mouthful of saliva, thinking that with her current state, what kind of child would she give birth to? She felt like she was still just a kid herself.

  "What's your meaning, Meng Meng?"

  I originally thought Mianmian was too young and not suitable to be Gu Mo's wife, but now it seems I worried too much. The two of them seem to get along very harmoniously, and tonight she called her "daughter-in-law" and stayed over, and surprisingly, their son didn't object.

  In the past, it was not just about asking him to stay overnight, even asking him to come back for a meal required repeated invitations before he would reluctantly return once.

  Moreover, she is gentle and clever, understanding things, the more you look at her, the more you like her, the more you look at her, the more you appreciate her.

  She now hopes they can have a grandchild for her to take care of, seeing others taking their grandchildren out, she is so envious.

  She doesn't want to be old and unable to move around, with all her teeth gone, before she has grandchildren. How can she play with them at that time?

  Si Mian smiled and licked his lips, saying, "This matter... let it be natural"

  She still hasn't fully recovered from her marriage and now you're bringing up having kids, isn't that just nonsense?

  Moreover, it's really hard to imagine that their marriage will last long. Many times, Si Mian feels like she's dreaming, and it doesn't feel real at all. And sooner or later, this dream will wake up.

  So she hadn't considered the matter of children at all.

  Lü Qingyan naturally didn't know what Si Mian was thinking, and thought she was just shy. She smiled and said, "This is something that can only be left to nature, but you two should still work hard. Go to bed early tonight, I'll call Gu Mo over later." After finishing speaking, she secretly smiled a little.

  This old lady is too impatient, giving birth to a child isn't like taking a shit, it won't come out that quickly.

  "Alright, go take a bath, Mom has left, I'll go call Gu Mo to come over." Lv Qingyan was very excited, she danced out of the door and started shouting, "Gu Mo, Gu Mo——"

  Lü Qingyan left, and Si Mian closed the door, taking out her phone to play a game. This was a game where she had always been ranked first among her friends, and she couldn't let Xia Ri and the others surpass her.

  As soon as Gu Mo came in, he saw her sitting cross-legged on the bed playing games. He furrowed his brow and asked, "What are you playing?"

  "Playing airplane"

  "So childish, what's fun about it?" Gu Mo leaned over to take a look.

  "How childish, many people play well" Si Wei disagreed with his words, changed direction and turned her back on him, "Go go go, go to one side, don't disturb me, I can't lose, if I lose I'll just run to second place"

  "So what if you got first place?" Gu Mo took away her phone, "Confiscated"

  "Aw, don't be like that, I'm about to win anyway. Uncle Gu, give it back to me." Si Mian said with a pout.

  "Stop messing around, you'd be better off reading those college books I got for you ages ago. How many pages have you even read? Just leaving them there to collect dust!"

  She pouted her mouth, she didn't like reading books, but this smelly man insisted on making her read and even asked her to take the college entrance exam by herself, it was driving her crazy.

  Hum, if you don't want to play, then don't play.

  "Knock knock knock", the door creaked, and Lv Qingyan's voice came, "Gu Mo, is Mianmian asleep? If not, open the door for Mom."

  Gu Mo walked over and opened it, seeing her carrying a bowl of soup in, and asked puzzled, "Already full, what's the point of drinking more soup?"

  "You don't understand, this is specially cooked by mom for you, take a look, it's the essence." Lü Qingyan lifted the lid to show him.

  Gu Mo reluctantly glanced over and immediately turned black-faced, it was actually turtle soup. What is mom trying to do? This is really absurd, actually giving him this to drink.

  Pushing Lu Qingyan, "Forget it, I'm not drinking, you go give Dad a drink instead"

  "Your dad can't drink this, it's too nourishing, he can't handle it."

  "I don't drink either, take it away"

  "Just drink a mouthful, Mom specially asked Auntie to simmer it for a long time, and only this bowl is left." Lu Qingyan handed it over to him.

  "I'm not drinking, mom, you go out, we want to sleep" Gu Mo asked Lü Qingyan to leave the room, then closed the door and locked it.

  "Mother-in-law's good intentions, what's wrong with just taking a sip?" Si Mian was speechless.

  "You don't know anything, so just shut up, no one takes you as a mute." Gu Mo glared at her.

  Can he drink that stuff randomly? And he's still young now, does he need to drink that kind of thing? This is simply an insult to him.

  Hmph, won't say it if I don't want to, stubbornly lying on the bed.

  Gu Mo was too lazy to bother with her, went to take a bath and came out, lifted the quilt and lay down, she immediately moved to the side, drawing a clear boundary between them.

  But this was the bed he slept in when he was a kid, it's not too big, and even if they moved, it would be hard to avoid touching, she had already slept on the edge of the bed, and when moving, she could only roll off the bed.

  "Try moving again," Gu Mo said coldly.

  Xiao Mian turned her back on him, hating the stinky man.

  Gu Mo didn't care whether she was willing or not, he pulled her over and then contentedly closed his eyes to sleep.

  Struggling for a moment, unable to break free and too lazy to waste energy, forget it, sleep.

  The next morning, Lü Qingyan subtly probed her if she had made an effort to conceive the night before, leaving Si Mian at a loss for words as he continued playing hide-and-seek with Lü Qingyan.

  Finally waited for breakfast, after eating, she hurriedly slipped away.

  Gu Mo saw her being chased and killed, frowned and said, "Why are you running so fast?"

  "She's running late for work." she said casually.

  Unexpectedly, as soon as I went out, I bumped into Gu Xi returning home. He didn't have his usual bright smile on, seemingly troubled. Ever since that argument with Gu Qi, he's been quieter than before.

  "Huh, Gu Xi you're back!" exclaimed Si Mian, who was the first to see him.

  "Well, are you and your brother ready to leave? Why don't you stay a bit longer?" Gu Xi smiled slightly.

  "No, I have to go with Gu Mo to work soon, if we don't leave now we'll be late. Let's catch up some other time, it's not far anyway."

  Gu Mo walked over and saw him slightly frowning, "Last night mom called so many times, you didn't come back, what were you doing?"

  Nothing much, just went out with friends for a gathering.

  "Up to now"

  "Big brother, to be honest with you, it's not that I don't want to come back, but as soon as I do, Dad and Mom will make me go work at your place."

  "Don't want to go?"

  "Brother, I'm not interested in those official things at all. Being cooped up in the office working non-stop every day will drive me crazy."

  "Then tell Dad your thoughts, why don't you say?"

  "You know how stubborn Dad is. If I said that, we would definitely fight again. Besides, I've already joined a team and will be leaving Nanhua City next week."

  "What did you say?" Gu Mo's voice was mixed with anger, his eyes fixed on Gu Xi without blinking. "You're going mountain climbing again, and next week at that."

  Gu Xi had always been both respectful and fearful of this big brother, so seeing him get angry still made him a bit apprehensive.

  "Alright, I'll leave next week."

  "Why didn't you discuss this with us? Are you planning on just sending us a text message when you leave and think that's enough?"

  Gu Mo had always been very fond of his younger brother, so when Gu Xi wanted to go mountain climbing and their parents were opposed, he would often act as a mediator. The two brothers' relationship was also very good, but this time, Gu Xi did not consult with him beforehand, which left Gu Mo feeling uncomfortable in his heart.

  Gu Mo is the eldest son, so he should have taken on a lot of pressure. He let his younger brother do what he likes as much as possible. If Gu Xi really wants to go mountain climbing or doesn't want to work in the government office, discussing it with him in advance is no problem, these can all be resolved. He didn't necessarily need Gu Xi to come into officialdom to help him, because he knows Gu Xi isn't that kind of material. Everything can be discussed, but the one thing that can't be done is saying nothing and secretly preparing to leave without a word, deceiving his family until the end. If it weren't for this conversation, Gu Mo would probably have been deceived by Gu Xi until the very end.

  "I'm sorry, big brother. I didn't think it through, but if I don't leave, Dad will definitely arrange a job for me and I don't want the rest of my life to be planned out already."

  Si Mian stole a glance at Gu Mo's face, wow, it was serious enough.

  Forget it, this is their family affair, she'd better not get involved, she took out her phone to play with, it's none of her business, and it's better not to know.

  "Si Mian, get in the car and wait for me—" Gu Mo's expression was fierce, Si Mian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hastily got into the car.

  "From now on, I won't help you persuade Mom and Dad about this mountain climbing thing. If you want to go, you have to tell them yourself."